The duel between the Gentleman and the unknown gamer had begun.
In Ye Xing's view, this duel had no suspense at all.
Indeed, as soon as the two sides began to engage on the dueling field, it was clear who had the advantage and who was at a disadvantage.
Although the unknown gamer wielded powerful equipment, he couldn't land a hit on the Gentleman, who elegantly dodged everything with ease.
The Gentleman's combat skills were not something an ordinary person could match.
In his view, each of his opponent's attacks had numerous openings, with vital points completely unguarded, all exposed.
The Gentleman struck accordingly, landing critical hits with every blow, dealing multiplied damage. Even with low base damage, he could quickly whittle down his opponent's health.
As the opponent's health bar rapidly dropped to zero, this gamer was stunned.
"Wow, you're a pro! You're actually a skill-based player!?"
One doesn't truly know how strong an opponent is until they actually engage in combat.
Now he finally felt the pressure of facing a skilled player.
"I concede this time!"
Then the nondescript gamer threw out his valuable game items and quickly fled with his group of underlings.
Ye Xing came over to collect the game items, muttering.
"It's not that big knife, is this thing really valuable? Damn, they're just fobbing me off, how despicable."
The Gentleman walked back to Ye Xing's side.
"Spectator, what shall we do next?"
"Hmm, let me see."
Ye Xing looked at the strategy guide, then at the current time.
It was almost evening.
"Nevermind, we've had a lot of fun today, let's head back in a while."
"Mm."
The other troupe members had no objections to Ye Xing's proposal.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened.
Inside the Night Watchers' base.
The [Star-Knower] alarm suddenly went off.
This indicated the appearance of a Star Eclipse.
Hei Yang, who was watching the surveillance footage, was slightly startled.
"A Star Eclipse? The timing of its appearance is really inconvenient."
Hei Yang quickly switched screens, starting to search for the area where the Star Eclipse fluctuation was occurring.
Upon seeing the location, Hei Yang was stunned once again.
"The gaming entertainment district? Why there?"
Hei Yang thought it was the Rising Sun Troupe using Star Eclipse power that had been captured by [Star-Knower], but upon closer inspection, he found it wasn't.
Because the Star Eclipse name reported by [Star-Knower] wasn't that of anyone from the Rising Sun Troupe.
"[Data Loophole]?"
Seeing this Star Eclipse name, Hei Yang almost didn't react.
Barring any surprises, this shouldn't be an ordinary Star Eclipse.
Walking on the road, Ye Xing suddenly sensed an unfamiliar Star Eclipse aura nearby, and others sensed it too.
Mo Tutu chuckled softly.
"It seems it detected the presence of large-scale Star Eclipses here, so it couldn't help but emerge."
Ye Xing turned back to look at her puzzled.
"What do you mean?"
"It's like attracts like. Star Eclipses and Stars attract each other, Star Eclipses attract other Star Eclipses, isn't that normal? For an unfamiliar Star Eclipse appearing in its territory, the local Star Eclipse would naturally come out to take a look."
"Oh, I see. So you're saying there's a Star Eclipse hidden in the gaming entertainment district?"
"Probably so, and it hasn't been hidden for long. It just hasn't caused any big disturbances, so it hasn't attracted the Night Watchers' attention."
Mo Tutu quickly explained the situation in a few words, as if omniscient.
Ye Xing also quickly digested this information.
"So you're saying this Star Eclipse appeared because of our presence?"
"That's right, it should have been observing us secretly originally. Seeing that we stayed for so long without leaving, it probably decided to show itself."
As Mo Tutu finished speaking.
An anomaly occurred right beside the Rising Sun Troupe.
Numerous letter and number symbols appeared out of thin air, the vast quantity coalescing into humanoid forms, numbering several dozen.
Moreover, these digitized humanoid forms emitted a faint Star Eclipse aura, clearly the Star Eclipse attracted by Ye Xing's group.
Ye Xing stared blankly for a moment.
"Huh? There are so many?"
Mo Tutu quickly corrected her.
"Not quite, it's just a show of force. That one's true form should have already become a system loophole in the gaming entertainment district, existing like a game bug, so what appears before us is the materialization of the bug."
Mo Tutu's tone was very relaxed. For her, seeing through a low-level Star Eclipse was simple, without any pressure at all.
"There's even this kind of Star Eclipse?"
Ye Xing couldn't help but marvel.
Indeed, there were all sorts of strange Star Eclipses.
Then Ye Xing stepped forward, not intimidated with a bunch of powerful backers behind her.
"Who are you? What do you want? State your name! How dare you block our way, do you have a death wish?"
The data humanoids quickly responded to Ye Xing's words.
"Why have so many of the same kind come here? Your presence makes me uneasy. I'm considering whether your existence will affect the completion of my obsession, so I decided to come out and communicate with you."
The data humanoid's voice sounded like an electronic synthesized voice, without any human quality. It seemed that after becoming a Star Eclipse, it had directly advanced into the electronic realm.
"Hmm... We're just here to play games, we're not doing anything bad. By the way, what's your obsession?"
"Using bugs to play games until satisfied, that's the meaning of my existence."
"Ah, so you've become a game system bug yourself? That's not fair! Compared to other players, you're too despicable!"
Ye Xing usually played games by the rules, generally not using cheats or hacks, always playing casually.
She remembered being bullied by players using game bugs before when she played games.
The data humanoid didn't seem ashamed.
"Aren't you cheating too? Just now in the game dueling arena, what you used weren't skills from the game. For ordinary players, isn't that a form of cheating as well?"
"Hmm... let's not talk about that. Have you always been using bugs to play games?" Ye Xing quickly changed the subject.
"Yes, it brings me satisfaction."
"How do you play?"
"Create a game account, create bugs for various games, use bugs to achieve ultra-high scores, and trample high-level players underfoot."
"Isn't that fake? It's meaningless."
"As long as I feel satisfied, it's meaningful."
Well, this player was truly malicious. If other players knew, it would probably cause public outrage.
Ye Xing pondered for a moment, considering whether to dispense justice.
Although this Star Eclipse hadn't harmed anyone or disrupted order, was it really okay to just leave it be?
At this moment, Ye Xing's device suddenly rang.
She picked it up and saw a message from Mo Qianmeng, saying to leave this Star Eclipse for the Night Watchers to handle.
With this, Ye Xing no longer hesitated.
"Hmph, the wrath of players will eventually fall upon you."
With that, Ye Xing turned and led the troupe members away.
The data humanoid stared at them, with no intention of leaving.
It had a bold idea.