I Am the Weakling

After finishing his noodles and returning home, the strange flutter in his heart finally subsided, and Ren Suo calmed down, understanding what had just happened.

If Ren Suo wasn't mistaken, it was likely due to the "Key Search System." When he was outside, the person who gave him that feeling was probably someone who could acquire a key.

Ren Suo still didn't know exactly who could generate keys, but based on the examples of Mo Zhaolong and Li Dan, he knew that those who could generate keys were at least stronger than him, an ordinary college student who wasn't physically active. This meant that the path of 'armed acquisition' was basically unfeasible.

Unless he could obtain some better rewards in the game.

Therefore, Ren Suo didn't dwell on the matter and continued to play If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters. After reaching the record point of 2048 meters, Ren Suo found that his speed had increased significantly. Before, he could only climb a maximum of 2 meters in altitude per minute, but now he could climb 2 meters in half a minute.

The prerequisite was that the Seeker of the Way kept moving.

At this stage, the platforms on the screen were not as dense as they were in the first two thousand meters. Ren Suo had already died once – he didn't use enough force, and the Seeker of the Way didn't jump to the corresponding platform. There was no platform below, and the Seeker of the Way fell directly to the bottom of the screen, dying instantly and having to restart from the record point.

Another time, Ren Suo controlled the Seeker of the Way to jump, but this time he used too much force and overshot. Just as the Seeker of the Way was about to fall due to slightly overshooting, the stick-figure Seeker of the Way suddenly turned around and grabbed the edge of the platform.

Only then did Ren Suo remember that the female Seeker of the Way had a setting: "Female: Can react quickly in times of crisis." However, he had been watching the stick figure for dozens of hours and had long forgotten that the character he was controlling was female...

When the Seeker of the Way climbed to about 3000 meters, Ren Suo discovered a hidden message: as the Seeker of the Way moved in different directions, some white markers on the altitude bar would turn gray.

When the Seeker of the Way jumped to the left, the 5896-meter record bar would turn gray; when the Seeker of the Way jumped to the right, the 6853-meter record bar would turn gray.

In other words, there were two branching paths here: the record points for going left were completely different from the record points for going right, and once one path was chosen, the record points for the other path could not be activated unless he returned to the 2048-meter record point.

Ren Suo randomly chose a path. When he reached 4000 meters, his speed increased again. If he moved at full speed, he could increase his altitude by 5 meters per minute.

However, the path also became increasingly difficult, and Ren Suo encountered a 'trap' for the first time.

It was a gray platform whose color was not as deep as the other platforms. When the Seeker of the Way jumped onto it, the platform suddenly collapsed. Ren Suo subconsciously pressed the jump button again, and the Seeker of the Way jumped up, just managing to grab the edge of another platform, narrowly surviving.

Ren Suo gasped, If I had fallen, my ten hours of playing would have been wasted...

Ten hours!?

Ren Suo looked up and found that it was already close to midnight. He quickly took out his phone to order takeout and continued playing – anyway, he had just woken up in the afternoon and was full of energy.

When he reached 4500 meters, Ren Suo saw other people.

Other stick figures.

These stick figures didn't move like the Seeker of the Way, jumping directly on the platforms, but walked on another path that wasn't displayed on the screen, slowly moving upwards.

The Seeker of the Way also passed them, but when the Seeker of the Way passed them, these stick figures stopped.

"This is a well-equipped team, and they are discussing you."

A strange message popped up in the game.

Ren Suo stopped for a while and found that they weren't moving, so he chose to continue jumping upwards.

Although there were traps like the gray platforms on this path, they weren't particularly difficult to deal with. Instead, when he reached 4800 meters, he saw another group of stick figures coming from behind. However, unlike the previous team of stick figures, this group was very fast, flying past the Seeker of the Way in a flash.

Ren Suo saw that this group of stick figures seemed to be sitting on some kind of vehicle, possibly a car...

"Meow meow meow?" Ren Suo was confused. There's this kind of operation?

Just as Ren Suo was wondering if he had missed some location and hadn't obtained this kind of vehicle, that group of stick figures drove back.

"Need help?" a stick figure popped up with a dialogue box.

Then came the dialogue options that Ren Suo was happy to see:

① "No need."

② "No, thanks."

That was it.

"What the hell kind of options are these!" Ren Suo complained wildly, "They both mean refusal!"

However, Ren Suo noticed that after selecting a dialogue option, it didn't execute immediately. He still had to press [Confirm], and at this point, he could choose another dialogue option.

So the Seeker of the Way said, "No need, No, thanks."

The stick figure convoy was still stopped, but after Ren Suo controlled the Seeker of the Way to move forward and upward, they also left.

Finally, at 4 AM, Ren Suo finally controlled the Seeker of the Way and reached the 5896-meter record point!

Upon reaching a record point, Ren Suo felt as relaxed as if he had completed a major life goal.

Interestingly, the 5896-meter record point was different from the 2048-meter one. The large platform where the record point was located—the platform of the record point spanned the entire screen and you couldn't fall off—had many other stick figures.

This record point had its own exclusive name: Base Camp.

Those stick figures seemed surprised to see the Seeker of the Way and gathered around, constantly popping up dialogue bubbles. However, the dialogue bubbles appeared and disappeared so quickly that Ren Suo couldn't see what they said.

Ren Suo put down the controller and went to sleep, waking up at 11 AM the next day. He felt so hungry he could eat himself, so he quickly went downstairs for a bowl of noodles to fill his stomach. The auntie downstairs saw him and said directly, "Two large bowls of Braised Beef Brisket Noodles with Fried Sauce, right?"

Ren Suo also found it a bit strange how much he could eat lately. He knew that although he was a bit of a homebody, he wasn't a fat otaku and didn't have a big appetite. Recently, it had practically doubled.

He went home and continued to challenge If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters. Ren Suo found that on the 5896-meter record point platform, those stick figures were no longer surrounding the Seeker of the Way.

After playing for two days, Ren Suo discovered that this game seemed to have a unique charm. Although the Seeker of the Way could only jump, there was skill involved in how much force to use and where to jump.

For example, before Ren Suo reached the 5896-meter record point platform, he encountered a crumbling gray platform on the required path. If he wanted to ascend safely, he would have to take a slightly longer detour to the unknown area on the right. However, Ren Suo chose to directly challenge the gray platform. He made the Seeker of the Way charge up a jump immediately after jumping onto the gray platform, before it crumbled, achieving a double jump!

His stamina bar was almost not enough, but this method of challenging was indeed quite exciting!

Now that more than half of the journey was completed, and almost every jump he made now increased his altitude by one meter, Ren Suo was very excited:

"Alright, I'm going to beat this game today!"