Chapter 170: Falling at the Final Link

The older brother who was throwing the punches was named Zhang Tianyu, and the younger brother who was taking the beating was named Zhang Tianzhou.

Both were Level 3 players. The older brother, Zhang Tianyu, specialized in agility, while the younger brother, Zhang Tianzhou, specialized in strength.

At this moment, the two were locked in a scuffle. Zhang Tianyu’s fists rained down upon his brother, while Zhang Tianzhou, pinned underneath, wrapped his arms around both sides of his head, protecting it for dear life.

"Fight back!" Huang Yan said, loving the chaos and eager to stir up trouble. "Your strength is at 237 points—ten times his! You could easily crush him in close combat. What are you cowering for?"

Wen Nan cast a glance at Huang Yan.

Huang Yan immediately shrank his neck, clamped his mouth shut, and wore an expression that clearly read: I've learned my lesson.

Raising his voice, Wen Nan said in a deep tone, "Internal guild fighting is strictly prohibited!"

Blinded by rage, the two paid no heed to Wen Nan's warning. Their fists continued to slam into each other with dull, heavy thuds.

Wen Nan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Xiao Jun."

Before his voice had even faded, a flash of golden light cut through the air.

In the blink of an eye, both brothers were securely bound head-to-toe and hoisted high into the air, wearing identical expressions of utter bewilderment.

Yu Shujun stood right in the middle, holding up one of the tightly wrapped, dumpling-like men in each hand, and looked over at Wen Nan.

Wen Nan waved a hand, signaling to leave the two hanging there without letting them down.

Now, this tiny teleportation point was already struggling to accommodate ten grown men. Gu Jinxing, Yang Mingzhong, and Guo Xiaofu had all squeezed into the side dining room, while Hu Jiayao had practically climbed up the wall, all to free up space for these new members.

Since the two of them refused to listen to reason and insisted on fighting in such a cramped and narrow space, they could just hang there like that to reflect deeply on themselves—which incidentally freed up space for everyone else anyway.

Yu Shujun certainly didn't mind acting as a human support structure. Seeing Wen Nan's gesture, he simply stood his ground and remained motionless.

Suspended in the air, the two brothers chimed in together, calling out "Guild Master" as they hurried to admit their faults and offer apologies.

Wen Nan, however, gave them no such chance. He simply sat down on the sofa, resting his elbows on his knees. "Let's hear it. Why were you fighting?"

Zhang Tianyu glared fiercely at his younger brother beside him. "He sabotaged me in the dungeon and caused me to trigger the rebellious reversal."

"I didn't!" Hearing this, Zhang Tianzhou twisted his shoulders in agitation, causing his bound body to spin a full circle in mid-air like a hanging ghost. "Transferring all the soul puppets to your head was Baldy and the others' idea! It had nothing to do with me!"

"Baldy and his gang are a pack of jackals. They planned to use us as scapegoats from the very beginning! But you're my brother! Even you joined in to stab me in the back! If you hadn't kicked me while I was down by putting your own soul puppet on me—becoming the straw that broke the camel's back—how could I possibly have triggered the rebellious reversal right on the very first main quest?!"

Hearing Zhang Tianyu's words, Wen Nan roughly pieced together the ins and outs of the situation. In fact, back in the dungeon map, Wen Nan had already harbored doubts—

They had used the wall-crashing Zhang Tianyu to find the welfare item for the first main quest. The very urgency with which Zhang Tianyu wanted to retrieve that welfare item indicated he had failed to complete the task. Yet, since this was only the first main quest, he should have only been able to trigger a single soul thread at most. How could he have triggered the rebellious reversal so quickly?

Now, hearing the whole story, it turned out he had been sabotaged by other players of the same batch. On the night the soul threads were triggered, all the players had banded together, using various tricks to forcefully dump all their soul puppets onto Zhang Tianyu. Among them was even his younger brother, Zhang Tianzhou.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Zhang Tianzhou kept his head buried low, yet still offered a defense for himself: "I didn't mean to harm you... Baldy said the dungeon was too difficult. Based on our clearance progress, by the time we reached the final main quest, everyone would inevitably trigger the rebellious reversal, and nobody would make it out alive. Instead of a total loss, it was better to sacrifice just one person... I didn't agree at first, but they had already transferred the soul puppets onto you. Even without my share, you could only have lasted until the second quest at most... Besides, Baldy also claimed he had brothers in the Ghost Controller Alliance Guild with immense backing. He promised me that once this dungeon run ended, he would definitely have his brothers mobilize the major guild's resources to bail you out..."

"Idiot!" Zhang Tianyu seethed with frustration, wishing he weren't tied up so he could lunge at him again. "You believe whatever Baldy tells you? Do you even have a brain?!"

Zhang Tianzhou fell silent, knowing full well he was in the wrong.

Clearly, once Baldy finished screwing over Zhang Tianyu, his next target would be Zhang Tianzhou. The fact that Zhang Tianzhou triggered the rebellious reversal in the immediately following quests was the ultimate proof.

Keeping his head buried, Zhang Tianzhou muttered dejectedly, "Brother, I'm sorry..."

Looking at Zhang Tianzhou’s swollen face and the dried blood on his nose, Zhang Tianyu let out a long sigh.

Now that the matter had been brought to light, how to handle it moving forward was strictly a domestic affair between the two brothers.

Wen Nan merely reiterated that everyone was now a member of the Win-All Guild, meaning fighting was strictly forbidden, and plotting against fellow members would not be tolerated.

Seeing both of them obediently nodding, Wen Nan turned his attention to the other two newly recruited members—Shi Fei and Wang Defu.

Wang Defu was simple and consistent both inside and out. His story in the dungeon was entirely unremarkable: he simply failed to meet the clearance progress, triggered five soul threads, and was stuffed into the gym's equipment room by his character's target object—his junior martial arts sister—who then completely ignored him, leaving him stranded until he crossed paths with the Win-All Guild members and finally won his freedom.

Shi Fei, however, was somewhat different.

He was a Level 4 player, and his combined attribute stats were higher than every other member in the guild except for the Guild Master. That fact alone was enough to demonstrate his formidable capability.

More importantly, Wen Nan looked at a specific line displayed in his system attribute panel: [Agility: 1486/1000].

This agility value exceeded the Level 4 cap by a substantial margin.

"Your agility value has already reached the threshold to upgrade to the Bronze tier?"

"Yes, Guild Master."

Shi Fei was relatively short, visually estimating around 1.6 meters tall, with dark skin, sturdy muscles, and slightly messy, naturally curly hair. At the moment, with his head lowered and a submissive posture, at first glance he looked just like an honest migrant worker.

"I only triggered the rebellious reversal during the final experience-settlement phase. I had just allocated my points and didn't even have time to upgrade before I was restrained."

He had completed all five main quests—which theoretically allowed him to clear the game—and had even passed the experience-settlement phase, yet because his character's clearance progress didn't meet the standard and he triggered five soul threads, he still ended up falling into the rebellious reversal storyline?

Upon hearing this statement, Wang Defu, Zhang Tianyu, and Zhang Tianzhou all reacted in unison, fixing him with looks of sheer disbelief.

"How is that possible? How could you possibly complete all five main quests?!"