There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"..."

Jin Buhuan stood silently, expressionless, his gaze drifting to the rows of S-level freedom authority on the wall, his expression starting to become vacant as memories began to drift back to the past.

He vaguely remembered there was a time when they too were players of unlimited glory.

They had their own planets, their own territories.

After taking out a massive loan for player upgrades in the game and failing to elevate the level of their planet, all players of their race were thrown into hell to work as cleaners, and some top players were selected to form the Snow Sea Project Team.

They were to accompany run various planets, only to earn enough Contribution Points to restore their racial identity as players.

Live like individuals.

He remembered that it seemed like a very long time ago.

During the run of the first planet, they spent a lot of effort, but that planet was annihilated in a disaster shortly after it was upgraded to a Onefold Planet.

In the game of upgrades, being annihilated was not an uncommon scene, but it was relatively rare to be annihilated by players, especially by a single player.

For instance, the oddity that emerged from the sea of Blue Star, if it weren't for Chen Yi, Blue Star might also have been annihilated in this sudden catastrophe.

After that.

They ran for one planet after another, but hardly any of the planets prospered; from the initial enthusiasm to gradual numbness and even selective ignorance of their clansmen still toiling as cleaners in hell.

So be it, it's not bad to barely make a living as a project team member, at least they didn't have to clean up a large amount of corpses and trash as cleaners.

Not until they encountered Blue Star.

From the moment Chen Yi secured the first monument of the upgrade game for the Snow Sea Project Team and obtained S-level freedom authority, they celebrated wildly all night, everyone screaming excitedly.

Waking up from numbness.

Everyone realized something, Chen Yi's presence might actually help them successfully revert to player status and revive their race!

Until Chen Yi secured one monument after another, the number of S-level freedom authorities belonging to the Scholar Sea Project Team kept increasing, and a few times they granted Chen Yi the use of those S-level freedom authorities.

Finally...

The points of the Snow Sea Project Team were now sufficient for them to revive their race, bring their clansmen back from hell, regain their player status, and promote to a Ninefold Planet.

It could be said they reached the highest level of planets in the game of upgrades in an instant.

It sounds simple, much simpler than the process of planets constantly upgrading from Onefold to Ninefold.

But if you think about it, the difficulty of the project team getting more than a dozen S-level freedom authorities on their account doesn't seem so surprising after all; this isn't some exclusive upgrade path.

Other project teams can do exactly the same thing. It's very simple, as long as the novice players you accompany get more than a dozen monuments of the upgrade game.

Oh right.

This S-level freedom authority is only rewarded to the Snow Sea Project Team, not to the Annihilation Starfield Project Team, which means that only when a player from below a Threefold Planet secures an upgrade game monument will the corresponding project team receive an S-level freedom authority once.

This difficulty...

Is enough for other project teams to instantly give up on this idea.

"Boss, so are we now going to promote to the Ninefold Planet?"

The words from a colleague beside him awakened Jin Buhuan from his memories, his eyes slightly moist.

"Huff!"

Jin Buhuan took a deep breath, chuckled, and shook his head as he said, "Not for now. Our clansmen and comrades have endured for so long; a little longer won't hurt."

"Chen Yi and the others are getting ready to force all Ninefold Planets into compulsory promotions to Tenfold Planets to go out and support Jiang Chenglu in the war."

"If we promote to the Ninefold Planet now, wouldn't we be putting ourselves directly in harm's way? Even if we promoted to a Ninefold Planet, we would be the weakest among them. We would have the planet's level, but the players' foundation and strength wouldn't be up to par; going out would be suicide."

"Even if Chen Yi considered our circumstances, if he made an exception just for us, it would be difficult for him to satisfy everyone. The other Ninefold Planets would inevitably hold a grudge against Chen Yi."

"The most important point—"

"If we go, who will accompany Chen Yi?"

Jin Buhuan lightly patted his confidant's shoulder and said softly, "I know you are heartbroken for the suffering our clansmen are enduring in hell and want to bring them back soon, but remember one thing—we must accompany Blue Star to the very end."

"That way we can ensure we never have to go back to that place."

"Go on now."

"Take the brothers and have a celebration."

...

Meanwhile.

Chen Yi had just returned from the last "Ultimate Nine" map.

"Yi!"

Tuberculosis Rabbit approached with shining eyes, "How about these nine Godslaying Suits? Are they powerful?"

"Tuberculosis Rabbit,"

Chen Yi's expression was complex as he frowned and looked at the panel only he could see, paused for a long while before he finally spoke, "Tuberculosis Rabbit, I remember you said, these nine Godslaying Suits were originally for nine designated players, but you tinkered with it to make them all mine, right?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Besides that, did you do anything else?"

"Uh?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit was startled, his heart skipped a beat, and his gaze darted nervously, "There shouldn't be anything else. If there are other issues, it might be a bug in the upgrade game, right? After all, such a huge thing has been running for so many years, it's logical for some bugs to occur, right?"