Online Game: My Decay Drives the Entire Server Crazy

Chapter 26 Ambush in the Wilderness? Luring the Giant Bear Lord to Wipe Out 300 Elite TeamsIt had been three days since the Commoner Supermarket opened, and business was still desolate. It wasn’t because the goods were bad, nor was it because the prices weren’t cheap—Lin Ye had slashed material prices to half the market rate; iron ore sold for only 50 silver coins, and herbs for only 30, cheaper even than NPCs. But no one dared to come and buy.

The Heavenly Temple’s ban was still in effect; whoever dared to enter the Commoner Supermarket was an enemy of the Heavenly Temple. Solo players couldn’t afford to offend the top guild in the entire server, so they could only watch from afar and satisfy their curiosity by posting on the forums.

Fatty Wang was pacing anxiously: ”Brother, if this continues, our inventory is going to burst. With money coming in but nothing going out, our capital chain is going to break.”

Lin Ye sat by the window, snacking on virtual melon seeds, and said unhurriedly: ”What’s the rush? Qin Wentian is more anxious than we are.”

”Why is he anxious?”

”He spent a fortune monopolizing materials, but now that our shop is open, his materials won’t sell. Guess how much he’s lost now?”

Fatty Wang paused for a moment and opened the Trading House to take a look—the price of those materials monopolized by the Heavenly Temple had already fallen by a third. Although Lin Ye’s Commoner Supermarket didn’t have many customers, it was like a thorn stuck in the Heavenly Temple’s monopoly, letting all players know that the materials weren’t worth that price at all.

”Seems like... he lost quite a bit.” Fatty Wang scratched his head.

”Exactly.” Lin Ye stood up. ”Let’s go, let’s go out for a spin.”

”Where to?”

”The wild. Time to restock.”

Su Qinghan frowned: ”The people from the Heavenly Temple are still guarding outside. I used my scouting skill to sweep the area yesterday; there are at least three hundred people lying in ambush at the exit from the main city to the wild map.”

Lin Ye laughed: ”Three hundred people? Perfect. Experience packs delivered to our doorstep; it would be a waste not to take them.”

The three of them walked out of the Commoner Supermarket and headed toward the North Gate of the main city. The solo players they met on the way saw Lin Ye and dodged far away—not because they feared him, but because they feared being seen by people from the Heavenly Temple. However, there were a few bold ones who secretly sent him private messages—

[Private Message] Solo Player Old Li: Brother Ye, be careful! There are a lot of people ambushing outside the North Gate, at least three hundred! They’re all elites from the Heavenly Temple!

[Private Message] Brick-Moving Expert: Brother Ye, why don’t you stay in the city for now? Wait until the heat dies down?

[Private Message] Invincible Sword God: Brother Ye, need help? I might be a noob, but I can be cannon fodder for you!

Lin Ye looked at these private messages, and his heart warmed a little. There were still good people in this game.

He replied to Invincible Sword God: ”No need. Just stay in the city and watch the show.”

When they reached the North Gate, Su Qinghan suddenly grabbed Lin Ye: ”Wait. There’s an ambush ahead.”

She activated her scouting skill and projected a map in front of Lin Ye. On the map, the woods outside the North Gate, the hillsides, and behind the rocks were densely packed with red dots. There were at least three hundred of them, distributed professionally, advancing and retreating in an organized manner; one look and you could tell they had been trained.

”Three hundred and twenty-seven.” Su Qinghan reported the precise number. ”The leader should be a trusted aide of the Heavenly Temple’s vice-guild leader, with the ID ’Heavenly Temple Ying Ren’, a level 20 Assassin, ranked in the top fifty of the entire server.”

Fatty Wang’s legs went soft: ”Three... three hundred people? Brother, why don’t we go back?”

Lin Ye ignored him, stared at the map for a while, and a wicked smile curved on his lips: ”No need to go back. Let’s take them to a place.”

”What place?”

Lin Ye pointed to a mark on the northeast corner of the map: ”The Giant Bear Lord’s lair.”

Su Qinghan was stunned: ”A World BOSS? Are you crazy? That thing is level 30 with 100,000 HP; one slap could kill the three of us.”

Lin Ye laughed: ”That’s exactly why we need to take them there. Let the BOSS help us clear the field.”