Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 880 - 491: Storming the Tower

Looking at the two ranking lists before him, Ye Feng fell into a slight contemplation, considering how much power he should reveal to be appropriate.

Of course, mere contemplation would not yield any results.

Because what was important was what Ye Feng would gain after revealing his power and whether it was worth it to expose his abilities.

So after a brief consideration, Ye Feng communicated with Liu Ying and the others through a transmitting message to gather information.

Upon receiving the message, the four of them nodded slightly and quickly mingled into the crowd.

As for Ye Feng, he went to the queue.

The rules were already clearly written on the map that had just been given; all the Preliminary Selection Towers were the same.

One thousand people would enter at a time, and once everyone had come out, the next round would begin.

Only those who reached the 10th floor of the Preliminary Selection Tower were considered to have passed the preliminaries, and the higher the floor reached, the higher the ranking.

However, what benefits came with a higher ranking were not explained in detail in the material.

While Ye Feng was thinking about these things, Liu Ying was the first to return and immediately transmitted a message to Ye Feng, saying, "Master, I’ve found out everything."

"So fast!" Ye Feng was somewhat surprised, as the total time was probably just about three minutes.

"Yes! I gave out 50 Spirit Stones as a bribe to one of the workers to get the accurate information. Can I get reimbursed for this?" Liu Ying said, feigning pitifulness.

"That’s fine!" Ye Feng nodded directly.

"Hee hee! Master, I was just joking." Liu Ying pursed her lips and giggled, then her expression became serious, and she immediately shared the information she had gathered.

"According to that worker, the higher one ranks in each sub-list, the fewer times they need to participate in the subsequent competitions," Liu Ying explained.

"Those who make it into the top 100 of the sub-list not only pass the preliminaries but can also skip the oceanic selection and go directly to the knockout rounds."

"Even being in the top 100 of the overall ranking means direct entry into the grand finals," Liu Ying said.

Ye Feng nodded, and seeing Liu Ying not continue, he couldn’t help but ask, "That’s it? There aren’t any physical rewards?"

"No, there aren’t. However, all contestants will try their best to get a good ranking here."

"Because the further forward the ranking, the more attention from the big shots of the Heavenly God Court, and that is what is most important to the vast majority," Liu Ying explained.

Ye Feng nodded. If he wanted to make a name for himself as a genius, he indeed should put on a good performance in this stage.

"Oh, by the way, did you find out how many people are participating this time?" Ye Feng asked after a moment’s thought.

"The number of people who have registered has already exceeded 500 million, and according to statistics from previous years, it’s generally between 1 billion and 2 billion," Liu Ying said.

"However, the number of people who make it through the preliminaries is much less, roughly around 100 million," Liu Ying continued.

Though Ye Feng knew the number would not be small, he had never imagined it would be so staggeringly large.

"100 million people... no wonder everyone wants to get a good ranking in the Preliminary Selection Tower. Otherwise, after round by round of eliminations, who knows how many people you’d have to go through to make it to the grand finals."

Ye Feng muttered, then quickly thought of something and asked, "Then how many people will participate in the grand finals in the end?"

"It will be controlled to be around 10,000," Liu Ying responded.

Ye Feng nodded, feeling informed, and moments later, Ye Song, Zhu Fangshan, and Chu Liang also returned one after the other.

They, too, brought back news, but it was not as comprehensive as Liu Ying’s and their speed was also slower.

Although this was a minor matter, Ye Feng had already made a mental note of the four individuals’ ability to handle tasks.

Soon, people began to emerge one after another from the Preliminary Selection Tower.

The first ones to come out generally had bitter expressions, a clear sign that they hadn’t managed to get past the first 10 floors of the Preliminary Selection Tower and were eliminated directly.

A moment later, those who came out had smiles on their faces.

Clearly, they had passed the preliminaries, but Ye Feng felt that these people would probably get stuck in the oceanic selection round.

Currently, in the real-time rankings, the highest rank was just someone who had barely passed the 20th floor.

As time passed, the speed at which these people challenged the levels slowed down. In the last batch of 1,000, the one who reached the highest floor in the tower only made it to the 27th floor.

"Next group of contestants, please enter." Following the shout from a worker, Ye Feng followed the crowd and quickly entered the Preliminary Selection Tower.

Although the tower was 100 floors high, its area was only around 3,000 square meters, and that was just the bottom level—the higher up, the narrower it got.

Distributed among these 1,000 people, it was obviously quite crowded, which made Ye Feng curious about how the selection would be conducted in such a narrow range.

"Please take out your contestant Tokens and hold them in your hand, one minute to prepare," came the voice of the workers from the Formation around the walls.

Ye Feng immediately took out his Token from his Storage Bracelet, and the others did the same.

After he took out his Token, Ye Feng noticed that the number 9 was flashing on it. He glanced at other people and saw that their Tokens had numbers ranging from 7 to 10.

Ye Feng guessed that these numbers probably represented the contestant’s Realm.

A minute passed in a flash.

As the countdown ended, beams of light shot down from the ceiling above, enveloping each contestant and their Tokens.