Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 1 Lin Hanchuan

Online Game: [The Descent]

First Region
Dongfeng City, Broken Heart Valley

The night was dark and windy, and shadowy figures moved about.

"Night Owl, stop running! There's a dead end ahead, you're surrounded!"

"As long as you hand over the Sacred Crystal, the Immortal Dynasty will give you five million in cash, as well as all the materials you need for your seventh rank!"

"Captain, surrender! You can't escape! Today, besides Immortal Dynasty, there are also two top guilds, Heavenly Sea and Endless Night, and they've invited over a dozen top experts from the first server's Heavenly Ranking! As long as you hand over the Sacred Crystal and join Immortal Dynasty with your teammates, they're willing to give you a Hall Master position!"

……

"Boo!!"

The space trembled and broke apart like ripples, and two figures fell out from inside.

“Captain!” A man with a thick beard, carrying a large sword on his back and holding a teleportation orb that had lost its luster, looked up at Lin Hanchuan. “The space has been sealed off, and the teleportation orb can no longer maintain the spatial passage.”

"However, my talent can be activated again, which should be able to forcefully break through the Immortal Dynasty's spatial blockade, but only one person can leave at a time."

"Captain, you take the Sacred Crystal with you, I'll self-destruct to buy some time!"

Holding his staff, Lin Hanchuan leaned against the cliff and looked ahead. There were many figures, and his angry expression suddenly turned peaceful. "I'm not running anymore. The three giants of District One have joined forces, plus those four traitors who know us inside and out. There is no room for us to survive in District One. Even if we run away today, they will find us tomorrow."

"I'm exhausted after two months of hiding!"

As he spoke, Lin Hanchuan took out a palm-sized, seven-colored crystal from his backpack.

Sacred crystal.

It was obtained by Lin Hanchuan during a solo dimensional mission.

It is one of the three hidden treasures in Zone 1, as officially announced.

Sacred Crystal

Origin: Region 1

Effect:? ? ?
How to use: ? ? ?
……

Lin Hanchuan tried various methods, including appraisal techniques, but still couldn't figure out what this thing was used for.

However, Lin Hanchuan, the strongest mage in the first district, had his S-rank talent—[Magic Perception]—tell him a story.

The sacred crystal contains immense magical elements; once released, everything within a radius of several thousand meters will be instantly reduced to ashes by the raging magical energy.

He put away his staff and held the sacred crystal.

Lin Hanchuan took a deep breath and turned to his companion beside him.

"Old Cao, you can go now!"

"Night Owl Squad is officially disbanded from this moment on."

"With your position as the third strongest warrior in Zone 1, you will surely be able to forge your own path in this zone in the future."

Cao Renjie had been hanging out with Lin Hanchuan for two years, so he knew exactly what Lin Hanchuan was thinking. He shook his head and said, "What's the big deal? If we can't make it in District One, we can go to District Nine, which is about to open!"

He then looked up at the sacred crystal, his eyes revealing excitement.

"Captain, are you going to blow it up?"

The captain had told me that the sacred crystal contained a vast amount of magical elements.

The captain is the strongest mage in the first region.

Although the sacred crystal cannot be used properly, there is no problem in detonating it and using the violent magical elements inside to create a huge explosion.

"I don't want the choice they gave me!" Lin Hanchuan nodded. The figures in front of him had already emerged from the darkness. There were many familiar faces. The twenty or thirty people standing in front were all top experts on the First District's Heavenly Ranking.

"These past two months have been so frustrating, let's give them a big one this time!"

"Old Cao, open a spatial portal and blow up their lair while you're at it!"

"Yes, Captain!" Cao Renjie released his S-level spatial talent, ignoring the surrounding spatial constraints, and forcibly tore open a spatial passage, locking onto the guild headquarters of the Immortal Dynasty.

Lin Hanchuan gripped the sacred crystal with a slight force!

boom! ! !
……

……

Arriving on the forum.

The major events that have recently occurred in [Descent] include the upcoming launch of the Ninth District and the conclusion of a major event that lasted for two months in the First District—the Night Owl Squad, ranked third on the Dragon Ranking, a special ranking list for squad combat power, which was led by the three giants of the First District, represented by the Immortal Dynasty.

Breaking news: The headquarters of Immortal Dynasty, the strongest guild in Server 1, has been reduced to rubble, and the guild has disbanded on the spot!

[The Immortal Dynasty Guild Leader, Mad Dragon, has just withdrawn the Slaughter Order! The Night Owl Squad, ranked third on the Dragon Ranking in Server 1, has disbanded.]

[The strongest mage in Zone 1—Night Owl—has deleted his account, and along with the three top players from the original Night Owl team, they have also all deleted their accounts!]

[Shocking! The Sacred Crystal, one of the three legendary treasures of the first region, which was officially announced, has apparently been destroyed by Night Owl himself.]

After the incident came to a close, in addition to being hotly discussed by gamers on the Linjiang Forum, it also became a trending topic on some other mainstream media websites.

The main reason is that the online game "[Descent]" is just too popular.

In this era, there are only two kinds of online games.

One is "arrival," and the other is something else.

【The Descent】As a game for players worldwide, its brand-new immersive experience has earned rave reviews from every player who has encountered it.

In just three years, eight major regions have been opened, and each region is extremely popular with a huge flow of people.

According to the latest official statistics, the cumulative number of concurrent online users across the eight regions has exceeded 90 million.

The first region has the largest number of players, while Night Owl, a well-established top solo player, has appeared on the official promotional cover of [Descent] multiple times and has a large following.

Alas, the person was innocent, but possessing a treasure was a crime. A sacred crystal attracted the covetous eyes of an immortal dynasty, ultimately resulting in mutual destruction.

Night Owl deleted his account.

The Immortal Dynasty's headquarters was bombed, forcing the guild to restart.

……

a week later.

A barbecue restaurant in Yanhuai City.

Lin Hanchuan drank beer and ate barbecue.

A bearded man was sitting next to me, but he looked to be in his early twenties.

Across from me sat a pair of twins, a boy with striking eyebrows and bright eyes, and a girl with fair skin and a gentle, charming appearance.

The three of them didn't touch the two plates of barbecue on the table, but instead watched Lin Hanchuan, who was enjoying his meal.

"Captain, the Ninth District opens at 10 PM tonight!" Sword-browed, starry-eyed man couldn't help but speak up. "Let's all go in together, start over, develop our own power, and after the districts merge, we'll go straight from the Ninth District back to the First District and wipe out all those who chased us and betrayed us!"

The bearded man quickly added, "I've been summarizing our failure in the first district these past few days. In terms of individual strength and team strength, we're not the best in the first district, but no one has ever been able to defeat us fair and square. We lost because we were outnumbered and didn't have our own guild."

"Once we enter the Ninth District, we can definitely establish a top-tier guild. After the districts merge, we can fight our way back to the First District and wipe away our shame!"

"Calm down!" Lin Hanchuan put down the skewer, looked at the three anxious-looking people, and said softly, "I called you here not for a farewell dinner."

"I haven't contacted you all these past few days, not because I've given up on myself. On the contrary, I share the same thoughts as you: revenge for wrongs, and retribution for wrongs."

Lin Hanchuan's gaze narrowed slightly. He was definitely going to the Ninth District. His memories of the strategy for the Descent from his previous life were mainly in the Ninth District.

More importantly, his death in his previous life was too suspicious. He was hit by a truck in broad daylight on a road in the city where trucks were prohibited. The strangest thing was that the day before, he received an anonymous email in his previous life, which contained only five words: "Be careful, you will die!"

Another thing is that in the week before his death, there were many more murders around the world, which were reported in short videos, media and newspapers. Several of his friends who had come to District 9 also mysteriously lost contact with him.

Looking back on those deaths and disappearances after being reborn, I realize they were definitely not accidents, but rather meticulously planned by someone or some force.

It was as if the whole world was shrouded in shadow.

Having been given a new life, Lin Hanchuan wants to know the truth, wants to enter the Ninth District to find the anonymous person, and wants to find the murderer who killed him!

Unfortunately, his rebirth came two years early, placing him in the era of fresh out of university, penniless and forced to enter the first district to make a living.

With some vague memories of strategies for the first district, Lin Hanchuan became the strongest mage in the first district and achieved financial freedom.

This is good too. Without the constraints of money and material possessions, I can devote myself more fully to District 9.

After regaining his composure, Lin Hanchuan continued.

"Although we destroyed the Immortal Dynasty's guild headquarters, they rebuilt it a couple of days ago. And the thought of those guys who trampled on us and now thriving in [Descent] makes me furious."

"I'm definitely going to District 9. I've already bought the latest game pod from the official [Descent] team, and I've also found someone skilled in guild management to help manage the guild. If you guys are willing, let's all go to District 9 to restart!"

Under Lin Hanchuan's gaze, the three nodded repeatedly.

What they were afraid of was Lin Hanchuan quitting the game.

Before coming here, we discussed it privately and decided that no matter what, we had to bring Lin Hanchuan into the Ninth District.

Lin Hanchuan paused, looking at his teammates who hadn't betrayed him despite the Immortal Dynasty's high bounty, and continued, "Cao Renjie, you'll choose the tank role, the main tank. The tank class in the Ninth District has been buffed quite a bit."

“No problem!” The bearded man nodded immediately. According to the official information released about District 9, the tank was indeed the most suitable for him.

Even if Lin Hanchuan didn't say it.

He would make the same choice.

The reason why the Night Owl Squad only ranked third in the first area was mainly due to their weak tanks; no one could absorb damage and provide stable damage output from the back.

“Long Xiaochen, you should stick to the summoning route,” Lin Hanchuan said immediately.

The handsome man grinned and nodded, "Okay!"

The man with the large, grape-like eyes, who had been silent all along, pointed to himself and asked, "Captain, what about me?"

“You’re happy!” Lin Hanchuan replied.

“Uh…” Long Xiaoyue was taken aback, and asked again uncertainly, “A musician?”

Two new professions have been introduced in District 9.

One is a puppeteer.

One is a musician.

Musicians are a highly flexible profession; players can use any instrument and can both deal damage and heal.

You can even create your own skills!
It sounds cool, but it's actually very difficult.

“Yes, it’s you!” Lin Hanchuan nodded. “Although musicians are difficult to learn, they have a high ceiling and a high margin for error, making them better than support classes like priests and druids. Your instrument is excellent; among the people I know, no one is more suited to the musician role than you.”

"Be confident, you're a genius!"

Long Xiaoyue took a deep breath and nodded emphatically, "Okay!"

"And what about you, Captain?"

"I'll continue with the mage class, but I'll go for the berserker route!" Lin Hanchuan recalled their previous failures, "It was because we lacked firepower that justice wasn't on our side!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will become a full-time Berserker!"

"Alright, that's enough for now, let's continue eating!"

Lin Hanchuan pointed to the skewers on the table, then turned to look outside the door.

"Boss, another ten skewers of lamb and ten skewers of lamb kidneys!"

(End of this chapter)