Chapter 2055: Igniting the Wondrous Dream in the Heart (End) _2

For these flowers in the greenhouse, participating in a game with violent elements is a sheer torture. But for many children on the margins of survival, not so lucky, it may be their only chance to change their destiny.

"The New Battleworld will be divided into two parts: the competition part and the tour part. The basic operational logic is that competitors must participate in various competitions in the Battleworld, earning points to exchange for tickets to tour other universes."

"The spectator rules are the same as before. Once you have a basic score, you can choose to spectate. However, in the new version of Battleworld, you can choose to watch either the competition or the tour."

"The betting rules for watching the competition are the same as before. The points of eliminated participants go into the prize pool, spectators spend points to draw prizes, or bet according to requirements during the game."

"Spectator touring adopts a target reward system. Three random targets are refreshed before the tour starts. All spectators vote, and the voted target becomes the object that the competitors participating in the tour need to complete."

"If the target is achieved, all votes are converted into points. If the target is not achieved, the votes are null and void, without deducting points."

"The number of votes is doubled according to the difficulty of the target. Green targets are not doubled, blue targets are doubled once, purple targets are tripled, and orange targets are multiplied ten-fold."

"During the game, you can choose side-line objectives. You need to spend points to buy votes. The doubling rules are the same as above. Spectators can choose not to pick side-line objectives. If no spectator votes, then the side-lines are abandoned, and they won't be released to the touring competitors."

Walt Disney appeared very interested in these rules. He said, "This sounds like some kind of video game. I've heard the children who come to play in the park talk about having lots of mission targets to complete. If they accomplish them, they get rewards. If they don't, they might not be able to defeat the enemies that follow."

"Exactly, it is an instant reward mechanism." Shiller nodded and said, "We will display the rewards in real-time on the sideline mission targets. These rewards are usually not points, but items that can help the tour participants better accomplish the main targets, like in a role-playing game."

"For instance, if someone's primary mission is to take down an enemy, then the sideline mission's reward could be a weapon. But even if they don't complete this task, there are other ways to accomplish the main mission."

"But you said before, you would avoid affecting the normal operation of that world as much as possible," Walter immediately seized on a loophole in their words and said, "If you really arrange for the tourists to kill a significant figure, I'm afraid the god of that universe won't agree."

"Hence, the mission targets we set are rarely assassinations," Shiller shook his head and said, "Even if they are, the object of assassination is an actor we find, not an important figure who could impact the storyline of the universe."

"Most of the targets are about survival or obtaining an item. The acquisition standard is just to touch, not to take away, or to join a team to aid a person, or even to venture somewhere or decipher a secret."

"It seems this is your main attraction." Walter showed a smile and said, "Sounds like it uses a lot of memory."

"That's why we need a powerful ally." Nick also chuckled, "It applies to both worlds. As long as the person endorsing us is powerful enough, even if there's some trouble, there's a way to wind it down."

"It sounds like you're very confident."

"This is a great opportunity to spread influence, isn't it?" Strange pointed out, "Actually, these gods don't care at all whether the universe will be destroyed or not. Even if we cause a big mess, compared to the show effect, the survival of the universe is not important at all."

"You hit the nail on the head." Walter nodded and said, "We often say that villains should get their just desserts, but if in the cartoon, the worst person is the director because we make these villains do it."

"When we create a character in a virtual world and kill him, it's usually for the storyline's sake. If every virtual world is real, the creator is the cruelest hangman."

"But even in these virtual worlds, you have the right to arrange your created stories at will, without considering how many people you've killed in the virtual world." Walter shook his head slightly and said, "Since it's like this, you shouldn't blame those gods for being ruthless."

"It's a shame that now you've become part of the story too. You chose it yourself," Shiller said.

"That's why I would calmly accept obliteration. When the story disappears, I disappear too." Walter shrugged, then as if thinking of something, he sneered, "But some people just don't accept their fate."

"The remaining parts are the mall and the forum," Nick started again, "In terms of the categories for sale in the mall, we've gone through a very cautious discussion and think it should sell some items beneficial to the game and mission, but only to be used in the Battleworld. The specific items are still being drafted."

"As for the forum, it can only be used in Battleworld too. Considering there are many counterparts, forum sections will be divided into parts visible to some people and parts visible to everyone."

"Moreover..." Loki extended a finger and said, "The public forum has daily posting limits, strictly prohibiting spamming, strictly forbidding flooding, we will hire someone specifically to maintain it, to prevent certain groups from launching visit attacks."

"Of course, sending pictures and files costs points." Shiller nodded and said, "In some sense, it replaces the part about technology exchange in the mall, more open, transparent and fair."

"At the same time, there will be a stamina system, achievement system, daily task system, and we'll open competitor duels and regular regional and universal events in the future."

After introducing many things in bits and pieces, they started reading the detailed plan together. After using almost ten hours to finalize all the details, the negotiation ended, which can be roughly counted as a pleasant meeting of the host and guests.

After the other three people left the room, Shiller still stayed in the end. He turned around and looked at Walter, asking, "Did you tell Dr. Anatoli of OAA the news? How did you know?"

Walter shook his head and said, "God told me."

This is a phrase often used in English to mean "I don't want to say," but Shiller didn't know if it was the truth.

Before leaving, Walter, looking at Shiller's back, said, "It seems you're not as indifferent to the truth as you appear, but perhaps you can try to view this as a wonderful dream."

"Do you think this world is a sham?"

"No, what I mean is, dreams always awaken."

"Then who's dream is this?"

"The question you should ask is, what ends the beautiful dream."

Shiller looked back at Walter, who was also looking at him and said, "You know, don't you?"

But Shiller just quietly turned around and left.

The last thing that rose into his eyes was a rain of shrapnel falling amidst a sea of blood and a multitude of secrets.