A guild could be registered anywhere reached by the World Tree's roots.
After dinner, Qi Si led Lin Chen away from the World Tree's trunk.
They passed through the clusters of buildings human players had erected atop the ruins, crossed temporary camps where people had gathered, and walked for another half hour. Only when there was no longer a single person in sight across the desolate land did he stop.
The terrain of the Ruins of Sunset was difficult to traverse. Jagged bricks and stones rose from the uneven, cracked ground, making it comparable to a cross-country hiking course.
Lin Chen followed Qi Si over hills and through streams, becoming covered in dust and grime. Several times, he nearly stumbled straight into Qi Si's back.
Now, he stopped in a patch of ground that could barely be called flat and asked between heavy breaths, "Brother, why are we avoiding people? I heard that once a guild is registered, it'll be announced on the stone monument. Everyone will know then."
"But they won't know how our guild was established, how many members it has, or who they are." Qi Si crouched before a half-person-wide ravine and reached in to pull out a golden root lying within.
He condensed the phantom image of the [Scarlet High Priest] card at his fingertips and laid it over the root, silently reciting the words "register guild."
This was the simplest process accepted by default on the forums: first, use a special item closely connected to the Eerie Game—such as an item or an Identity Card—to draw the World Tree's attention, then state one's request and trigger the game mechanism's preset automatic response.
[Registering a guild requires payment of 10,000 points.]
Silver-white text refreshed, and a points payment progress bar appeared on the system interface.
—It