[Daily Rankings Settling...]
Ye Xu's face was as dark as water, his eyes fixed on the glowing screen before him. As the final rankings froze, the air around him seemed to solidify.
[Kill Ranking: 2nd Place]
[Level Ranking: 2nd Place]
[Shelter Ranking: 1st Place]
[You have received settlement rewards: Selectable Supply Voucher*40 (20+10+10), Selectable Special Supply Voucher*4 (2+1+1), Basic Skill Experience Stone*10 (5+5), Intermediate Skill Experience Stone*5 (3+1+1), Exemption Stone*3 (1+1+1), one piece of Excellent Equipment, Floating Flare (Excellent)*1, Floating Flare (Fine)*8 (4+2+2)]
[Note: Skill Experience Stones and Exemption Stones are bound items and cannot be traded.]
[Ranking rewards will increase with survival days, please keep up the good work.]
"Fuck—!!!"
A roar of frustration was forced from his throat as Ye Xu kicked the stone table in front of him into pieces!
"Song! Shige!" He practically spat the name through clenched teeth, "I was so close to being first in all three rankings!"
Ye Xu's teeth ground together audibly.
"How is he killing so fast? I've poured so many resources into this and still can't surpass him!"
He paced back and forth in the shelter like a caged beast, growing more agitated the more he thought about it, trying to message Song Shige only to find he'd been blocked.
"Fuck! Motherfucker!"
"Fuck!"
...
Meanwhile, Qin Lang's message arrived just in time for Su Luo.
[Qin Lang: Mr. Su Luo, I'd like to discuss a potential collaboration with you.]
[Su Luo: What kind of collaboration?]
[Qin Lang: The situation is a bit complex, so I'll share the complete information on the leaderboard rewards we've received. You'll understand after you see it.]
This openness surprised Su Luo, and he carefully read through the screenshots Qin Lang sent:
[Selectable Supply Voucher]
[Selectable resources include: 100 units of wood, 30 units of stone, 5 units of steel, 80 units of lamp oil...]
[Selectable Special Supply Voucher]
[Selectable special resources include: Elemental Magic Stone (choose one)*1, 5 units of Magic Steel...]
[Basic Skill Experience Stone]
[Bound to: Song Shige]
[Intermediate Skill Experience Stone]
[Bound to: Song Shige]
[Use on Level 1 or higher skills to gain 1000 experience]
[Exemption Stone]
[Bound to: Song Shige]
[Can unseal a sealed skill on the panel]
...
After carefully reading the information, Su Luo had already guessed what the Mutual Aid Association was planning.
The top 1 of each ranking can gain 3000 experience, top 2 to top 10 get 1500, top 100 get 800, and top 1000 get 300.
Just on the first day, the powerhouse cultivated by the Mutual Aid Association, Song Shige, had already gained 7500 experience.
He could directly raise a Level 1 blank skill to Level 11 (900/1100).
Terrifying. If the skill and attributes matched, it could directly increase more than one attribute point.
[Qin Lang: Have you finished reading? Our Mutual Aid Association wants you to help Comrade Song learn [Fireball].]
The Exemption Stone can unseal a sealed skill on the panel.
What is a sealed skill? The grayed-out [Fireball], [Raise Shield], and [Frost Arrow] on Su Luo's panel are sealed skills, unable to be activated through the system.
Since no one has a class, related skill books can't be used, and skills won't even appear on the panel.
Without reaching Level 1, skill experience stones can't be used.
Survivors need to self-study to reach Level 1, use the Exemption Stone to unseal, and then use skill experience stones to upgrade.
This effectively bypasses class changes, unlocking skills that require a class in advance, seizing a huge advantage.
But not everyone is like Su Luo, who can casually study for a bit and easily learn.
So the Mutual Aid Association is hiring a tutor...
[Qin Lang: Because Comrade Song's Strength and Constitution attributes are too high, low-level skill upgrades no longer increase attributes. Using experience to boost high-level skills for attribute gain is too wasteful.]
[Qin Lang: With the Exemption Stone, we've decided to take a different path and have him master [Fireball]. The forum posts are detailed, but your one-on-one guidance is undoubtedly the most efficient.]
[Qin Lang: We're forming a high-combat-power strike team of top players, seeking skill complementarity. Your research ability is something we urgently need. Are you interested in joining?]
Su Luo declined Qin Lang's team invitation, expressing a desire to observe, while accepting the tutoring request, planning to add Song Shige as a friend once he woke up. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
Rumor had it that this fierce guy hadn't slept for two and a half days to level up.
Meanwhile, the forum was in an uproar over the ranking settlements.
[Skill Experience Stone Information (Screenshot).jpg]
[The big shots are eating so well, I'm just drooling on the sidelines.]
[I killed monsters for three days, my shelter didn't level up, but I made it into the top 100 of both rankings, so I did eat...]
[666, do the big shots need any accessories?]
[How did Ye Xu do it? His shelter is already Level 4! Even the top 2 is only Level 2!]
[Haven't you read the analysis posts on the forum? He's cheating!]
[He pulled out eight or nine hundred copies of [Basic Movement Technique] and a huge amount of identical resources out of nowhere, he must have some kind of Thousandfold Amplification talent or system! That's how novels write it.]
[Fuck, does that mean Ye Xu is the protagonist? I'm a bit scared to be in the same area as the protagonist.]
[He's still a loser, can't even get first in all three rankings with cheats.]
[Did the person above rank? What right do you have to criticize?]
[Laughing, here comes the defender.]
[...]
The thread gradually went off-topic.
Su Luo closed the post, playing with two miniature fireballs in his hand.
"Ye Xu... Thousandfold Amplification..."
This setup is practically the standard protagonist template from a novel. Su Luo felt a headache coming on.
Better stay away from him; being too close to the "protagonist" never ends well.
He opened his own Fireball post and looked at the replies below.
Oh... right, I still need to post an entry-level meditation guide...
Next time for sure!
[A scholarly man, such a high-level post, aiming high.]
[??? Are you from Chengdu?]
[I have an Exemption Stone, now I have a bold idea...]
[Could the big shot post a simpler model? I can't construct this spell model no matter what!]
After reading the replies, he lay down and began to study.