The sky was bright.
This cliff, which had stopped countless players and forced everyone to halt, now revealed its full appearance—
The cliff extended to both sides, reaching far into the distance where vision was obscured.
Behind was the bustling Sprawl Metropolis, and beneath was an abyss with no visible bottom.
But looking ahead, there was a vast, boundless desolate plain.
Apart from scattered vegetation, there was nothing worth seeing.
As the boundary created by Zhù Mèng for the virtual world, the artificial end of the world, it was quite fitting.
Yet, at the end of this wasteland, a silver-white city stood abruptly.
Although the distance was too great to see the scale and details clearly.
Old players of "Project Frostfall" were very familiar with the outline of Silver City, plus the train track leading to Silver City…
That city must be Silver City!
Moreover, whether it was an illusion or not, Illusion Moon always felt that the city was getting bigger!
This could only mean one thing—
Silver City was indeed approaching!
"Silver City has grown legs! ?" Illusion Moon was shocked, "Is this so high-tech?!"
He couldn't imagine that one day he would see an entire city moving across the wasteland!
The players were also super excited:
"It's really Silver City! Absolutely!"
"Ahhh! My wives are driving Silver City to pick me up!"
"Streamer, what are you waiting for? Jump down and find them!"
"Is there any大佬(big shot) who can calculate how long it will take for the two cities to meet at this speed?"
"Everyone, I'm so touched!"
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Illusion Moon was also a little touched.
But not because of the outrageous reason that virtual wives were coming to pick him up, but because Zhù Mèng had not only really made Silver City, but also created an easter egg for the way Silver City appeared—
It wasn't just updating it after it was done, and Silver City appeared with a "brush".
But outside of everyone's sight, they had made the content of the city docking!
This seriousness towards creating their own world really touched him.
"Everyone! I was right, wasn't I?!"
"Zhù Mèng will not disappoint us!"
"As for running over there in advance… you can try it!"
"Anyway, there's no hope of rushing to the 100th floor in 7 days, and it's even more impossible to be the first to rush up, so it's the same to fight later."
"Okay, today's live broadcast will end here."
"I really can't hold on anymore, I'm going to sleep first, see you all tonight!"
After saying goodbye to the viewers, Illusion Moon turned off the computer, quickly took a shower and went to bed, ending this long 18-hour live broadcast.
When he woke up again, it was already night.
The first thing he did after waking up was to check the dynamics of the hardcore fan group to see if he had missed anything important.
There really was.
Zhù Mèng activated the official account of [Sprawl Metropolis] and posted three consecutive updates while he was sleeping:
[Welcome to Sprawl Metropolis!]
[The city is my home, and civilization depends on everyone! Everyone is responsible for building a harmonious city!]
And—
[Sky Arena New Year's Event Announcement!]
[Zhù Mèng will invite world-renowned boxing athletes, mixed martial arts athletes, wrestling athletes, and bit-bite well-known internet celebrities in the field of fighting and martial arts to participate in the Sky Arena floor-rushing Grand Prix! Compete for the eight million grand prize together!]
[This floor-rushing Grand Prix also welcomes all players to actively participate and compete on the same stage with world champions, professional experts, and internet celebrities!]
[The floor-rushing Grand Prix will officially start on December 28th!]
[Stay tuned!]
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"Ah?!!"
Illusion Moon was caught off guard by this announcement!
"I just thought there was no rush, and I could take my time, but you're giving me this????"
Without even thinking about it, after December 28th, the combat environment of the Sky Arena would deteriorate rapidly!
—More precisely, there would be more and more experts, the battles would become more and more intense, and the methods would become more and more unscrupulous!
This might still be a good thing for experts and viewers.
But for a noob like him, it was completely a nightmare!
The difficulty of rushing to the higher floors would increase exponentially!
He wouldn't even have to wait until December 28th; now that he went online, the intensity of the battle would increase by a large margin!
8 million in prize money!
All players can participate!
With this going on, who wouldn't want to practice more and challenge it?
Illusion Moon clicked on the list of participants attached to the competition announcement to look at the names one by one.
He was afraid of seeing any legendary boxer or five-time mixed martial arts champion pop up.
Fortunately, there was no such person.
—Xǔ Mèng wanted to find such people, especially the legendary boxer Michael Tiger, but was strongly rejected by Chén Jūnyì.
Legends have the worth of legends.
Wanting Michael Tiger to appear would cost tens of millions of dollars, which would be hundreds of millions when converted into Xià Guó currency!
Xǔ Mèng didn't lack money, but Chén Jūnyì had to look at the input-output ratio when doing publicity and couldn't bear his wastefulness.
From the beginning, Chén Jūnyì avoided those top professional athletes whose appearance fees cost millions of dollars.
Instead, he chose boxers who were famous but had passed their peak.
Then, he supplemented them with some boxers who were super popular in their respective countries but whose worth in the world was not high.
In the end, he successfully invited 20 professional boxers and martial arts athletes with not weak strength and more publicity gimmicks at a "cost-effective" price.
Internet celebrities were much simpler.
Fighting and Kung Fu were originally niche fields, and the largest internet celebrities were not very big, so the appearance fees were not too high.
Chén Jūnyì invited 40 of them in one breath, almost in a "package" manner.
He invited a full 14 "Inch Fist Masters".
This was not because he liked Inch Fist, but because there were too many people hitting bricks on Bit-Bite, and there were too many "Inch Fist Masters".
Xǔ Mèng also took the time to ask Chén Jūnyì about the level of these "masters".
Chén Jūnyì directly gave a "sigh, eyes closed, shake of the head" combo.
His face was full of unbearable directness.
So Xǔ Mèng stopped talking nonsense.
Later, when these players flew to Níng Zhōu, Xǔ Mèng didn't even bother to inquire about any secrets of traditional martial arts.
—On the contrary, later, Yīn Zhìyuǎn heard that he was interested in this aspect and promised to find two real experts to let him broaden his horizons.
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… …
After Illusion Moon finished reading the list and searched for the records of several professional boxers, he immediately gave up his fantasy of the 8 million prize money.
After quickly filling his stomach and starting the broadcast, the first thing he said was:
"Plan change!"
"Silver City can wait, I must rush the number of floors in the Sky Arena before the 28th."
"Otherwise, I may not have a chance in the future!"
Illusion Moon plunged into battle again.
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At this time, Dragon City Flying General had already reached the 85th floor.
But after reaching this height, he rarely encountered player opponents, and they were basically all kinds of NPC boxers.
He began to feel strenuous, and his winning rate also slowly decreased.
But at the same time, his number of fans was increasing rapidly!
Especially after Zhù Mèng announced the [Floor-Rushing Grand Prix] news, even more people came to follow him, expecting him to clash with professional players and traditional martial arts masters.
It would be best to directly crush the other side!
Show the style of the players!
Dragon City Flying General was under great pressure.
At first, he simply wanted to rush to the 100th floor so that he could become an apprentice and become stronger.
But now, he was inexplicably linked to [the first holographic display device], [the floor-rushing Grand Prix], and even [the representative of the players].
Being stared at by hundreds of thousands or millions of eyes, the pressure was imaginable!
He was even forced to study the strength of those professional boxers and internet celebrity masters on the list after going offline…
As a result, the more he looked, the more confused he became!
Those professional athletes were fine; they were just faster, stronger, and more resistant to blows than the average person.
Although they were strong, it was understandable.
But those internet celebrity masters…
The more he looked, the more he couldn't figure out what was going on!
