Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Rollback.

The girl who spoke first glanced at the others and asked with a confused expression, “So what do we do now? Introduce ourselves first?”

The man who looked to be in his early forties sneered.

“What’s there to introduce? Anyway…”

He did not finish the rest, but everyone present understood what he meant.

In this kind of infinite-flow game, the death rate was extremely high. So what if they got to know each other? Chances were they would be saying goodbye before long. Since that was the case, self-introductions were unnecessary. They were useless except for wasting time.

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a number floated over each player’s chest.

The number on him was 4. The girl who looked barely of age had 1. Lu Wen had 2. The other two each had 3. Only the number on Ning Rong was 0.

The moment he saw the numbers clearly, the middle-aged man snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.

“I knew it.”

After saying that, he directly left to search for information.

After he left, the other pair of players, who looked like mother and son, also silently departed. Neither of them had spoken a single word the entire time.

After the others had all gone, the girl stepped forward and softly said,

“My name is He Ye. Are you two a team?”

Ning Rong glanced at Lu Wen and did not answer. Lu Wen scratched his head. For some reason, he nodded as if possessed.

After learning that, the girl let out an oh.

“Okay, then I’ll go look for clues too.”

She was suddenly not even interested in knowing their names.

Lu Wen: “…Alright.”

[6.]

[He Ye looked like she wanted to group up at first. Why did she decide to act alone afterward?]

[She got scared off by the little newcomer.]

[These complete rookies who have never cleared a game usually have huge destructive power. Not only can’t they help, they easily drag the team down.]

[Most people really don’t have the courage to open a blind box. Who knows whether there’s a carry or a trap inside? A pig teammate can wipe out the whole team!]

[As expected of a B-rank instance. Out of six people, only one is a complete newcomer.]

After He Ye left, Ning Rong pointed at the number on herself and asked,

“So this is the number of games cleared?”

Lu Wen scratched his head.

“Yes, sis.”

For some reason, Lu Wen always felt Zhou Yujing’s girlfriend had the aura of a big boss. Since he did not know her name anyway, he simply addressed her as sis.

Hearing that, Ning Rong looked thoughtful. This completely eliminated the possibility of players lying about how many games they had cleared. After all, she had realized it now: complete newcomers were truly unwelcome, while players with many clears naturally looked down on players with fewer clears, to the point that they had no desire to cooperate or team up.

Even though she had only entered this game not long ago, Ning Rong had already discovered there was a clear food chain in this game.

At the top of the food chain were obviously the big shots who had cleared many games and possessed great ability.

At the bottom of the food chain were complete newcomers.

Lu Wen proactively explained,

“Unless you run into official players, freelance-type players rarely succeed in teaming up.”

After saying that, he gave a bitter smile.

“But now even official players are teaming up much less often.”

Ning Rong asked, “Why?”

Lu Wen’s tone dropped.

“Because they’ve been backstabbed too many times. A lot of people will do anything to survive, even harming the players who helped them. In trying to save people, the official players lost a large portion of the talented ones, while the ones left behind were selfish players with no potential.”

Ning Rong said, “Official players means the national team?”

Lu Wen flashed a big white grin.

“Of course.”

Then he quickly added,

“Your boyfriend is in the national team.”

Ning Rong let out an oh.

She knew Zhou Yujing was excellent, so the fact that he became a national team member within one month was not too surprising to her. Her tone remained calm.

“No wonder I haven’t been able to see much of him this past month. Turns out he was handed over to the nation.”

Lu Wen laughed awkwardly twice.

He had no way to respond to that!

Although it was true Zhou Yujing had become a national team member, it was not as if he had no private time at all. However, Lu Wen had heard that after Zhou Yujing experienced his first game instance, something went wrong with his body. It seemed to be no small problem.

When Zhou Yujing was not in the game and still did not go see his girlfriend, it might be related to that reason.

But that was only Lu Wen’s irresponsible guess.

[Hahaha, when will the little newcomer finally meet Zhou Yujing?]

[Feels like the calmer the official girlfriend is acting now, the bigger Zhou Yujing’s trouble will be later.]

[Didn’t you all feel it? Anyway, I felt the suppressed anger beneath the official girlfriend’s calmness. Zhou Yujing is finished.]

[For something like this, let’s wait until the little newcomer successfully survives her first game. If she dies in the game, then Juan Juan can directly move into her place.]

Ning Rong and Lu Wen walked deeper into the mountains. According to Lu Wen, the first day of the game was absolutely safe. The first day existed for players to gather information, so there was no need at all to worry about life and death issues on that day. That was also why the four players just now had decisively chosen to act alone.

Since there was no danger on the first day, Ning Rong said calmly,

“Tell me more of what you know.”

Lu Wen originally wanted to ask what she wanted to know. After all, there was quite a lot of information about this game. But his straight-man brain was unexpectedly sharp right now.

Compared to her boyfriend, she probably wanted to know more about Juan Juan, right?

Fair enough. Recently, many people had been shipping the couple pairing “Juan Yu.” The two of them had both entered the game a little over a month ago, both were newly promoted members of the national team, both had considerable potential, and they had entered three instances together...

As for this newcomer whose momentum had been fierce lately, he happened to know quite a bit of news, because he happened to have Juan Juan on his game friends list.

Lu Wen scratched his cheek.

“Actually, the rankings on the newcomer leaderboard change in real time. As far as I know, Juan Juan has entered five instances in total so far. The first three could be said to have been entered back-to-back without gaps.”

“The instance she is currently in is also a B-rank one. The previous four were all C-rank. Once she comes out of this run, her ranking should enter the top ten.”

“If it’s top ten, that can probably be considered a watershed line. A large portion of players in the top ten will choose to join the national main squad in the future.”

“The national main squad... that’s truly where the excellent become more excellent, and the strong become stronger.”

Lu Wen’s tone was full of envy. Although both belonged to the national team, the value of the national main squad and the national branch squads was completely different.

Ning Rong listened quietly, analyzing the information.

Just from what Lu Wen said, this Juan Juan, putting other things aside, at least had good luck. Her first four instances had all been C-rank, and only on the fifth did she get a B-rank instance. Unlike Ning Rong, who got a B-rank instance right from the start.

And Lu Wen had also mentioned a term—the national main squad.

Clearly, Zhou Yujing and this so-called Juan Juan were currently only branch squad members.

Lu Wen continued,

“Every player who enters the infinite game gets an initial skill. Juan Juan’s skill is very strong. This isn’t a secret in The One Thousand and First Nightmare.”

Ning Rong glanced at him.

“What is it?”

Lu Wen’s tone carried obvious envy.

“It’s Rollback.”

“She used it in her very first instance. Time rewound completely. She brought everyone with her, and the whole team cleared with zero injuries.”

“You don’t know this, but some players desperately want to enter the same instance as her. Zhou Yujing...”

He was insanely jealous of Zhou Yujing!

Without needing to put in any effort, he had directly become Juan Juan’s regular teammate! Why didn’t he have Zhou Yujing’s kind of luck?

As soon as Lu Wen said this, the viewers watching the livestream immediately began discussing it.

[It really is Rollback. But it’s a Rollback with huge restrictions.]

[Of course it has to have restrictions. Otherwise she could rule The One Thousand and First Nightmare.]

[Just came into the stream. Are you talking about Chi Juan, rank eleven on the newcomer list?]

[Yes.]

[Her skill cooldown is way too long. If she uses Rollback in this instance, then she can’t use it in the next one, the one after that, or the one after that. Meaning if she uses it now, she’ll have three instances with no skill available.]

[The long cooldown can’t be helped. Her skill is too outrageous. Once she chooses Rollback, players who originally died in the game can directly revive.]

[That means it’s not just her alone rewinding. It’s all players rewinding with their memories intact. Key point: all players, with memories, rollback.]

[This skill is ridiculously powerful. If used well, it can absolutely bring the dead back to life. That’s why she’s now a key protection and training target of the national team.]

[Among all players, her skill can definitely rank in the top ten. Once the three-month rookie period passes, she can join the rankings of all players.]

[So what skill does the little newcomer have?]

[Countdown has only just started. We haven’t seen her use her skill yet.]

[Anyway, it definitely can’t compare to Juan Juan’s Rollback.]

[Juan Juan likes Zhou Yujing. National team members support it, and many players are matchmaking them too. Zhou Yujing said he has a girlfriend, but his teammates think he’s pretending and doesn’t know how to appreciate favors. One second of sympathy for the little newcomer.]

[Without support from the national team, how would Juan Juan have so many items to enter the same instances as Zhou Yujing? After all, this game doesn’t allow team queueing.]

[The little newcomer not only has relationship troubles, but her very first instance is B-rank. What kind of hell-start is this?]

After hearing all this information, Ning Rong nodded.

“Good, I understand.”

Lu Wen: ???

That’s your reaction? Just that? Just that?

Fine then.

As expected of his sis—she really knew how to stay steady!