“I’m completely burnt out. I just want to find someone strong to cling to. @Angry Crow Takes Flight, are you still recruiting for Black Feather? I’m great at cheering!”
“Same here, please take me in! @Angry Crow Takes Flight, look at me! I might not be good at fighting, but I’m lucky—a professional at opening supply crates!”
...
Cheng Shuili closed the regional channel. There really wasn’t any valuable information there.
Jiang Tang sent another message over.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: By the way, Boss, the system also said that the partition leaderboard rewards can be claimed now. If you count the time, it’s been a month. I didn’t expect the stage rewards mentioned by the system at the beginning to be distributed monthly, and players have to claim them themselves—if you don’t claim them, they won’t be issued.
Cheng Shuili paused, reasonably suspecting that the system was targeting people like her who didn't listen to announcements.
She opened the panel and found the leaderboard.
Sure enough, there was a claim option at the bottom of the partition leaderboard.
Besides that, a grand regional leaderboard had also appeared next to the partition one.
Cheng Shuili tapped to check it and found a countdown—it wouldn’t be revealed until eight o'clock in the evening.
Cheng Shuili: “...”
Then why is the system even mentioning it now?
The current partition leaderboard is called the Dragon Country’s Third Region, Partition 12 Stage Leaderboard, and it’s also the first stage reward.
The last time she received leaderboard rewards was after the novice protection period ended. She didn't expect a stage to last this long!
Cheng Shuili couldn't help but look forward to it.
She gently pressed “Claim” with her finger, and in the next second, several pop-up notifications appeared before her eyes.
Cheng Shuili originally thought they were all rewards, but she didn’t expect the first line to be a supplementary explanation.
【This reward is a stage reward. Each stage lasts four weeks, totaling twenty-eight days, including one rest day in the fourth week! The stage rewards for the leaderboard will be distributed on Monday of the fifth week, which is the first week of the next stage!】
So, that’s today.
Cheng Shuili nodded. This panel provided a very detailed explanation of the stage divisions.
It wasn’t just useless fluff, which was rare.
She read it through once more to ensure no information was missed before closing the panel to check the next one.
【Stage rewards are determined by the player’s ranking every weekend, not just the final week! Therefore, the quantity and quality of each player’s rewards will vary!】
This system setting wasn't bad either.
If it only looked at the final week’s ranking, it would be a real pity for some unlucky folks who had been on the leaderboard the whole time but weren’t there for the final week.
But that had nothing to do with Cheng Shuili.
From the very first leaderboard after the novice protection period ended up to the present, she had firmly occupied the top spot on every single list.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, wearing an expression that was a bit smug but definitely not annoying.
“Is it time to distribute the rewards?”
Cheng Shuili muttered as she closed the page.
On the next page, it was indeed the rewards!
【You achieved first place on both leaderboards during the Extreme Cold disaster in the first week of the first stage. Your rewards are: Special Equipment: Constant Temperature Ring! Title: Lord of Winter!】
【You achieved first place on both leaderboards during the Extreme Heat disaster in the second week of the first stage. Your rewards are: Special Material: Thermal Core! Title: Heart of Molten Fire!】
【You achieved first place on both leaderboards during the Famine disaster in the third week of the first stage. Your rewards are: Special Building: Monument of Abundance! Title: The Unhungry!】
【You achieved first place on both leaderboards during the Acid Rain disaster in the fourth week of the first stage. Your rewards are: Special Equipment: Light-Eroding Shield! Title: Body of Purity!】
So many things? And there’s a title every week!
Cheng Shuili felt excited, scanned the rewards one by one, and closed the pages one after another.
It wasn’t over yet; the system had one final supplementary note.
【The first player to reach first place on the wealth leaderboard will definitely receive a workstation x1. For players who have already obtained a workstation, the leaderboard reward will be randomly selected from equipment, materials, or buildings. Titles can only be obtained by the top three players in each partition!】
Cheng Shuili’s mood had been exceptionally warm just a moment ago, but seeing that the titles were available to the top three in every partition, her enthusiasm instantly cooled down.
There were far too many partitions in this godforsaken place. How strong could something be if so many people had it?
She held onto a sliver of hope as she took a look, and sure enough.
“Title 【Lord of Winter】 equipped effect: Significantly increases resistance to cold environments, slightly reduces the rate of stamina consumption in low-temperature environments, and has a weak deterrent effect on cold-type creatures.”
It didn’t even add attribute points; it only had these weak effects.
The other titles were more or less the same—Heart of Molten Fire was for high-temperature creatures, Body of Purity was for acidic environments or toxins, and The Unhungry was particularly laughable.
“Slightly reduces the rate of hunger and health depletion, improves the efficiency of obtaining nutrients from food; you will find it easier to get full.”
Easier to get full...?
What on earth is this?
If she didn’t have other titles, wearing these might be fine.
But the two titles Cheng Shuili already had: one was First Slayer, the unique title for the first full-server kill! The other was Supreme Monarch, the unique title for being first on both leaderboards in the full-server summary after the novice protection period ended!
Cheng Shuili shook her head, feeling somewhat speechless.
These titles were only impressive in name.
It would have been better if they hadn’t issued these title rewards at all; now there were just a few more pieces of fashionable junk in her title menu.
Cheng Shuili closed the page and prayed that the other reward wouldn’t be junk before opening her eyes again.
The first to bear the brunt was this special equipment, the Constant Temperature Ring.
It’s a ring again...
Cheng Shuili was somewhat silent, but she still looked at the description of this item.
【Constant Temperature Ring】
【Description: A relic from a vanished constant-temperature civilization. The wearer can passively maintain a comfortable body temperature, ignoring extreme cold or scorching heat from the outside world!】
Objectively speaking, this thing was definitely useful, just not right now.
If there were another Extreme Cold event, Cheng Shuili wouldn’t have to put on her thick polar protective suit.
If she had received this item right after the novice protection period ended, it would have been an artifact!
But now it was already the first week of the second stage. Cheng Shuili had seen too many things, and her filter for special equipment had already shattered.
She shook her head and stuffed the item directly into the Abyss Ring.
Cheng Shuili now possessed a total of three rings.
The Abyss Ring, the Ring of the Hidden, and this newly acquired Constant Temperature Ring.
The Abyss Ring was a space ring, and its function was significant, not to mention the god-tier skill 【Insight】 it provided.
The Ring of the Hidden hadn’t been used many times, but it played a huge role every single time and was a genuine, hard-hitting artifact for flanking enemies.
If this game had classes to choose from, this ring would definitely be a necessity for an assassin!
Rate on N.U.
