Chapter 133
Just like she said to Jiang Yuqing, it would be foolish not to make money when it's available.
The two of them together took down a well-known squad and won a huge reward—their friendship was higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.
Chapter 133
On the day of the Life-and-Death Battle.
The weather in the Single-Horn Domain is dry and hot year-round.
Furthermore, because the Realm Domain was very small, the Ninth-Grade Supreme who governed this place did not bother to arrange an environmental system.
Everything is man-made, as if a habitable base had been forcibly built on an uninhabitable planet.
The dry, hot climate makes this cyber city, filled with steel and concrete, appear even more crowded and restless.
Jiang Yuqing arrived at the arena of Life-and-Death Battle early in the morning with Li Yang.
This is the largest building in the Single-Horn Domain.
The semi-circular dome has a diameter of several kilometers.
The surrounding stands were packed with people.
Because the venue was so large, the people in the stands looked like tiny black dots, making it impossible to tell who was who.
At this moment, cheers rose and fell, the enormous sound almost lifting the dome off its surface.
The entrance to the Life-and-Death Battle Secret Realm is located directly beneath the dome.
It was an extremely spacious platform that could easily accommodate nearly 10,000 people.
On the large screen in the very center, it is displayed--
Number of participants: 6,532.
Jiang Yuqing had already gone to the stands, while Li Yang stood among the more than 6,000 people.
Someone seemed to recognize her and jokingly greeted her, "Little Fire Fox, have you found your teammates yet?"
Li Yang shook her head.
The man chuckled and said, "Want to team up with me?"
Li Yang's voice remained calm and indifferent. "I'm sorry, you're not strong enough."
The man wasn't angry; he just chuckled and said, "With your temperament, you won't live long."
A burst of laughter erupted around them; everyone had mistaken Li Yang for 1000 Star Coin.
Li Yang didn't care about the stares of those around her. Instead of searching for teammates like she did in the tavern, she stood quietly, waiting to enter the secret realm of the Life-and-Death Battle.
A stiff, mechanical speaker filled the hall, its voice incredibly penetrating, seemingly resonating in everyone's Spirit Sea.
Beneath this enormous dome, there are at least hundreds of thousands... perhaps even millions of people.
If this sound truly originates in the Spirit Sea, then this mental power is terrifying.
Li Yang carefully sensed it and noticed something unusual again.
It wasn't Spirit Sea, but rather the numbered cards in their hands.
All participants who sign up for the Life-and-Death Battle will receive a name tag with a serial number.
This name tag is crucial.
The serial number indicates when you enter.
The secret realm will randomly select 1000 people to enter, and once there are less than 1000 people in the secret realm, more will be randomly added.
This random selection corresponds to the serial number plate.
The serial number plate not only has this function, but also displays some important information.
For example, a super-rich person gifted a present worth over 100,000 merit points.
This number plate will be displayed repeatedly.
For example, when there are only 1,000 contestants left, the top 20 contestants based on popularity will be displayed.
This popularity score corresponds to the amount of money received in tips.
Once you defeat a high-profile player, you can steal their popularity points and potentially receive more donations.
Furthermore, there's an additional setting for the Life-and-Death Battle later on.
If a contestant in the top 100 of popularity withdraws from the competition early, they will only receive 10% of the tips they received.
If you leave when only 80 people remain, you can get a 20% cut.
If you leave when only 70 people remain, you can get 30%.
And so on. If only ten people remain on the field, then they will receive 90% of the share!
If only one person remains, they will receive 100% of the share!
People die for wealth, birds die for food.
This feature makes it even more difficult for popular contestants to leave the competition.
Especially those who received tens of millions in tips, if they left early, they would only get a mere 1 million, and they would never be willing to accept that.
Some once-popular teams even got into internal strife because the tips they received in a single game were so high that the team members couldn't resist the temptation and wanted to keep all the tips for themselves!
This is exactly what the audience wants to see, and it's also something the organizers of the Life-and-Death Battle deliberately orchestrated.
The more Li Yang understood these rules, the more he loathed the Single-Horn Domain.
Li Yang never overestimates human nature; she accepts the evil in human nature.
A person is a real person because they possess both good and evil qualities.
However, we shouldn't incite the evil in human nature, as that will only lead people gradually into the abyss and ultimately to their complete destruction.
This Single-Horn Domain is precisely what incites the evil in human nature.
It not only stirred up the evil within the contestants, but also the evil within the audience.
The entire Single-Horn Domain is like a breeding ground for malice!
For some reason, Li Yang suddenly thought of the Flower of Evil.
She accidentally killed its spores while she was at the Zhongdu Military Academy.
A mechanical voice began announcing the serial numbers of the first batch of entrants.
Li Yang's serial number is unique; it consists of four fours.
When Jiang Yuqing saw the serial number, her mind went blank for a moment, and she quickly said, "Sister Yang, don't overthink it, it's just a serial number!"
4444 is such an unlucky number!
It's practically a curse on Li Yang!
Li Yang, however, was quite optimistic. She said, "From a musical point of view, this is a great thing!"
She looked at Jiang Yuqing and said with a smile, "If there really is such a thing as metaphysics, then I think... I'm going to strike it rich."
Jiang Yuqing: "!"
[Jiang Yuqing's Shock Points increased by 1000 points.]
Sister Yang's attitude is amazing!
No wonder she's capable of great things!
Qing Teng has already investigated Lu Yanbie serial number.
Lu Yanbie's serial number is 3618.
There's no 618 shopping festival in this world, so neither Qing Teng Jiang Yuqing Qing have any particular feeling about this number.
Li Yang found it quite easy to remember.
Moreover... the meaning is also quite good.
3618, may we prosper!
Sure, sure, if they team up, they'll definitely make a fortune.
Qing Teng gave Li Yang a locator.
She earnestly instructed Li Yang, "You absolutely cannot lose this. It's one of the core technologies of our Huaxia Heavenly Palace. Grandmaster Li spent a fortune and incurred a huge favor to acquire it!"
For the past 28 years, Li Yaowan has been able to pinpoint Lu Yanbie's location thanks to this locator.
Star Wielders of the Huaxia Heavenly Palace who come from the Huaxia Realm Domain will have a mark in their Spirit Sea.
Military academy students, in particular, are branded with these marks from the moment they enroll. Although they can remove them themselves after graduation, some traces will still remain.
These traces are undetectable to ordinary Star Wielders, but can be sensed by Ninth-Grade Supreme.
Li Yaowan was once at the Peak Eighth Grade, so theoretically she shouldn't be able to sense him. But she was rich after all, and as long as she paid a high enough price, tracking a small, unfounded Spirit Department Star Wielders wouldn't be a problem.
Lu Yanbie knew this too.
But he wasn't wary of Li Yaowan; rather, he was wary of the person who had tricked and killed the Nature Department.
He rarely left the small Realm Domain, for fear of being targeted and killed by that person.
Lu Yanbie dare to come out this time for two reasons. First, he had no other choice; without money, he couldn't get promoted, and without promotion, he felt insecure. Second, he had obtained some information and knew that the person behind the scenes was in a remote and isolated Realm Domain, which was why he dared to come out.
It is precisely because it is so difficult to get out that he will never let go of this one and only opportunity.
Once you miss it, who knows when you'll be able to get back out!
From this perspective, Li Yaowan and the others were certain that Lu Yanbie must know who was behind it all.
Currently, there are nine Supreme guarding the Huaxia Heavenly Palace, which is too many for Li Yaowan and Li Yang to identify.
Lu Yanbie knew exactly where the threat lay, so he only needed to focus on the individual's movements.
At this moment, the mechanical voice called out a number—4444.
Upon hearing the number, a gasp of surprise rippled through the audience.
People are very interested in certain special numbers.
The number 4444, in particular, is considered extremely unlucky and naturally attracts attention.
The mechanical voice only announces the serial number, not the name, so the audience doesn't know who it is.
However, a simple search will reveal the answer.
Each audience member will receive a communicator upon entry.
This communicator is limited to use within the Single-Horn Domain, for sending rewards to contestants and checking the situation in the Life-and-Death Battle Secret Realm.
Someone found out very quickly.
"This number 4444 is actually Li Yang!"
Who is Li Yang?
"That Little Fire Fox who spouted nonsense in the Illusory Mist Tavern!"
It's her!
"I suspect the organizers are deliberately targeting her; this numbering is extremely malicious."
"That's interesting. If Little Fire Fox can survive one round, I'll give her a 1000 Star Coin reward!"
"Looking at it from another angle, this Little Fire Fox is quite impressive. What ordinary First Stage of the Fifth Grade Realm would generate this kind of buzz?"
"Yes, she's just a newcomer who's never even been in Life-and-Death Battle, yet she's already been remembered by quite a few people. How can those veterans who've participated more than ten times bear this?"
"If I were one of those old-timers, I'd kill the Little Fire Fox as soon as I entered the arena! A kill of that would definitely generate buzz!"
However, this discussion quickly faded into oblivion.
After all, many well-known players have entered the arena one after another, and the interface of the Life-and-Death Battle Secret Realm is slowly unfolding on the dome.
Those whose numbers were called were instantly teleported to the Life-and-Death Battle Secret Realm.
Li Yang is now very sensitive to teleportation Star Skill, and she can clearly sense that there are some teleportation Star Curse attached to this communicator.