"So that was it."
Lin Yuan nodded.
For an ordinary player, Rock Bear was already well informed, but that was as far as his knowledge went.
Rose, however, added some more information:
"I've heard about these 'Seeds' too. Apparently, they're something the 'Research Institute' only figured out during the last game."
"Once the major organizations found out, they all started fighting over players who might become 'Seeds.' I heard they have special training plans for 'Seed' players."
"If someone really is confirmed as a system-marked 'Seed' player, they don't even have to follow those organizations' Transcendent Paths. Apparently, that gives them a higher ceiling later on."
Rose knew nothing about Authority, so her description was rather vague.
Lin Yuan recalled that the Consortium's manager seemed to have mentioned something similar when trying to recruit him.
He hadn't wanted to join an organization at the time and had turned the manager down outright, so he hadn't asked any further questions.
Thinking back now, if he joined as a Seed player, he wouldn't have to worry about being forced to follow the Transcendent Path prescribed by the Consortium.
Still, Lin Yuan had no regrets about his earlier refusal.
"Seeds" were marked by the system. Either he was one or he wasn't.
An organization's care and training would merely be icing on the cake.
Besides, he wasn't an ordinary player, and he had already embarked on the Path of the Lost Sanctum. He had no need for those organizations to interfere.
The group continued on, chatting along the way about gossip surrounding the major organizations and news about what lay beyond the Gate of Departure.
But these unaffiliated players really knew very little, and Lin Yuan gained no useful information.
Before long, everyone finally emerged from the tunnel they had entered at