Longcheng Feijiang opened Biter and searched for "masters." The first username he found was 【Sealing Dragon】.
A domineering name, a determined face, and obvious muscle definition.
His video works were even more astounding—
He placed five red bricks on a table, palm up, index finger touching the brick surface.
After a moment's pause, he threw a sudden punch.
The five bricks instantly snapped in half, flying out of the frame, so fast that only afterimages remained!
His punching right hand was almost invisible, even the afterimage was hard to see.
It was so fast that it exceeded the ability of the human eye to capture it!
Longcheng Feijiang was stunned on the spot.
"If this punch landed on someone, their internal organs would shatter, right?"
"So fierce?!"
"Then why am I wasting time learning in the game?!"
He went to the person's homepage, immediately followed him, and sent a private message—
"Master! Do you accept disciples?!"
The master's account automatically replied—
[Disciple slots are full. Enrollment is temporarily suspended.]
"What a pity!" Longcheng Feijiang lamented.
In the live stream room, the chat was full of question marks:
"Abstract art??"
"Real or fake?"
"Looks pretty real, this is too fierce!"
"Real my ass, among these masters, you'd be burning incense if even 1 out of 100 is real!"
"Seriously, bro, you actually believe this???? This punch looks like it's going 400km/h! Faster than a high-speed train!"
"Secret technique!! 【Inch Punch · High-Speed Rail Strike】!"
…
Seeing the viewers' chattering complaints, Longcheng Feijiang belatedly said, "Ah? Is it fake?"
Skeptical, he watched a few more videos.
"Feels pretty real though..."
The viewers frantically advised:
"Please be careful! This is in the realm of superpowers!"
"We know you're a martial arts fanatic, but don't just call anyone 'Master' when you see them..."
"Post your address, I'll come sell you Foundation Establishment Pills in a couple of days, I'm your fan, I'll give you a discount!"
"You can become a disciple, learn video editing and self-promotion, it's also a skill."
"I just want to know, how are the 'disciple slots already full'? Who are all these people signing up?"
…
Although Longcheng Feijiang was a bit overwhelmed by the flashy inch punch in the video, the skepticism of so many people in the live stream slowly calmed him down.
His "martial arts fanatic" attribute faded, and rationality returned.
So he also felt that something was not quite right.
It wasn't his style to be stubborn, and he was also worried about misunderstanding a real master, so he skipped this person and searched for a few other names.
Then, he saw a Tai Chi master pushing down a dozen people.
An internal energy master shaking a tree with one hand—a gentle push made the tree trunk sway and the leaves rustle.
An indestructible, hard-skill master kicking steel pipes in half with his body.
A steel crotch master who didn't change his expression while being kicked in the groin.
Iron Palm masters crushing beer bottles and canned drinks with their bare hands.
…
Seeing the later videos, the viewers in the live stream were also confused.
They argued about who was a fraud and who was a real master.
But those who could establish themselves on a large platform like Biter all had some skills, and it was difficult to determine the truth based on videos alone.
This led to disagreements and even arguments in the live stream.
Longcheng Feijiang hurriedly mediated, "Don't argue, everyone, wait until the 28th."
"When the competition starts, go on stage and fight a few matches, and it will be obvious whether they have any skills or not."
"Mr. Xu is also a righteous man for taking out 8 million to help everyone distinguish the real masters!"
After he said this, the arguments in the live stream subsided slightly.
…
If the players in Xia Country couldn't distinguish the true masters from the fake, let alone the overseas netizens.
It was truly a case of not knowing until you searched, and being shocked when you did!
Niiiko was excited from beginning to end.
Left saying "E Mei Zi Ying," right saying "Chinese Kung Fu."
Having a great time.
Kabo even posted a status update on the foreign network—
[I want to share good news with everyone: Today, I have a Kung Fu master!]
He also attached a screenshot of the successful apprenticeship chat, as well as a train ticket to go find his master to learn the art.
Full of expectations of learning the magical "Xia Country Kung Fu," without mentioning the $3,000 tuition fee he paid.
—Super Baby Co., Ltd. had already been destroyed, the DEI wave in the gaming circle was in full swing, and the personal threats Kabo faced before no longer existed.
He could safely return home.
But he refused.
Spending two months in Xia Country had made him addicted.
The newest novels are first released on Liu Jiu Shu Ba!
He refused Dream Building's continued care and, with the help of local friends, rented a house in Jinghu District and settled down, looking like he didn't plan to leave.
When he first came to Xia Country, Dream Building helped him obtain a one-year visa.
He planned to stay for the full duration.
This status update caused quite a stir on the foreign network.
In the comments section, overseas netizens were all envious of him.
But the netizens in Xia Country were all posting question marks.
Kabo had spent too little time in Xia Country and couldn't understand the emotions conveyed behind the uniform question marks, so he didn't take it to heart and happily packed his luggage and left.
Seeing this situation, many players couldn't sit still and ran to Xu Meng's account to comment and send private messages, telling him to be careful not to be deceived.
—They thought Xu Meng was too young and worried that he would also be deceived by fake masters.
But Xu Meng didn't respond.
So everyone began to look forward to the rushing-to-the-top grand prix starting soon, so that they could expose the true faces of the fake masters!
Fortunately, the days of waiting were not difficult to endure.
Interesting new things were happening almost every day—
In Parasite City, Huan Yue and Longcheng Feijiang still spent a lot of time fighting each other every day, striving for higher levels.
After the Silver City in the Wasteland appeared, a large number of players tried every means to cross the cliffs and wastelands to be the first to reach that unopened city.
At the same time, a large number of netizens were attracted to Parasite City.
Based on the idea of "taking a look doesn't cost money," they downloaded the client to join in the fun.
After that, they quickly discovered—
"Taking a look" really doesn't cost money.
But besides "taking a look," weapons, clothing, tattoos, hairstyles, bars, shooting ranges, racing, bowling, watching mecha girl performances…
Everything costs money!
What to do if you don't have money?
Either pay to win, or go play 《Frost Snow Project》 and 《War of Kings》.
Or find a way to make money in Parasite City.
For example, begging, gambling, part-time jobs, underground boxing, cleaning sewers…
—When first entering Parasite City, there were no easy channels except for begging.
Of course, bold netizens also tried to rob.
But they had no weapons to use and could only rob NPCs with their bare hands.
As a result, many people not only failed to rob money but were instead robbed by NPCs, their clothes were stripped off, and they could only beg in the streets shirtless.
A few player gangs who teamed up to rob were successful.
But they had barely managed to rob a little money when they were caught and subdued by the rapidly arriving law enforcement officers of the Security Bureau and sent to the Security Bureau prison.
Want to leave?
Sure, pay bail.
Don't have it? Then squat!
The result was: the registration volume of 《Frost Snow Project》 and 《War of Kings》 increased steadily!
The revenue created by Parasite City itself also increased linearly, chasing 《War of Kings》!
And all the revenue earned by Parasite City was invested by Xu Meng in cloud servers to continue expanding the city.
Propelling this snowball to keep rolling!
…
In the eyes of netizens and players, Dream Building had a major update every two or three days.
Each update made the free open area of Parasite City larger!
This alternative "interactive unlocking" made Parasite City more and more popular, and the data better and better!
But players' time and energy were limited.
The gaming industry—especially the domestic ACG industry—had already entered a zero-sum game.
Parasite City's fierce absorption of a large number of users and players inevitably impacted the entire industry—
The user data of many competitors began to decline continuously!
In December, this critical node, such a data decline was even more unbearable for competitors!
