Chapter 1332 - 1298: Entering Ancient God Town
This day, for the Players of Glory of the Gods, was nothing less than a special date worth remembering.
As the foremost race among the Hundred Races on the Rafam Continent, the Celestial Race, after having suddenly vanished for several thousand years, was about to once again return to people’s sight.
The Celestial Race had left behind far too many Legends on this ancient land, to the point that people were always full of Adoration and yearning for their existence.
At the very moment when, in the game, the system announcement for the opening of the "Celestial Race" popped up.
At least tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of Players worldwide, all chose to switch to the race [Celestial Race] at the first possible instant.
Even when the "Winged Race" was opened back then, the spectacle had been hard to match this.
At the same time.
Countless people used the Teleportation Arrays of the various Main Cities, rushing into this [Ancient God Town] where the "Celestial Race" resided.
This Ancient God Town located on [Paradise Island], after lying dormant for several thousand years, once again迎来了属于它的辉煌时刻.
Hundreds of millions of Players swarmed in, quickly filling every street and alley of the town.
In an instant the place became packed to the brim, a sea of heads surging.
All kinds of noisy chatter and cries of surprise erupted one after another in the blink of an eye.
In order to accommodate all these Players from all corners of the World at the same time, the system had no choice but to enable instancing; in one go, the channel count of [Paradise Town] shot up to several hundred, and was still continuously increasing.
However, what came next left everyone incomparably disappointed.
The so-called [Ancient God Town] was actually just a somewhat Ordinary, even a bit old and worn town at first glance.
It did not seem particularly special because of the existence of the "Celestial Race".
On the Hundred Races Continent, towns larger, more prosperous, and more exquisitely built than this Ancient God Town were simply too numerous to count.
Even the Celestial residents in the town were no different from us ordinary people.
They neither had three heads and six arms that made them look overwhelmingly powerful;
nor was the place filled with the imagined legions of handsome men and beautiful women—on that point they weren’t even as good-looking as the Winged Race’s pretty men and women;
even the clothes they wore looked like those of refugees, completely lacking the temperament and elegance that "Celestial Race" people were supposed to have.
"So this is the Celestial Race?"
Standing on a street barely a few meters wide, Mingmen Yue’Er spoke up with some surprise:
"It’s a bit different from what I imagined."
Although Mingmen Yue’Er didn’t spell it out, the disappointment in her tone couldn’t have been more obvious.
Everyone subconsciously looked toward Zhang Xinying, including Lin Yi.
What surprised them was that Zhang Xinying, however, remained calm as she said:
"The so-called Celestial Race are fundamentally just mortals, there’s nothing strange about that."
And Dongfang Jing, who had just returned to the team and looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness, suddenly said:
"If not for these mortals, perhaps the Hundred Races Continent would have ceased to exist long ago."
Zhang Xinying glanced at Dongfang Jing, somewhat speechless, but didn’t say more.
Right now Zhang Xinying had inherited the memories of her previous life, but regarding Dongfang Jing, or that equally famous God Kalsa, they actually had no overlap.
Strictly speaking, that was only natural.
The two of them hadn’t even belonged to the same era in their previous lives.
It was only several hundred years after the Celestial Race disappeared that the fame of Kalsa the God gradually rose, coinciding with the invasion of the Demon Race.
As for why Zhang Xinying had just been surprised, perhaps she’d been surprised by that pointed remark from Dongfang Jing.
If back then the Celestial Race hadn’t made that near-extinction choice, the current Hundred Races Continent might have long since fallen and become a slaughterhouse for those outside races.
What Zhang Xinying hadn’t expected was this.
The Celestial Race had blocked the assault from the outside races for the Hundred Races Continent, yet who would have thought that even when the Rafam Continent gathered the power of all the Hundred Races, they still couldn’t withstand the assault from the Abyss Demon Race.
It turned the once-prosperous Hundred Races Continent into the current miserable state.
Facing the Demon Race’s attack, they even had to rely on the hands of "Players" to resist.
With the opening of the "Celestial Race", in just a few minutes, an entry titled "Disappointing Celestial Race" rapidly climbed to the top of the forum rankings in all Battle Zones.
Countless people were busy吐槽 about all the ways the Celestial Race fell short of expectations.
However, all this obviously had nothing to do with Lin Yi and his group.
This time Lin Yi’s goal was very clear, and that was Leveling up!
After arriving at the [Ancient God Town], Lin Yi directly led everyone to the central square of the town.
In the middle of this not-so-large square, above a ground paved with bluestone slabs, there floated a glowing ring.
This was, in fact, the Teleportation Array within the town.
Lin Yi directly opened the Teleportation interface, and a list of options popped up before his eyes.
Please choose your destination:
[Town South (Silver-winged Insect Lv40–Lv45)]Difficulty: ★★
[Town North (Rock Frogman Lv45–Lv50)]Difficulty: ★★
[Town East (Mutated Bane Lv50–Lv60]Difficulty: ★★
[Town West (Frenzied Giant Ape Lv60–Lv70)]Difficulty: ★★
[Lake Heart Island (Golden-winged Insect Lv70, Yaksha Lv73, Three-Color Python Lv75)]Difficulty: ★★★
[Valley of Oblivion (Undead Guard Lv75–Lv79)]Difficulty: ★★★★
[Road of No Return (??? Lv80–Lv84)]Difficulty: ★★★★★
[Cancel Selection][Return: White Tiger City]
Note 1: After choosing a destination, you and your teammates will be Teleportationed out after 3 disappear, please arrange your time reasonably and choose your destination.
Note 2: In your team, [Feng Hua] holds the special Equipment [Heart of Time]; you and your teammates can stay at your destination with no time limit.
This was the selection screen Lin Yi saw after opening the Teleportation Array.
In fact, Zhang Xinying, Tian Ci and the others could all observe this selection panel at the same time.
It was just that, apart from Lin Yi, they couldn’t choose the destination.
Handsome to the Point of Crumbling asked curiously in the team channel:
"Where are we going to grind Levels?"
Tian Ci said:
"I think Town West is pretty good. We can just use it to bring everyone up to Level 70 and hit the Seventh Transformation."
Right now in this team, aside from Lin Yi having the highest Level, the next highest was Handsome to the Point of Crumbling at Level 72.
Then came Zhan Chen and Yuna at Level 71, and the rest were around Level 68–69.
Although at this Level they were already part of the small group standing at the top of the pyramid in-game.
In Lin Yi’s eyes, however, it was still far from enough.
Stable as a mountain was comparatively more cautious at this moment and said:
"I also think going to Town West would be good. We can first get used to the strength and rhythm of the mobs here."
"If it goes well, we can slowly move on to higher difficulties."
Everyone more or less agreed with what Stable as a mountain said, but Lin Yi said:
"That’d be too slow."
While everyone was still stunned, the [Valley of Oblivion] option was instantly highlighted.
Then they heard Lin Yi say:
"Let’s try to get everyone to the Seventh Transformation before the version update."
After that, streaks of light flashed one after another, and Lin Yi and the others vanished from where they stood.
What followed was the most important step in Lin Yi’s plan:
Leveling!
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