T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 168, Section 167: Squid Bro Reborn
Zhong Zemo sighed with emotion: "That's true. Having dealt with sirens, it's hard not to feel cheerful whenever their daily style comes to mind."

The blanket clapped its hands in a small gesture: "I miss you so much, I want you to be protected by Kesha!"

The fries were itchy all over.

The amount of content in today's conversation with Rickshaw seems to be greater than in the past few days.

"Wow!"

The gasps from the crowd drew everyone's attention.

Behind the semi-circular stage set up for the interview, a huge blue and gold "can" slowly emerged with slightly heavy steps, and with the help of the other members of the Khorne Guild, it went up the stairs.

[Nurgle Soup] actually got his hands on a power armor set. According to the whispers around him, it sounds like something from the Second Empire.
No one has studied the boundary between the real and the virtual—although the name contains the word "Primarch," the four Primarchs' understanding of it is limited to memes.

The semi-circular stage was divided into four areas. Thanks to the eye-catching makeup and styling of [Nurgle Soup], they instantly became the most stylish people on site. Reporters in the interview area, who hadn't even had a chance to sit down yet, started snapping photos from afar.

Being handsome comes at a price.

Because of limited joint mobility, [Nugou Nongtang] couldn't sit down properly and could only stand.

Considering the interview might last for a while, he had no choice but to stay inside the can.

"Sigh, I should have asked my parents to drive and bring the clothes over." The drama queen sighed in bed.

Zhong Zemo asked, "Didn't losing face in front of outsiders back then become a source of trauma for you?"

"Does that mean we can't make the same mistakes when we're young?" the blanket said confidently. "We should learn to be as brave as Kesha in expressing ourselves!"

The tingling sensation from the fries continued.

Zhong Zemo secretly gave the blanket a thumbs up.

You're really something, managing to seduce Khrushchev.

Chen Shaoyu walked up to the group and repeated the procedure.

After the general interviews conclude, each guild will disperse to conduct individual interviews in different locations.

The independent interviews include some interaction with the players who attend, but players can choose not to participate; it's entirely up to the guild.

That's really lenient. Normally, organizers would be eager to force people to participate more in interactions, right?

Chen Shaoyu acted as the host, responsible for controlling the pace of the event.

During the warm-up session before the interview, everyone learned the exact start date of the World Championship – December 30th.

Strangely, the specific competition format and end date were not specified.

The lack of a specific competition format, which had already occurred during the guild war selection process, wasn't too surprising.

What does it mean if there's no end date?

Considering that guild wars will likely continue and will also take place during the New Year's holiday, this makes the situation even more complicated.

Although it's just a game, once it's given the meaning of fighting for one's country, the thought of losing at the New Year's Eve adds up to the pressure.

In terms of timing, it should be second only to the Spring Festival in causing distress.

After a brief period of noise, the interview officially began.

The first reporter who was allowed to ask a question by Chen Shaoyu posed the question to Khorne's chosen one.

"During this period, many people repeatedly watched the battle replays during the guild wars, compared them with each other, and found that many foreign server guilds were incredibly strong. Even those that were eliminated had a strong chance of winning the championship."

"They jokingly refer to the process of selecting guilds as swimming out of the shark tank."

"In comparison, the level of competition in the Chinese server is slightly weaker. Many guilds have a bumpy road to advancement. If they participate in the competition in the foreign server, they may not be able to fight all the way to the end."

"Regarding this viewpoint, I would like to ask the chosen ones of Khorne what their opinion is?"

He paused for a moment after opening the can, thought for a while, and then replied with a smile, "I have no opinion."

No opinion?

"Because I haven't lost a single game and have won all the way up, I feel like I can swim out of any shark pond."

"Moreover, besides the three guilds present, there are quite a few other guilds that have put pressure on us. I think the competition is really fierce."

That's a really amateurish question.

This kind of question should at least be asked of those teams that stumbled along the way, such as the Orange Sky Strategy Team, who narrowly advanced by making a mistake with [Barrel Water God Luo].

From the very beginning, Jiang Heyi was already starting to lose control.

He felt that the same was true of the tyrannical people; the prepared rhetoric for the serious interview could only turn into a helpless smile.

The next reporter stood up, glanced at her manuscript, and said, "I would like to ask a question to the president of Cyber ​​Potato, who is at the boundary between the virtual and the real."

The microphone was handed to Jiang Heyi in advance.

What are the guild's goals for participating in the World Championship?

Jiang Heyi admitted that he was stunned for a moment. He first examined the question for a while to avoid misunderstanding and answering the wrong question.

Then he chewed it repeatedly, convinced that there was no sinkhole waiting for him.

Everything flashed through his mind in an instant, and his answer came out without hesitation.

"Champion, you win everything."

Is this really a question that needs to be specifically asked for confirmation?
Of the guild members sitting on this stage today, who would say "participation is the most important thing" or "making it to the World Championship is a success" when they are qualified to participate in the competition while draped in the national flag?
That's something only losers say, and it shouldn't be said by the loser, but by those outside the game to offer comfort.

"It's widely rumored online that Virtual Boundary believes its strength far surpasses that of the other three guilds. Is this true?"

The jailer signaled to Jiang Heyi to mute his microphone.

"What?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to say a few words."

He asked directly, "Which website? Who posted it? What's the source?"

The prison guard's three consecutive questions instantly made the female reporter who stood up to speak the focus of the entire room.

"It's available on official communities and video websites."

“There are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of spam posts in the official community’s water section every day. If you repeat these topics in public without any source, and if the reports are inaccurate and someone takes them out of context and spreads them as true, wouldn’t you also bear some responsibility?”

Goodness, this sounds familiar.

Did the prison guard realize that he wanted to argue with someone and take on the job that might get him scolded?
I never expected the jailer to have such a sensitive side. He really is a docile, large nocturnal animal and a fat otaku.

Being scolded as an inexperienced newcomer is something no one would be comfortable with.

The reporter wanted to say something to save face, but Jiang Heyi didn't give her the chance.

"In fact, the four of us who advanced to the next guild have a very private little circle, which was formed after the guild war ended, and we have a very good relationship."

"We will share our first-hand guides for conquering the underground temple, including side quests such as the Great Snow Mountain, in the group chat."

"The president of the 'Instant Food' association once blessed us on the field, hoping that we could successfully meet him in the finals."

"Although we were defeated by Khorne, they were very lenient with us, saying that we had only suffered a crushing defeat and that it was not to be taken seriously."

What was initially thought to be a mere formality to liven up the atmosphere and announce World Championship news turned into a hilarious situation during the interview. A large number of players began filming with their phones.

Zhong Zemo keenly noticed that the media outlets asking questions were mostly not involved in gaming, and judging from their questions, they didn't seem to have prepared in advance.

To be able to ask the Chosen of Khorne, a guild that had swept through the entire process without ever tasting defeat, about the "stumbling" experience was truly miraculous.

The next two questions were even more peculiar. Perhaps Jiang Heyi was being a little too sensitive with the second question, but the third question practically screamed taunts.

Would a normal person, without knowing whether the World Championship is a team event or a guild event, ask such a question that could create internal conflict?
Is this a question that can be brought to the forefront?

Jiang Heyi didn't even dare to imagine how big a crack this issue would have been, or how many seeds of conflict it would have sown, if the four guilds hadn't had such close personal relationships and their members hadn't been constantly bragging and joking in the group chat.

After Jiang Heyi finished speaking, Huang Liangyi quickly took over.

"Actually, our strategy for clearing the Underground Temple dungeon comes from the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, and it's no different from what they published online. However, as friends, we can enjoy it in advance."

Crimson Music Box also said, "Since entering the capital of Anna, the Reality-Virtual Boundary has provided us with a lot of help free of charge. I think Guild Leader Potato is a very charismatic person, and dealing with him is easy and convenient. In fact, the Reality-Virtual Boundary has played a crucial role in enabling the four guilds to maintain close ties."

The unanimous stance made some people look like complete clowns.

This is information unknown to outsiders. Most people think that the four guilds that advanced are competitors with their own entanglements and must have no connection with each other.

In fact, early on, several guilds got to know each other by some inexplicable coincidence, and eventually connected through interpersonal relationships that blurred the lines between the virtual and real worlds.

Perhaps due to the deterrent effect of the prison guard's "angry rebuke," these media outlets, which have little to do with games and know very little about them, chose to remain silent.

When it was the media's turn to ask questions—which clearly involved gaming—the atmosphere instantly improved, and the topics became noticeably more professional.

For example, someone might ask when the boundary between virtual and real worlds, who has been focusing on PVE dungeons, will begin preparing for the guild war that starts three months later.

That hits the nail on the head.

Jiang Heyi's current plan is to start group training after entering December, at which time he will temporarily put aside the PVE strategy.

This point has already been agreed upon with the Chosen of Khorne.

Instead of practicing hard on your own in the guild's territory, it's better for the four guilds to stick together and improve together.

Regardless of whether the final competition format is team or guild battle, the winner will be decided on the field.

The effectiveness of this training is questionable. The randomness of the Stars Proof competition is very high, which is even officially acknowledged, and they have no intention of changing this.

According to the classification of netizens on foreign servers, the boundary between virtual and real is basically maximized in guild wars, where the focus of PVE is almost fully realized.

This is also their greatest strength: relying on rapid high-difficulty PVE to gain points in the early stages, and then quickly snowballing to end the game in the mid-game.

Therefore, taking on high-difficulty challenges is equivalent to preparing for a world championship.

After 15 minutes, Chen Shaoyu ended the group interview, which only allowed questions about the World Championship, and the four guilds began to disperse to their respective designated areas.

Here, they will have another 15-minute individual interview, after which they are free to interact with the players.

The Chinese server's operation is very thoughtful. In the venue that is at the boundary between reality and virtuality, the painting behind is a very detailed hand-drawn picture of the results of the 7 people's final advancement to the world championship.

Without the hype and the intrusion of media outlets unfamiliar with games, the first independent media personality we encountered after the boundary between reality and fiction actually came from the game's official community.

"I have a question for Squid Bro... After the divorce, is it more fun to play games?"

That's the kind of questioner who knows how to ask questions; one question really got to Zhong Zemo's heart.

The boundary between reality and illusion was blurred, and everyone covered their mouths and chuckled.

"It feels great. Nobody bothers me, nobody bothers me, nobody stops me from enjoying my own time. Do you know what that feels like?"

"What was it like?" the other person asked quickly, knowing what was going on.

"Re-live your life."

A burst of joyful laughter erupted from the area that stood at the boundary between the real and the virtual world.

The idea of ​​being reborn is now inextricably linked to Zhong Zemo.

After learning of his divorce, netizens from various online communities created titles for him using the popular "divorce breakup" or "revenge" novels from that era, complete with quotation marks.

Reborn, this time I become a god in a game.

Who still wants to get married after being reborn?

Rebirth: Starting My Invincible Online Gaming Journey After Divorce

Initially, under such playful titles, netizens could only write a short paragraph.

But not long ago, some enthusiastic netizens actually started writing a novel based on him.

In an instant, Zhong Zemo's online name spread rapidly in another form.

Now there's no need for interviews; many players are loudly asking if Zhong Zemo's ex-wife knows about this.

After receiving Zhong Zemo's reply, "She thinks I'm wasting my time on frivolous pursuits," the players present burst into another round of astonishing laughter.

The commotion was so great that players from the three neighboring guild areas couldn't help but sneak over to see what was going on.

"When do you think she'll find out that you're famous for 'wasting your time' in games?"

"It might be hard to know, after all, she doesn't like me playing games, so she probably doesn't watch game-related videos either."

The players present couldn't understand the squid's sarcastic remark, but Du Jingwen did.

She was watching the live broadcast.

Since the start of National Day, a news item about the boundary between the virtual and the real world has been widely circulated.

Player [All Mankind Flies to the Sky] had an unhappy marriage and was divorced, losing half of his family's assets.

Because many details about the protagonist in this news story matched Zhong Zemo, she couldn't help but feel surprised and suspicious.

The phone call, intended to hint at something, was met with a cold response, offering no further details.

Du Jingwen then began to pay attention to game-related content.

Knowing that there would be a live broadcast tonight, she nervously waited in front of the screen before it started.

"Please don't let it be him, please don't let it be him, please don't let it be him!"

Du Jingwen kept repeating it to herself.

However, when the screen signal came through and the faces on the stage became clearly visible, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she slumped into her chair.

"how come……"

"Why!"

This was the first sound that echoed in Du Jingwen's mind.

Meanwhile, players lined up one after another, holding shields and asking Zhong Zemo for autographs, including many beautiful young ladies...

A nameless fire suddenly welled up inside Du Jingwen.

How could Zhong Zemo be so popular!

(End of this chapter)