There were a few sayings regarding the act of robbing.
Some were called robbing the rich to help the poor, some were called chivalrous, and some were called heroes. In any case, since ancient times, robbing had always been beautified and enhanced by art. Not to mention the Four Great Classical Novels, just looking at the current TV dramas and movies, robbers were basically the main characters … Yep, that was a little too far off topic.
However, there was no exception to this. Things like looting were always done at night. Even Chu Liuxiang, who was known as the Elegant Thief, would say something like, "Tonight, I'll come at midnight." No one had ever heard of robbing in broad daylight. Therefore, it was obvious that robbing, no matter how well it was beautified, was still something that could not be seen in the light of day.
Ye Ci, who was preparing to do the same thing, naturally chose to do it in the middle of the night.
The weather in Fate was not constant. There would be wind, rain, thunder, lightning, snow, the moon, stars, or even clear skies. Everything in Fate was 100% realistic, and the four seasons were one of the most basic features of the game.
Tonight was indeed a good night.
It was 2.30am in the morning, and according to the game's default time, it was late autumn. The night was dark, and even the stars could not be seen, let alone the moon. The slightly chilly autumn wind was blowing, and most of the players had gone offline to sleep. Occasionally, there would be a few who did not want to sleep, but they were doing something boring. They might be fishing, or leveling up. In short, there were very few people in the guild encampment.
This kind of weather, this kind of late night, was the best time for everyone to go out to work.
In fact, Ye Ci had done this kind of thing many times in her past life. But at that time, she had always fought as a group, and had never done it alone. This was why Ye Ci's solo operation was something new to her.
Back then, it was good to fight as a group. Everyone had different tasks. As long as they had their eyes on the target, they could proceed in an orderly manner. Some of them were responsible for blocking the wind, some of them were responsible for opening the warehouse, and some of them were responsible for distracting the enemy's line of sight. Not only did they save a lot of time, they also had a high success rate. Unfortunately, all of this only happened three years after the launch of Fate.
After a few years of cooperation, the curtains to the large-scale armed conflict between the two factions had been raised. The various large guilds of the same continent were somewhat tired of internal strife. After all, this kind of guild war between fellow guild members was a bit of a waste of manpower and resources. Therefore, they chose an even more despicable way to vent their frustrations — looting the other party's guild storage.
If there was a need, there would be a market. At that time, warehouse raiding parties sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. As long as they paid a certain fee, they would be responsible for raiding the designated guild warehouse. Meanwhile, such organizations usually hid themselves very well. Even the buyer did not know the other party's background, not to mention the Guild that had been robbed.
When the matter was done, he left with a flick of his sleeves, concealing his achievements and fame. This was exactly what people like them were like.
Although this setting was brought up by the players due to the huge losses, the developers did not make any changes. They believed that this would increase the entertainment value of the game. There were even bank robberies in real life. Why were guild warehouses not allowed to be looted? This was the answer given by the developers. Because of this, many guild encampments below lvl 5 could only blame themselves for being unlucky if they were looted. After that, they desperately thought of ways to raise the level of the guild, reducing the chances of the guild being looted to the minimum.
Of course, this was something that would happen three years later. At that time, the various guilds did not even know that their guild warehouses could be looted. In fact, this was not their fault. This was the problem of the developers. They were very brief about all the facilities in the game. They never said anything about the areas that should be warned, but they did not stop talking about the trivial matters that everyone knew about. The developers had never mentioned that guild warehouses could be looted. Even the guild encampments did not mention this point.
As for the safety level of a lvl 5 guild, it was completely revealed by Ye Ci, a reincarnator, based on her memories from her previous life.
She had never mentioned this point to anyone, so naturally, no one would know about it.
Currently, all the players believed that the guild warehouse was the safest place in the game. It was even safer than the personal warehouses in the game. Humans were creatures of inertia. It was easy for them to be blinded by inertia. Just like a ragged old man carrying a snakeskin bag on an ordinary hard seat train, no one would have any ideas about him. Even if he had tens of millions of yuan in his snakeskin bag, everyone would probably think that it was just some junk. If a well-dressed man carried a password-protected suitcase, everyone would think that he was rich, even if there were only some disposable toiletries in the password-protected suitcase.
This was the nature of human inertia.
Human inertia was a scary thing.
Before the release of Fate, no guild storage could be looted. That was why everyone believed that the guild storage in Fate was not to be looted.
Then …
Even though it had been a long time since Ye Ci last did something like this, she still followed the original order and began her preparations. First, she arrived at the western district of Red Lake City. There were usually mysterious shops in the slums of major cities. These shops did not have signboards and were inconspicuous. It was very difficult to find these shops without skills.
After passing through the streets and alleys, Ye Ci arrived at the edge of the slums in no time. There was a small beggar there. He did not even have a name. Ye Ci walked up to him and threw a gold coin into the bowl in front of him. The crisp sound of the collision between the gold coin and the bowl echoed in the dark night.
The clear sound woke the little beggar up from his stupor. He opened his eyes and saw the gold coin in the bowl. His originally dazed eyes immediately lit up with excitement. He hurriedly picked up the gold coin and smiled at Ye Ci, "Thank you, Sir! Thank you, Sir!"
He then went back to sleep. When he closed his eyes again, Ye Ci threw another gold coin into his bowl. The beggar woke up again and responded in the same way as before. After he fell asleep, Ye Ci threw another gold coin into the bowl.
She repeated the same process. After throwing another 10 gold coins, the beggar finally sat up straight. He looked at Ye Ci, "You're a strange person."
That's right, this was a hidden quest. A hidden quest that was necessary to loot a guild warehouse. In the slums of every big city, there would be such an inconspicuous little beggar. As long as you could continuously throw a gold coin into his bowl for twenty minutes, not one cent more, not one cent less, not one cent more, not one cent less, as long as you could throw a gold coin into his bowl ten times, he would tell you a secret. However, after the secret was revealed, the beggar who activated the hidden quest disappeared.
This was an effective measure by the officials to limit looting. If everyone could do this quest, wouldn't everyone be a thief?
"I have a secret that I want to tell you. Do you want to hear it?" The beggar said mysteriously to Ye Ci. Ye Ci smiled and took out a pouch. There were 100 gold coins in the pouch. She handed it to the beggar, "Here you go."
The beggar took the pouch and shook it in his hand. The coins clinked against each other. He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "You have a good eye." He stood up and smiled at Ye Ci, "Follow me. Don't get lost."
After saying that, he started running at top speed.
It was rare for an NPC to run so fast. If Ye Ci wasn't a Huntress, she would have been shaken off after a few turns. The beggar soon came to a stop. He stopped in front of a row of squat, smelly houses. He walked into one of the houses.
Ye Ci followed him into the house. The house was filled with old furniture. A three-legged chair was smeared with a thick layer of grease. It was hard to tell how long it had been there. In the deepest corner of the room, there was a table that was on the verge of collapsing. Sitting at the table were three old men in tattered and dirty clothes. They were playing cards. The dim light shone on their faces, giving them a creepy look.
"Business is here." The beggar said as he walked up to the three old men. They raised their heads and looked at Ye Ci with strange smiles.
Don't be afraid. This isn't Sun Erniang's Human Meat Bun Shop. It was just a shop that sold special products. The shop only served the customers brought by the beggar. Other people would only see three old beggars playing cards.
"Dear customer, what do you want?" The first old beggar showed his yellow teeth and rubbed his fingers, "I sell the best clothes here. You'll find one that you can use."
One of them was selling clothes, another was selling tools, and the last one was selling special medicines. All the items needed for the robbery were included in the list.
None of the items were cheap. This was the so-called early investment. It was precisely because of this that in his previous life, people in this line of business always paid a high price for their business.
A night suit that could hide a person's face for half an hour was 2000 gold. A mask that could hide a person's face and name for half an hour was 500 gold. A Fine Gold Throwing Claw that could climb walls was 1000 gold. A Master Key that could open a guild warehouse from level 1 to 5 was 3000 gold. A Knockout Potion that could put a person to sleep for 30 minutes was 300 gold.
Ye Ci took out 10,000 gold to buy the clothes, mask, throwing claw, key, and 11 Knockout Potions for this operation. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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