Chapter 41: The First Professional and the World Announcement!

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Jiang Yi remembered that class roulettes had become widespread roughly a month later in his previous life.

Back then, he had been drifting among the suicide squads of the Letian Club, and he was not even a proper player yet.

He had been at the absolute bottom of the apocalypse game!

Meanwhile, the major factions and organizations had already begun frantically collecting high-quality class roulettes.

It was also around that time that class roulettes became one of the methods factions used to attract players.

When many unaffiliated players reached Level 10, they found it extremely difficult to change classes on their own.

As a result, they would consider joining a faction.

And the class roulettes controlled by a faction would become an important factor for unaffiliated players deciding whether to join it.

However, roughly another month later, some unaffiliated players who disliked being bound by factions, under the leadership of several lone experts, formed a dedicated Class Alliance.

Only after the Class Alliance was established was the problem of class advancement for unaffiliated players finally resolved.

By the time a year had passed since the apocalypse, when Jiangcheng District was renamed Qingchuan Base, the Class Alliance had already become a colossal force!

But in this life, at this very stage…

Jiang Yi’s attention swept toward the Level Rankings.

Sure enough!

At a glance, every player ranked from first to thousandth was Level 10!

In other words, even the most advanced top players should not have changed classes yet.

And yet, by some strange coincidence—

Just as Jiang Yi was thinking this, a familiar mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind!

[Ding—]

[World Announcement: Congratulations to the player Jin Buli for becoming the first classed player! Reward: Class Roulette (Purple)!]

This was…

A world announcement from the apocalypse game!

In his previous life, Jiang Yi had not yet been a proper player at this point.

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Naturally, he had never heard this announcement.

But in this life…

It had actually happened today!

The world’s first classed player had been born today!

Jin Buli? He was a genuine world-class powerhouse!

In his previous life, Jiang Yi had heard world announcements triggered by this name more than once.

That expert was extremely mysterious. He seemed to have no friends and had never joined any faction.

No one knew how he had risen to prominence, or how he had managed to remain ahead of everyone else.

Jiang Yi had only seen all sorts of rumors about him on the forums, and it was difficult to tell which were true.

By becoming a proper player ahead of time in this life, Jiang Yi had, in a sense, witnessed history.

He quickly opened the regional chat channel with practiced ease.

Sure enough, the regional chat channel was currently flooded with messages discussing the world announcement!

[Jin Buli! It’s Jin Buli again! How many world announcements has he triggered by now?! Is he insanely powerful or what?!]

[I only became a proper player recently. May I ask the experts here whether world announcements happen often? And how exactly are they triggered?]

[I haven’t been a proper player for very long either. I’ve only heard two announcements. One was the world announcement for Expert Jin Buli reaching Level 10! The other was a regional announcement for our Jiangcheng expert, Luo Changqing, reaching Level 10!]

[Holy crap?! Expert Luo Changqing, number one on the Level Rankings? He triggered an announcement too? What a pity that I became a proper player too late and missed it! That’s such a shame!]

[Expert Luo Changqing reached Level 10 several days ago, didn’t he? Does he still have no idea how to change classes?]

[I heard that changing classes requires drawing from a class roulette. The expert is probably pursuing a high-tier class, so he doesn’t want to change classes casually, right?]

[Newbie here! What other announcements have the experts heard? Do all announcements come with rewards? Are the rewards generous?]

[I should count as one of the older players who leveled up relatively early. I remember hearing a world announcement on the second day of the apocalypse about someone reaching Level 2. The reward was +2 to all attributes!]

[Holy crap?! The person above became a proper player on the second day of the apocalypse?! Expert! Does the expert need a leg-hanging accessory?!]

[I’m no expert. I just got lucky. Now I’m nothing more than a useless nobody who can’t even make it onto the Level Rankings. Orz.]

[Such modesty from an expert!]

[So, does that mean the first person to reach each level can trigger an announcement and receive a reward?]

[That’s right! And there’s one world announcement and one regional announcement! As far as I know, no one from Jiangcheng District has triggered a world announcement yet! Meanwhile, that Jin Buli guy triggers world announcements all the time! It’s practically as if he’s cheating!]

[Aside from leveling up, are there any other ways to trigger announcements?]

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[There are various “firsts” as well. For example, on the tenth day of the apocalypse, I heard an announcement about someone being the first to draw a purple roulette.]

[What the hell?! Someone was able to draw a purple roulette on the tenth day of the apocalypse? Doesn’t drawing from a purple roulette cost a thousand years of lifespan? That’s ridiculously impressive!]

[What about the orange roulette above the purple one? That should cost ten thousand years of lifespan, right? Has anyone triggered the announcement for being the first to draw from an orange roulette?]

[It seems no one has triggered it so far! After all, it costs ten thousand years of lifespan! At this stage, I doubt anyone has the nerve to do it.]

[It’s not a matter of nerve! Players are all stuck at Level 10 right now. They can’t kill stronger monsters, so naturally they can’t obtain orange roulettes either!]

[All right! I have a goal to strive toward! I hereby announce that I, Zheng Wenhao, will definitely be the one to trigger the announcement for the first orange-roulette draw! Just you wait!]

All of these chats were anonymous.

In other words, only the messages themselves rolled past on the screen.

No one could see who had sent them.

Posting and replying on the forums, on the other hand, required using one’s real identity.

An anonymous environment was a mixed bag.

There were “noobs” like Jiang Yi, who had only just leveled up into proper players.

There were also old hands who had become proper players on the second day of the apocalypse!

However, becoming a proper player early did not necessarily mean that one was stronger.

It could only prove that one had enjoyed good luck in the early stages.

Jiang Yi was watching the chat channel and enjoying the commotion when—

Suddenly, another voice rang out in his mind!

[Ding—]

[Regional Announcement: Congratulations to the player Huang Xin for becoming the first classed player in this region! Reward: Class Roulette (Blue)!]

Jiang Yi looked at the chat channel again, and sure enough, it was buzzing with another round of heated discussion!

[Holy crap! The world announcement for the first classed player had only just appeared, and now someone has triggered a regional announcement! Is this the closest Jiangcheng District has ever come to receiving a world announcement?!]

[Speaking of which, who is Huang Xin? Why have I never heard that name before?! I don’t think that name is even on the Level Rankings! Is this a low-profile expert? If the expert had changed classes just a little earlier, wouldn’t he have triggered a world announcement? What a pity!]

[Oh my god! Quick, everyone, check the forums! Huang Xin himself has appeared to explain what happened!]

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