National destiny: Global tower climbing skills have decreased by 10,000 times.

Chapter 127 Deceiving Reality

A murmur immediately broke out in the conference room: "He's not from Japan? But his name is clearly from Japan."

"What other country in the world has people who can be called 'The Second Sakura Sword'?"

"It's not impossible for it to be a fake name."

"The more someone resembles Japan, the more they probably want to hide the fact that they're not from Japan," another person said. "Also, I heard a rumor the other day that several people in Japan have started claiming to be 'the real Second Blade.'"

"However, no official media outlet has publicly acknowledged it so far, nor has anyone come forward to confirm it."

"Regardless of whether the news is true or false, what is certain now is that it has caused a great uproar within Japan, and they firmly believe that this person exists."

"Because of this, the public's dependence on us has almost dropped to zero."

Koss remained silent, relit his cigar, and his gaze darkened.

This is because it means that the target range for screening is larger, and their original targeting plan needs to be revised.

He looked at Kim Seung-woo: "Vice President Kim, what do you know about this 'Second Sakura Sword'?"

Jin Shengwu pondered for a moment, then shook his head. He had heard some related news and rumors, but he didn't have any concrete information.

Koss sighed, a wisp of smoke rising from his mouth. He suddenly remembered something and questioned Jin Shengwu again: "Vice Chairman Jin, about that person from your—no, your original country—did he participate in the Dragon Slayer Ranking?"

Do you have any news?

As he spoke, Koss waved his hand, and the Minister of the Internet Engineering Department immediately pulled up a screen, which was displayed on the large screen behind him.

The robot in the picture, battling its heart, has the ID 'Sando'.

Jin Shengwu knew exactly who he was talking about; the name was so familiar to him that he didn't need to mention it.

But after only a moment's look, he immediately denied it, saying, "No, this can't be him. I've fought him many times, I'm sure of it."

"Moreover, he didn't participate in the Dragon Slayer Ranking at all. He's been busy with the National Games these days and hasn't had time to play these amateur competitions."

Seeing the certainty in Jin Shengwu's eyes, everyone was once again taken aback.

"Then who is this 'Sando'?"

Jin Shengwu thought for a moment and then shook his head.

Meanwhile, in Longguo, in the second-floor office of the Bailian Esports Building.

Ye Fei sat at his desk, a long article lit up on his computer screen, titled: "Analysis and Evaluation of the Use of the Observer Single Card".

In order to minimize attention and conceal techniques in the upcoming city-level competition, Ye Fei has been studying the mainstream playing styles of the Dragon Kingdom.

"'Tiger Descending the Mountain' - Evaluation: A monkey-like trick, more harmful than beneficial."

"You have to spend a special amount of mana to switch to the Rage state, risking double the damage, only to gain the meager benefit of drawing two cards —"

Ye Fei shook his head. He had seen this argument before. He simply cut off the card and switched to the next one.

"Ability Card, 'Mind Fortress': Gain 4 Block points whenever you change stances —"

Ye Fei's eyes lit up when he saw this card, and he continued reading.

"Single card analysis: This card is a poor choice because it rarely changes stance and is mostly useless. Plus, with a 1-cost, 4-block stat line, it's even worse than its initial defense."

Overall rating: D, arrest is not recommended.

Ye Fei frowned; he felt he couldn't find a reason to nitpick.

He continued scrolling down and saw another image, "Knowledgeable of All Things," and he clicked on it with renewed anticipation.

"'Knowledge of All Things' is a trap card; its actual effect makes it difficult to recoup its cost. It only retains its value if the cost of the selected card is greater than or equal to two."

"Furthermore, the side effects of forcibly consuming it are too severe, and the cost of four mana is too high, making it difficult to use."

Overall rating: E. Not recommended due to high risk of side effects.

Ye Fei frowned again, thinking: Although this analysis is still outrageous, it's like nitpicking.

However, given the general shortage of resources in the second generation, unless a significant amount of resources are added, the starting cost of a four-resource version is indeed slightly higher than that of the original first generation.

He flipped through several more pages until he reached a highly rated section, where he stopped scrolling.

"Devoted to God Card!"

"Gives a stable 2-3 stacks of Mantra each round, ensuring consistent burst damage! Divinity has no side effects compared to Wrath, making it the core source of the observer's damage output."

Overall rating: S-level, must be apprehended!

This sentence was followed by three exclamation marks, and a bunch of comments were attached below, such as: "If you don't play the pious role, you're just playing the observer role for nothing", "The underlying logic of the observer", "Who can resist the urge to grab?", "The one true God", and so on.

Ye Fei flipped through the pages one by one, his mouth twitching with disbelief.

Until he flipped to that blasphemous one.

Blasphemy, 1 cost, skill card, consumes, enters godhood, dies next turn.

"Analysis: This is a humorous card, a flawed design of the spectator card, and is not included in the rating."

He almost spat out his water.

"What kind of nonsense is this?"

He closed the page and opened another article guide titled: "The most stable on the entire network: How to break through A4 without using the Angry ability in the Observer mode."

He had only read a few pages when someone pushed open the office door and entered. Xingyuan walked in, a folder tucked between his fingers, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Are you still looking at strategy guides?"

Xingyuan glanced at the screen: "I said if you can't learn it, then forget it. There's no need to force yourself."

As Ye Fei watched, he asked him, "How's the training going?"

"It's alright, basically meets the standard." Xingyuan opened the folder, speaking at a leisurely pace.

"After this period of training, the team members have gained a preliminary understanding of the 'small card deck'."

"Now, when they complete a game, the total number of cards in their deck can be kept to an average of around 30."

"And what about after the training?" Ye Fei asked casually.

Xingyuan looked speechless: "I'm telling you the results after the training."

Ye Fei then realized that the 30 cards were the result of training, but considering that a "small deck" wasn't necessary, he didn't say anything. Xing Yuan continued to explain to him, "Although most people are still only at the surface level, only knowing that they need to delete cards, they still don't understand why, let alone to what extent."

He paused for a moment, then added, "But it's much better than when I first joined the team."

"At least this action will be done meaningfully, instead of pointlessly picking up a bunch of useless cards."

Although Ye Fei felt something was off, he still nodded: "It's somewhat useful, I suppose."

"Also—" Xingyuan put away the folder, "there's new information about the city-level competition."

"What?" Ye Fei looked up.

"Due to personnel changes at the Fushan Provincial Electric Power Association, the new personnel arrangements have not yet been fully completed, and we have already integrated the major teams in Fushan —"

"With the unanimous agreement of the Fushan Provincial Esports Temporary Association and representatives of several city-level teams, we no longer need to go through the city-level competition process and can directly skip the city level to participate in the provincial competition."

"That's a good thing," Ye Fei replied casually, thinking to himself, "Anyway, I don't want to play that many matches."

"It's definitely a good thing." Xingyuan put away the folder and sat down on the sofa next to him.

"Furthermore, for us, the competition has been postponed by about a month, which means we have more time to prepare."

Ye Fei hummed in agreement, but he still had a vague feeling that something was not quite right.

He suddenly remembered something and looked at Xingyuan: "By the way, what was the format of this provincial competition? I don't quite remember."

In fact, Ye Fei had no idea.

But in this world, especially in a country like China where e-sports culture is prevalent, anyone who pays even a little attention to games knows this.

Xingyuan didn't think much of it and immediately replied, "It's the same as last year."

"It's basically the same as the national competition. It's a points system with three rounds in total: group stage and knockout stage."

"Each team will field five players and have five substitutes. Team matches and individual matches will be held separately."

Ye Fei pretended to understand and said "Ah," then nodded. In reality, he didn't quite understand what this points system was.

"Dude, you've really never participated in esports competitions, have you? You've never even watched one?" Xingyuan questioned.

Ye Fei was a little nervous and replied repeatedly, "Ah, I usually like to play by myself, I don't see many of these things."

Just then, a person rushed in from outside the door; it was the receptionist, and she looked very anxious.

"Captain Xingyuan, are you busy?" The receptionist wiped the sweat from her brow with her sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Xingyuan turned his head.

"The sponsors from GG are practically bursting at the door!"