Chapter 199 A Dream Begins

After Chen Guo heard what Ye Xiu said, she didn’t even bother to finish her meal. She just ate a few bites haphazardly and immediately ran off to find out about this selection competition.

On the official website of the Glory Alliance, Chen Guo quickly found a comprehensive introduction and promotion for the selection competition. She clicked on the page and saw the promotional banner: The Place Where Dreams Begin.

“How corny!” Chen Guo couldn’t help but mutter to herself before eagerly diving into the details. After studying it thoroughly, she found that it was exactly as Ye Xiu had said. However, the official website used more promotional language. Every participating team was described as "having a chance to fulfill their dream," while teams that stood out during the selection process were called "making their dreams a reality," and professional teams that ultimately returned to the pro league through the selection competition were referred to as "having their dreams rescued."

But the most important part was the players who were discovered through the selection competition, absorbed by professional teams, and later became professional players. They were the ones who truly embodied the banner's message: The Place Where Dreams Begin.

After reading through all of this, Chen Guo was fired up with excitement and anticipation. She couldn't wait for the selection competition to start tomorrow, so they could first "have a chance to fulfill their dream," then "make their dreams a reality," and finally have some people "have their dreams rescued," while others become players for whom the "dream begins".

How do we sign up?

This was what Chen Guo was most eager to know now. When she looked, she found that the registration method was incredibly simple. When the regular season of the professional league ended, the registration channel would open on the selection competition page. All she had to do was follow the instructions at that time.

Why hasn’t the professional league ended yet?

Chen Guo immediately began to worry about this as well. Then, she flipped to the regular season schedule and saw that there were still eight rounds of matches left, which meant it would be about two more months.

"Don't worry! The later it is, the better it will be for us." Ye Xiu had arrived behind Chen Guo and, after seeing her checking this and that, he roughly guessed what she was thinking.

"That's true. We still need a lot of preparation. At least, you guys need to grind to max level, right?" Chen Guo said.

"Of course. We’ll slowly gather other equipment during the process," Ye Xiu said.

"Right now, only you and Wei Chen have a Silver weapon each. We're far behind in terms of equipment! How can we fight against those God-level characters with full sets of Silver equipment?" Chen Guo said. Although Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had fought against大神-level figures like Wang Jiexi, Han Wenqing, and Huang Shaotian in the game, he had never really clashed with God-level characters. Even his fight with Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain last time was in the Arena.

Why are God-level characters called "Gods"? In reality, they mainly rely on three things: first, the operator is skilled enough to make a name for the character; second, skill points—more skill points mean higher skill levels, which results in stronger attacks and effects; and third, equipment, which directly enhances the character's attributes. If you stripped the equipment off characters like One Autumn Leaf, Troubling Rain, Wang Bu Liu Xing, or Desert Dust, their attributes would be exactly the same as other max-level characters in the online game.

Ye Xiu and his new team at least had Ye Xiu, a God-level player, to hold down the fort. If the others trained hard, their skill levels could also improve. However, in terms of equipment, the current gap was extremely large. Even though Ye Xiu and Wei Chen each had a Silver weapon, it couldn't compare to a full set of Silver equipment. The difference between a full set of equipment and a single piece of equipment was clearly not the same concept. As for skill points, that was something that depended on luck. If you were extremely unlucky, you might only have four thousand skill points after playing for ten years, which would be incredibly frustrating. So, Chen Guo decided not to mention that for now.

"Yeah, equipment is also a big problem, so we really have a lot to do this year. Winning the Challenger League is only part of it," Ye Xiu said.

"We must work hard!" Chen Guo said to Ye Xiu, and also to herself.

"Definitely." Ye Xiu said, sitting down and immediately starting to work hard.

The next day, Chen Guo adjusted the work schedule at the internet cafe and directly freed Tang Rou from the front desk. Then, she posted a job advertisement outside the door and dove back into the private room upstairs. Her main task was to level up with Ye Xiu. She also wanted to become a professional player, but unfortunately, she was too old. Starting to train now was a bit late. She didn't have Wei Chen's foundation, nor did she have that kind of experience.

Experience was something that needed time to accumulate, that was for sure. But it didn't mean that having time to accumulate would definitely lead to experience. Forming experience required learning, thinking, and reflection. Experience also needed to be gained through diligent study and thinking.

That was why, although many older players might have been playing Glory for longer than many new professional players, when it came to experience, they were always less rich than professional players.

Was it because professional players had necessarily experienced more battles? Of course not. The key was the different attitudes of the two sides. Ordinary players played games for fun, and they passively accumulated experience. What about professional players? They would actively absorb experience. A battle, a match, a video... they were constantly engaged in this kind of thinking.

So, although Chen Guo had several years of Glory experience, her experience was graded on a different level, her experience was just too low.

Helpless, she could only use the methods she could to help everyone.

While they were leveling up in the game, Ye Xiu received a message from Mo Qiang on QQ.

"I'm here, what's up?" Ye Xiu replied to Mo Qiang.

"Two bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Mo Qiang asked.

"Just tell me together..."

"Your money is all gone, and I didn't manage to get all the materials you wanted," Mo Qiang said.

"What's still missing?"

"Lan Bai Jing (Blue White Crystal). It's not because I didn't have enough money! It's just that after asking around, I couldn't find anywhere that had it in stock. If there was any stock, I would have paid for it myself," Mo Qiang said.

"Okay, thanks! It seems like I'll have to find a way to get the last one myself," Ye Xiu said.

"I'll keep an eye out for you too," Mo Qiang said.

"Okay. What about the other stuff? Do you have it all now?" Ye Xiu asked.

"I got it. Come back and get it. Damn, holding onto so many treasures, I'm really afraid to leave the city. If someone killed me and took it all, they'd make a clean profit of 100,000! I even thought about hiring a hitman to kill myself and then steal your materials," Mo Qiang said.

"Alright, I'll come back and get it quickly! But could you teleport me to a main city that's closer to me?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Okay, tell me where you are, and I'll come over," Mo Qiang said.

In the Realm of Gods, there were teleportation arrays established between the major cities. Otherwise, with the vastness of the Realm of Gods map, if players had to rely on their legs to run everywhere, the Glory game company would probably have been blown up by the players long ago.

In a remote main city in the level 55 area, the population was as sparse as the level 55 training area. Throughout the entire Realm of Gods, apart from the characters of players who had abandoned their accounts during the level 55, 60, or 65 eras, it would probably be difficult to find anyone who wasn't level 70. Everyone's activities were mainly focused on the level 70 areas. Few people came to the low-level areas, and the corresponding main cities were not lively.

Following the coordinates, Ye Xiu saw Mo Qiang's character, whose name was Xiao Qiang Kuai Pao (Little Qiang Runs Fast), and whose class was also a sneaky one, a Thief.

Seeing Ye Xiu's Lord Grim arrive, Mo Qiang admiringly praised Ye Xiu’s flowery-youth-like equipment. Then, he traded, handing over all the materials he had obtained.

"How are you planning to get the Lan Bai Jing (Blue White Crystal)?" Mo Qiang asked.

"I'll go back to the normal server to scout for information and see if I can steal a Boss," Ye Xiu said, directly using the word "steal". In Glory, it was too difficult to kill a wild Boss in a harmonious manner.

"Oh, the new server, right? Your level shouldn't be too disgusting over there, right?" Mo Qiang said.

"Yeah, but if you were at that level, it would be disgusting," Ye Xiu said.

"Hahahaha, I can't even level up that high even if I were hacking," Mo Qiang laughed.

"Alright, I'll leave first, I'll find you if I need anything," Ye Xiu said.

"Okay, remember to think of me if you have any big deals!" Mo Qiang said.

"Definitely, definitely." Ye Xiu saw Mo Qiang's Xiao Qiang Kuai Pao (Little Qiang Runs Fast) off, and then stored the materials he had received. Although the materials were not complete, he could still upgrade several forms of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella. However, now that he had reached the Realm of Gods, if he upgraded the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella here, it would be subject to the rule of "can only advance, cannot reverse", and the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella could not be taken back to the tenth server. So, Ye Xiu put it aside for now. After saying hello to Chen Guo, Lord Grim simply teleported back to the tenth server.

The tenth server.

A commonplace system notification would normally be unremarkable to anyone, but in the tenth server, it instantly caused an uproar.

"Damn, Lord Grim, he's back again!!!"

Several guild leaders received this notification. Who told them to be so eager to add this expert as a friend? Now that the expert had gone to the Realm of Gods, they hadn't deleted this friend, thinking it would be nice to keep it as a souvenir. As a result, it had this effect. Last time when Lord Grim returned, everyone was very melancholy, and as expected, he stylishly broke a few records and then left. This time, what did this guy want to do?

It had been a long time since Lord Grim had been seen in the tenth server, and it had finally reached the kind of state that the major guilds had hoped for. The dungeon records were always under their control, and the players gradually realized the power of these major guilds. The Happy guild had initially received some attention, but with Lord Grim gone and no records to stimulate everyone's interest, it was now completely out of the sight of the major guilds.

But now, this Lord Grim was back again! Did he want to break a few more records and leave? The tenth server players had finally started to forget about him, why did this bastard come back again? Was it calculated?

The core members of the major guilds were spitting blood, they really wanted to hold a street protest.