Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

If the previous contract for trading devil fruits could be torn up at a price, now this contract seemed to be integrated with the rules of the world. A layer of light golden mist appeared around his spirit body, which was the restriction of the new contract on himself.

After signing the contract, Smith Hall showed a sincere smile on his face. He opened the box and pushed the stacks of Vikta that had been prepared long ago to Zhou Ning:

"Here's a 2 Victa deposit. You're much more conscientious than we thought. We prepared 10 Victa before we came."

"Fuck!" Zhou Ning's heart was bleeding, but on the surface he said calmly, "I'm not very interested in money, as long as it's enough for me."

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Suddenly he realized that he had been silenced by the Lasso of Truth.

Zhou Ning slowly exhaled, changed the subject, and decided on the departure time with Smith Hall.

Today is March 3th, and the tentative departure date is set for five days from now. Smith will lead his Wings of Law professional team, along with Zhou Ning and the others, to the Motley Islands. They will also prepare the boat.

After sending Smith Hall away, Zhou Ning opened the task panel again. After signing the contract, a series of ding-dong notifications came from the panel:

You have triggered the second stage of the A-rank chain quest [Travel to the Motley Islands].

[Mission Requirements: Take a ship to the Motley Islands, find Edward's whereabouts, and report to Roger.]

[Mission Summary: Edward is currently in great danger, please be sure to pay attention to your safety.]

[Tip: This task is a chain task. The next task will be unlocked after completing the task.]

[Reward: 1520 million experience points, random reward x1.]

The rewards for the second ring mission are still very considerable. It seems that my guess is correct. This mission is indeed the configuration of a large main event.

In fact, when Zhou Ning had the halo of the protagonist, he had already discovered a pattern: perhaps his weight in the game was now enough to control the generation of the main task.

As long as the noise you make is big enough and the influence is great enough, the more players the task involves and the larger the scale, the more likely it is that you will turn this task into the main task.

Perhaps this is the unspoken understanding between me and the optical brain.

……

The next day, the final round of the group stage began.

Before the game, in the "Apocalypse" forum, Grantham objectively analyzed the qualifying situation in his column. Group A was basically settled and calm. All the strong teams successfully qualified. The three weak teams of Brazil, Greece and South Korea had been eliminated long ago. The other teams had no pressure and basically treated it as an exhibition match. There were many famous scenes, some passionate and some funny, and the audience was also very interested in watching it. Sometimes exhibition matches are less utilitarian than official matches and are much more interesting.

Needless to say, these famous scenes will be edited into the next issue of Apocalypse Preview.

As for Group B, the most notable team is Tang Poetry and Song Ci, ranked second from the bottom. With three teams to be eliminated in the group stage, they are undoubtedly the favorites to be eliminated, especially since they need to win by a large margin to even hope of advancing. Grantham believes that against the championship favorites, French club Nirvana, a small loss should be considered a win. After all, how could Nirvana lose with its five star players in their sights?

In the end, Grantham also called on domestic audiences to give veterans like Yan Wuye some respect, less abuse and more encouragement.

Zhou Ning couldn't help but look strange when he saw Grantham's post. In his opinion, this person was a bit weird. Every time he set a flag, something went wrong. After spending a lot of money on him, Tang poetry and Song lyrics are now very strong.

Amidst a chorus of pessimistic voices, the final round of the match between Tang Shi Song Ci and Nirvana began. Everyone's thoughts on this match were similar to Grantham's. Facing Nirvana, who was in excellent form, Tang Shi Song Ci obviously had no chance.

However, the result of the competition slapped everyone in the face. In this competition, Tang poetry and Song lyrics, which were not favored by everyone, completed a great comeback against adversity.

The match map features a familiar two-tiered temple, a map favored by melee classes. On both the upper and lower levels of the temple are numerous yellow-named, neutral-looking acolytes. Upon occupying the neutral altar, the acolytes will initiate a sacrifice, summoning the Old God. A progress bar will appear above the map. Once the bar is full, the team occupying the altar will win.

Therefore, this map is also called a flag map. The other side can check and balance by killing the acolytes to slow down or even stop the sacrifice.

There's also a small side story here: the two clubs have a history of grudges. Before the match, Nirvana's meteorologist, Morpheus, typed "hinoob" in the public chat channel as a taunt, causing a stir among the audience.

After the game started, Tang Shi and Song Ci unexpectedly did not rely on the terrain to deal with the opponent, but directly gave up the altar and chose to rush forward against the progress bar.

Master Yan Wu, who had eaten the Bear Fruit, the mythical beast species, the Mino Koala, transformed into a koala. With full strength, he took the lead and used the Snow Drinking Sword in his hand to create massive output. The others also had all devil fruits, and they cooperated with Master Yan Wu to use the control chain to kill the opposing priest in seconds.

Then the three-warrior lineup of Tang Poetry and Song Ci showed their full strength, fought a team battle with zero mistakes, and wiped out Nirvana amid wave after wave of cheers from the audience. Although Alex was very powerful, he could not beat three hands with one punch, and was pinned to the ground by three strong men.

Morpheus was the last to fall. After he fell, the four surviving people took turns to taunt him with question marks. Finally, Master Yan Wu sent a "who'snoob?" to taunt him back neatly.

In the live broadcast of the game, this unexpected match aroused the enthusiasm of all domestic players. Shouts and cheers came one after another. Especially when Morpheus finally fell to the ground and Yan Wuye started to taunt him, the barrage of comments went into overdrive and the server almost crashed.

In the post-match interview, when asked about his feelings when facing Morpheus's taunts, Yanran Wei Le's answer was also very straightforward: "His taunts didn't affect us, but instead sparked our fighting spirit. Didn't everyone see who the noob was in the end?"

Elsewhere, Morpheus in the interview area was slapped in the face and glared at Yanran Wei Le. This scene was also included in the subsequent Apocalypse preview.

After winning a big victory of four points, the points of Tang Poetry and Song Lyrics instantly rose to the middle and lower reaches, leaving the elimination zone and ranking ninth in the group to qualify.

"Tang poetry and Song lyrics have an iron-blooded comeback!"

"Who's snoob? Master Yan Wu is domineering and slapping me in the face!"

"The five devil fruits + three warriors lineup returns domineeringly, and Tang poetry and Song lyrics are aimed at the championship."

"Group B Tang Poetry and Song Ci Club crushed Nirvana, @Grantham what do you think?"

Tang poetry and Song lyrics made an unexpected comeback against all odds, and the forum was immediately filled with a joyful atmosphere. The first winner does not count as the winner, and this unexpected victory is the most surprising. Many of the original black fans of Tang poetry and Song lyrics made a two-level reversal, from black to passers-by, and from passers-by to fans.

Compared to the carnival of passers-by, Yanran Wei Le was excited but remained sober. This victory was not so much a victory of their domineering return as it was a victory of krypton gold. The feeling of flaming swords after transforming into a koala just now made him feel refreshed. If he wanted to go further in Tang poetry and Song lyrics, he had to spend more money.