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"Now that you're here, you should be prepared to win against the VIPs!"
"This prediction contest features teams from over a dozen different countries, including Yan, Colombia, Victoria, Gaul, Sargon, and Dongguo! In this contest, you will fight for your country. Of course... if you believe in the inherent goodness and purity of humanity, you can continue to form teams and see if you can get a share of the scraps."
"After the ten rounds of guessing, the participants will be ranked according to the number of Originium Ingots they have. The top 50% will receive one collectible, the top 30% will receive two, the top 10% will receive three, and the first place winner will receive four collectibles."
"The person who chooses the largest investment in all rounds and wins all of them will receive a gift personally provided by me..."
Cannot stepped aside, revealing the item he had hidden behind his back.
Some of the iron hammers, their surfaces corroded by rust, stand on the yellow barren soil, giving them a 'sword in the stone' feel from a distance.
The description of this artifact is also engraved on the plaque in front of the wasteland:
[Rusty Hammer: -50% of the Originium Ingots needed to purchase items in the store]
"!!!"
"Everything in the store is 50% off?!"
"This is absolutely amazing, but it's a reward that requires the biggest investment and a win in every round. If you lose even one round, you're headed straight for hell!"
"There will definitely be people who will buy everything for this item. The temptation is just too great. Even if you can't succeed in the final strategy, you can at least easily survive in the game."
[Brother Wan, I want this, can you get it?]
[Raven, it's time to bring out our secret stash. We can't let our own people suffer.]
[My boyfriend's in trouble, I should help him, my dear.]
I'll say it again, I didn't!!!
Looking at the screen full of dissuading comments, Raven cried out weakly, then, as if remembering something, immediately added, "And I wasn't hit on!!!"
After displaying the rusty hammer, Kannot took out a remote control, and the number of Originium Ingots in each team's hands was quickly displayed on the LED screen in the center of the arena. After some discussion, some teams chose to split up, while others remained unchanged.
Li Ji's team is currently still in a team-up state.
"Currently, the team in first place has 51 Originium Ingots, and it's the team from Columbia. Their captain's name is Sorrow!"
……
"Could it be that Columbia has a secret stash of Originium? When I got to the rift, they seemed to have just entered, and they've probably only finished the first level. Our team only has 24 Originium Ingots..."
"We've already cleared the second level, and even counting the Originium Ingots we used, we only have about 30. How could they possibly have so many?"
"I think there was a logistics team. They would give you +20 Originium Ingots at the start, and +10 if you could find an Ancient Coin. After completing another stage, you would have exactly 51 Originium Ingots."
"Oh no, we only have 10 Originium Ingots! I should have known better than to spend so much money on the first floor, sob sob sob."
"Not bad, we only have two left. Our team was right to say 'don't be discouraged' earlier. Does anyone know who can sell some Originium Ingots? We can exchange them with outside currency, at a ratio of one million to one million!"
"Stop shouting. The teams here are basically the top three teams from each country. Who cares about a few hundred or ten million? Whether they can even survive is another question."
The rankings in the middle of the screen quickly followed the first place, with Li Ji and Raven's 41 Originium Ingots placing them in fourth place.
This surprised Li Ji quite a bit; he never expected so many people to choose the logistics team.
Moreover, not only do you have to choose a logistics team, but you also don't have to spend money or save up any funds...
If it were his past life, Li Ji might have doubted whether they were gambling on whether they had [Coin Toys], [Knight's Rhythm: New Chapter], and [The Gin Cup].
Their effects are all the same: for every 5 Originium Ingots, the attack speed of all friendly units increases by 3, 5, and 7 respectively, and the three effects can be stacked.
However, these three items require 100 Originium Ingots, 300 Originium Ingots, and 325 Originium Ingots respectively to be unlocked in the Integrated Strategy.
In this world where everyone is seeing these items for the first time, apart from Li Ji, who has a save file that unlocks all the collectibles, no one else could possibly touch these three items!
Fifty yuan and you're not spending it? Are you planning to save it to burn for yourself after you die?
Could it be that the store gave them such terrible service?
"So, let's start with a tutorial game to give everyone a basic understanding of this game...!"
Just as Li Ji was still pondering, Kannot spoke up again, "The consumption of Originium Ingots this time will not be counted in the overall score. All students can choose their preferred team according to their own preferences!"
After he finished speaking, two rows of red and blue doors, the kind commonly seen in cracks, suddenly appeared on both sides of the arena, and several familiar figures slowly walked out from them.
On one side is the gunner leader from the Reunion Movement, and on the other side is the stone golem from Wolumonde!
Stone Golem x1 — [I think this will work!]
VS
Gunner team leaders x2 — [Clearly, this side is stronger!]
"This is a free win, right? 'Gunner Team Leader: I'm going to take down the Stone Golem, really?'"
"That's kind of humorous, as expected of the Education Bureau... I hope they can't keep having these kinds of events going forward."
"All Stone Golems! Could someone actually be choosing the Gunner Team Leader?"
"Since it doesn't count towards the competition's Originium Ingots, I'll try being the Gunner Team Leader and see what happens."
Is this competition balanced?
Listening to the last person's answer, Kannot waved his robe confidently and said, "Of course, my friend. Every team has the same cost. This is a classic example: two gunner squad leaders = one stone golem!"
"...Isn't that gunner's hidden rating a bit too high? Can he really beat people?"
Soon, as everyone chose their preferred side, the match began.
The stone man strode heavily toward the gunner's team leader, who quickly set up his mortar platform. However, the meager firepower couldn't even scratch a layer of rock.
As the stone golem slowly advanced, the two gunner team leaders could only meet their demise in bitterness.
Each team's voting device displayed the Originium Ingots they ultimately received, and the rankings on the screen were updated accordingly.
But this only lasted for a few dozen seconds before returning to its previous state.
As Cannot said, this is just a teaching board; all the changes are fake.
However, it was precisely this education bureau that made many people aware of two points:
One is the overall cost!
Another thing is that they can see how many Originium Ingots each side has bet, and how high the odds are!
"See? Making money is that simple, my friends! All you need to do is tap your little hand, and countless amounts of money will flood into your pockets, making them bulge!"
Kannot walked effortlessly down from the audience and sat down with the students, shouting loudly:
"After the brief instruction session, let's begin the formal quiz!"
all or nothing
Either get rich...
Always all or nothing
Either you end up with nothing!
all or nothing
Either make a fortune...
Funk will keep you jumping!
Either it's a bottomless abyss!!!
As the music of 'ALL' plays again, the abyss-like guessing game officially begins!
Chapter Sixteen: Jeston?
"We're a bit behind in Originium Ingots. If we want to win, we have to go all out in every game and not lose... Are you confident?"
Raven nudged Li Ji and whispered in his ear, "Among the teams ahead of you are Colombia and Victoria. They are among the few teams that came here as the second-ranked teams in the country, and both of them are very focused on data. They are probably the two teams you should be most careful of."
"Hmm, so which two are you referring to?"
"..."
Raven looked at Li Ji as if he were a caveman. "Haven't you ever seen him in the news or anywhere else?"
"I don't even know what the captain of the number one Xuanxian Dao in Yan Kingdom looks like. You're asking me to remember what the captain of the number two in another country looks like... that's a bit too much for me."
[Huh? Wanfeng doesn't know these two... That's a bit too obvious. You don't just want to talk to Raven a little more, do you?]
[It's a bit of an exaggeration that the captain of a top-tier team from Yan Kingdom doesn't even know what their own top captain looks like.]
[You can't say that, Brother Feng has something to say too! What's your team's strength compared to mine? You expect me to remember you?]
[No, I don't know either! Raven, please introduce us so we can learn something new!]
"Oh, then look over there."
Following the direction the raven pointed out, Li Ji saw a model in a suit and tie, looking like he had stepped out of a fashion magazine cover, standing on the stands carefully examining the thick notebook in his hand. Not only that, but he also took out a piece of white paper for calculation and made some marks on it, as if he was checking something.
"This is Victoria's second, the captain of the Gold Hunter Knights, Dark Rainbow."
Raven explained to Li Ji, then looked to the other side, "Look over here."
Li Ji followed Raven's gaze once more, and this time the person had a completely opposite aura to Dark Rainbow.
He held a cigarette between his fingers, his face completely enveloped in the smoke, and crossed his legs, occasionally swinging them back and forth, looking completely relaxed and unconcerned about the tense atmosphere around him.