60: Chapter 60 Registering for the Black Competition

Xinyuan Residential Complex.

Gu Han's family had finally moved out of that small house. The new home was still a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, but the area was several times larger than the previous one.

Gu Yanxiao and Tang Yanran had already quit their jobs and were currently in the living room organizing the things they had moved, with sounds of laughter and chatter drifting out from time to time.

Gu Han had locked himself in his room, sitting at his brand-new gaming desk. He had been worried for many days about the Ant-man Race being unable to step into the transcendent realm, and he was planning to log into the Jiangcheng City local Divine Master forum to take a look.

If one wanted to obtain resources, solve Divine Kingdom difficulties, or earn money quickly, the forum was the best channel.

As soon as he clicked in, a red-highlighted pinned post on the homepage was extremely eye-catching.

Jiangcheng City God of War Bounty List Updated! Newcomer Dominates the List!》

Gu Han clicked on the post.

The list was densely packed with dozens of names, including illegal residents, wanted criminals, and deadbeats listed by loan companies.

And the person ranked first had their name bolded and highlighted in red.

Codename: Jiangcheng Loan King.

Total debt: 130 million credit points.

Bounty amount: 50 million credit points. (Pierce through their Divine Kingdom, preserve the Divine Kingdom Core)

Identity unknown. The bounty provider only offers the Divine Kingdom coordinates; they are not responsible for anything else, and participants bear their own risks of life and death.

"Holy crap, over a hundred million? How did an individual get a loan like that? Which platform is so daring? I don't know if Fangxin Loan will put me on the bounty list too."

Gu Han looked at the top of the list, muttering to himself.

He continued browsing the trading and news sections of the forum.

Suddenly, an anonymous post published a few hours ago caught his attention.

《Internal News! Underground Black Market Tournament opening soon, prize pool features a rare S-grade divine plant!》

Gu Han sat up straight and clicked for details.

The final champion prize indeed included an S-grade divine plant.

Seeing the reward details, Gu Han's breathing stopped for half a second.

It was actually a spirit root network.

This item was out of stock in the mall all year round; he hadn't expected it to appear here.

As long as they had this, those Ant-men in the Divine Kingdom who lacked spirit roots could slowly improve their physiques and meet the conditions to step onto the path of immortality.

If the Ant-men couldn't break through to the transcendent realm for a long time, the only way to enter the transcendent realm was to obtain the spirit root network and follow the path of immortality.

"Is this news reliable?" a netizen asked in the post.

The original poster replied: "Authentic! It is said that a big family in Jiangcheng City brought it out as a prize, wanting to use this thing to lure powerful Divine Masters to invest."

"Let's see what this is about first." Gu Han clicked on the anonymous link attached below the post.

After the page jumped a few times, the screen went completely black, and then a blood-red countdown appeared.

Three days left.

Below were dense instructions for the tournament format.

Gu Han scanned through the lines.

The competition had restrictions on Divine Masters, only allowing those below the demigod realm to participate.

This meant that those super-powerful elders couldn't personally step in to help their juniors grab the reward. All participants were below the demigod realm, and the highest in the Divine Kingdom were level four transcendent lifeforms.

The most critical point was that this was a real coordinate war, which would cause the death of believers, and even the Divine Kingdom environment would be damaged.

The schedule was divided into two stages. The first stage was the preliminary elimination round, requiring participants to win ten consecutive matches to obtain the qualification to challenge the arena.

The second stage was the arena defense match.

A defender would be randomly generated from the participants, and the defender needed to provide a one-time real Divine Kingdom coordinate. Participants would enter the Divine Kingdom coordinate through a snatched line and attack the defender until one side conceded.

The defender needed to provide a one-time coordinate again to let the challenger attack the arena, with no rest time.

This was a real Divine Kingdom war, and the arena defense system relied on the foundation of the Divine Kingdom. For many Divine Masters who treated their believers like treasures, this was definitely a huge psychological threshold.

But Gu Han was not afraid; his Divine Kingdom did not fear invasion.

Continuing to read, Gu Han stopped his movements.

To ensure the tournament was not cracked down on by the authorities, the entire process was conducted on encrypted software, and all participants were anonymous, with extremely high confidentiality.

The problem lay in the second stage, the arena defense match.

The arena defense match would be broadcast live with full network encryption, which was troublesome. Gu Han's brows knit together.

Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man, Black-Armored Ant-men, Hidden-Armor Ant-Man, Shield-Armored Ant-Men—these were all weird hybrid species he had cobbled together. In all of Jiangcheng City, no, in all of humanity, he might be the only one who possessed them.

As long as these unit types showed their faces in the live broadcast, those big powers could dig up his real-world identity with a little effort; it was no different from directly reporting his ID number.

Moreover, if the second round of arena defense was broadcast live, it meant that when his Divine Kingdom was invaded, he couldn't use skills to resist powerful invaders, otherwise the effects of his skills would be made public.

Should he give up on the competition?

But the spirit root network was right in front of him. If he missed this time, he didn't know when he would encounter it again. The Ant-man Race couldn't stay stuck at the ordinary lifeform stage forever, otherwise his previous investments would all go down the drain.

Gu Han had no choice. He made up his mind that he had to participate. At worst, he would fight until his Divine Kingdom was severely damaged to win the championship. As long as there were still Ant-men alive at the end, he could quickly recover his original troop strength.

After thinking for a long time, a bold idea popped into Gu Han's mind. Perhaps he could use this to make a fortune, and it could also divert the attention of others.

The profit model of the black market tournament organizers mainly relied on extracting the flow from the betting pool, as well as selling the contact information of the champion to those big powers who wanted to win over the champion, so the confidentiality was unquestionable.

As long as he operated properly, he could not only get the spirit root network but also rely on the champion status to carry out his own money-making plans.

Having made up his mind, Gu Han started frantically searching for the entry port for the black market tournament in the forum.

These underground organizations hid extremely deep.

Gu Han was required to change over a dozen proxy IPs, then cracked three layers of verification code, and spent another 20,000 credit points to buy a temporary referral code on the black market, which finally allowed him to successfully download the encrypted software named "Abyss Arena".

Skillfully ignoring the risks, he continued the installation. After the installation was complete, he opened the interface. The entire UI design was extremely simple and easy to understand, with only red and black colors.

[Please enter your nickname.]

The screen name had to be a bit confusing. Gu Han thought for a moment, tapped on the keyboard a few times, and uploaded an avatar of a little yellow chicken with a center-part hairstyle.

[Riding Grandma Across the Road] Click confirm.

On the homepage activity bar, there were various tournaments, and even gambling and adult sections. Gu Han selected Jiangcheng City, found the relevant tournament, and clicked to sign up.

[Please upload your one-time Divine Kingdom coordinate. After uploading, your participation qualification will be locked and cannot be changed.]

Gu Han communicated with his Divine Kingdom and generated a temporary coordinate that was only valid for seven days, then uploaded it to the software.

[Registration successful. Please wait for the preliminary matching in three days. Wish you a happy life.]

(Wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival. Thank you all for urging for updates and supporting me, but the bookstore really doesn't give people a chance to see it, cutting traffic every day. There are almost no newcomers reading it. Favorite, comment, and urge for updates! ) (Data is good only if the platform gives recommendations. I want to be transcendent!)