There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Chapter 218 "Revive, My Lover!!!

"Ah?"

Jiaye stood dumbfounded, staring ahead, and looked up at Chen Yi's expression. Seeing that Chen Yi didn't seem to be joking, he asked in confusion, "I would never kill you, Yi, under any circumstances. Why would you suddenly ask such a question?"

"I dreamed yesterday that you killed me."

"So I just got a bit curious about what it would take for you to kill me."

Chen Yi didn't try to hide anything but just came out with it directly like it was a casual chat.

"Kill...?"

Jiaye was completely flabbergasted and after a long pause, he murmured, "If there ever was such a situation, it'd definitely be because killing me would result in a better outcome for you."

"Like maybe you'd get millions of Points, and then you would come back from hell or something."

"Otherwise, under no circumstances would I ever kill you, Yi. What kind of terrible dream is that? Anyway, I couldn't beat you even if I tried."

"True."

Chen Yi nodded and said no more. His mind was indeed a bit scrambled today.

An hour passed quickly.

The countdown on the time bomb entered the final thirty seconds.

A gate of light appeared.

The moment they stepped through the gate, they returned to Blue Star.

...

'Ding ding ding...'

Right after returning to Blue Star, they heard countless voices ringing in their ears.

Most of the messages were from that Little Traitor—oh, that's wrong, he had introduced himself by name, something like Chu Ge.

The messages from the past few days were all inquiries about the status of the President of Skywake.

The ones from the following days seemed to show that he had figured out his position within Skywake.

Every move of Skywake, such as which maps were being worked on today, what type of Props were being collected, and how many new members had joined, were all reported daily.

It looked like a civil servant summarizing their work.

Chen Yi briefly scanned all the messages sent by Chu Ge and responded offhandedly.

'No need to be so detailed, just let me know if there is any movement inside Skywake against me or against you. No need to report anything else.'

'Understood, received.'

The response came quickly, an instant reply.

In the global team rankings, despite having spent so many days on team-building, they were still first.

At Lv.4, they held firm at the top of the global leaderboard.

However, there were many new Lv.3 teams now, over thirty of them.

Development was indeed fast.

In the few dozen days they'd spent, the players on Blue Star had not rested, and their overall strength had improved by a notch.

That was because Chen Yi had shown restraint back then.

You see, for a Lv.2 team to advance to Lv.3, one of the requirements is to have 50% or maybe it was 60% of the map evaluation score on a certain map.

At any rate, you must have a high evaluation score on some map.

A Lv.2 team, the D-level maps they could clear were just those few, and if Chen Yi had cleared all the D-level maps and secured 100% map evaluation scores on them,

And raised every map's evaluation score to an extremely high level,

Then... all the teams in the world would probably have been stuck at Lv.2.

Not a single team would've made it to Lv.3.

Besides the 'Skywake' Guild, three more guilds had emerged worldwide.

They were 'Sin Department,' 'Ganges,' and 'First Under Heaven.'

July was nearly over, and so far, only four guilds had appeared. It seemed that the Guild Creation Orders really weren't easy to come by.

He had no intention of forming a guild himself.

With his current strength,

He feared neither one-on-one fights nor group fights.

If it came down to a group fight, just kill Jiaye, and it would be done.

However...

Chen Yi looked at Jiaye, who was standing beside him, admiring their Frozen Palace, and squinted his eyes slightly, keeping silent without speaking.

His 'Murderer of his Own Wife' title seemed invincible,

But its flaw was obvious.

He must kill Jiaye in order to gain a one-hour no-cooldown buff.

On Blue Star, naturally, it could be used at will.

But what about in hell?

He couldn't really kill Jiaye there in hell, could he?

That would mean actual death.

The biggest flaw was that if he ever found himself in a life-or-death crisis in hell, he simply couldn't activate that title unless... unless he could make sure the enemy didn't know how his no-cooldown buff was activated, right?

That way, even in hell, the enemy wouldn't dare to make a move.

This also meant that the next time they killed Jiaye, they might need to put on a performance or have Jiaye die secretly in the dark, unseen by others—otherwise, this flaw was just too obvious.

The enemy wouldn't even need to attack him in hell; they just had to assassinate Jiaye to discard his most powerful trump card.

He could protect Jiaye for a moment but couldn't possibly protect him at all times.

"Is this palace permanent?"

As Jiaye walked back and forth within the palace, he touched the slightly chilly walls and exclaimed in amazement.

"Not exactly."

Chen Yi shook his head and explained, "This palace is an upgraded version of the original Frozen Throne; after activating that title, the palace can rise on the spot."

"It has a certain defensive power and can exist permanently as long as it doesn't move locations."

"It should be considered semi-permanent."

"So pretty."

"It's okay."

Chen Yi glanced at the personal marketplace and, after pondering for a moment, pulled out a ring from his pocket and handed it to Jiaye: "This is for you."

Jiaye instinctively turned to look at the ring in Chen Yi's hand, her body suddenly stiffening slightly.

"Is this… so sudden?"

"Yeah, it's the Gold and Jade Ring for 99,900 Points, can't afford the one for 990,000."

The ring was a new product added in July.

Players could purchase a ring from the Points store and use it to confess their love to any member of the opposite sex. If the other party accepted, they would become a couple.

After forming a couple, players could enter a couples-only map, complete couples-only quests, have access to a couples-only store, learn couples-only skills, and other privileges.

There were four price tiers for these couples' rings.

Wood and Copper Ring for 999 Points, Silverstone Ring for 9,999 Points, Gold and Jade Ring for 99,900 Points, Divine Honor Ring for 990,000 Points.

990,000 Points.

Quite interesting, he was curious whether the system believed someone could actually afford this price point.

He felt that, even if his Points weren't the highest on Blue Star, he could still rank in the top ten, right?

If he couldn't afford it, who could?

If the Black Dragon Guild from Neutron Star made good on the promise of 1 million Points, he could afford it, but sadly he couldn't get that money until he left Newbie Village.

"I... I'm willing."

Jiaye covered her mouth excitedly, her white and soft hand extended for Chen Yi to slip the ring onto her finger.

The ring was very pretty.

It had a hollow-out pattern design, with a glaze-like appearance of white jade amidst gold, and atop that, a white luminescent glow ebbed and flowed around the ring, which was topped with a pair of tiny angel wings fluttering continuously.

The next second—

A notification rang in Chen Yi's ear.

"Ding, you and Jiaye have successfully become a couple, congratulations on your union."

"The two of you will have access to a couples-only map. Inside the map, you can gain Couple Points, which can be exchanged in the couples' store for couples' skills, props, vehicles, titles, and special effects."

"Couple Points can also be earned through completing couples' quests and other methods, and they are a completely separate currency system from Points; there is no interchangeability between them."

"Based on the accrued Couple Points, there will be a global couples' ranking."

"Every day, the global number one, top three, and top ten couples will receive different limited-time special titles with special effects."

"Ding, it has been detected that player Chen Yi's ring of proposal is worth 99,900 Points, the Gold and Jade Ring."

"Therefore, you will start with 1,000 Couple Points and be rewarded with a special random couple skill."

"Ding, it has been detected that you have reached 1,000 Couple Points, thus you have been promoted to a Three-Star Couple and obtained an exclusive Three-Star Couple Skill."

A series of notifications kept ringing out next to Chen Yi's ear.

"Couples have levels too?"

Chen Yi looked at the pop-up notification panel in front of him with some surprise. It took some effort on the global couples' leaderboard to find his and Jiaye's position, ranking 1078th globally.

Strange.

He didn't even know when this leaderboard had appeared; it must have been while he was on 'vacation' in hell.

A global couples' leaderboard sounded really odd.

After getting promoted to a Three-Star Couple, they also received a special Three-Star Couple Skill.

"Skill Name": "Revive, My Love!"

"Skill Level": None.

"Skill Effect": When your other half is on the brink of death, and you shout "Revive, My Love!", your partner's injuries will heal rapidly. However, it will cost 10,000 Points. If Points are insufficient, a random C-grade prop will be deducted. If there are no sufficient props, you will nearly die in place of your other half.

"Skill Limitation": No cooldown. Theoretically, as long as you have enough Points, your other half will not die.

"Skill Introduction": "The economic foundation determines the superstructure. Education is delayed. As when in your youth, you never understood why when the bald political teacher on the stage in the lazy and sultry air of a high school afternoon read this sentence, his face carried a complex expression."

"Skill Source": An exclusive skill obtained upon being promoted to a Three-Star Couple."

This skill was an exclusive one granted upon reaching Three-Star Couple status.

To be honest...

Apart from the activation being a bit embarrassing, the skill effect was indeed quite good.

Jiaye also saw the skill. Her face was tinged with embarrassment, but she curiously asked, "What about mute couples?"

"There were quite a few mutes due to the April rules."

"Can sign language activate it?"

"It should be possible."

Chen Yi pointed at the small line of text at the bottom of the skill panel: "It looks like it's even more thoughtful than we considered."

"PS: Sign language can also activate this skill."

"Feels like signing to revive my love has a higher acceptance than shouting it out loud."

"Seal of reincarnation, that's kind of interesting."

One-Star Couples and Two-Star Couples didn't have any exclusive skills.

But getting promoted to a Four-Star Couple apparently came with an exclusive feature.

However, to be promoted to a Four-Star Couple required a whopping 10,000 Couple Points.

So far, the highest-ranking couple on the global leaderboard has just over 6,000 Couple Points—they're also a Three-Star Couple, with no Four-Star Couples yet.

It seems the 99,900-Points ring he bought has some extra benefits beyond just looking good.

Like that special random skill.