Chapter 781 - 775: Don’t Compare Me to Ma Ran!
The girl circled around Zhu Ding, and the ignored "Desert Eagle" was not happy at all: "Grandpa Zhao Guanlan’s poem... Hmm, this ID is really well chosen, but even if you’re surnamed Zhao, that’s no reason to ignore me, it’s too condescending!"
"I look ordinary, it’s not like I wanted to look like this, why are you not asking me anything? We’re fellow villagers from Earth Village after all... ahem, maybe not, but we’re fellow villagers from the Solar System Village, you can’t favor one over the other!"
"What’s the deal, even playing a game requires looking at appearance? So unfair! If I had known, I would have chosen the face-sculpting mode and made myself a bit more handsome!"
Hearing such a rant, the girl with the ID "Zhao Guanlan YYDS" covered her mouth: "Your nickname is so eye-catching, such high recognition, there’s no need to ask."
"This person next to you ’Supreme of Destiny’..."
"This person has outstanding temperament; even if you sculpt your face to look better, you can’t beat that, wake up!"
"Also, my ID means ’Zhao Guanlan Forever Single,’ got it?"
The girl shifted her gaze, focusing on "Desert Eagle," chuckled twice, and spoke with a clear and elaborate NPC tone: "Dear adventurer, would you like to escort me to the nearest player camp?"
The chatterbox from Grass Hut Academy puckered up: "What desert eagle! Call me ’Supreme Sculpture’!"
"How long has ’All Heavens OL’ been open? You’ve already switched to Pig Knight..."
"Miss, what’s your background?"
"Third phase of Fulan Academy, ’Blood Flame’ Song Chu is my cousin, ’Yukong’ He Nanguang is my uncle, ’Unity’ Liu Huadie is my godmother."
"Wow! Still a powerful second generation!"
"Flattering, flattering, I’m rather low-key, don’t tell others."
"Don’t worry, I’m always tight-lipped, a bit socially anxious, don’t talk much usually."
The distance to the nearby small player gathering site wasn’t far, and the three naturally chose to travel together.
On the way, Zhu Ding remained silent, maintaining a proud and indifferent posture, played perfectly, without needing much energy, just silently listened to the conversation of the two temporary teammates.
"Desert Eagle" shared his speculation on his "Swimming Level 0" skill and self-learning, while "Zhao Guanlan YYDS" nonchalantly shared her self-created "Rough Taming Skill" and "Riding Skill Level 0."
Zhu Ding had no special feeling about swimming.
However, the pig-riding girl’s skill made him slightly interested.
His top-level power is now reduced to not even a bit, incomparable to his peak, vastly different, and it’s essential to let go of preconceptions, abandon superiority, to survive, or even climb the peak again.
Though Zhu Ding’s nature hasn’t changed, his pride has reason; at least this self-adjustment capability and good learning attitude aren’t something everyone possesses.
From mountain top to valley low, being able to maintain an enthusiastic spirit, how many can do that?
Zhu Ding is one of those few.
Previously, Ma Ran blocked all his perception abilities, and he endured in a muddled state for more than five hundred years, but he never gave up, his confidence in himself never wavered.
Given a chance, he would seize it with all his might, no hardship would ever hinder his progress!
Thriving through adversity, persevering, striving hard, bravely fighting...
These foundational qualities of a strong person, Zhu Ding definitely possesses.
Zhu Ding raised his eyes to look afar and found sixteen players gathered together not far away, clearly this is the "small player gathering site" marked on the mini-map.
He pondered for a moment, suddenly spoke: "In all heavens and myriad worlds, endless planes, every world, and even every civilization, has its unique ’tone’ and ’melody’."
"In Glory Continent, raising combat pets is a correct extraordinary path."
"Following the ’Knight’ path, although slightly harder than the ’Cultural Invasion’ and ’Court Intrigue’ paths, it’s also one hundred thirty-five times easier than your imagined ’Tech Tree Climbing’."
"Persevere on this path, perhaps you’ll reach quite a high level on this sequence, reaping massive experience to nurture your bodies left on Earth."
After he finished speaking, both the pig-riding girl and the chatterbox were stunned.
Actually, the moment silent Zhu Ding spoke, he immediately drew the attention of the two.
Frankly speaking, these two players never expected Zhu Ding to share valuable insights.
Because, in their eyes, Zhu Ding was just an arrogant prodigal from Cangming Star, too proud, actually nothing, understands nothing.
But now, as soon as Zhu Ding spoke, he turned their preconceived impression of him around.
What he said, doesn’t seem like something a normal human could organize.
"Whoa! This speech was too damn high and mighty!"
The chatterbox ’Supreme Sculpture’ was stunned for quite a while, looked at Zhu Ding as if he had seen a ghost: "Tone, melody, extraordinary path, sequence, one hundred thirty-five times, sequence, harvest, nurture...learned!"
"Clear logic, detailed examples, even accurate numbers to support, simply way too cool! Feels only a smidgen less than my Ran God!"
While speaking, the chatterbox ’Supreme Sculpture’ ran towards the nearby small group of players, while shouting: "Brothers! Finally found you! I have a great discovery to share with everyone—King’s aura is real!"
"Just now this ’Supreme of Destiny’ brother beside me, his commanding presence made me shiver, almost kneeled, feels like the protagonist himself, holding the script of the child of destiny, hurry and sign up if you want to join, don’t miss out!"
The pig-riding girl held her forehead but agreed with the chatterbox ’Supreme Sculpture’s statement.
She made a gesture of a tiny star river between her fingers: "Destiny bro is really cool, feels just a smidgen less than ’Prophet’."
On the aspect of attractiveness, Zhu Ding and Ma Ran cannot compare, but the demeanor he displayed when he spoke made people’s hearts flutter, irresistibly made them want to hold their breath, listen carefully, showing off in front of people as a small virtuoso.
Upon hearing the word "Ran God," Zhu Ding immediately understood the underlying meaning.
He furrowed his brow, his eyes filled with a bit of annoyance: "Don’t compare me with Ma Ran!"
In between heaven and earth, an invisible, intangible energy erupted around Zhu Ding.
He knew that this thing is the so-called Fighting Spirit, one of the substantive extraordinary forces of Glory Continent.
Its endurance isn’t as strong as Inner Qi in the Basic Stage of ’Burning Martial,’ yet its explosiveness surpasses it. To compare it with Alien Inner Qi or Star Power is laughable—it’s far inferior, no comparison at all.
Unfortunately, the two temporary teammates had already run over to the bonfire and were chatting with other players, completely missing Zhu Ding’s words.
At this moment, the player data panel of ’All Heavens OL’ seemed to sense Zhu Ding’s anger and promptly popped up to give him a bit of comfort.
"Server-wide announcement!"
"Congratulations to player ’Supreme of Destiny’ for creating an S-level skill ’Prisoner’s Might’ under emotional stir!"
Zhu Ding kept a straight face, looking at his skill panel.
’Prisoner’s Might’: Passive effect. The more downtrodden, the more awe-inspiring, can even frighten the cowardly to death with one’s own might. (Level status LV0. Experience status 2/100.)
This insignificant ability has nothing worth celebrating or praising.
Yet ’All Heavens OL’s data panel seems not simply providing ’data assistance’ so straightforwardly.
In a short time, Zhu Ding gained deeper comprehension of ’awe’ and ’might.’
"This..."
He vaguely sensed that this supposed game seems to be involved in the essence of the cosmos.
Data hints can provide players the most correct guidance and help. ’All Heavens OL’ players, unless they’re Iron Heads or psychopaths, can usually avoid detours on the extraordinary path, achieving twice the result with half the effort, going faster and farther!