Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

At the same time, all players on the server received a system notification: [The Equipment Ranking has changed; [Mysterious Robe Gauntlets] has topped the list.]

Upon receiving this notification, everyone was startled and began discussing it with the players around them:

"The equipment rankings have been updated again? This time the update interval is a bit long!"

"Indeed, there hasn't been an update for a full five days."

"The last update was when Brother Xia Ye came up with some Tianyi 3G equipment, which directly topped the charts, and then there were no updates since."

"Was Xia Ye taken down? That's great!"

"If Xia Ye loses his top spot, then the game is truly full of incredibly strong players!"

"In the new Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao once said, 'Death is a cool summer night,' so now he can truly sleep peacefully without worry."

Everyone chatted with great interest, and they all opened the equipment rankings to check.

Meanwhile, on a wide street in Tanxian County, Shen's father was leading dozens of players on their way.

They were given a group mission that required dozens of people to remove the cloth pieces that players had haphazardly hung on the city gate.

Upon seeing the system notification, Shen's father smiled and said, "I heard from a rumor that the 'Summer Night' who topped the rankings is near our Tan County. Someone saw him in a market town of a medium-sized sect and spoke with great certainty."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Someone in the group immediately scoffed, "How could it be true? Xia Ye is number one on the ranking list, why would he go to a mid-sized sect?"

"that is."

"Summer nights will definitely be spent at top-tier sects, is there even a question?"

Mr. Shen chuckled, "Forget it, this person has nothing to do with us anyway. Let's see who manages to bring Xia Ye down first, shall we?"

As he spoke, he opened the equipment ranking list.

But just before he could look, gasps of surprise rose from the surrounding streets.

The players gasped in surprise, their eyes wide as if they had seen something incredible.

Shen's father and the other players in the team were startled and quickly checked.

Upon seeing it, they were all stunned.

【Black leather wrapped around the hands】

Grade: Superior

Quality: Golden Mystic

Owner: Summer Night

……

Another noteworthy point is that this piece of equipment is a blue item, and it is also the only blue item on the leaderboard, which is quite eye-catching in a list full of green items!

Mr. Shen and his brothers looked at each other in disbelief.

My first reaction: Holy crap, blue gear?!

Second reaction: Holy crap, it's summer night again?!

My third reaction: Holy crap, it's golden?!

Fourth reaction: Holy crap, a superior magical artifact?!

The dozens of brothers were dumbfounded.

Each of these four points is extremely impressive on its own, let alone all four.

Even the seemingly most mediocre "superior" level, the current rankings are filled with lower-level magical artifacts. How did they manage to obtain higher-level magical artifacts?

For a moment, gasps of astonishment filled the streets.

Immediately afterwards, the entire street erupted in chaos:

"Really? I'm not seeing things, am I?!"

"A superior magical artifact?! Golden?! Mysterious?!"

"Xia Ye-ge is cheating!"

"This can actually be obtained from a mission?"

"This is gold! Real gold! It can be brought into reality!"

That's incredibly awesome!

"What price could this fetch? I can't even imagine!"

"Sell? What are you thinking? I'm definitely not selling this."

"But at this stage, even if we bring it into reality, it won't be useful, since players can't use high-level magical artifacts."

"It's just temporarily unusable; someone will definitely be willing to pay a high price for it!"

……

The entire city was in an uproar!

Of course, it wasn't just Tanxian County; the entire Huaxia region was in an uproar!

Everyone was excitedly discussing it with those around them. Even in the southwestern demon tribe's settlement area, the discussions continued unabated.

The NPC looked at the players around him who had suddenly become excited, completely bewildered.

Why are these extraterrestrials so easily startled? Did they suddenly all fall ill at once?

……

……

Meanwhile, outside Tanxian city, on the western slope of Maling Mountain, Shen Hua looked at Wang Xin, whose cultivation had been stripped and who was bound like a rice dumpling, and felt a pang of emotion.

Wang Xin kept his identity very well hidden.

If the task rating hadn't told him that something was amiss, he would have completely overlooked it.

"Are you going to Tanxian County, my benefactor?" Wang Yun approached Shen Hua, bowed, and smiled.

Wang Yun's smile was serene and well-behaved, and her manners and etiquette were just right.

Looking at that delicate and pretty face, Shen Hua felt a pang of regret once again.

"That's right, I'm going to Tanxian County," Shen Hua replied.

"That's perfect, let's travel together." Wang Yun's smile widened. "I'll tell my benefactor about my family along the way."

"No need for that. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now," Shen Hua said, taking a step back and clasping his hands in a fist salute.

Seeing Shen Hua's actions, Wang Yun was clearly taken aback: "What? Isn't our benefactor coming with us?"

"No, thank you," Shen Hua continued.

Wang Yun blinked his big eyes and hurriedly said, "Would my benefactor be interested in joining our Taiping Sect in Tan County? I can help you with the introduction..."

Shen Hua interrupted, "I was indeed considering joining the Taiping Sect, but there's no need for an introduction. Miss Wang Yun, until we meet again!"

With that, Shen Hua summoned his chestnut miniature horse, mounted it without even glancing at Wang Yun, and rode away.

"..." Wang Yun watched Shen Hua's departing figure, a wave of disappointment washing over her.

She thought to herself in frustration, "Where did I go wrong? Why is my benefactor so resistant to me?"

Just now, on the leaf-shaped magical artifact, Shen Hua was unwilling to communicate with her at all, and even used the excuse of "excessive consumption and needing to rest" to close his eyes and rest.

Is she really that disliked by Shen Hua?

At that moment, Shen Hua, riding his chestnut horse, turned a corner and disappeared from sight.

Wang Yun felt increasingly distressed as she thought about it.

"Alright then," Wang Yunyuan said, issuing a task to Shen Hua from a distance.

At that very moment, Shen Hua received a game notification:

[Hint: You have triggered the quest "Escort the Royal Family". Do you wish to accept it?]

[Mission Details: Escort Wang Yun and Wang Feng's family to Tan County.]

[Quest Reward: 10 Low-Grade Spirit Stones]

"Hmm?" Shen Hua, who was riding forward, was slightly taken aback.

Wang Yun actually assigned him a task directly.

NPCs can directly give players quests, but unlike the NPCs in the starting village, players outside the starting village have to pay out of their own pockets to give quests.

In other words, Wang Yun offered 10 spirit stones, wanting Shen Hua to travel with her.

Xu Lan had previously asked him to help investigate her father's background, but because the reward was not fixed, the mission was not triggered.

"The reward for this mission is decent, but..." Shen Hua thought to himself.

Without a doubt, getting close to Wang Yun would inevitably lead him down the path of the Demonic Sect.

However, Shen Hua did not want to join the Demonic Sect.

His goal was to lead the people of Earth to victory against the Kree, and joining the righteous path was the only way to unite more people. After all, in his previous life, the number of righteous players far exceeded the number of demonic players.

Moreover, in this lifetime, the punishment for "psychic energy and biomass recycling" will be announced in advance, and the number of righteous players will likely be greater.

Therefore, he cannot follow the path of the Demonic Sect under any circumstances.

"I refuse." Shen Hua rejected the task assigned by Wang Yun.

But at that moment, he received another system notification:

[Hint: You have triggered the quest [Escort the Royal Family (Modified)]. Do you wish to accept it?]