I'm bombarding the Supernatural World with my firearms

He thought of the "Great Qin Civilization's" immortality, surmising that Great Qin must have found something akin to an Elixir of Immortality, and only then enabled the entire nation to ascend. However, the required materials were all rather high-level, all from S-class secret realms.

As of now, not many people from the Blue Star Civilization have cleared S-class secret realms.

He was referring to the real S-level secret realms, not those large S-class secret realms that are awarded as prizes.

This also meant that the output of S-level materials was very low.

"Pretty good."

Chen Miao smiled in satisfaction, slapping Black Doctor on the shoulder, "You haven't disappointed me, the special effects of this potion are indeed formidable. I approve of the matter you mentioned, and I hope to see results soon."

Just then—

"Ding, S-class secret realm 'Prisoner's Dilemma' will open in 12 hours. This secret realm appears when a civilization advances to D-level for the first time, and the number of advancements to D-level civilizations is >2."

"In this secret realm, the Blue Star Civilization will compete in a one-on-one contest with a randomly selected D-level civilization."

"In this secret realm, all players will not die, and the players who win a ranking will receive a substantial reward."

As the notification sounded, Chen Miao nodded thoughtfully. He'd been waiting for this announcement; there's always such a grand S-class reward-based secret realm after every civilization's advancement.

In a scenario where death was categorically impossible, even the smallest reward was tantamount to a freebie.

"Alright."

The specific secret realm introduction panel hadn't popped up yet, and Chen Miao still wasn't clear about the exact nature of this secret realm, but since it wasn't opening for another 12 hours, he decided to take this time to rest.

"I'm going to rest now. You all should rest early too, and conserve your energy for this S-class secret realm."

...

After Miao left.

A crowd gathered around, enclosing Black Doctor in the middle, among them Hungry Monkey who looked somewhat excited and expectant, and blurted out, "Black Doctor, can that potion really achieve any effect as long as one can imagine it?"

It was like a bug-level rule-bending ability.

Any rule-bending ability, no matter how weak it appeared, was undoubtedly bug-level existence.

And a potion with virtually no restrictions like this one was practically the father of bug-level existence.

"Can you make me a potion that lets me ascend to immortality right away?"

"I don't have such high demands. I just want something that'll make my brother grow by thirty centimeters, preferably can rotate and vibrate, and can fill with blood at will."

"I, I, I... I want one that can level me up to 499."

"Why stop at 499? Have you gone mad? Why not just level up to 500 and be on the same level as Miao?"

"I'm not stupid; that would be taboo, wouldn't it? 499 is just right, not too much and not too little."

"..."

Black Doctor looked speechless at the guy who wanted a potion to instantly reach level 499. Honestly, he wasn't sure if such a potion was feasible; it sounded a bit far-fetched, even more exaggerated than an Elixir of Immortality.

But his special effects didn't seem to place any restrictions on it, so maybe it actually might be possible.

"I can only create one potion a day, and today's is already tried, and tomorrow's has been reserved by Miao. Come find me the day after tomorrow."

He was actually quite keen to try and see if a potion could be made to reach level 499.

If that was feasible, then producing a potion that soared one's combat power to one trillion would also be normal, right? The only question was how high-tier the materials needed for that would be, and in what quantity.

...

The 12 hours passed quickly.

All players, whether asleep, waiting, or even defecating, were suddenly dazzled by a bright white light, and when they reopened their eyes, they were already in an arena.

"..."

Sitting in a seat of the arena, Chen Miao curiously surveyed his surroundings. The arena was quite large, with some trillion seats. Leveraging his excellent vision, he could clearly see the alphanumeric indicators for seats across and all around—packed densely with players.

But...

Even ordinary players, without his kind of vision, could clearly observe the scene in the center of the arena, right down to the ants, seemingly a capability bestowed upon the players by the organizers of the arena.

At that moment, the entire space above the field was incredibly noisy.

Countless voices converged into one chaotic cacophony.

Moreover, the surrounding stands were not solely occupied by players from the Blue Star Civilization; the venue was divided into thousands of sections, each with different colors and number codes.

The spectator seats for Blue Star were colored blue, with the number 998 floating above and the words "Blue Star Civilization" in bold.

As long as the chairs were blue, those seated on them were definitely players from the Blue Star Civilization.

At that moment, a panel popped up in front of all players.

"Secret Realm Name": Prisoner's Dilemma.

"Secret Realm Level": S-level.

"Secret Realm Introduction": The newly-promoted D-level Blue Star Civilization will compete in a single-event competition against the established D-level "Firefly Civilization", with a total of 18 events. In each individual event, each player must send out 10 players to vie for rankings.

First place, 5 points.

Second place, 3 points.

Third place, 1 point.

Fourth to tenth place, no points.

After the 18 events end, the civilization's total points will determine the victor.

In view of the D-level Blue Star Civilization being a new power, if they win, they will receive greater rewards, and likewise, as the Firefly Civilization is a well-established civilization, if they win, they will receive fewer rewards.

Moreover, a large number of players from different civilizations will sit in the spectator seats to witness the competition.

Friendship first, competition second.

We hope the players from both civilizations can bring us an exceptionally brilliant competition.

-

"The Olympics?"

Chen Miao said with a strangely colored face. This whole thing sounded just like the Olympics, except there weren't as many countries participating, only two civilizations, and who knew what the competition events would be.

If it was a comparison of combat power, he was certain it would be unnecessary for him, but if it was something else, he felt a bit unsure.

Hard to say.

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Meanwhile, the spectator seats were already buzzing with discussion.

"We meet again."

A Blue Star player in the spectator seats looked at the player on the red chair to his left with a bit of surprise, "Remember me? We just talked a few hours ago, aren't you from that Asking Heaven Civilization?"

"Back then, I told you our civilization had a god."

"You didn't believe it, do you believe it now?"

"Believe it."

The player from the Asking Heaven Civilization replied with a somewhat livid face. This Blue Star Civilization player had already babbled on about it many times after the promotion battle ended; what was the point in bringing it up again upon another meeting?

Could he ever get a break?

Isn't acknowledging the strength of your Blue Star Civilization enough?

But, seemingly struck by a sudden thought, the player from the Asking Heaven Civilization seemed to take pleasure in the other's misfortune, "However, no matter how you put it, while it's true that the Blue Star players have a god, this Secret Realm competition isn't about who has the strongest combat power, but rather it's about the overall comprehensive strength of an entire civilization."

"From the latest information I've got, your Blue Star Civilization's overall strength is quite average, right?"

"Uh..."

The Blue Star player wanted to argue but, in the end, was left somewhat speechless. Indeed, there was no problem with what was said; the composite strength of the Blue Star Civilization was definitely weaker, certainly unable to compete with an old-established D-level civilization.

Just then—

In the arena above, a huge panel suddenly popped up, large enough for hundreds of billions of players to clearly see what was written on it.

"Ding, please the established D-level Firefly Civilization, select the first round category of competition."

"1: Combat.

"2: Skills.

"3: Intelligence."

"4: Decryption."

"5: Physical Ability."

"Ding, established D-level Firefly Civilization has chosen number 1 Combat. Next, the single combat event will be randomly selected."