Chapter 667
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Early in the morning, the Evil Alliance was in an uproar because of an unfamiliar name that had appeared on the leaderboard.
Normally, it was normal for the leaderboard to change. It was not surprising for a dark horse to appear once in a while.
However, the reason why everyone was denouncing Lin Huang was because of the unfamiliar name that had appeared out of nowhere. He was currently on checkpoint 21 on the Stairway Tree. To the powerhouses on checkpoint 50 to 60, anyone who was on checkpoint 21 was not even in the newbie village. However, it was precisely this fellow who was still in the novice village who had shamelessly earned more than eight million points in one night, forcibly pushing himself to the second place on the annual point ranking.
"You're so shameless! Why don't you get the first place?!"
"He obtained eight million points in one night. He'll be invincible in a year!"
"This kid is so daring! I can't even get eight million points in one night on checkpoint 59. How dare he obtain eight million points …"
"I'm done talking. I've already reported him!"
"Report + 1. His account will be permanently banned!"
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Today, the Genius Union was bustling with activity. They were discussing this matter.
Almost everyone in the virtual world was complaining that Lin Huang had obtained his points through cheating. Tens of thousands of people reported him and requested for Lin Huang's name to be removed from the Evil Alliance.
Some of the geniuses in Divisions 1 and 2 even scolded Divisions 3 and the Sweep Alliance. They said that other than Lin Xie, there must be someone else in Division 3 who cheated.
This caused a war of words between Divisions 3 and 1 and 2. The other safe zones outside of the core zones were just watching the show.
It was past noon when Lin Huang woke up.
Ever since he hung up the call with Yao Lan in the morning, Lin Huang had set his communication page to silent mode. He saw five missed calls as soon as he opened his eyes. Three of them were from Yao Lan, one was from Huangfu Hao, and the last one was an unfamiliar number.
Lin Huang ignored the call. Yao Lan and Huangfu Hao were probably talking about the Evil Alliance. As for the unknown number, it was probably a wrong number.
After taking a shower, he had a scrumptious lunch leisurely. He then returned to his room and logged into the Genius Union's virtual world again.
When he returned to the 21st checkpoint of the Stairway Tree, Lin Huang noticed that many people were looking at him strangely. He could roughly guess that it had something to do with his ranking. After all, Lin Xie's name hung high up in the second place of the annual point ranking. It was hard not to be noticed.
Even though many of them had received Lin Huang's help last night and witnessed the historic scene of the third monster horde being cleared under Lin Huang's lead, most of the people on the 21st level still felt that Lin Huang must have cheated by gaining eight million points overnight.
Lin Huang did not care what others thought of him. The truth was the truth. No matter how the rumors spread, time would reveal the truth one day.
After logging in, Lin Huang did not plan to stay on the 21st level for too long. He headed straight to the gathering place of Zhao San's team. He wanted to say goodbye before he left.
When he arrived at the gathering place of Zhao San and the rest, all six members of the hunting team were there.
They walked towards Lin Huang as soon as they saw him.
"I don't care what others say. I, Zhao San, believe that you didn't cheat!" Zhao San said as soon as he arrived.
"Although I don't know how you did it, I know that you definitely didn't cheat," Jiang Xin said in all seriousness as she stared at Lin Huang with her beautiful eyes. "Those who doubt you will find out one day that they're wrong."
The other four members of the hunting team chose to believe in Lin Huang.
The reaction from the six of them was out of Lin Huang's expectation. After all, he was not familiar with Zhao San and the rest. He did not even know the names of some of them. He only knew the nicknames that Zhao San used to address them. However, these guys who had only been comrades with him for a day actually chose to believe in him at this time.
"Thank you." Lin Huang felt warm inside. After expressing his gratitude, he did not say anything else. "I'm leaving the 21st checkpoint."
"Try to make a name for yourself. Let everyone see that you deserve to be ranked second!" Zhao San patted Lin Huang's shoulder.
"I don't just want to be ranked second." Lin Huang raised an eyebrow.
Zhao San was stunned when he heard that. He then gave Lin Huang a thumbs-up.
"All the best. I believe that you can do it!" Jiang Xin acted like a little fan who saw her idol.
After saying goodbye to Zhao San and the rest, Lin Huang turned around and headed to the main branch of the Stairway Tree. He began his new round of climbing.
The difficulty from the 21st to the 29th checkpoint was not too high. Before 6 p.m., Lin Huang had passed nine checkpoints consecutively and arrived at the 30th checkpoint of the Stairway Tree.
The checkpoint on this checkpoint had stopped many geniuses who wanted to climb to a higher level. However, Lin Huang did not ask about the checkpoint on the 21st checkpoint.
Standing on the Mighty Ape's shoulder, Lin Huang looked above him when he arrived at the 30th checkpoint.
The sky was covered in dark clouds. It was similar to the scenery on the second checkpoint.
"Could it be a snowstorm again?" Lin Huang still remembered the low temperature on the second checkpoint.
As the Mighty Ape continued to climb, it began to rain. The higher the Mighty Ape climbed, the heavier the rain became.
"If it's just rain, this checkpoint shouldn't have stopped so many people. There must be something else." Lin Huang knew that this checkpoint would definitely be difficult. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people would not have been stopped at this checkpoint.
However, soon, Lin Huang found out what the difficulty of this checkpoint was.
This was because the Mighty Ape had climbed less than a kilometer, and the rain was still pouring down like a waterfall.
Moreover, the higher it was, the heavier the waterfall and the stronger the impact.
As the water flowed for a long time, the gaps in the bark became extremely smooth. The Mighty Ape would slip occasionally.
The Mighty Ape climbed for more than 7,000 meters and could no longer move forward.
The water from the waterfall was like a tsunami as it clung onto the bark with both of its hands. It was hard for it to stay where it was.
Lin Huang had to activate the Dark Mirror to prevent himself from being washed off the Mighty Ape's shoulder.
"It seems like it's impossible to force my way through." Lin Huang knew that the Mighty Ape was at its limit, so he did not want to make things difficult for it.
Shaking his head, Lin Huang placed the Dark Mirror on top of the Mighty Ape's head, forming a giant umbrella above its head. The water that was washing down was immediately blocked. The strong force was also diverted to another direction by the Dark Mirror. Lin Huang had to bear less than 1% of the force.
After the crisis was resolved with the Dark Mirror, the difficulty of the checkpoint that had stumped tens of thousands of people was resolved easily.
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