Ranking Token

What's going on?

The fat man and his companions stared blankly at the hand holding the weapon and at Xiao Fan standing before them.

Xiao Fan's face darkened. "I almost wiped out you bunch of unfilial sons."

Not far away, Dr. Xin looked at Xiao Fan and his group in disbelief.

"How could they...?"

This mind control technique was created by him by fusing the properties of the God Demon Stone.

Normal humans could never escape, yet these people regained consciousness in just a few seconds?

How so?

Dr. Xin's understanding of humanity is stuck hundreds of years in the past. He is unaware of the game invasion and how ordinary humans have already gained powerful abilities within the game.

He was even more unaware that the player's skills could break free from his mind control.

Since Dr. Xin is marked as a level 75 BOSS by the Game System, his strength will be like this.

However, it's still quite difficult for players like Fatty who are level 40 or 50, but they won't be as ineffective as robots that can't deal any damage.

Xiao Fan focused on dealing damage, while the others provided minor damage; they eventually wore it down.

"A great, mysterious power! I've tried so hard, why did I still fail!"

As his health was depleted, Dr. Xin's icy blue God Demon Heart shattered into pieces and finally disappeared.

Congratulations on your team's kill of Dr. Xin.

"What a pity."

Xiao Fan sighed; he had thought this wondrous Heart of Gods and Demons would explode.

It disappeared unexpectedly; it's a bit of a waste.

Task 1 has been completed.

Now, as long as they get the Ranking Card, they can clear this secret realm.

Only then did Xiao Fan notice Yang Dianfeng's message in the Nearby Channel, realizing that Yang had already left the secret realm.

"You're lucky, kid."

Upon seeing the friend request, Xiao Fan clicked on it and found it was from Yang Dianfeng.

After thinking about it, he agreed.

To his surprise, he received a message from Yang Dianfeng the next second.

"Great God Jiu Chen, you escaped the pursuit? That's wonderful!"

"Chased? What chase?" Xiao Fan frowned. After a while, he remembered that when they rushed out of the Underground City, Yang Dianfeng was unconscious. Xiao Fan didn't want to carry such a burden, so he gave him a token heal and ran away.

He then felt that this might damage his reputation as the number one on the combat power ranking, so he made up a lie in the chat Nearby Channel. He never expected that Yang Dianfeng would see it.

"It's good that you escaped. The situation was urgent; you were unconscious, and those robots were very powerful. I had to distract them first."

After replying without batting an eye, Xiao Fan closed the game page and ignored Yang Dianfeng.

"Brother Chen, we've completed the first two tasks, but what exactly is this Ranking Card?"

Hearing the fat man ask this, the others also looked at Xiao Fan with curiosity.

Xiao Fan told everyone about the subsequent Ranked Match.

"So, in the later stages of the game, we'll be competing against people from other planets?" The fat man suddenly stood up, his voice filled with excitement.

Qin Muyu: "It sounds a bit exciting."

Xiao Fan:...

"You guys seem really excited?"

"Isn't it exciting to compete against players from other planets?" Taichu's eyes shone brightly.

"I've never seen an alien before, I'm so curious to see what they look like!"

"I can't wait to fight for Blue Star competition!"

Xiao Fan: "Only players ranked in the top 100 of the global Combat Power Leaderboard can participate in the queue tournament."

The scene fell silent immediately.

Let's talk about Ranking Card.

Damn! They're not even at a level where they can create Leaderboard, let alone a global Leaderboard!

This is inhuman! They need qualifications to compete for a spot! This is going to dampen the enthusiasm of all these players!

"Since Ranking Card are game items, will they be obtained from players?" Qin Muyu guessed.

"But all the players are in the Shadow Realm. Now that the Underground City is closed, how are we supposed to get back to the surface?" Wind Snow Traveler shook his head slightly, a helpless look on his face.

Xiao Fan suddenly spoke up, "Who told you that you can only return to the Shadow Realm when you go to the surface?"

"The Shadow Realm was originally a habitat created by players on this planet using Space Stone to open up space. It doesn't actually exist on this planet; its location on the surface is merely to mislead others."

"My god? Games have this kind of thing? Space Stone create habitats?"

For Blue Star who have never been exposed to mythology or cultivation-related knowledge, this is simply too amazing!

"Brother Chen, how do you know all this? And where did you get that red longsword?"

The fat man finally couldn't help but ask.

He was so curious! He had a feeling that something had happened to Xiao Fan.

"Nothing much. It's just a small side quest. This red longsword is a quest reward, but it can only be used within this secret realm and cannot be taken out."

Back in the bookstore, Xiao Fan heard a lot about this secret realm.

The Shadow Realm Player are actually people from the City of Gods and Demons. In order to avoid having God Demon Stone embedded in their bodies, they didn't hesitate to cut off their own hands and feet and gouge out their eyes.

Dr. Xin believed that these disabled people were unworthy of possessing great, mysterious powers and wanted to use them for experiments.

At that time, those who had inlaid the God Demon Stone had not completely lost their human emotions. At their pleas, these people were merely expelled from the Mysterious City.

Then the game began. Those who were disabled could enter the game, but those who had the God Demon Stone embedded in their bodies lost their player status.

Although the game is about invasion, it gives the people of this nearly abandoned planet hope for survival.

A group of disabled people also struggled to survive in the game until they created the T1 Rank Profession Mecha Hero.

This Profession is actually similar to the Mechanist created by Xiao Fan. The only difference is that after changing to Mecha Hero, players can still become mechanized even without limbs, and they can also have Mechanical Wings after Profession up.

The emergence of Mechanist compensated for the physical deficiencies of Shadow Realm Player, allowing them to rise rapidly in the game.

All players in the Shadow Realm only choose this one Profession.

This is one of the reasons why they were able to rise so quickly.

The player who created the T1 Rank Profession Mechanist was the old man with Mechanical Eye that Xiao Fan met in the bookstore, named Shuo Fengye.

He spotted the invisible Xiao Fan from the very beginning. Later, when Peng Qing and the other old God Demon Human left the bookstore, he stopped Xiao Fan behind them.

At that moment, Xiao Fan was ready to quit the game, but then a side quest appeared.

Xiao Fan did something for Shuo Fengye in exchange for the red longsword, the method to enter and exit the Shadow Realm, and the exact location of Fatty and the others.

Xiao Fan was still completely bewildered.

Why would Shuo Fengye, as the spiritual leader of the Shadow Realm, help an alien player?

Why was Shuo Fengye's request given to him as a side quest in the game?

Ultimately, Xiao Fan came to a conclusion.

His understanding of "Cloud Sea" is far from sufficient.

After resting for a while, Xiao Fan stood up.

"You all stay here and don't move. I'm going to the Shadow Realm to find Ranking Card."

"Brother Chen, let's go together." The others also stood up.

"No." Xiao Fan shook his head. "If nothing unexpected happens, the Shadow Realm is currently searching for us throughout the city. I can use invisibility to evade them, but if you get caught again, I'm not sure I can save you."

Hearing Xiao Fan's words, the others stopped insisting.

"Brother Chen, be careful."

"Um."

~

Xiao Fan once again appeared invisibly at the <Memory> bookstore.

He wanted to ask about the Shuo Fengye Ranking Card directly, since he had lingered in this secret realm for too long, and it was event time now!

"Our deal is complete."

Shuo Fengye was sitting behind his desk reading when he sensed Xiao Fan's arrival and spoke without looking up.

Xiao Fan sighed again, realizing that they still needed to level up as soon as possible.

For advanced players, even if he is invisible, others can still sense him.

"I need your help with something," Xiao Fan said calmly.

Shuo Fengye raised his eyes, his Mechanical Eye precisely targeting Xiao Fan's direction. "I won't help you, no matter what."

Xiao Fan: "We can talk. I can give you Evolution Fragment."

Shuo Fengye's wrinkles twitched slightly. "I have thirty million Evolution Fragment, how many can you give me?"

Xiao Fan:... You might not believe it, but I can only give you three.

"Forget about that, do you know where I can get a Ranking Card? I need one," Xiao Fan asked directly.

Shuo Fengye: "Five million Evolution Fragment, I can sell you one."

Xiao Fan: "Would it be alright to give you Red Crystal or Blue Crystal?"

"Five hundred Red Crystal or five hundred Blue Crystal." (Shuo Fengye)

Xiao Fan:...

"Do you like beautiful women?" Xiao Fan asked again.

Finally, Shuo Fengye raised his head, looking at him with disbelief. "You can change your gender?"

Xiao Fan quickly waved his hand. "No, no, no, that won't do."

"I have a beautiful autographed poster of a gorgeous woman here. I wonder if I can exchange it for a Ranking Card."

As Xiao Fan spoke, he took out the autographed poster of Dance Weaver from his Space Ring and placed it in front of him.

This is the most precious thing in his Space Ring!

"A signed Dance Weaver!"

Shuo Fengye sprang up from his seat, his Mechanical Eye seemingly glowing.

Xiao Fan's heart skipped a beat.

Judging from Shuo Fengye's appearance, this thing probably isn't very valuable.

"I should have taken out the Rag Doll Button first," Xiao Fan thought with deep regret.

Shuo Fengye looked the poster in Xiao Fan's hand up and down twice, and finally came to a conclusion.

"It really is a Dance Weaver!"

"I'll trade!" Without saying a word, Shuo Fengye pulled out a rectangular gold sign and threw it in front of Xiao Fan.

"Ranking Token, give me the poster."

Xiao Fan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shuo, what do you need this poster for?"

Shuo Fengye didn't answer him, "Are you changing or not?"

Xiao Fan hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he handed the poster to Shuo Fengye.

"No matter how valuable this thing is, it's useless to me right now. I'd rather exchange it for Ranking Token clear the dungeon. At worst, I can play <Dance Instead> more often later; maybe I'll even get a poster."

Thinking this way, Xiao Fan felt much better.

Shuo Fengye almost snatched the poster from Xiao Fan's hand and carefully held it in his arms.

The sight of that precious object made Xiao Fan feel as if he had lost hundreds of millions.

"Garlic Bird, Garlic Bird."

Xiao Fan reluctantly picked up the rectangular token from the table.

Congratulations, player, on obtaining the Ranking Token.

That's true.