Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 1425
Chapter 1425: Extra: Speak out your wish!_3 Chapter 1425: Extra: Speak out your wish!_3 Some people were catapulted by a slight bump, and without the time to react, they crashed into ice pillars tall as towers and died on the spot.
But William only glanced over them, undistracted.
Because he had already experienced all these ways to die, more than once.
He carved a path of perfect arcs on the steep snowy slope, each leap landing precisely on the predetermined position, each dodge expertly avoiding the lurking dangers.
However, the risks here did not only stem from the environment.
As he descended lower and lower, the severity of the conditions slightly decreased, and the number of players increased, which brought about another type of crisis—
Outside the snow track, a group of bandits wrapped up tightly from head to toe burst forth, shouting as they rushed out on snowboards!
These people were here to disrupt!
They wouldn’t interfere with players who were taking on the normal challenges, focusing only on those close to completing all eight Ultimate Challenges.
William, of course, was on their list of targets to disrupt!
But now, the expectations resting on William weren’t just his own.
No sooner had those people appeared than another group, uniformly dressed in bright red skiing gear, emerged from higher up.
They pulled out spiked cones with blood grooves from their poles and, with a war cry, swooped down to intercept the ones charging at William!
—Earlier, a brawl had sparked a severe avalanche here, burying thousands of people and interrupting the [Ultimate Challenge] for an entire day.
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After that incident, Hot Weapons were prohibited on the mountain, as any violators would be hunted down and despised by players around the world.
The day after the ban was declared, the Metropolitan Blacksmith Guild immediately crafted various styles of Snow Staffs modeled after the “Cane Sword”, and, upon verification, the cones, similar to Military thorns, proved to be the most effective during rapid descent.
At this moment, the group armed with the spiked cones charged into the ranks of those attempting to disrupt William’s challenge.
The thick ski suits were pierced as easily as paper, the cold iron cones thrusting into flesh and chilling to the bone!
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One hit and they’d lose the ability to resist, flung far by the force of inertia, their fresh red blood dragging long streaks across the white snow.
Dozens of blood trails crisscrossed, blossoming like crimson plums on the snow.
All the wails of agony and cries of fury were drowned out by the biting wind of Snow Mountain.
Death was cold and silent.
William’s figure flashed by the edge of this chaotic battlefield like a white bolt of lightning, his speed undiminished.
Similar incidents occurred twice more as he descended.
It wasn’t until he entered the final stretch that such attacks finally ceased.
But William’s heart pounded like a drum; the tension did not ease in the slightest.
On both sides of the road, players who simply enjoyed skiing rather than pushing their limits paused and looked up at the passing white shadow.
Lincoln, leisurely pushing down the slope on a snowboard, along with Princess on skis and Mavis on mini skis, turned their gaze curiously towards the fleeting figure.
—Unlike what many thought, Lincoln wasn’t preoccupied with developing and building the Spaceship.
On the contrary, without a set schedule, he quickly found himself at leisure again after the initial burst of busyness.
He spent his days relaxed and happy, wandering and playing with Princess and Mavis every three days.
Soon after, magnificent fireworks soared into the sky.
The Sky Rankings unfolded slowly.
[Ice Solidification] was officially achieved, and William secured first place.
At the same time, he led everyone by a full position on the overall leaderboard, becoming the uncontested global number one.
Lincoln blinked as he looked at the leaderboard, then thoughtfully turned his head, gazing in the direction of the pinnacle of Snow Mountain.
However, he didn’t expect to see a sudden sprouting of snow-white tombstones along the mountainside trails, smack in the middle of the snow path.
The unfortunate challengers, unable to react in time, rammed headfirst into the tombstones and died!
The tombstones multiplied before one’s eyes, becoming more numerous and densely packed, nearly clogging the snow track.
“It seems someone is about to Make a Wish,” Lincoln muttered to himself.
The difficulty of [Ultimate Trust] lay mostly in the first seven Ultimate Challenges; once those seven were completed, [Ultimate Trust] would naturally follow.
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The development of the events was similar to what Lincoln had anticipated.
Just three days later, with the help of Hell Paratroopers, William found the Soul Mother Tree.
Then, guided by Eva, his consciousness sank into Pandora’s Neural Network, the river of all past and present consciousnesses—essentially Pandora’s real-time Database.
But Pandora’s Database was a vast and magnificent construct, beyond any single individual’s imagination.
To a single consciousness, it was like a drop of water merging into an ocean.
Even with layers of System Protection, the impact on William was unprecedented.
The only downside was that William couldn’t hear Eva’s voice in this river of souls.
Regardless, [Ultimate Trust] finally had its second completer!
At this, all eight Ultimate Challenges were achieved!
The moment to Make a Wish had come!
While William was still immersed in the ocean of data, he received a System Notification—
[Congratulations, player!
You have met all the challenges and completed this journey of ascension!]
[Now, you may voice your Wish to the creator of Pandora.]
