Li Xing had the freedom to be a little reckless once during this mission.
Just like in his first mission, he could take an unconventional path and choose to obtain the Devour Ability.
Li Xing was very satisfied with the choice he had made in his first mission.
Back to the current mission.
Mission Three would undoubtedly help Li Xing the most.
He could imagine the storm that would erupt if he held tournaments in cities around the world.
He could easily throw money around to attract large numbers of people.
Compared with the World Martial Arts Tournament,
Li Xing could organize a grand event that the whole world could take part in.
It would have four levels: city tournaments, regional tournaments, championship tournaments, and the peak tournament.
City tournaments would be held once a month;
regional tournaments once every six months;
championship tournaments once a year;
and the peak tournament once every four years.
As he headed toward the gravity chamber, Li Xing began brainstorming.
"Sounds good!"
"But you must complete the mission to receive the rewards."
The system's flat voice rang out, and delight appeared on Li Xing's face.
What was this?
This was the system showing great understanding!
That way, he could organize a massive martial arts event while also killing a few people at the World Martial Arts Tournament in a little over two months and earning rewards.
What was the point of a martial arts tournament if no one died?
After getting confirmation, Li Xing immediately set to work, impatient to get started.
For now, it was only an idea.
Getting the whole world involved would require inviting most of the powerful martial artists.
It would be impossible to put the plan into practice without several months of preparation.
This could easily become a major project for the group. Li Xing only needed to reap the benefits behind the scenes.
Once held, an event of this scale would bring fame on a whole different level.
With advertising and other revenue, the Aurora Group could only profit.
In short, you might break even, but I'd definitely make a killing.
"Wisdom!"
"I'm here, Engineer."
The black Polar Night Nano Mecha Li Xing wore had a watch built into it, and the watch could connect to Wisdom.
Li Xing didn't need to be in a particular place or use a specific device to contact the artificial intelligence.
He only needed to be within the range of Aurora's network.
How many satellites did the Aurora Group currently have in the sky?
Forty-eight!
And that number was growing steadily, at a rate of two more each week.
That meant Li Xing could contact Wisdom from most places on Earth.
Once the equipment and other systems were upgraded, Wisdom would become even more capable.
"Take this down!"
"Understood."
"Aurora Martial Arts Peak Tournament."
Li Xing found a chair and sat down, then began talking through his ideas.
That was how inspiration worked.
Having Wisdom help him would be much better than trying to find inspiration all over again.
He went over the earlier points once more.
"The Aurora Group will open a shop in every city and build an arena alongside it."
Li Xing spoke calmly.
For the Aurora Group, this would be a piece of cake.
It would also help them quickly expand into new markets and build their own distribution and logistics network.
The money involved was trivial.
Li Xing's eyes flickered.
What came next was the real big undertaking.
Earth would face one disaster after another in the future.
What if the Aurora Group took responsibility for defending the planet?
They could build all kinds of powerful weapons in orbit to repel incoming ships.
People like Vegeta and Babidi, for instance.
If even more powerful enemies invaded Earth, fighters stationed across the cities could quickly spread out and stop them.
The Aurora Group would establish a security force called the Aurora Earth Defense Force.
It would be divided into an inner team and an outer team.
Members of the inner team would only need to stay at headquarters and train in martial arts.
Members of the outer team would rotate between cities and be responsible for the martial arts tournaments there.
The top three finishers in the peak tournament would be recruited for the inner team. If they declined, the next batch would be considered.
The top forty finishers in the championship tournament would be recruited for the outer team.
Li Xing thought through every possibility.
The main concern was slackness and corruption.
The inner team would be fine.
Li Xing wasn't doing this out of kindness. He was raising fighters through brutal competition.
The Aurora Group was too slow at recruiting fighters on its own, and they were too weak to satisfy him.
Their combat strength was mediocre, too.
Once these rules were in place,
he wouldn't need many fighters. Recruiting just a few championship contenders would make his physical stats grow rapidly.
Judging by that group of top-tier martial artists,
as long as their strength kept improving, even if only slowly,
Li Xing's own strength would grow by leaps and bounds.
His problem was the lack of opponents.
His current opponents were so weak compared to him that it was very difficult to improve.
After a full-force clash, his physical stats increased by less than 0.0001.
As he continued to grow, it would become even harder to find good fighters.
After the twenty-second tournament, the best fighters were basically all aliens, along with the two Earthlings Master Roshi had trained.
In that case, he might as well train fighters himself.
He refused to believe that fighting every day,
over and over,
wouldn't mold a group of powerful fighters.
There was another point.
A glint flashed in Li Xing's eyes.
The World Martial Arts Tournament hadn't attracted many truly outstanding martial artists.
Powerful martial artists were scattered all over the world.
They might not be much to look at later on, but in the early days, they were still very strong—no weaker than Sun Wukong and the others.
With proper training, one of them might become the next Krillin.
The world was huge. There couldn't possibly be only one person with outstanding talent like Krillin.
Li Xing believed there had to be people with even greater talent than Krillin, and quite a few of them.
For example, the one beneath Korin Tower.
And the instructor at the martial arts school run by the king in the capital.
There were many others, too.
If he gathered them all together,
then combined them with technology, surpassing Krillin wouldn't be difficult at all.
"With great rewards come brave fighters. I refuse to believe people won't be tempted when the Aurora Group does this."
"City tournaments will use a ranking system. Starting from the bottom, fighters can challenge the person one rank above them. They can't refuse, or their rankings will be swapped.
"After winning five consecutive matches, a fighter can skip one rank and challenge someone two places above them.
"After winning ten consecutive matches, a fighter can skip two ranks and challenge someone three places above them."
The regional tournaments and championship tournaments would naturally use a round-robin format.
Only the regional tournaments would be a little troublesome.
But Li Xing didn't need to handle any of that personally.
If it was troublesome, so be it. He had people working for him.
"Wisdom.
"For the City Ranking Tournament, finalize the previous month's rankings at the beginning of each month. Those who agree to enter the regional tournament will receive 20,000 yuan for first place, 10,000 yuan for second, and 5,000 yuan for third.
"The Aurora Group will cover all arrangements and expenses during the regional tournament."
Li Xing was offering a huge sum right from the start.
It might not seem like much. Each city would only need 35,000 yuan a month, and even with the competitors' expenses, the total would be no more than 200,000.
At 200,000 a month, that came to 1.2 million over six months.
With ten thousand cities, the Aurora Group would have to spend 120 billion yuan on the regional tournaments alone.
That didn't even include staff salaries or other expenses, such as travel and medical costs.
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