"Slaughter for entertainment?" Wang Xuan lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before slowly nodding. His tone was calm, yet he precisely exposed the core of it. "It really is a slaughter.
The Royal Clan used vast resources to gain a rapid start, then exploited the information gap to recruit ignorant ordinary Players. In the end, they wiped out all the Players in one sweep and cleared out the Plot World."
A flicker of relief crossed his mind. If he had not awakened a Unique Rank talent, he would probably have been like most ordinary Players, barely scraping by in the Secret of the Linked Cities world. Forget entering an Intermediate Martial Arts World—he might still have been going in circles in a Low Martial Arts World, only to eventually face the Royal Clan's oppression.
When ordinary Players faced the Royal Clan, if they did not want to wag their tails and submit like dogs, their best option was to stay far away from the main plot and flee with all their might until the plot ended and they returned to Origin Earth Star. But in that case, they would inevitably receive an extremely low world rating and find it difficult to improve for the rest of their lives.
Seeing that he agreed, Xu Zhiruan's eyes flashed with hope. She stepped half a pace forward and said solemnly, "Therefore, as a Tower Master Player who possesses Authority, the Federation has an obligation to bring you back and protect you!"
"Protect me?" Wang Xuan murmured softly, a trace of mockery flashing through his eyes.
He recalled the days before his Heavens Tower Mark had lit up, when Feng Shaoyun had bullied him freely at the academy and humiliated him endlessly. Where had the Federation been then?
Forget protection—there had not