Heroes' Prison

Chapter 240 - 235 Sun (5th release!)

After dinner, Huang Yi returned to The Second World and first checked the forums.

"Among the eight million criminals, 50 Rare Class Holders have been born! The ratio far exceeds the global average!" Huang Yi opened the first post.

"As of now, ten days have passed since Era Corporation provided virtual devices to every criminal. During this period, the number of new Rare Class Holders globally has reached fifty. This means that the ratio of Rare Class Holders among the eight million criminals worldwide is eleven times higher than the global average! The analyst can no longer predict how much this multiplier will increase after eighty days when the time limit for Rare Quests expires. However, this data includes the globally infamous Rose Prison, where world-level criminals are detained. Any criminal from there was once an elite figure in human society. I don’t know how many of these fifty people are from Rose Prison, but the number should be about half. In other words, roughly 25 people are criminals from Rose Prison, and the remaining 25 should be criminals from other places..."

Upon reading this, Huang Yi shook his head and smiled to himself. It seemed that people still underestimated Rose Prison. Of the fifty people, only four or five were truly not from Rose Prison.

This is the pitfall of speculation. Even the strongest analysts cannot fully guess the truth; they can only speculate on a portion of it. This kind of speculation is also a good thing for Rose Prison; it can confuse the public and prevent outsiders from understanding the true strength of Rose Prison.

Next, Huang Yi looked at other posts. Suddenly, he saw a new featured post by Poet.

"Thunder God finally established a guild, naming it Sun! Another promising guild rises!" Huang Yi was slightly taken aback, he hadn’t seen Lei Shen today and figured this must have been established today before he had the chance to speak of it.

"Just now, the player known as one of last year’s two biggest shooting stars, Thunder God, has finally created his own guild, named Sun. Considering Thunder God’s previous conquest of Sun Island, this guild name must be derived from that overseas island’s name. Currently, Thunder God is one of the top five experts in China, alongside Dao Feng, Dragon Spike, Sharp Sword, and Instakill. His creation of this guild indicates that a guild no weaker than the Xuanyuan Clan is on the rise, and players in the China region will have more options. Looking at Thunder God’s past deeds, it’s very likely that his guild will set its sights on the ocean, to avoid direct competition with Dao Feng’s Xuanyuan Clan and Lv Bu’s Hall of Famous Generals, especially since Thunder God is the first player in the world to cross The Ocean and conquer an overseas island.

"The Ocean is much more vast than land, containing endless treasures, islands, and resources. By comparison, each continent is but a speck. Whoever controls the ocean controls The Second World. At present, Thunder God is the player with the best chance of controlling the ocean. If he can build a dominion in The Ocean, he will rise above all guilds globally, and even in future national battles, it will give China a significant advantage. Given that most of China’s experts have been recruited by the Xuanyuan Clan and the Hall of Famous Generals, I believe that the remaining unaffiliated experts in China should consider Thunder God’s Sun Guild. With Thunder God’s capabilities, he will be a great leader on par with Dao Feng, and his Sun will surely shine brightly..."

Poet’s post also roughly guessed Thunder God’s main goal: to occupy the ocean. This would be evident to anyone with a bit of sense, as several of Thunder God’s notable feats related to the ocean. Moreover, Poet ended his post by recommending Thunder God’s Sun Guild, effectively giving Thunder God a bit of advertising. With Poet’s popularity on the forums, this small ad would be immensely impactful, and likely Thunder God’s Sun Guild would soon welcome a massive influx of members.

Of course, this was also good news for Huang Yi. Lei Shen’s power was in fact his own.

After browsing a few more posts, Huang Yi finally logged into The Second World.

"Meow!" As soon as he entered The Second World, Little White Cat immediately pounced on him. She was almost always waiting obediently at the place where Huang Yi had logged out, leaping into his arms the moment he came online, as if it were a daily habit.

Holding her, Huang Yi stroked her head and then started his two routine tasks for the new day.

First, he checked the medicine bottle. Today’s bottle had spawned a drop of Common Potion, nothing special.

Afterward, he checked the success rate for the 9th Stage of the Life Soul, and after spending two thousand Energy Points, he was slightly startled to see a long-awaited verdict—success!

Huang Yi had been waiting for this success for who knows how long, and today it finally came!

But the next moment, Huang Yi saw the value after the success—9%, the lowest possible!

Huang Yi hesitated. If it were 10%, he would definitely go for the upgrade without hesitation, but with 9%, he needed to think it over carefully.

In the first six levels, he didn’t care about the minimum values because he planned to eliminate those six levels, but for the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels, which he intended to keep, he didn’t want to see minimum values.

If outsiders knew what Huang Yi was thinking at the moment, they would surely curse him for being an idiot. The success rate of reaching the 9th Stage of War Soul was only 2%. It would be incredibly lucky to succeed even once. Even for Dao Feng and others, the goal was simply to succeed, without aiming for either the minimum or maximum values.

After some hesitation, Huang Yi finally gritted his teeth and chose to give up!

He had one critical consideration: the maximum value could not only increase Health Points by an extra 1%, but it might also involve a Unique Achievement.

If he achieved the path of the Perfect War Soul with maximum values for every level, it was highly probable that it would trigger a system announcement, earning him another point in National Honor Points.

For that bit of National Honor Points, it was very worthwhile to give up this upgrade and wait a bit longer. Of course, this required great courage and a long-term vision.

Moreover, even if Huang Yi invested in the 9th Stage of the Life Soul now, he would merely gain more Health Points, which he didn’t need at the moment.

Next, Huang Yi and Xiao Chunzi met up with Qin Shiyu and continued level grinding at the Tower of Pantheons.

Now, Xiao Chunzi’s level had been raised to 45, progressing very rapidly, while Huang Yi and Qin Shiyu were both at level 58, entering the top one hundred in China.

Dao Feng was still ranked first, having leveled up rapidly and broken through level 60 without any sign of level suppression, suggesting that he must have succeeded in advancing his War Soul to the 9th Stage and now had no worries, allowing him to level up with peace of mind.

The situation with Dragon Spike was similar; he had also been leveling up rapidly, closely following Dao Feng and reaching level 60, presumably having his War Soul breakthrough to the 9th Stage as well.

As players grew stronger, more and more teams were capable of attacking the 50th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, where there was a chance to drop Spirit Stones. Spirit Stones could ensure a 100% success rate for the 9th Stage.

Dao Feng and Dragon Spike were likely fortunate enough to have obtained Spirit Stones, thus managing to break through the 9th Stage in one go.

Another day passed in level grinding, and as night fell, Huang Yi and his two companions finally stopped their grind and climbed a large tree in the forest. Lying atop the giant leaves, they gazed at the stars. This had almost become their nightly ritual, as the beautiful starry sky dispelled all fatigue and worries.

"Squeak, squeak!" At that moment, some luminous monkeys flew out from the forest. These monkeys had never been seen in the outside world and were unique to this forest.

This was a primeval forest that had never been explored before, preserving a diversity of species.

"Meow!" Just then, the trio suddenly heard a strange cat’s meow, distinctly different from that of a Spirit Cat, sharp and alert, making it exceedingly eerie in the silent night.

Huang Yi immediately turned his head towards the source of the meowing and saw a tiny cat no bigger than a mouse on a large leaf. It had a very sharp nose, sniffing to the left and right, manifesting remarkable agility.

"Treasure-Sniffing Cat!" Huang Yi almost instantly recognized this rare species!