In a corner of the system, there was a marketplace and a leaderboard.
The marketplace offered various items, including agarwood used to suppress ghosts, bronze mirrors, talisman papers, and more. It also had mysterious potions that could enhance one's abilities. However, the best items were in the high-level marketplace, which required special conditions to unlock!
As for the marketplace points, newbies couldn't obtain them in the beginner's instance. They had to earn them in subsequent instances, with higher scores resulting in more points!
Closing the marketplace, Zhao Yi opened the leaderboard next to it.
There were a total of five leaderboards:
- Newbies Leaderboard
- Guild Leaderboard
- Leveling Fanatics Leaderboard
- Wealthiest of All Leaderboard
- Renowned Heroes Leaderboard
Currently, Zhao Yi, with an S+ rating, proudly topped the Newbies Leaderboard. As the number one newcomer, he naturally received a corresponding title: Rising Star.
The Newbies Leaderboard recorded the overall ratings of players below level 5. In addition to points earned, the most important factor was the rating given by the system at the end of each instance.
Zhao Yi glanced at the Leveling Fanatics Leaderboard.
The highest level achieved by a player in the Bone Zone was level 63. It belonged to Xue Daozhi, the guild master of the Blaring Horn Battalion.
After gaining some understanding, Zhao Yi decided to look up the guild.
It turned out that once players entered the game, they couldn't return to their original world. Instead, they were assigned to a new chaotic world on its fringes.
That place was dangerous, desolate, and bleak, without sunlight. Players had to face various dangers, build their homes, explore territories, gather resources, and make their way toward the center of the world.
Zhao Yi carefully examined the currently explored world map and discovered that the location of the "Full of Noobs" guild was closest to a familiar area.
Guxuan Town!
Zhao Yi's eyes lit up. He was very interested in everything happening in Guxuan Town.
He clicked on the "Full of Noobs" guild and applied to join.
The next step was to wait.
Not long after, he received a message from the other side.
"We are a trash guild with no resources," the message read. Clearly, they were surprised that Zhao Yi chose their guild.
Zhao Yi didn't get angry because of their rejection. He replied simply:
"I'm very interested in Guxuan Town."
Just a few straightforward words.
...
In the Chaotic Realm.
In a remote corner of the region, inside a dilapidated apartment building, a mature and alluring woman looked at the message before her, slightly surprised.
She turned her head and said to her teammates sitting on a dirty sofa, "Interesting. The number one player on this year's Newbies Leaderboard actually applied to join our guild."
A middle-aged Taoist priest, his face flushed red, was busy examining the treasures he had obtained from his last dungeon run. He grinned and said, "Blessings upon us! Hasn't this guy received invitations from several top guilds?"
"Or is it that the newcomers this year are just too pathetic, not even making those old folks interested?" the woman lazily lifted her long hair and said.
"A newbie who achieved an S+ rating in a hellish difficulty dungeon like the 'Giant's Hospital.' What do you think?"
The smile on the old Taoist's face slightly faded.
"Why did he choose our guild?" the woman replied, "He said...he's very interested in Gu Yun Town."
"Uncle Quan, any suggestions?" The woman's gaze shot towards the middle-aged man with black-framed glasses sitting on the sofa, reading a book. He raised his head slightly, pushed up his glasses and smiled, "Isn't Gu Yun Town related to our world missions?"
"You guys, all you do is fight and kill every day, causing the guild to be in such a mess after all this time. New recruits are almost gone," the woman sneered.
"Isn't that what you learned from?" "The fish rots from the head, don't blame us, old man, for your leadership," she retorted.
Uncle Quan awkwardly rubbed his nose. "Let him in, rare to see new recruits interested in our guild."
"You guys, don't you dare bully the new recruit," the woman licked her lips, a glint of mischief in her eyes, "Alright."
...
The news of Zhao Yi joining the "All Amateurs" guild quickly spread throughout the Eternal Night Camp. Many people didn't understand Zhao Yi's choice.
"Tsk tsk, holding a good hand but playing it poorly."
"Why go there, to such a rubbish guild? It's been established for two years and they haven't even opened the passage to the abandoned city!"
"It's a pity, this guy, I heard the big brothers of several major guilds ahead all highly praised him, didn't expect him to act like this himself!"
In a bustling building in the Ruined City, Yang Tao sat in front of a computer, looking with interest at Zhao Yi's information. He was very interested in this person.
Outside the door, a woman in a black silk professional suit knocked and handed a stack of documents to Yang Tao.
"Vice President, someone has dug up his original world's data."
"The data has been uploaded to the Eternal Night Camp, here is the original manuscript, please review it."
Yang Tao picked up the document and carefully read through it. His face turned serious.
"He's well-known in the industry?" The woman nodded.
"He has cured nearly a thousand patients with severe psychological disorders, and completely cured them!"
"Whether it's depression or violent tendencies, severely distorted pathological psychology..."
"But anyone who has been through his hands always recovers."
"However, those cured by him have all forgotten the treatment process. They only remember that Zhao Yi cured them, and the memories related to the treatment mysteriously disappeared."
"So in the industry, no one calls him by his real name, but gives him a special nickname - the Forgotten Angel."
Yang Tao fell silent for a long time, suddenly remembering something.
"Go, call Bar!" The woman hesitated, "Vice President, that demon Bar killed all the other players in the last instance and has now been locked into the slaughter battlefield by the system due to excessive kill value. He won't be able to come out for three days."
Yang Tao glanced at the calendar. "I still have time, I can wait a little longer."
"Swift wind, sudden rain.
No sun in sight, surrounded by ruins as if a century-long war had swept through, leaving only wreckage behind.
The solitary old building stood before Zhao Yi.
There were lights inside.
'Welcome, Zhao Yi,' greeted a mature and voluptuous lady at the door, donning cool sunglasses.
Curious, Zhao Yi asked, 'Is this the territory of the "All Rascals" guild?'
The woman smiled, 'Why do you ask?'
'Aren't we all a bunch of rascals?'
'Right, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Liu Ruohqing, the guild's evaluator. You can call me Sister Liu.'
With that, she led Zhao Yi into the old building. In the lobby, strange smiles from several people met his gaze. Sister Liu introduced them to Zhao Yi.
'The man with black-framed glasses is our guild leader. You can call him Uncle Quan.'
'That ice-cold beauty is Meng Jiao, our vice leader. Try not to engage her in conversation; she won't pay you any mind.'
'As for that cursed charlatan priest, his name is Jiang Xiao. He loves to deceive, so be careful not to fall for his tricks!'
Jiang Xiao grumbled, 'Liu Ruohqing, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all! I am well-versed in astronomy and geography, and I never charge for fortune-telling. How does that make me a charlatan?'