PFRG: Chapter 171

Chi Ting could tell that Lou Yueren was deliberately saying this and glanced over silently.

At this time, the man who just finished taking a shower looked quite refreshed. There were no signs of the passivity and frustration he experienced.

As if noticing Chi Ting’s gaze, Lou Yueren turned to look at him. Lou Yueren smiled and raised an eyebrow.

Ji Xingque was almost choked by this sentence. Now seeing the two of them flirting with each other in public again, he almost couldn’t breathe.

He felt a slight weight on his shoulders. At Lu Nanling’s signal, he took a step back.

“We aren’t too interested in your private lives. In comparison, I think there are some situations we need to understand together.” Lu Nanling got straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth. He stood at the door without rushing in and asked at the right time, “So, Captain, should we go to your room to talk or…”

Chi Ting subconsciously wanted to move aside to make way. Then he heard Lou Yueren cough twice as a reminder and remembered the current situation of his room.

The sheet full of a sensual aftertaste that he had thrown aside flashed through his mind. He paused and said to Lu Nanling, “Let’s go to your room and look at the information.”

Lu Nanling cooperated very well and turned around to lead the way.

Ten minutes later, the guest room.

The classified and organized team information was displayed in front of everyone.

Perhaps this was the sense of security that came from the team’s brain.

By the time everyone woke up, Lu Nanling had already carefully completed the collection of all the information.

The freshly released list of the top eight was clearly displayed on the virtual screen.

“Prisoner, Satan, Heichao, Ten Thousand Year Prison, Shadow Knights, Seven Seas, Jazz and us. There are exactly eight teams that have qualified for the next round.” As Lu Nanling gave the list, his peripheral vision briefly lingered on the name of the third ranked team. “The other six teams were originally strong and established teams. It isn’t surprising that they were able to qualify if they performed well. But there is a team I didn’t expect to appear in it.”

Chi Ting nodded. “You mean the Jazz team.”

Lu Nanling’s words were as straightforward as ever. “We have all seen the strength of this team. We can probably guess what type of methods they used to pass the instance based on their style. However, even if they used their teammates to the extreme and sent them out to die, they wouldn’t be able to obtain such a high total operating income. Then there are only two possibilities left. Since I don’t think there are any details of passing the instance that I haven’t noticed, excluding the possibility that they have found a new way to pass the instance, there is only one possibility left. It is that between leaving the last instance and participating in this event, their team should’ve introduced very strong new players in the process of replenishing personnel.”

Lou Yueren laughed. “You really pay a lot of attention to them.”

“Being able to enter the quarterfinals shows that they already possess considerable strength. I never mind paying more attention to strong people.” Lu Nanling glanced at him calmly. “In addition, no one knows what type of instance we will face in the second round. Judging from previous encounters, it definitely isn’t a good thing to have a team that is more of an enemy than a friend in the competition.”

“That makes sense.” Lou Yueren thought about it for a moment. He quickly agreed before offering a solution, “Then should we find an opportunity to get rid of them as soon as the next instance begins, so as to prevent future troubles?”

Ji Xingque finally couldn’t help complaining after hearing this. “…Brother Ren, when will you stop acting like a villain?”

Lou Yueren asked, “Is this method inappropriate?”

“I think there is no problem but…” Lu Nanling asked, “How do you know that the next instance will give you a chance to defeat your opponent? You have already guessed what type of challenge the second round will be.”

Lou Yueren shrugged. “I don’t know what type of challenge it is, but given the habits of these instance designers, they will never miss such a great opportunity for top players to kill each other.”

“That makes sense.” Lu Nanling was easily convinced by logical matters, especially since Lou Yueren was an old god-level player. He naturally accepted this inference and turned the page on the virtual panel calmly. “Now I can tell you about the top eight teams. Except for Jazz, a half-baked team, the remaining veteran teams have left a lot of player information in the forum. I’ve prepared it here and will send a copy to the team group chat later.”

Lou Yueren was originally listening here. Now he noticed Lu Nanling’s gaze towards him, so he paused and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Lu Nanling didn’t answer the question directly but stated, “The captain of the Prisoner team is from the 1st World, He Yuanqing.”

Lou Yueren’s gaze flickered slightly when he heard these words. He noticed Chi Ting also looking over and smiled silently. “Oh, is that so?”

No one spoke for a while. Only Ji Xingque looked here and there, obviously not understanding the current atmosphere.

Finally, Lu Nanling calmly ended the topic. “There is nothing else to say. If the next round is really a group instance, we still hope to have a good competitive relationship with the other teams. Even if it is unlikely to form an alliance, at least don’t force us to eliminate them. After all, we are all human beings.”

Lou Yueren leaned back in his chair slowly. “I have become used to being with you guys. Now when I hear the word ‘human’, I become more handsome without realizing it.”

Lu Nanling laughed noncommittally. Then he spoke as if he just remembered something, “Oh, by the way, Mr Lou, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you.”

“Hmm?”

Lu Nanling said slowly, “Since you and the captain came out publicly in the instance, the mask of your true identity should be almost gone by now.”

Lou Yueren: “?”

Chi Ting: “.”

Lu Nanling was indeed not exaggerating. The discussions on the player forum had been heated for a long time, making it hard for him not to notice when collecting intelligence on various teams.

It wasn’t difficult to see from the titles of the posts that continued to be popular on the homepage that out of the two more popular topics at the moment, one was undoubtedly about the newly released list of the top eight, and the other was the rumored news that God Lou had appeared again.

What a coincidence, both of these topics were closely related to the little-known Dawn team that won first place in one go.

There was a related hot post where players were discussing it heatedly.

[It is known that the master who entered the ultimate instance that year was named Lou. It is also known that Lou Yueren is Lou Yueren. So the question is, is the Lou Yueren of the Dawn team really the original Lou Yueren? Are there any old players from the 1st World who can come out and answer this question? Come on, I’ll post the photos for you! [Photo][Photo][Photo].]

[I am from the 1st World, but I have only heard of God Lou. I’ve never seen him.]

[It was a long time ago when he entered the ultimate instance. Maybe they just have the same name. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense. How can he suddenly appear in a team we’ve never heard of after entering the ultimate instance?]

[What’s wrong with not having heard of it? The team’s strength is there. Isn’t ranking first enough for you to bet on it?]

[Ah, how long has the Dawn team been established? They already have die-hard fans protecting them?]

[If you want to argue, go outside and argue. Let’s just talk about God Lou here… I remember seeing a post saying that this Lou Yueren was brought out of an instance by the captain of Dawn. He was an NPC at first, right?]

[…F*k, why does it feel even more mysterious? If it is really God Lou, is the fact that he became an NPC related to the ultimate instance?]

[It feels like this is back to the original question! I remember that someone questioned the nature of the ultimate instance a long time ago. After all, no one knows if anyone has actually cleared it. It is said that if you enter the ultimate instance, you can leave this hellhole. Some even say that as long as someone clears it, they can take everyone out of this hellhole. So the question is, who leaked the news that made us think this is the only way to leave this unlimited world?]

[But if the ultimate instance can’t let us leave here, does this mean that we can never get out?]

[F*k, it is so scary to think about!!!]

[Okay, let’s stop talking about this nonsense. The old players of the 1st World can only tell you that even though they have never seen the appearance of God Lou, they watched from afar the grand scene of the masters sending God Lou into the instance. It was simply… all tears! However, many of the masters at that time died one after another when challenging high-level instances. Among the remaining people now, I’m afraid that even fewer have seen God Lou.]

[@God He. God He must know God Lou. Asking for identification of whether this is the god or just the same name and surname!]

Waves of posts emerged, but such discussions never received a positive response.

In fact, despite all the noise, the players didn’t really expect for a great player like He Yuanqing to show up in the forum.

What they didn’t know was that someone in a hotel somewhere in the Sanctuary actually passed by, took a screenshot of the post, and sent it to the group.

After sending the message, Liu Shiying of the Prisoner team didn’t forget to tag the person involved. [@He Yuanqing, Captain, look what I found when I was browsing the forum. Someone actually said he found the whereabouts of God Lou and asked you to verify it. It is really interesting.]

[He Yuanqing: Lou Yueren?]

[Liu Shiying: Captain, you aren’t resting? I was just posting casually. There is no valuable information in the forum. It must be nonsense.]

[He Yuanqing: Do you have any photos? Send them to me.]

[Liu Shiying: ……]

[Liu Shiying: [Photo][Photo][Photo].]

Liu Shiying just forwarded it without paying attention to it. After waiting for a while, he saw no response from He Yuanqing.

[Liu Shiying: Captain?]

[He Yuanqing: Find a way to find out where the members of the Dawn team are now.]

[Liu Shiying: Huh?]

There was a pause of more than ten seconds.

[Liu Shiying: ???]

[Liu Shiying: No way, the guy from the Dawn team is really God Lou?!!!]

One stone stirred up a thousand ripples. In the blink of an eye, the Prisoner’s team group chat was rapidly filled with a string of exclamation marks and question marks from the team members.