Chapter Ch102 - Provincial Compet.i.tion – Hacker
translator: xiin
editor: kara
In any case, Tyron never got around to drinking the milk.
Victor was immersed in the music, the story, and the beauty, and it took him a long time to react. By the time he had realized and wanted to pester the old antique about it, he discovered that he was already playing online.
Victor: “……”
Victor went on his alt account and watched quietly. When he saw that Tyron was doing simulation exercises with AI hackers on a customized battlefield, he was relieved and went offline.
He sat by the bedside and stared at Tyron for a while, setting the milk on the bedside table as he pondered over the old story. He suddenly came up with an idea: How about making models of Song of Triumph and Deep Silence? Tyron seldom took the initiative to talk about his past, but maybe he missed the real Song of Triumph? … Well, actually, there were ways to directly make the real weapons and not just models.
Victor had never been reluctant about trying anything that would make Tyron happy.
He went to do it since he’d thought of it. Victor got up and contacted manufacturers who could create customized, cla.s.sic, cold weapons.
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Virtual battlefield.
Tyron and the system’s simulated hackers dueled several times, and he slowly figured out the several different schools and routines that hackers had.
In fact, it was very similar to interstellar people’s summary. A hacker was a very different type of mage and was naturally at a disadvantage against a.s.sa.s.sins.
The hacker who would be fighting against him in the next round, ‘Universal Day’, followed the ‘sorcery’ school that was known as ‘shooting a cold gun’. He was good at using the ‘model replacement’ type of special instructions, sometimes changing his own model to set up an ambush, or sometimes changing an obstacle to force his opponent to switch routes, or changing models in large batches in order to form a more intricate trick––when his opponent was confused, he would come out and shoot two shots out of the blue before immediately changing models and running away.
This way of fighting was really shameless. If this sorcery school was used well, the hacker would become equivalent to an a.s.sa.s.sin with infinite invisibility. It was just that his invisibility needed to be ‘loaded’ in advance––the command needed to be inputted first.
Moreover, if the modified model was attacked or hit by anything, it would change back. This made it so that they couldn’t be used for attacks.
The hacker’s main source of damage was from his cold gun. Of course, the hacker would also immediately change back to his original shape when he attacked.
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The next day, Odin and Universal Day’s match was slotted for the morning.
When Odin first went up onto the stage, he discovered that there were more and more people from the rainy day cult in the audience.
When other people came up onto the stage, their fans would crazily hold up their name signs. Only Odin’s fans held up rain dolls!
Originally, this rainy day cult had just been a prank by the fans. Later, more fans joined in without knowing what it meant, thinking that it was some new secret thing, following the trend, and buying rain dolls…
The cult developed very quickly. By now, the scene was very spectacular when Tyron came up onto the stage: Waves of white fluttered in the audience, and tens of thousands of faceless rain dolls rose up and moved in his field of vision.
Others had changed their virtual images directly and turned themselves into rain dolls!
Now, on the public screen, other than those who called out ‘War G.o.d’, there were also people calling out ‘Lord Four, ‘Great Demon King’, making the scene very chaotic and messy.
However, they all had one thing in commonk2013;k2013; those ’lick lick lick’ type of gazes.
Tyron: “k2026;k2026;”
The master a.s.sa.s.sin really had no cure for them and could only release k2018;Go away, you stupid mortals’ iceberg vibes.
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However, today’s system once again let the rainy day cult down.
The randomized map was the k2018;Magic Fair’, a map that Tyron had played on during the district level compet.i.tion.
The terrain was relatively flat, but there were many obstacles within. There were tents scattered everywhere as well as various magic props that had been put out for sale. Magic lights flashed all around, and it could be considered as the Western magic version of feasting and revelry.
The male commentator let out a sigh and said, “This map is a good one to fight in. There are too many things that Universal Day can use, and I’m afraid it will be difficult for Odin to catch him directly.”
The female commentator had also commentated on many of Universal Day’s games and laughed, “This slippery little goblin, I wonder what kind of changes he’ll open with?”
Male commentator: “This also depends on whether or not Odin can lock onto Universal Day and see what he transforms into––if Odin can see it, then it’ll be ‘to h.e.l.l with searching’, but if Odin can’t see him, it’ll be ‘hide and seek’.”
In fact, there was quite a big difference between Universal Day’s virtual image and the term ‘little goblin’. He was tall, thin, and appeared quite ordinary. His expression was a little dull, and he was the type that the interstellar people often labelled as a ‘geek’. Because this image was super suitable for hackers, many real hackers would also come to watch his games.
However, when the two players stood close and shook hands––the real hackers decided to follow Odin’s games instead.
Public screen: “This contrast… Even if only his eyes are exposed, the great demon king has still reached a new height of beauty!”
Everyone in the audience was lost in deep thought.
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At the start of the game, the two players entered the magic fair.
This time, the two of them were about 100 meters apart, standing on two different tents. Last time, their tents had collapsed directly, so this time, both of them knew about the system’s bad tastes and had prepared to deal with this trick in advance.
Tyron glanced at Universal Day, who was nearby, and clearly saw a blue light screen in front of him. This was the light screen that he would use to input his commands.
3, 2, 1 … The countdown was over!
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
––The tents didn’t collapse!
Tyron: “……”
Universal Day: “……”
Neither of them had expected this. Universal Day had originally wanted to first take advantage of the starting confusion to change his model and hadn’t expected that he wouldn’t fall into the tent and out of his opponent’s line of sight––
So, Tyron saw with a glance that the first command that he’d typed out was ‘Model replacement: Hacker ID Universal Day, banana.”
In broad daylight, in full view of the public, Universal Day became a banana and jumped down from his tent without any hesitation, disappearing with a roll on the other side.
Tyron’s mouth twitched. Then, he leaned down slightly and took a deep breath before using consecutive Flashes!
It was a 100-meter distance. Using consecutive Flashes across the tops of the tents, it only took around five seconds to arrive.
The female commentator shouted, “Great! Attack! Kill that banana!
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However, Universal Day had taken advantage of the time when he’d left Odin’s field of vision to immediately enter in another two commands.
While Odin was traveling through the air, he suddenly saw a tent begin to crackle and creak before turning into a huge 30-meter-high wall.
It was a common delaying tactic for hackers, because it was impossible for Odin to find leverage to scale the 30-meter-high wall. He could only attack the wall first to make it change back, then continue to move forth normally.
When Odin casually tossed a dart at the wall to turn it back into its original form, an array of bullets suddenly shot out!
––Universal Day had been waiting there for a long time, just for the chance to shoot at him with his cold gun.
Male commentator: “A very beautiful first wave of ambush. Universal Day first took down 8% of Odin’s health. Although it’s not much, anything is better than nothing…”
Although Odin had been attacked by a sneak attack, he didn’t slow down at all. After calmly avoiding the subsequent bullets, he immediately locked onto Universal Day’s position based on the direction of the bullets.
He also entered an invisible state.
The female commentator was excited, “You want to ambush? I can ambush too! Let’s see who can ambush who!”
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In order to leave no traces of his pa.s.sage, the invisible Odin landed between the tents and walked quickly. He was like a fish as he shuttled smoothly past a wide a.s.sortment of commodities. Sometimes, something hanging off a tent would block his progress, and he would simply slip to the side, skimming past it at a delicate angle with no decrease in speed.
Soon, he arrived at the place where he’d previously predicted Universal Day to be.
However, at this time, it was obvious that Universal Day had already changed his own model and was presumably hiding somewhere once again.
The director’s lens was able to see Universal Day. He had indeed gone to squat inside a tent, turning himself into a stool. The male commentator looked at him and said, “The invisible Odin is too dangerous to him. Although Universal Day can’t see Odin, at the very least, he can hide every time he loses track of Odin’s position. This allows him to avoid the current trend of the fight.”
The female commentator nodded approvingly, “Yes, an invisible Odin can take away 50% of his health in one round of attacks. When he ambushes from an invisible state, he’s the kind of great demon king contestant who can insta-kill heaven and earth––hiding as soon as he couldn’t see Odin was a very smart choice.”
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At this moment, the invisible great demon king was in the opponent’s territory, strolling as gracefully as he could through the surrounding shops.
He quickly pa.s.sed by the divination tent where Universal Day was located.
Both players couldn’t see their opponents and were clueless to the situation, but the audience was obviously relieved when it happened. The male commentator even said, “It seems that Universal Day’s disguise is on point––”
Even before he had finished speaking, they all saw the great demon king turn back!
Everyone: “?!!!”
Faced with the stool that Universal Day had turned into, Odin didn’t hesitate to pa.s.s through it with a Flash!
Universal Day changed back to his original form and pounced forward, wanting to avoid the first round of attacks. At the same time, he opened up his light screen so that he could input the next series of commands.
Odin directly used Shadow Dance to appear behind him, following him like a shadow. Song of Triumph and Deep Silence cut through the silent s.p.a.ce, bringing out an incomparably brilliant sword light!
It was so sudden, so vicious, that it elicited a scream from the audience.
Female commentator: “Odin’s first ambush was a success! 25% of his health was taken away in the blink of an eye!”
In a flash, the Shadow Dance had cut Universal Day’s health down to 65%.
The male commentator was still puzzled, “How did he know where Universal Day was?”
Master a.s.sa.s.sin: Nonsense, no fortune teller would put a third chair in front of the table––have you ever heard of two people getting their fortunes read at the same time?!
Universal Day had suffered a loss, because he had no knowledge of Western magical cultures.
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Fortunately, Universal Day had already prepared another command before hiding and simply hadn’t submitted it yet.
When he was caught by Odin, he didn’t even try to fight his opponent head-on––
Were they kidding?! Who could survive a direct confrontation against the great demon king? When facing the great demon king, the right way to survive was to run away without another word.
So, this command was used to escape. It was another model change. This time, it was: Wind chime, Whale.
Instantly!
The wind chime that hung in front of the tent fluttered in the wind. In a few seconds, it had become a whale that was as tall as a man! Its round head banged on the table next to it, and then, it suddenly turned back into a wind chime.
Tyron hid out of reflex––sometimes, his excellent fighting skills would cause him to lose a certain amount of time.
This huge whale had managed to gain the hacker a second or two of time.
By the time Odin ran out of the tent, he saw another banana crawling along the street… and disappearing around the corner.
Tyron: “……” Exactly how much do you like bananas?