After a five-day rest, the second round of the competition began.
This time, because the contestants are scattered all over the world, they do not need to gather at a designated location.
Instead, the message was sent directly from headquarters to the live streaming computers assigned to the players.
[Headquarters Announcement: The second round of the competition will begin tonight at 00:00, with the theme of 'Alchemy'.]
Many of the contestants who received the message took immediate action.
However, many people directly started complaining in the contestants' group chat.
[Protest! Now the whole world knows that His Majesty the Moon Emperor of the Longevity Empire is the God of Alchemy, having broken through the highest level ceiling for potions, and is suspected to be the disciple of a semi-immortal-grade Alchemy God. With someone like the Moon Emperor who comes with such a cheat code, how are we supposed to compete in this round?]
[Exactly! Let's all just lie back and wait for the Moon Emperor to take first place!]
[Complaint! We strongly request a change of theme!]
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From the initial 5,578,901 contestants, to now, after the first round of the competition, there are still 4,993,627 contestants.
Some of the players who left the competition did so because they encountered accidents during the competition, sent out a distress call, were rescued by headquarters, and thus automatically forfeited their eligibility to compete, and were directly judged to have withdrawn.
Another group gave up directly under high pressure.
They quit voluntarily because they couldn't earn enough for travel expenses, couldn't endure the hardship, or had health problems.
Among the more than four million participants, at least half are protesting and suggesting a change of theme.
The reputation of "Jin Shang Yue" has simply become too great in the past year.
In particular, her company has collaborated with external partners on several new types of medicines, as well as with top-tier Yuanpin and semi-immortal-grade pills developed in cooperation with various top national powers within the Nine Associations.
The appearance of semi-immortal-grade pills has already given all cultivators around the world an incredibly shocking impact.
Now, everyone in the world knows that the world's most top-tier elixir is in Jinshangyue's hands.
Jin Shang came to participate in the competition last month, and no one could say anything about it, since his age was a given and he certainly met the requirements for participation.
Even if someone is a veteran player coming to the newbie village, the other players have nothing to say.
But now the headquarters has actually set elixirs as the theme of the first phase, which is practically handing Jin Shangyue a first place for free.
The Moon Emperor came to the competition with a cheat code!
Why even bother comparing balls!
The headquarters responded quickly.
The competition is guaranteed to be fair and just, broadcast live 24/7, and monitored by a global audience, so there is absolutely no chance of cheating.
All contestants, please adopt the right attitude and adjust your mindset. There are many geniuses in this world, but that doesn't mean that others don't have their own strengths and talents.
Throughout the twelve competitions, we will ensure that each competition has a different theme, giving all contestants the opportunity to showcase their strengths and advantages.
Who among those who can participate in this competition is truly mediocre?
The fact that each contestant has made it to the final competition shows that they are all outstanding talents selected from various places and possess unique skills and talents.
Please don't put the cart before the horse. The ultimate goal of this competition is to allow outstanding participants to fully showcase their talents and skills, and ultimately find a suitable place and a bright future for themselves.
After reading the official response, the players fell silent.
Indeed, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.
The grand finale, spanning twelve episodes, features a different theme for each episode, providing opportunities for everyone to showcase their strengths.
If they hold on to it, then if they encounter a topic that is particularly suitable for them later, they will be able to give full play to their strengths.
Wouldn't that mean they've become the kind of people who come here with cheat codes and win without lifting a finger, just like they say?
Moreover, everyone has forgotten one thing.
During the competition, only the items accumulated from the previous round can be used; nothing else is allowed.
You cannot use external forces to access wealth or items that you did not earn during your program.
It would be extremely difficult to gather all the materials needed to refine the elixir within a month.
Especially the higher the grade of the pill you want to refine, the rarer and harder it is to find the materials.
Even if Jin Shangyue is incredibly capable, within a month, the resources she can utilize are limited to those accumulated from the previous competition and those she found during this competition.
Therefore, it is impossible for Jin Shangyue to refine pills of a particularly high grade.
A controversy, barely begun, ended just like that.
Sang Tiantian and others, who had been secretly hoping to watch the show, as well as some people who had grudges against Jin Shangyue and Ji Chaoyun, were instantly disappointed by the lack of substance in this much-hyped spectacle.
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