[Commentator: An elbow strike!]
[Commentator: Ladies and gentlemen, just now, at the kickoff, Elimers, number 11 of the Pampas Warriors, made a classic demonic-charge-style tackle to win the ball!]
[Commentator: His target, number 9 Mait, suddenly jumped up to deflect the impact, and while dodging, he elbowed Elimers in the head!]
[Commentator: Elimers is out! The referee signals advantage, and play continues!!!]
"Elbow!"
An elbow strike to the temple was a vicious move, especially in an online match.
To simulate pain, advanced neural implants without safety throttling would generate an extremely high-voltage feedback current in the area. Since the equipment used in competitive matches was subject to strict requirements, the only way for contestants to safely escape was to physically pull out the wires.
However, when it came to sudden, rapid, unpredictable impacts like this, there was no time to react. The current would form in an instant, then produce an effect like being hacked-
Although the current was not as strong as what an ordinary person would experience during a hacker attack, it was still enough to throw an ordinary person's nervous system into disarray.
And for young athletes, this was fatal. No one would sign a young athlete who had suffered a major injury.
The cruel reality was what made it so intoxicating!
At Dogtown's Black Market plaza, a broken television played footage that kept flickering with Mosaic. Beside it sat a group of vagrants who could barely keep their clothes on-
Outside, they were Wanted Criminals. Here, they lived from day to day, fretting over where their next meal would come from.
But while it was difficult to get food, getting drugs was easy. So taking jobs and then buying drugs were the only things they could do.
And if nothing unexpected happened, those would also be