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Join the ServerWhat kind of competition could it be?
The winning prize is really tempting!
At some point, a fiery drumbeat replaced the melodious Celtic music. It seemed the main event before the carnival was about to begin!
A few staff members brought in several boxes of helmets.
A man in flamboyant attire, clearly the host, stood at the front and raised his hand high.
Here it comes! Finally!
“I declare! The Search II server’s first ID Fighting Championship officially begins!”
Pfft—
This is a sure win.
“Now let me explain the rules. This is a 2v2 small-team brawl. The total number of characters in both players’ game IDs must not exceed 16. Punctuation and letters count as one character each; special punctuation like ellipses and dashes count as two.”
“This ID Fighting Championship will not reveal players’ real IDs or game identities. During matches, your original game ID will be replaced with random characters, keeping only the length unchanged. Additionally, you’ll appear as your real self, so don’t worry about identity leaks—not even your teammates will know who you really are!”
“There are no attributes in battle. If you are hit twice by an ID longer than 8 characters, or once by an ID of 8 characters or less, you are out.”
“Now, please find suitable teammates and sign up!”
Freaks with long names like me were quite rare in the game. Most people had more literary, ancient-style names, which put them in a dilemma… But not me! My name, counting punctuation, took exactly 13 slots. Yingning’s was 3, and together we had exactly 16—perfectly meeting the requirements!
It was as steady as a dog!
Even if I had to hit twice to take someone out, it was still steady!
My only worry was that the game company might detect my pet account status during verification. But I figured if they had the ability to know, they would have found out long ago. At the time, I had focused on blowing up the identity recognition system, granting myself almost all player permissions. It shouldn’t go wrong.
“My ID is as long as that pet of yours, thirty characters total. I mashed my face on the keyboard back then—so embarrassing that I never told you my ID… Anyway, our IDs together are exactly 16 characters. Want to team up and join the competition?”
“What a coincidence,” Yingning said casually, as if nothing was wrong, but thankfully she didn’t dwell on the name length issue. “It’s fine, I understand. Yaya also always hides because she feels her name is too long… So, let’s team up!”
“Mm-hmm! Thank you, little sister, for understanding!” I breathed a sigh of relief.
We registered and put on the helmets. The scene before us was still this barren field, with the carnival countdown hanging overhead. But all the people around us had vanished, leaving only me, Yingning, and eight others.
So it was a five-team free-for-all.
[System Notice: This match is a preliminary round. Rules: Five teams engage in a free-for-all. The last remaining team wins and advances to the next stage.]
[System Notice: This match is being broadcast live in reality. Please play fairly.]
[Countdown 3, 2, 1… Match start!]
“Hehe, draw your swords!”
I reached up to my head and gave a sharp pull. With a *shing*, my ID came out, like a sword drawn from its sheath!
Roar… Here, I am the longest!
Look at your puny IDs, barely seven centimeters! Accept the judgment of my unmatched long ID!
Although the match had started, no one moved. Because whoever moved first would become the sandpiper and the clam, letting others profit from their struggle.
Everyone wanted to be the fisherman. It wasn’t like in the game, where attributes and skills existed. Only real combat experience mattered here, but few had any, so no one had the confidence to make the first move.
“In that case, we go!”
Dragging this out was just a waste of time.
In the game, limited by attributes, I might have been cautious. But here, from any angle, I was the undisputed king!
I dashed forward with a single stride, the skirt of my miko dress leaving a beautiful red trail in the air.
My palm trembled slightly. Using the clever force of a short burst, I completed two stabs in an instant!
[You have defeated an opponent. You and your teammate each earn 1 activity point. (Activity points can be exchanged for pet training items CDKey at the host’s station after the event.)]
They really made it just like a game…
My clean and efficient finish immediately made those around me realize the threat I posed. They stopped joking about how wild the Search devs’ imagination was and began to watch me warily.
“This beauty is too strong… Let’s gang up on her! Take her out first!”
“Agreed!”
“Agreed!”
“Sorry, beauty! We also want Yang Ye’s deluxe limited edition album! Everyone… attack!”
As if numbers mattered. Besides, did they think the other miko behind me was just for show?
After all, they were just ordinary people with no training. Any combat experience they had came only from Search. Though they intended to surround me, they were full of openings, charging in waves like lining up for slaughter.
Probably these guys were also scrubs in the game. Real experts wouldn’t attack so chaotically.
First, I stabbed the teammate of the first eliminated player. Then, sweeping aside the two character IDs thrust at me, Yingning attacked from behind the duo, grabbing her 3-character ID… and finished them off cleanly.
[Double kill! Bonus 3 points for consecutive kills!]
[Triple kill! Bonus 5 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 is on a killing spree!]
[Quadra kill! Bonus 10 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 is nearing a rampage!]
The system notifications spammed the screen, but we had no time to mind them. We couldn’t even catch our breath before the next wave came!
Two 8-character IDs stabbed at Yingning’s back, and she had no time to turn and defend!
As the saying goes: an inch longer, an inch stronger; an inch shorter, an inch riskier. While real life was dangerous, here I was the strongest!
My ID shot out from Yingning’s waist! Swinging left and right, I clanged aside the two 8-character IDs aimed at her back. Sparks flew at the point of impact!
At the same time, Yingning pressed forward, her 3-character ID like the sharpest dagger, slashing across one opponent’s ribs! I also ducked low, emerging from beneath Yingning with my ID, striking with the tip at the attackers’ shoulders!
[Penta kill! Bonus 20 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 is unstoppable!]
[Hexa kill! Bonus 40 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 is dominating the match!]
“Holy crap! Martial arts masters?!”
Now only two opponents remained besides me and Yingning. Though terrified, they had no choice but to charge in for a desperate last stand.
[Hepta kill! Bonus 80 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 is nearing godhood!]
[Octa kill! Bonus 160 points for consecutive kills!]
[Team 3 has surpassed godhood!]
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Wishing everyone good exam results. If not, it’s okay—the college entrance exam isn’t the end of life… After all, I didn’t have to take it, hahahaha!
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