Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qin Chuan asked with a smile as he noticed Xiao Pang's odd expression. "I don't know who would be so lucky."

Perhaps his own breakthrough had rattled Erik.

This overt action was a bit too showy, but it was certainly a method.

Rare resources are zone-specific, only shifting within one game zone, so there would at least be one in each zone; looking at the entire Dream World, there would be at least 9999 of the same resources.

Great rewards bring brave men forward.

Under the allure of a hundred million dollars, many would undoubtedly put aside their current tasks to search for the Intermediate Resource known as the Refining Light Mysterystone.

The man who had first exposed himself was playing his cards in the open from the beginning, but he was holding enough bombs to justify his confidence.

These bombs were not just figurative; they were literal bombs.

Qin Chuan was sure that if things continued this way, it wouldn't be long before Erik's Spiritual Beast achieved a breakthrough to Elite Rank, and once Yue Li and he were promoted to Elite Level players, Erik would catch up within a week at the latest.

But to catch up to him and Yue Li, who had just broken through to Elite Rank, it would take such a vast financial effort - could this lion continue that at the Hall Rank?

And how many players could keep up with him in terms of spending money?

"A hundred million dollars is indeed a lot, even I'm a bit tempted," Xiao Pang smacked his lips, but then realized that Qin Chuan had sidetracked him. "No, wait, Erik is even going after Luo—aren't you worried about Luo?"

Therefore, Qin Chuan also had to defend himself a bit, "Luo is indeed in danger, but I think he must have been prepared before the breakthrough."

Although surprised by Erik's approach, he had never underestimated this lion from the West. A single breakthrough to Elite Rank could shake off most players, but shaking him off wouldn't be so easy.

However, Qin Chuan also had his own plan.

Erik's Zone 2761 was not close to Zone 3675; there were more than a dozen zones in between.

Given Erik's character, he would stop briefly in each zone, just like before, to let more players challenge him or to take the initiative to attack and expand his following.

At that rate, it would take him at least two to three weeks to reach Zone 3675.

By that time, Yue Li and he would already have been promoted, and the Third Talent of the Sun Needle wouldn't necessarily have to be used for resource hunting; it could be used for something else.

For instance...

Locating Erik's position.

Besides the Sun Needle, he also had Time Stop.

The biggest disadvantage of Time Stop was that it couldn't be used at any given moment; it could only be activated when the Dream World entrance closed.

But compensating for this weakness was easy, in Qin Chuan's view.

That was to turn passivity into initiative, just as he had actively sought out the more powerful Shadow Leopard.

He had the final say on when the battle started.

If Erik still insisted on targeting him by then, Qin Chuan wouldn't mind spending one use of his Third Talent Effect and a few seconds of Time Stop to make one of the nine dimmed golden Talents shine again.

At this thought, Qin Chuan suddenly remembered another golden Talent player.

Matsusaka Shigeki.

What was this guy doing today?

He casually opened the Dream Realm Forum and searched for the name, quickly finding discussions about him.

Last night, Matsusaka Shigeki had still not killed anyone, so the discussion wasn't very heated; it was completely overshadowed by the news of Water Flower's breakthrough to Elite Rank.

But still, there were people paying attention to Matsusaka Shigeki.

So, Qin Chuan quickly got the information he wanted.

Matsusaka Shigeki's location had moved from Zone 6132 to Zone 5933.

Witnesses claimed that one of his Contracted Spiritual Beasts was no longer the one that had been rumored on the internet; it seemed he had swapped his original beast for a horse-like Spiritual Beast with incredible speed.

To cross the distance of two vertical zones and one horizontal zone in one Dream Day, even for the fastest Spiritual Beasts, it would require relentless full-speed travel to be possible.

Do nothing but switch zones?

Such purposeful movement, coupled with an increasingly clear direction, almost confirmed Qin Chuan's speculation from yesterday, which he had felt was far-fetched.

The target was Erik.

"Qin Chuan, could you come out for a moment?"

The voice of the homeroom teacher interrupted Qin Chuan's thoughts.

He looked up to see the homeroom teacher beckoning him from the classroom door, a look of joy on his face.

"Coming!" Qin Chuan replied and briskly walked out of the class.

"A teacher from Zhendan University's admissions office would like to have a word with you; don't be nervous later." The homeroom teacher patted Qin Chuan's shoulder encouragingly, "I heard about your assessment yesterday, you did great, and I'm proud of you."

"Come with me."

"Okay." Qin Chuan nodded and quickly followed, though a bit puzzled in his mind.

He had thought the next university to seek him out would be Huaqing.

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Meanwhile, across the ocean.

Not long after leaving the live stream room, Erik was with Conni, the owner of the Insight Talent.

"Conni, do you think 'Luo' from the East could be the owner of a Gold Talent?" Erik asked, his eyes half-closed, enjoying a massage from a beauty, suddenly inquiring.

"That ancient country has a population of over a billion, and organizations like the Special Affairs Group, it wouldn't be strange for one or even multiple Gold Talents to emerge there," Conni said, looking at a stack of intelligence in their hand, "As for whether 'Luo' is one of them..."

"I can only say, there's a high probability."

"And furthermore, he should be the Prayer you are looking to find."

"The goddess of luck turns out to be a man; what disagreeable news," Erik shrugged and embraced the beauty behind him, "The reason?"

"Luo had an impressive record at the Apprentice Level," Conni pointed to a line on the intelligence report, "He, with his Lv7 Water Leaf Dog, defeated a Lv12 Shadow Leopard on his own."

"Apprentice Level…" Erik showed an interested expression, "How did he do it without a Talent?"

"Traps, or something else? Who knows." Conni casually replied before bringing the conversation back on track, "The important thing is, someone with such combat achievements was still on the Spiritual Beast List of the Juvenile Stage at the first weekly settlement."

"That's enough to prove one thing: Luo isn't from the Special Affairs Group."

"Otherwise, the initial allocation of resources by the Special Affairs Group could not have overlooked such a promising Apprentice."

"In that eastern country, the Special Affairs Group is the only Extraordinary Organization allowed to exist," Conni said in a serious tone, "If Luo isn't one of their members, his identity could only be that of a lone Player."

"The only Gold Talent possibly having a resource-exploration effect, Insight, belongs to me, and unfortunately, it actually doesn't have such a Talent effect."

"So, there are only two possibilities for Luo's Spiritual Beast being the first to Breakthrough to the Elite Rank."

"The first possibility is that he really just stumbled upon some good luck, finding a Rare Resource that just happened to be what his Contracted Spiritual Beast needed," Conni paused slightly, "After all, it's not possible for him to find a Player to trade Rare Resources with at this stage."

"As for the second possibility..."

"He can make himself luckier."