Chapter 3

"Su Mucheng is live"

Since the last stream, her subscribers had multiplied. Even professional players were now following her. Everyone who received the notification rushed to tune in to the live stream, regardless of whether they were in the middle of practice or something else.

"Hello everyone. Su Mucheng here again." The beautiful girl greeted cheerfully. "Today we're going on a dangerous mission. Today I'll show you Team Revolution's secret base. We'll be entering at the risk of being killed by my captain." She revealed the high-stakes mission. "In this dangerous and secret place we're going to, mobile phones are banned. But for you, I'll break the captain's sacred rule. Our secret hideout, Team Revolution's training room, the greatest secret just for my beautiful followers." She dramatically assured. And the brave goddess led them inside Team Revolution's training room. At that moment, the room was in complete chaos.

"Yifan, support Little Bao and Little Tang," Ye Xiu ordered.

"I've got them," the serious boy nodded without taking his eyes off his computer screen.

"Wenyi, stay close to Wei Chen, don't move a step away from him."

"Right with senior," the healer nodded.

"I've got it covered," Wei Chen assured.

"Mo Fan, remember, it's your mission to pick up any equipment we drop if we're killed."

The ninja nodded at the captain's order.

"What are we doing?" Luo Ji, who was watching over Xichen, asked. The chubby and precious baby was sitting on the summoner's lap with one of his Troubling Rain plush toys in his mouth, watching Luo Ji's computer screen. Luo Ji was obviously not in the fight but was in the city, hitting a training dummy just for Xichen's amusement, who occasionally stretched out his chubby fingers and hit the keyboard without Luo Ji stopping him.

"We're stealing a Wild Boss from Samsara. It drops the blue bone we need for the silver weapon we're trying to make for Little Tang," said the distracted summoner, looking at Su Mucheng and, upon seeing the offensive camera in her hands, went into a panic. He looked from her to Ye Xiu, who still hadn't noticed the sinful object in her hands. "You..."

"Shhh," Mucheng smiled dangerously, indicating silence with a finger over her lips. "And why do we hunt world bosses and steal them from the big guilds?"

"Because we're poor," shouted the mischievous blonde without even turning to look at her.

-For silver weapons, rare materials are needed. Silver weapons are necessary in the professional league because they are superior even to orange weapons in the game. A team without silver weapons doesn't have many chances of surviving in the Pro scene. So if we want a chance, we need to make silver weapons and armor - elaborated the dumb blond, Luo Ji, desperate over Steamed Bun Invasion simplicity. -We're racing against the clock trying to equip our characters to win the Challenge League and survive the professional scene. All professional teams have a significant advantage in this aspect compared to us, who have just started and have to do it ourselves while they have entire guilds to help them with this. The rare materials needed for these silver weapons and armor can only be obtained in two ways. One is by killing world bosses, raid bosses, and dungeon bosses in the game. The other is by buying them on the market.

-That's the same thing I said - Bollo al Vapor complained. -We can't buy them because we're poor, so we have to get them in the game - Bao nodded confidently, thinking he had said the same thing as Luo Ji, just in his own words.

-Can you stop repeating our financial status as a team? It's depressing - Wei Chen complained, giving Bollo al Vapor a light tap on the head with his left hand without taking his eyes off the computer, quickly returning to his game, as he was responsible for protecting An Wenyin, the healer, and causing chaos from afar, which he was very good at.

-But you're the one who said, "Damn, not even Blue Rain was this poor in its early days" - the blond complained.

-I lied - he admitted shamelessly. -The Blue Rain building, you know it? That impressive building… we barely had enough to rent a small part of the first floor. We crammed three people per room to save on costs. Old Fang Shijing and I had to take care of Blue Brook back then - he laughed. -We juggled between the game and the professional scene. Back then, pro players were also the elite of their guilds.

-We were all the same back then - Ye Xiu smiled. -How many times did my Excellent Dynasty face your troops and old Shijing's?

-More times than I'd like to remember, you bastard. And when it wasn't you and old Xuefeng causing trouble, it was old Lin Jie with his Tiny Herb janitors or that brat from Tyranny, Han Wenqin, ugh, that brat was so aggressive with his gang of Tyrannical Ambition savages - he complained. -And if it wasn't them, it was old Zhang Yiwei with Samsara. They were a small guild back then, but if you were careless, they'd manage to steal the boss right under your nose. And I won't even start talking about the nightmare that was Royal Heritage with Guo Mingyue back then.

-Don't forget the lovers - Ye Xiu reminded, laughing.

-Ahh Sun Zheping and Zhang Jiale from Hundred Blossom, we were all convinced those two were getting it on… although we never had proof - Wei Chen was quite informed about the gossip from back then. -They arrived a little after the rest of us, but still in time for the chaotic times. They were always running ahead of Hundred Blossom's troops, trying to catch up with the others. Always together like a married couple. I say the husband was definitely old Sun, Jiale was his "wife."

-Do you doubt it? - Ye Xiu teased him. There was no way it was the other way around.

-Why did it change? Why don't pro players help their guilds anymore? - Tang Rou asked curiously.

-It didn't change at first. Seeing old Han leading Tyrannical Ambition's troops, or old Lin with a whole squad of janitors on their brooms, leading Tiny Herb was normal. One Autumn Leaf could log in anytime with Qi Breaker and lead Excellent Dynasty in the game to catch wild bosses. Swoksaar almost spent more time in the game than on the professional stage back then. But the professional scene grew and gained fame, and that's when it changed. For me, for example, it was impossible to log in with One Autumn Leaf in the game because people followed us and were on our tails. Some just wanted to meet us, others wanted to PK us, but whatever the reason, we couldn't take two steps in the game without being chased. We started to become more of a burden than a help to the guilds in the world boss fights. Soon, normal players began to complain that pro players were breaking dungeon records, and it started to be viewed negatively. It was said to be unfair. Also, if normal players attacked us and we killed them in the game, it was also seen as abuse - he reminisced.

-Damn it, they attacked first. If they asked for their death, it was my pleasure to give it to them - Wei Chen assured with his dark heart full of pride.

-Your Skowsaar was known for harassing poor normal players, good thing Yu Wenzhou fixed that ugly reputation.

-That brat has a darker heart than I do - he said proudly. -Even if you don't believe me, I know.

-The guilds grew - Ye Xiu continued, ignoring Wei Chen and explaining to little Tang what had changed. -Especially the guilds connected to professional teams. With guilds growing so much in-game and the professional scene expanding rapidly, pro players became unable to continue managing the guilds. Being elite in a guild and a professional at the same time just started not to work well, too exhausting. Managing a guild became a full-time job. That's how guild elites emerged. Elites are better than normal players but not good enough to enter the professional scene. They are on a step between normal Glory players and professional players. That's how elites and the guild system as we know it today were born.

-Uhmm, let's make our guild with elites - Bollo al Vapor suggested.

-That's a full-time job Bao - Ye Xiu reminded him. -A guild leader is always available, on call 24/7. Their job is tough; they must take care of the guild's interests while looking after the guild members. It's a full-time job. And they are paid for it. Elites handle gathering materials, setting records, etc. They are also the bridge that connects professionals with followers in the game. We don't even have money to pay ourselves a salary, let alone pay the imaginary elite of our even more imaginary guild - explained the golden-eyed captain patiently.

-We ourselves could be the elites of our guild - An Wenyin opined, momentarily caught up in Bao Rongxing's raw and foolish passion.

-During the Challenge League, maybe - Wei Chen spoke up. -I, Ye Xiu, Yifan, and Mucheng, are more than enough to make our way through the Challenge League. That would leave time for you to be the elites of our imaginary guild and for the three major guilds in the game to commit suicide in tears of pain - he smiled, imagining Herb Garden, Blue Brook, and Tyrannical Ambition dealing with a guild led by the aggressive Tang Rou, the unpredictable Bao Rongxing, the genius Luo Ji, the not always fast but precise An Wenyin, the quiet and cruel Mo Fan… he almost wanted to laugh at that vision of disaster for the three major guilds. -But it would be wasting the time we urgently need to continue improving as a team - Wei Chen admitted finally. -Learning to work together, understanding our strengths and weaknesses, is important if we don't want to be eliminated from the professional scene as soon as we set foot in it - warned the senior omega seriously. Training together was a priority. Ye Xiu had assembled an exceptional group of rookies, but rookies nonetheless. They needed to turn them into experts in record time. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to overcome the rookie block that would fall on them sooner or later in the professional scene. -So instead of forming a guild, our best option is to steal wild bosses from other guilds.

Everyone nodded obediently, understanding what their seniors were saying.

-Yes! The boss dropped the item we needed - Yifan exclaimed. They had managed to steal and take down the boss while chatting so casually.

-Good, let's get out of here before Samsara seeks revenge - Ye Xiu ordered, finally lifting his golden eyes from the computer and finally catching Su Mucheng. -MuMu! - he exclaimed, and everyone looked at her. -You're grounded, young lady. Since you seem to have so much free time… 3 extra hours of training for you. And now get out of here with that phone or it'll be 10 hours - he swore at the girl who ran out laughing, and the recording cut off.

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BabyBlueRain: Ah, the first generation seems like they had so much fun in the game.

BlueRainthechampion: You could always see them in the game. I started on the first server and got to play several times alongside them in wild boss hunts. It was fun, they were more like us.

SkowsaarWife: Ahhh I would love to see our gods among us mere mortals again.

HuangShaotian : Fun was an understatement. I had almost forgotten what it felt like. That's how I started my journey in Blue Rain #OldFartNowI'mFeelingNostalgic #FirstServerNostalgia Low-quality video clip from the first server, showing Troubling Rain, without any silver weapons or anything, almost stealing a boss from Blue Rain and getting killed by a Skowsaar different from the current one, the first Skowsaar

SkowsaarWife: Ohhh it's so strange to see my baby Skowsaar kill my baby Troubling Rain.

WindwardFormation: That kid was a pain in the ass and wouldn't shut up even back then. (∥ ￣ ■ ￣ ∥) As soon as I saw him play, I snatched him up for Blue Rain before anyone else could. Killing him was the best way to go; then he became obsessed with trying to PK me, so that's how I caught him. Thanks and You're welcome for getting you your sword saint. ヽ ( ￣ ▼ ￣ *) ノ

SkowsaarWife: Wild founder appears.

BlueRainForever: Thank you, oh great founder.

SkowsaarWife: Thank you, oh great founder. +1

BlueRainForever: Thank you, oh great founder. +2

BlueRainFan#1: Thank you, oh great founder. +3

ElmonasterioBR: Thank you, oh great founder. +4

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BabyBlueRain: Thank you, oh great founder. +500

HuangShaotian : Shameless old man, answer your QQ. Shameless old man, ignoring me for so many years. Aren't you embarrassed? Answer me QQ, where did such a beautiful little brother come from? He can't be yours; that baby is too cute to be from a scoundrel like you…

WindwardFormation: I'm going to block you just so I don't have to read your endless chatter, and on QQ too.

HuangShaoShaoBestFan: HAHAHAHA FATALITY!

HanWenqing : #FirstServerNostalgia Video clip from the first server, showing what was obviously Desert Dust guiding Tyrannical Ambition's troops against Excellent Dynasty, Blue Brook, and Herb Garden. Soon, Desert Dust and One Autumn Leaf were fighting each other, and Vaccaria and Skowsaar joined the fray. But that Vaccaria and Skowsaar were managed differently compared to how they are now because they were two different people.

HanYe: My God, the Emperor of Wild Fighting has appeared O_o

TyrannicalPower: I'm not surprised by Huang Shaotian, but I never saw the captain Han Wenqing coming. ＼ ((;◎_◎) ／

DesertLeaf: When even Captain Han follows Su Mucheng, we can be sure that the whole league does.

ChanzingHaze: To hell with everything, let them form a guild. I'll help them for free to get materials.

LittleMoon: x2

Horse Shooter: x3 #WeWantTheGuildRevolution