Server-wide announcement: Level 50 equals a school district house in a third-tier city?
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The instant Su Yu killed the Sheep Village Chief, the system notification rang out:
“Congratulations! You are the first player to clear a Level 5 dungeon. As a special reward, you have received 1 point of World Reputation. A server-wide announcement will be made shortly. Would you like to remain anonymous?”
“The reward is actually World Reputation?!” Su Yu was delighted.
The reward for being the first to clear a dungeon was random. Equipment, pet eggs, mounts, potions... anything could appear.
This time, however, the reward was World Reputation.
World Reputation was an extremely precious resource, obtainable only through main storyline quests.
Put simply, World Reputation represented a player’s status within the game world.
If a player had zero World Reputation and was low-level, no NPC in the world would take them seriously.
If a player’s World Reputation reached 1, all sorts of minor factions would look upon them with new respect.
If it reached 10, the major powers of the world—including top-tier factions such as Silverpine Spire and the Elemental Dome—would show the player considerable favor.
If it reached 50, even Princess Elize of the Empire would treat that player with the utmost respect.
These were the hidden benefits of World Reputation.
Moreover, World Reputation could be exchanged for many valuable things.
For example, with the 1 point of World Reputation Su Yu now possessed, he could exchange it for a baronial title, recruit a private NPC force of fewer than ten soldiers, and receive a certain amount of imperial stipends every year.
Apart from titles, he could also exchange World Reputation for rare equipment, precious pet eggs, and mounts.
Naturally, Su Yu was extremely satisfied with this reward.
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Just as Su Yu was considering whether to exchange his World Reputation for a title, the system’s question interrupted his thoughts.
“Would you like to remain anonymous?”
“Not anonymous.”
After all, Evolution had been created by the Singer Civilization, and its privacy protections were virtually flawless.
As long as Su Yu did not reveal anything himself, let alone Blue Star’s top hacker teams—even the Skrulls would have no hope of uncovering his real-world identity.
Therefore, there was no need for him to hide behind anonymity in the game.
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[Server-Wide Announcement: Player Nemesis has successfully cleared the Level 5 five-player dungeon, Green Green Grassland. As the first player to clear a Level 5 dungeon, he has received 1 point of World Reputation as a special reward! We hope everyone will strive to catch up and write their own chapter in Evolution!]
[Server-Wide Announcement: Player Nemesis has successfully cleared the Level 5 five-player dungeon, Green Green Grassland. As the first player to clear a Level 5 dungeon, he has received 1 point of World Reputation as a special reward! We hope everyone will strive to catch up and write their own chapter in Evolution!]
[Server-Wide Announcement: Player Nemesis...]
The system announcement played three times in succession.
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The announcement was delivered directly into the ears of every player who was online.
As a result, whether they were in leveling zones, bustling plazas, or outside busy warehouses filled with vendors shouting their wares, players all fell silent in unison and listened to the system announcement.
Once the three announcements ended, a deafening wave of discussion swept through every area where players had gathered.
“You’ve got to be kidding me! I logged in the moment the game launched, and I’m only Level 3!”
“The powerhouse in our guild spent twelve straight hours grinding in the monster zones. He was only Level 4 when he logged off!”
“Did you notice? There was only one person named in the announcement! Does that mean he soloed the dungeon?!”
“Soloed a dungeon? What a joke! I can’t even beat monsters my own level!”
“It has to be a cheat! This garbage game already has cheaters? Let’s all quit! I’m starting the anti-cheating movement with myself!”
“If you want to quit, go ahead. This is the first game I’ve ever played with one-hundred-percent realism.”
“Just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean nobody else can. Maybe Nemesis really is a powerhouse.”
...
The players discussed the matter with feverish excitement.
From the online plazas to the offline forums, the name Nemesis was everywhere.
Everyone was intensely curious about this mysterious powerhouse.
Not only had he leveled so quickly, he had even soloed a dungeon. How could he be so formidable?
...
But just as the players’ discussions reached their peak, the voice of a young man suddenly appeared in the ears of every player.
“Ahem. Hello, everyone! I’m Nemesis.”
This was a one-time server-wide broadcast granted to Su Yu by the system after his first clear.
Through this “server-wide loudspeaker,” Su Yu could transmit whatever he wanted to say into the ears of every player who was online.
Even players who were offline could listen to the recording after logging in.
In his previous life, opportunities to use the server-wide loudspeaker had almost entirely become advertising slots for major guilds. That was why the major guilds had fought so fiercely over first clears.
The reason Heaven-Slaying Sword had been able to lead an ordinary gaming studio through countless obstacles and ultimately turn it into the third-largest guild in the country—even crushing the well-funded Cloud牧 Guild, where Su Yu belonged—was inseparable from the role played by the server-wide loudspeaker.
And now, Su Yu was making use of that very opportunity.
Speaking through the loudspeaker, Su Yu continued:
“The reason I was able to reach Level 5 so quickly and solo the dungeon was that I completed a hidden quest. A high-level NPC happened to pass by and casually gave me a buff.”
“With that buff, leveling was easy, and clearing the dungeon was no trouble at all.”
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After hearing Su Yu’s explanation, many players felt enlightened.
“Oh! So a hidden quest gave him a buff. That explains it!”
“I knew it! How could a player possibly solo a five-person dungeon?”
“Tch! It’s nothing worth bragging about. If I were in his place, I could do it too!”
“You couldn’t do it even if you tried. Could you find the hidden quest?”
“Well...”
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Unlike the relieved players, Heaven-Slaying Sword found Su Yu’s words deeply aggravating.
The moment he heard Su Yu’s voice, he realized that he had missed an excellent opportunity to advertise his guild, which had already put him in a foul mood.
Now, hearing Su Yu say this, he could not help cursing inwardly:
“I can’t believe I fell for that!”
“When you swept through the Level 3 monster zone, you said it was a buff from a passing high-level NPC. When you killed a hundred Imperial Blood trash mobs alone, you also said it was a buff from a passing high-level NPC. And now you’re saying it was a buff from a passing high-level NPC again?”
“Is this high-level NPC your pet? Does it follow you around, constantly giving you buffs?”
Heaven-Slaying Sword’s face turned livid. He was so furious he nearly injured himself internally.
The woman beside him, Qingli, stopped twirling her dagger and asked, “Boss, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Heaven-Slaying Sword shook his head and let out a slow breath.
“Let’s keep going. We’ll finish today’s allotted playtime.”
“Got it.”
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But Su Yu’s voice had not stopped. It continued to ring in their ears.
“Because of this high-level NPC, I learned some information about the game that nobody else knows. I’ll share it with everyone now.”
“Once a player reaches Level 50, they will receive an enormous reward!”
“I can’t tell you exactly what the reward is, but I can stake my reputation on this: it’s worth no less than a school-district apartment in a third-tier city!”
“So work hard to raise your levels, everyone!”
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