Gamers Are Fierce

"Eh? What's going on here?"

Chaichai picked up Li Ang's hand, looked at the reindeer skull-shaped mark on the back of his hand, and asked, "Why did it change shape?"

"Custom design, something unique."

Li Ang succinctly replied, took back the synthetic skin, covered the new Divine Mark, and casually snapped his fingers.

Snap.

Countless vines and flowers burst from the wooden chair under him, automatically weaving into a soft recliner shape.

The efficiency of using Divine Power has improved, ten points of Divine Power can now achieve what previously took fifteen or even twenty points.

Li Ang gently pinched the petals and leaves, feeling calm and serene inside.

If he accumulates five thousand points of Divine Power and completely lifts the restrictions, to what extent would his personal combat power soar?

Perhaps even Michael wouldn't be an unattainable existence anymore...

"Oh, right, there's the matter of the bet as well."

Chaichai hung the freshly woven wreath on the wall of the Alchemy Workshop and said, "Originally, the System set a total of seven days for the tournament, but it ended after just two days, so there weren't many bets.

And there were too many betting options, with very detailed divisions, making it very difficult to guess.

I added up all the brain worms and only hit one."

"What's the reward?"

"A common-quality blank firearm, which saves time on replacing bullets, not very valuable."

Chaichai said, "The winning brain worm is still over in the Pacific, should we bring it over?"

"No need, it's just a blank, not worth anything."

Li Ang no longer regards common or even rare-level equipment highly, unless it's a particularly magical and unique item.

Speaking of which, the Virulent Poison Dagger is still placed in the deepest part of the insect nest's safe, and only the most professional research brain worms can study the potential of the Virulent Poison Dagger in a completely sealed isolation environment.

Now that Li Ang has advanced to Demigod, with more control over creating life, it's time to slightly lift the restriction on the Virulent Poison Dagger and increase the frequency of experiments.

Li Ang noted this in his mind, returned to his computer desk, and took another look.

Hmm... there's something very special about the player forum, the closer one is to the top tier, the less they post,

instead, it's the players in the Lv5 to Lv15 range who particularly enjoy posting and discussing,

often saying

"Michael's strength is not as strong as everyone thinks, it's all hype. I looked at the match record, Lv20 players could completely defeat him with a reasonable equipment setup."

"Can giving a Lv10 an epic equipment allow them to solo a Lv20 naked gear?"

"Lose control? I've fought him in the ring, it's fifty-fifty, I also often solo kill him."

Especially during the two days of the tournament, a large number of classic discussion posts appeared on the forum,

a bunch of players who are not even qualified to participate in the Portal World pre-selection battles,

planning strategies, maneuvering and commanding, pointing fingers as if following their script, Earth's players could easily break through the Magic Sunflower World's Transcendent sieges.

"The Portal World battle is really a mirror to reveal the truth, the Syndicate's internal battles are skilled, external battles are unskilled, all trash horses."

"What's the level of the Supernatural Accident Place now? Just a few members, even the Cold Waterstone is playing support, can they fight? No, they don't have the capability, understand? Turning the tables? Very naive."

"Why is it said to be a good random teleportation, just hoping that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Special Affairs Bureau can help the European Heavy Industry Group break out the Heterodox Academy's items, clearing some obstacles for the European Heavy Industry Group's victory, of course winning is better, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the European Heavy Industry Group are brother guilds. If they lose, and the European Heavy Industry Group wins and takes the crown, then the Federal Bureau of Investigation's contribution is one-third. As for the Prometheus Laboratory Company and other allies, it depends on fate. I am a rational fan of the European Heavy Industry Group."

These types of classic posts are not few, and some even discuss Li Rising.

Some posts praise his strength,

others reveal the profitability of the Immaculate Furnace Shop, speculate on the organization behind Li Rising,

and some gloat after Li Ang killed the Seven Martial Seas' Red Eye Yellow Moth, stating that Red Eye Yellow Moth belonged to European Heavy Industry Group, estimating that Li Rising will be in trouble.

Li Ang didn't focus on posts about himself, and instead, examined the details on the personal combat power rankings, and analyzed the player's interpretations of the system update hints.

The third phase of the killing game will officially begin in seven days, some updates have already gone live,

the equipment item quality cap raised to epic level,

players can freely form teams,

the guild population cap further increased, as long as enough Game Coin is paid, it can provide some good buffs for all guild members,

such as increasing Spiritual Power Recovery Speed by 5%, or increasing the rationality cap by 100 points—even for Lv20 and above players, these buffs are quite useful.

The most crucial update contains three points.

First, the third phase will gradually open all Portal permissions, players who obtain the portals can freely close, open, or enter and exit them, or allow others to do so.

Based on this information, and the intel from the Portal World battle revealed by Desolated Lion and others,

players commonly speculate that portals are very likely channels connecting two worlds, function as teleportation gates, star gates, or similar items,

capable of directly reaching Cave Heaven, Blessed Land, alternate dimensions, or complete eco-planets that can be colonized and expanded.

No matter which it is, the portal's value is hard to calculate,

regarding player speculation, those large organizations that have clearly obtained portals, like the Supernatural Accident Place, Global Occult Coalition, etc., have fallen into eerie silence.

It's estimated they are gathering think tanks to explore the portal's value, analyze the threats the portal brings.

Second, the personal combat power ranking will be temporarily closed for seven days, and updated along with the portals' opening seven days later.

This update is quite intriguing,

if the above hypothesis about portals connecting to other worlds is correct, then the so-called "simultaneous update" might involve introducing Transcendents from the Portal World...

For Li Ang, this barely counts as a good thing, at least it won't expose the fact of his rapid power surge so soon, even if his ranking skyrockets seven days later, he can hopefully cover it up by claiming he bought a lot of new equipment.

Third, increase the selection frequency, expand player scale, conventional tasks in reality will appear more frequently, with a certain probability, refresh out ultra-large conventional tasks that other players can freely join, with a long time span.

If the previous update contents hardly relate to most ordinary players, then this final message thoroughly ignited the player forum.

Conventional tasks occur in the real world,

the ultra-large conventional tasks with a long time span and free mid-game joining imply massive upheavals in the real world.