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The Earth is Online

⚠️ I don't own this work, I only translate it. Author: Mo Chen Huan Six months ago, tens of thousands of black ghost towers appeared all over the world, floating above cities. Chemists, physicists, clerics... there was nothing they could do. Six months later, people got usedės to the towers and no longer paid them any attention. One day, Tang Mo saw a flying insect crash into it instead of through it. The next day, a clear, high-pitched child's voice issued an announcement for all humans. "Ding dong November 15, 2017. Earth is online." The three golden rules of the black tower: - 1. everything is explained by the black tower. - 2. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. is game time. - 3. all players are invited to strive to attack the tower.

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Chapter 228 - Who is the richest person in the kingdom of the underground people?

"Dang, dang, dang, the game is on!"

As the upbeat, nervous music plays, Wang Xiaotian pulls a microphone out of her sleeve and smiles sweetly. With a microphone in one hand and a selfie stick in the other, no one could have imagined that The black tower BOSS would start her show live with such a fashionable selfie.

"Let me introduce to you all. We've just had some very famous guests on the show, and I'm sure you've all heard of them. Let me introduce them to you."

Wang Xiaotian, who has been standing in the yellow box with her name on it, turns around and turns the camera towards Fu Wenduo and the others.

While the other players were playing, Wang Xiaotian couldn't get up at all, sitting at the table eating snacks, chatting with Grea and drinking tea, ignoring the players. Now that Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo have arrived, she's up and about, happily broadcasting the show as if she's seen the ratings skyrocket.

Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo, Mu Huixue, Andrei.

Of the six new players, all four are well-known in the Underlander Kingdom, except for the two children. As Wang Xiaotian spoke, she watched the ratings figures on the live stream. She smiled happily and said, "Wow, everyone seems to have welcomed our new guests. So without further ado, let's get to the game. Now, please grab your remote controls and take your votes. If you want me to ask Fu Wenduo first, please press 1; for Mu Huixue, please press 2 ... for Tang Mo, please press 4. Voting begins!"

Not taking the players seriously at all, Wang Xiaotian waited ten seconds to see the results of the game and was surprised when she said, "Oh, I can't believe she was asked first."

At these words, Cinderella turned to Mu Huixue and smiled, "So, let the game begin. The first player on the time chart, Mu Huixue, please listen to the question!"

"First question, wow, it's a fill-in-the-blank question with no options. What is the name of the first player in the world to clear the fifth floor of The black tower, and please answer in five seconds!"

Mu Huixue blurts out, " Lena Chopehos ."

Mu Huixue remembered the name of the woman who had killed her own hand in a tower attack game on the sixth floor of The black tower only a day earlier. The question is so simple that Wang Xiaotian seems to be using it as an appetiser. She smiles and says "correct answer" before asking Tang Mo, who came second in the voting.

Cinderella stroked her chin in wonder, "You guys actually like this looking human? Oh oh, so it's because he's so tender and tasty looking. Hey, don't talk about the Wilderness show on my show, or you won't be allowed to watch it, yuck!"

After a bit of a ramble, Wang Xiaotian looks over at Tang Mo and smiles sweetly: "Your turn then. Please listen to the question!"

"First question, what bad luck, it's a calculation question eh. If a returnee has a hundred minutes of rest himself, and he kills three returnees with no rest, a returnee with two hundred and ten minutes of rest and a returnee with one thousand three hundred ... etc., can a guy with one hundred minutes kill a thousand three hundred minutes?" Spitting to himself, Wang Xiaotian continued, "He killed another regressor with thirteen hundred minutes. Excuse me! How much rest time does he have at the end? Please answer in ten seconds!"

A second later, Tang Mo said faintly, "Nine hundred and five minutes."

"The answer is correct."

It was as if the game was not being played, but rather a live show.

Wang Xiaotian concentrates on interacting with the audience and asking questions of the players. In this game, the players answer the questions in turn. So after each of the six Tang Mo players had answered their first question, Wang Xiaotian came to a player who had already entered the show. She flips through her booklet.

When Tang Mo looked at the booklet earlier, he only saw some names written on it, not any titles at all. But now Wang Xiaotian opened the booklet and read out a list of titles.

She looked at the player's name and suddenly said in surprise, "Not bad, oh, you actually answered the fifth question. Congratulations, you've finally passed the halfway mark. You're the first player to pass the halfway mark, and I, Wang Xiaotian, am particularly generous. For you, the question you answered in this game is a multiple choice question, right? Please listen to the question!"

"Question five, who is the richest person in the Kingdom of the Underlanders?"

"A. The iron cobbler B. The circus master C. Father Christmas D. Peter Pan ."

"Please answer in five seconds!"

The player was standing in the middle of a blossoming flower of blood, already pale with fear and trembling. Wang Xiaotian suddenly asked a question, and he could only barely hear the question and options clearly enough to think before Wang Xiaotian impatiently urged, "Answer quickly, there are three seconds left. 3, 2, 1 ..."

"The player subconsciously cried out as his eyes happened to catch sight of the circus leader sitting behind Wang Xiaotian.

Grea was lifting his cup of tea and drinking black tea when he suddenly heard this and he smiled slightly.

Wang Xiaotian smiled and said, "Not bad, you still have the presence of mind to listen to the questions, don't die of fright."

The player sighed with relief at these words and looked at Wang Xiaotian with hopeful eyes. The beautiful Cinderella flashed him a sweet smile and said in a beautiful voice: "Congratulations, wrong answer, go to hell."

The next moment, the player's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Wang Xiaotian. He didn't even have time to say a word as the huge exclamation mark hovering above him came crashing down with a loud bang, smashing him directly into mush.

Grea said aggressively, "I must state that I am really, really, really broke. Don't accuse me wrongly, I don't have a penny."

Wang Xiaotian : "So you can't get a refund for the ticket either."

Grea winked, "The money is not going to be refunded, not a penny."

After a short chat between the two The black tower bosses, Wang Xiaotian moves on to the next player.

Many of these players have already answered the fifth question, and some have answered the fourth. If the first question answered by Tang Mo was something that could be reasoned or calculated, the fourth and fifth questions were beyond the realm of human analysis. Answering such questions depends on luck, and it is not always possible to get them right.

Tang Mo : "It looks like the questions will get harder as we go on, the beginning is just a warm up."

Chen Shanshan : "So what you really need to pay attention to in this game is asking Wang Xiaotian what questions to ask."

At that moment, Wang Xiaotian questioned all the players, and three more were smashed to pieces. Under the black tower, only the six Tang Mo men and a drained, thin young man remained.

Wang Xiaotian: "Okay, now it's your turn to ask me. Who will ask me? Let me say in advance that I will only answer one question. Feel free to ask questions."

The young man was so pale with fear that he did not speak at all.

The crowd looked to Chen Shanshan and the young girl calmly stepped forward and said, "I ask the question."

Wang Xiaotian : "Oh? It's a very strange little girl. Go ahead, what question do you want to ask me."

At the level of Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo, they have been through too many The black tower games to waste their questions asking how to pass the game, even if The black tower didn't explicitly say so. Obviously, The black tower will not allow the bosses to answer such questions. Likewise, if you ask direct questions like "what is The black tower" or "how do I get to the seventh level", you are unlikely to get an answer.

Chen Shanshan thought for a long time, then looked up and asked, "I would like to ask what exactly is the grand unification formula proposed by Einstein."

At the sound of the words, there was a sudden dead silence under The black tower.

Even Tang Mo didn't expect Chen Shanshan to ask such a question, but then it dawned on him.

There are two reasons for asking this question. The first is that it is an extremely difficult question, and the physics community is in doubt as to whether the formula exists, let alone what it is. If Wang Xiaotian couldn't answer it, then they would just pass the game. Secondly, if Wang Xiaotian could answer it, the whole thing would be a bit scary.

What Wang Xiaotian knows is certainly beyond the scope of what The black tower knows. And this is beyond the realm of human beings.

What could know such a formula?

Wang Xiaotian looked at the young girl steadily, and after a long moment she puffed out a smile: "Yes, I can answer, but out of the code of the seal of knowledge, this knowledge is not for you to know, beyond your civilization. All who hear this answer will die immediately as I speak it. How about it, little girl, you want to hear it?"

A laughing voice sounded behind Wang Xiaotian: "So you know about that thing?"

Wang Xiaotian's body stiffened as she turned her head and smiled: " Monsignor Grea?"

Grea : "I don't even know yet."

Wang Xiaotian winked: "I'll talk to you in private. "

Grea continued to drink his tea and stopped talking. Noticing Tang Mo looking at him, he raises his cup towards Tang Mo, flashes a smile and makes a face: beat her, challenge me.

Tang Mo averts his eyes.

Chen Shanshan thought for a moment and decided to change the question. She was asking about a very difficult physics problem, one that Tang Mo had never heard of, and which the young girl must have learnt from Gao Luo Fengcheng. But Wang Xiaotian answered her question without a trace of fear.

When Wang Xiaotian finished his answer, it was Tang Mo's turn.

This time she asked much more difficult questions.

The question for Andrei was the most difficult one, and the Russian hunk thought long and hard before giving an answer in the last two seconds. Wang Xiaotian gave a regretful tsk, but when she looked up, she was surprised to see, "Wow, the ratings have broken 2! Sure enough, you all like to see these bad humans lose the game and get eaten by me, don't you."

Wang Xiaotian was instantly energised and was more than happy to ask questions.

The strange young player made it to the fifth question, and just as badly, died under the giant exclamation mark.

When it was Wang Xiaotian's turn to ask another question, Chen Shanshan stepped forward, his voice calm.

"My second question, please, is where are the other four hidden treasures, The black tower, exactly."

Wang Xiaotian's eyes were wide open as he looked at Chen Shanshan in disbelief.

Rule 3 of the game: You may not ask how to pass the game or any other similar questions.

Chen Shanshan asked the question in full, and The black tower did not forbid her to ask it, nor did it give any warning, as if it had acquiesced.

Wang Xiaotian was silent, looking at the little girl in front of her with an odd look. She muttered, "Are all children nowadays so scary?", then she flipped through her booklet and suddenly smiled.

"Ah, that's actually a pretty simple question, and I have no problem answering it. But The black tower will definitely block my answer, do you want to hear it?"

Chen Shanshan is calm: "It doesn't block. The fact that it has allowed me to ask it and has not deemed me to be in breach of the rules of the game means that the question can be asked and you must answer it." After a pause, she repeated: "Wang Xiaotian, the second question is for you to tell me where the other four hidden treasures, The black tower, are."

Wang Xiaotian grunted as the smile on her face faltered.

"Then you won't regret it. Those four towers are in China Guangzhou, New Delhi, India, Berlin, Germany, and be-"

The crowd was delighted to hear the first three locations. But just as Wang Xiaotian says the last name, an unexpected beep interrupts everything. Tang Mo froze for a moment and looked up at Wang Xiaotian.

The cute young girl tilted her head wryly and smiled, "I told you, The black tower will block my answer, but you still don't believe me. No one can say anything about that place."