496: Legal team formation

Xiao Yun and Liu Shihhan arrived at the nearest entrance to a forbidden zone.

Song Qiuyun was busy having her team count the big red items Xiao Yun had previously looted. Since they had some downtime, Xiao Yun prepared to enter Confidential Aerospace with Liu Shihhan for a couple of Gun runs.

As for Xia Ming, his visa had expired, so he had to return to his home country and could no longer accompany Xiao Yun and the others into the forbidden zone.

Xiao Yun didn't have much of an opinion on this; after all, he no longer needed to go to the Endless Night Dam.

Xia Ming, however, was quite reluctant to leave, though it wasn't clear what he was so attached to.

"Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun, why aren't we going to the Endless Night Dam anymore?"

Liu Shihhan asked, puzzled.

Over the past few days, Xiao Yun had taken them into the Endless Night Dam frantically. In every match, besides Xiao Yun harvesting a pile of big red items, even Liu Shihhan and Xia Ming could earn two or three million just by scavenging leftovers.

As for Confidential Aerospace, if one's luck wasn't good, it was impossible to earn that kind of money.

After all, there weren't soldiers wearing good gear and using good weapons like in the Endless Night Dam. To make big money, one had to rely on finding loot or taking others' gear.

"No need to go anymore. I've already obtained what I needed," Xiao Yun replied calmly.

By this point, he had long since saved up enough gear to upgrade the Heirloom Special Service Department and had completed the upgrade.

Even if Xiao Yun really needed six sets or eight-level gear in the future, he wouldn't need to go to the Endless Night Dam; he could just craft it himself.

Truth be told, Xiao Yun didn't really like the Endless Night Dam map.

Even in the game from his previous life, Xiao Yun hadn't played it much. If not for the need to upgrade the Heirloom Special Service Department, he wouldn't have chosen the Endless Night Dam for Gun runs recently.

After all, the map was pitch black. To play normally, one had to equip night-vision goggles.

The lowest level of night-vision goggles was level five, and even when restocking, they cost over three hundred thousand. Whether doing Gun runs or aggressive pushes, the cost was higher than Aerospace.

The problem wasn't just the higher cost; the drop rate in this place wasn't great either.

Consequently, in later versions, the developers realized that no one played the Endless Night Dam after it was released, so they rushed to delete it to reduce the server burden.

It had to be said that the Endless Night Dam was a failed product where the drop rate and extraction difficulty were poorly balanced.

After all, if the Endless Night Dam in the game from his previous life had the same drop rate as this world, would there be a shortage of players?

In this world's Endless Night Dam, the grunts wore six sets, and the boss wore almost brand-new six sets, firing level-five ammo. Even a Gun runner could break even just by killing a few grunts on the way.

Even without extracting, just picking up bullets and putting them in the secure container would ensure no loss, or even a small profit.

Of course, that was just wishful thinking.

After all, the game developers from his previous life were even more unscrupulous than the GTI in this world!

The drop rates and stats in the game were just numbers, and the developers could change them however they wanted, but this world was different.

This was why Xiao Yun could find loopholes in the forbidden zones and use them to loot so many big red items.

In the game from his previous life, the developers could mess with you however they pleased, but this world where forbidden zones descended into reality was different. Changes in the forbidden zones were caused by people, as the supplies were placed by soldiers of Hafk or Asala. Therefore, as long as one mastered enough information, one could crack the rules within.

For instance, during the time Xiao Yun was frantically looting big red items from the bird's nest manhole cover in Baksh, it was because he had cracked the rules by which Baksh's soldiers hid red items, thereby profiting from it.

"By the way..."

Recalling the situation regarding the Endless Night Dam, a question suddenly occurred to Xiao Yun.

"Since I can bring out the real Seyid, couldn't the real Lao Tai also...?"

Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow, and an idea immediately struck him.

Previously, in the Endless Night Dam, Xiao Yun had disguised himself as Seyid by taking his full set of gear, which caused the real Seyid to descend into the forbidden zone.

Logically speaking, if he followed the same steps on the Aerospace Base map, he might be able to summon the real Security Director Demulan!

Moreover, Xiao Yun had a vague feeling.

It was that the appearance of these real BOSS-level figures wasn't just to suppress the Operators within the map.

Just like the first time Xiao Yun summoned the real Seyid in the forbidden zone, which led to the sudden appearance of numerous reverse forbidden zones on Blue Star.

If he summoned Lao Tai this time, perhaps a similar situation would occur.

He just didn't know what special mechanism the resulting forbidden zone would have.

"I get the feeling that I'm doing something very dangerous..."

Xiao Yun stood at the entrance of the forbidden zone. He was just two steps away from entering Confidential Aerospace, but before entering this time, he had to think these things through.

"Forget it. He Yan and the others haven't even figured out the situation with the reverse forbidden zones yet. Better not add to their trouble."

Xiao Yun sighed helplessly.

Although he was looking forward to seeing what kind of strength the real Demulan would have.

Perhaps it would be like a cheater with wallhacks and aimbots, sniping Operators across the entire map from the high platform in the Launch Area.

However, curiosity aside, Xiao Yun decided not to try to make it appear for now.

If it caused consequences, that wouldn't be good.

However, the matter of making all the real BOSSes of the forbidden zones appear had already been noted in Xiao Yun's mind.

When there was an opportunity, Xiao Yun would definitely fight all these real bosses to see what kind of strength they actually had.

"Huh? Isn't that Xiao Yun?"

Just then.

Right as the previous match ended and Xiao Yun was preparing to enter the forbidden zone, a fully geared team slowly walked out of the forbidden zone.

It seemed they had cut it close to the last second of the match, extracting from the forbidden zone just a few seconds before 8 o'clock.

Seeing this team, Xiao Yun felt somewhat familiar.

"You are... the Tianshen Team?"

Seeing the three people in front of him, Xiao Yun immediately recalled their situation.

Their captain was called Luo Xiu, and Xiao Yun didn't know the names of the other two for the time being.

However, Xiao Yun knew that both of his teammates were dual-class Operators. It seemed one was a Shield Dog and Black Bro class, while the other seemed to be a Female Doctor plus Bee Doctor, the ultimate defensive position.

As for their names, Xiao Yun didn't care.

It was enough to know that their captain, Luo Xiu, was currently the second-ranked Operator on the Operator leaderboard.

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence to run into you here. How about it, are you here to earn points?"

Luo Xiu smiled faintly, his tone casual.

The two people behind him, seeing Xiao Yun again this time, had somewhat surprised expressions.

"He is that... once-in-a-century genius Operator Xiao Yun that the leader told us about?"

"It must be him. It's no wonder he was able to defeat that perverse Seyid in the forbidden zone last time."

The two whispered, seemingly having been told about Xiao Yun after they returned.

Xiao Yun just nodded silently, not intending to engage in small talk with them.

"Xiao Yun, why don't you wait for us for one round?"

At this moment, Luo Xiu took a weight-bearing needle from his pocket and injected it into his arm without changing his expression.

However, the next second, his expression stiffened, and a soft groan escaped his mouth.

"Ugh~ I forgot the time for the painkillers. Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"..."

Xiao Yun was speechless.

You had to know, he always took painkillers before injecting himself.

After all, while this thing didn't cause much damage, it still hurt a bit when injected.

Originally, seeing Luo Xiu inject the needle so confidently, Xiao Yun had marveled at how much of a real man he was.

As it turned out, he had simply forgotten the timing for the painkillers.

"Why should I wait for you?"

Xiao Yun asked, puzzled.

They had just cleared the map, and without a super-large secure container, they naturally couldn't be like Xiao Yun, entering the forbidden zone immediately after coming out of one match.

At the very least, they had to put their items in their living quarters, or take them directly to the Exchange to sell, and re-equip before they could enter the next match.

"Do you mean you want to clash with me?"

"No, no, no!"

Seeing that Xiao Yun had misunderstood, Luo Xiu waved his hands quickly.

"It's nothing, mainly, we don't want to be enemies with you!"

As Luo Xiu spoke, the two people behind him also nodded quickly.

As the strongest team in the Dragon Country, they naturally went into the map with the goal of clearing it.

To maintain their personal rankings and the team's ranking, they needed to constantly enter the forbidden zone to loot big red items and bring out high-value supplies; only then could they earn points to ensure their ranking didn't drop.

Therefore, after learning of Xiao Yun's strength, they didn't dare to offend him.

If they really started fighting Xiao Yun in the forbidden zone, they had no confidence in being able to defeat him!

Therefore, in Luo Xiu's view, it was better for both sides to remain peaceful.

"Don't want to be enemies with me? Then why don't you just switch to another forbidden zone?"

Xiao Yun asked with some confusion.

"And even if you don't want to fight, who recognizes whom once we are in the forbidden zone? The muzzle of a Gun doesn't have eyes."

"No, no, no, brother. Two teams cooperating is a normal phenomenon in forbidden zones at our level, especially in the current situation; two teams teaming up is already a normal situation."

"Isn't that illegal teaming?"

"Of course not! We are teaming up legally!"

Seeing that Xiao Yun had just officially joined the GTI and didn't understand some of the rules of the forbidden zones, Luo Xiu hurriedly explained.

"Have you heard of reverse forbidden zones?"

"I know, but what does that have to do with it?"

Upon hearing about reverse forbidden zones, Xiao Yun immediately frowned.

Sure enough, he wasn't the only one who knew this information.

Within the GTI, anyone with even slightly well-informed sources had likely learned about the appearance of reverse forbidden zones.

However, Xiao Yun couldn't understand what reverse forbidden zones had to do with illegal teaming.

"Actually, including the Dragon Country GTI, the GTIs of various countries are now preparing for the opening of the reverse forbidden zones."

Luo Xiu said calmly.

"Although we don't know the specific rules, one thing has been confirmed—that is, as GTI Operators on Blue Star, when we arrive in the reverse forbidden zone, we must cooperate, just like the Asala in the Dam No. 0; all soldiers from Asala will unite against the outside, dealing with enemies coming to plunder resources."

"I understand a little now."

Hearing this information, although Luo Xiu hadn't finished speaking, Xiao Yun roughly understood his meaning.

"In other words, the current trend of two teams teaming up is also to train coordination and tacit understanding, to prepare for the upcoming reverse forbidden zones?"

"Exactly, you are indeed smart."

Luo Xiu smiled and nodded, very satisfied with Xiao Yun's agile thinking.

"Moreover, even without this reverse forbidden zone, two teams teaming up is a common occurrence. As long as you adjust the headset channel to the same channel outside the match, you can communicate freely after entering the forbidden zone. And others aren't stupid; if you can team up, others can too! If you team up with two teams in this forbidden zone once, other teams entering the forbidden zone will also follow suit. So usually, if two teams are teaming up, the forbidden zone will turn into a 6v6v6 situation, and if three teams are teaming up, the scene is even more spectacular; it will become a 9v9 bilateral duel."

"I understand."

Xiao Yun nodded silently, roughly understanding the unspoken rules that existed within the forbidden zones.

He was no stranger to Operators teaming up with each other in the forbidden zone.

Back when he was in Longjiang City, Xiao Yun had met Black Bro, who had retired from the Great Battlefield; he was also conducting similar experiments in Longjiang City.

However, the situation with Black Bro was more extreme; they all teamed up to enter the forbidden zone and then collectively divided the resources within the forbidden zone.

This strategy was not bad for ordinary people, as they could earn some small money without risk every day, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

But for Xiao Yun and the captain of the Tianshen Team in front of him, Luo Xiu, this strategy seemed very inefficient.

After all, at their level, they had to eat other teams in the forbidden zone.

If they didn't eat other people's gear and only ate the supplies in the forbidden zone, then a day's work wouldn't be as good as going to a confidential field to do Gun runs.

In particular, Black Bro from Longjiang City had mentioned it before.

As Operators brought out more supplies from the same forbidden zone and less was consumed within it, the drop rate of the forbidden zone would gradually decline.

And if they kept bringing out supplies from the forbidden zone without consuming them, he didn't know if there would be a situation where all containers in the forbidden zone were empty.

Therefore, Black Bro's strategy was to open the cooperation mode at night, while during the day, they let other Operators fight each other to consume some combat equipment in the forbidden zone first.

"I understand, but... since you are only planning to enter in the next match, is it okay if I go in first for a Gun run?"

"It's fine, but aren't you preparing any gear or anything?"

Looking at Xiao Yun, who didn't even have a weapon on him and only had a big red backpack, Luo Xiu was somewhat surprised.

This guy, did he want to enter Confidential Aerospace empty-handed for a Gun run?

Although a big red backpack was enough to meet the 450,000 combat equipment requirement for Confidential Aerospace, but... without even bringing a Gun, even with Operator skills, it would be difficult to survive in Confidential Aerospace!

"Don't worry about that."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly, not intending to explain anything.

"Alright, then about the teaming up for the next round, you agree, right?"

"Um, oh, by the way, since we are teaming up next round, when you go to the Exchange, please help us bring two headset heads."

"OK OK, that's not a problem."

Luo Xiu smiled faintly, feeling a bit excited inside.

"Let's go, let's buy headset heads for Brother Xiao Yun!"

Saying that, he took the other two in the team and left the place.

...

"You have entered: Aerospace Base!"

"Current location: Aerospace Base - Central Control Building."

"Match drop rate: Confidential"

"Match end time: 29 minutes 59 seconds"

"Tip: Please complete extraction before the time runs out!"

"Long time no see, Aerospace Base!"

The moment he spawned behind the Central Control Bridge, Xiao Yun breathed in the salty, humid air of the Aerospace Base refreshingly.

"Finally, I don't have to work myself to death in the Black Night Dam! I must enjoy this match!"

Saying that, Xiao Yun moved his mind and directly activated his Destiny Skill.