"This is the contract for this competition, Mr. Ivan. If you have no problems, please sign here."
Ivan did not reply, but silently took the contract from the other party's hand and began to read it.
Regarding ice and fire: Battle Royale Game Participation Agreement:
Party A provides Party B with a means of Crossing and a body to be used in the world of ice and fire.
Party B voluntarily participates in this competition in the world of ice and fire and bears corresponding legal responsibilities for it.
Detailed Rules
Prize Money Details
The organizers of the game were upper-plane organizations that descended upon Ivan's world more than ten years ago, bringing with them extraordinary powers that Ivan's world had never possessed.
Fortunately, their purpose was not conquest, but… entertainment.
Even more remarkably, they also abide by local laws. For example, the game Ivan was about to participate in required a contract to be signed beforehand.
It took Ivan nearly half an hour to read through the not-so-long agreement, word by word.
The content of the agreement can be summarized into the following four points:
Competition Introduction: This is a competition held in the world of ice and fire, with a total of one hundred players participating. Victory Rules: After eliminating all players outside the alliance or when the alliance's total score exceeds 10,000, all players in that alliance can declare victory with unanimous consent. If alliance players cannot reach an agreement, the alliance automatically breaks.
(Players can form alliances through the auxiliary system after entering the game, and each alliance cannot exceed 4 people.)
When final victory is declared, all surviving players will be sent back to their original world one hour after the competition begins.
Prize Money Rules: One person wins, enjoys 10 billion dollars exclusively; two people win together, share 1 billion dollars; three people win together, share 10 million dollars; four people win together, share 1 million dollars. Risk Warning: Death of a player in the competition will lead to real death.
"So, Mr. Ivan," the organizer's receptionist saw Ivan put down the document in his hand and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"
"Of course," Ivan nodded, "As far as I know, before this, you have held more than one similar competition, but the prize money was always mediocre. However, this time the prize money has been unprecedentedly high. I want to know why?"
"Did you notice the name of our competition this time?"
"ice and fire Battle Royale Game?" Ivan raised his eyebrows, "To be honest, I don't quite understand this name either. I've seen all your previous competitions, and without exception, they were all lord-conquest type competitions, so…"
"So the type of our competition this time is different from before," the receptionist quickly interjected, "Our previous competitions usually focused on the struggle after players became lords, so we would give players greater development support to help them quickly get through the early stage.
And in the later stages of the game, the probability of player death would drop sharply, because once a player found himself losing hope of winning, he only needed to give up the rest of the competition, find a small village to hide in, and wait until other players reached the victory conditions to return to the original world as a survivor."
"But this time is different?"
"Yes, this time we have placed the game's competition throughout the entire duration, which means that from the moment players land, they will be plunged into intense competition, even mutual killing.
Moreover, this time we will only provide players with extremely limited development resources, which players must contend for at great risk to obtain. In fact, I can tell you that a large number of players may not only receive no resources from the auxiliary system throughout the entire process but also be exhausted due to certain mechanisms.
Therefore, in this competition, the risks players face are greater than in any previous one. It can even be said that it would not be surprising if only a single-digit number of players survived in this competition."
"Can you give me more specific information? For example, the mechanism you mentioned that will exhaust players?" Ivan interrupted the receptionist.
"Of course, no," the receptionist shook his head, maintaining an unchanging, textbook-like smile on his face, "Any specific game mechanisms, players will only be able to view after entering the game."
"Alright," the receptionist handed the signing pen to Ivan, "I have informed you of the risks in advance. Before the final list is confirmed, you can choose to withdraw or… sign?"
"You know I have no choice," Ivan smiled and shook his head, taking the pen from the receptionist and signing his name on the agreement.
Suffering from a serious illness, if he could not obtain a huge sum for medical expenses, he would have less than three months left to live. No matter how great the risks of this competition were, this was his only choice. Even if he ultimately died in the competition, as long as he could live for three months in another world, he would still be gaining something.
So when he received the invitation to participate from the organizers, he immediately agreed and subsequently participated in several preliminary assessments. The assessments were divided into a question-and-answer test, a scenario test, and a combat test, with admission based on total scores.
Although Ivan did not participate in the combat test due to his physical condition, he still stood out from nearly ten thousand applicants with high scores in the first two items, securing a spot in the main competition.
"Okay, Mr. Ivan, your participation slot has been finally confirmed." The receptionist operated on a tablet, "Please rest for a moment. Once our workgroup has processed all players' participation statuses, I will take you to the operations room."
Ivan did not reply, but merely closed his eyes, waiting for the result.
After a short while, the receptionist spoke again: "Mr. Ivan, a total of 27 players who obtained a spot in the main competition withdrew. These players have been replaced by applicants with lower rankings."
"That few? Less than a third withdrew?" Ivan was a little surprised.
"Haha, Mr. Ivan, you must know that not all participants come from peaceful countries like yours. For residents living in war-torn areas, facing prize money that can reach hundreds of millions, a ninety percent mortality rate is simply not worth mentioning."
Ivan gave a dry laugh.
"Furthermore, I have some not-so-good news to tell you. Your two previously arranged allies have both withdrawn, so you may find yourself fighting alone in the early stages of this competition."
Ivan's heart sank.
He actually had a premonition about his promised allies withdrawing. After all, both of his allies were Chinese, just like him, and their living conditions were not bad. It was completely reasonable for them not to want to risk their lives.
But when he actually heard the news, he still couldn't help but feel upset, because it meant that the difficulty of his competition had increased by another level.
"Mr. Ivan, if you are ready, please follow me."
"Okay."