Absolute Death Game

The chubby guy asked, "Which server are you guys on?"

Xiao Buli replied, "We’re from the Zhongzhou server."

"Ah, Zhongzhou server, I know it; it seems like your region was the first one to have a ’King of Jiuzhou’, wasn’t it?"

Xiao Buli nodded, "That’s right, exactly."

The chubby guy said, "I remember it was someone called Long Aotian; quite an awesome dude, the ’King of Jiuzhou’. That title is truly one of a kind."

Xiao Ge, however, showed a disdainful expression, "What ’King of Jiuzhou’? Bullshit."

The chubby guy was somewhat puzzled, "What’s wrong, did I say something incorrect?"

Han Wenhuan said, "At that time during the national server competition, we beat him so badly his own mother wouldn’t recognize him. If it hadn’t gone free-to-play, he would never have gotten the title of ’King of Jiuzhou’..."

Xiao Buli glared at both of them, and Han Wenhuan immediately fell silent.

Yet the chubby guy had already come back to his senses, and with a sigh, he said, "You guys must be from the Qingyang Empire, then. I’ve long admired your renown."

Clearly, he had heard of the Qingyang Empire, "I heard that your guild had a great battle for a while, and it looked like you were about to unify Jiuzhou. What happened then?"

Gu Shaobang looked to Xiao Buli as if seeking his permission, and Xiao Buli sighed. Since there was no point in hiding it anymore, he casually nodded, and Gu Shaobang recounted the gist of the incident. @@novelbin@@

After listening, the chubby guy also seemed filled with righteous indignation and sighed incessantly, "Alas, there’s nothing we can do. This is how games are these days; with money you can be the boss. Not like the games we played before. Remember the old ’Legend’? That was really thrilling and didn’t have all this weird stuff. Now ’Legend’ is more like a private server, just a pile of crap.

But who can go against the trend, right? Back in the day when I played ’Legend’, I was a person to be reckoned with, even a guild master of a big guild."

The people with Xiao Buli had also previously mixed in ’Legend’, where the beginnings of Qingyang Studio had taken shape, so they started asking him about it.

The chubby guy wasn’t modest at all and started telling his story: "Back then, on our server, there were four major guilds. Shabak was basically monopolized by the four of us—Weizun Lingxiao, Wind Clan, Awesome Empire, and then there was our Overlord Alliance."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Buli was shocked, "Wait a minute, did you say ’Awesome Empire’?"

The chubby guy nodded, puzzled, "You’ve heard of this guild too?" Stay tuned to NovelBin.Côm

Xiao Buli’s eyes were fixed on him, "What else do you know about this ’Awesome Empire’?" The chubby guy shook his head, "Not much. The guild leader of the Awesome Empire seems to be the chairman of the Jinniu Group, someone very wealthy.

Many of his subordinates are employees of his company, so they are very coordinated and obey commands during sieges, unlike our guild which is just a rabble—bold in a winning fight but scattered in defeat."

Xiao Buli stopped his complaints, "What does this Jinniu Group do?"

The chubby guy grew curious, "What, you have a grudge against the Awesome Empire? If you’re thinking of a real-life PK, I should warn you, the Jinniu Group has quite the backing, and you guys can’t afford to provoke them."

Xiao Buli said, shaking his head, "Not at all, just asking out of curiosity."

The chubby guy replied, "That’s good to hear. I don’t know much about the Jinniu Group, they seem to be in real estate and have other businesses as well. That’s about all I know." He spoke a bit more about the Awesome Empire, but there was nothing too important.

Xiao Buli couldn’t help thinking to himself that the Awesome Empire was truly bold to use the name of a ’Legend’ guild outright—either they were really that confident, or it was a ploy to divert trouble or fool outsiders. Perhaps this Awesome Empire had nothing to do with the guild in ’Legend’, just a means to confuse people. All were possibilities.

Even though he now suspected the Awesome Empire’s real-world identity, Xiao Buli didn’t have any way to deal with it; with his current resources, challenging such a behemoth seemed unlikely, and there was no need to either.

Laying low and developing steadily was the true path to success.

The group chatted a bit more, finding more and more common ground, and the chubby guy was very genial, "I’ve made up my mind about you guys. If you ever need anything, just ask. I’m not boasting, but I’m a pretty well-known figure around these parts. We should hang out more if we have time, and play some good games together.

My friends are either visiting escorts or going to saunas, some even pretentiously playing golf. They make fun of me for gaming, but I don’t care. Life should be about doing what you want.

Be sure to include me if that game of yours goes into public testing." After speaking, he insisted on giving them his business card, and Xiao Buli, not wanting to seem rude, casually agreed and took a look at the card. The chubby guy turned out to be named Qian Duoduo, a rather peculiar name.

After finishing their meal, Qian Duoduo wanted to take them out for drinks, but Xiao Buli had enough experience with the drinking capacity of Northeasterners in his guild to be wary, so he politely declined.

The group left the restaurant and went their separate ways, and the five returned to the villa, heading to bed early that night.

The next morning, they all got up early, grabbed a quick bite, and once again fired up their computers to log into the game. (