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Chapter 393 The King of Fighters '97 - MUGEN
【The copy has been imported.】

[Dungeon Blueprint: The King of Fighters '97 Mugen]

[Copy entry: Fighting Tournament - omitted.]

Tournament Management – ​​Killing is strictly prohibited between players on the field and within the area under the tournament's jurisdiction. If an opponent is forcibly killed, no blood chests will drop, and the player will immediately enter a red-name status and be subject to full-scale pursuit by the official authorities. If arrested, all in-game items will be confiscated, the player will be imprisoned during the tournament, and forcibly expelled afterward. Furthermore, the player will be barred from participating in any future fighting events related to the "King of Fighters" tournament.

This rule will partially apply to interactions between players and NPC contestants. Players who kill NPC contestants during or after a match will have a normal chance of obtaining a treasure chest, but if discovered, they will immediately enter the aforementioned rule process.

The Three Sacred Treasures and the Orochi Eight Generals – The inheritors of the Three Sacred Treasures and the Orochi clan will all make their appearance, and an inevitable, fateful battle will ensue between them. Broadly speaking, the "Three Sacred Treasures Clan" and the "Orochi Eight Generals" are two opposing factions. As players, you can choose to join either side or remain purely neutral.

MUGEN—This peculiar term grants the dungeon "infinite" possibilities. Some fighters from other fighting game universes, who meet the tournament's participation rules, will unexpectedly enter the KOF '97 tournament in an appropriate manner.

[Dungeon Difficulty: C+]

Main Quest: KOF97 Fighting Tournament - Team Quest. Within 72 hours, find a way to obtain one KOF97 Tournament Invitation from the organizers to qualify for the official tournament.

Basic rewards – unknown, will be awarded based on your ranking in the competition after the main storyline is triggered.

Side Quest/Holy Grail Mission: Pending trigger.

People! Voices! Cauldron! Boiling!
This was Cheng Tian and Eileen's first impression after finishing the mission.

Eileen, in particular, who has a keen hearing, dislikes being in noisy environments the most, and her ears visibly drooped down.

After looking around, Cheng quickly realized where he was.

This is most likely the registration queue area for the KOF tournament.

He had only experienced crowds of this magnitude before at a comic convention in Shanghai, where it was so crowded that you couldn't see the end of the line, and the entire queue wouldn't move for a long time.

With his charm score of 40, Cheng Tian easily struck up a conversation with the guy next to him and quickly learned the details of the matter.

KOF97 is a world-class fighting tournament with extremely high commercial value. Most of the fighters who can participate in the tournament are either those who have already achieved certain results in some events, or veteran players who have left a deep impression on the audience in past KOF tournaments. Only these veteran players are qualified to participate in the tournament.

However, from a business perspective, some outstanding new faces can also stimulate the audience's sense of novelty. Therefore, in addition to some veteran and strong contestants, the organizers also released a number of contestant slots to select contestants with sufficient skills or those who are more in line with business logic.

As an unregistered team of players, Cheng Tian and Eileen, like other players, were queuing up to register. As for how to compete for the few spots available, that would depend on the rules set by the organizers.

For players, if they are eliminated at this stage, it is equivalent to not being able to officially trigger the main quest. Although they do not need to go through the evacuation phase, they can only be spectators. Moreover, the final result will be considered "trial failure".

This is obviously very important for players; if they don't get an invitation, they won't even be qualified to enter the main storyline.

While Cheng Tian was trying to get information out of him, the staff at the venue handed out the registration materials, registration forms, and a pen to each team member.

Because there were so many applicants, it was impractical to explain things to everyone individually. To save time, the organizers printed a large number of detailed registration rules leaflets and forms, double-sided, with the front side including information on KOF97 team formation. The official KOF97 format involves three-person teams battling it out continuously; defeating the entire opposing team is the winning mechanism. Therefore, registration consisted of three main participants plus one substitute.

In a normal competition, only 3 main participants are allowed to play. Substitutes are not allowed to replace players. Substitutes can only play when a player is injured or killed. Once a player is replaced, he or she will not be allowed to play again. If another player is injured or killed in an accident, the team is not allowed to add another player.

These rules were probably added to better suit the player base, since it's not the original King of Fighters '97.

Cheng Tian and Eileen didn't hesitate much and immediately added Bazett and Mina to the team list, so they didn't need to team up with other players or NPCs.

But when it came to choosing a team name, Cheng Tian and Eileen had an argument.

Cheng Tian emphasized an abstract concept and planned to name the team "Three Leading One," referring to three female warriors leading one of him.

Cheng Tian was very clear that he had no fighting ability and had no intention of arguing. There was nothing wrong with clinging to a girl's coattails.

Eileen was probably led astray by Cheng Tian's thinking. After "World Tree", "Dragon King" and "Oliri" were all rejected, she actually came up with the cute team name "Sweet Home".

Cheng, who knew from hearing "Oli Lili" that Eileen was openly making inappropriate remarks, greatly admired the name "Sweet Home".

"You can actually accept this kind of name?"

Eileen, who had only jokingly mentioned the team name, looked surprised.

"Huh? You don't know about this dungeon?"

Cheng was even more surprised than Eileen.

"Sweet Home is the precursor to Resident Evil, a rather depressing horror game instance."

So, while waiting in line, Cheng Tian seriously gave Eileen a lesson.

For some reason, Cheng Tian and Eileen were placed in a relatively early queue for the dungeon; they only waited in line for about half an hour before it was their turn to submit their forms.

Actually, Cheng Tian was a little confused at this point. If it was just a matter of submitting a form, there shouldn't be any need to queue.

As expected, after submitting their forms, they were not allowed to leave immediately. Instead, they were all photographed on the spot. Cheng Tian also noticed that several staff members with sharp eyes, holding stacks of photos, were observing each applicant as if scanning them.

When one of the staff members' gazes fell on Cheng Tian and Eileen's faces, there was a noticeable pause. Then Cheng Tian saw this person signal to the staff member processing the forms to stamp a special green seal on Cheng Tian and the registration form.

Then a staff member came up to the two of them.

"You two, please follow me."

(End of this chapter)