Volume 3, Chapter 33 – Do You Want to Earn More Points?

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Anran had also cleaned up the Morningstar Resistance’s third wave of attacks.

Her points had now reached 18.

After tossing the retired official into the basement of a nearby shop, Anran and Zhou Jieyu walked out onto the street.

The shop’s doors and windows had already been smashed up in the earlier fighting, so it did not look strange at all when they opened the door and went inside.

“That outlander who passed the assessment alone before probably cleared it the same way,” Anran said.

“Ah? What do you mean?” Zhou Jieyu asked curiously.

“What I mean is, that outlander called Yaoguai Shanren probably also kidnapped this official, hid him somewhere, and only then passed the assessment,” Anran offered her guess.

Zhou Jieyu objected. “Why does it have to be kidnapping? If she made contact in advance and just had the official hide somewhere directly, wouldn’t that work too?”

“That wouldn’t be any easier than kidnapping the official.” Anran shook her head.

“Why?”

“That little notebook isn’t as useful as you think.”

Anran took out her identification papers and tore them up on the spot.

“The guards wouldn’t let examinees like us meet that retired official directly. Or rather, that retired official wouldn’t trust the examinees.”

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“Don’t get it.” Zhou Jieyu shook her head.

She looked at Anran, her eyes full of curiosity.

“If those two guesses of mine are wrong, then all a player would have to do is persuade the retired official to hide somewhere in town, and this assessment would suddenly become extremely easy. There is no way only a small number of people would be able to pass it,” Anran analyzed.

Zhou Jieyu nodded. “That actually makes a lot of sense.”

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“What happened the first time you took the assessment?”

“Well…” Zhou Jieyu fell into thought. “My brother and I ran into the guard captain. After we proved who we were, he told us to go clear out the first wave of invading Morningstar Resistance members first…”

As Zhou Jieyu spoke, her voice grew quieter and quieter. Then she suddenly cried out, “It really was like that.”

It really was like that.

That same thought flashed through Anran’s mind as well.

The gap between the first wave and the second wave was very short. Once players followed the guards’ instructions, they would very quickly fall into layer upon layer of encirclement by the Morningstar Resistance.

Unless they were truly strong enough to bulldoze their way through head-on, it would be a dead end.

At that point, they would no longer be trying to protect the retired official. They would be trying to make sure that they themselves could stay alive until six in the morning.

“This assessment setup really is a scam,” Zhou Jieyu could not help complaining.

“To be precise, there are three ways to pass the assessment.

First, fight Morningstar head-on and hold out until six. If you’re strong enough, you can wipe them all out.

Second, use superb persuasion skills to convince the guards and the retired official to hide in advance.

Third, snatch the person away from the guards, directly kidnap the retired official, and hide him somewhere.”

Anran shared this instance strategy guide with Zhou Jieyu.

Even if she did not like using her brain, Zhou Jieyu still knew that the third method was the simplest.

The first method meant dealing with at least sixty well-armed Morningstar Resistance members. The second tested individual ability too much. The third only required facing a dozen or so guards who were not very prepared.

Write that down, write that down, hurry up and write that down.

New material acquired for Leading the Escape’s Night of the Stars strategy notebook!

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“So where are we going next?”

By now, Zhou Jieyu admired Anran beyond measure.

“We’re going to earn points!” Anran said.

“Huh? We’re going to fight Morningstar? Isn’t that too risky?” Zhou Jieyu said quietly.

Shouldn’t they be hiding first at a time like this?

Anran said, “Now that we’ve already found a way to pass the assessment, this is exactly when we should act even more boldly. It wasn’t stated in advance, but points definitely have a major use. Even if our luck is bad and we die, we can just start over!”

Victory and defeat are common in war. Please try again, hero.

That line suddenly rang in Zhou Jieyu’s ears.

It was a classic line she had seen in the history of video games.

For higher achievements, more points, and faster clear times, many hardcore players could do the same quest, fight the same monster, and run the same map over and over again. No matter how many times they fell, they would keep standing back up.

The flame of hope would be passed on.

Even losing lives could not crush a warrior’s heart.

After enough repeated practice, even an action game could turn into Ace Combat.

Zhou Jieyu’s gaming soul suddenly surged and burst into flames!

Once Nine Songs’ assessment instance was cleared, you could not enter it a second time. Since that was the case…

“Let’s go earn points!” Zhou Jieyu clenched her fist.

Anran was surprised by the sudden rise in Zhou Jieyu’s enthusiasm.

But this was a good thing.

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“All right!”

“If we don’t earn many points,” Zhou Jieyu said, “then we’ll kill ourselves and start over!”

“…”

At that moment, Anran only wanted to say to Zhou Jieyu: our adorably heroic minds really do think alike!

But this time, Anran had no intention of killing herself to reset the instance.

She had already earned 18 points. As long as she planned properly, she could earn even more, and that was hardly a small amount.

So…

“What are we supposed to do, then? There seem to be quite a lot of Morningstar people,” Zhou Jieyu suddenly asked.

“…”

Full of passion, but without a single idea in her head.

This really was the same familiar formula.

This was Leading the Escape.

“Let’s go back to the retired official’s house first. If we make good use of that big house, it can be very useful,” Anran said.

What do you do if you can’t win head-on?

Obviously, you resort to dirty tricks.

Anran still had several grenades and flashbangs on her. She had looted them from the guards, and Zhou Jieyu still had some too.

With these teamfight game-changers on hand, if they seized the right opportunity, they could wipe out an entire wave of Morningstar at once.

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Anran and Zhou Jieyu returned to the large house.

Under Anran’s direction, several traps were quickly set up throughout it.

In the end, the cops-and-robbers game was forcibly twisted into a tower defense game.

At that moment, Anran and the others also received the instance narration prompt.

2:30 a.m. The Morningstar Resistance’s fourth wave of attacks officially begins!

At top speed, it would take only ten minutes to get here from the edge of town!

While there was still a lull, Anran suddenly walked over to Zhou Jieyu and said in a slightly tempting tone, “I just thought of a good idea. Do you want to earn a few more points?”

The moment she heard the word points, Zhou Jieyu’s eyes lit up at once. “Yes, yes!”

“Like this, like this…” Anran began feeding Zhou Jieyu the plan.

Emmm…

Zhou Jieyu fell into deep thought.

“Well? If luck is on your side, you can earn ten points in one go!” Anran continued to tempt her.

“I, I, I…” Zhou Jieyu abruptly made up her mind. “I’m in!”

Anran smiled knowingly.

After all, I am not some kind of devil. Even if in the end it benefits me too, I haven’t exactly treated Leading the Escape badly.

Rustle…

A disturbance suddenly came from the distance. Anran narrowed her eyes and saw dark figures approaching.