At the very moment Wang Junjie posted three consecutive pinned messages, the entire Blazing Ember City exploded with shock.
[Tianyu Dragon-Slaying Dance (Male, Level 22 Assassin): "Ten million? Holy crap? For real? What's Rulebound? Is that a person?"]
[Just Wanna Make Money and Pick Up Girls (Male, Level 25 Priest): "The guy above, are you serious or just trolling? You don't even know Rulebound? He's number one on the Blazing Ember City Sky Ranking!"]
[Brother-in-law, I'm the Younger Sister!, (Female, Level 23 Mage): "Ten million, real money or fake money? Why does it sound even faker than the stuff my brother-in-law says?"]
[I'm Really Not an Actor, (Male, Level 24 Archer): "If this came from anyone else it'd definitely be fake! But if it comes from Wang Junjie, then it's definitely real (I'm really not a 50,000-yuan actor hired by Wang Junjie)!"]
[Don't Believe Your Crap (Male, Level 25 Warlock): "Holy crap! Just for that 50,000 actor fee upstairs, I believe it! Brothers, I'm going first!"]
[Jiang Taigong (Male, Level 24 Mage): "Rulebound, where are you? Just secretly DM me and tell me. I promise I'll report you to Wang Junjie! Once I get the reward, I'll split 50,000 with you!"]
Don't be fooled by how relaxed everyone sounded in the chat, joking back and forth like they weren't in a hurry.
Once people knew that this Chaotic World Hero was Wang Junjie, the richest man in Ning'an City in the real world, and that when he said he'd pay, he actually paid, the entire Blazing Ember City was shaken.
All players across the city poured out in full force.
Everyone swarmed out of the city.
Over two million online players carried out a carpet search across the entire territory of the Blazing Ember City.
All major wild zones, maps, and dungeons were packed with people.
Some who were good swimmers didn't even spare the water, diving to the bottom to look for someone.
Some even jumped into cesspits searching for him just for the ten million
After all, ten million RMB.
Who wouldn't be tempted?
Even Lin Mo himself, who was currently inside Death Valley carrying out his mission, was tempted.
Seeing that message, he almost wanted to personally send Wang Junjie his location and claim the ten million bounty.
["Ding!"]
Right then, Su Muqiu suddenly sent Lin Mo a message, ["Wang Junjie has already ordered the whole city to search for your location. At most, it won't take ten minutes before Death Valley is exposed."]
["You need to speed up and finish the mission as soon as possible."]
Even without Su Muqiu reminding him, Lin Mo had already pushed his speed to the limit.
But five hundred level 40 Death Warriors weren't that easy to deal with.
Up to now, even with Ning Xi's full support, Lin Mo had only just killed a little over three hundred Death Warriors and five Shadow Shamans.
There was still quite a gap before completing the mission.
And Wang Junjie arrived far faster than anyone had expected.
The sky darkened, black clouds gathered, lightning flashed and thunder roared, endless darkness swallowed the Blazing Ember City.
Only five minutes after Su Muqiu sent that message to Lin Mo, a commotion came from the pitch-black darkness ahead where you couldn't even see your own hand.
All the Dragon Soul players present instinctively held their breath, staring fixedly into the darkness ahead.
Su Muqiu also gripped his bow tightly, brows locked.
Boom!
Just then, a bolt of lightning struck.
In that flash of light, countless heads could be seen surging forward in the distance.
Su Muqiu instantly reacted and shouted to the Dragon Soul players around him, "They're here!"
"All troops on guard!"
"Prepare for battle!"
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
All Dragon Soul Guild members drew their weapons and entered full combat readiness.
———
Inside Death Valley, Lin Mo clearly sensed the movement outside as well.
His brows tightened, "Wang Junjie's here."
Xia Wanwan gasped, "That fast?"
Skinny Monkey hurriedly opened all his chat panels to prove his innocence, "I swear it wasn't me who leaked the info! My life belongs to Brother Xiao! I'd never sell him out for money, no matter how much!"
Ling Xiao, meanwhile, asked Lin Mo, "How much of your mission is left?"
"Less than one fifth."
"Monkey!", Ling Xiao said to Skinny Monkey, "Come with me. We'll go out and block Wang Junjie."
Skinny Monkey hesitated, "But it's just the few of us. How can we stop Chaotic World's army of ten thousand?"
"And if Wang Junjie finds out we're fighting him for Big Boss Rulebound, he'll definitely suspect we've already switched sides. Then Sister-in-law's situation will be dangerous."
Just as Ling Xiao was hesitating, Xia Wanwan suddenly said firmly, "It's fine! If we're exposed, then we're exposed."
"I already checked. This counts as legitimate self-defense that accidentally injured someone. Even if Wang Junjie twists the facts, even if I really get sentenced, it won't be long."
"At worst, I'll go to jail. I'm not afraid."
"From now on, we're no longer puppets controlled by Wang Junjie."
Ling Xiao tightly held Xia Wanwan's hand, "Wanwan, I'll always stay by your side."
Then Xia Wanwan turned to look at Lin Mo.
Smiling, she said, "Senior Lin Mo, you've always been the one protecting us, taking care of us."
"This time, let us protect you."
As she spoke, the three of them rushed out of Death Valley without looking back.
Lin Mo's eyes burned hot. At that moment, his desire to finish the mission as fast as possible reached its peak.
———
On the other side, just as Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, and Skinny Monkey stepped outside Death Valley,
Boom!
Amid the nonstop thunder and lightning in the sky, they saw in the illuminated night ahead countless Chaotic World players surging forward.
Ling Xiao frowned deeply and said in a low voice, "There are too many of them!"
"Just us and Dragon Soul won't be able to hold them off even for a moment!"
At that moment, Xia Wanwan suddenly came up with an idea.
"Then we call for backup!"
As she spoke, she opened WeChat.
Entered her university class group.
Club group!
Alumni group!
Even her relatives group!
She sent out calls for help in every group chat.
Up ahead, the ten-thousand-strong Chaotic World Guild army surged forward like a tidal wave that could swallow the heavens and wipe out the earth.
Within the crowd, Wang Junjie looked carefully and saw Dragon Soul players guarding tightly outside the Death Valley map.
He burst into laughter, "They really are hiding here!"
"This time, there shouldn't be any more tricks or traps, right?"
["Rulebound is inside Death Valley!",] At that moment, a guild underling sent Wang Junjie a message, ["Brother Jie, I just snuck in from the side into Death Valley and personally saw Rulebound and Liuli both inside."]
["The monsters inside are too high-level! I got instantly killed by a level 40 Death Warrior the moment I went in! Brother Jie, does this kind of death count for compensation?"]
Wang Junjie laughed loudly, "It does! And a big one! You discovered a major clue. I'll reward you 100,000."
As he spoke, Wang Junjie immediately transferred 100,000 yuan to that underling on the spot.
The underling excitedly sent ten consecutive ["Thank you, big brother!"] messages.
After confirming that Lin Mo was indeed inside Death Valley, Wang Junjie pointed forward and gave the order—
"Brothers! For me—"
"KILLLLL!" × 999+
Before Wang Junjie could even finish his sentence, he was knocked to the ground by a huge crowd of Chaotic World underlings rushing from behind, who stepped over his body and charged toward Death Valley.
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