Entering the Level Rankings

Two hours later, Lu Yang reached Level 1 at 10%. At this point, Lu Yang was ranked 10th on the Level Rankings. If he hadn't wasted an hour obtaining the Demon God's Heart and another hour cooking Electric Eel meat, Lu Yang could definitely have been ranked first.

As for the top 9 players on the Level Rankings, they were all leaders of major guilds. They relied on their numerical advantage to clear areas and kill monsters, so their leveling speed wasn't slower than Lu Yang's. Take Xiong Ba Fengyun, the leader of the Supreme Dynasty Guild, who was ranked first, for example. He brought 50,000 guild members into the game and immediately occupied a Level 1 monster area in a newbie town. Relying on 10 Mages and exploiting the game's loophole where whoever attacks first gets the kill, Xiong Ba Fengyun would hit a monster once, and the other 10 would help kill it instantly, making him the top player.

Just as Lu Yang was about to continue leveling, a sound like a phone notification went off. Lu Yang looked at his interface and saw that someone had sent him a message.

To reduce trouble, Lu Yang had already turned off the option for strangers to add him as a friend. The only person who could talk to Lu Yang was Lan Yu, who was already his friend.

Opening the interface, it was indeed a message from Lan Yu.

"Pro, you're amazing! You actually made it into the top ten on the Level Rankings."

With ten years of gaming experience, Lu Yang would be useless if he couldn't get into the first tier. He said, "It's alright. How are things going on your end? Have you started doing quests?"

"We're still collecting Electric Eel meat," Lan Yu said.

"Why are you so slow?" Lu Yang asked.

"How is that slow? Electric Eels are hard to catch," Lan Yu said speechlessly.

Lu Yang suddenly realized that it was still the early stages of the game, and they were all newbies. Catching the fast-moving Electric Eels wasn't as easy for them as it was for him.

"Don't worry, take your time. Remember to be careful when you go to the cave to level up later. Don't let anyone see you. If others follow you in, it won't be a secret anymore."

Lan Yu nodded and said, "Okay, we'll be careful."

Suddenly, Lu Yang remembered something and said, "Little girl, promise me something. Don't tell anyone my name. You haven't told anyone yet, right?"

Lan Yu said playfully, "Of course not. Don't worry, I know you want to keep a low profile~."

Lu Yang could imagine Lan Yu's current expression, smiling as he said, "Little girl, since you're so obedient, I'll give you a gift when we meet next time."

Lan Yu replied with a smiley face, and the two ended their conversation.

In fact, Lan Yu hadn't revealed Lu Yang's name. On the one hand, Lan Yu didn't want to say it, and on the other hand, Xia Yuwei, Zheng Yuan, and the others hadn't thought to ask.

Zheng Yuan was extremely jealous of Lu Yang, while Xia Yuwei didn't want to ask out of pride. She thought that after their studio grew stronger, a solo player like Lu Yang would naturally seek them out if he needed something, so there was no need to "condescend."

After turning in the quest, Xia Yuwei cooked the Electric Eel meat while saying to everyone, "Now that we have supplies, we need to hurry up and level."

Zhang Zibo said, "That's right. I really don't know how those people on the Level Rankings are leveling. There's so much experience needed to go from Level 0 to Level 1, and there are so few monsters, yet they're all leveling up so fast. I won't even mention the top nine on the Level Rankings, but even Lu Yang, who's ranked 10th and no one knows, is already Level 1."

Xia Yuwei nodded and said, "Indeed, there are too many experts in the game. If we don't hurry, it'll be easy to fall behind the first tier. If we're slow by one step, we'll be slow every step after that, and it'll be difficult to develop in the future."

Zheng Yuan, who had been silent because they found the Electric Eel, said angrily, "This Lu Yang really doesn't know what's good for him. I wanted to buy a guide from him, but he actually turned off the friend request function."

Zhang Zibo sighed and said, "I tried it just now too. What a pity. If we could contact Lu Yang, maybe we would have a chance to get on the Level Rankings too."

The top nine people on the Level Rankings were all leaders of major guilds who had been recruiting members on the Second World forums. Only Lu Yang was an unknown newbie. They guessed that Lu Yang must have found a way to level up quickly.

Lan Yu felt strange as she listened to everyone talking about Lu Yang, the person they had just met.

Zheng Yuan said irritably, "What do we do now? Where do we go to level up?"

Xia Yuwei and Zhang Zibo didn't have any good ideas either. There were people everywhere outside, and they hadn't expected the game to be so popular. Just as everyone was at a loss, Lan Yu raised her small hand and said, "I know a place to level up where no one will steal our monsters."

Xia Yuwei was stunned and asked, "Where?"

Lan Yu said, "Coordinates 7985.9867. There's an old man there. Completing the quest he gives will teleport us to a cave. It's full of Level 1 and 2 monsters. No one knows about this place yet, so we can go there."

Everyone thought Lan Yu was joking, but they didn't expect Lan Yu to even know the specific coordinates and method.

Xia Yuwei asked in surprise, "How do you know this? Is it real?"

Lan Yu playfully stuck out her tongue and said, "I don't know if it's real either. The person who told us about the Electric Eel quest told me when he left."

Hearing that it was Lu Yang again, Zheng Yuan said jealously, "Are you kidding me? If he really knew about such a place, why wouldn't he go there? It's definitely fake. I don't believe it."

Lan Yu really wanted to tell Zheng Yuan that Lu Yang wasn't going because Lu Yang had a better place to level up. He was already Level 1 and ranked 10th on the Level Rankings.

Xia Yuwei frowned slightly and said, "Second World will definitely become humanity's second world in the future. We've decided to deeply develop this game, so let's not easily make enemies in the game. Zheng Yuan, since that person knows the recipe for Electric Eel meat and has now revealed a secret leveling spot, I think this person might have participated in the beta test. We might as well try it out and see. If it's fake, we won't lose anything. If it's real, our guild will develop much faster in the early stages."

Zhang Zibo nodded in agreement and said, "I agree. In this situation, I agree to try it out."

Including Xia Yuwei, five of the seven rich kids chose to agree. Only Zheng Yuan and one of his cronies chose to object. When the studio was established, they had set up a majority-rules decision-making process. Therefore, Xia Yuwei led everyone towards the coordinates Lu Yang had given them.

In fact, Zheng Yuan wasn't stupid. He also guessed the authenticity of the cave, but he didn't want Lan Yu to have more contact with this inexplicably appearing person. After all, when the currency exchange opened in 15 days, they could use money to pave the way for leveling up and still catch up with the first tier.