The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Bandits have also begun to participate in the battle for star beasts near Glory City.

The star beasts near the main city are of high star level, and the forces participating are all the top families and guilds in the entire region. It would be too disadvantageous for the bandits to compete with them for the time being.

These forces are not a matter of how many third-tier members they have, but rather that they possess truly high-end combat power, which even the current bandit groups, after their integration, cannot match.

After all, even if they are of the same level, the difference in combat power between one being full of divine artifacts and the other being full of rare artifacts is like heaven and earth.

Therefore, what the bandits were robbing were the star beasts that spawned around the four guard cities.

However, within the city guarded by garrison forces, they also compete for star beasts.

For example, the Shi family.

Huaxia Glory City is relatively close to Xichuan City.

Many factions in Xichuan City, taking advantage of their proximity, have been applying to garrison the city for years, providing their own resources to maintain its defenses. The Federation naturally has no objection to this.

In fact, the "guards" in the four cities are not mostly official personnel from the China region; most of them are forces that applied from various places to take turns on duty.

They all came here because it would be easier to fight the Star Beasts.

The involvement of bandits has caused considerable resentment in the four guarded cities.

"These bandits have absolutely no sense of chivalry! How can they steal a star beast when they're not on duty guarding the city!"

"They've always been like this. You should learn about the bloody history of the eight major guilds in Yunshan City."

"These bandits' interference has doubled the cost of our battles against the Star Beasts. We can't let this continue!"

"We need to have a serious talk with those bandits! They can fight the Star Beasts, but they have to follow our rules!"

"Talk to them? Last time I tried to communicate with them with utmost respect, and they ended up dancing the hula around me for three hours! Damn! They were pretty good at it, though..."

"Why waste time arguing with bandits? They're stealing star beasts, so we'll strike without hesitation! This is a resource struggle between guilds, and those bandit fanatics online can't say anything!"

Among all the complaints, the Shi family was the most indignant.

Because bandits love to steal the star beasts they've only half-eaten.

Although the bandits didn't always succeed in robbing, their casualty rate skyrocketed due to their interference.

The Shi family was often furious about this.

But the bandits were like slippery eels; you couldn't catch them no matter how hard you tried.

There are plenty of them in Glory City, but you can't fight inside, so you can only watch and worry.

"Send word to everyone in the Shi family, as well as the guilds they have invested in, to seize any opportunity to kill bandits they encounter in the wild!"

Such familiar lines.

The future of the Shi family is worrying.

……

The new semester has begun.

At the beginning of the school year, something very important happened to Song Gua.

Selection for the Glory City Trial.

Normally, according to the regulations of the Huaxia Administrative Region, college students must be in their second year to enter Glory City.

However, if you can get the trial qualification in the second semester of your freshman year, you can go earlier.

Song Gua, as the primary identity, still maintains the same level as Tong Zhan, currently at Lv37.

It has to be said that Song Gua felt that Tong Zhan's leveling up was too slow, even though he himself was already Lv48.

I haven't even done the level 40 or 45 dungeons yet.

Tong Zhan can't keep up.

However, if the first identity obtains the trial qualification and enters Glory City, one can openly speed up the display level.

Because Glory City has experience books.

I get a lot of rankings and reputation in the Song Gua list, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to buy experience books and level up quickly.

As for this trial qualification, it was a piece of cake for Song Gua.

Because it's another arena battle.

Among students of the same grade, who could beat Song Gua?

Song Gua went on a winning streak and secured his qualification to go to Glory City ahead of time.

Those who also qualified included Longtan, Goubi, Tongzhan, Zhu Xin, and other influential figures who were on good terms with Song Gua in Shangjing City.

When he was about to depart for Glory City, Yuwen Hao came to the airport to see him off.

"Old Song, the gap between us is getting bigger and bigger. We're not even from the same world anymore. You're going to Glory City to experience all sorts of reputation-based gameplay, while I'm still having to retake the courses I failed."

Song Guazhen really wanted to say something.

What's there to experience? I'm sick of it.

Song Gua patted Yuwen Hao on the shoulder.

"No matter where I go in the future, I will never forget that when I left the labor camp, only you came to pick me up."

Yuwen Hao was moved.

"Actually, the day you were released from prison, I was also free, so you didn't need to..."

"To correct you, it's re-education through labor, not imprisonment."

Yuwen Hao was taken aback, then burst into laughter.

Tong Zhan jogged over and pulled Song Gua away.

"Alright, alright, it's time to board. What are you doing, making it sound like a life-or-death farewell? It's not like we're never coming back."

One hundred first-year university students from Beijing were transported by chartered plane to the city closest to Glory City.

As for the last hundred kilometers, they'll have to walk them themselves.

It's different from the Yunshan Illusion Trial in Yunshan City back then.

Back in high school, we had older students and teachers escorting us.

These college students went to Glory City, and apart from being transported by plane, there were no other protective measures in place.

After all, they're college students now.

Furthermore, among these hundred people, several made it onto the Earthly Ranking, especially Song Gua, who broke into the top thirty.

Even if we encounter any danger, we are fully capable of handling it.

People of the same age really couldn't understand why Song Gua and Tong Zhan, who were clearly at the same level, had such different scores in the rankings.

Could it be true, as speculated online, that Song Gua's profession is extremely rare, the first ever S++ level professional talent?

Therefore, his score in this category was so high that it resulted in him ranking very high on the local list.

This seems to explain why he's so amazing.

Tong Zhan couldn't figure out what was wrong with him either.

He has already tried his best.

Since losing the Rookie of the Year award and the other candidates, he has been reflecting deeply on his mistakes and now spends every day outside the city.

When thirsty, they drank dew; when hungry, they ate grasshoppers… It wasn’t that hard; they carried normal food in their backpacks.

Although his family reduced their resources for him because he didn't win the Rookie of the Year award and wasn't selected in the candidate competition.

But as a former rising star, he still has many people in the family who are optimistic about him and willing to support his growth in preparation for future power struggles within the family.

So there are still people who bring their children to fight the creatures in the restricted area.

Tong Zhan doesn't want anything, he just wants experience.

But he couldn't understand why this Song Gua was like a ghost, always able to catch up with him in level.

I'm so frustrated.

The plane flew over the vast land, passing through layers of forbidden zones and thunderclouds, a perilous journey.

In this day and age, flying is a thrilling experience, because one wrong move and the plane could crash.

At the time of departure, the restricted areas along the flight path may be calm and will not affect aviation.

It's quite common for the restricted area to suddenly become violent halfway through the flight. If you can turn back, great; if not, just accept your fate.

The closest city to Glory City is a second-tier city called Radiant Leaf City.

In the game's classification, this city is actually a second-tier city, just like Yunshan City.

Theoretically speaking, it is a third-tier city.

However, because it is closest to Glory City, there are too many professionals coming and going, which has forced it to prosper and its economic situation has reached the standard of a second-tier city, but its game positioning is still level two.