Rock bottom

A single sentence caused an uproar.

The internet instantly erupted.

"Impossible! Our country, our country..."

Citizens of other countries still wanted to argue, but unfortunately, they could not even convince themselves.

They lived in those countries. How could they not know what their governments were like?

"Life is priceless." Perhaps the Dragon Kingdom's authorities genuinely put that principle into practice, but in other countries, those words were only good for fooling children. In the face of profit, they meant nothing.

"Y-you're lying!"

"No way! Our Cow Kingdom players never mentioned anything like that!"

"Our Turtle Kingdom would never do something like that!"

"Our Tiger Kingdom..."

Some netizens specifically bypassed the firewall to watch those countries' livestream recordings and news reports.

If the handful of Dragon Kingdom players who attacked people had done so because of old personal grudges, then the players in other countries had seemingly killed for no reason at all.

They had even specifically targeted their own authorities. Within just a few days, explosions had rocked certain secret laboratories one after another.

Could their media's claims that these attacks were unprovoked really be trusted?

Xiao Hao stripped away the other countries' facade, exposing the bloody reality for everyone to see.

National pride?

Anyone with half a brain trusted the Dragon Kingdom more.

Even many foreigners trusted the Dragon Kingdom more than their own countries.

That did not mean those foreigners who trusted the Dragon Kingdom were traitors or spies. Rather...

The Dragon Kingdom really did act with integrity.

Unlike other countries, it did not constantly twist the truth and put profit above everything.

The Dragon Kingdom's policies always took the people's perspective. Its history textbooks were always objective and truthful. Right was right, and when it was wrong, it dared to admit it openly, unlike certain countries that even distorted history.

So even many foreign citizens had to face reality on this point and admit that their own countries truly fell short of the Dragon Kingdom.

Wu Ting said gravely, "We're live right now. Are you sure what you're saying..."

This was a livestream, not idle banter. He had to take responsibility for what he said!

Before he could finish, Xiao Hao answered firmly, "It's true. There's no need to doubt it."

Xiao Hao addressed the many players aboard the aircraft carrier. "Even if I don't join the Dragon Transformation Pool, you can still trust the Dragon Kingdom."

In the Dragon Kingdom, national pride was easy to come by.

Even if it fell short of other countries in certain areas, all people needed to do was compare which countries were worse, and their confidence came right back.

It was not that they were exceptional. The competition just made them look good.

Looking at the Seahorse floating beside the figure, a monster that clearly belonged to the deep sea, one of the closed-beta players of the deep sea survival game finally figured it out.

"B-boss! You're Player 869, aren't you?"

Once he said that, the other deep sea survival players caught on too.

"Oh my god! It's the invincible boss, Player 869! I'm your fan!"

A pretty young woman said excitedly, "Boss, do you remember me? I'm the one who traded you the Curse-Kill Card! My offer to warm your bed still stands forever!" "He's Player 869, the guy who was eating barbecue while everyone else was struggling to survive?!"

The deep sea game's closed-beta players grew excited, while the other players looked at Xiao Hao curiously.

During their grueling training together, they had heard about Player 869 of the deep sea survival game more than once. Since no such person belonged to the Dragon Transformation Pool, they had assumed he was a foreigner. They had never expected him to be one of their own.

Back then, they had not believed the deep sea survival players' boasts about how incredible Player 869 was. However strong he might be, could he really be stronger than those three leaders?

As it turned out, Player 869 was far more than just stronger than those three! Even all three together would not stand a chance against him!

"Boss! Let me warm your bed! Any position you want!"

Hearing that utterly shameless college girl say that, many of the men watching the livestream and the male players present were practically green with envy. A vein twitched on Xiao Hao's forehead. He really wanted to ask her, "Are you okay?"

Even if she wanted to warm his bed, did she have to announce it in public?

If he agreed, what would people think of him? His integrity would shatter all over the floor!

Ah, pfft!

No!

He was clearly an upright, honorable, noble man. How could he possibly agree to something like that?

"No need."

Xiao Hao's answer clearly left everyone exchanging glances.

Could he be into men?

A male player immediately grew excited. "Um, I can do it too!"

Xiao Hao: ???

Absolutely not!

The veins on the face beneath his Shadow Mask were about to bulge out!

Mu Saying hurriedly said, "As long as you join the Dragon Transformation Pool, you can take your pick of anyone here!"

Xiao Hao: ???

She looked like a powerful career woman, but this was taking "powerful" way too far, wasn't it?

Were they competing to see who could sink the lowest?

Someone with at least a little self-respect immediately objected. "Says who? I never agreed to that."

Her voice was quiet, but they were all players, keenly aware of everything around them. Her words still caught everyone's attention, and even Xiao Hao turned to look at her.

Xiao Hao had just been feeling relieved that someone present still had standards, but he had never expected...

When the woman who had refused saw the boss looking at her, she immediately changed her tune. "All right, I agree."

Xiao Hao: ???

His mistake.

He should never have expected them to have any standards!

The Shadow Seahorse dissolved into bubbles and vanished without a trace. Xiao Hao also turned into shadow and left along the shaded side of the hotel building. Just before his silhouette melted away, a few words drifted through the air. "No thanks!"

Watching the boss disappear before their eyes, the players looked rather disappointed.

If one was not enough, he could have picked a few more. Why had he just up and left?

Meanwhile, the Dragon Kingdom's netizens were also amused by the players' antics.

"I'm dying. They're all players, but every last one of them just wants to cling to the boss."

"I can warm his bed too!"

"Boss, would you choose this humble consort tonight?"

"The boss is busy saving the world. He doesn't have time to choose a consort. I'll do it!"

"A boss really is a boss. Even in a survival game, he can afford barbecue. Unlike me, who's so broke I can only live on air."

"You're all so scary. Unlike me, who only wants to care for my dear big brother~"

"I bypassed the firewall to check out the Cow Kingdom. Guess what I saw! You'll never believe it. Good thing I recorded my screen!"

The Dragon Kingdom had finished dealing with this evolution tide later than the others, and the problems being covered up in other countries were now coming to light as well.

In foreign livestreams, some players were even taking advantage of their proximity to the sea to flee their own countries!

Some players had escaped laboratories during the evolution tide and run straight in front of livestream cameras to expose what had happened!

Seeing the surgical cuts on the players who had been experimented on, some with wounds that had not even been stitched shut, people in other countries were thrown into panic.

The Dragon Kingdom's players immediately felt reassured.

So what if the other players were stronger?

They still could not be sure they would live to see another day.

They might not measure up to the players of other countries, but in terms of national strength, the Dragon Kingdom could absolutely hold its own.

The Dragon Kingdom had not fallen so low that it needed players to prop it up single-handedly!

As the livestream neared its end, the camera turned toward the Dragon Kingdom's senior officials.

"Players of the Dragon Kingdom, leave your safety to us. All you need to do is focus on getting stronger!"

The players and netizens burst into cheers.

Even after the livestream ended, the black screen could not dampen the netizens' enthusiasm.

"Now that's badass!"

"Leave safety to the Dragon Kingdom. Charge ahead, players!"

"Falling behind temporarily means nothing! I'll always support you!"

"Even though the top player didn't join the Dragon Transformation Pool, he's still one of our Dragon Kingdom's own!"

"The top player is the GOAT!"