44: Chapter 44 Are young people these days... so ruthless when they swear?

Hakin suddenly said this, catching Shen Mo off guard.

What was this kid getting all emotional about for no reason?

Shen Mo was speechless.

However, he couldn't be bothered to say anything. Although this kid acted with the maturity of an adult, he was actually only eighteen or nineteen. In Shen Mo's eyes, he was just a brat, right at that chuunibyou age.

"Fine, I don't mind, but you'll have to talk to my superiors."

Shen Mo really didn't mind.

Anyway, carrying one was the same as carrying two.

He had already helped Persia farm quite a few points, which could be considered repaying the favor from his duel against Sakura Country and the Korean Country back then.

If they wanted him to carry them again...

Wouldn't they have to renew their subscription?

Otherwise, who would actually be the tool?

Shen Mo wasn't a saint.

Hakin nodded solemnly: "Brother, don't worry. Once the game ends, I'll go talk to your Dragon Country leaders!"

"Mhm."

...

Time passed bit by bit!

Stage 3-3!

Just as Shen Mo reached level 6, Hakin excitedly told him that he had a 3-star Syndra!

Not only that, but the 2-7 jungle creeps had dropped 4 items for Hakin. Now, with his 2-star Mordekaiser in the front line wearing plate armor, and Syndra in the back with guinsoos rageblade, spear of shojin, and Nashor's Tooth, his three core items were ready!

Then, Hakin excitedly realized... he was invincible. Truly invincible!

A 3-star Syndra with three full items at Stage 3-3—with a lineup of this quality, even Shen Mo and Hoshimi Sakura couldn't beat this guy!

Then... the viewers watching the livestream realized something in a daze!

This Hakin from Oil Country was on a crazy winning streak!

[Stage 3-3 match ended!]

[Dragon Country vs. Oil Country, Oil Country wins!]

[Rankings changed!]

[First place: Oil Country, Hakin, HP: 88!]

[Second place: Sakura Country, Hoshimi Sakura, HP: 76!]

[Third place: Dragon Country, Shen Mo, HP: 74!]

[...]

The viewers watching the livestream were dumbfounded!

What was going on... here?

The scene they had originally expected wasn't the Dragon Country's 'Emperor Kasa' Shen Mo battling the peerless expert from Sakura Country, Hoshimi Sakura!

What was this now? The two top experts were about to duel, their stances were already set, and yet suddenly some small fry appeared and took out both of them?

The Dragon Country audience was a bit confused.

"Hit me, I feel like this isn't real."

"Oh, I'm hitting you, okay?"

"Hit!"

"Bang!"

"Holy crap! Why the hell are you stabbing me in the ass?!?!?!"

"Just tell me if it's real or not!"

"Damn you...!"

Sakura Country couldn't accept it: "Baka! Lord Hoshimi Sakura definitely hasn't used her true strength yet. Once she does, she will definitely teach that kid from Oil Country and the kid from Dragon Country a lesson!"

A troll from Giant Bear Country chimed in: "What if she already did?"

Sakura Country: "..."

The Korean Country audience suddenly sighed: "What a familiar scene! By the way, is this 'lineup shielding card' cursed? I remember last time when Shen Mo fought India, it was also like this, locking them in a dark room, right?"

Dead memories experienced a Revival.

Indian netizens popped up again: "We are so miserable..."

As soon as these words were said, the Korean Country's face turned green. Damn, I shouldn't have brought that up...!

On the other side, Oil Country was truly dumbfounded. They never expected that their precious little prince would have a day where he reached the top. Although it was a brief moment at the top, it was still the top!

The King of Oil Country, UAE, was so excited his face turned red, and his hands were shaking like he had Parkinson's: "Quick! Go invite the Dragon Country ambassador! Send a message to Dragon Country saying that our Oil Country has important matters to discuss!"

UAE had already received the message from Hakin. At this moment, his back didn't ache, his legs didn't hurt, and at nearly seventy years old, he felt he could go another round.

"Chief, we can't get in touch!" A moment later, his subordinate walked over with a difficult expression.

Obviously. Ever since Shen Mo carried Persia to gain a huge amount of points, the Dragon Country's diplomatic department had been worked to death. Who didn't know the name of the 'God-tier Carry' Shen Mo? The number of countries coming to ask Shen Mo to carry them was exploding.

It would be strange if they could reach him right now.

The old man UAE was a bit stumped. After racking his brain for a long time without finding a good solution, one of his subordinates suddenly said: "Chief, we can contact them through the Gods Arena!"

"How so?" UAE's eyes lit up.

The subordinate quickly said: "Doesn't the Gods Arena allow gifting items? We can just send items to Dragon Country! Anyway, their external trading system isn't closed. As long as we send the items, they will definitely receive the notification!"

UAE immediately clapped his hands! That's right!

This thing called the Gods Arena not only provided matches for every country, but it was also a huge integrated information network platform. Every country had registered an account on it.

Besides winning matches and climbing the rankings, items were also extremely important resources that could be used for trading or gifting.

And very importantly, after gifting items of different levels, the notification messages received by the other party were also different. For example, bronze-level items would at most display a system log in the national backend, which was hard to see.

Silver-level was slightly better; a small red dot would appear in 'Latest Messages.' A godsend for the obsessive-compulsive.

Higher-level gold items were even more powerful! Once gifted, the other party would immediately get a system pop-up: So-and-so has gifted you an item... It was a lot like a shameless pop-up ad.

"Quick! Do as you said! Send item cards to Dragon Country!"

"Chief, what level should we send?"

UAE was furious: "Obviously! Gold cards, of course! What's the use of that silver card trash! I can't afford to lose face like that!"

The subordinate sweated: "Then... let's send 10 first. Once they see the cards, they will definitely contact us."

Unexpectedly, UAE was even angrier, wishing he could kick this useless person. This was a critical moment to contact Dragon Country; was this the time to save money for him? Did he not understand the situation at all!

Have you forgotten the arrogant, price-gouging attitude those Western Countries had when they sold us cards?

Dragon Country! It's Dragon Country! They are the benefactors who helped our Oil Country! You idiot!

UAE took a deep breath and slammed his hand on the table with a bang: "What 10 cards! If the neighboring countries see it, they'll think we can't afford to give gifts to our benefactors! Send me 10 of every type of gold card! Send silver cards too, 100 of each type! Go now!"

As for bronze cards... UAE didn't even mention them. Obviously, he would be embarrassed to take out such trash. This was giving gifts to a benefactor; would you bring Master Kong Iced Tea when visiting someone to give a gift?

Beiyuan Base, command and combat conference room.

Dong Ge was livestreaming and posting comments furiously roasting Sakura Country, while also monitoring the situation on the Gods Arena. Old Man Li was standing behind him, smacking his lips: "Little Dong... you're arguing with Sakura Country, but the languages aren't even the same, are they?"

"Can they even understand our country's national essence?"

Dong Ge paused, then explained with a grin: "Uncle Li, do I need our national essence to curse them? Their brains probably couldn't understand it anyway. You didn't know, did you? Sakura Country has allegorical sayings too. I was just using their allegorical sayings to curse them!"

"Oh?" Old Man Li asked curiously: "What did you send?"

Dong Ge coughed lightly: "A phone call to the crematorium."

Old Man Li was a bit confused: "That doesn't sound like a curse, does it?"

Dong Ge felt a bit embarrassed. "Listen to me finish, allegorical sayings all have a second half. The second half of this sentence is... your mom is stuck to the pot!"

A phone call to the crematorium—your mom is stuck to the pot!

Old Man Li's eye twitched violently. Holy crap, are young people these days really this ruthless when cursing?