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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　Right next to the giant crystal, Li Yiming and his teammates appeared one by one, staring at each other.

　　"What the h.e.l.l just happened?" Yu Runkai looked around with a frown and asked.

　　"It's the doom bots…" Shao Xian bit her lips and answered.

　　"Doom bots?" Fang Shui'er had no idea what those were and looked at Li Yiming, seeking an explanation.

　　"I'll let her do the explaining." Li Yiming had heard of the game mode before, but never actually played it.

　　"Doom bots was a game mode the developers came up with to attract more players, but it didn't work out too well so they gave up shortly after." Shao Xian sighed and explained.

　　"What's the difference?"

　　"The rules are still the same, but the enemies are much more powerful."

　　"So we're basically fighting empowered monkeys now?" Yu Runkai put his wine barrel down and sat on top of it.

　　"Yes. We're still fighting the same five monkeys, it's just that they have much stronger techniques now, as you've experienced first-hand."

　　"How are we supposed to defeat them then? We're at a complete disadvantage." Chen Quan asked as he scratched his back with his bamboo pipe, seemingly calm despite the dire situation.

　　"Well, it's not an impossible fight. I played this a little while ago. There's a way you can abuse the system to win." Shao Xian frowned as she tried to recall the tactics she had employed against the bots.

　　"Exploits? What? Do you think this is a game?' Yu Runkai suddenly snorted in discontent.

　　"Can you just tell us what you did to beat the game?" Li Yiming shook his head, noticing Yu Runkai's displeasure of having Shao Xian and Chen Quan dragging him down.

　　"So the first thing we can do is to concentrate on targeting the enemy's minions. The monkeys might be strong, but we can take care of the wooden dolls with ease, and let our minions do the work for us. In the end, our goal is still the destruction of these towers."

　　"I'm not sure that the monkeys will let us have our way with the minions, seeing how intelligent they've become." Fang Shui'er advised against the strategy.

　　"You're right, this might not work as well as in-game" Shao Xian was still fairly intimidated her idol.

　　"What else can we do then?" Li Yiming pressed on.

　　"We could also just avoid the monkeys for as long as possible and keep killing minions for gold under the protection of our tower."

　　"And how's that gonna help?" Yu Runkai asked.

　　"The monkeys are only stronger than us by a fixed margin. We can reduce that relative difference by becoming stronger, and we'll eventually be able to win."

　　"So a stalling tactic…" Fang Shui'er squinted and stared at her bow.

　　"Makes sense." Chen Quan looked at Li Yiming.

　　"It seems like it's the only way we'll have a chance…" Li Yiming sighed. 'What is this stupid rule about only having six items? What's the point of having an infinite amount of gold if I can only use six items at a time?'

　　It was meaningless for Li Yiming to acquire any more gold, since he had bought the best items he could get, and he doubted that he would be able to be impactful if the game was to progress to a point where everyone became fully equipped.

　　"The enemy has destroyed a tower." The robotic voice was heard once again.

　　"Let's hurry. Let's each go to our lanes and defend our towers, get try to get as much gold as possible." Fang Shui'er ran toward the lower lane with Yu Runkai following her.

　　Li Yiming, after one last glance at Chen Quan and Shao Xian, ran toward his lane.

　　Shao Xian kept her attention on Li Yiming and sank into her own thoughts. 'How did he get the gold to buy all that?'

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