It had to be said, if not for Ouyang Linger doing the homework and making the marks, Zhang Yue would never have even known, the World 42 was truly a treasure land.
The Eternal Kingdom was divided into five nations.
Namely: Fire Nation, Water Nation, Wind Nation, Thunder Nation, Light Nation.
The place where professionals appeared was a neutral zone: a small border town belonging to none of the five nations.
And the mission of the World 42 was to visit the five nations one by one, and raise one's official rank to at least the level of [Scholar].
The ultimate mission was to raise the official rank in any one of the nations to [Lord].
The five empires allowed complete freedom, without a sovereign. People were divided into three classes and nine ranks according to official position.
The hierarchy of ranks was divided as follows: lowest-level Slave, First-rank Commoner, Third-rank Scholar, Fourth-rank Noble, Fifth-rank Lieutenant General, Sixth-rank Great General, Seventh-rank Lord, Eighth-rank Emperor, Ninth-rank God Emperor!
When a professional first entered a nation, their starting position was always Slave. They needed to raise favorability by helping the people of that nation, completing missions, defending the country, and so on, in order to advance in rank.
The higher the rank, the greater the rights enjoyed in that country.
For example: reaching Great General level allowed the player to command some NPC soldiers in the city to help kill monsters and fight.
Lord level allowed one to dine with palace maids.
Emperor level allowed one to command anyone of lower rank to serve them. If the other refused, the empire would blacklist them, forever preventing them from gaining favorability by any means.
As for God Emperor, one could rule the entire empire.
But according to historical records, since the beginning of the Otherworld, no professional had ever managed to reach God Emperor rank within the World 42.
Because the difficulty of upgrading increased with every step.
Especially the leap from Emperor → God Emperor, which was practically an impossible challenge.
In addition, the higher the official rank, the more bonus experience and power energy one would gain when killing monsters in the wild.
This indeed matched what Ouyang Linger had said: it could speed up Zhang Yue's leveling.
So many otherwise unremarkable professionals, who could not experience the joy of being above others in the real world, indulged in the pleasures of nobility inside the empires of the World 42, becoming addicted and unable to free themselves.
Even when they already met the conditions to advance to the World 43, they still chose to remain in the World 42, experiencing the joys of being a Lord or Emperor.
Aside from rapid leveling.
According to Ouyang Linger's guide: within the five empires there were armories, and once one reached Lord rank, they could open them and freely borrow golden equipment of 35–40 stars.
But Lords and Emperors could only borrow equipment.
"Once official rank reaches God Emperor, you can obtain unlimited permanent access to the armory's equipment. The condition is that such equipment can only be used by yourself, not lent to others, not traded, not sold."
"For ordinary people, reaching God Emperor would mean permanently acquiring a set of top equipment from the empire's armory, laying the foundation for attacking the World 43. But for you, you could use the armory's equipment for your Transcendent Set to infinitely devour and upgrade."
"I've already checked. Equipment obtained from the armory this way will be judged by the system as equipment you personally obtained, fitting the Transcendent Set's devouring requirements. Theoretically, once you unlock the armory and activate infinite equipment acquisition, you can raise your Transcendent Set to 42 stars within the World 42."
Looking at his Transcendent Set, which had only just reached 28 stars—
How could Zhang Yue not be tempted?
From 28 stars to 42 stars.
That was a surge of 14 whole star levels.
Zhang Yue could hardly imagine how amazing it would feel to boost the Transcendent Set from 28 straight to 42 stars.
How massive would the attribute increase be.
Because, though the Transcendent Set's devour-to-upgrade system looked simple on the surface, in reality it was not so easy.
For the Transcendent Set to devour equipment, the prerequisite was that the equipment had to be obtained personally by Zhang Yue himself.
If not for this restriction, he could just buy a batch of 30–40 star, or even 50–60 star gear from the market, and in minutes upgrade his Transcendent Set to 100 stars.
But Ouyang Linger's explanation of the armory's feature perfectly fit the Transcendent Set's upgrade needs.
Leveling + equipment star-boosting.
This really was Zhang Yue's paradise.
"Only, in all history no one has ever raised their rank to God Emperor in the five empires. Even strongmen like Beacon Nation's Ghost Swordsman Elfa, Cold Nation's Frost Law King Kwon Ji-hyun, and Bear Nation's Hell Dragon Rider Restiev couldn't."
What Ouyang Linger said, Zhang Yue of course understood.
He knew just how hard it was to reach God Emperor.
Because in a past life, when he had attacked the World 42 as Asura, he had already experienced this.
At that time, not knowing God Emperor could use the armory's gear freely, Zhang Yue had raised his rank to Emperor, but after a week of effort and still not reaching God Emperor, he gave up.
"Looks like, is it time to break yet another record never before achieved?"
Clearly, Zhang Yue had already made up his mind.
He turned to Chen Zijin, "Of the five nations, which will you choose?"
Chen Zijin glanced at Zhang Yue, "Where you go, I go."
"Alright then, let's go to the Light Nation. The paradise I dreamed of as a child."
Chen Zijin asked curiously, "Really? Is there something special about this Light Nation?"
Zhang Yue showed a mysterious smile.
"Light Nation, here I come!"
Choosing the Light Nation as their target, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin activated the teleport array and instantly arrived inside its borders.
———
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As two beams of white light fell, Zhang Yue, teleported into an ancient-feeling city, looked around and sighed with some disappointment.
Just as Chen Zijin was wondering why Zhang Yue reacted this way, nearby another professional who had just arrived in the Light Nation shouted to the heavens, "Sure enough, television lied! The Light Nation doesn't have giants at all!"
Chen Zijin: "???"
She looked at Zhang Yue with incredulous eyes, and the next second couldn't help but burst out laughing.
'Men are boys until death!'
At that moment, the system prompt came down.
["Ding~ Welcome to Eternal Kingdom's Five Empires · Light Nation. Your current rank is [Slave]. Please raise your rank by gaining favorability."]
And so, from this moment on, the Light Nation had two more slaves.
"Ahem, to become God Emperor, starts from this moment!"
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