Translator: AnubisTL
Thud.
Chen Jiang landed on the ground with the grace of a medieval gentleman, his body falling freely without so much as a bend in his legs or a flicker of emotion on his face.
The Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret, which had just fired, was instantly retracted into his spatial ring.
"Uh..."
Scar Dog stared blankly at Brother Jiang descending from the sky, then murmured, "Brother Jiang, that's not how we agreed to clear the first stage."
"This is faster," Chen Jiang replied with a casual shake of his head. "The other methods are too troublesome."
"Alright... It's just the first time I've seen a turret used as a mode of transportation."
"If your defense is strong enough, even a nuclear bomb could be used as transportation."
"True. If something as illogical as sword-flying exists, then nuclear bomb-flying should be perfectly reasonable too."
Scar Dog was momentarily speechless, able only to give Brother Jiang's climbing method a thumbs-up.
This was simply a clever exploitation of the rules.
The dungeon rules stated: "No flying."
Yes, so Chen Jiang didn't use his three-star item, the Seven-Eyed Mechanical Wing.
But... was that even flying?
No, that was artillery bombardment.
Absurd as it seemed, this method technically didn't fall under the category of "flying." If other players could pull it off, they could do the same.
Meanwhile, the human player clinging halfway up the Stone Wall, still feeling the lingering heat on his back, stared up in shock at the massive energy bullet exploding overhead.
This fucking thing is called "climbing vines"?!!
Why not just blast the Stone Wall into rubble and stand on top of the debris? Wouldn't that count as successfully scaling the wall too?
Absurd as it was, the human player didn't linger. Instead, he began climbing even faster, unleashing a flurry of items and innate abilities.
This challenge, which on Blue Star only the most skilled rock climbers would dare attempt, was now being conquered by players using methods that defied all logic.
Here, almost all human players successfully completed the challenge using various bizarre methods.
Some human players seemed to have their feet glued to the Stone Wall, gripping the vines as if walking on flat ground and scaling the wall with ease.
Others pulled out Barbie dolls from their pockets, which suddenly came to life, growing larger and gaining sentience. These animated dolls then flew into the air, effortlessly pulling the human players up the Stone Wall.
"..."
Scar Dog stared blankly at the suddenly enlarged, lifelike Barbie doll. After a moment of silence, he pointed at it and said, "Brother Jiang, I want one too."
"Ahem." Zhao Ritian coughed awkwardly, a hint of embarrassment on his face. "If it's possible, I'd like one as well."
"..."
Chen Jiang glanced at Scar Dog with an impassive expression. His voice remained calm and gentlemanly as he said, "Get lost."
Not long after...
By now, almost all the human players had successfully climbed up!
Only about thirty or forty players, whose items and innate abilities were utterly useless, had fallen halfway down and couldn't reach the top of the Stone Wall.
Now came the patient wait.
Before long, half an hour had passed.
A voice echoed in everyone's ears:
["Category One: Hundred-Meter Vine Climb - Official Results. Race Rating calculations commencing."]
Suddenly, a silver ranking list materialized in mid-air:
["Hundred-Meter Vine Climb - Individual Rankings"]
["Top Ranking: Ape-Man Race, Suville, Time: 1.67 seconds"]
["Second Ranking: Ape-Man Race, Bard, Time: 1.69 seconds"]
["Third Ranking: Ape-Man Race, Murphit, Time: 1.97 seconds"]
["Nineteenth Ranking: Human Race, Wang Defa, Time: 3.7 seconds"]
The list only showed the top hundred, which were overwhelmingly dominated by the ape-man race. Among the top twenty, only one player wasn't an ape-man: the human player Wang Defa.
"Tsk," Scar Dog clicked his tongue, gazing at the ranking list before him. "I must admit, the ape-men's vine-climbing skills are truly impressive. I should capture a few dozen of them later, build a zoo, and have them play with vines all day."
Another golden ranking list slowly materialized.
Gold border, white background, black text.
[Race Rating - Category 1 Ranking List]
[Top Ranking: Ape-Man Race - Level Rating: 9.8]
[2nd Ranking: Mountain Monkey Tribe - Level Rating: 9.4]
[3rd Ranking: Human Race - Level Rating: 8.8]
[97th Ranking: Lizard Race - Level Rating: 0]
"Third place?" A flicker of surprise crossed Scar Dog's eyes. "In my plan, just making the top ten would have been good enough. But to actually reach third place... Aside from the ape-men and Mountain Monkey Tribe, the human race has already climbed to third."
"Maybe I've been underestimating the human race a bit."
In truth, this was perfectly normal.
The current human players have been rigorously refined, with all the weak, elderly, and infirm eliminated. What remains are the elite of the elite, combined with the human race's unique innate abilities. Given these factors, their success is hardly surprising.
"Are the lizard race doing... a bit poorly?" Li Hao asked, his expression peculiar. "Zero points and dead last? How is it even possible to score zero?"
"Could it be that not a single lizard race player managed to climb up?"
"At least the titan race managed to get 1.1 points."
"That's normal," Scar Dog grinned. "After all, what can you expect from a bunch of lizards trying to climb a long vine?"
"But it's fine. They're already guaranteed first place in the second category."
"Speaking of which, I'm such a kind soul."
"I'm making sure every race player gets a gaming experience, except the human players, who don't seem to be getting much out of it."
"But that's okay. The experience is theirs, but the rewards are ours."
Meanwhile, in another hundred-colored space...
The ape-man players were currently pounding their chests and roaring with excitement.
"Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!!!"
This time, the ape-man race had truly stolen the spotlight among the ten thousand races!
"That was awesome!"
Suville, an ape-man player, couldn't resist leaping into the air, grabbing his tail, and spinning several times before landing. He exclaimed excitedly, "Race Chief, did you see that? The top hundred spots are almost all ape-men!"
"The rewards for this event will definitely belong to us!"
"The human player designed these rewards, but we're the ones who'll claim them! Where will that human player hide his face now?"
"Last time, they snatched our rewards. This time, we're snatching theirs!"
"That's what they call 'turning their own methods against them'!"
(End of the Chapter)
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