Chapter 21: Chapter 20: Glory Level Treasure Chest Guan Tong looked at his personal terminal’s interface and quickly understood what was happening.
’So that’s it. One way to raise my Psychic Power limit is by repeatedly draining it completely and letting it recover.’
Ever since he had gained Psychic Power, he had used it all up nearly every day. He would use every little bit as soon as it recovered.
From the end of the first Apocalypse Rule until now, with the second rule about to conclude, he had done this every single day for a total of 25 days.
Although an increased limit was something to be happy about, it took far too long...
"Nearly a month of constant draining and recovery, and my limit only went up by one point," Guan Tong lamented. "It’s just too inefficient."
Still, any increase to the limit was a good thing.
He then made the most of the remaining time, taking a new device he had bought up to the rooftop a little after 8:00.
The "device" was actually a small, high-speed electric motor.
His previous record of 21 seconds had been achieved with a selfie stick, but a selfie stick’s rotation speed was nothing compared to an electric motor.
All Guan Tong had to do was turn on the motor and attach a thin wooden stick to it.
He merged his "Shadow" with the shadow of the wooden stick, adjusted the angle, and then switched the motor to maximum power.
WHIRRRRRRR!
With the motor at full power, the thin wooden stick on top spun at an incredible rate, moving so fast it became a blur.
Naturally, its shadow also shot between the buildings at a speed the naked eye could barely follow. Guan Tong felt he had barely registered what was happening before the data display in front of him announced the challenge was complete.
Current Distance: 42,195 meters, Time: 14 seconds
’I really broke it!’
Guan Tong smiled as he looked at the data.
From 21 seconds down to 14—a full seven seconds faster!
’This time is good enough,’ he thought. ’There’s no need to try for an even faster record.’
Shortly after, at 9:00 sharp, the ten-day period for the second Apocalypse Rule came to an end.
[Rule Period Ended]
[Congratulations on passing the trial of the second Apocalypse Rule.]
[With your first-place result, you have advanced from the group stage to the final rankings.]
[Final ranking results are now available. The top three have been announced.]
[First Place: Shadow, Time: 14 seconds]
[Second Place: Lucifer, Time: 15 minutes 56 seconds]
[Third Place: Baqizi, Time: 19 minutes 06 seconds]
[Congratulations! With your challenge time of 14 seconds, you have achieved the final rank of World Number One.]
[Your final ranking rewards have been delivered to your storage. They can be viewed via your personal terminal.]
[New features unlocked. They can be viewed via your personal terminal.]
[The Sublimation Store has been stocked with new items. They can be viewed via your personal terminal.]
[The third Apocalypse Rule will be announced in thirty days.]
At 9:00 sharp, the Fire Thief’s voice resounded in everyone’s mind.
When countless people heard that Shadow had taken world number one with a time of 14 seconds, they were absolutely floored.
The 21-second time that had been rumored online was already absurd, but to think he could improve on it... it was simply unbelievable.
In comparison, the second and third-place finishers—whose times were also incredible—seemed much more normal next to Shadow.
Then again, finishing a full marathon in under 20 minutes was still a feat far beyond the reach of most people...
But rather than focusing on Shadow, the public was more interested in the new features on their terminals.
Besides, the Sublimation Store had also been updated, so everyone was eager to see what new goodies were available.
As for Guan Tong, seeing the "World Number One" title land in his lap, it would be impossible to say he wasn’t thrilled.
He immediately opened his personal terminal and found that his previous group had been automatically disbanded.
[Current Group Members: 20,000]
[Number of Challengers Who Completed the Rule: 109]
[This group has been disbanded.]
’...Out of a group of twenty thousand people, just over one hundred completed the challenge for the second rule. That success rate is really...’
’Guan Tong figured it was directly related to the fact that the penalty for failing this rule wasn’t fatal.’
Since failure wasn’t fatal, many people didn’t feel the pressure and just adopted a half-hearted, "just-get-by" attitude.
He opened his storage, and inside was a treasure chest.
[Challenge Ranking Treasure Chest (Glory Level)]: Open to receive a random item reward.