Chapter 206: Internet Cafe Competitive Tournament, the Embryo of Competition! (4/4)

The next day, Sunday.

Everything returned to its proper track, as though the happenings around them had completely failed to affect this little shop.

Opening the doors in the crisp early morning, Fang Qi received yet another new mission.

Fang Qi let out a yawn: "You issue new missions day after day, aren’t you afraid of working this boss to death? The previous mission isn't even finished yet, and here comes another?"

The System: "..."

Only then did Fang Qi cast a glance at the open system panel: A cybercafe competitive tournament!?

Fang Qi was somewhat speechless; what on earth was this?

New Mission: Cybercafe Competitive Tournament

Participating Games: Diablo 2, Counter-Strike

Mission Content: Host a cybercafe competitive tournament; obtain the items required for the mission from the wall cabinet

Required Items:

Diablo 1vs1 Competitive Tournament (Participating characters gain access to a PVP skill tree, restricted to tournament use only)

Champion: One physical piece of Diablo 2 Unique Equipment (below level 20), receives one trial membership card for a duration of one month, the membership card customer's daily playtime limit increases by 2 hours

Runner-up: One physical piece of Rare Equipment (below level 15), other conditions same as above, for a duration of two weeks

Third Place: One physical piece of Magic Equipment (below level 10), other conditions same as above, for a duration of one week

Positions 4-8: Receive one trial membership card for a duration of one week, the playtime limit is not counted toward the fixed daily duration

Meanwhile, the top three will each receive a trophy exclusive to their placement

Counter-Strike 5vs5 Team Tournament

Champion: One physical AWP sniper rifle (with ammunition), each member of the team receives one trial membership card for a duration of one month, the membership card customer's daily playtime limit increases by 2 hours

Runner-up: One physical AK47 assault rifle (with ammunition), other conditions same as above, for a duration of half a month

Third Place: One physical Desert Eagle pistol (with ammunition), other conditions same as above, for a duration of one week

Positions 4-8: Each member of the team receives one trial membership card for a duration of one week, the membership card customer's daily playtime limit increases by 2 hours

The top three will receive a trophy exclusive to their placement

Note: The equipment owned by the player's in-game character must be locked in by the final day of registration to qualify as prizes

Tournament Process: The top sixteen matches will be broadcast live on the big screen

Detailed Tournament Rules: To be formulated by the host

Registration Period: 3 days

Player Preparation Time: 1 day

Mission Reward: One piece of any equipment from the participating tournament games (must be owned)

Upon seeing this mission, Fang Qi knew he would be busy once more in the coming days.

Thus, Fang Qi sat at the counter today alongside the little girl, Jiang Xiaoyue, leisurely brewing a cup of instant noodles and even adding a sausage, eating with great relish. This left Jiang Xiaoyue, who sat beside him with nothing but a steamed bun, gnashing her teeth in sheer envy.

Today, Fang Qi went ahead and prepared two small blackboards; one listed the shop's rules and miscellany, while the other detailed the contents of the cybercafe competitive tournament.

Naturally, the most eye-catching thing on the small blackboard today was the entry regarding the cybercafe tournament.

Fang Qi had even taken care to use different colored chalk to highlight the key points.

Consequently, many people spotted it the moment they stepped through the door.

"Hmm? A cybercafe competitive tournament?" Xu Zixin had only just arrived. "Boss, what is a cybercafe competitive tournament?"

Fang Qi tapped the blackboard: "It is written quite clearly on here."

"Uh..." Xu Zixin finally began to read it in earnest, discovering, "The rewards for this tournament are actually equipment?! Real objects?!"

"What tournament? Real objects?" Su Tianji walked in like a whirlwind at that moment, flanked by her two disciples.

"Look at what the boss wrote here..." Astonished beyond measure, Xu Zixin pointed to the contents on Fang Qi's small blackboard. "The boss is holding some kind of cybercafe tournament, and the rewards are actually physical pieces of game equipment!"

"What!? A tournament?!" Su Tianji was thoroughly shocked. She knew absolutely how miraculous the equipment in the games could be, and she hurriedly began to scrutinize the explanations on the small blackboard.

"Diablo 2?!" Su Tianji felt a sudden wave of regret. "I haven't played it!"

Right after, she caught sight of Counter-Strike!

"The first place reward is actually a sniper rifle?!" Su Tianji’s eyes instantly blazed with sharp intent. "This first place in Counter-Strike, I'm taking it!"

Fang Qi replied testily, "You say you're taking it, and that's it?"

Su Tianji glared at Fang Qi with a look that seemed ready to devour him whole, asking, "Don't tell me you are participating too?"

"I'm not participating." Fang Qi pointed at the small blackboard. "Look closely, it's a team tournament."

"How can it be like this?!" Su Tianji protested. "Are there no individual tournaments?"

Fang Qi expressed, "I don't know about the future, but right now, there are none!"

"Furthermore, each person can only register for one category of the tournament," Fang Qi added. "Choose whichever you wish to join, no double entries allowed."

Su Tianji felt a bout of depression. "Why does Diablo get to have a one-on-one individual tournament?"

Fang Qi expressed, "It wasn't dictated by me."

"..." Left with no recourse, Su Tianji could only bottle up her complaints. Could she really go and question that senior figure?

At this time, Xue Daolv, An Huwei, and the others also arrived one after another.

Seeing several people gathered around the counter, they felt somewhat perplexed, but upon asking, they were all struck with astonishment.

"A tournament?!"

Originally, they played the games purely for enjoyment and self-improvement; who would have thought of such a thing?!

To think that a competitive tournament could actually be held?!

Now this was interesting!

"How do we register?" Xue Daolv stated, having long coveted weapons like the sniper rifle and the Desert Eagle.

If one could possess a magic-modified version of a sniper rifle, one could well imagine that it would absolutely be a rare and lethal weapon.

Though other firearms were not as formidable as the sniper rifle, their methods of creation shared a common origin. If one could study them thoroughly, it would also be an exceptionally fine endeavor...

"Physical unique equipment?" This point, however, caused Li Haoran to marvel aloud. "Which is to say, we can witness a completely different method of artifact crafting from Diablo?!"

"More or less," Fang Qi corrected. "It should be referred to as 'forging' and 'enchanting'."

The ceiling was set at Unique equipment; Runeword equipment naturally could not be brought out at this stage.

If anyone wanted to get their hands on Runeword equipment, they would have to rely on Fang Qi's own missions.

This could be considered a perk for him as the host and organizer of the cybercafe tournament.

"I want to sign up for the Diablo tournament!" An Cheng made his decision instantly. After all, his Sorcerer ranked among the very best in the entire internet cafe!

To think that playing in a tournament could net real equipment; this was truly unprecedented!

"I'm signing up too!" Su Tianji urged impatiently. "I want to join the Counter-Strike team tournament."

"Where is your team?!" Fang Qi glared at her, well aware that this was a team tournament, yet she had actually come to register all by herself.

Su Tianji stood frozen in silence.

"Then I will go find people right now!" With that, she dashed away like a whirlwind.

Beside her, Xue Daolv's face twisted with sheer indignation: "Am I not a human?!"

Right as Fang Qi was opening registrations for the competitive tournament here.

"Master Feng... this is the place!" Outside the doors of the internet cafe, a lean, meticulously dressed middle-aged cultivator led a young man draped in a gold-patterned white robe up to the entrance.

This lean, middle-aged cultivator was unexpectedly... Huo Chong!

"If the information you provided is correct," Huo Chong began, "the Wuwei Daoist Alliance must have abandoned the Cultivation Realm Grand Ceremony precisely because of this shop! This establishment previously poisoned the entire Jiangnan region, and to think that now, even the Wuwei Daoist Alliance has failed to escape its toxic clutches!"