Chapter 433: Heavy Sniper!!

After the battlefield was cleared, Nie Yan returned to the Krips Fortress. Inside the fortress, the atmosphere was bustling as many players received gold coins and contribution points from the guild. They began repurchasing or retrieving equipment from the guild warehouse, reorganizing their gear. Many had lost five levels and were now forming parties heading toward various leveling spots.

“Hey, Xiaosu, want to go to the Soglam Burial Grounds together?”

“Sure.”

“We still need a priest. Any priests from the guild want to come along?”

More people than usual were calling for teams today, as many players who had lost levels were eager to regain them.

“Boss Nieyan.”

“Boss Nieyan.”

When players saw Nie Yan, they greeted him excitedly, their faces beaming with joy—the happiness of victory.

Nie Yan entered the Krips Fortress guild headquarters, where the elite members of the Bullman Tribe had gathered, chatting noisily. When they saw Nie Yan enter, they rushed over.

“Boss Nieyan, we won!” Burenengdehuaidan said emotionally. Their victory had not come easily. Approximately seventy to eighty percent of the guild’s elite members had perished, with only the mage class surviving in greater numbers since they had summoned the abyssal lord without directly engaging in combat. Other classes had suffered even heavier losses.

“We won!”

This single sentence captured everyone’s feelings—a sense of relief after enduring hardship, and a reward for their efforts. The Bullman Tribe had survived turbulent times, defeated all powerful opponents, and unified Carol City. Everyone felt a sense of relief.

It was an indescribable emotion.

Nie Yan understood their feelings and smiled. “Yes, it’s over. We won. Everyone should level up a bit. From now on, Carol City is ours! This territory is under our control. Anyone who opposes us in the Bullman Tribe must be eliminated. Those who refuse to obey must be killed until they submit! For players friendly to us, we must coexist peacefully and uphold fairness firmly!”

As the top guild in Carol City, the Bullman Tribe must establish its authority, which must not be challenged by anyone.

After hearing Nie Yan’s words, everyone excitedly discussed the matter. After such a long struggle, they had finally gained control of Carol City—a cause for celebration!

The path ahead would be smooth.

The entire guild was jubilant, especially in the guild chat, where many players were overwhelmed with excitement. With the Bullman Tribe unifying Carol City, their status naturally rose.

Taking this opportunity, Nie Yan improved the benefits for all Bullman Tribe players. Now that their position was secured, the players deserved tangible rewards, which would ensure their loyalty and support for the guild.

After improving the benefits, he assigned Cui Can Daoguang and others to lead player groups to clear the remaining fortresses. Once these fortresses were developed, they would bring significant profits to the Bullman Tribe. Additionally, the Bullman Tribe needed to assist the Godwar Tribe in continuing to seize fortresses, as the Godwar Tribe required more fortresses to generate profits for Nie’s business empire.

Nie Yan handed the blueprints for the ballistae to the Bullman Tribe’s engineers, urging them to accelerate the production of arrows. These defensive weapons were essential for protecting the fortresses. Once equipped, the fortresses’ defensive capabilities would be greatly enhanced, preventing harassment from the Mage Alliance and Sacred Guardians.

After a brief moment of excitement, the Bullman Tribe quickly became busy again. They understood that this was not the time to celebrate yet, as the Mage Alliance and Sacred Guardians might retaliate at any moment. They needed to level up quickly to avoid being unprepared and suffering losses again.

Seeing that everything in the Bullman Tribe was running smoothly, Nie Yan felt reassured. In the near future, he could take the elite members of the Bullman Tribe to level up, occasionally venture underground to earn more money. Additionally, he needed to retrieve the remaining fragment of the Sogart Shadow. Once he obtained this last fragment, he would possess his first complete legendary item.

Sogart Shadow Boots!

After collecting all the fragments, the attributes of the Sogart Shadow were still impressive, making it a powerful piece of equipment.

During this period, after recalling for a long time, he recorded the locations of some sub-legendary, legendary fragments, and legendary equipment on a piece of paper. He distributed the recorded locations to some elite members of the Bullman Tribe, letting them search for them. If they could obtain one or two, it would greatly enhance their equipment levels.

As for the Shadow Dance techniques from the Dark Lurker obtained earlier, he copied them into several copies and distributed them to some trusted thieves in the guild. As their levels increased, they would have the opportunity to master the Shadow Dance.

After arranging these matters, Nie Yan finally had some free time. Suddenly, he felt something was missing. After this guild war, he hadn’t seen Yaoyao. Checking his friend list, he found Yaoyao’s name was grayed out—she had logged off.

The current time in the real world was around 2 a.m. It was unusual for Yaoyao to log off at this time.

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Nie Yan’s heart, but he quickly shook his head and chuckled. She might have had something urgent to attend to and logged off.

He really wanted to share his current joy with Yaoyao. Through his efforts, the terrifying shadows of his past life were gradually dissipating. The Triumph Empire and the Bloodthirsty Blade had already become history. He had weakened Century Corporation’s power in the game Faith. Although the future was still uncertain, he firmly believed he had the ability to change everything from his past life.

The gloom had receded, and a bright future awaited him. Moreover, his relationship with Xie Yao would be filled with happiness!

Just as Nie Yan’s thoughts drifted away, lost in reverie, he suddenly received a message from Xie Yao: “Nieyan, some people have come to my villa. They’ve disabled the security system. I’m scared.”

This message was sent by Xie Yao from the real world using her mobile phone.

Recently, Xie Yao’s parents had been busy with their own affairs and were not at home, leaving her alone.

Upon receiving this message, Nie Yan’s heart tightened with anxiety. He quickly told Guo Huai, “I have something urgent to attend to. I’m logging off first.”

“There’s still a lot to handle in the guild. Just received news that the Godwar Tribe’s actions have triggered the interests of the Tuoba family. They’ve organized their five affiliated guilds to retaliate against the Godwar Tribe.”

“Postpone everything until I return. Even if the Mage Alliance and Sacred Guardians attack the Krips Fortress, everything must wait!” Nie Yan said sternly, cutting off the voice chat before Guo Huai could finish speaking.

Nie Yan exited the game pod, hastily put on some clothes, grabbed a few things, went to the garage, and drove toward Xie Yao’s house.

The Bi Shui Yun Jian villa complex had the best security measures in the entire Hanghai area. All security equipment there was connected to satellites, making it impossible for dangerous individuals to enter Bi Shui Yun Jian unless they had advanced equipment capable of interfering with the satellites.

Once the satellites were interfered with, the management of Bi Shui Yun Jian would immediately receive alerts and implement a full lockdown unless the intruders could remain completely invisible to the satellites. This was a technological confrontation, with Bi Shui Yun Jian’s satellites being among the most advanced currently available. Remaining completely invisible to them would require the most cutting-edge military technology.

The attackers were well-prepared; obtaining military technology was not impossible.

If Xie Yao encountered any accident…

Nie Yan’s heart was tightly wound, immediately banishing this thought from his mind. He would not allow such a thing to happen.

The car sped along the roads of Bi Shui Yun Jian. At a corner, about fifty to sixty meters from Xie Yao’s house, he stopped. To avoid alerting the intruders, he dared not park the car directly in front of Xie Yao’s house.

Jumping off the car, he crouched low, approaching the corner with an almost instinctive skill ingrained in his bones—the art of concealment! He was accustomed to hiding behind obstacles, evading others’ sight.

Nie Yan somewhat understood now why the Federation promoted the game Faith. Faith could greatly enhance everyone’s combat proficiency, akin to a form of universal conscription. Since playing Faith, Nie Yan’s physical fitness had improved significantly.

He glanced at the surrounding surveillance equipment, which appeared to be operational but had likely been interfered with. He leaped, landing lightly like a swallow over the wall, jumping down into Xie Yao’s garden, hiding in the dense bushes, and looking toward Xie Yao’s villa.

Earlier when he came, he forgot to wear black clothes.

Xie Yao’s villa was pitch black and eerily quiet, the silence itself feeling strange.

Nie Yan slowly approached the villa, nearing the entrance, when two dark figures caught his eye. They were standing in the open space in front of the villa, facing off against each other. He was slightly surprised—were these the two people Xie Yao mentioned, who had infiltrated her home?

They must have come for Xie Yao, but why did they seem ready to fight each other? Could it be internal conflict?

Nie Yan put on his night vision goggles, which he had grabbed when leaving earlier, and to his surprise, they proved useful now.

Through the night vision goggles, a faint light flickered on a distant rooftop over a kilometer away, caught in Nie Yan’s eye. He recognized it immediately—a heavy sniper! The person holding the heavy sniper was aiming at one of the individuals on the scene from afar.

What was going on here? Could one of them actually be here to rescue Xie Yao?