Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

Chapter 29 Morning News

Chapter 1 The World Premiere

"Don't rush to leave, everyone." The host, Liu Xin, said with a smile, "Our official live stream will continue for six hours. Within these six hours, we will broadcast all of today's god-level battles! After all, this is the first day of the virtual world's opening, and those who can reach the god-level through placement matches are all top experts. Their battles will be incredibly exciting."

"I also want to remind our viewers that in order to ensure the stability of everyone's work and life in the real world, and to ensure everyone's physical health, there will be restrictions on daily online time in the virtual world starting from 0:00 on July 26th. For minors under the age of 16, the maximum online time is 8 hours per day!" Liu Xin said.

Immediately, a barrage of comments appeared below.

"Not only is it limited to eight hours, but we are also prohibited from using weapons and armor."

"So we have to fight barehanded!"

"Unfair!"

"How can we barehanded fights compare to adults!"

Countless children were roaring.

The commentator Huang Yong laughed from the side, "Weapons are just extensions of the hand! Many barehanded boxing techniques are also very important. Like the Gun Demon Xu Jingming from just now, he also practiced Bajiquan and Chuojiao from a young age. With the foundation of Bajiquan and Chuojiao... he could develop such powerful spearmanship. Your barehanded fights now are also building a foundation!"

"The higher your boxing skills, the faster you can master weapons," Qin Yiwen added.

"For those over 16," Liu Xin said, "the maximum online time for those at the Stellar and Silver Moon levels is 10 hours per day. The maximum online time for those at the Sun level is 12 hours! God-level experts have a maximum online time of 16 hours per day! So, if you want to stay in the virtual world longer, make yourself stronger."

"I would like to remind everyone that you can also watch our official live stream simultaneously on TV networks and other media in the real world," Liu Xin said. "Although the effect isn't as shocking as in the virtual world, it can save you time in the virtual world."

After Liu Xin finished speaking, he lightly tapped, and the live stream screen behind him locked onto a live stream room, displaying—"Three people are ready."

"Currently, three people are ready for the second god-level battle. It seems we need to wait a bit longer," Liu Xin said.

Suddenly, the display changed.

It changed to—"Two people are ready."

"Someone withdrew," Liu Xin said helplessly. "It seems that some god-level experts have been delayed by other matters."

In the stands below, the number of viewers had dropped to over three hundred million.

"My weapon experience is too little. I better not go up and embarrass myself. I'll wait and see." A burly man muttered to himself. He was the one who had just clicked to cancel the queue. "Didn't that little brother Wu Sai embarrass himself?"

This burly man was none other than Xia's greatest boxer in history, Xiong Tianshan, who had won world titles in five weight classes from 122 pounds to 140 pounds. His appearance fee for a peak match could reach over a hundred million, and he was currently on the nation's key cultivation list. Seeing little brother Wu Sai embarrass himself, even though he was stronger, he had to be cautious.

"I'll practice cold weapons in the virtual world for three days before fighting," Xiong Tianshan thought to himself.

...

"With his leg injury gone, Brother Xu is truly invincible." Yang Qingshuo sat in the stands, watching in amazement. "When it comes to spearmanship, I am indeed far behind Brother Xu."

"I have to work hard too and reach the god-level as soon as possible." Yang Qingshuo got up and left.

...

"Lao Xu, you've really soared." A lean and sturdy man also stood up in the stands, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Without his leg injury, he's unleashed his full potential and even defeated Gao Chong. His strength is even greater than mine. I need to work hard too."

This man was Heng Fang, Xu Jingming's good brother in the national team. The two were evenly matched and often sparred.

...

"Dad, these ten god-level experts are all amazing, but Senior Brother Xu is the most dazzling among them. Senior Brother Xu is truly amazing," a young girl exclaimed.

"When he was a child, I knew he had a bright future," a handsome middle-aged man with a ponytail said with a smile. "That's why I took him as my disciple. Look how stable his stance was just now. That's because he has a foundation in Chuojiao since childhood. This is called... a great disciple comes from a great teacher!"

This middle-aged man was none other than Xu Jingming's other master from his youth—Dai Tongda, the master of the Chuojiao School in Mingyue City. He was about the same age as Xu Hong, and he looked much younger after cultivating the evolutionary method.

"Oh, Dad, what's your battle strength now, this great teacher? Have you reached the god-level?" the young girl asked.

"Ahem."

Dai Tongda shook his head and swayed back and forth. "The ancients said, 'A disciple doesn't have to be inferior to his teacher, and a teacher doesn't have to be more virtuous than his disciple!'"

"The so-called, 'The student surpasses the teacher.' If a disciple can be stronger than his master, it means the master taught well." Dai Tongda shook his head and swayed back and forth, becoming more pleased as he spoke.

"Enough about Senior Brother. Dad, my battle strength is 896. What about you?" The young girl looked at her father.

Dai Tongda looked at his daughter and finally became annoyed. "Dai Xiaoqing, your old man worked so hard to raise you alone and taught you martial arts. Is this how you repay your old man? You wait! Just half a month, and after half a month, your old man will be proficient with weapons, and I'll compete with you again to see who has the higher battle strength! I'll let you know... your old man is still your old man!"

After speaking, he got up and directly dissipated and left.

"Leaves as soon as he finishes speaking." Dai Xiaoqing pouted, but her eyes were filled with a smile. Because it was a single-parent family, her father had taken care of her since she was a child, and the father and daughter had always been casual with each other. She was already used to it.

"He's going to compete with me in half a month. My old man has some fighting spirit now." Dai Xiaoqing muttered to herself. In her memory, her father had become very颓废 after the divorce. In recent years, he had aged, and his body had become much weaker. She was very worried about her father, but there was nothing she could do.

Now that the evolutionary method had arrived, her father's body had transformed, and he had seen the future of martial arts. His spirit was different.

"This era is truly great." Dai Xiaoqing also got up and disappeared.

******

In reality, the sun rose.

At Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao's residence, the two families were gathered together, having breakfast.

"Jingming," Xu Hong said, holding a fried dough stick in one hand and a cup of soy milk in the other, looking at his son, "Although you have participated in the World Martial Arts Competition twice, even the finals of the World Martial Arts Competition had an estimated viewership of only a few hundred million, which can barely compare to this live stream. But the viewership in Xia... definitely can't compare to this virtual world live stream."

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded. "Over 800 million viewers is something no media has ever exaggerated before."

"You've become famous in one battle." Xu Hong nodded. "But you must not be too proud, because this is only the first day of the virtual world's opening! You professional players have been training for many years after all, giving you an advantage. Afterwards, billions of people around the world will be practicing evolutionary methods and weapons in the virtual world... with billions of people fighting together, including geniuses from other industries, such as medicine and technology, and geniuses from all other industries. The most intelligent group of people on Earth will come in. The competition will be a thousand times more intense."

Xu Jingming nodded. "My master also said that we professional players will still have an advantage for the first month. But after half a year, professional players will probably be submerged."

"It should be that 99% of professional players will be submerged. Only the most outstanding few... can continue to stand at the top in the competition of billions of people." Xu Hong looked at his son. "So you can't stand on the past achievements and be too arrogant, or you'll just become ordinary."

"Dad, I remember," Xu Jingming nodded.

"Grandson, you got over fifteen million in donations this time, right?" Grandpa Xu took a walk outside and entered the living room, looking at Xu Jingming and asking.

"Yes, over fifteen million." Xu Jingming nodded. "But the virtual world officials take half! Then I have to pay taxes, so I'll get about four million in the end."

Half is taken, leaving over seven million.

With his income, he has to pay the top tax rate, 45% comprehensive personal income tax. He gets about four million.

"That's amazing. I didn't earn that much in a year when I was young," Grandpa Xu said with a smile.

"This is the first god-level battle in Xia, so it's quite special," Xu Jingming said.

"How many followers does your account have?" Grandpa Xu asked, "You can follow the combatants when watching the live stream."

"About sixty million," Xu Jingming said.

"Sixty million followers in one battle?" Li Miaomiao couldn't help but say, "I've created so many songs, and the total number of fans who follow me at most is just over ten million."

On the light screen on the wall, the news began to play.

"This is the morning news."

"After the virtual world opened, the total number of online users in Xia reached a peak of 1.28 billion."

"The first god-level battle in Xia just ended over an hour ago. The team composed of Gun Demon Xu Jingming, Archer Wang Yi, Panda Zhang Qian, Phantom Blades Dong Xu, and Boxing King Wu Sai won the final victory."

"For the second god-level battle, as of now, seven people are ready..."

News reports were broadcast one after another.

There were also exciting news clips, such as Xu Jingming piercing Gao Chong's chest with a spear.

"Almost all the news at 8 a.m. is about the virtual world?" Xu Hong watched, exclaiming, "The times have really changed!"