101: Chapter 101 Guild War

It turned out that during these past four-plus months...

A large-scale phenomenon of humans falling into comas had occurred globally.

After a national investigation, it was discovered that these people were still active within the game.

However, their specific locations could not be found.

"Could it be that they also entered the Void Land?"

"That much is unclear."

Just then, Li Dabiao walked in, looking troubled as he spoke.

"Um... Brother Jiang, I called Elder Long."

"What did he say?"

"Play the game as normal."

Jiang He was stunned.

Play as normal? What did that mean?

"Wait, Brother Biao, could you be a bit clearer? What does 'play as normal' mean?"

"Uh... it means they won't interfere."

Beside him, Bai Luoyao showed a look of surprise, then stood up and shouted, "I'm going to talk to Grandpa Long."

"Don't go, Miss Bai. Elder Long said that they can't let the entire main city accommodate one person. The world is gradually changing now; every main city is working hard to compete for resources and expand their influence. The people at the Crystal Capital also said that if the state makes mandatory demands, they will collectively go on strike."

Bai Luoyao clenched her fists, lowering her head in silent frustration.

Seeing this, Jiang He smiled. "Hey, it doesn't matter. Worst case scenario, I just won't enter the city. It's fine to just grind monsters outside the city walls."

Though he said this, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Was he really going to become a wanderer in a foreign land?

That day, Jiang He did not log into the game again.

Instead, he had Xiao Yao push him outside for a stroll.

Having stayed on the Path of Death for so long, it had been a while since he had seen the outside world.

The streets were still exceptionally lively.

But many things had changed their appearance...

The streets and alleys were covered with promotional posters for the game 'Immortal Realm'.

The topics people discussed were also about events happening within 'Immortal Realm'.

"Heehee, I mined a piece of iron ore last night. There's hope for this month's mortgage."

"Wow... really? I'm so envious. I just joined the company, and the supervisor hasn't opened an account for me yet. I really hope I can have such good luck and mine some ore too."

Jiang He sat in his wheelchair, listening to these topics that originally didn't belong to the real world.

He turned his head toward a screen on a shopping mall.

[Good news!]

[The price of Immortal Coins has reached a new high today.]

Even the 'Immortal Realm' game currency was being called Immortal Coins by people.

The price had even surpassed Bitcoin.

Jiang He lowered his head with a bitter smile. "It seems this world really has changed."

Ring ring ring...

At that moment, Bai Luoyao's phone rang.

After answering, her expression became increasingly grim.

"Xiao Yao? Has something happened?"

"Yes, Zhang Zixuan has initiated a guild war against Luohe Hall."

Jiang He furrowed his brows tightly.

"I'm sorry, I might not be able to help."

"It's not your fault, but I might have to go back..."

"Yeah, go ahead. I've wandered enough; it's time to go back and take a look."

Inside the meeting room of the Luohe Hall combat base.

Xiaoxue, Zhao Yun, Mumu, Li Qing, Li Dabiao, and over a dozen core members sat together discussing strategies.

"Fuck, what's there to worry about? Let's just go and fight him directly."

"Fight him directly? Stop joking. The Blood Fiend Guild was almost killed into disbanding by them. Do you think we're stronger than the Blood Fiend Guild?" someone countered.

Zhao Yun clenched his fist and slammed the table. "Then what? They've already declared war. Are we supposed to just surrender?"

In a guild war, one could surrender directly.

However, as the losing party, not only would they lose 20% of their territory funds to the winner, but the guild level would also drop by one.

At this point, someone agreed. "I think that's viable. At least if we surrender, the players' levels won't drop."

"Exactly. If we fight and end up losing anyway, we'll lose territory funds and the guild members will lose levels from combat."

"Fuck, you guys might as well just go find Zhang Zixuan, kneel down, and beg him not to fight us." Zhao Yun was so angry he was about to explode.

Just then, the door to the meeting room was pushed open.

"Alright, Old Zhao, why the huge temper?" Jiang He was pushed in by Bai Luoyao.

"Da He, why are you here? Go back and rest; we don't need you here," Zhao Yun said.

His good brother had only just woken up, and his body was still very weak.

He didn't want Jiang He to get involved and potentially get worked up into a bad state.

"It's fine, it's fine. I'll just listen for a bit."

Bai Luoyao pushed him to the side of her seat, then sat down and said:

"We fight. We must fight this guild war."

"It won't work, Miss. If we start a war now, we have absolutely no advantage."

Bai Luoyao shook her head. "Even without an advantage, we must fight. If we just surrender, we might as well disband the guild. The purpose of a guild is to face various collective challenges, not to choose to retreat upon encountering a powerful opponent. I believe none of our Luohe Hall members are cowards."

"Good! Well said, Xiao Yao!" Zhao Yun clapped loudly in approval.

Li Qing also stood up and shouted, "Damn right, fight them! At worst, I'll just go back to the Novice Village and level up again!"

Jiang He was somewhat surprised.

It seemed that during the time he was gone, Qingzi's blood had become quite a bit hotter.

He used to be the type to hide in the back during a fight, but now he had become so impulsive.

Thump, thump, thump—

Jiang He lightly tapped the table a few times.

The room instantly fell silent. Everyone turned to look at him, seemingly waiting for him to speak.

"Uh... don't look at me like that. I just wanted to ask, can someone first introduce the current situation of the Yongye Guild?"

Next, a girl wearing glasses stood up and said, "Hello, Mr. Jiang. I am the intelligence officer for Luohe Hall. I will now analyze the recent development of the Yongye Guild for everyone."

She picked up a remote and pointed it at the large screen in the meeting room.

Analytical reports appeared one by one.

Currently, the Yongye Guild has become the number one guild in Chang'an City.

The guild level has reached Level 25.

The guild has 60,000 members.

The most prominent players in the guild are:

Ronin (Zhang Zixuan): Level 62

Class: Dragon Knight. Fully equipped with exclusive gear.

Based on inferences from multiple battles, his current Attack Power should be around 19,000.

His Defense is on the high side, around 30,000. Most importantly, he has a special skill.

He can awaken the Dragon God Bloodline.

Under the skill state, his Attack and Defense will increase by 100%. Although the effect only lasts ten minutes...

It is enough to kill an opponent multiple times.

Hearing this, Jiang He frowned. It seemed that kid Blood Blade had suffered quite a bit under this skill.

Currently, he was Level 73 with 28,000 Attack. While significantly higher than Zhang Zixuan...

If the opponent activated his skill, his damage would soar directly to around 38,000?

How could one fight that?

And that was only at Level 62.

He suspected that Zhang Zixuan's exclusive equipment should have an effect similar to his own annihilation set.

Both could be upgraded through equipment advancement cards.

The intelligence officer then continued:

"But that isn't their most troublesome aspect."

"In every guild war, what gives opponents the biggest headache is the archer in their team."

"Shadow Hunter."