62: Chapter 62 Interim Team Leader 62: Chapter 62 Interim Team Leader No game can possibly achieve absolute fairness.

Rich or poor, talented or untalented, people gain disproportionate rewards even when they put in the same amount of effort.

A long time ago, in the era of mouse and keyboard games, people competed on the agility of their hands.

Some were born with more agile hands, like adept pianists whose nimbleness overshadowed that of ordinary players.

Of course, this is just a metaphor; those talented in piano are unlikely to switch to gaming.

However, one breed of gamer did possess faster hand speeds: single male homebodies, the mainstream in gaming then.

As long as they had enough…

nutrition…

cough cough.

Let’s get back to the topic.

The era of virtual games began.

In this era, martial artists, who practiced various combat skills year-round in real life, became extremely advantaged.

Although real-life combat skills couldn’t replace in-game special skills with unique judgments and damage bonuses, ordinary gamers couldn’t match them in recognition and awareness.

An actual martial artist might be able to brawl a Paladin even as a Mage.

In “Eternal Chivalry”, the memory implantation method resembling awning reduced the gap between ordinary gamers and martial artists significantly.

Still, the gap did exist.

Nobody would dare to underestimate a real-life martial artist.

Outmaneuvered, Ye Weiming promptly retreated.

With his quicker movements, he dodged the opponent’s predictive strike.

He swiftly changed his attack, making another Spring Blossom, only for it to be effortlessly counter-parried as expected.

Time and time again, he changed his moves, only to be countered…

After six or seven different techniques, he was still thoroughly suppressed by the transparent overpass, left with no room for resistance.

Finally, Ye Weiming confirmed that his rather unpolished “True Sword Art” posed no threat whatsoever to her.

Swiftly changing his tactics, he abandoned the “True Sword Art”, instead opting to fight using his most familiar “Swordsmanship of Yue Maiden”.

To his surprise, this attempt at changing tactics worked instantly!

The transparent overpass clearly couldn’t predict the moves of the “Swordsmanship of Yue Maiden” at Level 9, as it did before, and could only react passively based on her own swordsmanship.

Only then did Ye Weiming heave a sigh of relief.

Apparently, her vision could only suppress his Level 3 “True Sword Art”.

It was virtually useless against his Level 9 “Swordsmanship of Yue Maiden”.

She didn’t seem so undefeatable, after all.

The ensuing battle was basically a repetition of his previous one with Feiyu.

Only this time, with the “Swordsmanship of Yue Maiden”, Ye Weiming was capable of completely suppressing the enemy in both skills and attributes.

As such, the transparent overpass could only endure five attacks before finally admitting defeat helplessly.

After her loss, the transparent overpass didn’t show any hint of disappointment.

Rather, she playfully stuck her tongue out at Ye Weiming.

“I thought you only knew how to use the ‘True Sword Art’.

I was planning to use that against you, but who knew you were this strong.”

Ye Weiming nodded and turned to the crowd.

“As Brother Feiyu mentioned previously, without a leader the snake is done.

Our job this time is filled with hidden dangers.

We need a unified voice to command our team’s movements.”

Upon hearing Ye Weiming restate this, Feiyu’s face slightly darkened.

He seemed quite irritated, as if he had shot himself in the foot.

However, Ye Weiming’s next words took everyone by surprise.

“Therefore, I propose that Sister March take the role of acting team leader for this operation.

What does everyone think?”

Taken aback, March pointed to her nose.

“Me… team leader?”

“I agree!” Before March could say anything else, Feiyu was the first to express his stance, fearing that Ye Weiming might change his mind.

“I agree too!” The second to express agreement was Tang Sancai.

Ever since their meeting at the inn, he found himself in a really awkward position.

Although he was closer to Feiyu emotionally, he also thought of Ye Weiming as a friend after the cooperation they had.

Caught between two friends, Tang Sancai felt most troubled!

Now that the two of them had finally agreed, he didn’t bother to figure out why, and immediately agreed with this “good proposition”, which would finally free him from this predicament.

“Seconded!” The third one to agree was Youyou.

She had been here all along to help and didn’t bother to think too much.

As long as Ye Weiming said something, she would just second it.

“I guess I’ll second it too,” said the transparent overpass, shrugging, indicating that she respected everyone’s opinion.

“I…” Before March could say anything else, Ye Weiming clapped her on the shoulder.

“See, among all of us, you are the only one who can win the team over.”

Thus, March reluctantly became the temporary team leader, as if she had been pushed into this role.

They then proceeded to discuss strategy.

March asked for everyone’s opinions, to which Ye Weiming responded that he needed to know the general strength of the players blockading the Fuwei Escort Agency.

March looked at Feiyu, who said that the players squatting outside the escort agency for 5 gold were not strong.

Professional players wouldn’t be interested in this tiny, uncertain profit.

March asked for everyone else’s opinion once again, to which Ye Weiming suggested charging in directly and dealing with the people inside the Fuwei Escort Agency.

Tactics like surprise attacks were unnecessary.

Using their collective strength, they could easily overcome any obstacles.

They just needed their puppet…

no, their team leader to give the order!

With that, upon the team leader March’s command, six of them headed straight back to Fuzhou City, charging towards the location of the Fuwei Escort Agency.

On the way, March finally couldn’t resist messaging Ye Weiming privately.

“Hey, you have the strongest skills among us all, so why don’t you command us instead of pushing me into this puppet role?

o(>=Kou <=)o" Ye Weiming's answer was simple and straightforward. "Because Feiyu doesn't recognize me." March: (*-<-) You make it sound like he recognizes me. Ye Weiming: Isn't he being quite obedient? It seems... he really is... March, amazed: What's going on here? I can't figure out the reasoning behind this. Can you explain it to me? o(*^@^*)o Ye Weiming: Although I'm not sure why he's so insistent, it's clear to everyone that he wants to compete for the status of Big Brother in the God Arresting Department. If I were the team leader this time and we successfully completed the task, my status would be unshakable, both in the eyes of the NPCs and among us players. To prevent this outcome, I wouldn't rule out him intentionally sabotaging things. But you're different, you don't have any overwhelming advantage over him. Even if you successfully lead everyone to finish the task as team leader, he still has plenty of chances to catch up. In this case, he certainly wouldn't sacrifice the benefits of the task reward to intentionally make things difficult for me. So, even though he knows very well that you will unquestionably follow my orders, he can accept you as the team leader instead of me. After a long silence, March sent another message: You guys are all awful!(me`ro')