There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Chen Yi, seated on the Frozen Throne, did not speak.

He just leaned back in the chair, his eyes tightly closed, his mind uncontrollably conjuring the image of himself appearing before the public with a special effect spanning a hundred meters.

What a sight that was.

The swagger, if not displayed several times in one's life, would surely be a life lived in vain.

He did not know how much time had passed.

A cautious, probing voice finally came from beneath the throne.

"Uh... are you not satisfied?"

"Show it to me."

Chen Yi slowly opened his eyes and looked down calmly at the man standing before the throne.

"Okay."

The middle-aged man took out a card-like pass from his bosom and suddenly, with a serious expression, barked, "Go!"

The next second—

His wrist flicked violently, and the pass was flung several meters into the air above his head.

As the surrounding players lifted their gazes unconsciously toward the teal card suspended mid-air,

"Clang!"

A crisp sword chime suddenly rang out!

The Three-Foot Qingfeng sword, like a swimming dragon, soared upwards from behind the middle-aged man, its blade catching the pass steadily before shooting towards Chen Yi with force!

And it stopped abruptly less than three fists away from him.

"Please, friend, take a look!"

"Hmm."

With a demeanor neither servile nor overbearing, Chen Yi sat on the throne as if he had no intention of dodging at all, merely retracting the cigarette in his palm that provided one second of invincibility back into his sleeve unnoticed.

And internally, he made a mental note of this middle-aged man's actions.

A challenge, is it?

He did not say much, but reached out to take the pass on the sword's edge and looked at its panel description.

「Prop Name」: "Life Theater Pass."

「Prop Level」: C-Class.

「Prop Effect」: With this pass, one can go to the map "Life Theater" from any location. Each player can only receive a reward once inside the map; after receiving the reward, one cannot enter the map again.

「Prop Restrictions」: Remaining uses (5/10).

「Prop Introduction」: "Life is but a play, but who knows that your life is of the restricted kind?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow and did not speak. A C-Class map?

A map that could produce a globally unique character action, and it's just a C-Class?

But then he thought that at this point in time, most people probably wanted things to enhance their combat power, not character actions that were utterly useless for combat power.

It made sense then why this map was only a C-Class, as gimmicky items were superficial, while only those that could enhance one's combat power were truly substantial.

Even if the special effects covered a larger area,

They were just special effects, after all.

Unable to inflict even the slightest damage on the enemy.

For the lone wolf players who prize strength, risking their lives to enter the map and struggling to obtain such a reward was simply an insult to their intelligence.

But for the show-off faction...

As long as the map was not certain death, they had to break through it, regardless of the consequences.

However, this remaining count of 5?

Before Chen Yi could ask,

The middle-aged man beneath the throne began to explain, "A person can only receive a reward once in this map."

"Not only is there a globally unique character action in this map."

"There are also other character actions."

"I gave up the reward for ordinary character actions four times in a row, and finally obtained the globally unique character action reward on the fifth attempt."

"But I can no longer enter this map, once a reward has been taken, one cannot re-enter, as it is a single-player map that only allows one player at a time."

"Good."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yi tossed the Agarwood Bracelet in his hand to Tuberculosis Rabbit to pass it to the middle-aged man below, and pocketed the pass, saying softly.

"The trade is complete."

The middle-aged man who received the Agarwood Bracelet finally let his heart settle down, a trace of gratitude flashing in his eyes as he looked at Chen Yi: "Thanks, I took a bit of an advantage in this trade, consider it a favor I owe you."

He originally thought that Chen Yi would attempt to haggle further.

After all, although the pass was valuable, he could no longer use it, which meant he had effectively exchanged a prop he could not use for one he desperately needed.

No matter how one looked at it, he was making a huge profit.

In this situation, Chen Yi's choice not to haggle further, avoiding making the trade any more difficult, left him feeling grateful.

Then the middle-aged man stood in place, with his left hand behind his back and his right hand forming a sword technique, gazed upward solemnly at Chen Yi and declared, "Before coming here, I did not know this prop was in your possession."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"I know your name."

"Chen Yi, the first player to appear on the global announcement, the top person on the Global Vehicle Leaderboard."

"My name is Sword Without End."

"Let's say we've met this time, and I'll throw in an additional piece of news for you. It seems you might not be aware of this, but there's a player team formed spontaneously in later times that is recruiting powerful players globally."

"Its purpose is for players to unite, tackle those high-difficulty maps together, and assist each other in the struggle to survive."

"I'm also a member. Perhaps someone will find you later."

"Till we meet again!"

With the end of his words—

There suddenly came a deep drumming sound from beyond the horizon, striking at the heart of every player, instantly quieting the scene!

And overhead, clouds had gathered, nearly covering all the players!

It felt as if dark clouds were looming over the city, threatening to break it apart.

Sword Without End stood with one hand behind his back, proudly lifting his gaze to the black clouds above, then suddenly spoke in a dramatic and powerful tone, clear as if it were ringing right beside every player's ear, proclaiming!

"Thirty thousand daos, the sword is supreme!"

"Grasping the sun and moon to pick the stars, in this world, there is none other like me!"

The next second—

Countless Thunder Dragons, their expressions fierce, burst forth from the clouds, carrying a world-ending force and a terrifying pressure as they hurtled straight toward Sword Without End amidst the crowd!

Under the overwhelming might between heaven and earth!

Human strength seemed incredibly insignificant!

Many players were temporarily unable to discern reality from illusion, fleeing frantically in all directions with terrified expressions.

And once again, Sword Without End's shout echoed!

"A sword's chill spans nineteen provinces, sword qi cutting across thirty thousand miles!"

"Sword, come forth!"

Thousands of Three-Foot Qingfeng swords appeared beside Sword Without End, and as he clenched the sword technique in his right hand, he thrust violently towards the countless Thunder Dragons in the sky!

The thousands of Three-Foot Qingfengs soared like dragons, spiraling upward!

Slaying Thunder Dragons, tearing through dark clouds.

The dark clouds were suddenly ripped apart, blinding light piercing through as if the moon shone brightly after piercing the dark clouds.

Immediately following, Sword Without End, who had been standing in place, now had a trembling Three-Foot Qingfeng under his feet, shooting forth at a speed too fast to catch, towards the distance.

Leaving behind only a slowly fading streak of green afterglow.

And that solemn and powerful parting phrase.

"Fellow daoists, good night."

It was only several seconds later when everything slowly dissipated and returned to normal, including the Minotaur Monsters below who seemed somewhat dazedly looking up at the sky.

They were somewhat unclear about the situation.

"Fourth on the Global Vehicle Leaderboard, Traceless Green Peak."

"C-class Vehicle."

Tuberculosis Rabbit looked towards the Global Vehicle Leaderboard, and spoke expressionlessly: "The Three-Foot Qingfeng under Sword Without End's feet is named Traceless Green Peak, with a rating of 2890."

"It's just over 1000 points lower than your vehicle's rating, Yi."

"It must be a special vehicle, capable of not only transporting people but also being used for attacks, and it even seems to have some sword-flying techniques. The basic score for a C-class prop is only 1000 points."

"He must have upgraded it for it to reach a score of 2890."

"But I can't see any signs of modification, don't know what options were modified."

"That green afterglow, it must be similar to the colorful flame tail you have, Yi, and belongs to one of the vehicle's trailing effects. As for his departing special effect,"

"whether it's character action or title effect, it's a bit hard to tell."

"But his title seems to hold some substance, likely not a weak effect."

"For such an ostentatious title, it must be backed by some solid qualities."

After a brief pause, Tuberculosis Rabbit then sighed deeply: "I'm starting to get annoyed, this person is just too pretentious."

Chen Yi didn't say anything, just waved his hand to have the soldiers flanking the throne move out to surround and attack the Minotaur Monsters. Then he turned to look at Jiaye standing beside the throne, a smile suddenly curling the corners of his mouth.

"Why did you suddenly decide to improvise?"

There was no time earlier.

He had to complete changing costumes, creating distance, managing expressions, and other meticulous actions all while Tuberculosis Rabbit was drawing everyone's attention, leaving no time to communicate with Jiaye.

The act of Jiaye pouring wine for him had been completely improvised by Jiaye himself.

But it must be said, the effect was excellent.

"Hehe~"

Jiaye stood next to the throne's armrest, clutching the hem of her dress with smiling eyes, letting out a bell-like laugh before raising an eyebrow: "Because I guessed what you were thinking, that's why."

"How was it, did I play the role of the Queen convincingly?"

"The Queen?"

Chen Yi looked surprised as he turned to look at Jiaye: "You were playing the Queen? I thought you were a maid."

"..."

Jiaye's smile suddenly froze in place, with a flash of speechlessness in her eyes, a bit unsure how to respond.

At this moment, Chen Yi also noticed the anomaly beneath Jiaye's feet.

He saw that Jiaye's feet had never actually touched the ground; when she was in the air, she was barefoot, but upon walking on the ground, there would appear two spontaneously manifesting waves, carrying Jiaye forward.

Any dust that sometimes settled was quickly washed away by the water waves.

It turned out they were real waves, not just effects.

"What do you think?"

Noticing Chen Yi's gaze, Jiaye's eyes curved like crescents. She looked down at the two constantly rolling waves under her feet with satisfaction and smiled happily.

"Do they look nice?"

"This is the fashion effect of my C-class strappy dress. No need to wear shoes, no chance of getting sore feet, and it even increases movement speed."

"Is it freshwater?"

Chen Yi asked, his brow slightly furrowed.

"Ah?"

Jiaye paused in place for a moment, not quite understanding what he meant.

"I mean, are those two rolling waves under your feet freshwater or saltwater?"

"If it's freshwater, it's no problem—could even be used as a water resource in critical times."

"But if it's saltwater, that's a bit troublesome, as prolonged soaking in saltwater can erode the skin."

"Freshwater is sweet, saltwater is salty."

"Taste them, and you'll know if it's freshwater or saltwater."

"..."

Jiaye stood silently in place, her body slightly rigid, not speaking or knowing what to say.

And just then,

The players finally started to come to their senses as if waking from a dream and resumed the previous commotion, chatting while raising their cleavers high to face the nearby Minotaur Monsters.

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"Isn't that nice."

Li Yide stood in place, one hand behind his back, musing dreamily: "Everyone likes to keep one hand behind their back, huh?"

"Is it like your arm's broken and in a cast, unable to come back out?"

"Got hemorrhoids itching or something?"

"Why not tuck all your limbs behind your back instead?"

"Little Liu, we need to start acting too, otherwise, look at those mountains ahead, they're pressing down on people so much they can barely breathe."

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ps: There will be several more chapters updated tonight.