Kabo's master, Feng Long, wasn't taken away.
He belonged to the intermediate layer, the largest group among the 40 invited internet celebrity boxers, mostly reaching between the 40th and 50th floors.
Stopping wasn't because he couldn't win anymore, but because he was tired and needed to log off and rest.
When Feng Long logged off, he had reached the 42nd floor.
This result wasn't terrible.
But it definitely didn't live up to his persona as a "Grandmaster of the Inch Punch."
So, early the next morning, a table was set up outside the Dream Building Game Experience Center.
On the table, five red bricks stood tightly together.
A group of players stood quietly on the side, waiting for the "Grandmaster of the Inch Punch," Feng Long, to appear.
After all, Kabo had made great contributions to SBI's downfall and was recognized by Dream Building as the "First to Charge SBI," granting him the title of [Honorary Player].
When he was "seeking refuge" in Ningzhou before, he often came to the Experience Center to play with the local players.
Based on this, Kabo was the Experience Center's "local kingpin"!
How could the local friends stand by and watch him be deceived?
So, this scene unfolded.
An hour and a half later, Feng Long appeared.
From a distance of a dozen meters, he saw a group of people standing around a table, and he was curious about what had happened.
When he got closer and saw the 5 red bricks standing on the table, he immediately realized that they were coming for him!
His most popular video was about breaking five bricks like this with the inch punch.
But it was too late to avoid it.
"He's here! He's here!"
"Quick, invite him over! Don't let him leave!"
"Grab him! Grab him!"
A group of people rushed over noisily and grabbed his arm.
"What are you doing?!" Feng Long struggled, "What do you want in broad daylight!"
In the middle of the crowd, a tall, muscular fitness enthusiast stepped forward.
It was Luo Zicheng, the commander who was ultimately elected by a high number of votes from the [Iron Blood Company].
"Nothing, just want to become your disciple."
"Become my disciple?" Feng Long blinked, "I'm not taking disciples for the time being."
Luo Zicheng didn't listen to him at all, grabbed his arm, and pulled him to the table.
"5 bricks, the same as in your video."
"You break them."
"If it's as fast as in the video, I'll pay double the money to become your disciple."
"If you can't achieve that effect, you refund the money."
Feng Long looked at the stack of cash in Luo Zicheng's hand.
Then he looked at Kabo standing beside him.
Finally, he looked at the mobile phones filming in the crowd—the Heroic Sniper was also secretly mixed in, holding up his phone for a live broadcast.
Feng Long resisted: "No, who knows if you've tampered with the bricks? I only break my own bricks."
Everyone got up early and came here, waiting in the cold wind of December until now, so of course they wouldn't be easily fobbed off.
He took out his phone and was about to refund the money.
But Luo Zicheng immediately shook his head and refused: "No! Wouldn't that make it seem like I'm wronging you?"
"You must break these bricks for me today!"
"What can you do if I don't break them?" Feng Long's face was ugly.
"Don't break them? Kabo has 3 million followers on foreign websites. If this is publicized, it will tarnish the reputation of traditional martial arts in front of the whole world. Just think about how many people will come looking for trouble with you."
"Also, 3000 dollars is enough to file a case for fraud."
"If this matter isn't resolved today, you can go to the police station and explain the situation!"
Feng Long's face became even uglier.
Luo Zicheng pressed his advantage: "If you break these bricks, and I give you the money, there are so many people here to prove it for you."
"If you can't, you refund Kabo's money, and this matter ends here. We're too lazy to argue with you."
"It's pretty cold, don't dawdle, make a decision quickly."
Feng Long was cornered.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and went for it.
He stretched out his hand, palm up, fingers against the red bricks, and began to gather strength.
A moment later, he suddenly exerted force—
"Hey!!!"
With a crack, two of the five bricks broke.
—There was no gorgeous visual effect of them flying out instantly as in the video.
One of his five fingers also cracked.
"Hiss—" Feng Long gasped, enduring the pain, and said, "I'm not in good shape, consider me talking nonsense!"
"Here, I'll refund your money."
After saying that, he simply refunded the money to Kabo, and without going to the Experience Center, he turned around and left.
Luo Zicheng grabbed him: "Wait."
"What else do you want?" Feng Long frowned and turned his head.
"Take this money, consider it medical expenses." Luo Zicheng handed the money he had said he would use to "become a disciple" to Feng Long.
—Xia country fans also give a 3000 yuan disciple fee, but it is Xia country currency, Luo Zicheng has 6000 in his hand.
Feng Long looked at Luo Zicheng's burly muscles and the money pinched in his sandbag-sized fist, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out and pulled out five bills.
He had experience, such a slight bone fracture, conservative treatment would cost a few hundred yuan.
… …
With the matter resolved, a group of people, surrounding Luo Zicheng, filed into the warm Experience Center to warm up.
The table was also cleaned up and moved inside to return to the Experience Center.
Kabo got back the money he was cheated out of, but he still looked disappointed.
His kung fu dream was shattered.
In the end, his local friends comforted him: "Aren't there still many invited boxers? Take a look, maybe there are real masters!"
Kabo nodded and sat down with them, continuing to watch the real-time broadcast of the floor-climbing Grand Prix in the hall.
… …
… …
December 29th.
Of the 8 pure scam artists who were taken to the police station for questioning, 6 were directly removed from the floor-climbing Grand Prix.
The remaining two were swindlers, but they didn't actually swindle any money, so they were released after a reprimand and education.
They continued to hang around in the lower levels.
—
December 30th.
Dragon City Flying General returned from treatment, entering the battle with injuries.
— After wrapping his finger in a bandage, the electrical signals from the haptic glove couldn't stimulate the muscle, so naturally, it wouldn't hurt.
The impact on combat power was minimal.
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He could still fight normally.
… …
Also on this day, Xu Meng released a patch to fix the "Rubber Man" hardware vulnerability.
—
December 31st.
The last day of 2025.
Dragon City Flying General finally faced the most crucial match—
The 99th floor, the featured battle!
The opponent was a powerful NPC using Muay Thai.
If he won this match, he could reach the 100th floor!
Below the arena, the audience stands were packed.
Fans, online viewers, streamers, NPC spectators, all gathered on the 99th floor.
That NPC whom Dragon City Flying General had been wanting to meet again—Mr. Long, who could suplex a rhinoceros—also appeared in the audience.
After this month of duels, Dragon City Flying General had a further understanding of the value of his "future master," the [Sky Arena 230th Floor Owner].
Above the 80th floor, he felt that every NPC opponent was a powerful elite monster.
Each one was harder to beat than the last!
But the higher he went, the fewer player opponents there were, and the more NPC opponents there were.
These NPC fighters blocked most players from advancing through the levels.
— Even professional fighters slowed down significantly at this level, and started to have wins and losses.
So now, Dragon City Flying General couldn't even imagine what kind of monsters the fighters on the 100th or 200th floors would be!
And this future master was on the 230th floor!!!
His desire to become a disciple grew even stronger!
Under this strong desire for victory, the duel officially began.
… …
Five minutes later, the result was out—
The NPC fighter launched a brutal flying knee attack, and Dragon City Flying General, unable to dodge, hardened his heart and used his left arm to block the blow in front of his chest.
At the same time, he thrust his right fist forward with all his strength!
With a crisp "crack!" sound!
His left arm snapped!
— Xu Meng's patch wasn't just a simple improvement of the interaction logic between the haptic sync suit and the haptic glove; he added a skeletal system to all player models!
The power of this flying knee was immense, and even after breaking his arm, the remaining force still made Dragon City Flying General's chest hurt and his breathing difficult.
"I'm done for!" He thought he was going to lose.
But he heard the referee's voice in his ear:
"Dragon City Flying General—wins!"
Dragon City Flying General raised his head in surprise and saw his opponent kneeling on the arena, clutching his crotch tightly with both hands, his body trembling non-stop.
His health bar was already empty.
Looking at the audience, the spectators showed expressions of being unable to bear to watch, and the male spectators were adjusting the position of their legs.
He raised his head in confusion.
He saw that the monitor above the arena was repeatedly replaying the exciting moment of the victory—
The Muay Thai expert leaped high, a gorgeous knee strike, smashing into the forearm in front of his chest.
At the same time, he sent his lower body onto his fist…
That "crack" sound.
Wasn't just the sound of his forearm breaking.
It was also the sound of his opponent's vital point shattering.
"Ah… this…" Dragon City Flying General opened his mouth wide.
"I'm sorry, brother, I didn't do it on purpose…"
Amidst his awkward explanation and the NPC's painful groans, this featured battle came to an end.
The final "wonderful strike" quickly turned into short videos and GIFs.
It spread even faster on social networks than "Players reach the 100th floor and complete the challenge left by Xu Meng."
But these things couldn't affect Dragon City Flying General for the time being.
He didn't bother replying to the congratulatory messages from his friends, and passed through the audience shouting "Awesome" and running over, and went straight to Mr. Long sitting in the back row.
"Mr. Long, can I become your disciple now?"
Mr. Long raised his head, looked at him and said, "You are now qualified to take the test."
"Come with me."
Under the confused gazes of the onlookers, Dragon City Flying General left a sentence, "Thank you everyone for your support," and followed behind the NPC and walked away.
… …
On the 100th floor, Dragon City Flying General completed his registration and obtained a brand new identity card.
But he didn't stay there, but was taken by Mr. Long to continue upwards, all the way to a super luxurious room on the 230th floor.
As soon as Mr. Long came in, he took off his top, revealing his strong muscles.
"? ? ?" Dragon City Flying General was shocked.
What are you going to do? ?
Does the test require undressing? ?
Fortunately, Mr. Long didn't let him take it off, but pointed to the carpet and said, "Sit down."
Dragon City Flying General obediently sat down cross-legged.
The NPC put his hand on his shoulder and said solemnly, "Close your eyes and concentrate."
Dragon City Flying General obediently closed his eyes again and concentrated.
Almost the instant he closed his eyes, a clear stinging sensation immediately came from his shoulders.
In just an instant, this feeling swept through his whole body!
Every pore on his body was tightening and tingling!
— Except for the head that was not wrapped by the haptic sync suit.
"What's going on? ?"
He couldn't help but open his eyes and saw a brand new system prompt appear in front of him:
[Detected that the player has come into contact with unreleased content—[Mind]].
[Please wait patiently for the hardware upgrade before experiencing this content].
[Or go to the Dream Building Game Company to meet Xu Meng].
[You can participate in a top-secret test to unlock and experience this content in advance].
