Chapter 78 Escape Pod
The MUG team members initially thought it was an offensive modification, and they launched several attacks on the light blue hull. However, it was incredibly sturdy and managed to withstand the repeated blows from the energy-infused long blades.
The oval-shaped hard-shell cabin was extremely fast and had a very smooth surface, leaving no point of leverage to stop it. It quickly flew to a height that conventional mechs could not reach.
The moment it hovered high in the air, the semi-transparent material instantly became completely transparent, and Ling Han leisurely sat inside the cabin and waved to the MUG members.
At the same time, Juke's flashy, large-format advertisements popped up like a virus—
"Giant Technology's new intelligent escape system for mech pilots, with function modifications and software activation, costs only six million. Welcome to order."
Coupled with the replay ads of the exciting gameplay in the official live stream, this little game almost felt like a promotion that Giant Tech did specifically to advertise their new escape pod.
The mechs of MUG and the others remained motionless, completely stunned in place.
The organizers reacted quickly, stopping the match immediately. Staff members also began preserving evidence from the scene, preparing to submit the video to the league officials and confirm the final punishment for the players involved.
At this point, the number of viewers in the live stream had reached over 40 million. All citizens in the entire Sixth Division who were interested in the mecha competition were watching the live stream. This did not include the number of viewers organized by the star governments in some less developed regions.
The shock extended beyond the MUG team members to the tens of millions of viewers in the live stream.
[Wait, the timing of this escape pod ad is just too perfect.]
[I can only say the coordination was flawless. Is it possible that some people at MUG were paid by Mr. Fang to help with the promotion on purpose?]
[Actually, it wasn't a coincidence at all. Even if there were only five seconds of ad breaks during the entire match, I would have practically memorized the advertising slogan for the new mechs. Even after the dragon was defeated, the commentators had to chant a Giant Tech ad. It seems the organizers were overwhelmed by money.]
[+1, the bigger the tree, the more the wind blows. Even if it's not MUG who makes a move, someone else will eventually do it. Using the escape pod is a high-probability event.]
[An advertisement for the finals in another region: sixty yuan worth of laundry detergent;]
Guangzi in the sixth division final: A mecha escape pod worth six million;
Isn't Mr. Fang overestimating us a bit? We can't afford even a little bit.
[Brother Fang isn't asking you to contribute to sales; he's just here to show off that Juke has launched another new product.]
[I've ordered the new escape pod. It's great for weight loss, and my hair is very dry and not oily after washing. It matches the seller's description perfectly. The toothbrush is of excellent quality, and my kids love it. They put several packs of toothbrushes in the kitchen every time they cook.]
[Wow, the organizers of the sixth division reacted way too quickly! Last week, a player in the second division was also attacked; he was surrounded and beaten for eight minutes before the staff arrived.]
[What do you think?^^ The medical team has been on standby at halftime since the start of the match. What if they injure one of the sponsor's players? Who will sponsor the match next year?]
[The organizer's leader wished he could take the beating himself in their place; please stop hitting him! .jpg]
[This time they'll probably get the maximum penalty. The purchase link for the tournament-level new energy mech was even provided by the official league. MUG really messed with the royal merchant this time.]
[Support a five-year ban]
[Now that things have come to this, we can only congratulate Team JR on their successful promotion to the main league.]
While the staff were still dealing with the situation, various celebratory decorations and bouquets had already been prepared on the stage.
Ling Han had already strode out of the escape pod. He was bounced into the air within seconds of being blocked by his opponent, without suffering any injury. The entire match was even easier than his usual training.
The victory came so quickly and suddenly that he hadn't even begun to feel nervous before the game was over.
He wasn't good at expressing himself, and the phrase he used most often during his time as a sparring partner was "I'm sorry," but now that catchphrase has become "thank you."
He wanted to thank not only his teammates and coaches, but also the team owner who was sitting in the middle of the row in the awards hall.
He knew that Fang was behind the scenes that his eight-year ban had been reduced to five years. Like everyone else on the team, the only way he could repay Fang was with victory after victory.
Sitting in the audience of the live broadcast hall, Fang Zhuo was listening attentively to the acceptance speeches of the five contestants.
Everyone recited the promotional slogans quite fluently. Cheng Che, who wasn't highly educated, made sure to copy the slogans onto his palm before going on stage, showing his seriousness.
There are at least 30 million viewers in the live stream right now, and the contestants' verbal announcements have saved Fang Zhuo tens of millions of yuan in advertising fees.
Save money where you can, and make the most of any publicity you can get your hands on.
Just as the contestants held up the prize check worth 3 billion, Fang Zhuo also simultaneously received a string of system reward notifications—
[Congratulations, host! You have achieved the achievement 'Total team kills over 100']
[Congratulations again, host! You have achieved the achievement 'Winning the Secondary League Finals']
[Company's current reputation value: 50, matching the title 'Renowned']
[Investment Target Number Four: Ma Xusen]
[Intelligence: 59][Stamina: 92][Appearance: 65][Emotional Intelligence: 58][Loyalty: 93]
[Initial valuation: 1,080,000]
[Current Value Assessment: 315,000,000]
[Investment Target Number Five: Ling Han]
[Intelligence: 53][Stamina: 94][Appearance: 72][Emotional Intelligence: 51][Loyalty: 93]
[Initial valuation: 42,500]
[Current Value Assessment: 374,000,000]
[The return on investment has exceeded 100 times; the above fields can be freely unbound]
[Based on the settlement results, investment slots eight and nine have been opened for the host. Please keep up the good work!]
[There are currently eleven blind boxes remaining in your inventory, enough to open a set of ten. The density of people within 100 meters of the host exceeds ten, which does not meet the conditions for automatically opening blind boxes. It is recommended that the host go to an isolated location to select blind boxes.]
Fang Zhuo wasn't in a hurry to open the blind boxes, but planned to complete the team before opening a new wave of blind box rewards.
The mech competition team consists of five people. Now they are missing the last position, which is also the position that has the least impact on the outcome of the game in the traditional sense: the information position.
The main function of the information mech is to carry small energy modules, which are pre-embedded at various key points on the map to provide information support to other players on the field.
There are countless skilled information position players in the Star Alliance, and Fang Zhuo plans to directly choose the most expensive one.
He opened the official league salary rankings for each position, and after excluding the players from Lin Yuzheng's YXG team, one player's value stood out as exceptionally high.
This person was originally one of Lin Yuzheng's teammates. His fighting style and awareness were quite advanced. He always placed the energy modules in some unexpected places in a strange way, which often had a surprising effect in actual combat.
Moreover, Pei Jiahang is almost an all-around all-rounder.
Whether it's launching a quick attack to support teammates or employing strategic tactics to gain vision and wear down opponents, he's always the first to grasp the tactics and holds the position of deputy commander in the team.
Fang Zhuo originally planned to send Pei Jiahang a private message, but after searching for the team Pei Jiahang was currently in, she suddenly discovered something strange—
Pei Jiahang was not playing an information role in the team, but instead switched to a tank role.
After searching for news related to the reasons for the relocation, Fang Zhuo discovered that Pei Jiahang had been plagued by scandals in recent years.
Unlike pure technical streamers like Ma Xusen and Wu Yucun, Pei Jiahang is a natural-born streaming genius. Even without any talent for mecha, he can still make a name for himself in the streaming world with his innate ability to create entertaining content.
The original text of "Broken Army Soul" mentions that Pei Jiahang's family was heavily in debt, and in the early days he even had the idea of becoming a live streamer who flaunted his abs.
Without the appreciation of his original team coach and in dire need of money, Pei Jiahang chose to follow fate and became a humorous fitness chat streamer with his face partially exposed.
His dire financial situation only began to ease slightly four years ago when he first entered the competition.
He shut down his original livestream and focused on playing professionally for three years, from age eighteen to twenty-one. His talent for mecha clearly paid off handsomely. He successfully joined the second-largest esports team in Star Alliance after YXG, earning the highest annual salary for that position. Everything seemed to be going in the right direction.
The change occurred a year ago when all live streaming platforms suddenly announced that live streaming accounts and personal identities would be strongly linked one-to-one, and many contestants' old live streaming rooms from their amateur days were unexpectedly exposed.
This year was also known as the period of major exposés, with the audience scrutinizing and judging every word and action of these famous contestants in their early days.
Some people have livestreamed themselves betting on gambling websites, some have smoked ignoring the camera, and others have tried to become singing streamers while wailing and screaming in the livestream room...
Countless contestants have been ruined by this incident, and of course, these reviews always include clips of Pei Jiahang chatting while holding equipment shirtless during a live stream.
Whether they did something wrong or it was nothing serious, all the old stories were bundled together and amplified instantly, constantly fermenting and spreading online.
Some people were banned from the competition, and some players were subtly sidelined. Although Pei Jiahang did not violate any management regulations, he still brought huge negative impacts to himself and his team during this period.
Fang Zhuo quietly flipped through those review videos from back then. The marketing accounts that made these reviews were clearly commercial in nature, and anyone in the industry could tell at a glance that there were significant traces of manipulation behind them.
At the time, all the viewers were engrossed in the gossip, and the team's comment section was filled with a mix of true and false malicious attacks and jokes.
After that, Pei Jiahang was hastily put on the rental market by the team owner, but at that time he was in the eye of the storm of trial, and no team was willing to rent such a highly controversial player at a high price.
Pei Jiahang's current team has a one-year contract with him, and they have no choice but to continue paying his salary.
It would be a waste to leave him on the bench, and the team was short of a tank, so the team simply promoted the original substitute player who was in the information position and put Pei Jiahang in the tank position, just waiting to kick him out during the transfer period.
After reading the details of the events that occurred at the beginning of this year, Fang Zhuo remained silent for a while.
There are too many signs of manipulation in this public opinion; how could so many viewers not like the male lead?
Besides, Pei Jiahang's live stream content back then mainly leaned towards comedy and antics, with the usual content being him lifting weights while chatting with viewers.
If the platform's moderators can approve the footage, it can't be too obscene. During his livestream, Pei Jiahang even went so far as to cover his chest with black tape, behaving even more blatantly than people in gyms.
However, the marketing accounts at the time took things out of context, cleverly editing together the video footage of Pei Jiahang adjusting the position of the tape on his chest and the painful groan he made when the barbell hit his foot, creating a very eye-catching clip.
Later, some fans helped debunk the fake content by editing the clips, but after the storm of public opinion passed, no one paid attention to these clarifications anymore.
The team owner's mental fortitude is rather poor; the controversies just come in waves, and he can just endure them. Such a valuable, talented player was actually relegated to another position to save the team operating costs.
Fang Zhuo scrolled away from the official website's introduction page. Since other teams didn't dare to take the challenge, he would.
The final match ended after 8 p.m. Fang Zhuo opened Pei Jiahang's official account and found that he was still live streaming at this time, and the content was quite wholesome.
Fang Zhuo entered the other party's live stream, spent 500,000 yuan to send a superyacht gift, and left a message in the VIP exclusive bullet screen:
"Check my private messages."
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