Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 823 - 822: Dragon Frenzy

The spread of news regarding the mutation of Tranquil Sea Cloud Palace became irreversible due to the existence of numerous astronomy enthusiasts.

Three hours after the appearance and disappearance of the dragon head in the clouds, the Global Occult Coalition, in conjunction with local authorities, urgently released a statement officially acknowledging the anomaly in Tranquil Sea Cloud Palace. However, they reassured the public that the situation remains under control.

The statement also mentioned an important point, that three days later, the Killing Game will host a large-scale event titled "Portal Contest: Lost World". During the event, ten chips may be provided to the public, allowing them to place bets on the contests within the Portal Contest, with generous rewards for successful guesses.

The specific hosting format of the Lost World contest and betting segment is currently unknown. The Global Occult Coalition and local authorities suggest that people should preferably stay at home during this period,

delay some high-threat level production projects, keep their phones connected to the internet, watch television, listen to radio, and receive official messages promptly.

Do not trust online rumors—those who widely spread rumors during this period will be severely punished.

Local authorities will also send personnel to various locations to oversee publicity work.

Benefiting from prior experience in handling the Mirage Dragon incident, local authorities are adept at maintaining stability. Except for a few areas (such as certain cities in India and the United States) where disturbances occurred, most regions remained relatively stable.

Few dared to spread fabricated and sensational news regarding the Killing Game at this time—the players who know the insider information wouldn't do it, and rumor-mongers looking to profit are subject to imprisonment for ten years or more.

The Special Affairs Bureau's insistence on urbanization, population centralization, the Skynet System, and distributing smartphones for free played an important role during this period.

Through smartphones, the Special Affairs Bureau can promptly send notification messages to every citizen. Urbanization and the pervasive Skynet System also made it difficult for chaos to grow in dark corners.

For students like Li Ang and Wang Congshan, the best news is that school is on holiday, although the holiday duration is currently undecided, pending official notice.

Eat and drink well; there aren't many days you can openly enjoy playing.

And those Killing Game players?

As the Lost World stage approaches, top players have collectively fallen into silence. At the center of public opinion, they gradually appear less frequently in the Game Square.

The contestants are in closed training, while organizations are negotiating, conceding, mediating, and adjusting against the clock; deals are struck, contracts are signed, interests are divided...

Nobody or any force knows the hosting format of the Lost World; all they can do is try their hardest to increase their chances of winning.

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In these last three days, Li Ang has also made his preparations.

He spent his remaining eighty-one thousand game coins until less than three thousand remained, purchasing equipment, items, skill scrolls, and various products produced and sold by other organizations.

[Name: Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet]

[Type: Armor]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Defensive power: High]

[Special Effect: Psychic Guardian. When worn, significantly reduces the disturbance effect of external spiritual power on the brain, consciousness, mind, and soul, including but not limited to spiritual energy, illusion techniques, curses, memes]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooldown: None]

[Equipment Condition: Strength Attribute equal to or greater than 10]

[Remark: To resist the madness effect brought by the Dragon Madness Maze Lock, a young gold dragon with considerable spell creativity used a small amount of adamantine, mithril, star realm crystal, elemental plane ore, and scales from its own lips to create this helmet. Although the helmet cannot resist the Dragon Madness Maze Lock effect—leading to its creator's demise during a Dragon Madness Maze Lock effect—its special material can indeed block a certain degree of mental impact]

[Remark: Compared to others of its kind, the gold dragon who forged the Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet has a peculiar, stubborn character, never admitting fault. Its lips are as hard as high-grade minerals from the elemental plane, giving this helmet quite decent physical protection]

This helmet is a dull gold color with a smooth, oval shape, suitable for humanoid creatures to wear, and when struck, it emits a deep, distant sound.

After tireless efforts and attempts, Li Ang finally completed the entry into psychic abilities and can now use a small portion of level-two superpowers and most level-one superpowers in the psychic enchantment system, as well as zero-level powers from other branches.

According to textbook classification, he has become a Heart Piercer in the psychic enchantment system—

A Heart Piercer is an expert specializing in using psychic contact and controlling other conscious creatures' superpowers, capable of easily deceiving or destroying an enemy's will.

In short, it's mind control.

The nemeses of Mentalists are of two types: one is Psychic-Resistant Creatures, which are completely unaffected by psychic interference, like puppet golems.

The other is high-tier Psychics.

Li Ang purchased this Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet to autonomously initiate psychic protection when encountering other Psychics—in the Dolphin Hotel, Bai Haozheng and the Black Holy Son seemed to be equipped with Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet-like items to guard against a Mystery Delver's mind-reading effects.

As for whether the Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet will affect Li Ang's communication with the insect hive...

It will indeed; Li Ang can use spiritual energy to communicate remotely with Brain Worms.

However, given his current level, the effect of remote communication via spiritual energy isn't as good as through a Divine Power Connection, so it's of no major consequence.

[Name: Colt M1873 · Peacemaker]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Attack Power: High]

[Special Effect 1: Demonic Destruction. Passive trigger, the Colt M1873 revolver doesn't require loading, and the cylinder automatically generates a powerful silver bullet every 5 minutes, capable of storing up to 6. Demon-busting Bullets deal 200% damage to targets carrying negative energy]

[Special Effect 2: Instant Targeting. Passive trigger, the maximum range the Colt M1873 revolver can shoot is 3000 meters, with no ballistic trajectory, no firing speed. If the trigger is pulled while the muzzle is aimed at the intended target, the bullet instantly hits the target and deals damage. If the target is not aimed at, the shot fails, and bullets are not refunded]

[Special Effect 3: Only Headshots. Activated, within 5 minutes, all bullets' power increases by 300%, effectively shooting range limited to the head (if no head, can be substituted with other fatal areas). Only headshots mode can be deactivated actively]

[Special Effect 3 Consumption: 200 Spirit Energy Value, 200 Sanity Value]

[Special Effect 3 Cooldown: 1 hour]

[Equipment Condition: User must have a strong sense of justice]

[Remark: Holding goodwill and wielding a sharp weapon, only then can peace be created]