Lu Ce listened to the voice in his head, looked at the prompt, and almost instantly refused without even needing to think:

“No! I won’t use my real name.”

【Alright, please choose an in-game name for yourself.】

“Whatever, as long as it’s not my real name... Wait, will my face be shown in this ranking?”

【Do you confirm using the name ‘Whatever, as long as it’s not my real name wait will my face be shown in this ranking’?】

Lu Ce: ?

“Are you f***ing crazy? That’s a name?!”

【Do you confirm using the name ‘Are you f***ing crazy that’s a name’?】

Lu Ce: ......

Lu Ce felt a twitch in his brain and thought, does this mean I can't even talk to the game now? Do I have to get this sorted immediately?

“Exit the naming screen!”

【Do you confirm usi.....】

Lu Ce was kind of done with it at that point. He waved his hand and stopped talking, deciding to just pick a name already. This AI really had a sense of humor.

The Peak Ranking was about to be revealed. If he kept wasting time, the game might really end up registering that as his name.

Tch, he originally thought letting the game come up with a name based on his traits would be fine, but now that he had to do it himself, he got stuck.

If he just made something up and couldn't change it later, there might be all kinds of trouble.

After thinking for a bit, Lu Ce decided to base it on his mask and related titles.

“Original Sin Mask... Original Sin? Original Sinner? Miracle Sinner’s still out farming mobs!.....”

“Forget it, might as well go a bit edgy with my gamer tag.”

He ran through some names in his head, and finally confirmed one with the game interface.

“Sin.”

【Do you confirm using the name ‘Sin.’?】

“Confirm!”

【Game ID confirmed. Your Peak Ranking avatar will be selected from your in-game appearance.】

【Enjoy the game, and may your valor pierce the skies.】

After the two formal lines, the game’s voice fell silent again.

Lu Ce sat up from the bed, threw on his Enigmatic Cloak, shapeshifted it into a school uniform, and lay down comfortably, scrolling through his Redmi phone.

Every major entertainment site was now filled with posts about The Chosen’s Game. Entertainment stars and trending news had been pushed to the sidelines.

Chosen’s Paradise, the game that was changing the world, was gradually becoming mainstream. The Chosen Ones were increasing in number, with new people selected every day.

Although most Chosen didn’t dare become Players, choosing to remain Spectators instead, the attention and longing remained unchanged.

Many so-called experts had popped up saying buzzkill things like “we should boycott the game,” but such news couldn’t even get proper airtime anymore.

Because no one cared.

——Right now, everyone only cared about one thing——the Peak Ranking was about to be revealed.

Honestly, even beyond the spectators, Lu Ce himself was very curious about this.

Was he still the strongest?

If not, who had surpassed him? And how did they do it?

With the Chosen of Agony bonus and three Perfect Completions under his belt, what kind of power would the other heroes of the world possess?

Casually browsing the biggest domestic social media site, Lu Ce saw tons of grassroots speculation, with guesses about the top players now entering public attention.

He saw experts from all kinds of countries in the mix, including himself of course.

Though his footage was a little too bloody and violent for most proper sites to even post.

To the public, he was just a masked, raving madman.

【Peak Ranking Revealed!】

【The Game has now run three times, producing many powerful Players. To encourage everyone to strive for greatness, we are now releasing the Peak Ranking.】

【The top 10,000 Players will receive Achievement Badges, and the top 100 will be displayed on the leaderboard.】

【Long-term presence on the board will come with unexpected benefits. We hope all Players give it their best~.】

The same voice echoed in the minds of over twenty million Chosen worldwide, its tone carrying a soul-stirring effect that sent a chill down the spine.

Then, a golden leaderboard appeared on everyone’s game interface.

Lu Ce didn’t really look closely. He scrolled roughly from the bottom up.

——Most people weren’t using their real names.

Maybe to hide their identity, or maybe just to pick a cooler nickname.

But not many were masked like him; most of the Chosen had their faces shown in the footage.

As he quickly scrolled upward, Lu Ce discovered something shocking.

——From rank 70 onward, almost every Player had achieved three Perfect Completions!

That meant that, in theory, their strength levels shouldn’t differ much!

The differences likely came from minor performances or luck—some people got a good Epic-tier weapon from a Weapon Lottery Ticket, others didn’t.

Some people pulled a war vehicle, others got a trench coat that could alter their appearance.......

The gap was still considerable.

Some Players had clearly tied themselves to specific Organizations, so their personal profiles were shown openly.

【No.17 Thomas Reno】

【Ability Description: Exceptional physical capabilities and combat skills. Proficient with all known human weaponry and equipment. Can drive any vehicle in the world. Currently has cloning ability. Body suspected to be modified. Other powers unknown.】

【Additional Info: Member of a secret U.S. task force, reports directly to the president. All mission logs were destroyed post-operation. No data remains.】

A guy with a background like this was exposed just because of the game....

Lu Ce thought to himself.

【No.14 Black Mountain Bear (Codename)】

【Ability Description: Physical enhancement, possesses beastification powers, high vitality, extreme destructive force, and regenerative capabilities.】

【Additional Info: Participated in designing Russia’s Dead Hand system!】

......

【No.8 Sun (Codename)】

【Ability Description: Possesses berserker-level power. Ruthless Blazing Sun. Held the fastest total completion time in the first three games!】

【Additional Info: Suspected to be a Chinese guy. Associated with the Tiandihui!】

Lu Ce’s eyes narrowed slightly. That description... sounded familiar.

Tiandihui?

He must’ve written that part himself. Never misses a chance to promote, huh.

Is he the top leader of that Faction?

Thinking this, Lu Ce finally scrolled to the top of this otherwise not-so-useful leaderboard.

——【No.1 Sin (Codename)】

World’s Number One!