The [Ultimate Death Bluffing Tournament] organized by Huan Yue and his team had already begun its preliminary rounds in the five major regions for several days.
With the support of the Dream Building operations team, they successfully set up this endeavor.
It couldn't be called professional or meticulous.
But it was truly lively.
Especially the preliminary rounds, with no participation requirements, a vast number of players came to join in the fun.
Not all of them were for the money or the rewards given by Dream Building.
— There were simply too many participants, and the element of luck was too high. No one felt certain they could win the final championship.
After all, luck is conserved. You might be lucky once, twice, or even three or four times.
But to reach the end and take the championship in one go…
Then, I'm sorry, you'd probably have to win more than a dozen times in a row!
Each time is a great test of luck.
The players joining in the fun were all complaining: With such a fast pace in the preliminary rounds, there's hardly any room for psychological warfare or verbal sparring; eighty percent of the chances of winning depend on luck.
"This isn't a card game tournament."
"This is a selection contest for the chosen ones of destiny!"
Huan Yue and his team weren't panicking.
Anyway, it was originally just an entertainment competition, just to get everyone together for some fun.
But his "stretching his neck" was just a figure of speech.
Now, there was actually someone who could stretch their neck!
Stretching it two or three meters in one go, circling the card table with their head, looking at whoever's cards they wanted!
Then, there was the bullet-dodging hack.
— When a gun was pointed at them, many players would frantically shake their heads, trying to dodge the bullet.
But everyone knew that once a bullet was fired, it was guaranteed to hit.
This action was actually just a way to seek psychological comfort, a bit of metaphysics.
But soon, a hack appeared that actually achieved this effect.
There were also invincibility hacks that prevented death from gunshots, card-swapping hacks that dealt five Jokers…
All kinds of hackers emerged in endless streams.
The entertainment value was explosive!
But the fairness of the competition was greatly affected — it was extremely uncomfortable for everyone else at the table to encounter such opponents.
If the host discovered it on the spot, they could directly kick the person out.
If it was discovered afterward, they could also revoke the cheater's qualification.
But some hacks couldn't be detected on the spot, and arranging a rematch for the victims afterward was also a troublesome matter.
In the end, the root of the problem was still the initial one — this was just a small game, and Xu Mengzhen didn't intend to use this thing to hold a competition.
"So, how should we solve this problem?"
Xu Meng stood in the tavern, speaking to the hundreds of competition referees and hosts watching this training session via video, "It's very simple —"
"Whoever uses a hack, we'll kill them."
On the card table beside him, four people were playing cards, and one of them suddenly had his neck elongate!
But in the instant it elongated, he also transformed from a human into a pig-headed man!
The hundreds of referees watched this scene in surprise.
Just as they were about to say something, they saw Xu Meng, dressed in a suit and tie, suddenly pull out a pig-slaughtering knife from his sleeve —
With a *pochi* sound, he stabbed it into the pig-headed man's back!
The gleaming tip of the knife pierced through his chest!
This stab came without warning, catching the hundreds of people completely off guard:
"Holy crap!"
"Executing them on the spot??"
"This is too brutal!"
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This live broadcast was conducted in Dream Building's office software, and only the organizers of the [Ultimate Death Bluffing Tournament] could enter to watch.
But with hundreds of people speaking at the same time, the barrage of comments was dazzling.
Xu Meng pulled out the pig-slaughtering knife with a blank expression, and the pig-headed man fell onto the card table with a thud, becoming the first to be eliminated.
The NPC dealer skillfully collected the cards, dealt new ones, and continued to the next hand.
Xu Meng then continued to explain:
"We have transplanted the anti-cheat measures from the *Frost Snow Project* and made some optimizations."
"As long as abnormal data is detected, the anti-cheat system will turn them into a pig-headed man."
"And this knife…"
Xu Meng raised the pig-slaughtering knife in his hand to show everyone the details.
"This is not an ordinary pig-slaughtering knife."
"This knife can bypass the damage immunity mechanism on the card table and send the cheating player away with one stab!"
"This not only maintains the fairness of the game, but also sanctions the cheating players on the spot, and you as referees and hosts will also have a greater sense of participation, greatly enhancing the deterrent force."
"A win-win-win-win situation, how about it?"
The hundreds of people discussed:
"It seems like that's really the case?"
"But isn't this a bit too brutal…"
"What… what if I can't bring myself to do it?"
"I can totally bring myself to do it! I can't wait to personally kill these hack-using dogs!"
"I only hate that I'm using a computer; killing hack-using dogs isn't satisfying enough!"
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These hundreds of referees and hosts were not using consistent equipment.
The players using computers didn't feel anything; it was just a matter of clicking the mouse.
Those using the Dreamscape Gaming Suite inevitably felt that using a knife was a bit too cruel.
Xu Meng was also prepared for this:
"It's okay if using a knife isn't smooth; I have alternatives here."
He showed everyone one by one:
"This is a short-barreled shotgun, which can have the same effect as a pig-slaughtering knife."
"If you still think using a gun is too brutal, I also have a pair of brass knuckles here. Once you put them on, you can use the [Friendship Face-Breaking Fist] and knock someone unconscious with one punch."
"If you want something even more elegant, this is a ring with a deadly poison. As long as the ring face touches the cheater, it can quickly kill them."
"How about it, isn't it very humane?"
The six whale players who organized this event were also in the live broadcast room, and they were a little dumbfounded when they saw Xu Meng enthusiastically introducing one deadly weapon after another.
Wasn't this an emergency training session to deal with hacks?
How did it turn into a discussion of how to kill people more elegantly??
"Boss Xu, have you filed with the police station? If not, I suggest you file one…" Huan Yue sent a barrage of comments.
But the referees/hosts had already become interested, and they downloaded the patch, updated their clients, and familiarized themselves with the operation of these new weapons.
And then —
They couldn't wait for the next day to come quickly!
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The next day, the Eastern Region of the [Ultimate Death Bluffing Tournament].
Nanshan sat down at the card table.
Ever since Xu Meng publicly confirmed that he was using hacks, and even his account was banned, the popularity of his live broadcast room only lasted for two days.
During these two days, the live broadcast room was full of schadenfreude viewers watching the fun.
After two days, the popularity plummeted, falling to a fraction of what it used to be, and the gift income directly hit rock bottom, with no signs of rebounding.
Nanshan felt great hatred in his heart.
But he still had to get a piece of Dream Building's popularity.
— Playing Dream Building's games, people would still occasionally come over and mock him for having no backbone, but playing other games was like being ignored by even dogs!
But Nanshan also had a temper!
"Since you say I'm using hacks, then I'll hack all the way through!"
He brought the *King of War* hack that he had just bought at a high price and joined the game.
"Don't think it's expensive; it's worth the price!"
"Our plug-in has a very discreet X-ray effect, and it can be turned on and off at any time. As long as you're not too arrogant, others won't be able to detect it at all!"
"Maybe you can win the championship!"
"When the million-plus prize money is in hand, what does this investment count for?"
The dealer finished dealing the cards, and the hack vendor's words echoed in Nanshan's ears as he looked at the cards in his hand.
So he turned his head to look at the secondary screen outside the live broadcast camera and unhesitatingly activated the hack!
When he retracted his gaze and looked at the game screen again, he was surprised to see —
The three opponents on the same card table had all turned into pig-headed men!
And behind the pig-headed man directly opposite him, the competition host who had been speaking in a gentle voice suddenly pulled out a pig-slaughtering knife with a blank expression.
He rushed a few steps closer and, with a *swish* of the knife, fiercely stabbed it into the body of the pig-headed man opposite him.
The white knife went in, and the red knife came out!
The splashing blood almost sprayed onto Nanshan's face!
"Holy crap!"
Things changed too quickly, and this stab came too suddenly, catching Nanshan off guard.
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