Chapter 23: The New King in the Spotlight of All

Instance opened: the 9th, No. 3 Main God Space.

A rapid knock sounded, and the man sitting on the chair lifted his head: "Enter."

With a crisp door‑opening sound, a boy hurried in.

"Guild Leader, Lin Jiu entered the instance on his own!" Su Zhong said anxiously.

After a player joins the guild, entering an instance must be reported to the rank and arranged by the rank; ten percent of the points earned after completion must be handed over to the guild, and private instances are prohibited.

"Why are you saying it now?" the Guild Leader said, glancing at the instance live stream on the desk.

"He said he wanted to rest, asked a few people, but no matter how he sent messages there was no reply, also in the house…"

"Is that so? If it's done, then it's done; we'll submit the points later." The Guild Leader didn't mind, after all Lin Jiu ranks in the top ten of the player leaderboard, bringing abundant combat power to the guild.

Su Zhong's voice trembled a bit: "…took the guild's equipment."

The Guild Leader raised an eyebrow: "Took what?"

"Location tracking…" Su Zhong bowed even lower, almost at a ninety‑degree angle: "Very sorry, didn't notice; if it's a monster, let it be!"

The room fell into a rather long silence.

Location tracking, as the name suggests, only requires entering the player's ID to guarantee the other party enters the same instance.

The equipment, already quantifiable by points, can only be obtained if the instance clearance rating is S, and then the entire guild would also achieve S.

The previous server‑wide announcement already caused discontent among guild members; then Lin Jiu took the location tracking again, and Su Zhong could only hurriedly beg forgiveness from the Guild Leader.

"First, stand up and answer a question," the Guild Leader said slowly.

Su Zhong lifted his head, sweat droplets trailing down his forehead.

"The new player Lin Jiu is looking for… who?"

"Lu Ming, probably Lin Jiu's friend." Thinking of that night, Lin Jiu's gaze never left Lu Ming, and Su Zhong's complexion turned somewhat grim.

"Lu Ming…" the Guild Leader murmured, looking at the instance live stream.

Live title: Shock! S Player appears! Come watch!

Yilin Ka set it so that the higher the viewership, the more points are shared; earning money while lying down, why not?

"Did you see the new leaderboard?" the Guild Leader said.

"Not yet."

The Guild Leader opened the new leaderboard; Su Zhong was stunned, his pupils gradually constricted.

The first place glaringly displayed two characters: Lu Ming.

【New Instance Rating: S】

【No instance participation records yet…】

"…" Su Zhong stared in amazement; he had thought the youngster could only reach C at most, and would go further.

"If Lin Jiu is looking for…" the Guild Leader leaned back, his voice lax: "Then we trust the guild's … any objections?"

Look, swapping a few pieces for an S Player is a sure profit, but the worry is that stronger guilds snatch everything; just yesterday, even the top guild 【Gravity】 openly recruited S Players on the forum, promising generous resource points, leaving us with almost no advantage.

The only advantage is that Lin Jiu is childhood friends with the S Player; if Lin Jiu can bring the S Player into his own guild, he will become the guild's greatest contributor, and those few pieces are trivial.

"Take a look." the Guild Leader waved his hand, signaling Su Zhong.

Su Zhong leaned in; the instance live screen showed Lu Ming!

On the screen, Lu Ming stared straight at the camera:

"Although it's a game, becoming a player… always clings to the guaranteed days in instances; even if you return to the Main God Space, you still worry about the instance; such a life is no different from a mouse's."

"…players also pursue life; instead of stagnating, try taking a few steps, the Main God Space, skills, to become travelers of various realms, to see a broader world; the unknown always makes one yearn, the feeling of knowledge… I'm just an ordinary student, never expected to be suddenly pulled into a game; alien civilizations or gods, does enjoying life always grant such rights? Enjoy life, enjoy the game."

"Enjoy life, enjoy the game…" Su Zhong chewed over the words repeatedly, glanced at the Streamer, Lin Jiu: "Where is Lin Jiu? Should be…"

"If any problems arise, the Live Broadcast Room is currently unwatchable," the Guild Leader said: "The instance rating is A, the increased difficulty is normal."

The higher the instance rating, the greater the instance difficulty, according to the game's rules.

Seeing Su Zhong worry about Lin Jiu, the Guild Leader continued: "Did you notice any similarities?"

Quickly switching to the Live Broadcast Room leaderboard, the next few rooms were top streamers on the player list, while Yilin Ka's room stood out conspicuously.

Su Zhong began to observe the common points; as his gaze shifted, his complexion grew increasingly shocked.

"Lu Ming's…"

"Exactly." the Guild Leader nodded: "Lu Ming's identity—Ling Chang'an, a unique identity, meaning that among tens of thousands of instances, only Ling Chang'an!"

Unique identity?

Su Zhong dared to imagine; such a situation had never occurred before, and the organizers actually arranged a special identity specifically for Lu Ming!

The organizers seem to favor the New King, promising rewards and assigning a special identity; of course, a special identity implies higher difficulty.

But even the organizers aren't that optimistic, let alone the guild; the S Player has already become a forum hot search.

"When Lin Jiu returns, let's meet that S Player," the Guild Leader looked out the window: "If they can join the guild, that would be an undeniable boost!"

Thus, Lin Jiu asked Su Zhong to help submit Lu Ming's membership application.

Su Zhong had never brought it up; that night he casually said they'd wait for consent, already hoping Lu Ming would join the guild, but it would hinder Lin Jiu's face to say it directly.

Perhaps they didn't expect that Lu Ming actually wanted to join the guild; both sides were perfunctory, only Lin Jiu was especially serious.

"Alright…" Su Zhong felt a pressure in his chest, many words, yet said.

Obviously, if the S Player joins the guild, the gains will be massive in points and guild reputation; the guild will escape the scarcity of power, and may even cooperate with top‑ranked guilds.

At the same time, the guild also tried to recruit the Streamer, having Yilin Ka promote the S Player.

Yilin Ka didn't pay attention, also no bullet-screen audience interaction, then continuously argued with the S Player, and then was threatened.

the live broadcast room's heat still decreased, but instead it got higher and higher, everyone is curious, that arena directly asked the organizer what kind of S Player.