Chapter 193 Idiots Guide
To outsiders, Ye Xiu was still just as carefree as ever. Even after staying up all night, he never looked tired and nothing ever seemed to irritate him.
To outsiders, they couldnt tell that he was someone who had encountered difficulties. Even more so, they definitely wouldnt know whether he had already figured out a solution to this problem.
He made it look like nothing had happened.
Tang Rou didnt know that Ye Xiu was pondering deeply over this. All she knew was that it was her turn to buy breakfast.
When she returned with breakfast, Ye Xiu had already given his seat to the early-shift employees and was leisurely holding a cigarette in his mouth, waiting for his food to arrive.
After eating breakfast, the two went to their respective rooms to sleep.
At three in the afternoon, they woke up. One went to the front desk to work while the other went looking for an empty computer station to sit at.
Since it was a Saturday, the Internet Cafes business was doing exceptionally well. There were, unexpectedly, no open seats in the smoking area. Ye Xiu circled around the Internet Cafe, and in the end, just stood there staring blankly into space for a long time.
Business is doing well today...... Ye Xiu helplessly returned to the front desk and told his sorrows to Tang Rou.
As an Internet Cafe employee, you should be happy about that. Boss Chen walked over.
Business is doing well today. Im very happy. Ye Xiu said with a blank face.
Chen Guo had trained herself. Her ability to restrain herself had gone up. If this had happened a few weeks before, shed already be shouting and grinding her teeth.
What are you doing? Ye Xiu asked Tang Rou.
Im looking at guides. Tang Rou said.
Arent you always looking at guides? Ye Xiu asked, while taking a glance at her screen.
Oh? A dungeon guide? Ye Xiu was surprised. Tang Rou practically never looked at these. The way they ran the dungeons were usually directed by Ye Xiu.
Yeah...... Im just skimming over it. Tang Rou said. Ye Xiu looked more carefully. This girl was currently looking at the introductions to Line Canyons three hidden BOSSes as well as the wild BOSS. Clearly, after getting badly beaten by the Illusion Swordmaster yesterday, Tang Rou realized that facing a never-before-seen BOSS was troublesome for her.
Okay. Looking at the BOSSes is fine, but dont look at anything else. Ye Xiu said.
Hm?
Our play style is very different from what is written in the guides. Ye Xiu said.
Why is it different? Chen Guo entered the discussion.
All DPS, no MT, no healer. Ye Xiu said.
An all DPS team was a very common matter for Ye Xiu and his squad, but to normal players, especially in the new server, this was something that was rarely seen. Even for the big guilds, when they formed an all DPS team, they often needed experts to substitute for them.
An all DPS team relied on the players mechanical skill. Without strong mechanics, a guide wouldnt help.
Boss, what level are you on for the whack-a-mole game? Ye Xiu suddenly asked.
I only play it for fun. At my age, whats the point in practicing? Chen Guo said.
You could at least improve a bit! If not, then when we get to the Heavenly Domain and look to party up with you, youll only be dead weight! Ye Xiu said.
...... Chen Guo was speechless. Besides killing him, she had no other thoughts.
Oh? Who wrote this guide? Ye Xius attention suddenly snapped back to Tang Rous screen. Tang Rous newly opened guide was a guide for the Line Canyon hidden BOSS Sandworm.
Who wrote it? Tang Rou wasnt sure. She went to the top of the page and saw the name of the poster: Concealed Light.
Do you recognize him? Tang Rou turned her head to ask Ye Xiu.
Ye Xiu shook his head. He didnt recognize the ID.
Whats so special about this guide? Chen Guo had also been drawn in and pressed near to look.
The guides very detailed. Ye Xiu said.
Oh?
Hes included the probability of every possible scenario. The process is very detailed. Hes written down every single detail on how to kill the BOSS. Ye Xiu said.
No wonder its so long..... Tang Rou said. This guide was several pages long. When she opened it, she jumped up with fright. She hadnt even looked at the content yet!
Woah, youre right....... Chen Guo looked at it and then immediately discovered that this guide chose five classes, instructed what equipment to use, how to initiate, what moves to use in specific places.......
Its practically a video. Chen Guo thought aloud as she looked.
The three read the entire seven pages, which was probably around twenty thousand words long.
4 minutes 56 seconds.
After thoroughly scouring through the guide, the author had even informed the reader how much time it would take to kill the BOSS, down to the second.
Is this for real? Chen Guo didnt want to believe it. In actuality, she had already begun feeling dizzy after the first page. After that, she stopped reading carefully.
Not a single mistake....... Ye Xiu said on the side.
This....... if it doesnt allow for any deviation, then doesnt that mean it doesnt allow for any mistakes? If theres a mistake, wont it all be over? Chen Guo said.
Thats right. Ye Xiu nodded his head, But if this were for setting the record, there cant be any mistakes anyways.
Are you saying that his strategy is very good for setting a record?
Thats not true...... His strategy is very safe, but it isnt very efficient. However, this might only be because hes researching a hidden BOSS. For a hidden BOSS, safety is number one. Who cares about efficiency? Ye Xiu said.
Thats true. Chen Guo nodded her head.
This person has other guides too. Tang Rou saw the other guides from the author.
Here, Ye Xiu saw the name that the author gave to his guides: Idiot Series.
It really is an idiots guide...... Ye Xiu said. This step by step guide, which provided instructions for everything, down to the small details, didnt need the people using the guide to use their brain in any way. If they followed the steps, then theyd succeed.
But it looks like the rating isnt too good! Tang Rou looked at the rating and comments.
Its probably because of the problem the boss talked about. Ye Xiu guessed.
Yeah. Tang Rou nodded her head.
The comments were mostly mocking him. Just as expected, they were talking about Chen Guos problem: No one could ensure that they would be able to follow this type of extremely detailed step by step guide from beginning to end. As a result, everyone saw it as a fraud, as a theory. Since this wasnt the authors first guide, below there were comments such as Another fake. Another fantasy fiction. Practically no one supported the author.
The guide isnt wrong...... but the limitations are a bit too much. Ye Xiu sighed.
Should we look at his other guides? Tang Rou moved her mouse around, stopping on different links. Every move stopped on a desired spot. This sister was actually practicing her mechanics even here.
Lets look at one! Ye Xiu said.
Tang Rou opened up another one. This guide was on the other hidden BOSS in Line Canyon, the Scarlet Scorpion Assassin, Sting. The style was the same. From the very begining, the guide chose what classes to use, how to initiate, from beginning to end for several pages.
Oh? He changed classes? Ye Xiu was curious. Compared to the previous guide, four of the five classes were different. It was a completely different party set-up. To be able to do such a detailed guide, Ye Xiu had thought that the author had a set five-player team.
When Tang Rou heard Ye Xius surprise, she opened up another guide. At the very start, he chose another completely different team set-up. This guide was for a different hidden BOSS in Desolate Land.
When were these guides made? Ye Xiu suddenly asked.
Tang Rou looked at the post time and found that they were all made recently.
Could he be a player from the new server? Ye Xiu felt unsure.
Tang Rou clicked on the authors name. While taking a looking at his list of works, the Idiot Series, the guides stopped at Line Canyon. This really was the current tenth server pace.
Log into the game and search for him. Ye Xiu proposed.
Tang Rou logged into the game. After Soft Mist went online, she looked up the name.
Concealed Light, Male, Level 32, Summoner.
He really is from the new server. Tang Rou said.
But new server doesnt mean new player, no? Chen Guo said.
If hes not a new player, why would he put so much effort into researching these low-leveled BOSSes? Ye Xiu said.
Uh..... Chen Guo thought, but couldnt come up with anything.
Look at this! Tang Rou suddenly said.
Ye Xiu looked.
The title: The Mystery of the Boneyard 16 Minutes and 24 Second Record!
This record was the one Ye Xiu and his team had set in the tenth server. Hung high up on the leaderboards, the team set-up could be seen.
Battle Mage, Blade Master, Brawler, Launcher, Unspecialized.
Concealed Light had analyzed from these five classes how this record had been made.
From the beginning, he had already analyzed that it couldnt be done with the usual strategy and that it had to be done by a new strategy.
Then what was this new strategy?
Concealed Lights analysis wasnt completely correct, but he was very close.
There was one point that he was wrong about though. Concealed Light clearly didnt know of Lord Grims Thousand Chance Umbrella, so his analysis of the unspecialized characters role was completely off.
In the end, with the strategy he had designed, he wasnt able to create the 16 minutes and 24 second record. As a result, he gave Lord Grim and the five characters a set of Orange equipment and confidently said that this was how they did it......
It wasnt that Concealed Light didnt know how difficult it was to obtain Orange equipment in the new server at Level 25, but rather, it was that this brother was extremely confident in his analysis and strategy, so by working backwards...... he believed that, although having these five sets of equipment was ridiculous, it wasnt impossible. But without these equipment, it definitely wasnt possible to create such a record. As a result, he made such a claim.
The comments below werent hard to imagine. They were all practically saying how there was something wrong with the authors brain.
Towards these comments, Ye Xiu and Tang Rou expressed their approval.