Online Game: My Decay Drives the Entire Server Crazy

Chapter 55 Qin Wentian’s remaining forces join forces to plot against the unethical business.As the Commoner Supermarket’s business grew larger and larger, Qin Wentian became increasingly uneasy.

He sat on the steps at the entrance of the Commoner Supermarket, holding the milk tea Fatty Wang had bought for him, his eyes fixed on the corner of the distant street. Several people stood there, wearing ordinary newbie gear, but their gait and posture didn’t look like newbies. Their gazes would shift toward the Commoner Supermarket from time to time, carrying an indescribable gloom.

”Guild Leader Qin, what are you looking at?” Fatty Wang poked his head out from the supermarket.

Qin Wentian withdrew his gaze and took a sip of milk tea. ”Nothing. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.”

But he knew his eyes weren’t playing tricks. He had been watching those people for several days. They appeared at the street corner every evening, stayed for half an hour, and then left, never approaching the supermarket or communicating with anyone. They wore different colored clothes, but they had one thing in common—each wore a black ring on their right ring finger. That was the symbol of a core member of the Heavenly Temple.

Qin Wentian recognized that ring. Because he had once worn one on his hand as well.

That night, he found Lin Ye and told him about it. Lin Ye leaned back in his chair with his legs crossed, his expression unchanged.

”You’re saying the remnant forces of the Heavenly Temple are stalking us?”

Qin Wentian nodded. ”At least a dozen people. I recognize a few of them; they were all core members of the Heavenly Temple. Ling Tian, Kuang Zhan, Ying Ren... I thought they had quit the game, but I didn’t expect them to still be around.”

Lin Ye smiled. ”It’s good they didn’t quit. If they had, I’d find it a pity.”

”A pity?”

”If the leeks don’t grow, what is the sickle supposed to cut?” Lin Ye stood up and walked to the window. ”Let them watch. I want to see what they’re plotting.”

Qin Wentian hesitated for a moment and said, ”Brother Ye, I’m not speaking for them. But these people are different from me. I was beaten into submission and saw reason. They were beaten into fleeing and are harboring resentment. People like that are capable of anything.”

Lin Ye nodded. ”I know. That’s why I have to let them make a move. If they don’t act, how can I deal with them?”

Qin Wentian looked at him and suddenly understood. It wasn’t that Lin Ye didn’t know someone was stalking them; he was waiting. Waiting for those people to jump out themselves.

Meanwhile, in a basement on the east side of the main city, a dozen people were sitting in a circle. None of them wore guild badges, but the black rings on their right ring fingers glinted coldly in the dim light. Sitting in the very center was Ling Tian, with a map of the main city spread out before him, covered in red pen marks.

”The Commoner Supermarket is located here.” Ling Tian pointed to a red circle in the center of the map. ”There are three exits around it: the Main City Square to the east, the Trading House to the west, and the Teleportation Array to the north. Lin Ye is usually on the third floor, Su Qinghan is on the second, and Fatty Wang is at the first-floor counter. Qin Wentian—” He paused. ”Qin Wentian is at the door.”

”That traitor Qin Wentian!” Kuang Zhan slammed the table. ”He still has the face to stay at the Commoner Supermarket? If it weren’t for him, would the Heavenly Temple have disbanded?”

Ying Ren sneered. ”He’s already been brainwashed by Lin Ye. Now he’s just an obedient dog.”

Ling Tian raised his hand to stop them. ”Don’t argue. We’ll deal with Qin Wentian later. The problem now is how to bring down the Commoner Supermarket.”

”Smash the shop?” Kuang Zhan suggested.

”Can’t smash it. There are Decay traps in the shop; you’ll die as soon as you go in.”

”Then cut off their supply source. Although the materials market has been taken over by Lin Ye, the materials from high-level dungeons are still in our hands. We have the people and the technique; we can monopolize the drops of high-level materials.”

”Monopolize? Have you forgotten the outcome of the last monopoly? Lin Ye directly crippled all the dungeon bosses.”

”Then target his power-leveling service. Doesn’t he have to audit orders? We’ll create fake orders for him to take. If he takes them, we’ll say he’s bullying innocent players. If he doesn’t, we’ll say he took the money but didn’t do the work.”