After giving it some serious thought, Ye Ci realized that she had forgotten how she had responded to Wandering Cloud's request in her past life. Ye Ci could not help but laugh. It seemed that the relationship that she once thought to be the most important to her was nothing more than a joke. It was so insignificant that she had forgotten about it the moment she turned her head around.
Since she could no longer remember how she had responded to Wandering Cloud, Ye Ci decided not to waste any more time on something so meaningless. After all, she would never give Wandering Cloud such a chance again in this life after her reincarnation. Ye Ci rejected him flatly, "If you need anything, you can PM me. There's no need to add me as a friend."
Wandering Cloud did not expect Ye Ci to reject him so directly. After all, this kind of thing was very common in the game. Most people would not reject such a request. Wandering Cloud was stunned for a few seconds when he heard Ye Ci's reply. After that, he pursed his lips and pretended that he did not mind, "Alright, I'll PM you if I need anything."
After saying that, he hung up the phone. After all, he had just met with such a big setback in front of her, which made him feel very bad both in terms of face and inside. At this time, if he continued to talk about this and that, it would have a certain impact on their future contact. It was better to just get out of here and be done with it.
Ye Ci was slightly surprised that Wandering Cloud ended the conversation so quickly. According to her understanding of Wandering Cloud in her past life, he was a person who would not give up until he got what he wanted. It was rare for him to give up on talking to her just because she rejected him.
But since she was too lazy to have anything to do with Wandering Cloud, Ye Ci did not dwell on the matter for too long, and put the matter at the back of her mind. After all, the most important thing for her right now was to think of a way to increase her Reputation with the Doran Thieves Guild and complete her Epic-tier Quest without lowering her Reputation with Red Lake City. This was the most important thing for her to do.
Ye Ci pondered over this question as she sat beside a lake in Red Lake City. However, no matter how hard she scratched her head, she could not come up with an answer. In the end, he could only give up on this problem and focus on practicing his fishing and cooking skills. Red Lake City was rich in fish, but it would be a waste of time to fish with a normal fishing rod. Ye Ci spun the Brooch of Deceit and took out the purple fishing rod she looted.
When she did that, she shuddered. Why didn't she think of this earlier? She had always used the Brooch of Deceit to disguise herself as a player. However, she had forgotten that the Brooch of Deceit could not only disguise herself as a player, but also as an NPC!
If he used it, wouldn't he be able to solve his biggest headache right now?
Ye Ci could not wait to give it a try. She could not wait to give it a try.
She first went to the City Hall and expressed her willingness to take responsibility for the defense of Red Lake City. The quest manager then gave Ye Ci three choices, which were to kill the bandits, capture the bandits alive, or torture the bandits.
All three quests gave the same amount of Reputation. However, in order to test the effects of the Brooch of Deceit, Ye Ci chose to kill the bandits.
Killing the bandits required Ye Ci to kill 100 of the Doran Thieves Guild's minions within 3 hours. Furthermore, with Ye Ci's military rank in Red Lake City, she could also lead a party of 10 NPC soldiers to kill the bandits, which made the task even easier.
Just like that, Ye Ci led 10 lvl50 NPC soldiers out of the city and headed towards the Silvery Tin Vein in the northwest of Red Lake City. Ye Ci's actions along the way immediately attracted the curiosity of many normal players. They either sent her private messages or directly asked her questions. However, as Ye Ci's private messages were turned off and she was running at a fast speed, these players did not get the answers they wanted.
After Ye Ci entered the Silvery Tin Vein, she immediately activated the Brooch of Deceit and disguised herself as a Red Lake City Guard Captain. She then led the party of NPCs towards the lvl40 bandit spawn zone. This was the spawn zone that Ye Ci had scouted out beforehand. There would not be too many bandits, and most of them would be scattered soldiers. Most importantly, this place was far away from the bandit's lair, so there would be very few patrols. Furthermore, due to its remote location, there were very few players. It was the perfect place to do quests.
After entering the basin-shaped spawn zone, Ye Ci immediately commanded the NPCs beside her to charge towards the wandering bandits. These bandits were around lvl40, and they mainly relied on physical attacks. They did not have any special skills either. With so many lvl50 Red Lake City Guards in tow, it was easy for Ye Ci to take care of them. Ye Ci, on the other hand, only needed to make sure that the bandits were killed. That way, the bandits would be trapped in a sealed space, and she would be able to deal with them without having to worry about the consequences.
The spawn zone was very fast. In just a short while, Ye Ci had completed her quest of killing 100 bandits. After completing the quest, Ye Ci did not want to stay any longer. She immediately led the party of NPCs towards Red Lake City. In order to avoid attracting the attention of other players, Ye Ci ran into a secluded location and removed her disguise. She dismissed the guards and rushed towards Red Lake City.
After completing the quest at the City Hall, Ye Ci listened to the City Hall's official blabber some nonsense. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, she received her reward and left the City Hall. Ye Ci then once again headed towards the Silvery Tin Mine. With a slightly uneasy heart, she entered the bandit's lair.
Although the bandits were still hostile towards her, they did not attack her due to her Epic-tier quest. John's name was still in yellow outside of Milada's house. It did not seem to have changed even after Ye Ci had killed so many bandits. Ye Ci was still trembling in fear. She carefully opened John's status window and looked for his Friendliness towards her. It was still the same as the last time she saw it. Ye Ci's heart was only half at ease.
Why was it only half at ease? That was because she had only proven that disguising herself as an NPC to kill bandits would not affect her reputation in any way. However, the other half was that she was going to disguise herself as a bandit and attack Red Lake City. Would it affect her reputation in Red Lake City? Ye Ci did not know.
"I'm glad to see you back, my friend. How was it? Have you thought of how you can help us? "John greeted Ye Ci politely when he saw her approaching. He also provided three ways for Ye Ci to increase her reputation in the Doran Thieves Guild.
First, rob 20 players. Second, rob 10 Red Lake City residents. Third, kill a specific Red Lake City NPC.
Ye Ci opened up the three quests and looked at them one by one. The first one was to rob the players in the Silvery Tin Vein. As long as she killed them, the system would automatically give her a quest item. She only needed to collect 20 of them to complete the quest. The second one was to rob the Red Lake City residents. There was no limit to the location, as long as the targets were residents of Red Lake City. However, she did not need to kill the residents because she could obtain the quest item by robbing the NPCs. The third quest was a little more difficult. Ye Ci had to kill the Warden of Red Lake City.
The Warden was lvl70. Even Ye Ci would not be able to kill him at her current level. Furthermore, there were countless NPC soldiers patrolling the area around the Warden. It would be extremely difficult to get close to the Warden without taking any damage.
Therefore, the third quest was basically eliminated from her list. The only remaining quests were to rob the players and the residents of Red Lake City.
Ye Ci thought for a while and decided to give the first option a try. After all, robbing NPCs was too risky. Furthermore, with her current reputation in the Doran Thieves Guild, they would definitely not be as generous as Red Lake City and send over a dozen of their men for free. The only option left was to kill players.
Although the Silvery Tin Vein was only a vein on the map, it occupied a large area. Due to some objective reasons, the number of players in the area was not as high as in other maps, but it was still as high as the hairs on a cow. However, most of them appeared in parties, so it was not easy to find a single player.
Ye Ci disguised herself as a bandit squad leader. According to her observations, this squad leader was a Magic Attacker. They had a few skills that were more than enough to deal with players who were lower level than her. After disguising herself, Ye Ci left the bandit's lair and walked around the Silvery Tin Vein while observing which players were the best targets for her to target.
Since Bandit Captains were Sub-Elites that were above lvl 50, they would carry more loot than the average Bandit Captains. This was why Ye Ci was able to attract the attention of the players when she appeared alone.
Ye Ci was aware of this, so she did not walk towards the areas where the players were gathered. Instead, she chose to walk in a more secluded area. There were two reasons for this. Firstly, there were not many players around her. This way, she would not attract the attention of too many players. After all, as Gongzi You, with the average level of the current players, she would have no problem taking on 20 + players. However, if she was a Bandit Squad Leader, even if she was at lvl50, she was not sure if she could take on more than 5 players at the same time.
Secondly, because this was a relatively secluded place, there wouldn't be too many players in small parties. The players here were basically here to gather herbs or mine. Therefore, these semi-life players wouldn't be too skilled in their movements under normal circumstances. Although Ye Ci was not afraid of encountering strong players, she did not want to make things so difficult for herself.
When Ye Ci walked into a secluded and abandoned mine, the players began to shout.
"Wow! A lone squad leader! "
"Hurry up! Kill her!"
"Lvl50! Can we deal with her?"
Although everyone was talking about it, their fast actions had already revealed their purpose. Magic, Holy Light, Arrows, and Warrior's Charge were all thrown at Ye Ci.
Ye Ci raised her head and counted. There were about 30 players here. If she killed all of them, she would be able to complete her quest. Thus, she locked onto the nearest Warrior and raised her hand to cast a skill.
Ye Ci was surprised by the effect of the skill. It looked like an ordinary single-target skill, but it was able to kill the lvl 33 Warrior in an instant. It seemed that this NPC was not to be underestimated. Since she had tested its power, Ye Ci did not hold back anymore. She used the skills in her skill bar on the players one by one. In a short while, the players who charged at her first were all killed. When the players behind saw how strong this squad leader was, they began to run away. If Ye Ci was not standing at the intersection, they would have run away by now.
After dealing with these scattered players, Ye Ci immediately started to pick up the quest items to prevent them from reviving. She did not pick up the dropped equipment. After all, they were all players from the Eastern Continent. Moreover, Ye Ci did not care about the equipment of these players.
So, after Ye Ci finished picking up the quest items, she rushed towards the bandits' lair. During this time, many of the players who were running back to their corpses had returned. However, since Ye Ci was still lingering nearby, they did not revive immediately. They quietly observed the squad leader and discussed among themselves.
"Damn, this squad leader is too strong. I thought the few of us were enough to defeat him. I didn't expect to be killed instantly."
"Actually, we didn't organize our attacks well. If we didn't try to kill him and kited him, it would have been easier to kill him."
"That's easy for you to say. It's not like we're the only team here. Why should we stop just because you said so? We're not fools."
"That's why …"
"Hey, hey, look. This squad leader knows how to loot corpses. No way. Monsters also know how to loot!"
"Yeah, yeah. I've never seen monsters loot before. It's so rare."
"Don't be so surprised. I'm just worried that he might be looting our equipment!"
"Why don't we revive and see?"
"Why would we? We'll only have half of our health points if we revive. He's so strong. He can kill a Warrior with full health in one hit. Are you going to give him EXP and equipment?"
… …
As a normal NPC, Ye Ci naturally did not know that her act of picking up a quest item had caused such a commotion among the players. She only had one thought in her mind, and that was to return to the bandit's lair as soon as possible to complete the quest. It would not be worth it if she was killed by a large group of players who were waiting for her. When that happens, the secret of her Epic-tier quest would be exposed. The fact that she had the Brooch of Deceit in her possession would also be exposed. If that happened, Thousand Sunsets would probably guess that she was the one who stole from his warehouse. Even though he had lost his power, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Who knew if he would do anything to her in real life?
Even if he did not do anything, the items in Blade of Steel belonged to the mysterious old man. If the old man found out that she was the one who had stolen his storage, everything she had done would be exposed. By then, Zero Arsenic, Unbridled Willow, The Setting Sun, and even Dong Yin and Yi Cang would all be held accountable. This was not something that Ye Ci could handle.
Ye Ci's guess was right.
Although most of the players who had been killed by Ye Ci had given up on chasing after the squad leader, there were still a few players who were unwilling to give up and spread the news to their friends. It didn't take long for the news of a lone Bandit Captain in the Silvery Tin Vein to spread like wildfire among the players in the vein. Although the players were still fearful of the squad leader's strength, they were emboldened by the number of players. Soon, they began to drool over the treasures that the squad leader had on him. Their greed overpowered their fear as they began to chase after Ye Ci.
This was the situation that Ye Ci did not want to see the most. Under such circumstances, she could not remove her disguise. However, if she did not remove her disguise, she could only run with her own two legs. With the squad leader's movement speed, it would be difficult for him to shake off the players. Furthermore, they were constantly throwing skills at Ye Ci. Although these skills did not deal much damage to Ye Ci, it was still annoying to be surrounded by a swarm of flies.
Ye Ci took deep breaths to calm herself down as she ran towards the bandit's nest. Then, she began to think of a way to deal with the situation that was disadvantageous to her. Now that she could not summon her minions, the only way to save herself was to lead the players into the bandit's nest and let the bandits take care of them. Then, she would be able to escape from the players' sight.
Since Ye Ci had chosen to escape, she no longer panicked and ran in a straight line. Instead, she used a strange route to hide in the Silvery Tin Vein. From time to time, she would even throw an AOE skill at the players who were too close to her to make them stay away from her.
Such a strategy quickly made the players confused and angered them even more. They even swore that they wouldn't stop until they killed this squad leader.
Ye Ci couldn't help but smirk when she heard their shouts. In reality, playing a game was the same as anything else. If one was controlled by anger, one would easily forget the most important part of the situation. That was why it was important for everyone to remain calm in order to make the most accurate decisions.
Ye Ci had been circling around the bandit's nest for a full 20 minutes. By then, she had lost half of her health points. At this time, Ye Ci no longer wanted to play the game of cat and mouse. She wanted to lead everyone into the bandit's encirclement and escape as soon as possible.
So, she found a small path that was closest to the bandit's nest and ran straight towards the bandit's nest. The players behind her did not know what was going on. They followed Ye Ci into the bandit's nest in a daze.
Ye Ci was disguised as a Bandit Squad Leader. This type of NPC was not uncommon in the bandit's nest. So, as soon as she ran into the bandit's nest, the players behind her immediately lost their target. Of course, this was not the most serious thing. The most serious thing was that when the NPC in the bandit's nest saw so many players rushing into the nest, they immediately summoned their friends and killed all the players who rushed into the bandit's nest.
This tragic incident was later reported on the forums. Of course, no one suspected that this was a bloodbath caused by a player. Most of the players were talking about the high intelligence of these humanoid NPCs. In the end, this incident became a common occurrence in the game where NPCs turned the tables on the players. Of course, of course, this was something that happened in the future. It was not the main focus of the story now.
Ye Ci is the one who needs to be told in our story.
After leading the players into the bandit's nest, Ye Ci circled the bandit's nest a few times and completely buried herself in the dense crowd of NPCs. After making sure that no one could find her, Ye Ci ran all the way to Midara's house.
It was obvious that Midara was much more well-informed than the players. As soon as Ye Ci entered his house, he stood up from his seat and smiled appreciatively at Ye Ci, "I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted. You lured so many hateful foreigners here so that we can kill them all!"
"This is my sincerity." Even though Midara had a lot of nonsense to say, this was not the time for it. Ye Ci chose to skip the conversation and gave her closing speech. It was obvious that Midara did not notice anything wrong with her Deception. Instead, he gave Ye Ci a huge Prestige Gift Pack. The Prestige Gift Pack was so generous that Ye Ci's Prestige in the Doran Thieves Guild was upgraded from Aggro to Indifference.
Even though the bandit's name was still red in color, they would not attack Ye Ci after reaching Indifference. This was the biggest reward of the day.
The sounds of fighting could be heard in the bandit's nest. As the instigator, Ye Ci was not in the mood to watch the show. She did not want to take a share of the loot. The only thing on her mind right now was to return to Red Lake City as soon as possible.
When Ye Ci first entered Midara's house, she noticed that there was a small room in his house. Even though she did not know what was inside, it was very secluded. That was why she requested to borrow Midara's room. Of course, Midara was worried. However, he did not want to offend Ye Ci either. In the end, he could only send a bandit squad leader to follow Ye Ci into the room. There was nothing special in the room other than a locked chest. Ye Ci was curious about the contents of the chest, but now was not the time to do so. She removed her disguise the moment she entered the room, and disappeared from the dangerous place with a City-recalling Stone.
Upon her return to Red Lake City, Ye Ci immediately rushed to the city hall. She was finally able to put her heart at ease after a round of inspection. This was because her actions did not affect her reputation in Red Lake City at all. Therefore, all in all, this plan was very successful. In the future, as long as she continued to do this and improved the method, she would be able to achieve the goal of deceiving both sides.
Some people would work hard to achieve their goals. Ye Ci was that kind of person. When she discovered that she could farm Prestige in both Red Lake and Red Lake City, it became a daily task for her to complete quests from both sides. It did not take long for her to reach her goal.
During this period of time, Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan had officially entered the game. After going through the first 10 levels of the game, they were able to gain a basic understanding of the game. However, because both of them wanted to be Life Players, after reaching level 10, they each went to find a Life Skill Master to learn Life Skills. Ye Ci gave the two of them 20,000 gold coins each, and gave them two shops that she had prepared beforehand.
Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan, who had been playing the game for some time, knew that the prices in the game were not cheap. Coupled with the fact that they had always lived a simple life, they were uneasy about Ye Ci's arrangement.
"Little Ci, the rent for this shop must be very expensive. This seems to be the best location in Red Lake City. You should use it to collect rent." Zuo Xiaolan and Ye Nantian stood in their shop and looked at the newly renovated shop. However, they still felt that it was a waste to use the shop for themselves.
"I have a lot of shops. You don't have to worry about my income." Ye Ci consoled her parents with a smile, "My income is much higher than you think. Don't be so courteous with me. These two shops are reserved for you."
"Little Ci, you should keep them for yourself. Save up more money. You'll be more confident when you get married." As parents, they were always thinking about the future for their children, "Besides, I don't think you'll be a professional gamer for the rest of your life. You should save up more money so that you can change your profession in the future. That's why we don't want these shops."
Ye Ci of course understood her parents' thoughts. She only consoled them, hoping that they would accept the shops. However, Ye Ci was indeed the daughter of Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan. Her parents were just as stubborn as her. Ye Ci insisted on giving the shops to her parents, while her parents would definitely not accept them.
In the end, Ye Ci had no choice but to use a method to deal with Carnivore, "Alright, since you're being so courteous with me, let's do business." She brought the two of them to the city hall and gave each of them a contract. By joining the partnership, she would become the major shareholder of the two shops. The money and shops that she gave them would become her investment. Her parents would have to split the profits with her in the future.
Although her parents still felt that such an arrangement was too wasteful, they could not resist Ye Ci's insistence and reluctantly agreed to it. Ye Ci, who was sitting on the street outside her shop, felt her heart ache when she saw her parents happily keeping the electronic contracts and going to check out their shops.
Her family was not rich since she was young, but her parents would always try their best to fulfill her requests. When she finally had the chance to repay them, they were still thinking of her. She was not a filial daughter. She only hoped that her parents would be able to find their own interests in the game, and find the focus of their lives in the future.
Fate's upcoming expansion pack was called "A New Continent", and the following expansion pack was called "Another World". In that expansion pack, Wang Jiangnan, as the main developer, would showcase his ambition. It was also because of that expansion pack that the number of online players in Fate increased by more than three times. The number of online players in Fate had increased from 1 billion to 4.7 billion. The game had truly become a new world for modern people. Other than the addition of new races and classes, the importance of the game to Life Players had also increased. Not only that, Wang Jiangnan had also introduced the business and political system of the real world into the game. As a result, many large financial groups, large corporations, and even the national army had entered the game, turning the game into an era for all players.
And no one knew about all of this. Perhaps even Wang Jiangnan himself did not know about it. But Ye Ci, who had been reborn, knew about it. Although she had made up her mind on the day of her rebirth to start over and make up for her past mistakes, it did not mean that she did not want to stand at the top again.
Ye Ci narrowed her eyes and stared at the blue sky. She was looking forward to the release of that expansion pack. Truth be told, the reason why she had invited her parents to enter the game at this time was because of that expansion pack.
In her previous life, Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan knew that they would not be able to control their daughter in the real world. So when the "Another World" expansion pack was released, they hastily entered the game without any gaming experience and invested a lot of money into it. But at that time, Ye Ci only felt annoyed that someone was staring at her in the game. Moreover, she was pursuing the title of "Number One" at that time, so she did not give her parents any guidance in the game. Her parents suffered a lot in the game. The little money that they had invested was quickly lost due to the hype of the upper echelons of the game. In the end, they were forced to exit the game in abject poverty.
At their lowest point, they even sold their house. When they were sick, they did not even dare to go to the hospital.
And so, Ye Ci only knew about this at the end of her life. But at that time, Ye Ci had already forgotten what it meant to be human.
That was a long time ago.
Ye Ci blinked as the warm sun of Red Lake City shone on her, dispelling the chill from her body. She tilted her head and stared at the changing clouds in the sky. She even began to suspect that the events of her previous life were all just a dream.
"Little Ci, Little Ci, can you help me take a look? Can I hang this dress here?" While Ye Ci was still staring at the clouds in the sky, Zuo Xiaolan stood in the shop and waved at Ye Ci excitedly. Ye Ci snapped out of her daze and looked at her mother. With a smile, she stood up and walked towards her mother.
She complained softly as she walked, "Mom, stop calling me Little Ci. Call me Gongzi You. This is a game. You'll give me away if you call me by my real name."
"Aiya, I know, I know. Haven't I been calling you that for almost 20 years? You have to give me some time to correct myself, right?" Zuo Xiaolan nodded. But she was more concerned about how she was going to hang the fine cloth robe in her hands.
Although it was only a fine cloth robe, it was the best quality robe that Zuo Xiaolan had ever made after becoming a Tailor. It was a rare blue quality robe. She was very proud of it and wanted to hang it in an eye-catching place.
"Let me hang it for you." Ye Ci saw her mother standing on a chair and pointing at a wall. She quickly walked over and took over the robe. The attribute points in the game were allocated according to the player's attributes. As a middle-aged person, Ye Ci was at a disadvantage when it came to agility compared to a young person. This was why Ye Ci was always worried that her mother would fall off the chair.
"Is it here?" Ye Ci raised the robe in her hands and asked.
"Just a little bit more."
"Which way?"
"Over there, over there. Oh, right, over there." Zuo Xiaolan gestured.
"Mom, please tell me left and right, not here and there. I can't tell." Ye Ci had a faint smile on her face. Although she was complaining, it was as if flowers were blooming in her heart. It was a flower called happiness.
"Even if I don't know how to say it, can't you listen? I've raised you for nothing! That's right, over there. "
"Is this okay?"
"Higher, higher!"
"Hang it up so high. How are you going to take it down if it's sold? You can't hire a worker yet. "
"Oh, okay. Hang it lower then. Somewhere I can take it down."
… …
Even Ye Ci herself didn't know how long it had been since she and Zuo Xiaolan had such a relaxed and casual conversation. Everything in the past was like a long and dreary nightmare. Now, Ye Ci just had to wake up. Wake up as soon as possible.
Because, to her, the most important thing was the present. Every day, every minute, every second.
"Old Ye, take a look. What do you think of my clothes?" Zuo Xiaolan and Ye Nantian, who had finally finished decorating the shop, stood outside the shop and looked inside with smiles on their faces.
"Take a look. What do you think of my dishes? They're better than yours, right? "
"They're just so-so. They're not as good as mine!"
"Mine is still the best!"
… …
Ye Ci stood far away. Looking at her parents talking back like children, she suddenly felt very happy. It was the happiest thing in the world for her to be their daughter.
"Little Ci, it's time to push the dungeon!" Bai Mo sent her a private message.
Ye Ci took in a deep breath and looked at her parents under the setting sun. She let out a bright smile and turned around, saying, "Okay, I'm coming!" If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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