Virus King - Chapter 221

Chapter 221: Group Chat No. 001’s Dominance on the Rankings!

TL: YYang

Early in the morning, Group Chat No. 001 was bustling with activity:

[Crow: Unfair, unfair, unfair! Fine, I get it if Little Han, Old Thunder, and Cheap Immortal transferred professions, but why have even Brother Overlord, Long Worm, and Old Shui managed it too?!]

[Overlord: Little Crow! Face reality! You can’t begin to comprehend the sheer power of professions. Wait until we do a team-building run of a dungeon; then you’ll see your brother’s true strength!]

[Heir to the Lightning Five-Whip Technique: @Crow, Crow Bro, if you transfer and still end up on the rankings, please don’t use our No. 001 prefix if you’re going to place in the hundreds or thousands. It’d be embarrassing for both Bai Bro and the rest of us!]

[Crow: Get lost! How about we spar? Even with your transfer, I’ll still mop the floor with you!]

[King Liu: I don’t buy it! Only someone with a real S-Rank profession knows how powerful it is. Just take a look at those skills… tsk tsk.]

[I’m Really Not a Sword Immortal: True. Do you guys even understand the power of Sword Techniques?!]

[Group’s Only Trash: Jealous…]

[Shui Chuan: By the way, why hasn’t Little Han shown up after transferring? The brothers and sisters here were expecting him to show off his Hell Envoy profession!]

[Ding Ding: Since we returned from the dungeon yesterday, Han hasn’t said a word. Did something happen?]

[Your Han King: Nothing happened. I’ve just been adjusting to my newfound strength. The improvement was too significant to adapt to all at once.]

[Crow: Bah! You’re just an A+ profession, not even S-Rank. What’s there to adapt to?]

Back when they entered the Red Star Psychiatric Hospital, Crow had accompanied Han Xiao.

Crow was well aware of what Han Xiao had obtained from that secret realm dungeon.

He also knew that the “Hell Envoy” profession, now widely discussed on forums and positioned prominently on the Evolver Rankings, was merely an A+ profession.

For Group Chat No. 001, this rank might not seem high.

But for the forums, where even B-Rank and C-Rank professions were considered decent and D-Rank was the norm for most Evolvers, it was a different story.

Han Xiao, however, didn’t respond to Crow’s mockery as usual. Instead, he casually dropped a screenshot into the group.

What’s the greatest satisfaction of gaining strength in the apocalypse beyond survival?

Flexing, of course!

What fun was there in showing off to noobs on the forums?

In Group Chat No. 001, where elites gathered, this was the ultimate stage for flexing one’s superiority!

Clearly, Han Xiao was a master of this art.

At that moment, the screenshot he shared revealed a special line in his attribute panel—one that no one else in the group had:

[Bloodline: High-Rank Devil Earl Bloodline (S)]

[Devil: A species tied to the legendary Hell King, Satan, wielding immense mental power and formidable physical resilience! The power of a Devil Earl is part of Hell’s ruling class, granting the strength and authority to lead legions!]

Although Han Xiao blurred out the details of his power boosts, the revelation still triggered a seismic reaction in the group.

[Crow: ??????]

[Overlord: WTF?!]

[Heir to the Lightning Five-Whip Technique: A bloodline?]

[True False Illusion: Holy crap, Daoist Han is about to take off!]

Bloodline power was something even the esteemed White Emperor had never mentioned possessing in the group. Now, Han Xiao not only had a bloodline but an incredibly rare S-Rank bloodline at that.

They weren’t wrong—bloodlines, especially high-grade ones, were luxury assets in the apocalypse.

Unlike professions, which acted as bottlenecks if one didn’t transfer, bloodlines had no such restrictions. However, acquiring one was exceedingly difficult.

Only through special missions or unique circumstances could they be obtained. This indirectly underscored how outrageous and absurd Chen Bai’s Darklight Virus devouring ability was.

Being able to extract the bloodline of those devoured—this hidden effect, as one among the SSS-Rank talent’s myriad abilities, was not surprising at all.

Chen Bai lay on the bed, exhausted. The Yan sisters had spent an entire night in a ghost possession, and he was now in deep sleep.

The sisters had completed their profession transfers and were now bound to the villa. Together, they could transform into soul forms and enter the Hell King’s Ring. Using Meng Meng’s Dream Transmission, they could teleport away alongside Chen Bai.

Chen Bai glanced at the Evolver Level Rankings:

[1: Bai]
Current Level: 13.
Current Profession: Unknown (Hidden).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[2: Anthony]
Current Level: 11.
Current Profession: Trickster Clown (S-Rank).
Faction: Lighthouse Nation.

[3: 001-Sword Immortal]
Current Level: 11.
Current Profession: Chief Disciple of Mount Shu (S-Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[4: 001-Thunder God]
Current Level: 11.
Current Profession: Thunder Strider (S-Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[5: 001-Overlord]
Current Level: 10.
Current Profession: Tiger Might General (S-Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[6: 001-King Liu]
Current Level: 10.
Current Profession: Junior Heavenly Official (S-Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[7: 001-Shui Chuan]
Current Level: 10.
Current Profession: Ghost Sailor (S-Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[8: 001-Han King]
Current Level: 10.
Current Profession: Hell Envoy (A+ Rank).
Faction: Dragon Nation.

[…]

So many members with the 001 group prefix climbing the rankings so quickly—it was a bit too ostentatious, wasn’t it?

Chen Bai felt he hadn’t done much, but he was clearly underestimating himself. In truth, the early days of the apocalypse were the most perilous. People like Meng Meng and Han Xiao, despite their powerful talents, would have found it difficult to protect themselves fully, often leading to premature deaths.

Chen Bai had taught them the rules and survival strategies of the apocalypse, helping them adapt to their powers much faster. This was undeniably crucial.

He shook his head, acknowledging the significant butterfly effect he had created. Take Chang Liu, for example—his profession in the previous timeline wasn’t “Junior Heavenly Official.”

Instead, it had been an A-Rank Spirit Medium.

Chen Bai remembered getting along well with him in the past and had once heard Chang Liu mention that he had a chance to obtain an S-Rank profession. However, for various reasons, he hadn’t mustered the courage to take on the challenge.

But now, in this timeline, Chang Liu had truly become an S-Rank Junior Heavenly Official.

A strange sense of anticipation rose within Chen Bai. He genuinely couldn’t wait to see how the future would unfold with the changes he had set in motion in this lifetime.

Especially with the pioneers from the No. 001 group, who stood at the forefront of evolution!

Exhaling slowly, he ignored the chatter still filling the group chat and instead sent a message to Meng Meng.

Having been in Magic City for so long, acquiring two SSS-Rank professions, the effort had been immense, but the results were undoubtedly worth it.

It was time for him to return!

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Long Worm is Chang Liu. Chang from Chang Liu sounds like the word ‘long’ in Chinese, and worm alludes to his willow immortal thing, as worms/carps/etc evolve into snakes then dragons???