Zhang Heng himself had never been too hung up on the rankings. His goal from the start had only been to make the top fifty, so unlike the other players, he had played only two Proxy War instances.
Yet the scores from those two games had still returned him to the top of the leaderboard.
Zhang Heng had barely left the lounge on the bar's second floor when he received several messages, mostly congratulating him. The first came from Black Swan, as full of suggestive implications as ever.
"Handsome, I opened a bottle of red wine at home for you. Want to come have a drink?"
The second was from Rabbit.
"Hahahaha, I really want to see February Siege's face right now. Seriously, you're way too strong, aren't you? You only played two games in the first round of Proxy War instances, and you still beat everyone else?! And who's that β right below you? Do you know? They look really strong too. I can't take it, just thinking about it makes me happy. So Guanghu finally got what was coming to them. I need to secretly order a late-night snack behind my mom's back, and I have to tell Li Bai the good news too!"
Given the previous conflict between The Consortium and Guanghu, Rabbit's delight was clearly not without reason. The third message came from Ding Si at Fulou, and it contained only one sentence.
"Nice one, brother. We just got a new batch of items. I'll send you the descriptions later and see if there's anything you need."
There was also a message from Shen Xixi. Hers was much simpler, merely congratulating Zhang Heng, though she could not help adding a heartfelt comment at the end: "Getting three thousand points in the first round is one thing,