Chapter 193: Chapter 126: A Conspiracy Emerges, the Global Grand Competition Begins

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!!"

"How could anyone possibly capture a large-scale city?!"

"How could Xia Country have captured two large-scale cities, on top of the one they were given?!"

"There’s definitely something wrong here!!"

While Shen Fei rested, and while the vast majority of people in Xia Country celebrated their nation’s overwhelming lead in both the quantity and quality of captured cities, the other countries that had also seen the city capture leaderboards were freaking out! A wave of utter disbelief and incredulity flooded the minds of these nations’ players.

The ruling Commanders of these nations, the ones who controlled the National Treasure Divine Artifacts, were all completely dumbfounded. Because they knew the attributes of the Divine Artifacts, all of them were aware that every major power on the planet was supposed to inherit one large-scale city. But they had never imagined that after the three-day Neutral City capture period ended, the leaderboards would reveal that Xia Country had actually captured *three* large-scale cities.

This shocked everyone!

As the Commanders of major powers and as the select few who knew the secrets of the Divine Artifacts, they had, of course, tried to lead their people to capture another large-scale city after receiving their gifted one. Unfortunately, reality had given them a rude awakening. Even when some used their Mysterious Particle-consuming Divine Artifacts in battle, the large-scale cities were not something they could hope to conquer at this stage.

After everyone had tried, they all reached a consensus: large-scale cities were impossible to capture!

In fact, some people in Europe had even used the Divine Artifact Link function to share this very intelligence with each other. But the result was the exact opposite, and it was a huge slap in the face!

’You think they’re impossible to capture? That’s just because you’re weak. Our mighty Great Xia Kingdom can capture them just fine! And what’s more, we captured two at once!’

"Investigate! Get me answers! I want to know what the hell is going on in Xia Country!! I want to know why they’re so strong! I want to know what kind of abilities they inherited!! Investigate! I want to know everything about Xia Country!!!"

Swiftly, while Shen Fei rested, countless orders were issued from nations big and small all across the planet.

Previously, the inheritance of game abilities and the rampant spawning of various monsters had caused heavy casualties in every nation. Every country was scrambling to handle its own domestic affairs, so few had the energy or manpower to investigate other countries. But now, the leaderboard that had suddenly appeared on every Ability User’s personal interface made them turn their attention, focusing it entirely on Xia Country.

Just as Shen Fei had guessed, Xia Country was too strong, suddenly becoming the nail that sticks out. It was now targeted by every other nation.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

As one order after another was given, countless people worked through the night, accessing the Xia Country section through the new Forum, where countless posts were rapidly browsed and copied.

"What the hell! Why does this crappy old post of mine suddenly have so many views? But the number of replies and comments isn’t going up!!"

"Holy shit! How is my post from a week ago suddenly trending again...?"

Because of the Neutral City situation, the vast majority of people in Xia Country were not sleeping tonight either. Then, they noticed that the view counts on all sorts of posts in the Xia Country section were skyrocketing. Even some posts from days ago with clickbait titles were being dug up and pushed onto the most-viewed list.

"What the hell! Is the Forum bugged?"

"Or did they just multiply all the view counts by a hundred??"

"What’s going on here?"

"Is the Forum glitching out?"

Countless people saw this and were all asking what was happening. Unfortunately, no one had an answer. And the view counts on related posts continued to soar.

「Mist City, West Suburb of Hang City」

People from other countries? Number Zero, the only one who knew what was happening, saw the situation and muttered curiously.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t stop it. Although she had built the new Forum, her authority was gradually diminishing with the inheritance of game abilities. Some kind of rule was taking over most of the Forum’s permissions. Countless clicks were pouring in, but aside from knowing what was happening, she couldn’t change a thing.

The good news, however, was that people from Xia Country could also freely browse the posts of other countries to gather information. The permissions for both sides were fair and equal. Number Zero understood that with the capture of the Neutral Cities, those who could move into them now had a basic guarantee of safety. Once they no longer had to worry about their safety or be constantly on alert, people would inevitably seek out more information about other things. This current situation was inevitable.

Moreover, she could guess the reason for what was happening in the Xia Country section tonight. It was all the handiwork of that blasted Shen Fei.

You’re something else! Thinking of him, Number Zero rolled her eyes, closed the Forum, and went to rest as well. Since she couldn’t do anything about it, it was out of sight, out of mind.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

As Number Zero rested, a torrent of information and various statistical analyses were being rapidly processed behind the scenes. Soon, the final results were placed in the hands of the Commanders of the various nations that possessed Divine Artifacts.

"Immortal Emperor?? I know Songhai City! But what the hell is a Cultivator?!?"

In the United States, the Commander holding the Divine Artifact stared at his subordinate’s report, his face filled with disbelief. The types of games were vast, leading to the inheritance of all sorts of abilities. But to see that the one who had openly conquered a large-scale city for Xia Country was a player who had inherited the abilities of a so-called Cultivator, the American still found it hard to believe.

Cultivation was a game and concept exclusive to the people of Xia Country; for anyone else...