Chapter 251: Chapter 144: Sudden Version 4.4 Update
"OP, you’re a traitor, aren’t you? Did you get paid for this?" —Heaven-Reaching Gang Member #97
Amidst the flood of disbelieving replies, a few clear-headed people tried to salvage the situation. These were members of the Heaven-Reaching Gang who, by interpreting Sun Yu’s words, were fairly certain that the Bottle Person was his "big brother." Unfortunately, Gun’Er had instructed them after the fact not to say anything rash, so even though the Heaven-Reaching Gang members were furious about such rumors, there was nothing they could really do...
SWOOSH.
Ignoring the hysteria, Shen Fei briefly scrolled through the most popular thread. His gaze then shifted, landing on the betting thread that Sun Yu had started.
"Hooray! I finally caught a bet where the house gets screwed!"
"Hooray! The money doesn’t matter! I just want to see the damn house lose!"
"Pay up! Pay what you owe!"
"Thirty million! That’s thirty million!"
Sun Yu’s betting thread was filled with gloating replies. Everyone else had thought the same thing as Sun Yu. Since the final championship match never took place, it should have been considered a void bet. But to everyone’s surprise, when the match failed to meet expectations, the Forum’s rules automatically declared the bookie, Brother Kaipan, the loser. Everyone else was overjoyed by this outcome.
To ensure others trusted its authenticity, the new Forum had to rely on its automated rules for scoring. But the result of that scoring was that Sun Yu was instantly saddled with a 30,000,000 debt...
"This Brother Kaipan is really famous!"
"Stop gloating, you guys. He can make a comeback!"
"Let me tell you, back in that game called *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*, he made tons of comebacks!"
People who recognized Sun Yu’s account from the past also replied in the thread.
"Who cares if he makes a comeback! I’m not betting with him again!"
"What I want to know now is, can he even pay back that much money?"
"Does he have that kind of ability?"
"What if he just runs off?"
Likewise, some people were worried that Yu wouldn’t be able to pay.
"It’s the damn apocalypse, and we’ve all inherited game abilities! What the hell are you afraid of?!"
"Didn’t you see the one-week payment countdown timer displayed up top?"
"My judgment? He can definitely pay!"
"If he can’t pay, just make Brother Kaipan sell his ass..."
The powerful functions of the new Forum gave many people a baffling sense of confidence. The fact that the system automatically declared the house the loser after a voided bet made a lot of people ecstatic. This was exactly the kind of ruling mechanism they wanted. This was how it should be done!
"Hoo~"
A few minutes later, after quickly browsing the new Forum’s threads, Shen Fei saw that aside from the heated discussions about his own identity and Sun Yu’s betting pool, several other threads were also attracting a lot of attention.
The topics of these threads were:
*Why Are the Unrestricted Super Bosses So Powerful?*
*Why Do Most Super Bosses Rush Into Special Zones Immediately After Appearing?*
*Should People Living on the Edge of Special Zones Move Out Immediately?*
Besides these discussions, Shen Fei also saw that outside of Great Xia, the most popular thread on a global scale was also about him.
The thread was titled: *The True Number One in the World—Bottle Person!*
Aside from the very few people familiar with Shen Fei who knew he was the one hiding in the bottle, the vast majority of people, especially foreigners, were completely baffled. However, that didn’t stop everyone from crowning Shen Fei with the title of world’s number one.
Moreover, Shen Fei had also earned the nickname "Bottle Person."
What made him rather happy was that this globally recognized nickname hadn’t changed his ID on the new Forum from [Cyan God] to [Bottle Person]. It was a stroke of luck in a sea of misfortune...
"Bro..."
As Shen Fei frowned at the Forum, Yu, who was waiting anxiously beside him, called out again. That slowly ticking countdown, and the blood-red "30,000,000" that popped up the moment he logged into the new Forum, had Sun Yu’s heart pounding in agitation...
"What are we going to do?"
Sun Yu’s problem really is a problem...
Of course, if Shen Fei were willing to ask, the Great Xia Tourism Management Office headquarters would have been more than happy to give him the thirty million. But Shen Fei didn’t want to owe them a favor...
Should I get the [Ninth World] up and running? But I can’t guarantee I’d make thirty million in commission within a week! Besides, I can’t get in touch with Number 0, so it’s impossible! More importantly, there probably aren’t that many people looking to sell items at this stage...
Shen Fei frowned in thought.
He had originally thought that after returning to Qing City this time, the next wave of inheritance would happen all at once in five or six days. He would have plenty of free time to ponder his rebirth and the anomaly Magnus had just spawned. He hadn’t expected to be immediately bogged down by Yu’s problem...
"Bro..."
"How about... I just stop using the Forum... If my account gets banned, so be it..."
Seeing his big bro frown, Sun Yu quickly spoke up. In his mind, nothing was a problem for his big bro. That was why he had come straight to him after running into trouble. But he didn’t want to see this incident cause trouble for his bro or make him worry.
"Huh??"
"Huh??!!"
Before Sun Yu could finish, both brothers suddenly froze!
And it wasn’t just the two of them who were stunned. Everyone in Qing City, everyone in Great Xia, and indeed players all over the world were stunned.
Everyone saw that for some unknown reason, every player’s personal panel had suddenly opened.
[DING!]
[A special BUG has been detected, resulting in an event that surpasses the current version!]
[The version update is accelerating again!]
[Version 4.4 update commencing...]
