520: Chapter 568 The Great Conference of Realms!

The Known Universe is divided into 108 Realms.

Each realm has its own [National Fortune Game].

These can be thought of as 108 service areas.

Once the 108 service areas select the strongest civilization contestants through the Elimination Round, those contestants will represent their respective realms in the final [Civilization Game].

However, this does not mean the [Civilization Game] only has 108 contestants.

Because so far, a god has never been born from the [Civilization Game]!!

Simply put, no one has ever taken first place in the [Civilization Game] thus far.

After all these years, the [Civilization Game] has already become intricate and complex, with many contestants from each realm.

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In the Realm Great Hall, many Noble Lords had already gathered.

Like Tike, Fama, and the other Noble Lords, they wore magnificent robes adorned with various patterns.

Their faces were covered by ornate masks with different decorations.

Number 1379 followed behind the Chief Steward and several Noble Lords, trembling.

Although it had been spending time with Noble Lords like Tike and Fama lately, and they shared the same status as the other Noble Lords...

Even the hot-tempered Fama was considered one of the more approachable ones among the Noble Lords.

If any person caused even the slightest dissatisfaction to some Noble Lords, there was only one outcome: death.

Before these Noble Lords, death might not even be the worst outcome; a fate worse than death was the most painful.

Even though Number 1379 was a robot, a god-level existence could still make it suffer a fate worse than death.

In truth, Number 1379 was just one of many observers and had no right to enter this second-highest-level conference room in the universe.

Why second-highest?

The highest-level meeting was, naturally, the one convened by the 108 Realms Noble Lords Joint Committee.

No matter how significant the actions taken in the current meeting were, they would only affect a single realm.

They would have no effect in other realms.

Number 1379 didn't dare look anywhere else, fearing it might offend some Noble Lord.

Actually, neither it nor the Chief Steward had the right to attend this meeting.

It was mainly because it and the Chief Steward understood An Ke that they were brought along by Tike and the other Noble Lords.

This meeting was actually to witness the next representative from the current realm to enter the [Civilization Game].

These representatives were tied to the interests between different realms, so it was of great importance.

At the same time, various Noble Lords had their own favored seed contestants.

These seed contestants could be seen as the Noble Lords' bargaining chips.

The more capable the chips were, the greater the Noble Lords' influence within the realm would be.

Soon, Tike and the other five Noble Lords took their seats, while the Chief Steward and Number 1379 stood behind them.

Even though the Chief Steward was referred to with the divine pronoun 'He,' he still had no right to sit as an equal with god-level existences.

On the massive conference table, there were live broadcasts of all the civilization contestants in this realm.

Aside from An Ke, the Fungus Race, and the Thousand Changes Race, there were 300 civilization live broadcast rooms in total.

In half an hour, these civilizations would connect to the Blue Star territory.

Many Noble Lords around were discussing: 'How strange, such a massive free-for-all has never appeared in previous Elimination Rounds.'

'Indeed! It used to be one-on-one, progressing through layers to select the top sixteen, top eight... that kind of mechanism.'

'I don't know what's gotten into the [Game]; it's even revoked the privileges of us Noble Lords.'

'I think this is fine; no one can interfere with the game anymore.'

'Under this brand-new mode, perhaps our 99th Realm can become a dark horse.'

'Forget about being a dark horse; other realms have already established a firm foothold in the [Civilization Game].'

'Right now, it's basically the top 50 realms competing against each other—no! To be precise, it's the top 20.'

'Heh! This time, some decent contestant seeds have appeared in our 99th Realm, such as the Metal Race, Mother Brain civilization, and Super Lord civilization.'

'Hahaha! I've placed my bet on the Super Lord this time; don't you all try to compete with me.'

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The number of Realm Noble Lords was not large, not exceeding a hundred.

And they were the strongest existences in the entire Known Universe.

Because of this, they used the [Game] as a bargaining chip for competing for resources between realms.

Otherwise, if god-level beings fought each other, that scene... many resources would likely vanish for no reason.

The Noble Lords discussed the seed contestants they favored this time while waiting for the final Elimination Round to begin.

Among them, one Noble Lord frowned: 'Strange! Why can't I predict what the mechanism of the upcoming Elimination Round will be like?'

'Can you all predict it?'

'No way!' Another Noble Lord shook his head.

More Noble Lords joined the discussion.

'It's probably due to the mutation that occurred in the [Game] this time, making us unable to predict.

After all, we can't fully grasp the existence of the [Game]; it's normal for it to be able to block or interfere with our predictions.'

'The [Civilization Game] can, but the [National Fortune Game] hasn't reached the level of interfering with us yet.

In other realms, the [National Fortune Game] can still be predicted.'

'Then why can't we do it?'

'I feel like the changes in our realm are much larger than in others; every aspect has deviated from the previous [Game] rules.'

'Unfortunately, we cannot perform an Analysis on the [Game], so there's no way to know what caused it.'

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Number 1379 lowered its head, listening to the Noble Lords' discussion, feeling quite amused in its heart.

It suddenly felt a sense of pride.

Things these Noble Lords didn't know, it, a robot, knew.

The reason for the interference was because of An Ke!!

Even the [Game] could not view An Ke's attributes.

Knowing things the Noble Lords didn't know gave Number 1379 an inexplicable sense of achievement.

It seemed the Noble Lords weren't that impressive after all...

But just as this thought arose, a Noble Lord sitting nearby immediately turned his head to look.

'Hmm? A mere observer like you is so bold as to dare despise the Noble Lords?'

The voice was light, but when it reached Number 1379's ears, it felt like the sky was falling.

It looked at the Noble Lord staring at it.

This Noble Lord's ornate mask was inlaid with facial features carved from sapphires.

'N-Noble Lord...'

Number 1379 trembled all over in fear, 'This unit, this machine has never despised the Noble Lords...'

The Sapphire Mask Noble Lord did not respond but instead raised an arm from beneath his robe.

It's over! It's over!

Number 1379 instantly felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

Because it had been staying with Noble Lords like Tike and hadn't been punished, its thoughts had become too reckless.

Desecrating the Noble Lords with one's thoughts; if pursued, the result was death!

The Chief Steward couldn't possibly save it, and as for Noble Lords like Tike, it was basically impossible as well.

Noble Lords didn't care about the life or death of an observer, because there were as many observers as needed.

The 'Sapphire Mask' Noble Lord merely raised his hand casually, and Number 1379 felt as if a star were crashing toward it.

Just then, another voice rang out: 'Azure, it's just a robot, why go to such lengths?'

A loud boom, enough to make the solar system tremble, rang out...

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