Chapter 254: Chapter 145: All Players Enter the Same Secret Realm, Let’s Fight!
Some missions were even mandatory and had to be completed. However, the fourth-place prize, the Mission Exemption Scroll, could allow someone to be completely exempt from such a task.
Shen Fei desperately wanted the prizes for the individual competition, but the rewards for the team competition made his heart race even faster. He saw that the first-place prize for the team competition was a [Source of the Secret Realm]. This was an incredibly powerful item that could transform a building, structure, or even a special item into a Secret Realm. Shen Fei knew that Secret Realms were divided into different types, such as solo, multiplayer, single-use, and reusable, and the Source of the Secret Realm could clearly activate any of them. As it happened, there was a structure in Qing City, at the center of the nine Neutral Cities, that he had long had his eye on—the Heaven-Reaching Tower. If this special building randomly evolved into a Secret Realm on its own after the version update, all would be well. If it didn’t, and instead became a ninety-nine-story Monster Nest with an immense space on each floor, that would be incredibly troublesome for him. But with a rare item like the Source of the Secret Realm, even if the Heaven-Reaching Tower evolved into a Monster Nest, Shen Fei could use the Source to Enlighten it back into a Secret Realm. This first-place prize made his heart burn with desire.
The prize for second place in the team competition also made Shen Fei’s heart race: five Neutral City Teleportation Array Building Stones. As the versions continued to update, it would become possible to build a Teleportation Array in a Neutral City for long-distance travel. For example, one could use a Teleportation Array to travel from [Fanghu Cave Heaven] in the Divine Capital to [Yang City] in Qing City. Although this was fixed point-to-point Teleportation and not as flexible as his [Long-range Teleportation], it was something everyone could use. On a planet that was becoming super-massive, this kind of travel was an extremely powerful strategic resource. Building a Teleportation Array was exceptionally difficult, yet the second-place prize was a direct award of five stones that could instantly create one upon use. Shen Fei’s eyes practically shone with golden light as he looked at them.
Aside from the first two, the prize for third place in the team competition made Shen Fei pause in surprise. Personal Panel Activation Scroll! At first glance, the third-place prize didn’t seem to have anything to do with players who had inherited abilities, but on closer inspection, it was still very important. The one hundred Personal Panel Activation Scrolls were clearly meant for ordinary people—those who had either never played the game or had not inherited any abilities. Through this type of scroll, an ordinary person could obtain a Personal Panel and gain the qualification to possess abilities. Shen Fei remembered, Letting ordinary people gain this qualification was something that only appeared after the players’ level cap was removed, back in version 4.6 or 4.7. He never expected that this item would appear so early as a ranking reward for this Secret Realm. Of course, this item was important. For someone like Li Yunlong, the Director of the Qing City Tourism Management Office who was still an ordinary person, this item was more than just a little important.
After quickly looking through the prizes for the team competition, Shen Fei’s attention shifted to the rewards for the final competition format—the Unrestricted Special Competition! He understood the team and individual competitions perfectly well, but he had no idea what this so-called "special competition" was. In his past life, there had never been a global Great Chaos Secret Realm, so he had no prior experience with any of this. In this life, he still couldn’t figure out what the strangely named format meant. All Shen Fei could do was stare wide-eyed at the prizes.
First place was one Experience Bar Unlock Scroll. The moment he saw this item, Shen Fei was certain he had to get it. He recognized it at a glance. This is a super item that lets me go against the current version to gain experience and level up. As long as he used this scroll, he could gain experience and level up even if the corresponding version update hadn’t been released! Previously, he had killed countless monsters while defending against beast tides, besieging cities, occupying territory, and launching attacks. He had also killed innumerable giant bosses. But after these monsters died, he had gained nothing apart from a few scattered item drops. However, if he used the Experience Bar Unlock Scroll and removed the level lock, he would be able to gain experience from killing monsters from now on. His own power would be enhanced tremendously.
His gaze flickered past the Experience Bar Unlock Scroll to the second-place prizes: an Activation Item Scroll and a Wisdom Bestowed Scroll. Obviously, these two were also rule-bending super items. As competition prizes ranked so highly, Shen Fei knew just from their names how powerful they were. He even speculated, If I use Activation Item on a table... and then immediately afterward, use Wisdom Bestowed on the activated table... I might just end up with a "Table Person."
"Phew..."
After reading the hundreds of lines of text that had suddenly appeared, Shen Fei finally let out a long breath and slowly raised his head. For his Personal Panel to display so much text all at once was a first, whether in his past life or this one. And the meaning conveyed was well worth the sheer volume of text. Shen Fei had no intention of participating in the previous slapdash New Olympic Games. But now, faced with this global battle royale—one with mandatory participation for all, where memories from inside the Secret Realm wouldn’t be retained, and which offered such lavish rewards—he immediately felt that he no longer needed to be low-key.
The text on the Personal Panel was bound to that mysterious [Rule]. Since the text had stated it, then what happened next would be executed exactly as described. There would be no deception or failure to adhere to the text’s content. Memories would be erased, there were such lavish rewards, and 99% of the monsters in the real world were even in a deep slumber. If he were to remain low-key after all this, he’d really be asking to be struck by lightning! Although a literal "lightning strike from the heavens" would attack high-profile people after a certain version update, there was no problem at all since memories would be erased and this was all happening inside a Secret Realm.
Come on! Let’s fight!
"Bro!?"
Beside him, Sun Yu, who had also read all the text, saw his big brother Shen Fei raise his head with a sharp glint in his eyes and cried out excitedly. Although he didn’t recognize most of the items offered as prizes, the ones whose purpose he could guess from their names truly, absolutely made his heart pound wildly. Knowing his big brother liked to be low-key, the excited Sun Yu shouted out, and then heard the reply that made him ecstatic:
"Fight!!!"
Shen Fei had spoken the word that made Sun Yu want to jump for joy. Unlike Shen Fei, who was focused on the rewards and memory erasure, Sun Yu had one other thing on his mind—opening the betting!
He was thirty million in debt. I was originally thinking of just defaulting on the debt and getting my account banned so I wouldn’t trouble Bro... He hadn’t expected that another opportunity would present itself in the blink of an eye. Wasn’t this a light at the end of the tunnel? Sun Yu, who blindly believed his big brother Shen Fei was Invincible, became thrilled after hearing his decision to participate. If Bro is participating, then of course he’ll be number one in the world! Time to open up a new round of betting! Bro will take the prizes, and I’m going to win big enough to turn the world upside down!
"Bro! I’m going to the Forum to open the betting pool!"
Overjoyed, Sun Yu shouted and was about to get busy.
"Stop! No!"
But to his surprise, Shen Fei grabbed him and pulled him back.
"Huh?"
The excited Sun Yu froze.
