There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

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Meanwhile, in a city within the Annihilation Starfield.

A dark-skinned player, who was sitting on the curb gnawing on a chicken drumstick, sighed deeply and looked up at the eighth Monument rising slowly above him.

"Sea God!"

He tore off a juicy piece of chicken from the drumstick he held and said with a complex expression, "Damn, this is the eighth one already."

"It really feels like these game Monuments are turning into Chen Yi's achievement system. Whatever Chen Yi does, a Monument goes up in the sky."

"Just one more, and that will make nine."

"There should be a Hou Yi coming out to shoot the sun soon. Damn it, they can't really complete a set of nine, can they?"

"A MAX suit? I wonder what rank that is. Probably a lot higher than SSS rank, sounds impressive."

"Sigh."

The man heaved another sigh and no longer dwelled on the subject, choosing instead to continue tearing at his chicken drumstick. Such matters were far beyond him, after all, he had no opportunity to even interact with Chen Yi.

Thinking about it was pointless.

Sometimes you have to admit, maybe in the game of life, you're just an NPC. As an NPC, why bother thinking so much? Just enjoy your chicken drumstick, then get astonished when you're supposed to be astonished.

Being a good-for-nothing who just eats chicken drumsticks isn't so bad.

But just then—

A barrage of announcements kept ringing in his ears, the first time in many years he heard so many of them, so dense that he almost thought his computer had crashed.

"Ding, announcement to all players of the upgrade game"

"Congratulations to Chen Yi, player from planet Zerofold in Star System 3 of the Annihilation Starfield, for successfully clearing the 'Ultimate One' map and obtaining the MAX rank Soul Devouring God Suit!!"

"And for achieving a Milestone in the upgrade game!"

"Milestone name: Soul Devouring God!"

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"Ding..."

"Milestone name": Mouth-style Sword God!

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"Ding..."

"Milestone name": Eternal Joy God!

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An announcement for all players of the upgrade game had only resounded in his memory once before, when Jiang Chenglu advanced to the Tenfold Planet.

He hadn't thought about it since then.

The most recent time was when Chen Yi cleared the 'Ultimate Two' map and acquired the MAX rank 'Sea God' suit!

And just now!

These announcements for all players of the upgrade game had rang out eight times in succession!

Eight whole times!

The dense and deafening prompt tones nearly burst his eardrums!

"Gulp..."

The man's body stiffened slightly as the chicken drumstick fell from his hand onto the ground, and he involuntarily swallowed saliva, his gaze stupefied and disbelieving as he stared at the eight Monuments rising gradually into the sky like a steep slope!

For the first time, he felt an unreal sensation!

This was the first time he thought Monuments in the upgrade game could be set off like fireworks!

Eight Monuments ascending all at once?

It's over.

This time even Hou Yi can't help.

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Tuberculosis Rabbit, Sword Without End, and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Just as the 8 Monuments simultaneously ascended, the entire game seemed to explode.

In one Starfield, 16 Monuments.

This was no longer unique.

It was unprecedented!

Even they felt it was a bit outrageous; the conditions for obtaining a Monument were extremely stringent, and none of the requirements were easily met.

But now, there were already 16 Monuments in the sky above the Annihilation Starfield.

It was a bit over the top.

"That..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit touched his nose with a somewhat embarrassed chuckle, "The cheat I enabled for Yi, isn't it a bit too much? I won't get flamed for being a cheat dog, will I?"

"What do you think?"

Sword Without End looked distractedly at the flood of system-wide announcements. For a moment, he didn't quite know what to say. This was far from just a bit too much. Clearing nine maps, nine Monuments, those nine Monuments equated to nine Stellar Rank Titles.

With so many Title Effects, Yi would need at least ten minutes just to look them over.

"Oh, right."

Jiaye, who had been standing to one side, suddenly seemed to think of something. Seated on Tie Chui's arrow and lost in thought, she propped her chin with her tiny hand and looked at Tuberculosis Rabbit, "Since you were put to sleep by Yi, why did you make him the only reserved player spot?"

"If you had the means."

"Wouldn't it be better to make it yourself? Then, everything Yi now has would've been yours, right?"

"Hey."

Tuberculosis Rabbit laughed helplessly and shook his head, "What are you talking about? If I did that, how would I face Yi once he recovered his memory? How would I face him in the future?"

"I'd rather stand behind Yi and watch the flowers fall upon him than have all these things."

"Alright, Yi should be back soon. Let's think about how we're going to celebrate later."

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"That... Jin Buhuan..."

In the skies above Blue Star, a member of the Snow Sea Project Team gazed blankly at the screen filled with rows of 'S-rank Free Privileges' and countless points. In a daze, they even called out the boss's name directly.

"With so many privileges, it seems we can not only leave the project team but also return to being players, right?"

"I did some calculations, and it looks like we have enough to jump straight to Ninefold Planet."

"Does it mean if we want, we could immediately become the tenth Ninefold Planet in the game?"

"Isn't this a bit sudden... Why do I suddenly feel like 'S-rank Free Privileges' aren't that valuable anymore?"

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ps: The novel is about 50,000 to 60,000 words from ending, and I expect to finish around the 7th or 8th. On that day, I'll release the grand finale chapter, and then I'll write around a dozen extra chapters to wrap up some subplots and interactions of the supporting characters in the story.

Like the storyline between Li Yide and that female ghost.

Or like the events concerning Jiaye and Tie Chui before they met Chen Yi.

As well as some of the events before Sword Without End arrived in the game, these parts will not be included in the main text but in the extras. For the interested friends, you can look into it.

Finally, I must say, I updated 7,000 words daily in October, and it caused the original falling subscription rate to start climbing, even doubling...

It's quite impressive.

But the story is almost done. Even with subscriptions doubling, I plan to conclude it. On the day of conclusion, I'll release a new book, which will still be in the science fiction channel and will likely be a city-based martial arts game-style story.

Let's just think of it that way for now.

Thank you for your support all this time. It has been 8 months since the book started in February. On the day it concludes, those interested in the new book can move seamlessly to it.

Based on the experience from this book, I've learned my lessons.

I will absolutely not again make promises to my readers about updates and then fail to deliver, as it really damages credibility and causes drops in readership. Also, from this book, I've learned a lot about writing methods, and I'm somewhat confident that the new book should be more interesting to read.

I hope that the ending of this book will be satisfactory to you. However, the last month of continuous daily updates of 7k words before the conclusion, along with not abandoning the story or running away, but seriously writing to the end, should at least somewhat redeem my integrity, right?

Hey, let's get ready for the ending of Chen Yi and Tuberculosis Rabbit's story journey.

Maybe the story is concluding, but Chen Yi and Tuberculosis Rabbit's journey hasn't reached the end. Perhaps that's one of the few joys of writing a novel, watching your characters grow up like a father watches his children, and then closing your eyes for the last time.