Chapter 607 - - 502 gives the right to select from the sea to the audience_1

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“My name is Ying Fei, and the keyword is gambling. Gambling isn’t a positive energy keyword, but we can use it in the most correct place.

Next, I will open betting through the Green Star Federation on the odds of Green Star’s victory over the Hill civilization in this war, and I hope everyone will actively place their bets. I will follow in Duge’s footsteps, join Duge’s expeditionary force and use the power I’ve developed to fight the Hill people…”

“My name is Meng Lanyun, and the keyword is subsist. This keyword isn’t as good as gambling, and theoretically, it isn’t easy to develop. But I hope that the high officials of the federation government will sacrifice themselves and cooperate with me to do some subsistence actions…”

“My name is Zhu Qinqin. I met you all a few days ago and hosted the genetic warrior press conference. The emergence of genetic warriors signifies a historic change in the civilization of Green Star.

This time, Duge has moved from the front to the background, leading us to shift from defense to offense. This signifies an even further transformation. After this battle, Green Star’s civilization will truly step up a level, completing an epochal metamorphosis.”

“My name is Xu Wan, and my keyword is actuarial…”

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With enough public influence, Duge’s speech earned him extreme prestige on Green Star, like the sun at its zenith, even surpassing that of the Federation President.

He said he would raise the rankings of those around him, and the citizens of Green Star naturally cooperated unconditionally.

Ying Fei launched a massive gamble and with the enthusiastic participation of Green Star’s people, pushed her influence to the second place, squeezing out Wu Yanlong. Her personal attributes soared, chasing after Duge.

But ultimately, gambling couldn’t possibly involve everyone; her influence still fell short of Duge’s, unable to overshadow Duge’s prominence in first place.

Immediately following was Fan Lie’s integration. Speaking of which, he was the real controller of the genetic warriors; previously inconspicuous because Duge suppressed his public exposure.

The Federation live-streamed his process of modifying genetic warriors, and his prestige similarly skyrocketed, rapidly advancing to third place.

Genetic warriors were the foundation upon which Green Star relied for survival in interstellar warfare; the people’s gratitude toward him was no less than toward Duge.

Seeing his ranking, with Duge’s help, shoot up to the top three, Fan Lie was overwhelmed, any grudges he had held against Duge long dissolved.

Following were Zhu Qinqin, Meng Lanyun…

No matter what the keyword, once opened up for coordination with billions of citizens, there was no ranking that couldn’t rise.

In less than a day’s time.

The top ten in the rankings were all replaced by people from the National Defense Bureau.

Ying Fei and Fan Lie also announced the names of their own planets, calling on people from their planets on the war network, urging them not to oppose Duge, as collaboration would ensure mutual victory.

But by that time, whatever they said, outsiders no longer believed them. They’d rather believe that Ying Fei and the others belonged to Qiyuan Star, or perhaps, they had been brainwashed by Duge, and at the last moment, they would all be eliminated by Duge…

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Duge, along with people from the National Defense Bureau, manipulated the rankings on the Alien Battlefield, and not only were the warriors on the Alien Battlefield panicked and furious.

But also the gamblers of Pan-Universe Entertainment.

Inside the casinos of Pan-Universe Entertainment, there had always been odds for the top ten rankings, but now, the first place, perpetually held by Duge, had become meaningless.

What was it that the positions from second to ninth were also manipulated by Duge?

Not relying on predicting keywords and personal abilities to gamble on rankings, who rises and who falls was all up to Duge’s mood. Betting didn’t require a bit of analysis; pure luck – what was the point of this game?

A group of gamblers who originally placed their bets on Yin Feng, Wu Yanlong, and others gathered once again, causing a commotion and lodging complaints on Pan-Universe Entertainment’s forum.

Pan-Universe Entertainment’s explanation was that until the end, the outcome was imperceptible, but the frenzied gamblers were no longer listening.

The data anomalies linked with Duge had already caused them to lose money several times.

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“Gao Qiao, what’s going on? Are there any problems with Duge’s data?” Ross asked the Chief of the Technical Department in annoyance.

“Everything is normal.” The Chief of the Technical Department pulled up the backend data, frowned, and said, “Ross, rankings are related to keywords and influence. Since ‘Resource Game’ started, we’ve been using this formula for calculation, and it has never been wrong. If there were any problems with the backend data, the intelligent server would have raised an alarm by now.”

“Is there a possibility that because Duge’s soul contains Divine Power, it has caused the backend data calculations to be skewed?” Ross asked.

“We can’t rule out that possibility,” answered Gao Qiao. “Previously there was never an instance of a projected soul still retaining Water System Affinity, and it could lead to discrepancies in numerical calculations.

But to correct this discrepancy, we need to conduct extreme testing on Duge’s soul, which could harm his soul. Moreover, we’d have to adjust countless lines of code according to the specific values of his soul.

I personally don’t recommend doing this as it requires too many resources and there’s no guarantee of success. If Duge dies on the Alien Battlefield, then all our efforts will have been in vain…”

“…” Ross’s brow twitched heavily, as he looked at Duge on the screen and shook his head, feeling a mix of love and hate for this little guy who always caused him trouble.

“Ross, should we terminate this game?” tried the Chief of the Technical Department.

“Another termination of ‘Resource Game’ would be a disaster,” Ross said impatiently, waving his hand dismissively. “We have to hold out until the end. Make the server’s data public, let those who doubt the data check for themselves. If they can’t find Duge’s Divine Power, then everything that happened in the game is normal.”

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