Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 771 - 769: Schedule

It finally came.

Li Ang's heart tightened as he listened carefully to the System's prompt.

This year's Gate Dispute War will be divided into three stages, successively determining the top five hundred, three hundred, and fifty players.

The final fifty will qualify for the ultimate Gate Dispute War.

After the preliminary round begins, participants need to head to the Sky Fighting Arena and start from the first level, participating in Arena Ring competitions and climbing upwards.

At the end of the preliminary round, the top five hundred players who have reached the highest levels will advance to the next round.

If multiple players are on the same level, winners will be selected based on their win-loss records during the tower climb, points earned, and performance scores in each match.

The top five hundred players will then enter the next round, continuing to fight twenty matches in the Sky Fighting Arena.

At the end of the semifinal stage, the top three hundred players with the most points will advance.

After listening to the System's prompts, Li Ang followed the directions and opened the Gate Dispute War competition rules on his player panel.

"This only explains the rules for the preliminaries and semifinals. It doesn't specify how the top fifty will be decided from the top three hundred, nor the format of the final Gate Dispute War..." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, muttering to himself, "The Gate Dispute War will officially start in 24 hours. At that time, the Sky Fighting Arena will enter its first season, resetting all players' levels and points in the Dueling Field.

The preliminary competition will last for sixteen days. During these sixteen days, participants will not receive script missions or regular tasks.

During the competition, the Sky Fighting Arena will also be open to players who have not signed up for the Gate Dispute War or those below Lv20.

Those in the latter group can plunder a contestant's qualifications by defeating them with a perfect 10:0 score in the Dueling Field, thus joining the Gate Dispute War mid-way. Players who have had their qualifications taken can also reclaim their spot by plundering someone else's qualifications and re-entering the competition..."

Chaichai, who had been playing video games in the living room, floated in upon hearing the alarm. Hearing Li Ang talk to himself, she couldn't help but ask, "Are the competition details out?"

"Yeah."

Li Ang nodded and gave Chaichai a brief overview.

"Hmm..."

Chaichai frowned slightly and said, "This last rule, where players below Lv20 can plunder the qualifications of contestants, what's that about? Wasn't it said that only players who have reached Lv20 and have filled out and submitted a registration form can compete? Isn't that very unfair?"

"Not really."

Li Ang shook his head and answered, "For players below Lv20 to obtain a qualification, they must first encounter a contestant during the climb and then defeat them perfectly with a 10:0 score. The victory conditions for matches in the Sky Fighting Arena Ring are as follows: an excellent attack scores one point, a perfect attack scores two points, and knocking an opponent down or out of the ring scores five points. Achieving a 10:0 score signifies one-sided dominance, which is highly unlikely. This rule is likely designed to accommodate those highly skilled but lower-level players and also to increase the ferocity of the preliminary matches—without this rule, some medium and large organizations might station people on the first or second level, surrendering every other round, not climbing higher but staying at lower levels, trying to snipe as many competitors from other powers as possible, gauging their strength early at the lower levels."

"Oh, I see." Chaichai's eyes lit up as she nodded. "Contestants in the Sky Fighting Arena can choose whether to prohibit others from watching their matches live, but they can't stop an opponent from sharing details afterward. For players, intelligence is life. If the skill effects of some powerful equipment were leaked, it could easily be exploited by others. Currently, a large portion of the strong players cultivated by various guilds have chosen to participate in the competition. The remaining lower-level players, even if they stay on the lower levels to snipe as you suggested, probably won't have much impact."

"Exactly."

Li Ang nodded. "The first season of the Sky Fighting Arena will offer more features, giving players a higher chance to obtain Game Currency, equipment, and other tower-climbing rewards. They could even directly gain Experience Points—this means that players will have more leveling opportunities during script task downtime, and talented, capable players can more easily overtake others, reducing the gap with earlier players."

Li Ang paused for a moment, then slowly said, "If this rule, which almost completely changes the ecosystem for Slaughter Game Players, was truly established for the Gate Dispute War, then the importance of this competition might be even greater than I imagined..."

Gaining Experience Points directly from participating in the Sky Fighting Arena means that in the real world, the experience advantage held by large organizations through monopolizing regular tasks will be significantly reduced.

Lone Wolf Players will have significantly more room to survive.

This might... not be such a good thing.

Li Ang felt a twinge of unease in his heart.

The opening of the Game Square, the opening of the Sky Fighting Arena, the announcement of the Gate Dispute War...

Every major update to the Slaughter Game has brought a wave of new players, with more and more ordinary people being selected as players.

After this Gate Dispute War ends, how many players will there be?

Two hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand? Or even one million? In that case, will the Transcendents depend on human society, or will human society depend on the Transcendents, and be compelled to change by the latter?

Li Ang briefly pondered, then immediately shook his head, casting aside the jumbled thoughts. Thinking too much was pointless; what he could do at this stage was to improve his own strength as much as possible—starting with winning the Gate Dispute War.

"The preliminary phase of the competition will last sixteen days, and finally, the top five hundred will be determined based on their level and points in the Sky Fighting Arena. During the climb, if there are no players on the current level, or if the players on that level haven't registered for an Arena Ring match, the System will dispatch a Flesh Puppet. Defeating the Flesh Puppet allows one to ascend to the next level."

Li Ang scrolled through the forum with his mouse, finding that countless posts had flooded the screen; everyone was discussing the system notification they had just heard.

The last three to four days will probably be when everyone goes on a mad dash to level up. However, if I can climb to higher levels earlier, like the sixtieth or seventieth level, or make a name for myself, causing opponents to surrender immediately, that wouldn't be too bad either... In the last few days, major powers are likely to activate surveillance systems like Skynet to thoroughly investigate ordinary people who suddenly disappear from the real world, to identify hidden players.

He casually closed the forum webpage, stood up, and said to Chaichai, "I'll go check out the situation in the Game Square first. You stay here and keep watch."

"Hmm."

Chaichai nodded, watching as Li Ang suddenly disappeared from the bedroom.

She took a deep breath, fetched the Li Ang-lookalike Flesh Puppet from the study, entered it, and, controlling it like a Mecha, maneuvered the puppet back to the living room to keep watch.