Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 818: Chapter 777: Chivalry… What a Ghost!

As it turns out, the human wave tactic worked.

Over forty people rushed forward, and the twelve henchmen with sticks in their hands didn’t stand a chance. They were easily overpowered, and players took their wooden sticks and pinned them to the ground.

Some players who had served as tanks got up from the ground, feeling furious and attacked the henchmen with the sticks, easily getting their revenge.

Yi walked into the brothel step by step, holding a Zitan wooden stick with his nostrils facing the sky.

He lifted his hand, ready to be commanding.

But as he raised his hand, a blood mist appeared in front of him.

A long bloody cut stretched from his forearm all the way up to his upper arm, with blood splashing out violently and waves of pain washing over him.

“Fuck!” Yi was shocked and couldn’t help but shout, “Protect me! Hurry up and protect me!”

As he shouted, he waved the hard Zitan wooden stick, smashing at the short-shirted swordsman who suddenly emerged in front of him.

Players had just finished their previous fight, their guard still up. As Yi was attacked, many wooden sticks came to support him.

However, the middle-aged swordsman with a scruffy beard in front of Yi didn’t even bother to draw the sword at his waist. Instead, he swung his bloodstained dagger with an effortless look on his face.

And yet, such a casual swing easily sliced through the astonishingly hard Zitan wooden stick!

Any wooden stick that posed a threat to him was effortlessly cut into pieces as soon as it entered his attack range. He faced attacks from four people but didn’t even move a step!

Yi immediately understood: an expert had stepped in!

But understanding alone didn’t mean much.

Determined to continue, dozens of players once again adopted the human wave tactic, rushing forward.

However, if the Zitan wooden stick could be so easily cut off, how could the players’ bodies fare any better?

The swordsman’s dagger waved nonstop, and Yi felt dizzy, unable to keep up with his opponent’s speed.

Any player who got close enough was slashed by the dagger on their arms, shoulders, waists, and thighs…

Blood splashed all around!

“Go around!” Yi tried to maneuver around the swordsman.

The players behind him immediately bypassed the fighting swordsman and headed into the brothel.

But in front of the crowd, two more fierce men appeared, dressed in tight clothes, carrying short guns and double swords.

Although they didn’t pull out their weapons, only holding sticks, they looked even more formidable than the previous attackers. The charging players instinctively felt that they were not easy to mess with!

But with no other choice, all they could do was keep charging forward.

“Bang!”

[Milky Snow] was struck in the head with one stick, falling to the ground right after hitting the temple!

“Crack!”

[Wrong Step Milk]’s knee was crushed by a stick, and he fell to the ground instantly.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

One after another, players were severely battered. They couldn’t even get close to their opponents, let alone steal weapons. They were beaten back all the way to the shop entrance.

Yi, who was kicked flying by the swordsman and landed outside the door, touched his neck in surprise:

“I didn’t die?”

As the closest player to the swordsman, he felt blood splashing all around him!

But to his surprise, he didn’t die?

He forced himself to stand up.

Although his arm still hurt, it was no longer bleeding, and it didn’t hinder his strength.

After all, this was a game. It couldn’t genuinely torture players. The [Disabling] attribute only appeared when suffering severe leg injuries, while the most an arm injury could cause was [Bleeding] status.

Both [Bleeding] and [Disabling] would naturally disappear over time, without requiring medical attention—though, of course, finding a doctor could speed up recovery, as these mechanics still existed.

Yi looked around and saw that everyone was in bad shape, but not a single person had died!

He logically deduced a sound conclusion—

“They don’t dare to kill! They don’t even dare to cause serious injuries!”

This game is too harmonious!

Yi couldn’t help but feel amazed in his heart.

Was it because they were cowards or because chivalrous people should be benevolent and righteous?

The question crossed his mind but was quickly dismissed.

Yi then boosted his comrades’ morale: “There’s nothing to be afraid of if we don’t die! Let’s try again! Keep going, guys!”

“I’ll lead the charge this time, and at all costs, I’ll pave a way!”

At this point, whether they got to the courtesan or not wasn’t important. It was a matter of pride for everyone.

Yi made a loud proclamation: “We must get in there and see for ourselves today!”

“Come on! Let’s see how many of them there are!”

For the third time in over half an hour, Yi rallied more people, announcing support from the fan group and requesting players from other areas to help as well.

Since they couldn’t live stream during the closed beta, this significantly limited his ability to gather players.

Soon, a crowd of players assembled outside Donghua Building, ready for action.

Everyone was excited, shouting:

“Here they come! Time to snatch the wife!”

“Let’s end the courtesan’s suffering today!”

“Charge! Charge! Charge! It’s our duty to oppose the feudal system, rescue the fallen girls, and help them reform!”

“Why not just set this place on fire?”

“????”

…

The henchmen and three experts at Donghua Building guarded the entrance with solemn expressions but remained restrained, not rushing forward to disperse them.

Yi couldn’t help but wonder if Cloud Dream made the NPCs too stupid? Didn’t they know to strike first?

However, just as they’d finished gathering over 130 people—so many that there was no room to stand—and were about to launch their “break door operation,” they suddenly heard a flurry of footsteps outside the crowd.

Everyones thoughts turned to being ambushed, quickly turning around to look at the source of the sound, but they were surprised to find:

The newcomers were a group of soldiers dressed in armor, carrying spears, swords, and sensing an intense atmosphere around them. In an instant, the noise in Health Square gave way to silence.

—The Golden Guard had arrived at the scene!

Initially, the players’ offense wasn’t severe, and no one had even been seriously injured, let alone killed.

The most they would have faced were a few unscrupulous people with iron rulers who would have subdued and fined them. If they couldn’t pay the fine, they’d be locked in the lowest-level jail.

However, their actions later escalated to community disruption, and their numbers grew. Instead of facing unscrupulous “police,” the regulatory force upgraded directly to a proper army!

As the ruckus intensified, the once noisy Health Square became silent.

When seeing this army, Yi finally understood why those three experts didn’t kill people or even use heavy hands.

It has nothing to do with chivalry! It’s simply because they’re afraid of the army too!

“Fight them?”

As Yi stared at the army in a daze, a player in the crowd suddenly asked loudly.

“???” Yi looked at the one who spoke, his head full of question marks.

“Seriously? Fighting the regular army with bare hands?”

The Capital Commandant leading the Golden Guards at the front heard this, immediately glared, and shouted angrily: “Resisting the officers and soldiers is a crime punishable by three degrees! Surrender now!”

He looked imposing.

Noticing the bad situation, Yi started to look for an escape route.

But the players who had just been pulled over showed no intention of backing down, shouting “Fight them!” and bravely rushed towards the Golden Guards.

“Just need some weapons, thanks for delivering!”

“Zing!” A cold light flashed as the Commandant’s waist knife was unsheathed.

The neck of the player at the front was slashed, and he heavily fell to the ground, slowly disintegrating into light.

The Commandant shouted: “Capture them!” @@novelbin@@

Players and soldiers quickly collided in battle.

Yi wanted to turn around and run.

But thinking about those who died in front of him, all of whom he had invited, it was hard to justify running away; he finally gritted his teeth and charged forward with the others.

…

A moment later, all the players were rounded up.

38 players were killed on the spot and the rest were tied up with iron chains and sent to prison.

And due to the serious crime of resisting the officials and soldiers, they were imprisoned under heavy guard in Golden Prison.

*

In the second underground floor of the Golden Prison, Yi looked at the rusty iron door, the dirty ground, and the messy straw on the floor, his face in chaos.

“Wait, just leaving us here?”

“What about the redemption task?”

“Fine? Labour? We can’t just sit in jail, right?”

…

“Stop shouting, it’s useless.” A familiar voice next to Yi interrupted him, “I asked around; it seems like low-level prisons can be redeemed by fines and labour, but this place is a high-level area, so it won’t work. We can only wait.”

“Yelang?!” Yi looked at his neighbor in shock, “Why are you here too?”

“Don’t remind me.” Yelang had a look full of bitterness, “I just wanted to get myself a knife…”

Yi was shocked again: “You went straight for the soldier’s knife?”

Yelang covered his face and nodded.

Yi was left speechless, but considering that they were all in the same boat, he didn’t mock him and asked: “Is there really no way out?”

He was not only worried about himself but also for the group friends he had called for help.

Those poor people had just been brought in, only to be sent to prison immediately…

Yi couldn’t bear to leave them.

But Yelang just shook his head, indicating that he could do nothing.

“Can we escape from lockdown?”

“No.”

“What about suicide?”

“There’s not even a fruit knife here, how do you die?”

Yi’s eyes sparked with an idea: “I have an idea that might work, but you have to help.”

“What do you need?” Yelang was also interested.

After all, who wants to sit in prison during the closed beta test?

“Come here, let me strangle you.”

“???”

Yelang immediately retreated two steps, “What are you thinking?”

“Just try it!” Yi pleaded again.

“No!” Yelang was resolute.

“Sigh…” Yi sighed, “Then we’ll have to use the second plan.”

“What second …”

“Bang!”

Before Yelang could finish, Yi showed him through actions what “the second plan” was —

He banged his head against the prison wall!

His forehead immediately bled, but Yi didn’t hesitate to continue banging his head on the wall—

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

…

“Holy sh*t!” At this moment, Yi’s image in Yelang’s heart underwent a massive change.

What a ruthless person!

“Bang!”

After another heavy impact, Yi lost all strength and fell heavily to the ground.

After a brief moment of stillness, he slowly disintegrated into light and disappeared.

“Did it work?” Yelang was delighted.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he saw the scattered light gathering once more at the edge of Yi’s body, quickly forming a human shape.

The light disappeared, and Yi opened his eyes, seeing the bloody mark on the wall and Yelang’s bewildered expression.

After a few seconds of silence, he uttered harshly:

“Damn it!”

…

Three minutes later, both anchors appeared in Yi and Yelang’s fan group, executing the last resort —

“Help!!!”