Chapter 170

"The Paradise beasts are as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river, Lord of the System, what a Lord of the System!"

Meng Yi's anger rose from his heart, but then he found himself angry for nothing.

The "Lord of the System" is a 14th-rank breakthrough player, still one final step away from the peak level of the myriad worlds; he cannot afford to provoke such an out-of-spec monster right now.

But that doesn't stop Meng Yi from recording today's humiliation in his little notebook, intending to settle the score when he has the chance in the future.

To be fair, if a life form below the 14th rank in the myriad worlds can survive after being humiliated by the "Lord of the System," that's enough for them to brag about for a lifetime.

Just look at Kakuzu from the Naruto world, who threw a shuriken at Senju Hashirama from eight hundred miles away and bragged to everyone he met later that he had fought the God of Shinobi and escaped unscathed, attracting a group of clueless small-fry to fawn over him, causing the reputation of "Great Hero Tree King · Senju Hashirama" to be unfairly damaged.

"Hmph! I've noted this grudge!"

"Since I can't do anything to the Lord of the System in the short term, I'll find other players to vent my anger on!"

Meng Yi decided to devote himself to studying the loopholes in the "Evolution Paradise · Balance Mechanism" to block any possibility of latecomers taking advantage of them.

"However, considering the situation where the Lord of the System exploited loopholes and caused them to be plugged, other loopholes are also highly likely to have been plugged by other beasts."

Unable to carry out the 'Leek Agent' plan, he only had 2S + 200,000 Paradise Coins left in his pocket.

Meng Yi prepared to explore the 7th-rank commercial street.

……

Leaving his personal residence, Meng Yi, looking like a human, felt out of place among the other 7th-rank players.

"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm showing my cards!"

Meng Yi, disguised in a human appearance, twisted his neck.

The human shell instantly expanded into the "Infinite True Realm."

The stellar-system-sized "Infinite World Tree" connected the Nine Heavens Fantasy Realm, the Twelve Human Worlds, and the Nine Netherworlds.

The world crystal wall of the "Infinite True Realm" fluctuated, revealing many 'Human' characters inscribed with laws, and continuously spread the 'Human' thought pollution outward.

"Reasonable! Very reasonable!"

Meng Yi, traveling in his true form, insisted on his final stubbornness, floating swaggeringly in the 7th-rank public area manifested in the starry universe.

……

"Friend! Friend!"

Arriving at the "Commercial Street," a sparkling polyhedron spinning round and round flew over, greeting Meng Yi eagerly.

"Hi hi hi!"

"It's you, it's definitely you, I recognize you!"

"We met in the 'Omnipotent Zone' of the 7th-rank public area in the last dungeon, you were in line in front of me, remember now?"

"I just said the World Dao likes to disguise itself as a human form, who doesn't know who among 7th-rank players! Now you've shown your true colors, haven't you?"

The Nine Heavens Fantasy Realm of the "Infinite True Realm" extended into nine light hands that covered the sky and sun, poking at the 'Human' characters engraved all over the world crystal wall.

Meng Yi scolded sharply: "Bullshit! Are you blind?"

"This is a human! Haven't you ever seen a human who looks like this?"

The polyhedron player with a prankster personality loved nothing more than watching players of the same level break their defenses.

What fun is there in pranking small-fry compared to pranking a 7th-rank player?

The sparkling polyhedron happily performed a 720° Thomas flair on the spot.

"Hehehe, friend, look, I don't have eyes."

The polyhedron beast jumped up and down, not taking Meng Yi's 'blind' comment to heart at all.

Or rather, the more intense Meng Yi's reaction, the happier this cheapskate was.

The best way to deal with a prankster is to ignore them.

Meng Yi stopped moving forward, and the "Infinite True Realm" space folded into a human shape.

"You must be a 7th-rank breakthrough, right?"

Having suffered a loss, he had to find a way to get it back elsewhere; Meng Yi decided to fish for information from the polyhedron beast.

"Hehehe, 7th-rank breakthrough, that's right."

The polyhedron player was happy to have a 'person' to chat with, as it was a prankster that people and dogs alike hated.

It admitted its 7th-rank breakthrough identity without the slightest concealment and shared the Paradise's comprehensive evaluation of it for Meng Yi to see.

"Friend, are you trying to ask why I'm still in the 7th-rank area and haven't participated in the '7→8 Promotion Assessment' to reach the 8th rank?"

"Hehehe, I felt like I'd known you forever, friend."

"There's no need for us to beat around the bush when chatting, just ask whatever you want to ask."

The polyhedron player, idle and rolling around everywhere, attracted curses from many players, and Meng Yi, who was very close to the prankster, was also affected.

……

One 'person' and one ball left the 'crowd,' found a secluded corner, and sat on a public seat resembling the "Pillars of Creation" astronomical wonder to chat.

"It's very simple, because I'm a 4th-rank player."

"What does the '7→8 Promotion Assessment' of the Cesspit Paradise have to do with me?"

"Two dungeons per rank, three rest periods, only then do you reach the promotion assessment."

"There's still one dungeon left before I participate in the '4→5 Promotion Assessment,' I'm not panicked at all."

A 4th-rank player?

Meng Yi raised an eyebrow; the cheap-acting polyhedron was actually a top-tier fish-fryer.

According to the polyhedron player's words, 7th-rank S-level evaluation, player level +lv6.

They met last time in the "7th-rank · Omnipotent Enhancement Zone," and this dog thing had just finished the "3→4 Promotion Assessment" and possessed the foundation of a 7th-rank breakthrough.

"When did you grind to the 7th-rank hidden authority?"

Hearing Meng Yi's inquiry, the idle polyhedron shone brightly, and a large '2' grew on the surface of its crystal.

"The '2→3 Promotion Assessment'."

"Hehehe, friend, the 'Promotion Assessment' is a good place."

"Low-rank dungeons don't squeeze out much oil, if you want to become strong quickly, you have to rely on the 'Promotion Assessment' for stable performance."

"It's not just me, that insect sword tomb that was queuing last time is also low-rank level, high-rank authority; I met it in a special dungeon."

A special dungeon?

Something like an "Invitation to the Strongest Tournament," a dungeon specifically for fish-fryers?

Meng Yi associated it with the MOBA game ranking mechanism he played in his past life.

In regular dungeons, players of any rank might end up together.

In special dungeons, players with low 'hidden scores' obviously aren't qualified to participate.

"Friend, can you tell me about special dungeons?"

Meng Yi, looking like a human, turned to the side.

Who would have thought the polyhedron player would fly away with a 'whoosh.'

"Hehehe, I won't tell you~ Bye-bye~"

Having whetted Meng Yi's appetite, the polyhedron beast rushed into a black hole vortex and disappeared without a trace.

……

"Cheap! This dog thing is really cheap!"

Meng Yi rubbed his brow, inferring the evolution speed of the polyhedron beast based on existing information.

It got an S-level (7th-rank) evaluation in the "2→3 Promotion Assessment," which means this beast must possess 7th-rank combat power.

lv20+6+6, the two dungeons of the 3rd-rank player level kept its player level stuck at lv29.

"Two dungeons + one promotion assessment, from combat power rivaling the 7th rank, it improved to a comprehensive evaluation of 7th-rank breakthrough."

"So the polyhedron player's 'special dungeon' was highly likely encountered during the 3rd-rank player level stage."

Meng Yi clicked on his personal information panel and looked at his "Comprehensive Evaluation: 6th-rank top-tier → 7th-rank mid-tier," which was the change brought about by the 2.1 dungeon.

"Speculation: The value of a 'special dungeon' is almost equivalent to a 'Promotion Assessment'."

"Otherwise, it couldn't support a player's 'Comprehensive Evaluation: 6th-rank top-tier → 7th-rank breakthrough'."

Meng Yi stood up from the public seat and thought while walking towards the "Commercial Street."

"Second speculation: The difficulty of 'Comprehensive Evaluation: 7th-rank breakthrough → 8th-rank' is even higher than I imagined."

"This argument can be drawn from the fact that the polyhedron beast didn't undergo a qualitative change in strength after going through a 4th-rank dungeon."

Discover problems, summarize patterns, apply patterns.

Meng Yi applied the situation of the 'fish-fryer · polyhedron' to himself.

How long would it take for him to improve from "Comprehensive Evaluation: 7th-rank mid-tier" to "7th-rank breakthrough"?

"'Strongest Tournament' + '2→3 Promotion Assessment', two consecutive special dungeons, a comprehensive evaluation of '7th-rank breakthrough' shouldn't be a problem."

Like 'Giant Brother', 'Wizard Sister', 'Polyhedron', these 7th-rank breakthrough fish-fryers have likely all settled in the 7th rank for a period of time and haven't yet completed the qualitative change from the 7th to the 8th rank.

Perhaps their combat power rivals the 8th-rank natives in the dungeon, but combat power ≠ comprehensive evaluation ≠ hidden authority.

If he wants to grind to SS-level, according to Meng Yi's test field model, he has to create a test field with the potential to become a river-system-level civilization.

"As for the transformation from '7th-rank breakthrough' → '8th-rank'……"

Meng Yi couldn't think of a solution for the time being; the upper limit of Paradise low-rank dungeons is too low, and the resources are too few.

Other fish-fryers aren't necessarily much worse than him, aren't they also stuck at the 7th-rank breakthrough, unable to break through to the 8th rank in the short term?

"The further you go, the greater the span of each rank."

"Correspondingly, the advantage of fish-fryers is getting smaller and smaller, and the nutrients provided by the vast majority of low-rank regular dungeons are starting to fail to keep up with the growth speed of fish-fryers."

"Until the fish-fryer players who have fallen behind tend to be consistent with the ruthless characters who climbed up from ordinary players."

A monthly salary of 3,000, rising to 6,000, an increase of 100%.

A monthly salary of 10,000, rising to 13,000, an increase of 30%.

A monthly salary of 100,000, rising by 3,000, is very insignificant.

A monthly salary of 1,000,000, rising by 3,000? Are you dismissing a beggar!

Temporarily suppressing his worries about the future, Meng Yi's mouth curled up slightly, looking forward to the upcoming "Strongest Tournament" even more.

……

Arriving at the 7th-rank commercial street, Meng Yi found that there were too many talents there!

For example, a brother……

Uh, that's not accurate, it should be a player with a man's heart and a woman's body, selling a full set of things at a street stall that shocked Meng Yi.

"Don't miss it if you pass by! Step on your left foot with your right, good stuff for becoming strong quickly!"

"Kämpfer Bracelet · Ultimate Version + God-Machine Bloodline · Reason-Fan Version + Dao Heart Planting Demon · Magic Modification Version + Narcissism Curse · Concept Version + Shattered Dream Blade Technique!"

The stunningly beautiful brother posed and tried his best to promote his ruthless work.

The Kämpfer bracelet turns you into a woman, the God-Machine bloodline gets stronger the more you are planted.

Dao Heart Planting Demon plants in yourself, the Narcissism Curse ensures you love yourself and can trick others into falling in love with him.

The chain structure leads to the Shattered Dream Blade Technique getting stronger the more you are cuckolded, eventually reaching the system limit.

A whole set of "Self-Cuckold Engine" is sold for only 1 Paradise Coin, not even enough for the 50 Paradise Coin starting fee for setting up a stall.

This beast set up the stall on purpose to disgust others, spending 50 Paradise Coins to satisfy his own bad taste.

"Friend, do you have any other ruthless work?"

Meng Yi paused slightly and asked the Cuckold Brother with interest.

"Eh? Others might not, but since you've come, little brother, I must have some!"

The Cuckold Brother, who was strict with himself, blew a flying kiss, scaring Meng Yi into dodging to the side.

Seeing the Cuckold Brother take out a half-man, half-woman purple-skinned monster from his pants pocket.

"Brother, look quickly, is this thing of mine ruthless?"

【Name: Chaos Gods · Slaanesh

Status: "Demon of Lust and Depravity", "God of Love and Beauty"

Origin: From "Derivative Warhammer Worldview"

Integrity: 100%

Contained Rule Concepts: Desire, Pollution, Love, Freedom……

Initial Rank: 12th Rank (Incomplete)

Comprehensive Evaluation: SSS-level (9th Rank)

Note: After leaving the "Warp" and "Warhammer Worldview," this life form's strength drops significantly!】

"? ！！！！"

Meng Yi's mentality exploded; he originally thought it was a beast looking for fun, but he didn't expect it to be a beast capable of capturing Slaanesh alive, with strength breaking through the sky!

Seeing that Meng Yi had no intention of buying, the Cuckold Brother slapped Slaanesh twice in the face.

Then this guy cast a rather sophisticated holy light on himself, turned into a Celestial Incarnation form, and began to torture Slaanesh on the street.

The Cuckold Brother cursed while torturing.

"So damn unlucky!"

"I thought I'd found a treasure, who would have thought it was a super lame garbage land-bound spirit."

"……"

Meng Yi was speechless, automatically filtered the holy light content of the Cuckold Brother, and said weakly: "Big Boss, what is your player level?"

The Cuckold Brother didn't stop his actions; he was more Slaanesh than Slaanesh and more Khorne than Khorne.

"S-ha~! lv99! Peak Great Perfection of the Novice Village! Half a foot into the ranks of high-level players!"

"My comprehensive evaluation is 11th-rank breakthrough, but my beast index is only a mere -6!"

"Jie-jie-jie-jie-jie, do you know what this concept is?"

"At this very moment, I wish I could let the whole Paradise know that there is such a quasi-high-level player as me, with a credit value of only -6!"

"What is this? This is the conscience of high-level players! This is the light of the Paradise's righteous path!"

More and more players joined the crowd.

7th-rank, 8th-rank, 9th-rank, and even friends of the Cuckold Brother in the 10th-rank area…… probably.

Meng Yi, weak, pitiful, and helpless, mixed into the crowd and became a small-fry on the sidelines.

……

The Big Boss's stinky showing off continued.

Meng Yi left the unspeakable place where the holy light was getting thicker and thicker and the surrounding players were clapping and cheering, feeling the air suddenly become a bit fresher.

"The '14th-rank breakthrough player · Lord of the System' of the previous era left the initial -7 credit value record of the Novice Village."

"And the Cuckold Brother is actually complacent with a -6 credit value……"

"From this, it can be seen that the credit values of other 10th-rank players have basically all been raised to -7."

"Are high-level players following the pattern and imitating the 'Lord of the System's' method of harvesting leeks?"

Meng Yi's brows were tightly locked; 5th-rank players can still be harvested, but 6th-rank players basically can't be harvested anymore.

How did the 10th-rank players of this era manage to break the restrictions and happily get a -7 credit value?

"The culprit 'Lord of the System' spreads the -7 credit value method wantonly, which shows that he is a beast who likes to share."

Meng Yi thought about it and decided to add the "Lord of the System" as a friend to ask what the price of breaking through the -7 beast index is.

……

The "Auction House" was still very eye-catching in the "Free Trade Zone."

Meng Yi walked into the reception room that every player has in the auction house, clicked on the most eye-catching 'All-Player Unlimited Grand Auction' on the virtual light screen, and the top column was the ruthless work of the "Lord of the System."