Full of Pits Everywhere

Real NPCs, real human hearts!

It's full of traps everywhere.

There are schemes everywhere.

Those clueless players who come in get their accounts ruined by traps.

I have to seize the time to become stronger!

Gao Linzhi thought to himself as he arrived at the entrance of East Wolf Village.

At the village gate, Zheng Shan and a few others were standing there.

Seeing Gao Linzhi, surprise appeared on each of their faces, as if astonished at how he managed to escape the Crown Snake's pursuit.

Zheng Shan quickly walked forward.

He bowed deeply, "Thank you, brother, for luring away the Crown Snake this time."

"I'm truly sorry. I used to frequent Myriad Snake Cave often, and the Crown Snake was always cleared out by people from Xu Corporation beforehand. When a BOSS appeared, they would monopolize it and wouldn't leave it for others."

"I really don't know why the Crown Snake appeared this time."

Gao Linzhi said calmly, "Oh, is that so."

His eyes turned cold, but his expression remained unchanged.

In his mind, the minimap.

Zheng Shan, who was originally neutral yellow, had now turned red, indicating an enemy.

It was clear that Zheng Shan's stance towards him had been neutral before, but after what happened, he could only adopt a hostile position!

Very good, this minimap directly helps me distinguish stances.

Real players are awesome, just need to blindly pay to win.

Real players have only one problem in games: they don't pay enough.

"Alright, let's take this as a lesson learned. We'll all accept this," Gao Linzhi said, patting Zheng Shan's shoulder heavily.

"Uh, you're right. You should be careful in the future."

"You should just work in the village, buy monsters to kill like other Rogue Players. It's safer that way," Zheng Shan advised, feigning kindness.

"You're right," Gao Linzhi nodded.

And at this moment.

By the stone wall, the players working on the construction site were also discussing amongst themselves.

They seemed to have just heard about what happened to Gao Linzhi.

"As expected, I knew that grinding monsters outside was very dangerous."

"Yeah, those natives said they were chased by a BOSS while they were grinding."

"Hmph, this is the real world. BOSSes won't wait for players to level up before attacking. BOSSes know to strike first!"

All the Rogue Players shook their heads and continued moving stones.

They were very glad at this moment that they hadn't chosen to grind monsters.

"This 'Can Xue Waves Across the Map,' is he a newcomer? Only been online for a few days?"

"Yeah, he's already encountered a fatal crisis. He was lucky to survive this time, but what about next time?"

"So, you still have to hide yourself, lie low until the end, slowly train skills, buy monsters to kill, and build up your skills. Just like in reality, this is a game of survival of the fittest!"

"Exactly, being awesome early on means nothing. The real victory is outlasting your opponents!"

They discussed, nodding in agreement.

However, they hadn't considered one thing: under the intricate schemes of the company's high-level elites, could they truly survive?

Gao Linzhi and Zheng Shan pretended to part ways and went to rest at the Fourth Elder's courtyard.

In reality, he had been keeping the minimap open, monitoring Zheng Shan's movements.

He soon discovered that after resting at the village entrance for a while, Zheng Shan spoke to someone and then walked into the village.

Before long, he saw Zheng Shan enter a courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, there was a player he somewhat recognized, "Little Cat Fishing."

Zheng Shan and Little Cat Fishing started talking, and soon, a dispute seemed to break out.

Isn't Little Cat Fishing part of the Tianxia Guild?

Gao Linzhi thought about it and followed the minimap's location.

Soon, he arrived not far from the courtyard and faintly overheard their conversation.

"I'm not doing this kind of thing anymore," Zheng Shan said resolutely.

"Then that brother is a good person. If they were truly selfish Rogue Players, I wouldn't feel any guilt about trapping them."

"But that player, Can Xue, he's a warrior unlike any I've ever seen. I've met very few warriors like him in my life."

"Killing a warrior like that will incur bad karma!"

Little Cat Fishing sneered, "A good person? From what I know, he has incredible comprehension. He learned the basic skills taught by the Fourth Elder in just one day."

"He must have leveled up his Basic Lightness Skill to level 20 or higher. He was already confident he could escape."

"You were fooled by him!"

"He only led the BOSS away because he knew he wouldn't die. That's why he did it, he's definitely not the good person you claim he is."

Damn, he's a prophet. Kill him, kill him.

Gao Linzhi thought to himself.

"So that's how it is," Zheng Shan said thoughtfully. "Since you knew you couldn't trap him, what's the point of having me do this?"

"It's simple, kill with a borrowed knife. Now he definitely thinks it was the Xu family," Little Cat Fishing said confidently.

"If we don't put some pressure on these Rogue Players, if they don't know there's a wolf outside, they won't join our Tianxia Guild."

"The higher-ups at Xu Corporation don't want a complete breakdown for now. They just want to boil the frog slowly, dealing with all the Rogue Players over time. It's taking too long."

Zheng Shan remained silent, lost in thought.

"We need to create an atmosphere, an atmosphere where Xu Corporation is hunting players."

"We need to let ordinary players know that Corporate Players are hunting down lone ordinary players and taking their Game Posters. This way, to band together for warmth, they'll join our Tianxia Guild," Little Cat Fishing said confidently.

"Don't you think what you're doing is despicable?" Zheng Shan sneered.

"As long as the goal is righteous, what does it matter if the methods are despicable? Don't you know how harsh the corporations are to us Rogue Players? If we don't use even more despicable methods than them, how can we possibly win?"

"Do you really think we can win by confronting them openly?" Little Cat Fishing asked sarcastically.

Zheng Shan was speechless.

Gao Linzhi shook his head as he watched this.

Humans are indeed complex and multifaceted.

Take Zheng Shan, for example. He's not entirely evil; he still has some sense of shame.

But to me, this man deserves to die.

Because he has already made a move against me!

"Forget it. I don't want to deal with you anymore. Don't come looking for me for anything in the future," Zheng Shan said coldly.

He turned to leave.

"Pfft!" He looked at the long sword that had appeared in his chest.

"You, how dare you kill me?" He turned to look at Little Cat Fishing. "Aren't you afraid of being hunted by the village?"

"It's nothing. We'll just disguise it as being killed by an Anomaly. Besides, one just appeared last night."

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for wanting to quit. To avoid exposing our secret, you have to die." Little Cat Fishing didn't pull the sword out, leaving it embedded in the man.

Then, with a wave of his hand, Zheng Shan, along with the sword, disappeared.

Clearly, he had been placed into the Game Backpack.

In the end, Little Cat Fishing was a player, and killing had a natural advantage—disposing of bodies was incredibly convenient.