That night, Sky Shadow only engaged in five battles before choosing to go to sleep early. He didn't care who his opponents were; instead, he wanted to save his adaptation time for the next day. Regardless of the opponent, the outcome would be the same—they'd each fall to a single shot from Sky Shadow. The idea of them standing a chance simply didn't exist.
Now, people were constantly monitoring the matchmaking hotspots, irrespective of whether they were from FCA or an opposing force. Regardless of what time it was, if there were many spectators, players would invariably join the fray.
Those who were keen could discern that many of the challenges sent out by Revenge Shadow Rider were from disguised low-ranked accounts. It suggested that many advanced drivers who wished to remain anonymous were among them. Even though identification had primarily become real-name based, as long as someone wanted to stay private, it would be tough to discover their identity. All they needed to do was check a box in the system options for privacy, and no one, save for Core Intelligent Brain of Star Wars, would know who they were. But, utilizing Core Intelligent Brain for such a task would typically violate federal law. Of course, the Federal Government had the authority to investigate, but they would need an official reason for doing so.
Revenge Shadow Rider was different. Besides his ID, the only thing left for the poor commander was his battle data. Without anyone else, his system settings were public, allowing anyone to add him as a friend or send him a message. Whether or not he would receive or respond to the message would be up to Revenge Shadow Rider himself.
However, the mysterious Revenge Shadow Rider was also setting world records one after another. For example, his friend list boasted a whopping six hundred billion, topping the charts of all gamers throughout history. Considering the Federal population was only two hundred billion, with a third being transient, the remaining four hundred billion came from all over the world. With Revenge Shadow Rider's strength and fame soaring, his international fan base was also growing exponentially... and was constantly changing.
Furthermore, the volume of friend mails received by Revenge Shadow Rider was proposed by numerous netizens to be added to the Guinness World Records. The Star Development Company once held an activity which was essentially a survey. They estimated the number of friend mails received by Revenge Shadow Rider per minute based on the total number of his friends.
When Revenge Shadow Rider's friend count was only in the billions, he already received astronomical numbers of messages per minute. Hans often worried if Revenge Shadow Rider's system would freeze the moment he tried to retrieve his messages.
In fact, the world's attention to Revenge Shadow Rider was no fluke. After all, for the mighty, the only natural responses were admiration or speechlessness, especially in developed countries with high cultural consciousness where rational groups make up the majority. They would analyze Revenge Shadow Rider's past records and compare them. The more they understood, the more they realized how little they knew about Revenge Shadow Rider—it was like a drop in the ocean or the tip of the iceberg.
Curiosity is a human sin, but Revenge Shadow Rider possessed such a force that led you to investigate and gradually learn about his story. And the more you studied him, the more you wanted to analyze him, the more you were drawn to his unique charisma.
To a certain extent, there were also quite a few Revenge Shadow Rider fans abroad, particularly after the incident with Xiao Wei. During an interactive session, he agreed to an helpless girl's request. That moment, Revenge Shadow Rider's status in people's hearts reached an unprecedented height—he was truly extraordinary!
It was precisely because of this trust that everyone felt a certain connection with Revenge Shadow Rider. This connection might be one-sided, and even if Revenge Shadow Rider saw it, he probably wouldn't comment. But they firmly believed he knew they were silently supporting him.
After that incident, there was significantly less pressure on Xiao Wei's family. Now, Xiao Wei had almost become the image ambassador for Revenge Shadow Rider. Even though the Sky Incident had cost her an arm, it couldn't stop Xiao Wei's persistence towards Revenge Shadow Rider—she would accept victory for Revenge Shadow Rider even at the cost of her life, without any hesitation.
Truth be told, Xiao Wei's passion for Revenge Shadow Rider wasn't any less than Hans': she just lacked his ruthless determination and madness. If Hans were in her shoes, he would not only sacrifice himself, but also destroy some enemies on the side to obtain more resources for Revenge Shadow Rider. His fanaticism was ingrained. Naturally, he would immediately execute whatever crossed his mind. If he thought 10,000 servers weren't enough, he would decide to add 5,000 more first thing in the morning, ready to be employed at any moment.
Time quickly came to the next day. Starting from 7 am, the number of players logging into Star Wars was growing out of control...
Some of them came because they were attracted by the reputation of the Revenge Shadow Rider, others wanted to challenge the Revenge Shadow Rider. There's no shortage of players using anonymous IDs from overseas participating in matching challenges. Another group consisted of gamers from the Federal Mainland, including a variety of enterprises - from large state-owned corporations to small studios. Many clubs and casual gamers also joined, many of them here to make money, after all, the Galactic Warfare and real money ratio was 1:1, so there's no difference between a dollar in the game and a real dollar.
Of course, most players nowadays don't care about that, they're more focused on the matches themselves. At this time, a few IDs have caught people's attention, such as the guy from Hell's Gate. We don't know anything about him, but there's no doubt he is from Hell's Gate. He's quick to take action and has precise gun skills, he takes down any opponent he encounters with a single shot.
Also, two remarkable players from the Zana Republic are worth watching. Raymond, this ID would not be unfamiliar to people; he's a well-known 12-star general. Raymond has now entered the threshold of a White Cloak, and he believes he has a chance against the Revenge Shadow Rider.
Although Raymond is mainly skilled in close combat, his long-range output lacks accuracy, but that's not the crucial point: the crucial one is a smurf player from the Zana Republic who is better in both close and long-range combat above Raymond. You can't even imagine how many high-level players this news from the Revenge Shadow Rider has attracted.
There are quite a few top-level players who have been real-name authenticated; there are countless white cloaks and red cloaks...
Honestly, Sky Shadow expected this kind of outcome, and there must be many people who want to challenge the Revenge Shadow Rider. But a few people, he couldn't even gauge the depth of these, and he's prepared a concept model. With the addition of the mecha, he believed that his chances against the Revenge Shadow Rider would increase by 50 percent on the original basis, which was undoubtedly his biggest advantage.
Beep beep beep beep...
The public announcement rang out that the next opponent had appeared. She was a game player named Transcendent Space Cop, an ID he found strangely familiar. Sky Shadow remembered who she was in an instant: she was one of Revenge Shadow Rider's early opponents. That's interesting. Guess the world is smaller than you think. Still, he was resolved to defeat her by thunderous means.
Meanwhile, in another live stream room with a million fans, the Transcendent Space Cop herself didn't expect to meet Sky Shadow, the legendary Union 12-Star General. With the live broadcast of the game, the video streams had already exceeded a hundred million viewers! That was not the kind of popularity a little hostess like her should have, but rather, that was the influence of Sky Shadow.
Although she was delighted, the Transcendent Space Cop also felt a sense of difficulty. Despite being glad that she could duel with Sky Shadow and boost her viewer count, the daunting fact, unfortunately, was that she stood no chance at all.
Seeing Sky Shadow slowly pulls out his laser rifle, the Transcendent Space Cop finally exploded. Following the placement of the laser, she didn't wait for the explosion, the Gun Rider emitting smoke slowly fell down but the Transcendent Space Cop stood up in the rolling smoke...
She could not easily give up this battle. Not to mention the viewership, she had also once fought the Revenge Shadow Rider back and forth. It would be unacceptable if she gets instantly killed in front of so many people.
Even Sky Shadow was slightly taken aback by her boldness - was this woman joking? He's in a mecha, and she's just a flesh and blood human with a rifle, daring to rush at him. He was not afraid of her at all.
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