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

He scrolled down to the bottom, where the comments section was already filled with hundreds of angry replies:

"Go to hell! Is cheating part of your spirit?"

"Korea, the United States: World's Top? How come I didn't know that?"

"No need to watch anymore, it's just a lousy marketing account."

Xingyuan looked at the comments and couldn't help but smile, but quickly exited and scrolled to the next one.

This is a comment from a netizen from Japan, and it's been pushed to the second most popular comment:

"Japan really lacks the spirit of esports; we've always been good at doing this kind of thing."

"The spirit of the entire nation has rotted to the core; a sense of decadence permeates the whole society..."

The comments below were also full of insults directed at him.

"traitor!"

"A traitor!"

"Get out of Japan! You don't deserve to be a citizen of Japan!"

Xingyuan chuckled again. How could there be internal strife here? He shook his head and flipped to the next item.

The next item is a GG (Google Play) selling cheats, claiming to be new stock from "Moon Shadow Club" with "internal channels and niche prices".

The first reply was: "Scammer, it doesn't work at all."

Xingyuan flipped through the pages, but the more he looked, the more bored he became, so he simply exited the page.

He switched to another section and saw a discussion thread about the strength of the Hunter card "Snake Bite".

The comment with the most likes is:

"After watching for so long, you still haven't understood the true use of Snake Bite. The retention effect of Snake Bite allows 'Darts' to deal an extra instance of damage!"

There are many sub-comments below:

"I understand!"

So that's how it is.

"If I catch three snakes and they bite me, will I get three more hits of damage?"

……

Xingyuan found himself laughing more and more as he read on, and soon exited the page. He read many more posts, scrolling through them one by one, but found them all quite boring.

Until one article caught his attention.

The title, displayed in red and pinned to the top of the section, reads: "Announcement of the Official Launch of the Global Online Amateur Tower Challenge 'Dragon Slayer Ranking'!"

He paused, glancing at the description beside him:

The world's first anonymous, unlimited Spire competition is now live! Amazing prizes, no entry requirements—players worldwide are welcome to take the challenge!

He initially thought it was a no-go, but the post's cover was very formal, and it even had a logo from some unknown organization, so it didn't seem like just empty talk.

He glanced at it a few times, frowned again, and forwarded the post directly to his "Burning Contract Blood Gang ① Group".

This is his fan discussion group for warriors. When he published that article about warriors before, it sparked a large-scale discussion among players.

Some players originally liked playing warriors, but they had no place on the internet because the community was too small. They believed that Xingyuan had set a precedent and made them "stand up straight" as warriors.

So after Xingyuan was banned, they spontaneously created countless matrix discussion groups. They called themselves a faction, regarded Xingyuan as their "leader", and named the faction "Burning Contract Blood Gang".

Later, Xingyuan contacted them and took over the management of these group chats. He already had many fan groups, so he simply merged them all together.

They all have the same name, "Burning Contract Blood Gang X Group," which is essentially a hybrid of a fan group and a warrior discussion group.

Because his speech was banned online, and the group chat was conducted on an external platform, he is now using a fake account.

Does anyone know what this is?

The post was immediately shared in the group chat, where it was silent for a few seconds before causing a huge uproar:

"Boss! You're finally back! Cola Novels, this is where dreams begin, and where dreams come true. It's been so long since I've seen you update with any combat videos."

"Holy crap, it's Xingyuan! What happened?"

"Boss! I didn't understand the moves in your video the day before yesterday. Could you do a live stream to explain it?"

"Brothers, don't get off-topic. The guild leader is asking about the Dragon Slayer Ranking."

"I know that! I saw it on another forum too. It said the registration process is completely anonymous; you just need to register an account, and anyone can participate."

"I saw this too. It's already spread in some places. I heard the prize is a national lottery ticket, but I don't know if it's true."

"National Fortune Ticket? No way, does he think he's in the national fortune competition?"

Xingyuan quickly skimmed through the messages without replying. His hand had already picked up the mouse and opened another browser window.

On the screen, his toolset is neatly arranged: IP tracking, domain name resolution, Whois lookup... These software programs are his "old partners" for many years.

He followed the address of the website announcing the Dragon Slayer Ranking, went through several twists and turns, and finally got a result.

Xingyuan glanced at it, his brows furrowing slightly. The registrar was a European company he wasn't very familiar with, and the domain had been created two months ago.

The registrant's information has been erased, leaving no trace, and it appears to be a fake account.

"It's well hidden." Xingyuan muttered to himself.

He continued his investigation along this path, trying to find the real culprit. The server was neither in China nor in Europe, but was hosted in a data center in the United States.

About ten minutes later, he found a name in an inconspicuous corner. It was an organization registered in the United States, and he had never seen the name before.

He then investigated the organization's background. It had been established for less than six months, its registered address was a virtual office, it had no official website, no contact information, and no publicly available business records.

"An empty shell?" Xingyuan leaned back in his chair, staring at the information on the screen, lost in thought.

An organization of unknown origin, a newly registered domain name, is organizing a global competition with anonymous registration.

The prize is a national lottery ticket.

"Who has so much money to use national lottery tickets to hold an anonymous competition?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Meanwhile, in a residential building in China.

Ye Fei got out of the taxi, walked into the building, and went home.

It was already dark, and the motion-activated light turned on and off. He walked to his front door, took out his key, and was about to insert it into the lock when his finger stopped.

A piece of white paper, folded twice, was tucked under the door.

"What is it?"

Ye Fei pulled out the piece of paper, unfolded it, and took a look.

The piece of paper had several lines of text printed on it, the font was neat and the layout was orderly:

Dear "BlackEyeCeal": Hello! We are Zixia Esports Club.

"Having learned about your abilities, our club greatly admires your gaming talent and potential, and sincerely invites you to participate in our trial selection process."

If you are interested, you are welcome to visit us at the intersection of XX Street and XX Road in XX City. For details, please call the number below. We look forward to your reply!

Below is a phone number.

In the lower right corner of the paper, there is a pattern of purple clouds, next to which is an exquisite logo—"Zixia".

Ye Fei stared at the piece of paper for a long time.

He recalled that his phone had vibrated a few times while he was at the institution during the day, but he didn't answer.

He turned on his phone, checked the missed call number, and found it was the same one.

He instantly understood what Da Kun meant.

"It seems the outside action came sooner than I expected."