CHAPTER 138: CHAPTER 123: THE GREAT BATTLE IS IMMINENT_2

Watching Zhang Xinying enter the kitchen, he threw himself back into the busy preparations.

Guo Shaojie wiped the imaginary sweat from his forehead,

"I tell you, Boss Feng, I lied for the first time in my life just for you!"

She didn’t even object to Guo Shaojie’s way of addressing her!

Lin Yi excitedly hugged Guo Shaojie,

"I won’t treat you badly. You can eat as much seafood as you want, and if it’s not enough, I’ll buy more."

"Uh~"

Guo Shaojie was taken aback, then smiled wryly,

"I’m allergic to seafood..."

...

When all the food was laid out on the long table on the lawn, and the meat on the barbecue was emitting a fragrant aroma, a tall woman suddenly appeared at the door pulling a red suitcase.

Upon seeing her, Ouyang Hao greeted her with a smile, but said nothing, instead gesturing and taking the suitcase from her hand.

Then, Ouyang Hao introduced everyone:

"This is my cousin, Ouyang Jing, also known as ’Silent’ in the game."

Lin Yi had already learned about Ouyang Jing’s situation in advance and was the first to step forward, signing: Hello.

Zhan Tianpeng stared blankly at the girl but quickly snapped back to reality.

Unexpectedly, Zhan Tianpeng proficiently used sign language to introduce himself: Hello, my name is Zhan Tianpeng.

Everyone was surprised that Zhan Tianpeng knew sign language, and equally surprised by Ouyang Jing’s situation.

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Only then did everyone realize the meaning behind her game name: Silent.

However, despite the surprise, everyone warmly came forward to greet her.

After greeting everyone one by one, Ouyang Jing signed to Zhan Tianpeng: You know sign language?

Zhan Tianpeng replied with a smile: I’ve learned a bit.

Ouyang Jing showed a charming smile: Nice to meet you, I’m Ouyang Jing.

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At this moment, everyone realized that while she couldn’t speak in real life, she could simulate a voice in the game, just like everyone else.

This made people marvel at why this game was called a masterpiece.

With the arrival of Ouyang Jing, it marked the official start of the first real-life gathering of all [Creation Mercenary Corps] members.

Because everyone was already familiar with each other in the game, there was no awkwardness despite suddenly meeting in reality.

The group was lively, chatting and laughing.

Among them, Zhan Tianpeng actively took on the role of Ouyang Jing’s sign language interpreter, ensuring she didn’t feel alienated due to her limitation.

On the other hand, Ouyang Hao was having a jolly time joking with Guo Shaojie.

As for Wang Zixin’s Abnormal Eyes, no one seemed to find it unusual, which made Wang Zixin, who was sensitive-minded, breathe a sigh of relief.

During the gathering, Wang Zixin was probably the happiest one.

With so many brothers and sisters suddenly caring for her, the smile on her little face didn’t fade, and she received quite a few gifts.

As the gathering neared its end, they brought chairs over, lazily lying on the lawn, basking in the warm winter sun, chatting in small groups.

Zhan Tianpeng pulled Ouyang Hao aside and asked:

"Is Ouyang Jing’s deafness congenital or acquired?"

Ouyang Hao immediately understood what Zhan Tianpeng wanted to do.

However, Ouyang Hao regretfully shook his head,

"Xiao Jing’s is not congenital, but we’ve tried all the possible solutions, and they all failed."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Tianpeng was unfazed,

"As long as it’s not congenital."

...

Over there, people suddenly started discussing the meanings behind their game names, and the conversation naturally shifted to Zhang Xinying’s name "Lemon Bunny."

Feeling everyone’s curious gaze, Zhang Xinying straightforwardly said:

"The day I joined the game, I just happened to see a video where a bunny’s expression while eating a lemon looked just like someone, so I didn’t think much and named it Lemon Bunny."

Upon hearing this, everyone teased,

"Someone? Ho ho..."

Guo Shaojie, holding a lemon, walked over to Lin Yi teasingly and said,

"Boss Feng, want to demonstrate for us?"

Lin Yi glared at him with annoyance,

"Get lost."

Seeing Lin Yi’s embarrassed expression, everyone burst into laughter.

At this, Zhang Xinying hurried to explain,

"I didn’t say it was him, don’t get it wrong."

"Oh~"

Guo Shaojie teased:

"Don’t worry, we definitely won’t misunderstand."

Saying that, the expression of denying something while meaning something else made everyone laugh once more.

...

That day, everyone tacitly avoided discussing the game, and after lunch, they went to the beach, amusement parks, and other places to enjoy themselves.

Happy times are always rushed and short-lived.

As night fell, everyone returned to their rooms.

That night, except for Mu Lingxue who went online to handle guild affairs, everyone else had a good night’s sleep.

In the early hours of the next day, with only 3 hours until the start of the "Guild Battle Tournament."

At the entrance of the Death Mine, Lin Yi was the first to log in and wait there.

Soon, Tian Ci, Red Eyes, Zhang Xinying, and others logged in one after another.

Guilds that didn’t have a stronghold could only gather their members in the Main City.

Although the event had yet to start, the mood of each participant was extremely tense.

Because what they were about to face was the first large-scale battle event with over ten thousand participants since the game launched.

There were 116 participating guilds, and only one Mercenary Corps led by Lin Yi.

No one knew what they would face.

No one knew how far their guild could go in this "battle."

Everyone could only wait with nervous anticipation for the event to start and then give their all to fight for the honor of their guild.

Of course, many were actually in it for the gold coins...

Yet, while it should have been bustling with people at major leveling spots, they now seemed quite deserted.

This wasn’t just because the elite members of major guilds had been pulled to participate in the event.

But more people were congregating on the forums.

Because this time, the officials would be focusing on the top ten popular guilds, live streaming the entire event.

This, to a large extent, compensated for the regret of many players who couldn’t participate.

Speaking of this, what’s interesting is.

Even before the livestream began, the channels focusing on the Divine Hall Guild and Creation Mercenary Corps were already crowded.

Even though the livestream was in a black screen state, it couldn’t dampen everyone’s high spirits.

The bullet chats on the video and the discussion section below were being flooded aggressively.

To the extent that people couldn’t even see what they had typed before it disappeared.

This forced the officials to intervene directly, setting a limit where each person could post bullet chats and discussion messages every five minutes.

However, even so, the rate of information refresh was still astonishing in these two places.

Unlike all the guilds tensely preparing for battle, the atmosphere around Lin Yi was... just like usual.

Tian Ci curiously asked:

"Boss Feng, didn’t you say we have ten people? Why are there only nine, where’s the other one?"

At that moment, Tian Ci happened to voice everyone’s curiosity.

Already being ten against a hundred was shocking enough, now they couldn’t even gather ten, could they really beat those guilds like this?

Regarding Tian Ci’s and everyone’s curiosity, Lin Yi also wasn’t too sure and said:

"This last one is a bit special, you’ll only know if they will come after we get in."

Everyone was puzzled by his words, meanwhile, in Cyan Dragon City’s City Lord’s Mansion, Babylon rubbed his twitching right eyelid in confusion:

"What’s going on these days, why’s my right eyelid twitching non-stop."

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