"Congratulations!"
An ethereal voice reached the ears of the 1,000 geniuses in the square.
Venerable Nine Swords appeared before the crowd. "You are the finest 1,000 contestants in this Genius Battle, drawn from all 1,008 Universe Countries of the human race across the cosmos. Our Virtual Universe Company will spare no effort in nurturing you. If any of you are unwilling to join our Virtual Universe Company, you may say so now."
No one spoke.
"Very good."
Venerable Nine Swords smiled. "But you should understand that competition will always exist in the universe. The 1,000 of you cannot receive identical treatment or the same training resources. Even our Virtual Universe Company cannot afford to squander resources like that."
"I will now announce your rewards."
"Those ranked 101st through 1,000th will receive a prize of 10 hunyuan units, may enter the Initial Universe to study, and may join the core of our Virtual Universe Company: the Apocalypse Secret Realm."
"Those ranked 11th through 100th will receive a prize of 100 hunyuan units, may enter the Initial Universe to study, and may join the core of our Virtual Universe Company: the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm."
"Those ranked third through tenth will receive a prize of 1,000 hunyuan units, may enter the Initial Universe to study, and may join the core of our Virtual Universe Company: the Primordial Secret Realm."
"Those ranked first and second will receive a prize of 10,000 hunyuan units, may enter the Initial Universe to study, and may join the core of our Virtual Universe Company: the Primal Secret Region."
"Normally, the Primal Secret Region only admits one contestant from each tournament. However, your cohort is exceptionally strong, so after deliberation, the highest leadership of the Virtual Universe Company has granted you two places."
Everyone listened quietly.
"Among