Heroes' Prison

Chapter 225 - 221 God of Slaughter

Dugu Lengcang looked around at the crowd, glanced at the countless cameras aimed at him, and made his award acceptance speech to the world, "Many people know that I am a Cold Storer, and for this award ceremony, I specifically paused my Cold Storage to awaken from the chilly storeroom. You might think Cold Storers have many benefits—they can stay logged in for long periods, continuously level grind, and always remain in that wonderful world. But do you know the loneliness of Cold Storage?"

As he spoke, he paused, reflecting, "You have two worlds, but we only have one. I care deeply about my friends, but every day, I can only watch helplessly as they log out, disappearing before my eyes. We must wait alone in this lonely world, waiting for our friends to log back in, waiting for my loved one to come online. I don’t even know if one day they might never log back in again. You stand there like an idiot at the place where your loved one logged out, quietly waiting, and when they log back in, you can throw yourself into their arms, feeling that virtual yet real warmth..."

Dugu Lengcang continued, his tone becoming somewhat sad. At this moment, he represented all the Cold Storers in the world, speaking out the heart of every individual.

"I have few friends—perhaps many don’t consider me one, only remembering me when they need money. Therefore, I treasure what I consider to be true friends even more. I know that at this moment, my speech may very likely determine the outcome of the upcoming Best Newcomer Award. The Best Newcomer Award could only go to one of two people—either Instakill or Thunder God. If I step down now, it’s very likely that Thunder God will win. But now, I choose to stay because Instakill is my friend!"

In that instant, Jin Xu Qi Wai, who was in the audience, suddenly looked up, staring at Dugu Lengcang on stage with a face full of ecstatic joy!

And at this moment, organization members scattered around the world, including Mr. Zhuge, all watched their live screens and heaved a sigh of relief!

The live feed continued with Dugu Lengcang’s voice: "More than three months ago, I met Instakill at an auction in Thornbush City when I was bidding on a batch of runes. Later, we fought together in the Tower of Pantheons and even killed a Level 50 Half-Beastman named Man Lie. We didn’t spend much time together, but I considered him a kindred spirit. I know that he is also a lonely person; in many ways, we are similar. In just a few months, he has achieved so much. As a 24-hour online Cold Storer, I have more time than anyone else, yet I have only reached this strength. I know very well how hard Instakill works. I regard him as a friend worthy of respect, and I hope he wins the Best Newcomer Award; it is an honor he deserves. At this moment, many may not know that he is in The Second World, leading the players of Dragon City in a difficult breakout, lacking just a little more time. I just happen to know this news, so I choose to support him in this way at this time..."

Dugu Lengcang spoke at length on stage, and the live audience, the other award nominees, and billions of TV viewers came to recognize a new side of Instakill through his words.

...

While Dugu Lengcang was speaking, Huang Yi finally glimpsed the end of the Skeleton Ocean, with the vast desert beyond!

To the six hundred thousand players at this moment, the barren land seemed like a paradise filled with birdsong and flowers!

"We’ve finally broken out!" exclaimed Huang Yi to the entire team.

At this point, the six hundred thousand team members had been fighting continuously for twelve to twenty hours, their bodies at the brink of exhaustion, but at this moment, everyone was energized, their steps quickening slightly.

Finally, Huang Yi led the charge in killing the last skeleton, breaking free from the encirclement!

At that moment, the air of freedom hit their faces, and no longer were there swarms of skeletons in sight—as if they were reborn!

The six hundred thousand players followed close behind, breaking out and crying tears of joy. They had been trapped in Dragon City for such a long time, and at this moment, they finally gained their freedom. Now, both acquaintances and strangers hugged each other as if they were prisoners who had just been released after many years!

Huang Yi also hugged Xiao Chunzi excitedly. He had been struggling for over thirty hours, enduring hardship along the way, slaughtering Feng Zhi’s three hundred thousand players, forming new teams, besieging Sand Thief King, leading the breakout, encountering Guifu Heilang, meeting the White Dragon King and his sister...

It felt as though the events of this period were as long as a century, and now he had finally reached the endpoint after overcoming numerous obstacles, bringing Qin Shiyu’s body out of danger!

Just at that moment, a vast and ancient voice resounded between heaven and earth—

"[System Announcement]: Chinese player [Instakill] led over six hundred thousand players of Dragon City to successfully break out, rescuing lives, awarded 1000 Public Prestige Points, obtained the [Unique Achievement]—[Rescuer of Lives], and the China National Honor Value +1."

The third National Honor Point!

This made Huang Yi break a new world record, becoming the first player to possess three National Honor Points simultaneously!

The six hundred thousand members of the team looked at each other, all excitedly turning their heads toward Huang Yi’s direction. Many standing at the back might not even see his shadow, but they knew that it was this man, whom they couldn’t even see, who had saved them.

Meanwhile, Feng Zhi’s team of three hundred thousand players was still trapped in Dragon City, their faces showing a dead gray pallor. Especially the one hundred thousand independent players who suddenly felt regret—if they had chosen to leave Feng Zhi’s team yesterday and follow Huang Yi to break out, they too would have gained freedom like the other six hundred thousand players. However, they had made a wrong decision at a crucial moment and sided with the wrong team.

Just then, a tremendous voice echoed once again across the world—

"[System Announcement]: Chinese player [Instakill] has contributed 3 National Honor Points, creating history and meeting the conditions for Name Bestowing. For the next ten seconds, all players around the world may bestow a title on [Instakill]. The system will tally the title with the most bestowed names, which will then be assigned to [Instakill] as his Name Bestowing. The countdown begins now: 10, 9, 8..."

At this moment, the entire continent was desolate, and the announcement rang out, solitary, across every continent, every mountain range, every island!

Everyone who heard the announcement was utterly shocked!

This was the first name bestowing announcement issued by the system since The Second World opened two years ago!

This was the first announcement that required the participation of the entire world!

It was an unparalleled honor, an incredible feat not even Dao Feng and his peers had achieved!

The next ten seconds belonged exclusively to Huang Yi, where, for ten seconds, the whole world revolved around him!

At this time, there were just over 1.8 million players in The Second World! They would be the witnesses and participants of history, and within these 10 seconds, any phrase they uttered would be recorded for name bestowing, personally inscribing this great historic moment!

"Damn, that’s freaking awesome!" a Chinese player blurted out a catchphrase subconsciously, and the system immediately recorded it, taking it as his bestowed name for Huang Yi.

"Oh, My, God!" an English player exclaimed, and the exclamation was immediately recorded by the system.

"My goodness!" was the inadvertent sigh of many, but it was immediately taken as a name bestowing and recorded by the system within the scope of the count.

"What’s going on?" A player who had just logged on asked bewilderedly after hearing the system announcement, and then, his words were instantly taken as a name bestowing by the system and recorded!

"Damn, that guy is so lucky!" A Level 1 newbie player had just been bitten to death by a stray dog, and upon hearing the system announcement in the pitch-black space, he cursed out of resentment, and the system collected it as a name bestowing case.

"Huh? Sword Slayer? I thought it was Sword-wielding Thunder." A handsome Chinese man around 20, fiddling with a broken sword hilt in his hand, shook his head and smiled, "Instakill, you’re not bad, my name is Sharp Sword, hope to spar with you one day."

"Damn it!" Inside Dragon City, Feng Zhi cursed furiously and immediately started directing the team, "Everyone listen to the command, let’s all give Instakill the same name bestowing—Bastard! Isn’t it about having more people? Here we have over 300,000 people giving him the same name bestowing."

At that moment, out of the 600,000 players who had broken through the Skeleton Ocean’s encirclement, someone suddenly said, "Instakill is a god!"

Immediately, everyone was slightly taken aback, then remembered the time, long ago, when Dragon City was besieged by the Skeleton Army, and when the city was on the brink of destruction, Huang Yi had audaciously stolen the Heart of the Sand Thief King, saving Dragon City for the first time.

Back then, all the players of Dragon City had also shouted, "Instakill is a god!"

At this moment, the crowd seemed to be ignited by these words, roaring wildly together!

"Instakill is a god!"

"Instakill is a god!"

The voices of 600,000 people soared to the skies, deafening, with the chant "Instakill is a god" reverberating between heaven and earth.

"3, 2, 1, countdown over! System tallying, please wait..." At this time, the system announcement ended the countdown and paused for a while.

At this point, Dugu Lengcang finally finished his speech at the award ceremony and stepped down from the stage!

At this point, all 1.8 million players of The Second World had put aside their tasks, stopped swinging their swords, stopped speaking, all waiting for the system’s final name bestowing!

At this point, Huang Yi was still carrying Qin Shiyu’s corpse on his back, holding Xiao Chunzi’s hand, standing at the center of the world!

"[System Announcement]: After tallying by the system, the title with the highest number of bestowed names is ’Instakill is a god!’. Combining the results, Instakill’s final bestowed name is: [God of Slaughter]."