All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

After seeing Rou Che off, Wang Zhifan quickly returned to Earth Star Xia Kingdom from the world of national war and appeared at his villa in Dongjiang City.

Judging from the time in Xia Kingdom, about a day has passed since he left, and it is currently noon.

At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, but Wang Zhifan's mood was the opposite.

"Welcome back, Master! Many guests are waiting for you in the living room!"

The succubus maid, Irene, was the first to spot Wang Zhifan returning to the lawn and quickly alerted him.

"Well, I see."

Wang Zhifan had actually sensed that his villa was quite lively as soon as he arrived. However, he was not in a good mood after returning from the world of national war, so he nodded to Yilin and walked towards the living room.

At this moment, a large number of people had gathered in the living room on the first floor of his small villa. Among them were his teammates who had just finished a World War, namely Li Zhenguo, Gu Xingchen, Han Yuanhou, He Long, Lin Fengwu, and Lu Guanwen; Director Zheng of the Administration Bureau and the secretary of the Dongjiang Second Bureau, whom he had only recently met; his old friends, such as Chu Wei, Chen Ming, Chen Can, and Huang Neng; and even Alice, the American player who had inexplicably appeared there, the strange white woman who had sided with the Xia Kingdom during the World War.

The fact that so many people have gathered around Wang Zhifan, waiting for his return, clearly indicates that they are not just bored and have something important to do.

"Brother Wang, you're finally back! You almost missed the World War!"

Upon seeing Wang Zhifan approaching from outside, Li Zhenguo immediately went up to him with delight and invited him to participate in the new day's World War.

However, Wang Zhifan shook his head expressionlessly and replied decisively:
"You can go ahead, I'm not planning to participate in the subsequent World War."

This answer immediately surprised everyone gathered in the living room. Seeing this, Li Zhenguo gave a slightly embarrassed smile and continued:
"Brother Wang... your change of mind is too sudden! Everyone's waiting for you here! Without your participation, who can our Earth rely on to win the world war? How can we avoid the daily disasters?"

However, Wang Zhifan completely ignored these grand principles and shook his head, replying:
"Captain Li, and everyone in the Administration Bureau, I will not be participating in the World War for the time being due to personal reasons. I apologize for keeping you waiting. If there is nothing else, please find someone else to go to the World War."

His tone was relatively calm, but the firmness in his words was undeniable. Everyone could tell that there was no room for negotiation. For a moment, the expert players in the living room looked at each other, quite puzzled.

Li Zhenguo, who was in charge of talking to Wang Zhifan, was the quickest to react. Surrounded by everyone's gaze, he quickly raised his hand and slapped his forehead hard, then said as if suddenly realizing something:
"Alas, it's my fault! My arrangements were seriously flawed! As everyone knows, Brother Wang just returned from the World War and was even tricked into a high-difficulty penalty level. It's perfectly normal that his condition hasn't recovered! Asking him to continue participating in the World War now is simply asking the impossible! I, the one clinging to his coattails, didn't even think of this. I'm utterly foolish! Brother Wang, I'm so sorry! We didn't consider this carefully! You must rest and recuperate well! We'll contact you again once you've recovered!"

After saying that, Li Zhenguo patted Wang Zhifan on the shoulder with a very apologetic expression, and quickly led the other Xia Guo team members, the Bureau personnel, and the American player Alice away from Wang Zhifan's villa. During this time, those who were taken away also apologized or expressed their condolences to Wang Zhifan, maintaining a basic appearance. Wang Zhifan simply nodded in response and saw them off.

It can be said that this exchange was not very pleasant at the core, but Li Zhenguo's choice to take the initiative to make concessions prevented further conflict and prevented Wang Zhifan's relationship with the Administration Bureau from truly deteriorating.

After Wang Zhifan saw everyone from the Administration Bureau off at the villa gate and returned, only some personal friends remained in his living room, including Chu Wei, Chen Ming, Chen Can, and Huang Neng. Although Chu Wei was also an Administration Bureau member, she did not participate in the World War, so she was not involved.

When young Chen Ming saw that Wang Zhifan's expression was still cold when he returned, he mustered up his courage and went up to ask him what had happened and why he had suddenly stopped going to the World War. As a result, he was glared at by Wang Zhifan and told to mind his own business.

Seeing Wang Zhifan's reaction, Chen Ming's older brother, Chen Can, wisely chose to avoid the topic of the World War. He chatted with Wang Zhifan for a few minutes before leaving with his younger brother, not wanting to cause trouble for anyone.

Huang Neng decisively chose to escape, said goodbye to Wang Zhifan, and then got into Chen Ming's luxury car, presumably to discuss dungeon cooperation with the two brothers.

Only Chu Wei remained, awkwardly staring at Wang Zhifan in the living room.

"You...are not injured?"

After a moment of silence, Chu Wei stepped forward and asked Wang Zhifan with concern.

"No."

Wang Zhifan answered immediately.

"Then why don't you go?"

Chu Wei was immediately puzzled.

"Because I didn't want to go, and I didn't schedule any time to go."

Wang Zhifan replied, still not in high spirits.

"All right……"

Chu Wei sighed upon hearing this, understanding that Wang Zhifan was currently unwilling to open up to her, and then said to him:

"I came here because I heard you had some trouble on the world battlefield, so I came to see you... I'm glad you're alright. I'll head back now; I've been very busy lately."

Wang Zhifan did not try to stop her, but instead took her back by teleporting her to the vicinity of the Dongjiang Second Bureau Building. After a brief chat, he returned to his villa.

In an instant, the living room, which had been filled with people, became completely empty. Only Irene was left outside the villa tending to the flowerbeds and feeding the Time Bugs, while her two other subordinates had gone to other worlds to take care of their tasks.

Wang Zhifan was immersed in the quiet and soon went upstairs to his bedroom to continue his plan.

He first glanced at the mythical hourglass on the bedside table, confirming that there was still about a day and a half left, then lit a cigarette and began to ponder it carefully.

"The moment to carry out the final task is fast approaching. My deadline from the back office is in one day. What should I do in the remaining time?"

From Wang Zhifan's thoughts, we can tell that he had indeed driven away several guests because of his tight schedule. He needed to focus his energy on the most important things, rather than participating in a world war that was of no use to him.

"It's still unclear what awaits me in the final mission or the final test, but my strategy has been to maximize my personal strength to meet the severe challenges. So what I need now is still Mythic Points. I need to try my luck in some special dungeons... No, before entering the special dungeons, I have another way to improve, although the improvement is not much, it's better than nothing."

After pondering for a moment, Wang Zhifan made a decision, and his figure disappeared from the bedroom. However, he did not go to a special instance, but entered another specialized instance that he had already obtained access to: the Advanced Bloodbath instance.

Advanced Bloodbath is a special dungeon with no limit on the number of times you can clear it. Each time you clear it, you can get an epic item. Wang Zhifan had cleared it two or three times, but he never entered it again after that, because the epic rewards had long lost their meaning for him.

Today he entered the Bloodbath dungeon again, not for the epic rewards, but for another thing produced by the Bloodbath dungeon: dungeon experience.

When he tested the Bloodbath dungeon, he discovered that this special dungeon, in addition to its fixed epic drops, also gave players far more experience points than other dungeons, thus achieving a rapid leveling effect.

In the past, this effect was a pure side effect for him. He didn't need to level up too fast. What he needed to do was to run special dungeons more often to farm Mythic Points. After all, if a player reached the level cap of 100 too early, he would be forced into the final trial.

But things are different now. Wang Zhifan doesn't have much time left. Based on the speed of time passing on Earth, he will enter the final test in a day and a half at most. Therefore, if he wants to reach his limit, he needs to improve his player level to obtain the fixed attribute boosts that players get when they level up.

So for the rest of the time, Wang Zhifan fought hard in the high-level Bloodbath dungeon, repeatedly farming it at a terrifying speed that others could not imagine, not for the rewards but for the player experience.

According to other players' standards, the Advanced Bloodbath dungeon is undoubtedly hellish in difficulty. Once inside, players will be besieged by thousands of powerful, god-like boss-level monsters. Players cannot clear the dungeon unless they kill them all. For most players, going in is tantamount to suicide.

But for Wang Zhifan, it was a completely different story. His strength was already far beyond what was expected, and his output was beyond description. So what was a deadly situation for other players in the high-level Bloodbath dungeon was pure easy prey for him. As a result, if he was a little serious, his clear time would be reduced to less than a millisecond, which was even more exaggerated than the so-called instant clear.

After a frantic grind, less than a minute had passed on Earth before Wang Zhifan's level reached an unprecedented height.

[You have leveled up to Lv98. Your Constitution attribute has increased by 1 point, and your personal storage space has increased by 1 cubic meter.]

Seeing the latest upgrade notification, Wang Zhifan decided to stop farming the high-level Bloodbath dungeon and temporarily halt his efforts.

He originally planned to level up to 99 and try his luck in special dungeons while at the maximum level, but considering that he might run multiple special dungeons in the remaining time, he decided to keep his level at 98.

Don't underestimate this level difference. The higher the player's level, the more experience they need to level up. From level 98 to level 100, that's enough for him to conquer 10 special dungeons.

After leveling up, he checked his latest profile panel:

Name: Wang Zhifan.

Mythical Points: 0.

[Status: Surpassing.]

[Titles: Supreme Heavenly King, Overlord, Summoning Nemesis, Dragon Slayer (Peak Level), Warrior, Hermit.]

[Identity: Underworld Envoy, SVIP Player]

[Level: Lv98]

[Experience: 1/100]

[Occupation: Swordsman]

[Constitution: 1473.]

Strength: 1489.

Agility: 1358.

[Spirit: 2006.]

[Skills: Basic Swordsmanship Lv18, Draw Sword Slash Lv18, Flow Slash Lv18, Sword Intent Lv18, Dash Lv18, Blade Aura Lv18, Innate Talent Lv18, Indestructible Vajra Lv18, Summon Red Deer Lv18, Fate Link Lv18.]

[Cultivation Techniques: Eternal Freedom of All Time and Space (Mythical) Lv8, Great Dream Blade Scripture (Excellent) Lv8, Wind and Thunder Sky-Treading Technique (Excellent) Lv4, Pure Yang True Skill (Excellent) Lv4, Limitless Golden Body Skill (Excellent) Lv4.]

[Special: Guardian Spirit (Mythical), Eternal One (Mythical), King of Time (Mythical), King of Sky (Mythical), Supreme Blood (Mythical), Blessing of the Iris (Mythical), Source of Ice (Epic), Bio-field (Epic), Storm Power (Excellent), Tiger Soul Mark (Rare).]

[Equipped: Ring of Fate (Mythical), Belt of Azathoth (Mythical), Eternity (Mythical), Infinity (Mythical), Hand of War (Mythical), Thinker (Mythical), Lord of the Demon Realm's Intimidation (Legendary), Emblem of the Lord of the Universe (Legendary), Dragon Jade Pendant (Epic), Demon King's World-Destroying Armor (Epic), Thousand Transformations (Epic).]

[Portable Space: The Edge of the Ancient God (Mythology)...]

As can be seen from the latest panel, compared to before leveling up, Wang Zhifan's average base attributes have increased by about 15 points, with his spirit attribute breaking through the 2000-point mark, which makes this warrior professional player look rather strange.

"Just a moment ago I was a mid-level 67 player, and now I've become a level 98 veteran player. My basic attributes have been almost maxed out. Time to try my luck with special dungeons."

After looking at the panel and pondering for a while, Wang Zhifan confirmed that his preparations outside the dungeon were basically complete. He then took out the dungeon cards in his personal space and examined them one by one, trying to find the individual with the greatest potential for Mythic Points.

After clearing several special dungeons, he had long known that the rules of the game were relatively flexible. When his backing was strong enough, he could get Mythic Points by doing anything in the dungeon with some lame excuse. But when his backing couldn't hold up, the game would actively compress his ways of getting Mythic Points. His past experience in getting Mythic Points might not be applicable now.

"I remember at the beginning, you could get Myth Points by defeating God-level BOSSes. But later, the game saw that I was having too much fun farming them, so they banned this way of obtaining them and made me do something else... But is it that easy to do something else? Who knows how they set the acquisition criteria? Now it's basically all about luck... Fortunately, I have a lot of Myth Points from before, so even if I get nothing this time, it's not a big deal. I believe that my strength is no less than any other being."

With a relatively relaxed mood, Wang Zhifan casually picked a dungeon card and used it to enter the corresponding dungeon world.

It's worth mentioning that he didn't forget to bring the Mythic-level Hourglass with him, planning to observe the final moments while playing the dungeon, and then time his actions perfectly to complete the final quest. (End of Chapter)