Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 187 Divine Runes Comparable to Totems

"Naming a civilization after himself, this Punk guy is pretty awesome!" Long Xiaochen exclaimed in surprise, staring at the incomprehensible characters on the stone tablet.

Most of the civilizations that have descended are created by gods.

A small number were founded by families.

Long Xiaochen had never heard of a civilization like the Punk civilization, created by a single human being.

Regardless of whether the other party has become a god or not, he is a divine being.

Lin Hanchuan nodded in agreement, then continued to look at the inscription on the stone tablet and decipher it.

"The Punk civilization existed for 2548 years..."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoyue glanced at Lin Hanchuan in surprise.

Lin Hanchuan also paused for a moment.

He thought he had seen it wrong.

I read it carefully twice more.

Lin Hanchuan emphasized, "It's not that I misread it; the inscription on the stone tablet does indeed say it like this. The Punk civilization existed for two thousand five hundred and forty-eight years!"

Long Xiaoyue couldn't help but say, "If the stone tablet is correct, the Punk civilization is most likely not a weak civilization. It may have reached the level of an ordinary civilization and possessed gods."

Civilizations are divided into five levels: weak civilization, ordinary civilization, powerful civilization, super civilization, and supreme civilization.

A weak civilization is one without gods.

Internally, the civilization is mainly based on ethnic groups, and demigods are their highest fighting force.

Lin Hanchuan nodded in agreement as he listened to Long Xiaoyue's words.

While the existence of a civilization in the making is not necessarily related to its duration, there is a possibility that a civilization that has existed for more than 2,500 years could give rise to gods.

If there were no gods, they would at least possess the means to fight against them; otherwise, in the more than 2,500 years since then, in this chaotic world where the law of the jungle prevails, they would have been swallowed up long ago.

Don't try to hide it.

There are many gods descending.

According to the setting, there are very few gods who are absolutely kind and friendly.

Moreover, the beliefs that living beings, especially humans, have are very important to deities, and most deities ascend to higher realms through faith.

The civilization that Punk led humanity to create, without sufficient power to protect it, was nothing more than a piece of unclaimed meat in the eyes of other gods.

Lin Hanchuan wasn't a player who had descended into the Civilization Exploration Circle, but he had heard a saying before.

A weak civilization, with no more than five hundred!
The Punk civilization is very likely just an ordinary civilization.

"Does that mean we have a chance to obtain a divine artifact or a divine inheritance?" Cao Renjie asked hastily, suppressing his excitement.

Lin Hanchuan nodded emphatically.

Then he continued to look at the stone tablet.

After introducing the timeline of the Punk civilization, the following section explains some of the events that occurred during this period.

Natural disasters, man-made calamities...

For the punk civilization, it was a matter of life and death.

As an observer, Lin Hanchuan merely glanced at the stone tablet and moved on to the next one without offering any explanation.

With the bait of the ordinary civilization, the Punk civilization, Lin Hanchuan patiently looked around, spending more than an hour examining most of the stone tablets in the Stele Valley.

Unfortunately, we didn't get any useful information. It's just like history books, recording all sorts of big and small events, but we haven't seen anything useful yet.

Until you reach the stone platform where the Stone Golem Boss is located.

The stone tablets standing around it finally provided Lin Hanchuan with some useful information.

The Chronicles of the Divine Rune Warrior

"In the year 545 of the Punk Calendar, the supreme and great creator, Punk, after thousands of years of research, finally created divine runes based on the text of the Punk Monument, allowing ordinary humans to possess power comparable to that of gods."

"In the year 1246 of the Punk Calendar, the power of divine runes was first revealed to the public. The warrior who had the divine runes inscribed gained immense power in an instant and shattered a mountain with a single punch. He also became the first warrior with divine runes."

"In the year 1843 of the Punk Calendar, under the command of the supreme and great creator, Punk, the Punk civilization began to build an army of Divine Rune Warriors."

"In the year 2042 of the Punk Calendar, the army of 10,000 divine-patterned warriors was fully formed. The calls for external expansion within the clan had reached their peak. The council received tens of thousands of letters every day, demanding that wars be waged to expand territory!"

"In the year 2043 of the Punk Calendar, the second Divine Rune Army was officially established, totaling 30,000 men!"

"In the year 2252 of the Punk Calendar, the third Divine Rune Army was officially established, totaling 100,000 men!"

"At the beginning of the year 2548 in the Punk Calendar, a caravan from another civilization secretly captured our people. Under the command of the supreme and great creator, Punk, we officially declared war on them!"

"In early February of Punk Calendar 2548, the enemy was too powerful. The Divine Pattern Warriors were wiped out like ants. The Punk civilization was destroyed. The supreme and great creator, Punk, did not hesitate to face the siege of three powerful gods alone in order to allow his people to escape."

Read the whole thing.

Lin Hanchuan had only two words in his mind.

Divine runes?!
The divine runes, derived from the inscriptions of the Punk civilization, could actually grant humans power comparable to that of the gods.

Of course, the idea of ​​being on par with gods here is definitely an exaggeration, and even the later story of Punk facing three powerful gods alone is debatable.

But one thing is for sure.

The divine runes that Punk created based on the inscriptions on the monument can indeed greatly enhance a person's combat power.

"Boss, what did they say?" Seeing Lin Hanchuan's thoughtful expression, Cao Renjie quickly asked in a low voice.

Lin Hanchuan gave a simple translation.

Cao Renjie immediately became restless. "Divine runes and totems have similar functions. Could this be a second totem civilization?"

The totems that are descending are not something that existed from the beginning.

Instead, it was discovered by a guild in the second district during a civilization exploration, within a lost totem civilization.

The discovery that totems could ignore class and greatly enhance the combat power of any player was incredible. Players in the second server were scrambling to buy totems, as if they had encountered a system bug.

The totems also performed terrifyingly well in actual combat.

As long as the right totem is found, players can even easily achieve cross-server combat, making the combat power of some players in the second server far superior to that of the three servers that were opened at the same time.

Players from other regions immediately launched a protest against the Totem players in Region 2, and even dragged the official team into it.

The outcry lasted for a month, until finally the official authorities had to step in and issue a server-wide announcement adding totem civilization relics to other regions.

This is why totems became something that existed in all nine regions.

According to Lin Hanchuan's description, the effect of the divine runes is comparable to that of totems, or even stronger.

After all, while totems are incredibly powerful, they are not as powerful as divine runes, which can transform an ordinary person into someone comparable to a god.

"Don't get excited yet!" Lin Hanchuan reassured them. "You need to know that intelligent beings love to boast. Whether a divine rune can be compared to a totem cannot be judged solely based on the text on the inscription."

"Let me check the other stone tablets to see if there are any more detailed descriptions of the divine runes."

The Chronicles of the Divine Warriors were described separately on several surrounding stone tablets; Lin Hanchuan had not seen them on the other stone tablets before.

It appeared somewhat abruptly.

Lin Hanchuan suspected that the survivors of the punk civilization were exaggerating. He wandered around the stone platform; the surrounding stone tablets recorded key events.

After examining all the stone tablets, Lin Hanchuan said in a deep voice, "I have good news and bad news!"

“Let’s start with the bad news!” Long Xiaoyue suggested.

Lin Hanchuan nodded and said, "The bad news is that the Punk civilization does not exist in the Bia Wasteland. The Stele Valley map is a relic left by the survivors of the Punk civilization who escaped from the battle and drifted here after passing through the Void Torrent. The stele hut and the inscription master are their legacy for later generations, serving as evidence that the Punk civilization once existed."

Long Xiaochen: "So, what's the good news?"

Lin Hanchuan: "The good news is that among the lucky ones who escaped with us, two were divine pattern warriors. One of them was too badly injured and died not long after arriving here. There is no record of his burial location, but it is clearly stated that after a divine pattern warrior dies, his divine pattern will be preserved unless there is external force, and the future discoverer can inherit it."

"In other words, there is a high possibility that divine runes exist in the [Bia Wasteland]. We might find them and become yet another team to discover a new way to enhance player combat power during the event!"

"If the divine runes are powerful enough, we can even build our own divine rune army, just like Punk did, to strengthen our power!"

The moment I saw the divine rune information.

Lin Hanchuan's first thought was to improve his personal combat strength.

Secondly, there is the combat power of the future forces.

The guild that first discovered the totem in Zone 2 was initially criticized by players from all other zones for cheating and exploiting bugs. However, after the storm passed, they quickly grew into a top-tier force by leveraging the totem.

In my previous life, the first player in the second server to become a demigod was from that guild, who supposedly possessed a god-level totem.

If he were reborn a year earlier in this life, Lin Hanchuan would go to the Second District and head straight for the Totem Ruins.

"Hiss!" Long Xiaochen gasped, then quickly asked, "Captain, are we going to search for the divine runes next, or what?"

Lin Hanchuan opened his personal panel, glanced at the time, and replied, "The event starts in less than 10 hours. I'll focus on gaining experience and increasing my combat power as much as possible."

"Let's talk about the divine runes after the event is over!"

There's no use rushing things about divine runes. The area of ​​the Biya Wasteland is roughly equivalent to the territory of the Moon Gazing City. With our current strength, even with a teleportation token, it would take at least twenty or thirty days to explore the entire area.

Moreover, based on the usual pattern of the Descent Plan.

The divine runes are most likely related to the dimensional boss of the Biya Wasteland. Even if we find clues now, if the dimensional boss doesn't appear, all our anxiety is in vain.

Perhaps we should shift our focus to the launch events.

It took another hour.

Lin Hanchuan led the Heavenly Dao Squad to explore the entire Stele Valley map. After examining all the stone tablets, they proceeded to other areas of the map.

While the Heavenly Path Squad was grinding monsters and gaining experience on the map, Mo Lingyun, who had received orders from Lin Hanchuan, was building their own internal intelligence network for Wangyue City.

With the funds generated by the continuous production of Silver-level Water Bear Monster sets from the weapon factory as a foundation, Mo Lingyun immediately built ten groups of ten thousand people each.

The monsters in the Monster Descent event appear randomly; they may appear in cities, lakes, forests, or valleys.

Therefore, when Mo Lingyun was building his intelligence network, he adopted a wide-net approach, accepting all kinds of people—low-level, high-level, ordinary professions, hidden professions, men, women…

You'll get one gold coin for joining the group.

Providing special information via private message will earn you corresponding gold coins or other equipment/items, depending on the value of the information.

Without any hint, Lin Hanchuan, who controlled the merchant players under the Heavenly Dao Company, saw the extremely high price of the Silver-grade Water Bear Monster Set on the black market. After discussing it with Mo Lingyun, he immediately arranged for several merchant players to act as fronts.

Secretly selling Silver-grade Water Bear Monster sets at high prices.

A set of five thousand gold coins was half the price of those unscrupulous merchants on the black market, and it sold surprisingly well, with gold coins flowing into their pockets in a steady stream.

Hearing that in several neighboring cities, some whales were willing to spend 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins to buy a set, the Faceless Passerby began to ponder the possibility of cross-city transportation.

When everything was in full swing.

In the Radiant Forest.

A team of twenty or thirty people was farming in the wild. Most of them were around level ten or so, but their teamwork was exceptionally good when they were fighting monsters that were much higher level than them.

They can often take down a level 20 or even level 30 monster without taking any damage, bringing them a lot of first kills and experience points that are higher level than the monster.

Some people even have time to open their personal panel and check the rankings.

Lin Hanchuan's ID, "Huangchuan Baixiao," is still at level 30, but he has already reached the 28th position on the leaderboard.

Upon seeing Lin Hanchuan's ranking, the man couldn't help but tease him.

"Little Knife, your old captain's performance in Wangyue City is a bit lackluster! He's still level 30 on the level leaderboard, and his ranking has dropped out of the top 20!"

boom! !

After killing a level 29 forest wolf, Wei Xiao stood beside the corpse and said in a deep voice, "Ha! The level ranking is of no reference value whatsoever. Look at the combat power ranking. A level 30 is still number one on the combat power ranking! My old captain is very clever! He's currently holding his level to gain experience beyond his level!"

"You have to refer to Long Xiaochen, also known as Kanglong Youhui, for his specific level. He is currently level 36. The old captain's actual level is about the same, or even higher."

"His growth rate is much faster than you can imagine! I've been playing Descent for so long, and I've never seen anyone grow faster than him!"

One of the players farming in the jungle scoffed, "What's the use of leveling up so fast? They'll still get killed by us in the first server and have to delete their accounts and run away!"

He shook his head, not cursing at Xiao.

Currently, within the Immortal Dynasty, including the guild leader, many people don't take Lin Hanchuan's new account in the Ninth District seriously.

If it weren't for my insistence, overcoming all opposition and leading several brothers from the original Night Owl Squad, the other side really wouldn't have sent anyone to Moon Gazing City.

These people don't understand Lin Hanchuan's strength.

Only he, as Lin Hanchuan's teammate, knew that in addition to hard work, Lin Hanchuan also had extremely strong luck!
When he was leading the Night Owl Squad, he often "accidentally" discovered ruins, dungeons, and triggered special events.

Those who came for the owl could feel it in District 9.

Lin Hanchuan's luck has become even stronger!
In the beginner village of Wangyue City, there were demons disguised as villagers. Based on his understanding of Lin Hanchuan, the old captain definitely had a hidden quest!

After entering the city, Lin Hanchuan became the first player to create a team, achieved first clears of many dungeons, and, with his reputation, made Wangyue City, a fourth-tier city that normal players had never even heard of, the first fourth-tier city to reach the registration threshold upon arrival.

If we let things continue like this...

After the merger of the nine regions.

They would truly be crushed by Lin Hanchuan as easily as ants.

……

……

【Biya Desert】

Time always flies when you're farming in the jungle.

"boom!!"

As the half-human bear with a human face and a bear's body, whose size was like a two-story building, turned into a corpse and fell heavily to the ground, the system's message notification immediately rang in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully defeating the level 38 Handsome Boss Half-Man Bear..."

The death of the half-human bear brought a massive amount of experience to all members of the Heavenly Path Squad.

Long Xiaochen, Cao Renjie, and Long Xiaoyue have all successfully reached level 37!
Lin Hanchuan is still stuck at level, but based on the experience points overflowing from his stats, he can reach level 35 as soon as he advances to the second job advancement!
It was at this time.

The system issued a region-wide announcement to all players in the Ninth District.

"Ding! Attention all players in Zone 9! There is one hour left until the start of the Zone 9 launch event – ​​[Monster Descent]!"

(End of this chapter)