Every one of the five issues Lin Yuan had read contained an introduction to this "Final Instance Tournament."
Everyone seemed to be looking forward to the tournament. Plenty of busybodies were predicting the final rankings, and there were even betting pools on those rankings.
It felt like a major event for the entire Endless Sea.
"You don't know about the Final Instance Tournament?" the bartender exclaimed in shock at Lin Yuan's question, drawing sideways glances from the other patrons.
The bartender immediately realized he had lost his composure and hurriedly apologized:
"Sorry, I didn't mean to shout. It's just, it's just that you're a Player. How could you not know about this?"
Lin Yuan shrugged indifferently:
"I only focus on the present. I really hadn't seen anything about this before."
"All right..." The bartender nodded.
There really were all sorts among the Players, so the bartender did not dwell on it.
He cleared his throat and explained to Lin Yuan:
"The Final Instance Tournament was a concept proposed by the 'research institute' half a year ago."
"Through research and calculations, they concluded that a super Instance would appear when this Free Growth Stage ended."
"When this Instance appears, all other Instances will end, so the research institute named this super Instance the Final Instance."
"The research institute claims that both its difficulty and its rewards will reach an absolutely staggering level. It's a feast that the very best Players can't afford to miss if they want to advance further."
"And it will be a competitive Instance, where Players' final rankings determine their rewards and gains."
"That's why those powerful Players started preparing for this Final Instance early."
"You probably know that among the Players currently active on the Endless Sea, the strongest are the eleven Supernovas and several hundred Seed