Chapter 239
Chapter 239 The First Match
Since there was nothing to do after returning home, Xia Xinyan focused her attention mainly on the God of War Cup.
As the competition drew near, the God of War Cup had become a major event attracting countless players both in-game and in reality, almost akin to a national festival of the new era—though aside from those with real strength aiming for the forefront, many participants likely came looking to scoop up some easy rewards.
After all, the competition offers income not only from the final ranking rewards but also via exclusive dungeons and unique mechanisms yielding completely different benefits—like killing.
That’s right, this competition allows for killing and looting; if you can’t keep your items safe and they get snatched away, there won’t be anyone to help you claim justice.
Many players hoped to ride the wave, thinking they might be the lucky ones, but most would likely end up being the ones getting stolen from in the early stages.
Because in the first one or two rounds before the match, all participating players are basically mixed together and not arranged by strength.
It’s worth noting that players earn extra points by killing other players in the game, which they can exchange for useful loot from the organizers, and the higher your accumulated score, the better matchups you’ll get in later rounds, meaning the strength of players in those rounds will also be higher. In other words, by the later stages of the competition, player tiers will be completely sorted out.
However, it’s not ruled out that someone might want to team up with all the players in their match to clear it without killing, using this to boost their final rankings; the organizers haven’t prohibited such actions as long as everyone is happy to do so.
In Xia Xinyan’s view, these little tricks are ultimately meaningless; in the God of War Cup, strength reigns supreme. Those without enough power will find their cleverness of little use.
Before each match begins, players have the freedom to choose their teams, but the premise is that team members must be from the same round—like those from the resurrection match can’t team up with those in the main match. Of course, there are no restrictions for the first match; come as you like.
So, after pulling Ling Mo on board, Xia Xinyan also brought along the Fatty and Bai Yu.
The Fatty had been mentioned before, and his strength was impressive, making him a worthy teammate. As for Bai Yu, even though he wasn’t very strong, his abilities were exceptionally useful. A qualified team needs more than just output; they require support too.
Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that Monica also participated in this competition as a “player.” She found this match quite interesting and saw it as a great opportunity to collect firsthand information.
As for her teammates, she joined forces with An Xiao and Murong Yue—Murong Yue was pulled in by the Fatty; she was strong enough to help guide An Xiao, which was just fine.
The Fatty didn’t know much about Monica’s strength but judged from those few days of interaction in real life… he always felt that this girl was not simple.
He refrained from asking too much, however, because in real life, there were no abilities, and he feared getting hit.
So with these two protecting An Xiao, she should be able to score a decent rank.
This also somewhat helped Bai Yu, who originally planned to team up with An Xiao—both their abilities were supportive, and from Xia Xinyan and the others’ perspective, it was just a setup to get slaughtered.
Better to let them make full use of their capabilities.
Before the match began, Summer Jincang had approached Xia Xinyan, wanting her to join his team, but Xia Xinyan immediately rejected without a second thought—mainly because outside of Summer Jincang, she didn’t know the other two, and she guessed Summer Jincang wouldn’t let Ling Mo join either.
Well, to be honest, she wasn’t particularly keen on teaming up with Summer Jincang.
Even if she had promised to improve her relationships with her cousins.
…One step at a time.
Since they weren’t in the same team, matchmaking would naturally be random. In addition to their group, there were also Hao Nan and other members of the Baby Cart crew, who were brought in by the Fatty for this battle, but the number of participants was so high this time that it was unlikely they’d match in the first round.
They didn’t hold too much hope anyway, so after exchanging greetings, they officially started the first match of the God of War Cup.
The entrance process for the dungeon was no different from ordinary dungeons. After a flash of white light, they found themselves in the dungeon world.
All team members were transported to the same location. Xia Xinyan immediately scanned the surroundings, and besides Ling Mo and the other three, she didn’t see anyone else.
This place was a deserted city, where the surrounding skyscrapers appeared quite dilapidated, and scattered cars abandoned for many years were now basically heaps of scrap metal, with the once-wide streets now covered in vines and plants, resembling a post-apocalyptic style.
The Fatty couldn’t help touching his chin: “Is this… the apocalypse?”
Before others could respond, the game system provided a prompt for this dungeon—
【Battle Zone: Doomsday Ruins】
【Difficulty: Unknown】
【Flow Rate: 1x】
【Introduction: This is a city of death, filled with danger and killing intent; always watch your back.】
【Current Task: Kill A-Class Zombie Mother】
Xia Xinyan immediately asked, “My task is to kill the A-Class Zombie Mother; what about you?”
“Same,” Ling Mo nodded, “Probably the same task for all members of the group.”
“So this is a zombie dungeon?” The Fatty frowned slightly, “I know the difficulty for a PVP dungeon is a bit low, but this is just ridiculous, right? We can totally be superheroes now, and they want us to fight zombies? I could wipe them out with a single flash!”
Saying this, he looked around: “And there really aren’t any zombies here? Are we sure we didn’t come to the wrong place?”
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Bai Yu countered, “Maybe the game wants us to focus more on fighting other players.”
“Ha, that’s too considerate!” The Fatty pulled a guitar out of his spatial watch, “I’ll just start singing! It doesn’t matter if it’s other players or zombies! Anyone brave enough, come on over! Show yourselves!”
Ling Mo stared at him for a moment: “You don’t think you’re being a bit too extra, do you?”
“But we have the right to be extra,” the Fatty didn’t feel there was anything wrong with what he was doing, “You all should know, with our current strength, the first few rounds are just fish ponds for us. We came here to make a name for ourselves and gain prestige, so there’s no need to be too low-key. In fact, the more high-profile, the better! The sooner we finish, the sooner I can get back to being the boss—you think I’m just idling around like you?”
Xia Xinyan raised an eyebrow.
Indeed, different environments can change a person’s mentality. Look at how the Fatty had barely become a leader, yet his momentum was already much higher than before.
But he wasn’t wrong either.
They were here to make a name for themselves.
