Swallowing the Stars: Starting from the Endless Dungeon

Chapter 93 The Curtain Falls

"Hahaha! Good! What a fine Su Jing!"

Inside the imperial palace of the Spirit Pattern Empire, the Spirit Pattern God Lord looked at Su Jing's ranking and then at the countless messages sent from his virtual universe, and laughed loudly, saying, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations----!"

"Second place! This is a remarkable achievement for our Spirit Pattern Empire, something we haven't seen in many years!"

The entire palace was abuzz with excitement. After all, everyone understood the significance of such a ranking. Moreover, each of them had received messages from their virtual universe friends inquiring about Su Jing, which made them feel extremely honored. This was a genius who had emerged from their Spirit Pattern Empire, bringing fame to the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

Among them, the happiest and most excited was Ryan, who stood with the other realm lords. Originally, his realm and status were not worthy of being here, but with Su Jing's sudden emergence and increasingly outstanding performance, Ryan, as a domain lord, had also benefited greatly. Not only could he chat with these realm lords now, but he would also receive rewards from the great Spirit Pattern God Lord, and even more rewards. Thinking of this, Ryan wished he could immediately worship Su Jing. At the same time, he was extremely grateful to Franka. After learning Su Jing's identity, he remembered Franka, the adventurer who wanted to buy a planet as his territory hundreds of years ago. It was originally just a normal transaction, but who would have thought that this guy would have such a genius son? He was now extremely grateful to this guy. Fortunately, he had let Franka settle there back then, otherwise, how could such good fortune have fallen into his lap today!

The realm lords around him, seeing Ryan's smile, couldn't help but feel a surge of envy instead of happiness. This guy was too lucky; he hadn't done anything, yet such a genius had appeared in their territory. Compared to the geniuses they had cultivated themselves, it was truly unbearable to look at.

Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable!

On the thirtieth day of the preliminary rounds, the geniuses and powerhouses were engaged in a frenzied killing spree, especially those ranked around 1000th. They could rise in rank at any moment, or be suppressed at any time.

At this crucial juncture, the names of the approximately one thousand people were changing almost every second. The only way to ensure safety was to rise as high as possible. As for those ranked in the middle, they didn't take much action on the last day. They figured that as long as they made it into the top 1001, the outcome was the same for everyone except the first place. And since they had no chance of reaching first place on the last day, there was no need for further indiscriminate killing. Meanwhile, Su Jing was rampaging through the city, searching for potential enemies. Since he couldn't see other people's scores during the assessment, he had no idea how many points he was behind first place. All he could do now was keep killing, hoping his score would surpass first place at the last moment. Time flew by amidst the carnage. "Preliminary selection countdown: 60—59—58—57—56—" A deep, resonant voice echoed in the minds of all the survivors in the 100 world zones. "No! I'm number 1002 now! Just one more elimination! Just one more elimination!"

"Give me another half hour! I'm sure I can get in!"

"Kill! Come on, let's finish this quickly, whoever wins will be in the top 1,000!"

With the final minute countdown, the geniuses stuck at the border in each world zone went crazy, resorting to any means necessary to eliminate others, all in order to make it into the top 1,000. Meanwhile, in the 36th world zone, Su Jing, who had just wiped out all the geniuses in that city, was preparing to move on to the next city. "Is it time?"

With only six thousand seconds left, Su Jing didn't head anywhere else. He sat down amidst the city ruins. For thirty days straight, he hadn't rested, constantly hunting. Yesterday, he had fought a genius like Jin Ge for half a day, which had undoubtedly taken a toll on his mental state. He looked down at the screen on his wrist; the pale blue screen illuminated his face. Contestant: Su Jing; Points: 80103274

Ranking: 2

call!

Seeing that he was still ranked second and had not reached first place, he stopped pushing himself. He had done his best, and it didn't matter if he didn't reach first place. Anyway, he could enter the second stage through the arena battle, and there wouldn't be any other accidents.

However, he was still very curious about this number one, after all, his points had reached 80 million, nearly half of which came from Jin Ge. If he hadn't met Jin Ge, his points would have been even fewer. He wondered how this mysterious number one had managed to accumulate so many points. Could it be that he had also met a genius like Jin Ge?

It's unlikely. There are only a handful of geniuses like Jin Ge in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. I don't understand. I'll just have to go out and see.

在最后的倒计时中，无数人一边关注着排行榜的变化，一边寻找着可能存在的敌人「10——9——8————7————6——5——4————3————21！传送。」

All survivors in the 100 world zones instantly disappeared and exited the virtual universe. The rankings of all world zones also stopped. Those who did not make it into the top 1001 were all eliminated, and the preliminary rounds officially ended!

Su Jing returned to the Spirit Pattern Island he had left. "Beep!" "Beep!" "Beep!" "Beep!" "Beep!" "Beep!" ————

"The owner has received 952 call requests... no, 1085... no, it's still rising!"

Jarvis's mechanical voice kept reminding him, and the beeping continued. Su Jing had expected this, after all, he was the second in the 36th World District. Only two hundred people in the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom could achieve such a result, so it was normal for him to be the focus of attention. After he officially passed the arena battle, even more people would want to contact him. "Jarvis, turn off the notification sound, collect all emails, and sort them by importance."

Hearing the constant beeping, Su Jing felt like his head was about to explode. He quickly told Jarvis to turn off the notification sounds. "Bro! You're amazing! You're second place!"

A noisy commotion came from the side, and Su Yue excitedly grabbed his hand and shook it back and forth.

Su Jing turned around and saw his parents with smiles of relief and happiness, as well as his older brother and Uncle Weiss. After chatting with them for a while, Su Jing asked a question he was very curious about, "I was also a little surprised, how many points did the first place in District 36 have?"

"I know! Bro, the number one player in your 36th district is a genius named Payne, who only has a little over five million more points than you. It's such a pity. If you had met a higher-ranked player in the end, you would have surpassed him."

Su Yue answered first, after all, she had been following Su Jing's competition closely, so she naturally knew who was in first place. "Pain—I'm working hard, and so is he. His strength is definitely no less than mine to become number one—"

Su Jing smiled and said that he was quite open-minded about it. A difference of five million points? It's not just about strength, but also about luck. This Payne might have been lucky to encounter many top-ranked players, which is why his points increased so quickly. Even so, Payne's strength is still there and is definitely not bad.

"Your brother is right. This Pain has comprehended the fundamental law of water, and his spear skills are superb. His strength is indeed ranked first."

Franka spoke from the side, after all, in the final stage, Payne and Su Jing were competing for first place, so he naturally inquired about Payne's information.

The fundamental law of water? He wasn't surprised by this. Anyone who could become the number one in each world zone had definitely crossed the threshold of the law, plus other secret techniques and special methods. Otherwise, reaching the number one position wouldn't be so simple.

After the preliminary rounds ended, only Su Jing from the entire Spirit Pattern Empire advanced to the arena. Although there was only one, Su Jing alone surpassed countless other geniuses. Now, Su Jing is incredibly popular throughout the Spirit Pattern Empire. Everyone who uses the virtual universe knows Su Jing, and the entire Spirit Pattern Empire is celebrating and rejoicing.

Inside the manor, Su Jing was preparing to enter a dungeon. He hadn't entered any dungeons during the past month in the virtual universe, and naturally, he missed them terribly. "Master, there's news!" Jarvis's voice came through. "Didn't I tell you to log out and say we were in seclusion preparing for battle?"

Su Jing asked in confusion. After all, there were countless powerful forces that wanted to recruit him and befriend this genius, so he had no choice but to resort to this tactic. Otherwise, if he accepted one, it would be difficult to leave the rest unattended.

"Master, this is a special envoy from the Spirit Pattern Empire. They wish to meet with you in the virtual universe. They are already outside your residential area!"

Jarvis explained that he would have declined a normal invitation, but this one came from the Spirit Pattern Empire, so it was difficult to refuse "a special envoy from the Spirit Pattern Empire."

Su Jing muttered to himself, his eyes lighting up as he thought of something. Without hesitation, he quickly entered the virtual universe, specifically the Starlight Community. There, Su Jing saw an approaching group, including a familiar face: Lord Lai'an, the ruler of their Heluo Empire. Su Jing recognized him and could roughly guess his purpose.

"Su Jing, hello. I am Edgar Peyton, representing the great Divine Lord of the Spirit Pattern Empire!"

The leader, a pale-haired old man, spoke. Although the old man looked like an ordinary old man with white hair, Su Jing did not dare to underestimate him at all. To be able to represent the Spirit Pattern God Lord, he must be at least a Realm Lord. This was the first time he had come into contact with a Realm Lord, even if it was only in the virtual universe. "Greetings, Lord Edgar!" Su Jing bowed respectfully. "Alright, relax, let's go to your house to talk," the white-haired old man said with a smile. The group entered the residential area and went into Su Jing's house.

"Su Jing, you should know why I came here this time. You really brought a lot of glory to our Spirit Pattern Empire this time!"

A fantastic result in the preliminary rounds for the Universe Zone! This is the best result in the recent 100 Genius Battles, and you'll definitely be able to represent the great Milk Witch Universe Kingdom in the future. Having a genius like you is a blessing for our Spirit Pattern Empire!

Edgar said with a smile that he himself was also very grateful to Su Jing. After all, they had been under a lot of pressure because they hadn't been able to defeat a single genius in the many genius battles. With Su Jing as an exception, they could relax a little.

"Lord Edgar, I just did what I was supposed to do!" Su Jing said slowly. There was no doubt that he would definitely participate in the Genius Battle.

"Su Jing, you have brought immense honor to our entire Spirit Pattern Empire this time, making it famous throughout the Milk Witch Universe. The great Spirit Pattern God Lord values ​​you highly! He sent me here to properly commend you!"

Edgar said, "After all, Su Jing had reached such an achievement on his own through slow exploration. There are still three years left, and he might be able to improve further and truly reach an achievement that no one in the entire Spirit Pattern Empire has ever achieved."