April 19th, evening, Feng Bujue's home.
At that moment, Brother Jue, who had just finished washing the dishes, was sitting before the computer and browsing the web.
Needless to say, for the whole day, various forums related to Thriller Paradise had been discussing Door to Heaven's withdrawal. And the media had spared no effort to create a large number of articles with misleading titles but no actual content.
Naturally, Feng Bujue would not pay much attention to this kind of useless information. At most, he would glance through it. The valuable information that he really wanted to read was the official announcement from the Dream Company.
However, the Dream Company did not provide any explanation for this. They only released a new announcement. "Due to Door to Heaven's withdrawal, the semi-finals between Underworld Frontline and Regulation have been upgraded to the finals of S3. The finals will be held at midnight on April 20th, and the rules of the Divine Gear will remain the same."
Even though many players thought that this announcement did not say anything, there was nothing wrong with how the Dream Company handled it.
The decision to forfeit was made by the members of [Heaven's Gate]. Because this matter was too unbelievable, it was easy to think that the organizers were playing dirty tricks. Therefore, the members of [Heaven's Gate] made a special announcement through the live broadcast. With regards to the reason for their withdrawal, that was their own business. It was their right to withdraw, but it was not their duty to explain the reason to the public. Since they did not want to explain, what could the Dream Company say?
In any case, the Dream Company continued the competition based on the rules. Now that there were only two teams that had not been eliminated, the battle between these two teams would naturally be the finals.
"Di —"
Just as Feng Bujue was looking at the announcement, suddenly, a voice chat request popped up on the chatting software at the corner of the desktop.
The window showed that an unfamiliar user with the ID 'Michael' had invited Brother Jue to chat online, and the other party's source was' unknown '. This was a source that did not exist in the chatting software.
Feng Bujue thought about it for two seconds before he picked up the earpiece on the computer table and put it on. Then, he clicked 'accept'.
The next second, the voice chat was established, and a man's voice came through the earpiece. "I believe you should know who I am."
"Ah …" Feng Bujue answered. "Of course, I do. People like you who use your real name as your online username are basically salespeople."
"Your sense of humor is as impressive as the rumors say, but I don't think these unimportant words will help our communication," Michael said.
"You have a point," Feng Bujue said. "Then, let's cut to the chase … What do you want from me?"
"First, I would like to apologize on behalf of my men for the unpleasant things that happened to you in the past," Michael said. "I also want to inform you that … Uriel has received his due punishment."
"Punishment?" Feng Bujue asked. "What punishment? Aruba was finished in a few moves? Didn't he participate in the competition with you? I don't see anything wrong with him. "
"He's allowed to participate with me because he's already paid the price for his actions …" Michael replied. "Threatening several candidates, including you and Shi Long, interfering with gambling, and speaking rudely in front of the Senate are all serious crimes … For this, not only was Uriel punished by the judges, he was also punished by the Senate with a 'broken feather' punishment. After the incident, Uriel himself expressed deep remorse … At least from my point of view, that's more than enough."
"Oh." "Is that so …" He smiled. "Hah … But from how I see it, he has to personally come and apologize to all of us involved in this matter. Only then will that be 'enough'."
"Unfortunately, for the next thousand years, he is not allowed to communicate with humans in the real world, including voice calls like this …" Michael said. "So, as his superior and elder brother, I have to apologize on his behalf."
"So, that's how it is …" Feng Bujue said. "You appear to be quite a reasonable person, different from your brothers."
"I am not a 'human', but I accept the praise in your words," Michael said. "I have to admit that many of my brothers and sisters have different degrees of disgust for human beings. Part of the disgust comes from the objective differences on the biological level, and part of the disgust comes from the depravity of the human race and your contempt for us after you lost your faith. In this' post-apocalyptic era ', the' masters on earth 'have forgotten the majesty of us, the' followers in heaven ', but we cannot let go of our glory and pride because of that. That is where the contradiction lies …"
"What about you? How can you communicate with me as an equal? "Feng Bujue asked.
"I never said that I am an equal to you. Apologizing to you does not mean that I am groveling," Michael said. "You can think of it as … In fact, I am more arrogant than them, so my attitude toward you is gentler."
"To put it simply, the degree of deification is stronger than theirs," Feng Bujue said. "Just say it directly. I can understand it."
"Oh?" Michael's tone changed slightly. "It seems that Woody has told you a lot of things …"
"Since you mentioned 'heh heh heh,' let me ask you something. How is he recently? I have not contacted him for a long time, "Feng Bujue replied.
"Didn't you hear what I said just now?" Michael said. "Interfering with gambling, speaking rudely in the parliament, and so on are all felonies."
"Hmm …" Feng Bujue pondered. "I understand … Although I do not know to what extent Woody has done, based on my experience with him and Uriel, his crime is probably ten times more serious than Uriel's, right?"
"With regards to his punishment, I have no comment," Michael said. "What I can tell you is … your action of helping him retrieve the 'crown' has greatly reduced his punishment. In fact, it might have saved his life."
"Crown?" Feng Bujue thought about it for a second and said, "The 'Atari Crown' that I got from Snow?"
"Yes," Michael said. "That is an important item in the 'Candidate Game'. Even though it has slowly become a symbol over the years, according to tradition, it still has to be used … Therefore, the parliament decided to use the actual item as the basis to create the 'four artifacts' that you used in Thriller Paradise. This … should have been quite troublesome to do because the four items have too many 'karma' related to them, and it would have been difficult to retrieve them, but who would have thought Woody would be able to complete the retrieval work so quickly without using any resources … This contribution has become his life-saving straw."
"So, it is something that important …" Feng Bujue mumbled. "Tsk … It feels like I have lost out again. I will have to scam him again the next time we meet."
"I seriously doubt that you will be able to meet him again," Michael said coldly. "Of course, that is none of my business …"
"Fine." Brother Bujue pouted and said, "Back to the topic … You shouldn't have contacted me just to apologize on behalf of your brother, right? Is there anything else?"
"I am here to inform you … and to congratulate you on winning the Candidate Game," Michael replied.
"Huh?" This time, Feng Bujue was confused.
However, as a cunning person, he reacted two seconds later. "Wait a minute … You are not trying to trick me, to make me lower my guard or give up in the finals, are you?"
"It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not. I am just here to inform you of the result," Michael replied. "Of all the candidates, you are undoubtedly one of the most outstanding ones …
"If we were to make a horizontal comparison with your ability … Since the beginning of the 'game,' you've relied on your wisdom and strength to defeat every candidate of the same level who has a competitive relationship with you in different forms and at different points in time.
"And from the perspective of personal charm and social skills, from the perspective of a 'politician' … your popularity in the main universe of Thriller Paradise and the inner world is unrivaled. It is far beyond any other player and even the virtual creatures … You are the most popular person in the game.
"As for those 'ambiguous' and 'debatable' candidates, my brothers and I have personally selected them one by one during this S3 competition to ensure that we didn't miss anyone with potential who might have a chance to compete with you.
"In conclusion, the Candidate Game has ended. Even though Woody is still 'receiving his punishment', he has indeed won. He has successfully proven the validity of his concept to the council.
"From now on, at least until the next era arrives, the Candidate Game will be disguised as' the most popular interactive entertainment product in human society at the same time period '. Humanity will no longer need to shed blood for this.
"The era of using blood and life to exchange for glory has ended, and whether it will return or not … that is not something you need to consider."
After hearing his story, Feng Bujue basically believed him because he could not find any reason for the man to lie.
Therefore, Brother Jue's instinctive malice started to rise. "Fine, fine, fine, fine … you can do that." After that, he continued in a mocking tone. "Then, here comes the question … as the winner, I should get some benefits, right? Like a mountain of gold, a pool of wine, and seventy virgins? "
"You …" At that moment, Michael was suppressed by Brother Jue. "… You live with your girlfriend, right? How can you say something like that so loudly …"
"Stop wasting time. She went to the supermarket to buy something." Feng Bujue did not wait for the man to finish. He raised his voice again and interrupted him. "Hurry up and tell me, where are the benefits?"
"Hmm …" Michael groaned. "There are no benefits."
"Bullsh * t! Is your cloaca deformed into a mouth or something? " In the real world, Brother Jue could use all kinds of profanities freely, and that raised his ability to express himself by more than one level. "A game that has such a long cycle and is related to the fate of humanity, and you are telling me that there is no reward for winning? Tell me! Did you … take all the benefits that Old Madam gave me as a rebate?! "
When Michael heard this, he was silent for a long time, but he still could not understand how dirty Brother Jue's words were. So, he gave up and explained, "According to tradition, the chosen winner … will be blessed by the parliament and become the only one in the world who will not cause any 'karma' for any action. He will also be given a special constitution that allows him to control the two opposite forces, holy power and magic power." He paused for a moment. "But … you are not a creature of this universe. You come from another universe … In other words, you are not affected by the 'karma' of this universe. This is one of the reasons why Woody asked you to help him retrieve the 'crown'. Similarly, since you are not 'one of us', the 'blessing of two powers' cannot be used." He paused for another two seconds. "… You should understand what I'm saying, right?"
"Understood." Feng Bujue suddenly used an extremely calm tone to reply this one word.
"Then …" Michael was a little afraid to continue. "About this, do you have anything else to say?"
"Hmm." Brother Jue's answer was short and firm.
"Hmm …" Michael muttered again. "If there is nothing else …"
Just as he was about to hang up, Feng Bujue asked, "Oh yeah, if I win the final, can I make an additional request?"
Michael would not lie. He said whatever he wanted to say. "No … The remaining game is just a normal game between humans that has nothing to do with the Candidate Game. We can't —"
Beep beep!
Before he could finish, Brother Jue had taken the initiative to cut off the voice call.
Feng Bujue was using his actions to express — if that is the case, then we humans have nothing to say to you.
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