Chapter 1119: Chapter 1119: Side Story – Live Streaming World 88

“With so many people in the competition area, I refuse to believe everyone won’t sell strategy guides!” Ada picked up his jacket from the chair back, his face expressionless as he swung open the door, “I’m going for a walk. I’ll be back before dinner.”

Natasha remained silent for a while, then stood up as well: “… I’ll go out too.”

The two left one after the other.

Yuri watched their retreating figures and sighed, then turned to Shen Mo and said, “Actually, we should have anticipated this situation. Those people outside see that we are about to secure the spots, and it’s only natural they’d want to extort us in this opportunity. It was our oversight.”

SHen Mo pondered for a moment, asking, “Which copies are left?”

Yuri picked up a sheet of paper from the coffee table and handed it to Shen Mo, “34 left. With the guides, we could probably clear them in about a month; without them, it becomes much more troublesome.”

The competition area has over a hundred copies, and on average, a new copy is added every six months. For the team to pass all the copies, besides relying on time accumulation, strategy guides are an extremely crucial element.

At the very least, before entering a copy, one needs to know the environment, climate, and the attributes of the monsters inside.

Like bringing sufficient ammo, only to find the boss is underwater after entering the copy, or bringing plenty of gasoline, only to discover the area inside the copy is scattered with sparks, making gasoline a liability due to risk of ignite!

In a word: without the strategy guides, it’s absolutely not feasible.

Shen Mo and Bai Youwei were newcomers who had not been here long and had no connections. Outsourcing for strategy guides had to rely on Yuri, Ada, and Natasha.

“If the opponents intend to suppress us, Ada and Natasha might return empty-handed,” Shen Mo asked Yuri, “Do you have a plan?”

Yuri pondered briefly and replied, “I plan to contact some old friends I knew before to help us buy the guides. If we don’t show ourselves, it might just work.”

“Can you trust them?” Shen Mo asked.

Yuri didn’t immediately answer; he remained silent for a while and then slowly nodded, “Although it’s been a while since we last contacted, they were friends who I could trust with my life in the past. They should be trustworthy.”

Shen Mo scanned the list of copies on the paper, memorized it in silence, then put it back on the coffee table and said indifferently, “If it ever comes to considering a team reorganization, try to inform us early. Weiwei and I, together.”

Together in staying, or together in leaving.

Yuri pursed his lips and whispered softly, “… Don’t worry, it won’t come to that.”

Shen Mo didn’t say much else, and turned to leave.

…

Shen Mo felt that even if Yuri really kicked him out of the team in the future, he wouldn’t hold a grudge, not because of magnanimity but because his aspirations were vastly different–

He didn’t have much desire for the world above.

Unlike Yuri, who is worried about his daughter in the world above, unlike Ada, who vaguely remembers his fiancee, and unlike Natasha, who detests the extreme misogyny in the competition area.

All his attachments and pursuits were already found.

Right here.

Right by his side.

The door opened, and Bai Youwei was lying on the bed playing with dolls, the plush rabbit he grabbed from the claw machine rested neatly alongside her own rabbit.

When she heard the door open, she looked at him and then turned back to continue arranging her rabbits.

“What’s the situation downstairs?” Bai Youwei asked while adjusting the rabbits’ bow ties.

“Someone is conspiring with people in the competition area, refusing to trade strategy guides with our team. Yuri is trying to figure it out, and Ada and Natasha have gone out, probably to gather information,” Shen Mo succinctly explained, walked to the side of the bed, drew her closer by her waist, and continued, “Yuri plans to ask some friends for help, to acquire those copy guides under someone else’s name.”

“Are they reliable?” Bai Youwei asked the same question as Shen Mo.

Shen Mo shook his head slightly, “Not sure, yet Yuri thinks it should be fine.”

“I hope so,” Bai Youwei spoke earnestly, “otherwise, this approach might bring even worse consequences.”