Top 100 List, Heaven-Defying Game Awards

For the past half month, Dream Builder had remained at the center of the storm.

Developers and players around the world had been interacting frantically. Major countries worldwide had followed in the footsteps of Xia State and the United States, investing heavily to promote the widespread adoption of Dream Machines, creating unprecedented momentum.

Naturally, the players had not been idle either.

They played to their hearts' content in the Sea of Creativity, matching wits and courage with developers; supported the "virtual human rights" movement online and cheered on the marches; and welcomed new players in the Sprawling Metropolis and countless games, helping them through the most difficult early stages.

Especially the last part.

The explosive growth of new residents had brought about a problem no one had ever considered before—

The cityscape of the Sprawling Metropolis had been severely affected!

By now, the number of online users in the Freedom Mode Sprawling Metropolis had surpassed that of Peace Mode by more than twentyfold. Its urban vitality and community activity were ahead by an utterly crushing margin.

Naturally, new users were more inclined to join this mode.

Even though danger lurked beneath the bustle—

You might be walking down the street perfectly fine when a Hovercar suddenly fell from the sky and smashed right into you;

You might be having tea with friends in a café when a team of players burst in to carry out a wanted mission;

You might even accidentally step on a manhole cover, only for a violent explosion in the sewers to blast both you and the cover into the air.

You had no idea why the sewers would explode, nor why they happened to explode the instant you stepped on them.

They just exploded.

That was how dangerous the Freedom Mode Sprawling Metropolis was.

But