Chapter 53: A Unique Choice! The City of Myriad Clans!

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The title of the trending post was exceptionally direct:
[Silver Frost Club Responds: Huang Xin Did Not Use a Name-Change Card!]
In general, such unsubstantiated statements carried very little persuasion.
You claim he didn't use a name-change card just because you said so?
Well then, I also claim that the Goddess of Immortality is my wife!
However...
Wei Lingshuang was quite clever after all.
The content of her post was not merely a defense.
Instead, she proposed a hypothesis that was much easier for people to accept—
This Jiang Yi, who had descended out of nowhere to claim the top spot on both leaderboards...
Was very likely a player from another region!
As soon as this hypothesis was put forward, the chat channel erupted in an uproar!
[From another region... I can totally accept this explanation! If players from other regions can really come to our region, then cutting the line to make it onto the leaderboards suddenly seems reasonable!]
[Besides, anyone who managed to run over to another region at this stage must be an absolute powerhouse! It's only normal for them to take the top spot on both boards!]
[Speaking of which, how are players supposed to get to other regions at the current stage? I took the entrance exam from Haicheng to study at a university in Jiangcheng, and all my family members are in Haicheng!]
[I'm not a local to Jiangcheng either! My home is in Chuancheng! I miss my mom and dad so much, I want to go home O(╥﹏╥)O]
[Even if cross-region travel isn't possible, wouldn't it be nice if they could merge the regional chat channels at some point? I really want to know how my family is doing right now, and I don't even know if they're still alive *sobbing.jpg*]
[Can we please drop this subject? I'm damn near losing control of my tears QAQ]
The vast majority of players were able to accept the hypothesis put forward in Wei Lingshuang's post.
The situation surrounding this "Jiang Yi" did indeed fit the description of cutting in line to reach the top.
Therefore, the most likely scenario...
Was indeed that a player from another region had made their way to Jiangcheng!
It was just that this topic of "cross-region travel"...
Unwittingly stirred up a strong sense of homesickness and the desire to return home among quite a few players.
Gradually, more and more players began calling out in the chat channel, hoping that Jiang Yi would voluntarily share some tips or guides on cross-region travel.
At the very least, it would let out-of-town players currently stuck in Jiangcheng know the difficulty of crossing regions and give them a glimmer of hope.
Shortly after, even the top-tier forces, such as the Four Major Guilds, began publicly extending olive branches to "Jiang Yi."
On the one hand, they hoped to recruit this top-tier powerhouse from another region.
On the other hand, they also hoped that this "Jiang Yi" would proactively share some information regarding cross-region travel.
However...
Jiang Yi was not from any other region at all!
Even if he genuinely knew how to cross regions, he had no intention of suddenly growing a benevolent heart and sharing it freely.
In truth, he was quite puzzled himself—
Why had he, the one who reached Level 10 later, instantly jumped straight to first place on the level leaderboard?
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Given his previous suppression of avian and beast bloodlines,
Jiang Yi did have a tentative guess.
He had heard in his past life that the essence of leveling up was the enhancement of one's life tier.
Logically, the essence of the rankings on the level leaderboard should be the same.
Which meant...
With all his stats maxed out at the Level 10 cap, his life tier was superior to that of other players?
That seemed to be the only explanation that made sense.
Regardless of the reason,
the rewards were already in his hands.
Unburdened, Jiang Yi quickly shifted his focus back to the two special lucky wheels he had just acquired.
Special lucky wheels differed from ordinary lucky wheels, which were divided into seven grades: white, green, blue, purple, orange, red, and gold.
In appearance, they possessed a much more mysterious pitch-black color.
The options inscribed upon them were written in an eerie, blood-red script!
From the very first look, these lucky wheels gave off an intensely ominous vibe.
In reality, special lucky wheels were indeed "ominous."
Because every single special lucky wheel featured a mandatory, fixed option—
Forced Annihilation!
Furthermore, the proportion of this option was fixed at a solid 10%!
No items whatsoever could be used to exclude this option.
The probability of this option appearing was completely unaffected by any blessing effects!
This meant that any player using a special lucky wheel was inevitably forced to shoulder a...
Ten percent probability of death!
In addition, special lucky wheels came with a mandatory rule:
No matter what was drawn, it would instantly and permanently bind itself to the person who spun the wheel!
This meant that even if you drew a powerful item, you didn't have to worry about others snatching it away from you!
By the same token, however, forcing someone else to spin a special lucky wheel with the intent of killing them to plunder their treasures was utterly impossible!
Every player who desired the options on a special lucky wheel...
Had no choice but to risk their own life and gamble on the spin!
The so-called life-gambling spins of ordinary lucky wheels were merely gambles with one's lifespan.
Whereas the life-gambling spins of special lucky wheels truly gambled with one's actual life!
A one-in-ten probability might not seem high at first glance...
Yet strictly calculated according to probability theory, an annihilation would occur once every ten spins!
Therefore, even the absolute pinnacle powerhouses of his past life had almost never spun a special lucky wheel more than ten times.
Let alone ten times, anyone who dared to spin it five times was already pushing the absolute limit!
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After all, the higher-ups who sat enthroned in success, possessing the entire world, feared death far more than any loser!
Yet, the special options possessed by these special lucky wheels—capable of driving the most self-preserving powerhouses to risk their lives—were naturally extremely alluring!
For instance, a player might obtain a dual class thanks to a special option they drew!
Or perhaps a player who drew a special option might gain a brand-new player feature!
Or perhaps certain special options could be high-tier rule-based items!
For example, Jiang Yi remembered—
More than a year into the apocalyptic game in his past life,
a world-class powerhouse named Lu Li suddenly published a post on the forum.
According to Lu Li, he had drawn a special item called the [Pass to the City of Ten Thousand Clans] from a special lucky wheel.
Using that pass, he had taken a trip to the City of Ten Thousand Clans.
After witnessing the City of Ten Thousand Clans firsthand, the high-ranking expert stated without the slightest evasion—
While he could indeed be considered a towering, top-tier world-class powerhouse among humanity!
Once he arrived at the City of Ten Thousand Clans, he realized he was nothing more than an ignorant bumpkin!
Compared to the myriad clans, humanity was practically like an insignificant speck of dust!
It was also starting from that time that various bases, which had gradually developed, formed the Human Alliance within a very short span.
Under the advocacy of the Human Alliance, humanity began to curtail various unnecessary internal conflicts, shifting its core focus toward enhancing racial strength and defending against external foes.
Following that, there were likely other powerhouse players who had also visited the City of Ten Thousand Clans.
However, Jiang Yi was not among them.
And in this present life...
Jiang Yi finally had some hope of laying eyes on the City of Ten Thousand Clans himself.
However, the [Pass to the City of Ten Thousand Clans] also required the user to be above Level 10.
In other words, he had to wait until after completing his class advancement.
Moreover, the two special lucky wheels in his possession did not happen to contain the option for the [Pass to the City of Ten Thousand Clans].
Leaving aside the annihilation option, each special lucky wheel had only 9 options remaining.
Yet, not all 9 of those options were special.
Typically, special options only numbered between 1 and 3.
The remaining 6 to 8 choices continued to be ordinary options, such as ferocious beasts, longevity pills, and the like.
As for the two special lucky wheels owned by Jiang Yi, they contained a total of just 4 special options, which were—
A Wish Card, a Ferocious Beast Lair.
A Retainer Card, an Identity Card.
Just laying eyes on these four options made Jiang Yi's eyes glaze over and his scalp go utterly numb!
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