Chapter 1322: Chapter 1186: Yielding Chapter 1322: Chapter 1186: Yielding “`
“The Remnants of Digital Life” — if his guess was correct, this would be Lincoln’s primary target for so ti to co.
But even though he had co this far, decrypting was not an overnight task.
Mavis still had to devour lons, entertain herself, act coquettishly, and work; she couldn’t possibly drain all her computing power for this task alone, and Lincoln didn’t want to push Mavis that hard either.
So even with a clear target in mind, Lincoln wasn’t in any rush.
He even felt relaxed enough today to contemplate the matter of awarding the trophy.
More specifically, whether or not to go abroad to present the trophy?
Just yesterday, another person had completed an Ultimate Challenge — [Master of Life].
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However, this ti there were two finishers, and the ti gap between them was less than one hour.
The second person was easy to handle – an old acquaintance, William, who had previously been awarded for [Heaven’s Descent].
But the first to achieve it was a bit more troubleso.
He was an Arican player nad Honold, already a legend in the real-world rock climbing community, almost single-handedly elevating the sport of “solo free climbing” to another level – a true hard-core.
Keep in mind, it was William who first discovered the clue and confird the challenge.
Initially, after dangling from the apex of the Tree of Life for nine days, he got the clue to the Ultimate Challenge and then, whether he was live streaming or not, took so ti to journey towards the direction of the Suspended Mountain.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, he realized this “hanging mountain,” with its foundation untethered to the ground, its interior hollow, and its surface riddled with “cracks,” was truly a sight to behold —
Even by naked eye estimation, the altitude was close to three thousand ters!
The Na’vi Tribe at the mountain’s base told him: According to their tribe’s legends, the warrior who scales the Suspended Mountain’s peak with bare hands, without any external aid — whether mounts or ropes — would receive Eva’s blessing.
That was pretty much a blatant hint for William: this was one of the Ultimate Challenges!
Climb it, and upon reaching the top, a new trophy awaits.
And should he reach the summit, he would beco the first player in the world to complete two full Ultimate Challenges, securing the number one spot on the Sky Rankings!
He didn’t hesitate and started upwards.
If this were in reality, he would definitely gather friends, map out a climbing route with full protective equipnt, set rock points ticulously, clean the planned pathway on the rock wall, then carry out at least ten protected climbs.
And then he would pick a day with perfect weather, when he was in a good mood, for the ultimate unprotected challenge.
But the virtual world doesn’t require so much hassle.
Just a glance and direct ascent was all it took.
If worse ca to worst, dying ant starting over.
However, the difficulty of climbing in this place far exceeded his expectations.
Many spots were almost just inclined, smooth rock slabs, with rock holds no longer than the length of a little finger, posing an extre test not only of technique and balance but also of one’s ntal state.
And the most outrageous part: such tests kept coming one after another.
Not to ntion those stones that crumbled just as you squeezed them, the vines that suddenly snapped as you pulled yourself up, and the fact that William had once been hit by a ripe, wind-blown purple fruit halfway up, knocking him off balance and plumting down.
As he died, he couldn’t help but wonder: was that just a coincidence, or had it been Lincoln’s doing…
Afterward, more and more people reached the foot of the Suspended Mountain, vying for the Ultimate Challenge trophy and causing a bit of chaos.
Soon everyone realized: such an extre challenge had little to do with ordinary people — you had to be a veteran rock climber to even qualify for the astonishing challenge of barehanded climbing a huge rock wall.
The troublemakers dwindled significantly.
Because those who truly had extensive climbing experience in the real world seldom caused disturbances for others, as it’s a fundantal rock-climbing ethics.
The challenges beca much more orderly after that, but still, no one succeeded.
Because the difficulty was indeed too vast.
Afterward, William devoted himself entirely to this challenge, undaunted by setbacks and unafraid of repeated deaths.
Yet even with his relentless effort, he was still beaten to the summit by Honold who managed to top the spectacular Suspended Mountain ahead of him.
This showed just how much ti and effort the brother had spent and how astounding the ntality and technique he had honed on the edge of death over many years truly were!
Lincoln was very willing to et this hard-core man.
Considering that he had always gone to the player’s hos to present the awards in the past, it would only seem fair to do the sa this ti.
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But the problem was: Brother was Arican.
When Henry first arranged security for him, he did indeed say that Lincoln could go overseas.
But tis have changed, and Lincoln’s importance has risen several levels since then.
And that place, Arica, still had a ban on Cloud Dream, which was not very friendly.
Due to the unique national conditions, the rate of gun ownership among the citizens was alarmingly high.
Going to such a place was indeed quite risky.
Henry even ca by today to persuade him, hoping that Lincoln wouldn’t risk going overseas to the award ceremony.
“Just invite that player to Xiajing City to receive the award, or air-freighting the trophy would do, their places don’t even have full surveillance; it’s really not safe.”
Lincoln said, “Can’t I just use the Simulated Humanoid Robot?”
Henry was taken aback.
He hadn’t gotten used to the idea of considering the [Simulated Humanoid Robot] so quickly.
“This is crossing the entire Pacific Ocean, are you sure there won’t be any latency issues?”
“It’s not a big problem, just take so relay equipnt to strengthen the signal a bit.”
“Do you really want to go that much?” Henry confird.
“Yeah.” Lincoln nodded.
“Sigh.” With a helpless sigh, Henry said, “Alright, you get the Simulated Humanoid Robot ready, and I’ll apply for your transfer.”
“Wait.” Lincoln rembered a suggestion he had previously turned down, “Is it convenient to use a charter?
Should I buy a private jet?”
Lincoln had thought it a waste to buy a private jet since he was a hobody and had rejected the security team’s suggestion before.
But now that he wanted to indulge himself, it seed buying one was a better option.
Expecting to dismiss the idea, Henry decisively shook his head and said, “No need, you’ve already qualified for a charter.
The only reason you didn’t apply for one before was because you were too much of a hobody.”
He quickly left Lincoln’s ho and busied himself with arranging it.
As long as safety could be assured, they really didn’t mind the hassle at all.
In fact, they’d rather deal with more of Lincoln’s troubles since that might lead to Lincoln casually giving away the technology for the [Simulated Humanoid Robot] soday.
Lincoln was very transparent, never letting his own people suffer a loss, so the officials were quite willing to accommodate him.
Because it was truly an incredible deal.
Just like today, when Little Princess Victoria went ho to see her parents and took the opportunity to discuss renouncing her citizenship with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the departnt made a major concession.
After renouncing her citizenship, she would gain personal freedom but would inevitably lose many benefits, such as inheritance rights, allowances, diplomatic privileges, high-level security, royal family real estate, and so on.
However, because of Lincoln’s presence, she could enjoy even higher-level benefits in many areas.
Diplomatic privileges, security levels, dia protection, and access to many places—she was already enjoying all these benefits.
Although they were not explicitly written into the rules like the benefits of a royal family mber, every single benefit was real and substantial.
The final and most critical concession was: She could still retain the title of Princess recognized by governnt departnts.
This concession ca from a suggestion submitted by [Lincoln’s Analysis Team].
—In ensuring the Little Princess remained appealing to Lincoln, this team was even more concerned than the Princess’s own family!
That evening, Victoria returned, and Lincoln got the news.
Indeed, the Little Princess had seamlessly shifted the word “ho” in “going ho” over to Lincoln’s side.
She even brought back several stuffed animals that had accompanied her for years.
Later that night, at 10:00 PM, which was 9 o’clock in the morning Eastern Ti, the Arican governnt released a ssage:
“The governnt is reconsidering the various bans on Cloud Dream, with a significant number of mbers of Congress strongly calling for the ban to be lifted soon to avoid greater losses.”
Smuggling was becoming rampant, stock markets were continuously falling, and technology was lagging progressively behind.
They were beginning to feel the pressure.
Discussions had just begun, but concessions were already set in stone.
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