Master Versus Master
After exchanging a few words with Lin Yu, Gao Shan quickly left.
The "Order" forces, dispatched to pursue the Heavenly Artisan, have begun a struggle and conflict with the "Marauders."
As the Detachment Captain of "Order", Gao Shan was naturally busy providing support.
The purpose of this trip here seems to be solely to confirm that Fu Luo was not injured.
This further enhanced Lin Yu's perception of the "Order" organization.
Indeed, an organization that is recognized by most Player must have some reliability.
After Gao Shan left, Lin Yu and Fu Luo also temporarily parted ways.
"Go to the hospital to get your head checked again, to make sure everything's alright."
"I'll transfer the points to you once they're credited to your account in Gao Shan."
Lin Yu finished speaking and saw Fu Luo off.
After seeing Fu Luo off, Lin Yu did not rush to leave.
He took out his phone again and opened the "Marauders" app.
Despite lacking technical support from the forum, the "Marauders" have developed their own app, seemingly in an effort to compete with "The Order" and other organizations that receive forum support.
After all, this thing doesn't actually have a particularly high technical threshold.
However, compared to forums, the "Marauders" app is much less secure, and there might be "Order" spies mixed in.
Lin Yu opened the app with the simple wolf head icon and started browsing the chat groups inside.
Everyone's talking about it enthusiastically right now.
The central topic, unsurprisingly...
It's Zhengcheng!
"Order" and the brothers from the Yu Province have started fighting!
"That Heavenly Artisan kid really knows how to cause trouble!"
"Haha, but I like those who can cause trouble."
"Can the brothers in Zhengcheng hold on? Should we go and help them?"
The "Almond" I'd seen before was now speaking in the Group Chat.
"It's alright, Heavenly Artisan has already returned to the base."
"Right now, our minister is leading a few group leaders in a showdown near the old flour mill in Zhengcheng. They can definitely run away if they want to, but this is a rare opportunity, so let's treat it as training."
Lin Yu nodded slightly in response to Almond's words.
The old flour mill is not far from Jiuxi Yuan.
It turns out that the "Marauders" and the "Order" had bumped into each other there.
Lin Yu had originally planned to go and watch the high-level Player from these organizations clash, so after confirming the location, he naturally covered his face and went.
The journey was only ten minutes, but Lin Yu arrived at the scene in less than five minutes, despite his hurried pace.
Inside the abandoned factory, the battle had clearly intensified.
A ring of black metal rods was planted around the factory. Lin Yu knew this was a well-known Item of the "Order" organization, which almost every city branch had: the [Cognitive Disturbance Generator].
If you stick this thing in the ground, ordinary people will ignore the "abnormality" inside.
As Player, Lin Yu was naturally unaffected; he heard the clanging and banging sounds coming from inside.
After sneaking in quietly, Lin Yu climbed up the somewhat abandoned fire escape ladder to the top of an abandoned factory building.
Then, Lin Yu saw two men locked in a fierce battle in the very center of the open space!
One man wielded a long-handled heavy hammer, while the other held two swords. The two fought at an extremely fast pace, the sounds of their weapons clashing filling the air.
Within a few meters of the two, there was a forbidden zone that no one dared to approach—after all, every time their weapons clashed, a strong Wind Pressure would be generated.
This is a duel that no other Player can interfere with!
Lin Yu also recognized the two people.
The one wielding the heavy hammer is the "Order" Captain General in Zhengcheng, and his Profession is "Soldier"!
The one wielding the twin swords was the Boss of the "Marauders" in Zhengcheng, and his Profession was "thug"!
According to Lin Yu's intelligence, these two are at least at the "Tier 3" level.
And beyond these two...
The Administrator of Zhengcheng, the "postman," was a powerful figure who held back the two "Marauders."
The three men leaped and bounded around an abandoned factory building whose roof had been ripped off, throwing Fei Dao and darts at each other, and occasionally pulling out a musket to fire a shot.
Lin Yu assessed the situation. Although he could defeat Heavenly Artisan, in a battle between "core cadres" of such a large organization...
Well, if I get involved myself, I'm doomed.
Further into the factory, a battle raged between several Detachment Captain of "Order" and the leader of a "Marauders" group. Lin Yu glanced over...
The intensity there is a bit lower, but I estimate I could barely protect myself if I went in.
"As expected, once high-level Player accumulate a large number of Item and combine that with the ability to 'Tier Advancement' multiple times, they become qualitatively different from ordinary players..."
Lin Yu muttered to himself.
After joining "Jiang'an Hall", Lin Yu naturally learned that "Tier 1" was not the Player's focus.
After Player pass the first "Rank Advancement Trial," there will be a second, a third, and so on...
The highest level of Player known to have reached is "Tier 5".
Each "Tier Advancement" increases the difficulty exponentially, but also grants more powerful Profession abilities.
For example, if Player at "Tier 3" receives abilities related to direct combat...
Lin Yu glanced again, and the "Order" Captain General Zhengcheng's heavy hammer burst forth with red light, and with one swing, he sent the "Marauders" leader flying.
The leader, wielding two knives, crashed heavily into a metal can, violently deforming the heavy vessel. However, he jumped down as if nothing had happened and continued charging towards the Captain General.
Yes, they're practically superhuman now.
Lin Yu silently climbed down from the roof.
Sure enough, while his current strength was sufficient, it wasn't entirely enough.
At least if he were to face those two "Tier 3" opponents right now, Lin Yu couldn't imagine how he could win.
"If you want to get revenge on the Psychology Society, you still need to become stronger."
"That woman doesn't seem like an ordinary person."
Lin Yu muttered to himself, then left the flour mill and headed to the more bustling downtown area of Zhengcheng.
After the one-hour cooldown of [Mask] was over, I changed my clothes again and transformed into the appearance of Heavenly Artisan. I went to a billiard hall on the street, pushed open the door and went inside.
There were several pool tables being played by customers in the pool hall, and the decor looked rather dated.
Lin Yu walked straight to the front desk, looked at the blond-haired guy scrolling through short videos on his phone, cleared his throat and spoke.
"Hey buddy, I'll have the table for three hours and fifty minutes, two bottles of chilled Fanta, and half a pack of Lotus cigarettes."
Upon hearing this, the blond-haired youth looked up, saw Lin Yu's current appearance, and laughed.
"Holy crap, Brother Heavenly Artisan, what kind of code are you using?"
"You act like I don't know you!"
As he spoke, he pulled a bunch of keys from under the table and handed them to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu had no idea who this blond guy was, so he could only nod aloofly.
"During these special times, it's better to be cautious!"
He said it in a very serious tone.