Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God each opened a screen before them and accessed the official website of the Virtual Universe Company to register for the competition.
At the very top of the webpage, a line of numbers stood out prominently—19,485,938,89. A few seconds later, the number immediately jumped upward, changing into 20,082,991,73. Beside the numbers, there was a line of text written in the universal cosmic language: “Total Number of Participants from the Qianwu Cosmic Nation.”
“There are so many participants,” Thunder God exclaimed.
“It’s indeed a huge number,” Luo Feng observed carefully. “Yes, it’s already exceeded two billion.”
“When I entered the Kill Zone for training, I hadn’t seen this announcement yet. When I came out, this notice was already up, and I immediately came to find you two. It couldn’t have been long!” Thunder God sighed. “In just the time I was training, so many people have already signed up.”
“The Qianwu Cosmic Nation alone contains hundreds of millions of star systems,” Luo Feng smiled, then started the registration process.
“Do I really have to fill out this registration form?” Luo Feng looked at the screen before him, sighed, and then quickly filled out the form before clicking the “Register” button.
“Beep.”
“Scan complete. Seventh-stage Cosmic Star-level Mentalist. Registration approved.”
The Virtual Universe network connection component was capable of scanning a person’s physical strength, thereby confirming that the registrant was indeed at the Cosmic Star level.
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Luo Feng and his companions registered on the same day. However, the deadline for registration for the “Cosmic Humans—Pinnacle Genius Battle” was still about a month away. In the following days, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God naturally seized every minute to strive and improve their strength, as none of them wanted to be eliminated immediately upon entering the competition.
Both Luo Feng and Hong and Thunder God possessed their own pride!
None of them would easily admit defeat. If you want me to acknowledge you, then come and fight!
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As time passed, under the watchful eyes of countless star systems across many cosmic nations, the registration for the Pinnacle Genius Battle finally ended.
According to Chinese time, this day was April 16th, 2066.
“Luo Feng, you’ve got an email.”
“Kid, you’ve got an email.”
“Master, you’ve got an email.”
The three of them—Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Hong—on Earth all received the notification simultaneously and immediately shifted their consciousness into the Virtual Universe network.
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In the Jiuxing Bay neighborhood of Heilong Mountain Island in the Virtual Universe,
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God appeared simultaneously at their doorstep. The three exchanged glances and smiled.
“Dad!” Xiao Hai rushed excitedly toward Luo Feng. “Dad, why are you here? It’s been such a long time since you last came.”
“Come, sit on Dad’s lap,” Luo Feng said, sitting on a nearby chair and placing his son on his lap. He pointed at the air before them, where a screen automatically appeared. He quickly opened the email he had just received.
“You are cordially invited to participate in the ‘Cosmic Humans—Pinnacle Genius’ selection battle.
In this selection battle alone, over 822.5 billion Cosmic Star-level experts from the Qianwu Cosmic Nation have registered, exceeding the previous session by 110 billion. This is a truly exciting development for our Virtual Universe Company.
We guarantee that the Genius Selection Battle will be conducted under “absolutely fair” conditions.
Since the participants range from first-stage to second-stage Cosmic Star-level, and some are even eighth or ninth-stage Cosmic Star-level, to ensure fairness and identify true geniuses… the actual elimination battlefield will take place within the Virtual Universe. At that time, all participants’ physical attributes will be identical, standardized at the ninth-stage Cosmic Star-level.
All participants’ mental powers will also be equal, standardized at the ninth-stage Cosmic Star-level!
All combatants will possess identical physical attributes, and can freely choose their appearance. They can freely select all levels of primordial force weapons and mental force weapons (no more than 10 items. Participants are reminded that although fourth and fifth-stage mental force weapons are powerful, those with weaker strength cannot use them at all. It is recommended to choose the most suitable ones). Additionally, participants may choose primordial force battle armor (no higher than second-stage), and will receive a spatial ring that stores food.
The Genius Selection!
It tests ‘willpower’, ‘domain’, ‘experience’, ‘insight into cosmic laws’, etc., with all external conditions being equal for everyone.
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This Genius Selection Battle is divided into two major stages.
The first stage involves selecting the top 1000 experts from each major cosmic nation.
The second stage gathers the top 1000 experts from each cosmic nation together, where all the geniuses from various cosmic nations will convene for the final ultimate battle to determine the top 1000 rankings across the universe.
Among them…
The first stage is the largest in scale.
The cosmic nation you belong to is the Qianwu Cosmic Nation.
The Qianwu Cosmic Nation has over 822.5 billion participants, divided into ‘preliminary elimination’ and ‘arena battle’.
Through the preliminary elimination, the 822.5 billion participants will be reduced to just 100,100!
Because of the massive number of eliminations, the preliminary elimination is destined to be extremely bloody.
The preliminary elimination in the Qianwu Cosmic Nation will first divide the Virtual Universe into 100 worlds, each assigned over 8.2 billion participants. In each world, over 8.2 billion participants will engage in mutual slaughter, killing others to earn points—the more kills, the more points! Each participant only has one life, and death means the end.
When the time limit is reached,
The final ranking will be determined by points. Those ranked in the top 1001 in their respective worlds will pass the preliminary elimination. Each world selects 1001 participants, and 100 worlds will result in 100,100 participants.
Additionally…
The top-ranked participant in each world will not need to participate in the arena battle and will directly secure one of the top 1000 spots. These 100 spots will be directly awarded. The remaining 900 spots will be contested by the 100,000 participants in the arena battle.”
“There is an attachment at the end of this letter. For more detailed information, please refer to the attachment.”
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After reading the notification letter and the attachments, Luo Feng couldn’t help but feel a heavy sense of pressure.
The ‘preliminary elimination’ was already insane.
Putting over 8.2 billion participants in one world to engage in mutual slaughter… killing to earn points, ranked by points.
“Second brother, third brother, this Pinnacle Genius Battle is brutal. Just the preliminary elimination reduces over 800 billion participants to only 100,100!” Hong smiled. “This will drive everyone into a frenzy. I can imagine the scene—it will be a world of blood and corpses, a crazy world.”
“There are just too many people, so they have to use this method,” Thunder God laughed. “I’m actually looking forward to it.”
Luo Feng smiled, his eyes gleaming with a hint of bloodthirsty eagerness.
Nowadays, Luo Feng occasionally entered the Kill Zone, setting up a large group of opponents for a crazy massacre. The bloodthirsty and brutal feeling that soaked into his soul could only be released through such methods! And now, this preliminary elimination—pitting over 8.2 billion participants against each other in one world, engaging in mutual slaughter—was something Luo Feng, of the three, was actually the most eager and excited about.
“Kill! Kill!” Luo Feng imagined himself stepping forward and slaying ten enemies at once.
It was truly exhilarating!
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After the registration deadline, the Virtual Universe Company began its preparations. The preparations were indeed very complicated, but the Virtual Universe Company was highly efficient.
One month after the registration deadline, according to Chinese time, on May 16th, 2066, was the day for the preliminary elimination gathering in the Qianwu Cosmic Nation.
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“You all must keep a close eye on the constantly changing point rankings. We might not be able to recruit the top super-genius, but we can still go for the slightly less outstanding ones. The Qianwu Cosmic Nation has a total of 100 preliminary zones. Anyone who ranks in the top 10,000 in their zone is already very impressive. Keep a close watch on the rankings.”
“This is the best opportunity to attract elite talents.”
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“Calculate every change in the rankings.”
“Collect and store the profiles of various elite geniuses. In the future, many Sovereigns and Domain Lords of our Qianwu Cosmic Nation will come from them.”
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“You are the most elite of our Nuolan Mountain family’s younger generation. I don’t dare to hope that you can pass the preliminary elimination. However, whoever can break into the top 10,000 in their preliminary zone will become the next head of our Nuolan Mountain family!” Nuolan Mountain addressed over a thousand young people before him, filled with expectation.
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“Today marks the start of the preliminary gathering.”
“The Divine Lord has great expectations for all of you. Do not disappoint the Divine Lord.” At the sacred site of Heilong Mountain, a group of Sovereigns addressed a large group of disciples.
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“You are the future elite and pillars of our Qianwu Cosmic Nation.
“I hope that among the 100,100 spots, you will at least occupy half of them!” A deep, earth-shaking voice echoed through a cosmic starry sky. In this starry expanse, a giant figure stood in the void, his face impossible to see clearly. The space around him faintly twisted. Before the giant, far in the distance, was an endless sea of countless young people.
All the young people knelt respectfully.
Beside this figure, whose presence was impossible for the human eye to behold and whose voice alone could make one tremble, stood a group of powerful Immortal existences, each one respectfully positioned around him.
Each Immortal existence exuded a divine might that sent shivers down one’s spine. At a glance, there were at least a thousand of these Immortals standing around.
“Go, my children,” the deep voice caused the space to tremble, making everyone’s souls shudder.
“Yes, Sovereign!”
Countless young people, numbering in the billions, knelt respectfully and excitedly. They never imagined that they would have the chance to see such a legendary figure—the Sovereign of the Qianwu Cosmic Nation—who had established the nation and possessed unimaginable power. This position had been held by the Sovereign for countless eons.
“Whoosh.”
The space ahead transformed, and in an instant, the billions of young Cosmic Star-level warriors vanished completely. This incredible feat caused even the thousand Immortals standing respectfully nearby to shudder inwardly.
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Countless people were watching this Genius Selection Battle.
On this day, May 16th according to Chinese time, a massive number of participants began to gather. Over 820 billion people, spread across every star system of the Qianwu Cosmic Nation, averaged out to less than ten thousand per star system… Considering that even a single star system could have tens of thousands of ninth-stage Cosmic Star-level warriors, let alone the total from first to ninth stages combined.
This showed that those who dared to register were confident in their abilities.
Over 820 billion people…
Some had extraordinary encounters!
Some possessed immense talent!
Some had excellent mentors!
Some had the hearts of true warriors!
In short…
All kinds of people who believed themselves to be strong—including Luo Feng and his companions—had gathered together. In the Qianwu Cosmic Nation, over 820 billion Cosmic Star-level warriors had now assembled.
“The preliminary elimination will be divided into 100 world zones.”
“I’m in zone 72. Second brother, third brother, what about you two?”
“Haha, I’m in zone 88. I like this number. Third brother, what about you?”
“I’m in zone 1!”
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