WTNL Chapter 84

Fantasy Amusement Park
Chapter 84: Tea Art Master

“What, you know him…?”

The other female streamer in the team asked in confusion.

Her codename was Lilith. She was a streamer in the Eternal Day Guild who relied on her looks, ranking 65th on the Nightmare Beauty Leaderboard.

Although she hadn’t been in Nightmare for long, thanks to that extremely beautiful face and her charm-type talent, she quickly attracted a large group of die-hard fans. Even among streamers, she had a great number of admirers. The reason why the Eternal Day Guild arranged for her to be in this team wasn’t just to guarantee the live broadcast traffic for the whole team, but it also concealed a little scheme from the higher-ups.

According to intelligence, this strongest rookie was a strong, rugged-looking male. The Eternal Day Guild wanted to draw him into their guild. Naturally, the overall strength of the team and the hidden items in the instance were the primary means. But this didn’t mean they wouldn’t take a different approach and play some petty tricks on minor details like this.

Sometimes, the more traditional and plain the method, the more effective it is in drawing a rookie who has only experienced three instances into one’s own camp.

“Of course.” Wen Ya said viciously: “I wouldn’t forget this face even if you beat me to death.”

“Could it be… this is that black faction captain who scammed you the entire way?” Lilith asked in some astonishment.

She couldn’t help but look up to scrutinize the face of the young man not far away.

Although she had heard about that incident before, what she hadn’t expected was that this streamer completely didn’t match the image of the scammer she had in mind. She didn’t expect…

He was actually quite good-looking.

Chuanze, the only male streamer in the team, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose:

“Is that so? Then this is truly a coincidence.”

Because of the appearance alteration function, it was basically impossible to find a streamer one had formed a grudge against in the system space.

Even if you found the person, under the system’s rules, you couldn’t do anything to them. But in an instance, it was different. As long as you wanted to, you could always find various ways to retaliate.

Seeming to feel the hostility from the opposing team, the young man not far away suddenly stopped in his tracks.

His gaze fell on Wen Ya, and he froze slightly. Those amber eyes widened a fraction, seemingly also finding this kind of “destiny” extremely unbelievable.

“…Long, time, no, see.”

Wen Ya’s eyes spat fire as she ground her teeth, enunciating every word.

She remembered clearly what had happened in the Fukang Hospital instance previously.

Including how the other party disguised himself as a doctor NPC to sneak into their team, making all of their red faction streamers treat him with awe and caution, terrified of offending this so-called “NPC”. What was worse, after entering the director’s office, his identity was exposed by the system’s notification sound. It should have been a guaranteed-win situation of many against one, but…

As for what happened next, Wen Ya felt suffocated just recalling it.

She had actually trusted this dog scammer again!

Why did she trust him again!!

This was the most foolish mistake Wen Ya had ever made since becoming a streamer.

And so, this black faction captain, whose identity was exposed and who was deep within enemy lines, actually managed to escape from their hands once again, and even swiped the most crucial item of the entire instance!

Although later the streamer from the Oracle Guild activated that so-called item that could summon black faction enemies, judging from the final result, it didn’t seem to have had any effect.

The red faction lost.

And in a hunting match no less!

This was simply a tremendous humiliation!

“…”

Wen Jianyan made a prompt decision.

He abruptly stopped in his tracks, without almost any hesitation, turned around at maximum speed, and broke into a run, his long legs carrying him straight back!

“…”

You’re doing this again!

“Chase him!”

Wen Ya said through gritted teeth.

Yun Bilan’s trio, who observed all this from a distance: “???”

What?

What’s going on?

What happened?

Their teammate had gone over to negotiate with the streamer squad that had just arrived at the Thrill Zone. But, before he could even get close to them, right after clearly seeing each other’s faces, both sides fell into a brief standoff.

The next second, before Yun Bilan and the others could react, a bizarre chase began.

They saw the young man dart back like a rabbit, and the three streamers in the distance also abruptly sped up, chasing viciously after him.

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[Hahahahahahahaha I’m dying of laughter! So this is what it feels like to run into an old friend in a foreign land!]

[Hahahahahaha a former victim has appeared!! Dog scammer, danger!]

[Why is this scene so funny hahahahahaha! It’s so weird hahahahahaha sorry I really can’t stop laughing!]

“What’s going on?”

The totally confused Yun Bilan reached out and grabbed Wen Jianyan, who had rushed back to the team at top speed, and asked in confusion.

Wen Jianyan answered frantically: “It’s over, it’s over, they’re acquaintances!”

“People you’ve offended in the past?”

Yun Bilan was taken aback, but immediately understood.

“That’s right.”

The handsome young man shrank behind her, blinking those moist amber eyes, looking pitiful and innocent:

“In a previous instance, the eight of them surrounded and attacked me alone. I barely managed to survive…”

Wen Jianyan pursed his lips and sighed, a touch of fragility appearing on his face: “I just didn’t expect them to still hold a grudge until now.”

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[???]

[Hahahahahaha actually… he’s not wrong? So this is the art of language? Even though he didn’t lie, it completely changes how it sounds. As expected of you, dog scammer!]

[Hahahahahaha bah! I watched that instance too. You were clearly the one running rings around them, okay!]

[Pitiful dog scammer, weak, innocent, and bullied, what the hell, I want to die laughing hahahahahaha!]

[Wuwu, but wifey scammer is also so cute when he pretends to be pitiful!]

Right at this moment, Wen Ya’s group had already run up to them.

Wen Ya’s eyes spat fire, staring fixedly at Wen Jianyan who was hiding at the back of the team. She flashed him a fierce smile through gritted teeth: “It really has been a long time.”

Wen Jianyan stealthily poked his head out and said shyly:

“Actually, it, it hasn’t been that long, right?”

Wen Ya: “…”

Bah!

You still have the nerve to say that!

You shameless dog scammer!!!

Chuanze frowned.

He had heard before that Wen Ya had once been scammed by an underhanded streamer in a low-difficulty hunting instance. Now, watching the other party sneakily hide behind Yun Bilan like this made him find the guy an eyesore no matter how he looked at it.

He couldn’t help but taunt:

“Hiding behind a woman? Do you even count as a man—”

“Oh?”

Yun Bilan let out a soft laugh, cutting him off, and retorted coldly:

“Is that so? So this is your standard for judging gender and strength?”

Wen Ya: “…”

For some reason, even though it started simply as seeking revenge, the situation seemed to have inexplicably spiraled out of control.

“Excuse me.”

Wen Ya took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the anger in her heart, and turned to look at Yun Bilan, who was standing at the very front:

“I’m afraid I have some unresolved personal matters with the streamer behind you. I hope you won’t interfere—”

“Why?”

Yun Bilan’s expression was equally overcast: “You’re picking on my teammate; why shouldn’t I interfere?”

“Then you shouldn’t interfere even more,” Chuanze narrowed his eyes and said coldly: “A grudge formed by a teammate has nothing to do with you in the first place. Wouldn’t it be better to draw a clear line early on and protect yourselves?”

“…”

Yun Bilan was angered to the point of laughing by the other party’s attitude.

“He… is right.”

The young man opportunely chimed in at this moment. He blinked, gently tugged the corner of Yun Bilan’s clothes, and said in a low, somewhat suppressed tone:

“I shouldn’t drag you into a grudge I formed…”

“Then I definitely have to meddle.”

Yun Bilan sneered, raising her hand to block Wen Jianyan behind her.

How this matter had developed up to this point had nothing to do with him anymore; it was the attitude of this guy opposite her that really infuriated her: “Nowadays, there are always some streamers who, despite losing because their skills are inferior, push all the blame onto the opponent who won the match fair and square. They are clearly just narrow-minded, yet they have the nerve to use ‘unresolved grudges’ as an excuse… If you’re really that tough, why don’t you win a round yourself?”

Wen Jianyan stood behind Yun Bilan with his arms crossed. As he listened, he nodded, wearing a look of deep distress.

Chuanze was furious: “You—”

In the “Integrity First” live broadcast room:

[Fuck! So ‘tea’ (manipulative)! This is a true grandmaster of ‘tea’ art hahahahaha!]

[I’m dying of laughter, this is way too ‘tea’!!! He’s so good at fanning the flames!]

[Ahhhhhh the way the dog scammer acts like a fox exploiting the tiger’s might, gloating over his success, why is it so cute, help!]

The atmosphere between the two sides was on the verge of erupting. Restless factors floated in the air, like a powder keg with pressure building to the critical point.

“Ahem, ahem.”

Wen Jianyan cleared his throat and spoke up: “Um… I wonder if I can say a few words?”

Everyone’s gaze turned towards him.

“In this instance, as long as an attraction is cleared, it will automatically close.”

Wen Jianyan pointed to the iron door not far away and said: “I don’t know if you saw the rules outside the Thrill Zone, but the remaining attractions in this zone have a minimum player limit. If you want to play the attractions in this zone, at least two teams must form a group to enter.”

Chuanze turned his head and shot Lilith a glance.

The latter understood, turned around, and ran towards the iron gate. Soon, her voice drifted over from a distance: “…He isn’t lying!”

“That is to say, we either form a group to enter, or we senselessly waste time here, waiting indefinitely for more teams to come to the Thrill Zone.”

Wen Jianyan sighed softly: “But, how many fearless people are truly willing to come here?”

“And most importantly, the three of you and the four of us are evenly matched in strength.”

The young man’s voice was gentle and calm, his logic clear and convincing:

“Even if a victor is eventually decided, this wasted time cannot be made up for. The attractions in other zones will only become fewer and fewer, and the ones left will only be high-difficulty horror attractions.”

“Let what happened in the last instance stay in the last instance. Even if you really want to settle the score with me, you still have to prioritize what’s important, don’t you?”

The main culprit, the troublemaker, the true instigator, Wen Jianyan, now wore a sincere, unpretentious expression as he looked earnestly at the three streamers opposite him:

“I am willing to let bygones be bygones. Are you?”

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Author’s Note:

Wen Jianyan (shrinking back): Wuwuwu, it’s really the other side bullying me! Sister, save me!