Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 262: 260: A Special Invitation

Here, “unknown” refers not only to “non-professional” and “non-anchor”, but also not a “street god”.

In the Internet age of the gaming circle, if you’re really strong, it’s not easy to remain completely “incognito”.

There will always be teammates or opponents who have encountered you and remember your ID because of your outrageous actions.

But this time, the winning player had no trace in the gaming circle before the competition.

This indicates that their gaming time might be very short.

But their technology is so strong that it’s outrageous! As a result, the contrast between them is particularly significant.

The final battle began at 2 pm on Sunday.

1,380 players were thrown into the same map at once.

By the last day, there were no more unknown factors. Everyone knew exactly what the competition mechanics were and what kind of opponents they would face.

Lincoln didn’t do any more tricks.

The reduction of the number of participants to one-tenth had the most significant impact: the factors of tactics and luck were greatly weakened.

The player alliance outside the competition venue could not gather at the beginning of the game due to the small number of players, thus unable to form a numerical advantage.

So hard power became the only hard currency for the final battle.

Players who relied on unexpected tactics and innate luck to make it to the final battle faced the hard power collision and were eliminated one after another.

Camille Victoria’s team only made it through the first hour.

Super Tomato’s team lasted until the second hour.

Warehouse Bird and Xu Chun miraculously ended up in the same team and made it to the final ten teams.

But unfortunately, in the final battle, only the strongest are needed! Only one team will win!

The professional player teams performed well, but in the final battle of the last ten teams, they were inevitably eliminated one by one.

When the competition started, the “champion team” was still mixed with “ordinary players” and didn’t stand out at all.

—Of course, the term “ordinary” here is relative. In fact, every player in this competition was picked out of thousands of competitors.

As the competition went on and the number of players decreased, they became more and more noticeable.

There were ten people in total, but one person rarely participated in battles. Most of the actions were carried out in groups of three, covering, breaking through, suppressing, turning, base fighting, mobile fighting…

Throughout the competition, there was almost no flaw in their performance, and their ability to read the battlefield was invincible.

In battle, all tactical actions of the enemy were almost entirely accurately predicted.

There were no fancy tricks, no weird ideas, only decisiveness, accuracy, tacit understanding, and perfect execution!

The most outrageous scene happened when they encountered Warehouse Bird and Xu Chun’s team.

With the cover of five teammates, Xu Chun rushed into close combat distance.

In the previous competitions, as long as Xu Chun rushed into close combat distance, he basically crushed everything in his path.

This tactic was developed specifically for him and had always been effective.

However, this time, the player who was rushed into close combat distance didn’t panic at all. Instead, he pulled out his straight knife and fought with Xu Chun!

After a frontal attack for a full eight seconds, there was no sign of any disadvantage!

At normal speed, their actions were impossible to see, and all they could see were the sparks flying in the air and the high-frequency sounds of weapon clashes.

It was only when the director slowed down the footage by twelve times that the audience could barely see their actions.

Xu Chun felt more joy than surprise at meeting his equal.

Just when he wanted to have a big fight with the opponent in front of him, the other two opponents simply opened fire to support him, not worrying about misfiring at all.

Faced with the choice between being hacked by bullets and killed by a knife or blocking the knife and being shot to death, Xu Chun chose the latter.

After being shot and on the verge of dying, the opponent had no intention of sympathizing and simply stabbed him in the back, then continued to fight.

At this point, the audience realized just how outrageous this team was!

Anyone they pulled out could compete with Xu Chun, who is currently recognized as the “number one in cold-weapon combat,” on equal terms!

—Later, Lincoln asked Xu Chun about the person’s level, and Xu Chun’s answer was that he could win one-on-one, but it would take longer. However, in a team battle, even just two-on-two, he would definitely lose.

When this team finally won the championship, the audience was surprised, but after watching every battle, they were convinced.

Everyone just wondered if this team had just retired and wanted to try their luck in the esports circle while their professional skills were still sharp..

Anyway, after the results came out, the System immediately started distributing rewards to the players.

As a fixed reward item, virtual currency did not change, but the amount was quite considerable this time.

Most players who received this reward couldn’t contain their excitement.

The reason was simple: now, the wealthy were buying more real estate and frantically purchasing virtual currency to get golden keys.

The virtual currency from this reward could be sold to them, enough to make two or three thousand in cash in reality.

Of course, Camille Victoria’s small team of around a hundred people seemed calmer compared to the excitement of other players.

– This money wasn’t insignificant, but compared to what they gained in the competition, it seemed less noteworthy.

This group had stolen so much money from the vault of Metropolis Bank!

If they could control the gold output and maintain the current gold price without devaluation, then after this competition, each of them could make over a hundred thousand in cash!

No doubt a crazy profit!

Even professional players participating in some small-scale competitions didn’t get so much prize money!

Apart from virtual currency, these over a thousand qualified players also received a special silver trophy.

As expected, the base of the trophy was engraved with – [Freedom Day One in Ten Thousand].

A silver Free Day Medal in the shape of an octagon was also a standard feature, which could be transformed into a silver symbol to appear behind the player’s Game ID as proof of identity and strength.

In addition to all this, the trophy had an extra special effect – [Inscription Bullet].

This effect was quite practical: players could customize their bullets, including but not limited to material, patterns, hollowing, engraving, and so on.

As for the player’s choicewhether to engrave the silver bullet with a dirty word like “Your mother is dead!”

Or engrave on the bronze bullet, “From Three Stars Ruins No. 4 Tomb, fine military craftsmanship since 2022 BC” as a joke message.

That would be up to the player.

However, no matter how the player designed it, it was just a “bullet skin” for appearance purposes and would not affect the bullet’s original effect.

It didn’t make them stronger, but it definitely added style!

The more conscientious part was that this bullet effect was visible not only to the player but also to everyone when fired.

The purpose was simple: to make it easy for players to show off.

Of course, only players could see it.

Using the appearance effect to turn an ordinary bullet into gold and selling it to the gold stores in Metropolis would be treating Cloud Dream’s designers like fools…

And it didn’t end there, an envelope appeared before these thousand or so players, accompanied by sparks.

The envelope automatically opened, the letter unfolded smoothly, and the text emerged: “Dear Metropolis resident,

Hello.

Congratulations on your active performance during the Freedom Day Event.

We sincerely admire your indomitable fighting will and excellent combat skills.

We cordially and respectfully invite you to become an honorary citizen of Metropolis.

The credential of honorary citizenship has been sent along with this letter, and we eagerly await your arrival.”

Camille Victoria put down the letter, shook the envelope, and a card with the cityscape of Metropolis appeared in her hand.

It recorded her avatar and Game ID, the first time she entered Metropolis, and even the address of her virtual real estate.

“What is this? A citizen ID card?” she asked, puzzled.

The comments were even more puzzled, replying, “You’re asking us who got eliminated?”

Of course, some also said, “It’s useless, just five bucks to recycle it, send me a private message, and I’ll transfer the money directly.”

Camille Victoria ignored these comments and discovered that with this card, there was an additional option when logging into the game world through virtual real estate.

Previously, there were only three login options: [Wind Traveler], [Assassin’s league], and [Light Encounter].

Now there was one more: [Metropolis].

“What’s the difference between this [Metropolis] and the Metropolis in

[Assassin’s league]?”

As Camille Victoria spoke, she had already chosen to log into the newly appeared [Metropolis] virtual world.

The light and shadow outside the window flickered, and when they settled, the scenery outside remained the familiar Metropolis.

She walked to the window and at first didn’t notice the difference.

It was only when she saw groups of unfamiliar players appearing on the main streets, excitedly gathering together, dancing and talking incessantly, she suddenly realized, and her eyes widened in surprise: “This is-”

“A public map?!”