At this moment, in The Second World, across more than two hundred continents, in every corner, this voice resounded, and billions of people heard this announcement!
Whether they were players level grinding by slaying monsters, players enjoying the scenery, or players who had just died and were waiting for resurrection in the dark space, regardless of the China exclusive continent, the United States exclusive continent, or the distant overseas islands, everyone heard this announcement!
In the previous world records, the highest-level monster slain by a player was level 157, but now, a level 250 super Boss was instakilled, shattering this record!
The whole world was shaken!
Soon, the news traveled from The Second World to the real world!
All the major media outlets scrambled to report the news. Through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio, the name "Instakill" swept across the world like a storm.
At this time, somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, a nondescript little boat was drifting with the wind, with two people inside.
"Brother 7, what do we do next? That bird, who knows if it completed the quest or not, we’ve been waiting for three days, and it hasn’t flown back," said a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy. His face still had a youthful appearance, but his dark skin and calloused hands revealed him to be an experienced sailor.
The man he referred to as "Brother 7" was a man in his early twenties. Tall and slim, he was dressed in a black shirt. He had a clear-cut face and fair skin, with a gentle expression, like a young master from a family of wealth. Currently, he was slowly tuning an old-fashioned antique radio, which emitted a "zzt zzt" sound of static.
Just then, a voice came from the radio: "Dear listeners, we have a news flash from The Second World. Just moments ago, a Chinese player named Instakill successfully slayed a level 250 Hydra Death Scales, breaking the previous record of level 157 held by the Japanese player Heavenly Dao..."
Upon hearing this, the man shook his head and chuckled, "Instakill? I didn’t expect Brother Yi to pick such a showy name. Let’s go! We’re heading home!"
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Huang Yi was unaware of everything happening in the outside world; at this moment, he heard three system prompts one after the other:
[System Prompt]: Congratulations on killing Hydra Death Scales, completing the Rare Race and Rare Class quests with a 100% completion rate. You have earned the opportunity for a random Rare Race and Rare Class. After relogging, you can proceed with the randomization for a Rare Race and Rare Class.
[System Prompt]: Congratulations on obtaining the [Unique Achievement]—[Surpassing Two Hundred Levels]. Unique Achievement Points +1. Experience Points acquisition speed +5%. [Surpassing Two Hundred Levels]: Slay an NPC that is over two hundred levels above your own.
[System Prompt]: Congratulations on obtaining the [Special Achievement]—[World-renowned]. Special Achievement Points +1, Prestige Points acquisition speed +5%. [World-renowned]: Have your name appear in a system announcement, known to all under heaven.
A Unique Achievement and a Special Achievement! These two rewards were incredibly generous!
Achievements are divided into three tiers: Common Achievement, Special Achievement, and Unique Achievement. Common Achievements usually don’t pose much of a challenge and everyone can achieve them, but Special Achievement and Unique Achievement are more difficult.
Special Achievements require the completion of a very difficult challenge, and many players may go their whole lives without obtaining a single one. Take, for example, this Special Achievement [World-renowned]—it requires a player’s name to appear in an announcement. With ten billion players in The Second World, only a mere few can make it to the announcement.
Unique Achievements are even harder to gain, as they require a player to be the first to complete certain challenges! And they are unique; once obtained, no one else can achieve it again. That means, anyone who later kills an NPC that is more than two hundred levels above themselves will not be able to obtain Huang Yi’s [Surpassing Level 200]Unique Achievement again.
However, the rewards for Special Achievement and Unique Achievement are also very high, permanently enhancing a certain attribute, truly worthy of their difficulty. The two achievements Huang Yi had just received increased the acquisition speed of his Experience Points and Prestige Points by 5% each, a permanent improvement that would bring continuous benefits.
With that, Huang Yi had finally completed the Rare Quest! And he had slain a level 250 super Boss, an opportunity that comes only once for each person. It doesn’t rely on one’s own strength, but on finding the key point to the quest—if it’s not found, the chance is lost forever. In the future, massively surpassing levels to kill monsters would be impossible, as the power difference would be too great.
But for Huang Yi, these were not the most important. What mattered to him the most was that he would meet the legendary president of the Era Corporation—Mr. Huang Sha! With just a single word from him to the Federation, just one word, Huang Yi could gain his freedom!
Then, he would set another world record—the only criminal to ever leave the Rose Prison alive!
Huang Yi bent down and picked up the two green eyeballs on the ground. He then collected the eyeballs of the four guards outside the door as well, adding to the eight he already had, for a total of eighteen eyeballs!
[System Prompt]: Congratulations on obtaining the [Eye of the Hydra - Deathscale].
[Eye of the Hydra - Deathscale] (S-rank, Functional Treasure)
Required Level: 10
An eyeball containing the Tears of Time, after complete consumption, one can obtain the ability of the "Eye of Time," which allows the user, under specific conditions, to peer into parts of the past and future. However, this skill cannot predict the proactive actions of players.
This ability is quite strange; being able to see through the past and future is almost beyond the scope of skills; one might even say it borders on fantasy.
But after some careful thought, Huang Yi figured out the principle behind it. After all, this is a virtual world where many things are decided by the system. Ordinary people can’t see the system’s thoughts, but the Eye of Time can. For example, if a system NPC is going to attack him in five seconds, that is a command from the system, so the Eye of Time can see it. Similarly, when a player dies, whether it’s resurrection or reincarnation is also decided by the system, and the Eye of Time can see that as well. But when it comes to the proactive behavior of players, like where a player is going tomorrow or what they will do, that is completely unpredictable. That’s also why Death Scales, despite having the Eye of Time, couldn’t foresee Huang Yi killing him, because Huang Yi is a player, and what he does is his own action, unrelated to the system.
"Instakill!" Just then, an ancient voice suddenly sounded before Huang Yi, as if coming from the endless remote ancient times, traversing the vast river of time.
Huang Yi immediately looked ahead.
In the air before him, ripples slowly flashed, and soon after, a figure slowly materialized from nothingness, an old man with white hair, white beard, and white robe, even his eyes were white. Holding a white magic wand, he stepped out of the void, like a distinguished figure from another world crossing over.
"Who are you?" Huang Yi watched him warily and promptly put the 18 eyeballs into his storage ring.
"I am the Prison Warden of the Heroes’ Prison." The old man fixed his gaze on Huang Yi, slowly smiled, his face wrinkling like tree bark, "I’ve been watching you these days, and you’ve performed quite well."
"Is that so? Thank you for the compliment," Huang Yi replied indifferently, still on guard. He couldn’t trust anyone now; previously Laus had claimed to be the Prison Warden, and now this strange old man was saying the same. He had to be suspicious.
The old man turned his head to look around the Heroes’ Prison, memories flickering in his white eyes, and spoke faintly, "When Lord Reaper sent me to manage this prison, so much time has passed so quickly, and now, with the whereabouts of Death God unknown and myself aging, I no longer have the time to manage this prison, which has allowed Death Scales to exploit a loophole. Since you were able to kill him, it proves you have some skills, so I shall hand over the Heroes’ Prison to you. When necessary, you may reveal this prison to the world, letting people know that the Death God’s Temple still stands!" With that, the old man waved his right hand, and a tattered book flew out, landing at Huang Yi’s feet.
"The Death God’s Temple has fallen, and even the famous Heroes’ Prison can only be left in the hands of a green youth, heh heh! Pathetic, truly pathetic!" The old man shook his head and chuckled, turned around, and walked back toward nothingness. His figure gradually faded and eventually vanished as if he had never been there.
Huang Yi watched as the old man disappeared into the air and could tell from his tone that he was probably the real Prison Warden. But now, he had given up his position.
Huang Yi looked down at the book at his feet.
The book was thick with a worn cover, even somewhat tattered, not looking like it was anything special at all.
Huang Yi bent down and picked up the book.
[System Prompt]: Congratulations on obtaining the [Book of Heroes]
[Book of Heroes] (Special Item)
The book contains details of the Heroes’ Prison and can be used to summon the entrance to the Heroes’ Prison anytime. One can enter it through this entrance.
Huang Yi weighed the book in his hand; it wasn’t heavy, but he felt a significant heaviness from it. Behind this book was the world-renowned Heroes’ Prison, undoubtedly one of the most powerful areas in the entire virtual world, even the Magic God was imprisoned inside, and his number was only 11. Who then were the criminals ranked in the top 10? What sort of person ranked number 1?
Now, he was to take charge of this formidable prison! Countless heroes, magical beasts, and even powerful gods within it, were all under his command!
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