Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 2 Arakawa White Owl
Shangjia Residential Area, Yanhuai City.

9:55 PM.

Lin Hanchuan entered the bedroom.

I opened the gaming pod and lay down inside.

The game pod door slowly closed.

Lin Hanchuan closed his eyes.

At exactly 10 o'clock.

A gentle voice rang in Lin Hanchuan's ears.

"Hello, stranger, welcome to the Apocalypse Continent!"

Lin Hanchuan opened his eyes. He was standing 10,000 meters in the air, with a foggy view below and a raging wind whipping up the hem of the elven girl's clothes.

"I am the player's intelligent assistant, ID 12454. Do you need guidance on how to use the game pod and any precautions?"

"jump over!"

"We detected that you previously had an account in Region 1, but it has been deleted. To enter [Descent], you need to create a new account and select a new region!"

District 9!

Lin Hanchuan looked at the transparent panel that floated in front of him, the text displayed on it synchronized with the explanation from the intelligent assistant.

"Alright, the Ninth District has been selected. Please choose the country you wish to visit. Before that, I will introduce you to the specific details of each country..."

Lin Hanchuan answered first, "Skip the introductions, I choose the Green Sea Alliance, Moon Gazing City!"

Lin Hanchuan's understanding of the Ninth District surpasses that of the official Advent team, since there are some things they haven't yet updated.

The Ninth District comprises five countries.

The Green Sea Alliance by the sea, the Frost Kingdom in the snowfields, the Shalan Kingdom in the desert, the Green Shadow Federation whose area is more than 90% forest, and the Cloud Kingdom built among the mountain peaks.

Every country has its own characteristics, unique human geography, unique wild creatures, and unique professions that will emerge in the future.

After discussing it with everyone, Lin Hanchuan decided that they should join the Green Sea Alliance, and Lin Hanchuan would make the final decision to have everyone join Wangyue City.

With most of the eight regions already opened already taken, the ninth region is highly sought after by others.

The players who have entered the Ninth District this time are mostly veterans from the other eight districts, with many being specially sent by top forces to try and grab a share.

Among the five countries in the Ninth District, the Green Sea Alliance is unique. It is a federal principality composed of sixteen small countries of varying sizes. It is internally unstable. After top powers move in, the prerequisite for participating in the future unification war within the Ninth District is to completely unify the entire country before they can grow stronger.

This would waste a lot of manpower and resources, and there's no guarantee of success in the end. It would be better to prioritize settling in the other four complete and unified countries, and after all the cities in those countries have been upgraded to main cities, start internal national wars, take over the capital, and control the country more easily.

If Lin Hanchuan could see this characteristic, then the top forces that chose to settle in the Ninth District naturally understood it as well.

Of course, it's not to say that no top powers would choose the Green Sea Alliance, but it's relatively rare compared to the other four countries.

Please register an ID!

"Night Owl!"

"Already registered!"

Lin Hanchuan remained calm; he was not surprised by the outcome.

Player IDs cannot be duplicated during the event. The Night Owl account in Zone 1 will naturally return to the market after being deactivated.

With such a high initial profile, it's natural that others would rush to register first.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Hanchuan provided another ID.

"Arakawa White Owl!"

My game ID in District 9 in my previous life.

At that time, although I had not become a top player, my total combat power was around 10,000, which was considered that of a skilled player.

Unfortunately, before the war in the nine regions began, he was hit by a car and woke up back in the time right after graduating from university.

"Naming successful. Please select your initial profession."

Warrior, Tank, Mage, Musician, Priest, Puppeteer...

Forty or fifty career options appeared on the screen.

Lin Hanchuan, who had already made his decision, gave a definite answer: "A mage!"

The mage class is a broad category, which will become more specialized with each job advancement and upgrade.

"Your class has been determined. Next, we will randomly select mage-related talents for you!"

—Magic Perception, Fury, Cooldown Reduction...

After the profession is determined, the talent is drawn.

The highest talent level is SSS, and it is unique.

It's at least Rank F, but there's a possibility of upgrading if a specific opportunity is triggered or if the comprehension is high enough.

Back in Zone 1, Lin Hanchuan's [Magic Perception] was upgraded from B-rank to S-rank.

During the waiting process, the talent selection interface suddenly froze for a moment.

Following closely behind were lines of information in red text that appeared on top.

"Ding! It has been detected that you have successfully used a Sacred Crystal in the First Region, triggering the newbie reward."

"Note: After crushing the Sacred Crystal, log back in to obtain an SSS-level talent."

In my previous life, after entering the realm of the Advent, I devoted myself entirely to the Ninth District. Information about the First District was only occasionally gleaned from browsing or from hearing others mention it.

I know mostly about major events, but not in detail.

I am naturally aware of the three great treasures of Zone One.

However, Lin Hanchuan never took the initiative to learn about their specific uses and information. After all, at that time, those kinds of things were on a completely different level from him.

SSS-level talents are unique. Among the hundreds of millions of players in the first server, the only known SSS-level talent is that of Buxiaoren, who is ranked second on the battle leaderboard. The fact that a Sacred Crystal can yield an SSS-level talent truly makes it a treasure of the first server.

After a moment of realization, the information on the panel changed.

"Congratulations, you have acquired the talent—God of Magic."

[God of Magic]: Initial SSS-level talent, the God of All Magic - Luther, before his death, sealed in a sacred crystal, a gift left to future generations.

Effect 1: When casting a spell, prioritizing other mage classes, it extracts any magical element within a kilometer radius and transforms it into magical elements of the type specified by the skill.

Effect 2: Immune to the damage effect of the opponent's first spell attack.

Effect 3: Grants immunity to 10% spell damage.

Effect 4: Increases the damage of spell-based skills by 5%!

Effect 5: When learning spell-related skills, your comprehension value is temporarily increased by 100%!

Note: More talent effects can be unlocked by increasing the talent rank level.

"hiss!!"

Looking at the information displayed on the panel, Lin Hanchuan couldn't help but gasp.

"As expected of an SSS-level talent, it's truly terrifyingly powerful!"

The effect alone shocked Lin Hanchuan.

"This is equivalent to giving me unlimited mana regeneration regardless of the environment! If the mana consumed by the skill is large enough, I can even use it to forcibly extract surrounding magical elements, weakening the opponent's mana regeneration speed." Lin Hanchuan keenly perceived the future role of [God of Magic] in battle.

"With effect 2, if I can force the opponent to use their ultimate skill at the beginning, I can gain an advantage in the battle and even temporarily act as a tank for the team, absorbing a wave of spell-related ultimate skills!"

"Effect 3 and Effect 4, although not as amazing as the first two, are still very helpful in actual combat. As the [God of Magic] rank increases in the future, the amplification and support obtained will inevitably be even greater."

"As for effect 5, it increases the comprehension of spell-related skills by 100%. If used well, it can be used to upgrade skills purely through comprehension!"

Lin Hanchuan's mind raced.

He has already begun to ponder the benefits that the God of Magic talent has brought him.

At that moment, the voice of the elf assistant rang out again.

"The personal attributes panel has been loaded and can now be viewed."

Lin Hanchuan snapped out of his daze and looked at the transparent panel floating in front of him, which displayed his current attribute information.

[Player: Lin Hanchuan]

ID: Arakawa White Owl

Class: Mage

Level: 1 (0%)

Health: 120, Mana: 30
Physical defense: 10, Magic defense: 14
Spell Attack: 15
Wealth: 50 copper coins
Combat Power: 52 (Assessed by the system based on the player's attributes, skills, equipment, etc.)
Talent: Mage God

Basic attributes——

Strength: 2 (affects physical attack and carrying capacity)
Stamina: 5 (Increases health, physical condition, and recovery speed; significantly increases physical defense and slightly increases magical defense)

Agility: 4 (Movement, Evasion, Attack Speed)

Intelligence: 7 (Maximum mana, spell damage)
Spirit: 7 (Greatly increases spell defense, slightly increases resistance to curses, spirit, soul, control, and demonic energy)
Free attributes: 0
Hidden Attributes —

Luck value: 2 (influences personal luck, drop rate, and event triggers)

Charm Value: 5 (Affects favorability, plot triggers, and can attract hatred under special circumstances)

Resilience value: 3 (reduces or eliminates negative status effects, reduces the duration of negative status effects)
Comprehension: 9 (affects skill comprehension and skill upgrades)
Initial skills -

[Small Fireball], [Small Water Ball], [Illumination]

Self-equipment

Staff (Black Iron +1), Robe (White), Top (White), Pants (White), Boots (White)

Apart from the talents, everything else on the panel is initial information.

A completely blank state.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at it briefly.

When the gaze fell upon the elf assistant, the gentle voice rang out again.

"Congratulations on becoming a novice mage. I will now read out the important notes for you..."

Lin Hanchuan answered first: "Agreed, skip!"

"Next, we will play a CG video for you!"

"I won't watch it, I'll skip it!"

"Next, we will randomly select a newbie village within the Green Sea Alliance's Moonlit City area for you!"

Accompanied by the voice of the elf assistant, the original attribute panel was transformed into a series of rapidly scrolling maps of the beginner village.

The starting village in Zone 9 cannot be selected by name; it can only be randomly drawn.

The probability of encountering Cao Renjie and his group in the same starting village is extremely low.

"Randomly selecting players from the newbie village..."

"Selection successful!"

Suddenly the image freezes.

A map of the starting village, enlarged on the player's profile panel.

Immediately afterwards, a white teleportation beam enveloped Lin Hanchuan.

"In three seconds, you will enter Beginner Village No. 56 in Wangyue City!"

(End of this chapter)