The preliminaries weren't broadcasted live, so there wasn't much news about it. In any case, not many people knew that Jun Ling had destroyed the machine with one punch.
However, everyone in Dragon City saw it clearly, especially Mister Emptiness. This time, he was really empty and lonely. He no longer had any thoughts of flirting with girls. This Dai Yi's husband and followers were all monsters among monsters. There was no need to think about it. They would definitely advance at this point.
Sure enough, after a long six hour wait, the staff had already announced the top ten rankings. Naturally, they would announce their serial numbers and not their IDs. Ding Meng's number 32398986455 was impressively ranked second.
Jun Ling was first, and the system gave him a score of 100 million points. Because the maximum capacity of the boxing machine was 100 million points, the system assumed that he was first. At this point, the top four were Jun Ling, Ding Meng, Lu Qing, and Dai Yi. They didn't meet anyone strong. As for Four Eyes and Hairy, they could only fight in the arena.
After the preliminaries ended, Ding Meng and the others went offline. However, Ding Meng didn't leave the induction cabin. This was because the carnival had an official virtual forum on the international space network. From the information provided by the forum, nearly half of the 50 billion contestants had been eliminated on the first day of the preliminaries. This number was very interesting.
At least the Immortal Yuan King and the frogman leader could see that there were tens of billions of battle venerable level origin ability users in the Federal Empire. This was a very terrifying number. In other words, if the war of the Devouring World happened again, the Devouring World and the Frogman Kingdom wouldn't have much of a chance of winning.
Among the tens of thousands of preliminaries in Star Wars City, almost all of the machines had been destroyed. This proved that there were thousands of battle sage level experts, which was very powerful.
The second day's schedule also started early in the morning. This stage was called the Path of Survival. According to the official explanation, a large number of contestants would be eliminated. The rules were very simple. Those who survived the stipulated twelve hours would be the winners. During this period, you had to avoid all attacks, including those from other contestants.
The Path of Survival began at 9 o 'clock in the morning. All the contestants were teleported to the designated map. Everyone would be randomly given a weapon by the system. There were no restrictions on the use of the weapon.
Ding Meng opened his eyes after he was teleported into the map. He felt like he was back on Planet Madison. The terrain around him was a barren, grayish-black mountain. He seemed to be standing on top of a very tall mountain. Below the mountain were crisscrossing ravines, and in the distance was a stone plain.
He raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky was bright. He could see with the naked eye that there was a golden star and a dark gray star on both sides of the sky. They occupied almost half of the sky. He was definitely on a brand new planet.
However, what surprised Ding Meng the most was that he seemed to be the only one in this area. He could not see the other contestants at all. He seemed to have realized something. Could it be that the system determined each contestant's position based on their strength in the preliminaries?
He opened his anti-gravity backpack to take a look. There was only a woman's photoelectric pistol inside. The system's default setting was unlimited energy. What the f * ck was the use of this?
However, there were many system notifications in his field of vision. For example, there were 237 people outside the venue who had paid to watch his third-person view. This was equivalent to him being a live streamer, broadcasting the Path of Survival for everyone. It was obvious that these 237 people were the upper management and employees of the Bingyi Group.
He had not guessed wrongly. At this moment, Lan Bing and the others in the conference room were looking at him with joy.
"Ding Meng's luck is a little too good, isn't it?
He was actually teleported to no man's land! "Liang Yiran was very happy. She and Du Mo had placed a huge bet on Ding Meng.
"Don't be happy too early. Based on my understanding of the officials, the Storm Gathering's competition has never been easy to pass."
Ji Chenxue calmly explained, "Ding Meng has been teleported to a place like this. It might not be safer than those places with more people."
Lan Bing moved her screen, bringing up another locked camera. The screen displayed a different scene. In a lush forest, countless contestants were killing each other. Four Eyes and Mao Zi were squatting on a large tree, smoking. Below them, all sorts of contestants were killing each other. All sorts of Source Qi filled the air, and all sorts of Martial Skills flew about. The forest was filled with raging flames and billowing smoke.
"Stop f * cking around. Let's find a safe place to hide!"
Mao Zi felt a little guilty. Even though he was surrounded by shrimps, he still understood the principle that ants could kill an Elephant if there were enough of them.
Four Eyes, on the other hand, was having a good time. "What are you panicking for? The most dangerous place is the safest place. Let's slowly watch the show. How many people do I have online?
What, only 32 people? Is it because I'm ugly? "
Mao Zi said, "Then why don't we wait until the popularity reaches 100 before we leave … …"
His two thoughts were exactly the same as Ding Meng's. How could a normal contestant threaten Ding Meng's safety?
Ding Meng was thinking about how to increase the popularity of his company, so he had to take advantage of this paid livestream.
But this place was desolate and uninhabited. How could he attract people's attention?
After thinking for a moment, he decided to sing a song. Then, the first line he said made Lan Bing and the others burst out laughing. "Ah Long is tired ah Long is tired ah Long is tired ah Long is tired ah Long is tired … …"
Lan Bing even spent some money to leave an anonymous message in his field of vision. "What kind of nonsense song are you singing?"
Ding Meng refused to accept the fact that someone had left a message. He argued, "This is a song."
Liang Yiran laughed. "It is indeed a song. It's called 'Lonely'. The line he sang was' I'm lonely, I'm lonely '… …"
Lan Bing and Ji Chenxue were laughing so hard that they couldn't even straighten their backs. Ding Meng's singing was like a donkey's braying.
Ding Meng was helpless. After sitting there for half an hour, he finally sensed that there were people halfway up the mountain behind him. Moreover, there was more than one aura.
Ding Meng ran to the big rock behind him and looked around. His eyes immediately widened. This was a small team of more than 30 people. Although there were a few auras that were not bad, most of them were at the War Supreme level. What was amazing about this team was that they didn't seem to be fighting. This was because more than 30 people were surrounding a beautiful woman as they went up the mountain.
This beautiful woman had the aura of a standard beginner War Supreme. She was dressed to the nines and wore a floral dress. She looked so weak that she couldn't even stand up to the wind. There were people supporting her as she went up the mountain.
F * ck, are you here to participate in the Path of Survival?
The beautiful woman's ID was also lit up above her head. It was especially eye-catching. "Hua Lian Entertainment – Vivian!"
Which entertainment company's star was this?
Did they specially choose this place to do publicity?
At this time, a bodyguard of a man in a suit had already rushed up the big rock. This guy impolitely pointed at Ding Meng's nose. "Brat, don't say that I didn't warn you. Hurry up and get out of the way. Sister Wei is coming up soon. Don't stay in this place.
Go and play around. "Actually, this place was quite good. It was an open space on the top of the mountain. There were huge gray stones all around as cover. The field of vision was wide and one could overlook a very far place.
Although this bodyguard's attitude was impolite, he didn't directly make a move. Therefore, Ding Meng faintly said, "Oh." Of course, he was more curious about what this group of people was doing here.
Soon, he saw that this group of people took out boxes of various sizes from their backpacks. They took out all kinds of equipment and built a simple stage. Then, they took out all kinds of musical instruments. It seemed like they were going to hold a concert.
Sure enough, Vivian stood on the stage and waved towards the vast Gray Plains with a microphone in her hand. "Hello, dear friends. Today, I am fortunate enough to participate in the carnival. On this special day, I will dedicate a song to everyone," Ode to Joy "..."
Ding Meng's eyes widened again. Why didn't I think of this f * cking idea?
Holding a concert here would increase the popularity.
"Since I was young, my parents told me that Huangmei Opera was not easy to sing. I had to imitate the figure of an adult and realized my wish. When it comes to love, Feng Suzhen is my role model. The story of the female emperor's son-in-law accompanied me as I grew up. Where is my prince …"
Vivian was really singing and dancing on the stage. The atmosphere was very joyous.
Ding Meng searched for Vivian's name on the control panel. Sure enough, there were 31444 people in the audience. Compared to his own 237 people, they were not on the same level.
Suddenly, Ding Meng felt a bit of heat. He turned around to look at the mountain peak behind him. The mountain peak was like a straight chimney. He did not know whether it was the mountain peak that was giving off heat or the atmosphere of Vivian's performance that made people feel warm.
After Vivian sang four or five songs, Ding Meng suddenly realized that a large group of people had entered his popularity system. They were all leaving messages.
"Little brother, you are so lucky to be able to listen to the goddess's singing live."
"Brother, can you do me a favor and ask the goddess to sing a new song, 'The Legend of White Snake'? What is your address book? I will transfer the money to you."
"I realized that the goddess looks more beautiful from the little brother's third-person perspective. Does anyone feel any pain?"
"Pain?
Did someone poke your a * s? "
"Motherf * cker, I will poke your father and your whole family …"
…
Ding Meng's view panel was also bustling with activity. However, his popularity had shot up to 889 people. He lowered his eyelids and did not say anything. He was silently trying to gain popularity.
His behavior was probably noticed because the bodyguard came over to chase him away. "Hey, hey, didn't I tell you to leave?
Why are you still here and not leaving? "
Ding Meng decided to take advantage of the situation. "Hehe, big brother, this place is safe. Besides, the goddess sings very well. Can you let me listen to her? I am the only one here. Can you do me a favor?"
The bullet screen on the vision interface was also filled with supportive voices.
"Yeah, let the little brother stay a little longer. He is the only audience here."
"Sister Wei is famous for spoiling her fans. Don't chase the little brother away!"
"Let me check the little brother's ID. What is his serial number?"
"Upstairs, the little brother's ID is' poke your a * s'."
"You don't have a * s, your whole family doesn't have a * s. Are you satisfied now?"
…
Perhaps the fans were too enthusiastic, the bodyguard did not make a move in the end. He resentfully retreated to the side of the stage and the concert continued.
At this time, another enthusiastic audience member left a comment on the bullet screen. "Not good, not good. The army will arrive in 30 minutes. Everyone, run."
"What are you talking about here for?
What army? "
"Stupid old man, I asked a few people to pay for the concert. The army is coming. If we don't run, we will die …"
Ding Meng's heart skipped a beat. He could use this live broadcast panel to collect information about other contestants and places.