48 Hours a Day

Chapter 1071: Lunatic Leaderboard

There were less than 24 hours left before the first round of the Proxy War dungeon officially ended.

The enthusiasm of the players was also at an unprecedented high. Some, having nothing better to do, even checked the official website every two minutes to see if there were any changes in the rankings. After that, they took a screenshot and posted it on the forum.

However, as the deadline was approaching, the rankings, especially those at the top, had gradually stabilized. The first place was still the guild leader of Arc of Light, February Siege, with 2,892 points. Second place, however, was surpassed by a player called Tchaikovsky from the Second Front. Garnering a score of only 65 points lower than February Siege’s, his appearance also broke Arc of Light’s monopoly on the top three.

However, other than Tchaikovsky’s sudden appearance, there were no other changes to the top ten. Silver Wing’s guild leader, Pegasus, initially ranked tenth, had been pushed out of the top ten. He was ranked eleventh with 2,240 points. Although the rewards for the top 50 were the same, for a large guild like silver wing.., not being able to enter the top ten was a failure in itself. It would bring a series of adverse effects.

For example, there were already people gloating over Silver Wing’s misfortune on the forums, arguing they had actually fallen behind Arc of Light and Second Front ever since the previous guild leader’s death. Falling into the second tier, it was suggested that Silver Wing be expelled from the big three guilds. However, very soon, a few Silver Wing members had come out and refuted the suggestion. The two sides began to engage in a war of words. The exchange was lively, and gradually, the topic was diverted—they began to turn to the boring question of how many Pegasus’ would be needed to fight February Siege.

However, it was then that a respawn party suddenly discovered that the top 10 on the leaderboard had been refreshed again. Everyone, including February Siege, had lost one place. The first place had now been replaced by a player called Beta.

This was an earth-shattering moment. After everyone realized that the three major guilds had collectively remained silent on this matter, none made a sound. It could only mean that this player named Beta did not belong to any guild.

Independent player? That strong?!!

Although the internet did not have any memories, it had only been a short while. Very quickly, someone remembered that this Beta was one of the only two players who had scored more than 1,000 points in the first proxy war dungeon. There was also another player named Simon—he had obtained the highest score of 1,475 points in the first battle. Up until now, nobody actually knew how he did it.

They could only lament that he must’ve used a cheat.

But after that, Simon’s score was forever fixed at 1,475 points, and as time passed, more and more believed that he must’ve met with an in-game accident; thus, no one paid attention to him anymore.

As for Beta, everyone only realized that his ranking had changed a few hours ago, and he had quietly reached 37th place. Then, half a minute ago, he had jumped to the top of the rankings again.

Just who was this guy?! And he even completed two dungeons back to back without a break?

The people on the forum could not help but ask about this player named Beta. Unfortunately, no one could tell his background. In fact, after the first game had ended, when his score exceeded 1,000 points, he attracted the attention of many. Just like his score, he was also famous for his mysteriousness.

This guy named Beta seemed to have jumped out of a rock. No player had ever met him in real life or in the game, and naturally, no one could gather any information about him.

However, just as everyone was lamenting that the first place in the first round of the proxy war dungeon had actually been taken by some extremely mysterious independent player, no one expected the top 10 positions on the ranking list to be refreshed once again.

That mysterious player named Beta had only stayed in first place for less than 15 hours before he was replaced by another player.

At first, everyone thought that the three great guilds had come up with some sort of ultimate move. However, when they saw the name of the player in fist place, everyone was stunned. This was because the person who was currently ranked first was actually a familiar ID.

—Simon: 3025 points.

Additionally, due to Beta’s sudden appearance, some bored people had also looked up Simon’s ranking. They could prove that just a few minutes ago, Simon’s score was still stuck at 1475 points in the first round. In other words, this guy who had only played two proxy war dungeons so far had already bumped his ranking to first place. Moreover, he was the only player with more than 3000 points, which was 27 points higher than Beta, in second place.

If the onlookers were still amazed by the sudden rise of Beta, they didn’t know what to say about Simon’s sudden appearance.

—this TM is a stone hammer, isn’t it?!

Spokesperson: Merry-go-round

—if he really got 1,475 points in the first game, it wouldn’t be surprising if he gets 1,550 points in the second game. More precisely, he couldn’t get such a high score in the second game, which was why the Stone Hammer cheated him.

Spokesperson: Madrid is incredible

—you joking, buddy?! Isn’t this cheating?!!!! Try to f*cking get more than 1,000 points in one match for me to see.

Spokesperson: Monkey Seeley

—just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean that others can’t. Didn’t that guy called Be also get more than 1,000 points in one match? And the President of the Arc of Light, February Siege, also got close to 1,000 points in one match.

Spokesperson: Madrid is incredible

—but isn’t his 3,000 points for two games a little too exaggerated?! Are we really playing the same game?!!!!

Spokesperson: Xiong Wu spreads his wings

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As more and more people noticed the long-lost name at the top of the leaderboard, the forum was completely blown up. The main thing was that this guy named Simon had completely exceeded their range of common sense. If the 1,400 points in the first game could be explained by chance, then the 1,500 points in the second game had proven that this wasn’t a chance at all.

However, the problem was that no one knew how he did it. Not to mention that mysterious Beta, even February Siege, was now recognized as a top expert by all the players. Moreover, the entire Arc of Light guild served him well, where the average score for each of the three rounds did not exceed 1,000 points, especially for those who participated in the game. Everyone knew that the further into the game, the harder it was to earn points. Simon was 500 points ahead of February Siege in every round. This was a little too much.

Very soon, a post popped up on the forum.

“On whether players can achieve an average of 1,500 points per round” was bumped up to the most popular spot. There were all kinds of whimsical comments below, but no one could come up with a convincing plan. The reason for that, however, was actually very simple.

After all, Zhang Heng had stayed in the previous dungeon for 270 days. Even though he did not collect any more shellac records in the later stages, because of the previous agreement with the gold diggers, he would continue providing him with shellac records. This was especially the case when the dungeon time had been dragged long enough. The number of shellac records that he had accumulated became very substantial. Therefore, when Zhang Heng left the dungeon, he realized that... he had unknowingly returned to the top of the list.