Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards-Chapter 624 - 411: Circles, Book Pavilion, and Entrusting Responsibilities
Wang Zhifan faced these players, who were potential allies, without holding back, and directly informed them of the known information.
"Please rest assured, according to my investigation, the Demon Realm forces mentioned in this dungeon have indeed descended partially, but their numbers are still small and not easily seen. I believe they’ll intensify soon, so we won’t worry about dungeon progress then."
"Really? Brother, where did you learn this?"
"Really?"
"Good news is always welcome!"
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The six players from different countries in the real world became excited upon hearing his words and questioned the source of his information along with more detailed intel about the Demon Realm enemies.
In this situation, Wang Zhifan also adopted a stance of open sharing, allowing these almost clueless players to benefit greatly, while establishing his unique position in this dungeon, as who wouldn’t want to befriend someone well-informed?
"Brother, the dungeon info you shared with us is crucial! You must be a player skilled at gathering intelligence! Please join our team! As long as everyone works together and complements each other’s strengths, we can surely clear this dungeon smoothly!"
A young man with sunglasses, presumably from Xia Country, finally invited Wang Zhifan to join, hoping a skilled intelligence player like him could patch up the gap they currently had.
But Wang Zhifan was aware of his own situation—he wasn’t particularly skilled at gathering intelligence; he simply possessed some unique advantages that allowed him to interact with some high-level dungeon NPCs, thereby creating an information gap with these somewhat bewildered players.
Therefore, he didn’t immediately agree to join, stating instead that he still had some personal matters to attend to and would consider teaming up after handling them.
Anyone could hear that this was a polite refusal, but the six players weren’t too surprised by it.
After all, just now they were the ones being fed information by Wang Zhifan, essentially beneficiaries, and hadn’t demonstrated their group’s value yet, so it was normal for others not to be interested for now.
This led to some discussions within the group after Wang Zhifan took his leave.
"Hehehe... didn’t expect us six average Lv60 players to be underestimated by a single player... who is that person anyway? Some Lv80+ master? How come I’ve never heard of him in the circles?"
The young man from Xia Country, wearing sunglasses, was now puzzled, trying to recall his experiences in various high-level player circles but couldn’t match any players with the young man’s description.
Don’t think his thoughts were naive—considering the player base is so large, it’s normal to encounter unfamiliar experts. Yet, the number of high-level players is relatively small and stable; basically, it’s just those few matching each other over time, especially the very top players worldwide, accounting for just twenty or thirty people, most of whom have become familiar faces.
This situation is akin to high-ranking matches in popular online games—the game might have millions of players, but those who make it to the truly high-level arena are just two or three hundred, while the top tier is often long-time rivals among a dozen or so people, with few new faces emerging.
If newcomers reach top-tier levels, they’ll soon catch the attention of the others in the circle, quickly becoming familiar faces, showing the narrow transparency of the top-tier players.
As the young man with sunglasses finished speaking, the others in the room looked around, shaking their heads.
"I don’t recognize that person’s appearance."
A short male player with an Asian appearance replied.
"I haven’t heard of him either."
Another young female player, with more of an island nation vibe, responded.
"Possibly some newly elevated novice with special intelligence tools, but unfortunately this dungeon’s punitive phase has been strengthened, otherwise... hehe..."
A Black player with a very Mei Country demeanor showed his white teeth as he laughed, the meaning unspoken.
"We should try our best to have him join our team; I sense he’ll have a crucial role in this dungeon, best not to anger him..."
An imposing and robust White male player followed with his opinion.
Beside him, a White female with freckles remained silent, slowly chewing on a children’s lollipop, seemingly having some mental issues.
Turning our attention elsewhere, Wang Zhifan had already returned to the streets, continuing his personal exploration of the vast city.
He adopted the most primitive method of walking, sweeping through streets one by one, until he finally found a nine-story book pavilion named Celestial Essence Book Pavilion, much larger in scale than he initially imagined.
Entering the first floor of the book pavilion, he discovered a rich collection of books ranging from leisure novels, agricultural knowledge, essential construction techniques to geography and customs, and even mathematics, possessing the characteristics of a grand miscellany.
Starting from the second floor, the books changed to cultivation-related ones, no longer including miscellaneous books.
The second floor comprised entirely of martial arts Cultivation Techniques, with external skills, Inner Power, and Lightweight Skills all complete, none were of low grade, at least Wang Zhifan didn’t see any deceitful stuff like "Wild Dog Saber Skill"; a few made him somewhat tempted.
The third floor, however, contained classic Taoist texts, including "Pure Scripture," "Taiping Scripture," and "Supreme Sensing Chapter," where Wang Zhifan observed several natives staying there reading and learning, possibly those wishing to join the Taoist sect.
