Chapter 57: Don’t Panic, We Still Have Mr. Lin

The arena tournament was not only popular on Canglan Star.

It was one of the hottest and most citizen-watched events across the entire Cosmic Human Alliance.

After all, those able to participate in the arena tournament were all Evolvers, and young ones under a hundred years old at that.

These Evolvers were the future of the Cosmic Human Alliance.

They inherently carried a certain "star" effect.

In the interstellar era, the general public had long stopped chasing those "little fresh meat" who lacked the strength to even truss a chicken.

Evolvers possessed of great might were the objects of attention for all citizens.

Virtual World, Canglan Star.

Arena area.

A huge arena resembling an ancient Roman colosseum had densely packed seats rising from low to high all around it, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

At the top of the arena.

On a high platform.

The figures of President Liao, Lin Yuan, and others appeared.

"This is the arena of Dongning City. The upcoming arena tournament, if our Dongning City is drawn, will be held here,"

President Liao said.

He was actually speaking mainly to Lin Yuan; Zong Bai, Cao Rong, and the others had already participated in more than one arena tournament and were clear about this aspect.

"Understood."

Lin Yuan looked down at the arena below and nodded as he spoke.

"You don't have to be nervous either; just perform normally and don't carry too much pressure."

President Liao comforted them.

The arena tournament was about to start, and applying more pressure would instead be counterproductive. It was better to offer a few comforting words to let them relax.

"President Liao, I wonder who our opponent from Dongning City is this time? Has anyone been asked to make a prediction?"

Lu Xiguang suddenly asked in a low voice.

As soon as these words were spoken,

Cao Rong and Zong Bai's eyes immediately lit up.

Knowing the opponent in advance would grant a huge advantage.

After all, most evolutionary paths had advantages and disadvantages. If they could know in advance and target them accordingly, they could at least grasp a great deal of initiative.

When strengths were roughly comparable, what it came down to was who understood the other party better.

"With so many cities in the Eastern Continent, what is there to base a prediction on?"

President Liao rolled his eyes.

If it were the mid-to-Late Stages of the arena tournament when the participating city contestants dropped to a certain number, they could indeed make predictions based on past patterns.

But now the arena tournament had just started, and with nearly ten thousand cities in the Eastern Continent, it was simply impossible to predict.

Of course, predicting the exact opponent was impossible, but a general range could be determined.

The initial opponents for the arena tournament were determined by selecting based on past performance.

Simply put, the strength of Dongning City's opponent could not be much stronger than Dongning City.

"Alright."

"All of you go and prepare."

"In two hours, the arena tournament will begin, and the opponents will be announced then."

President Liao said.

The start of the arena tournament was a grand event across the entire Canglan Star.

Although the vast majority of citizens could not enter the Virtual World,

they could watch the match process in real-time through "broadcast" methods.

"Wah wah wah, Mom and Dad, hurry up and come watch the arena tournament."

Lin Yi sat on the sofa, with four illusory screens erected around her displaying the arena scene.

"Alright, alright, coming, coming."

The couple Lin Shoucheng and Lu Qiong walked over with smiles all over their faces.

They were already Evolvers and had the right to enter the Virtual World, but unfortunately Lin Yi was not; they couldn't just abandon Lin Yi and go enjoy the Virtual World by themselves.

Originally, the couple and Lin Yuan were all Evolvers, and the fact that Lin Yi was the only one in the family who wasn't an Evolver had already made her quite resentful. If they treated her differently on top of that, Lin Yi would turn the entire household upside down.

"Where is big brother?"

Lin Yi looked around continuously.

Lin Yuan was also participating in the arena tournament, and as a representative of Dongning City at that, which Lin Shoucheng and his wife naturally knew.

"He'll probably show up once it starts."

Lu Qiong smiled and said.

"I hope big brother does his best."

Lin Yi said, clenching her fists.

"In this arena tournament, I must perform well for Father to see, letting him know that I am not much weaker than Lin Yuan."

In the Virtual World, within the arena area, Lin Yan's figure appeared, and he secretly made up his mind.

A year ago, at the Lin family banquet, his father Lin Hao had intended to give the advanced study quota to Lin Yuan.

As a result, because he said a few extra words, the atmosphere at the scene became strange.

In the end, one big figure after another arrived to pay respects to Lin Yuan, which indirectly embarrassed his father Lin Hao even more.

Lin Hao felt even more exasperated that he failed to meet expectations. Now that Lin Yan managed to become an Evolver, could that quota be given away?

Wasn't it because Lin Yan was uncompetitive and repeatedly failed to become an Evolver that caused Lin Hao to have such thoughts?

After returning from the family banquet,

Lin Hao severely scolded Lin Yan for the entire night and even beat him up personally.

Having been through this experience, Lin Yan finally crossed into the ranks of Evolvers several months later.

To this day, although he had not yet entered a stage, he had the qualifications to participate in the arena tournament.

The arena tournament was open to all Evolvers.

The opponents of city-representative Evolvers were other city representatives.

Meanwhile, the opponents of unaffiliated Evolvers were other unaffiliated Evolvers.

Although Lin Hao knew that his strength was still far inferior to Lin Yuan's,

after all, his father Lin Hao had inquired and found out the reason why President Liao personally attended back at the family banquet.

but now Lin Yan at least had the possibility of looking up to Lin Yuan.

Since he could look up to him, he would be able to surpass him in the future.

"Has the arena tournament started?"

"Hurry up and go take a look."

"I wonder what results our Dongning City can achieve in this arena tournament."

"Hahahaha, as long as we don't come in dead last like last session."

One Dongning City citizen after another opened the live broadcast and watched intently.

Virtual World, Canglan Star, arena area.

"It's over, it's over. This time, Dongning City's opponent is actually Zijing City."

As the arena tournament officially began, Cao Rong, upon learning who their opponent was, instantly panicked in his heart.

Lu Xiguang beside him was the same. Zijing City was the one they least wanted to face among their anticipated opponents.

In the previous arena tournament, Dongning City's ranking was 9,985.

Meanwhile, Zijing City was ranked 7,652.

The two differed by a full two thousand plus places.

It was said that Zijing City's strongest Evolver walked the "Giant" evolutionary path.

Once they went all out, their figure could surge up to a full five meters.

Although their strength was also at the first stage, twelfth level, their true combat power was already infinitely close to the second stage.

For an ordinary second-stage Evolver, wanting to deal with this "Giant" was no easy matter.

Facing such an Evolver, if they were in the wild, Cao Rong and Lu Xiguang would have some confidence.

After all, if they couldn't beat them, they could still run.

For Evolvers of the Giant evolutionary path, speed had always been a weak point.

But how could they run on an arena? The arena was only so big; where could they run to?

Furthermore, to prevent Evolvers from deliberately stalling for time, the Virtual World officials would shrink the arena area when the match progressed to a certain extent.

In the previous arena tournament, the reason Zijing City was able to achieve a ranking in the top seven thousand was precisely because of this Evolver of the "Giant" evolutionary path.

"Giant."

Lu Xiguang sighed.

This evolutionary path required Evolvers born with Divine Power and a physique stronger than ordinary people to have any hope of cultivating it.

"It is indeed somewhat troublesome."

Zong Bai, who had been silent all along, frowned.

Obviously, he also felt it was tricky.

It was just that Zong Bai seemed to think of something, and his brow relaxed slightly. "However, don't panic, we still have Mr. Lin."

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