Chapter 645 I Think I’ve Been Tricked (2/2)

Lin Huang turned around immediately and saw Yao Lan who he was expecting.

”You're 5 minutes and 18 seconds late,” Yao Lan glanced at the time and said to him in all seriousness.

”I'm sorry. There was some delay with the settings when I came in.” Lin Huang forced a smile, knowing that he was late without having to look at the time. He initially thought he could make it on time since he had entered ten minutes ahead, but he did not expect that the settings would have delayed him by 15 minutes

”Don't worry about it. I forgot to tell you about the information settings yesterday.” Yao Lan waved her hand. ”Let's get a drink and then I'll show you around.”

Yao Lan brought Lin Huang to an open-air bar and sat down. She ordered a gla.s.s of mixed fruit juice while Lin Huang ordered a gla.s.s of green juice.

”Since you were late, the drinks are on you,” Yao Lan said as a matter of fact.

”Sure,” Lin Huang replied.

He was curious as the seats were almost fully occupied in the bar as well as in the stores around. The streets were crowded too.

”Didn't you say that all people are geniuses in this virtual world? Why are there so many people everywhere?”

”The people that you see aren't human but are virtual humans. Some of them are service staff providing various services to us. For instance, the bar owner and waiters as well as the staff in the stores over there. Besides them, the rest are virtual residents who don't do anything. After all, there are limited geniuses in this world. It'd be pretty empty if we place limited geniuses in this city that's the size of an A-grade foothold. I think that's the reason why they came up with virtual residents.

”Also, there's a rule in this virtual world. We're not allowed to fight the virtual humans, or else, we'll be banned from entering,” Yao Lan reminded Lin Huang while they were on the topic of virtual residents. He was not interested in the virtual humans at all as he looked at the Stairway Tree nearby. People were climbing the tree.

”I supposed we're not allowed to fly up the tree?”

”Yes, anything that flies is prohibited on the tree. Not only that, teleportation is prohibited too. All you can do is climb.” Yao Lan nodded.

”Can I ride my summoning monster then?” Lin Huang asked.

”Yes, you can, but your flying summoning monster won't be able to fly near the tree. Besides, there's nothing that we can do about the gravity over here. Apart from summoning monsters that can climb, the rest won't apply to the tree,” Yao Lan explained.

”But even if you have a summoning monster that can climb, you'll be attacked by the other climbers much more easily.”

”They can attack as they wish?”

”Of course, compet.i.tion on the tree is intense. As long as you have sufficient abilities, besides attacking, you can kill as you wish. You'll gain half of the points of the other person if you kill him. As soon as the person dies, not only will his acc.u.mulated points in the year be cut by half, he'll have to climb from the very bottom again. Although the points can be used to redeem items, the monthly rewards are based on the height climbed. That's the reason why many people would prefer to be robbed by half of their points instead of getting killed and starting from the bottom.”

”Why are you at the bottom of the tree?” Lin Huang was curious.

”I used my points to redeem a virtual clone. My real body is on the tree. Do you really think I'd come all the way to the bottom to welcome you? There are different difficulties at different heights where we'll have to try a couple of times before succeeding. It's difficult to go back to how far you've climbed when you're starting all over again.”

”A virtual clone?” Lin Huang could not tell that she was just a clone.

”I used my points to redeem it. The clone is just an empty shall with my aura without any combat ability,” Yao Lan confirmed.

”How do we get points?” Lin Huang asked.

”You'll obtain basic points from climbing different heights. Killing the monsters on the tree will earn you points. You can kill or rob the others to get points too. You can also use items to redeem points on the system or trade with others. Those are the four ways of getting points,” Yao Lan explained in detail.

”Climbing the Stairway Tree basically depends on yourself. The most we can provide you with are some strategies. Unless we're climbing on the same height, there's nothing that we can do to help you. We don't have many members in the Sweep Alliance. Unlike those powerful genius organizations in Division 1 and Division 2, they have 18 supreme geniuses with 15 immortal-level rank-9s among them. Each of them can kill imperial-level humans.”

”Seven of the top 10 genius organizations come from Division 1 while three are from Division 2. The No. 1 in our Division 3 is only ranked No. 12 on the leaderboard.”

”Where does the Sweep Alliance sit?” Lin Huang asked.

”Erm… No. 180…” Yao Lan scratched her nose out of embarra.s.sment.

Lin Huang felt that he had been tricked into this organization after hearing the ranking.

”No wonder the Huangfu siblings were unwilling to join…”