Huh??
Rookie King…
That’s actually… a Privilege Identity??
But what’s the point of this title?
Is it just for flexing??
Jiang Ye was just about to open his Player Panel to study this so-called “Rookie King” Privilege Identity—
When suddenly, a new prompt echoed in his mind.
And it wasn’t just him—all of his Replicas heard it too—
【Ding!】
【Beginner Apartnt Latest Announcent:】
【The Rookie King for this round of the Beginner Apartnt has been born!】
【Congratulations to Player “Jiang Ye” for obtaining the title of Rookie King!】
【Any Beginner Player who kills the Rookie King can seize the “Rookie King” title!】
【Any Veteran Player who kills the Rookie King will receive the title of “Rookie Slayer”!】
【If the Rookie King successfully enters the Doomsday Apartnt, they will receive generous rewards.】
【In the Doomsday Apartnt, the Rookie King title will remain permanently, along with special Apartnt privileges and a promotion path toward becoming an Apartnt Administrator or even an Apartnt Boss.】
【We wish Rookie King Jiang Ye a bright future!】
“……”
???
Wait, what??
What the h*ll is this??
Becoming the Rookie King actually cos with a full-on server-wide announcent??
Isn’t that basically the sa as a Global Kill-on-Sight Order?
Okay, sure—this announcent didn’t blatantly display the reward like a Kill-on-Sight Order would.
But the benefits of being the “Rookie King” were clearly spelled out in the announcent!
Make it to the Doomsday Apartnt as Rookie King? Get rich rewards!
And enjoy special privileges in the Apartnt!
They even dangled the juicy carrot of promotions—Administrator, maybe even Apartnt Boss!
Sure, most Beginner Players didn’t yet understand what being an Apartnt Boss entailed.
But the perks of being an Apartnt Administrator? Everyone could see those loud and clear.
Administrators could chill and camp their Apartnts all day long…
And enjoy the power to erase Players at will!
That kind of “privilege” was literally dinsional suppression for regular Players!
Sure, so top-tier Players had thought about killing an Administrator…
But by now, it wasn’t hard to notice—
Those Administrators? They all seed to be forr Rookie Kings!
Which ant—they weren’t weaker than the best of the Beginner Players!
Trying to kill soone like that? Yeah, good luck.
Solo-killing them? Virtually impossible.
Which left only team kills…
But even with a team, the success rate was super low.
Yes, the ga did have a few team-kill success stories.
But behind every one of those rare wins were countless failed attempts.
And more importantly—even if soone did manage to kill an Administrator, not a single one had succeeded in verifying the Administrator Identity!
Now? Just by becoming Rookie King, you had a direct promotion path.
Even to the mysterious, seemingly unreachable title of Apartnt Boss…
In short—
Anyone with ambition, anyone striving for the top—
There was no way they could ignore a title like this.
Just like how, even in peaceful tis, people always say “see you at the top.”
As a student, who doesn’t want to be the top of the class?
As an athlete, who doesn’t dream of Olympic gold?
And in the sa way—
As an Apartnt Player, who wouldn’t want to be the “Rookie King”?
Especially when you’re young and full of pride—who doesn’t want to be recognized as number one?
War God Ranking, Level Ranking…
No matter the list, the number one spot always shines the brightest.
But it also becos the biggest target.
Especially since Jiang Ye wasn’t even all that famous among Players yet.
So really, saying this announcent was equivalent to a Global Kill-on-Sight Order was not an exaggeration.
Of course, having already survived one Global Kill-on-Sight, Jiang Ye wasn’t fazed.
Just a bit speechless.
Replica No. 2 was busy checking out the updated Player Panel after becoming Rookie King, while also glancing at the Apartnt 9999 Group Chat.
Sure enough, ssages were flying.
But most of them were coming from Li Aoliang, who had only recently Cross-Apartnted over.
Li Aoliang had no clue about Jiang Ye’s achievents.
When he first arrived, Jiang Ye and Wan Xin were dead last on the Level Ranking.
And not long after, Wan Xin straight-up bit the dust.
So naturally, Li Aoliang hadn’t given Jiang Ye a second thought.
Now, with this sudden “Rookie King” announcent and seeing the na “Jiang Ye” again—he was shook.
He started typing away in the group, full of excitent:
【What the—! Rookie King?? Even Lin Shen didn’t get Rookie King, and this Jiang Ye did?!】
【Wait, is this Jiang Ye the sa one who was dead last on our Apartnt’s Level Ranking? Or just soone with the sa na?】
【How did Jiang Ye even get the Rookie King title? Was it from Duels? Or so other thod?】
【Co on, Jiang Ye, say sothing! @Jiang Ye — are you really the Rookie King? How’d you get it?】
Li Aoliang fired off four or five ssages in a row.
All of them practically radiating excitent.
But this guy wasn’t completely brain-dead.
After firing off that many texts, he suddenly felt like… sothing was off.
Sure, Apartnt 9999’s chat wasn’t always lively—but it was never this quiet.
And now? A massive event like the Rookie King being announced… and he was the only one talking?
Why?
Li Aoliang’s slow brain finally caught on—
Maybe this Jiang Ye, who seed totally unremarkable and was dead last on the Level Ranking…
Wasn’t so simple after all!
The others weren’t silent because they weren’t curious.
They were silent because they knew—
They couldn’t afford to ss with this guy!
Realizing that, Li Aoliang slapped himself—SMACK.
Forehead sweating, nerves firing off, he quickly changed his tone in the chat:
【Big bro, I didn’t an any disrespect @Jiang Ye, I was just a tiny bit curious!】
【Ahem, the whole Rookie King thing? Way out of my league! I would never covet your title, big bro…】
【To avoid bothering you, I won’t @ you anymore…】
【Sooo, can any other bros fill in on this Jiang Ye legend?】
【You guys seriously not gonna say anything? You’re freaking out here QAQ】
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow.
Looks like making it into Apartnt 9999 didn’t just require top-tier strength—most people here actually had brains too.
His gaze shifted to his newly updated Data Panel.
Attributes, Abilities, Skills—those hadn’t changed.
Only one new line had been added:
【Privilege Identity: Rookie King】
Other than that, it was just like the Administrator Identity.
A few new Player functions were unlocked—
More specifically: a new ranking list, a new group chat, and a new trade zone.
The ranking list feature was similar to the one unlocked with Administrator status.
But in addition to the Combat Power Ranking, there was also a Survival Ranking.
Both lists had only a few hundred nas.
And on both the Combat Power Ranking and the Survival Ranking, the newly crowned Rookie King Jiang Ye—
Was sitting in dead last.
As for the trade zone—it was also like the one for Administrators.
Transactions were still mainly done using Survival Points.
Jiang Ye only gave those two functions a brief glance.
His focus quickly shifted to the Rookie King Group Chat.
He figured this newly crowned Rookie King was also announced in the “Rookie King” group itself.
So naturally, the group was already buzzing about the new guy.
But the tone from these veteran Rookie Kings? Not exactly welcoming.
Yan Cheng (307):
【Huh? This round’s Rookie King popped up this early?】
Wu Yu (618):
【Probably another Privilege Item released by the Hundred Eerie Alliance. Looks like yet another Administrator got offed :)】
Liu Feng (845):
【Tsk tsk, killed on Day One? Are this round’s Players that strong, or was the Admin just that weak? Or maybe those Reincarnated Eeries overstepped again?】
Dong Guangji (208):
【Doesn’t matter how it happened—an Admin died, and that’s always a good thing :) So, who’s next in line to beco one?】
Du Dian (985):
【Tch, what’s so great about being an Admin? Your whole life gets locked in one Apartnt, and you just beco a stepping stone for new Players. Being a Rookie King is way more free and fun!】
Yan Cheng (307):
【Tch, sour grapes much? With your pathetic strength, you’ll never make Admin—even if you outlive the Doomsday Apartnt!】
Du Dian (985):
【??? You’re seriously pulling the “seniority” card on ? You were the 307th Rookie King and still haven’t made Admin. Where do you even get the face to talk trash?】
Yan Cheng (307):
【Where do I get the face? The Combat Power Ranking is my face! I’m not an Admin because I don’t want to be one of those trashy normie Apartnt bosses!】
Yan Cheng (307):
【And you, a hopeless weakling, dare talk sh*t to ?】
Yan Cheng (307):
【You must be bored out of your f*ing mind! Wanna go for a Life-or-Death Duel? @Du Dian (985)】**
Yan Cheng (307):
【What, cat got your tongue? Playing mute now? Tch! Worthless trash!】
Tsk tsk.
No matter if it’s Administrator or Rookie King—
Strength is what rules.
Strong fists make strong words.
Weaklings talking tough? Still useless.
Jiang Ye was still watching Yan Cheng flex his dominance with interest—
When suddenly, the guy turned and @-ed him.
Yan Cheng (307):
【And you, you trash @Jiang Ye (1027), which Administrator did you kill? Go ahead and na them—let’s see if I even find it impressive.】
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