Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 199 198. Development is always faster than gathering intelligence
During the break, Sefer's profits hit a new high. During the communication, Leica was very curious about what he had just said.

Because it seemed that the audience's reaction was very, very enthusiastic, even to the point of red faces and thick necks, which was even more exaggerated than during the earliest battles.

"Don't learn it. It's beyond your field of study... Putting that aside, the Node City is still the same, constantly being fought over, right?"

"Well, the company that currently controls the most areas is Abian. They already control 40% of the upper and middle areas of Node City."

...so many?

"Yeah, I find it strange too, but that's actually the case. Abian Corporation's control of the Node City is incredibly fast. Even the Phantom Mist Group, which has the smallest share, currently only holds around 1%..."

Maybe it’s not too late to change jobs now?

The reformation agency...was a waste, only 25%. The remaining I/O companies, like the Phantom Mist Group, had a pitifully small share.

The unreclaimed areas are already quite few. Next, the company's attention will surely turn to the lower areas, and the environment beneath the great rift will surely be discovered...

His spare body was still there. Not only that, but there was also a cabinet whose owner was unknown. Whatever was inside, as a first-come, first-served party, Seifer definitely wasn't going to give it up.

"Keep communicating... Well, the flow of time in the vision is a bit strange. I just got back, and now I have to start fighting again. It seems that unrelated events are being skipped."

It's not surprising. If the vision is really boring enough to kick people out when the time is up, then the benefits can only be described as dismal.

Soon, the half-machine raised its head and said, "Red Crossbow, it's just as you said. All the tickets for this match are sold out, and the audience seats are full!"

"The Void Seat, right? I told you, it will definitely be useful."

Entering the snowy environment that was slowly taking shape, the machine stepped into the deep snow, and the cooling fins that were spewing hot air and open because it had not entered combat mode were particularly eye-catching.

As soon as he entered the arena, he was bombarded with insults and shouts, but Seifer ignored them completely and just waited for the enemy to arrive.

This reaction, which was completely different from the previous one, caused many eager viewers to start questioning, which then turned into continuous questioning in the quick chat bar in the audience seats.

Some of the audience members who were questioned found it incredible, while others were dissatisfied with the uncivilized language used by those people...

Sefer was silent for about ten minutes. During these ten minutes, the audience in the stadium had lost interest in watching the game and was caught up in the quarrel between multiple different preset positions and camps.

It has to be said that Cypher has created such a qualitative change in the competition environment through some small tricks (robots don't need to breathe or punctuate sentences), which really impressed the organizers.

Without further ado, the battle field projection begins!
This time, the projection was... a real night sky scene, and the ground was a warehouse port with half of it covered by sea water.

Seifer didn't look at his opponent, but looked up - in the dark night sky, the first thing that caught his eye was a bright full moon, very round, without any extra decorations.

The sky was also clear, with some bright stars, but that was all.

The warehouse complex can be used as a shelter, and those stacked, high-tech-looking cargo boxes can also be very good cover. Seifer withdrew his gaze and looked across the venue.

Accompanied by bursts of low roars, the buildings over there were being demolished continuously, and what rushed to the front was a heavy-duty two-legged machine - on its arms were two three-linked side-by-side electric saws (airborne) with ferocious serrations, rotating in an interlaced manner.

Behind him were two rapid-fire cannons, specifically designed to attack evasive and moving machines. The equipment layout was completely predictable. "I'm the Sandstorm G-5..."

"Forget the small talk, let's fight first."

Entering combat mode, all Seifer could see were data, calculations, and how to deal with the enemy. Thinking of this, he suddenly turned on the external communication and started.

Randomly select a lucky audience member and greet his or her whole family.

The effect was outstanding. Both the opponents and the audience felt that they had suffered the greatest insult and contempt since they were born. As a result, the crowd was excited and there was a lot of interaction between the stage and the audience.

The organizers originally planned to impose a penalty on Seve, but after looking at the data, they decided to wait and see... because not only the audience on site were interacting passionately, but even the audience watching through the broadcast were also interacting passionately!
Unlike the live event, the viral interactions among broadcast users were mostly filled with schadenfreude and "fun". Such a huge amount of current affairs hot topics made the organizers very happy.

In fact, if Seifer were to use this set of operations in the desert, it might also cause a huge stir - that is, after leaving the ring and being defeated by words, he would call on his friends and mercenaries to beat him up.

The setting of the anomaly seems to be a form of entertainment, but the audience's knowledge is not greatly enhanced. Just some unreasonable behavior changes the entire logic...

It was very subtle, so subtle that it made Sefer wonder whether the vision itself had its computing power limit.

Quickly knocking his opponent to the ground, forcing him to surrender as always, Cypher turned his machine around to look at the overwhelming crowd of spectators, only to find that the giant anomaly... seemed indeed different.

First, it lasted for a very long time, and then it radiated over a very wide range. Seifer tried to observe external information and found that this battle viewing area alone was extremely large.

What's more, the tall buildings outside the stadium, which seemed like a city completely fearless of natural disasters, were also extremely real. If it weren't for the limited observation from the outside, Seifer would even suspect that he had traveled through time again.

The perception was on a higher level than that in the snowfield. It seemed more real, and not like the first time I entered the vision and suddenly had to fight with others. It was completely different, like being thrown into a boring background with a skybox.

"Red Crossbow, the energy readings outside the giant vision are decreasing. Just hold on a little longer, and soon you'll all be able to get out of the vision!"

Laika's voice brought Cypher back to his senses. He released the controller and operated the machine entirely with his own control system. "I understand, but there seems to be some small changes in the vision."

The change that Seifer mentioned was that the organizer announced that 'Red Crossbow''s defense of the ring was excellent, and such an excellent champion should not waste time in such a boring battle.

And the audience is expecting him to challenge stronger enemies, so Red Arrow will head to the track to fight with previous champions.

It sounds like throwing it into the garbage dump after making the best use of it, but judging from the cheers of the audience, they also seem to want to see the battle of the 'high-end game'.

To be honest, Cypher didn't really want to, and Leica, as the communicator, didn't want to either.

"I've found some relevant information. This is also part of an unprecedentedly prosperous world of phenomena. However, the actors who sell their weapons as a performance, that is, 'characters' like you, Red Crossbow... are expendable."

"If the anomaly is fixed, it would be fine. But now it's not fixed, and the risk is extremely high. You must be careful."

Leica's reminders were always a little late, because when she said this, Sefer only felt the light and shadows around him flowing, and everything seemed to be accelerating.

When this 'acceleration' stopped, he and the aircraft had been stuffed into a carrier aircraft that was launched into the sky and was ready for launch.

(End of this chapter)