The main quest had appeared out of nowhere.
Even Yang Ling was a little stunned.
He had only badmouthed a few people in private with Zhao Zheng. How had that triggered a main quest?
On an ordinary day, the Zhao Kingdom's Divine Realm Communication Channel received around a dozen messages a second.
After all, sending messages cost money.
Even players looking for parties or trading equipment, who had already saved up considerable amounts of silver, wouldn't spam the channel.
But once this regional main quest appeared, the message rate shot from a dozen a second to hundreds, even thousands.
Yang Ling said a quick goodbye to Zhao Zheng and headed back to Fire Jiao Island first.
Only after returning to Fire Jiao Island did he begin examining the quest details closely.
[Help the Crown Prince ascend the throne. Difficulty: A] [Help the Second Prince ascend the throne. Difficulty: S] [Help the Third Prince ascend the throne. Difficulty: A] [Help the Fourth Prince ascend the throne. Difficulty: SSS]
"Are you kidding me? The Third Prince's difficulty is the same as the Crown Prince's? Has that bastard already been preparing a rebellion?"
Yang Ling's expression grew somewhat grave. Then he glanced at Zhao Zheng's SSS difficulty and felt as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly whole.
"SSS basically means an Earthly Immortal will be joining the fight."
"So if I help any of the first three ascend the throne, the Earthly Immortals probably won't act. But if I help Zhao Zheng, we might come under attack from one, or even two Earthly Immortals?"
"Is that why it's rated SSS? Interesting."
"The game probably only considered factors within the Zhao Kingdom itself when setting the difficulty."
"I'm a player, so naturally, I wouldn't have been factored in."
"Without my