I handed over the game to the gaming industry, and the government gave me a hacked version.

Chapter 414 All 7 Seals Collected, Trial Begins

Sander bit his lower lip hard.

A full three seconds passed.

"Aaaaaah! Lord Sander! I want to have your babies!"

"What a contrast! This vulnerability! It really touches my heart!"

Both players and NPCs completely lost control of their emotions.

Magic glow sticks, flowers, and even underwear rained down on the stage.

Horn and Sanshui hugged each other and wept bitterly, as if they had witnessed the arrival of the god of art.

Chen You took a deep breath.

My stomach is churning.

He raised his right hand, his palm hovering above the red "F" key.

Reason told him that this scene was pure mental pollution.

But I still have tasks to do.

Chen You closed his eyes, moved his palm horizontally, and slammed it heavily onto the green "S" key.

The light screen flickered, and a huge green "S" exploded in the sky above the stage.

"Congratulations." Chen You opened his eyes, his tone completely calm. "You've advanced."

Horn jumped up and led the applause.

"Contrast! This is the ultimate contrast!" Horn shouted hoarsely. "A soft soul hidden beneath a hard exterior! This is true art!"

The entire stadium erupted in deafening cheers.

NPCs and players frantically waved their bone clubs and branches.

[System notification: The preliminary selection for the Hidden Star City district has ended.]

[Data is being compiled for each constituency...]

Chen You leaned back in his chair, blocking out the noise around him.

He opened his friends list and clicked on Lin Miao's profile picture.

"Is it over in Qirui City?" Chen You sent a text message.

A full minute passed before the other end replied.

[Lin Miao]: "Passed."

The text is very brief.

Chen You raised an eyebrow, sensing that something was amiss.

[Chen You]: "You seem down? Did you run into a tough opponent?"

Lin Miao: "No."

Lin Miao: "I came in first place."

[Chen You]: "Isn't that great? What did you perform?"

The message "Typing" appeared above the chat box and flashed intermittently five or six times.

[Lin Miao]: "Before the match, I contacted Hill and spent 1000 gold coins. She said she would take care of it for me."

[Chen You]: "As expected of you, you found the shortcut right away. And then what?"

[Lin Miao]: "Then when I appeared, the 'Supreme Guard' was automatically triggered."

Chen You was stunned.

[Lin Miao]: "Eight burly men covered in gold powder carried me, while sixteen trumpet players played the suona. They held up a banner that read, 'A fairy-like figure, outshining all others.'"

[Lin Miao]: "I was standing on the stage and wanted to come down, but the system prompted that my performance status was locked and could not be canceled."

[Lin Miao]: "I was carried by eight strong men and listened to the suona for ten minutes."

[Lin Miao]: "The judges in the audience said that this kind of undisguised flamboyance and extreme destruction of hearing is a postmodern deconstructionist art that has never been seen before in the world of Origin."

[Lin Miao]: "They gave me a unanimous S."

Chen You stared at the screen, his lips twitching.

He could picture that scene.

[Lin Miao]: "Team Leader Chen".

Chen You: "Yes."

[Lin Miao]: "I want to quit the game, it's too hard."

[Chen You]: "Calm down. What does a little personal pride matter for the future of all humanity?"

[Lin Miao]: "It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering. You come next time!"

Chen You decisively closed the chat window.

Better to die for your fellow Daoist than for me.

The spotlights on the stage came back on.

Sander walked heavily off the stage and went straight to the judges' table.

The ground trembled with her footsteps.

"Mentor," Sander said, his arms crossed in front of him, his large frame leaning slightly forward, his tone surprisingly restrained, "Was my facial expression control just now appropriate?"

Chen You rubbed his temples.

"Very well done." Chen You looked directly into those fervent eyes.

"You have successfully broken the audience's stereotypes about you."

"That bite of the lip revealed the soul, and the future of Hidden Star City."

Sander grinned, revealing two rows of gleaming white teeth.

"I knew it!" Sander clenched his fist. "Mentor, how should I train for the upcoming semi-finals?"

"No rush for the semi-finals." Chen You stood up and pulled out the ancient-looking scroll of contract silk from his backpack.

The sheepskin rolls were spread out on the table.

There are already six marks of different shapes on it.

"The preliminary selection is over. It's time to keep your promise to me." Chen You pointed to the last blank space in the lower right corner of the scroll.

Sander glanced at the reel.

"This is not the place to talk. Come with me."

Chen You: "..."

Fine, whatever you say.

The two returned to the city lord's mansion together and were immediately locked in the study.

Sander stared at the reel.

The fervor on her face had long since vanished.

Its two-meter-tall body suddenly straightened up.

The air around us seemed to have become heavy.

"This scroll..." Sander's voice became low and hoarse, carrying the vicissitudes of time, "carrying the oldest oath of the Origin Realm."

She looked up at the ceiling, her eyes deep and thoughtful.

"Countless years have passed, and it has reappeared. Young man, do you know that this path is paved with thorns and blood?"

Chen You remained expressionless.

He stretched out his finger and tapped it twice on the table.

"Do you know that once you embark on this path, there is no turning back?" Sander continued reciting.

"The gears of fate have begun to turn, and the ancient spirits roar in the abyss..."

"Turn your head around, my foot!" Chen You really wanted to draw his sword. "Don't you think it's awkward?"

Sander stared intently at Chen You: "You...you actually want to start this trial?"

Chen You rolled his eyes.

"Big sister, I slammed this scroll on your table eight hundred years ago," Chen You said. "What did you say back then?"

"You said, 'Let me practice this set of facial expressions first.' Why are you pretending to be some epic NPC now?"

Sander's aura collapsed instantly.

She scratched the back of her head, her huge hands making a mess of her neatly combed middle-parted hair.

"Mentor, this isn't my fault," Sander said in a low voice. "That's how it was set up; I couldn't control it."

Chen You sighed.

"Stamp it quickly." Chen You pointed to the last blank space on the scroll.

Sander pulled out a star-shaped iron seal.

"Mentor, what about the center position in the semi-finals..." Sander held the seal, his eyes full of anticipation.

"I guarantee the spotlight will be on you," Chen You promised without hesitation.

"Thank you, Professor!"

Sander sighed and slammed the iron seal heavily onto the sheepskin scroll.

"Bang!"

The desktop vibrates.

The seventh mark, the star emblem of Zangxing City, is clearly printed on the scroll.

Immediately afterwards, the scroll burst into a dazzling golden light.

Chen You quickly took half a step back and gripped the hilt of the Jade Emperor Sword with his right hand.

The seven marks detached from the parchment at the same time and floated in mid-air.

The light pierced through the roof of the city lord's mansion and shot straight into the sky.

The night sky over Hidden Star City was instantly illuminated.

Seven beams of light of different colors converged in the sky, coalescing into a giant ancient Chinese character "德" (virtue).