Chapter 194: Chapter 126: A Conspiracy Emerges, the Global Grand Competition Begins

They simply didn’t understand.

In fact, most countries didn’t even have a corresponding term for "Cultivation." People from other nations couldn’t comprehend what Cultivation was, let alone what it meant to become an Immortal.

"A Cultivator!"

"An Ability User unique to Xia Country!"

He had originally thought that his great United States, having been gifted one large city and seizing a medium-sized one, would remain number one, just as they were before the apocalypse. The Commander never expected that not only did Xia Country also possess a medium-sized city, but they had two additional large cities as well.

How could they compete with that?

How the hell could they compete?!

Can we bribe him?

The intelligence report on the Immortal Emperor stated that he had single-handedly held off the attacks of hundreds of bosses and a monster tide. As the United States Commander read this, a thought surfaced in his mind.

But now that game abilities have been inherited into reality, I wonder if that would even work...

But then another thought followed.

"Only one of them?"

After quickly finishing the report on the Immortal Emperor, the Commander turned to his subordinate, still holding the intel. According to the information, after the Immortal Emperor occupied the large city in Songhai, all the buildings in the entire city were razed to the ground. This person clearly didn’t have the ability to go on and capture another large city.

Furthermore, the actions of Xia Country’s Divine Capital Tourism Management Office headquarters were broadcast live for everyone to see. They had also stopped to regroup after capturing just one medium-sized city, lacking the strength to take any more Neutral Cities. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

It was obvious that Xia Country’s third Neutral City was taken by someone else. Unfortunately, the report in his hand had no information about it.

"Sir!" a subordinate reported quickly, his head bowed. "No one knows about the third one. Not even the people of Xia Country themselves!"

"Not even the people of Xia Country know?" The Commander was taken aback.

After capturing a large city, shouldn’t they be announcing it to the world to attract popularity and people?

Even their own people didn’t know? Hearing this, if the Commander didn’t know for a fact that the rankings on his personal panel couldn’t be wrong, he would have assumed that this third city was just a smokescreen put out by Xia Country.

"That’s right, they don’t know either! However, we discovered a strange person on the Xia Country Forums with the codename ’Forbidden Word’. Although the name is short, it’s also quite distinctive!" the subordinate specializing in intelligence reported quickly.

"Forget about some ’Forbidden Word’! Their country is full of terms like that!" the Commander barked. "Keep digging! I want to know the situation with Xia Country’s third city! I want to know what the hell Xia Country is hiding!"

He had only gotten half of the information he wanted, and that half was about the incomprehensible "Cultivators." The Commander glanced at the Divine Artifact in his hand and continued to give orders.

"Yes, sir!" His subordinate quickly went back to work.

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"Keep digging! I refuse to believe we can’t find out where Xia Country’s third city came from!"

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"Find it! At any cost!"

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"Search! If you can’t find it, you can all commit suicide to atone for your failure!"

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"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! If you don’t find anything, I’ll skin you all alive!"

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Orders similar to the United States Commander’s were being issued all across the planet.

Everyone had learned about the "Immortal Emperor," a so-called "Cultivator," which they found rather baffling. But as for the origin of and information about Xia Country’s third large city, they were all completely in the dark. Even stranger, there was no information about it on any of the Xia Country Forums at all.

They didn’t know that a genius called No. 0 had once deleted a massive number of posts containing information about a certain person. And these people from other nations could never have imagined that posts could even be deleted.

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On a night when countless people were frantically busy, the two individuals at the center of it all slept soundly, their breathing so steady it was clear they weren’t even dreaming.

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"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely sure!"

「Two hours later」

Even after executing a number of intelligence agents and arresting countless Xia Country citizens for interrogation—demanding they explain what the FUCK Cultivation and Immortals were—the commanders of other nations still hadn’t found a single shred of information about Xia Country’s third large city. The uncertainty was a constant torment, like a fishbone stuck in their throat or a spike at their back. They were getting desperate.

「A few minutes later」

Someone used the Divine Artifact Link function to connect with the Commander of the United States. Seeing the message sent via the Divine Artifact Link, the United States Commander was in slight disbelief. He never expected the other party’s National Treasure Divine Artifact to have such an ability.

[Knight Arena: Can create an Alternate Dimension Space, allowing Ability Users to enter for combat. Death within the Arena allows for revival. Duration: 7 days. Cooldown: one month. Can absorb Mysterious Particles to accelerate cooldown...]

[Arena Teleportation: After establishing a Divine Artifact Link, can teleport designated personnel into the Arena. No distance limit. Number of personnel cannot exceed 30.]

[Arena Observation: Can create spectator seats to watch the battles inside the Arena. Number of spectators cannot exceed 5,000.]

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The one who contacted the United States Commander was an expert from France who wielded a Divine Artifact. France’s Divine Artifact was called [Napoleon Knight’s Power]. This National Treasure Divine Artifact came with an incredibly powerful skill called [Knight Arena].

"So?" the United States Commander asked thoughtfully, looking at France’s Divine Artifact Attributes.

"Here’s what I’m thinking! Since Xia Country wants to keep secrets, let’s hold a tournament! We can see what they’re really hiding. We just need to come up with a good reason and pretext!"