"Hahaha, got my access!"
He opened the red envelope, and a dazzling golden light flashed and vanished.
The envelope dissolved into specks of starlight, leaving a golden slip of paper in Tu Bai's hand, printed with the word "Access."
A game notification sounded in his mind as well:
[Event notification: Congratulations on obtaining Challenger access. Activate within 24 hours (access will disappear upon expiration).]
Faced with the hysterical wails and curses of the visitors of various races nearby, Tu Bai broke into a radiant smile.
He had not held out much hope when joining this event.
After all, the sheer number of visitors participating made his chances of winning far too low.
More importantly, he had joined the event late.
The event had begun on New Year's Eve, but he had been watching players fight in the arena on the Monster World Official Website's livestreams. He had watched for several days straight, completely unaware that the Officials were distributing access at the time.
To immerse himself more fully, he always disabled the comments and scrolling chat while watching streams, experiencing everything from the streamer's first-person perspective.
He had absolutely no idea what the visitors in the streams had discussed during that time.
Later, several streamers he followed all missed the Ancient God shuttle at the Colorful Mist Coast, so he decided to log off and order a new batch of nutrient solution.
But the moment he logged off, he noticed something was wrong.
To his surprise, the Monster World Officials had actually distributed Game Access.
It proved that having a few good friends in real life was still necessary. Otherwise, there really would be nobody to remind you when a giveaway event happened.
The event had already been running for three days, and he had not participated in