After letting Saraya and Anno take Seraphen for a walk to calm down, Hikaru returned to his office.

Sitting on the chair, he opened the system notification.

[System Message: Hi players, you've had a long time to develop your territory, perhaps you are now strong enough to survive in this world.

However, after a long time, the number of players is still quite large. Therefore, I, the owner of the system will make a decision.

I will hold a competition in perfect simulation.

I hope you won't disappoint me.]

[Ding! The perfect simulation contest information is as follows:

1. Players are not required to participate in this contest. However, if a player does not participate, the territory will be reduced by one level. That Player's level will also be reduced by 10 levels.

2. Players registered to participate in the contest will be entered into the simulation space. Inside that space, even if they die, the players wouldn't suffer any real world injuries.

3. The form of combat will be in the style of Battle Royal. Each Player can bring up to two Heroes to participate.

4. If any Player is killed, half of all their current resources will be lost. Those resources will be passed on to the winner including the hero brought in by the killed player.

5. The final winner will receive a special gift from the system.]

After reading the announcement, Hikaru felt a little confused.

Of course he understood all the information inside the announcement, what he couldn't understand was why organize such a contest?

If all the players died inside that space without affecting reality, the number of players would not decrease.

Besides.. the simulation space that the system refers to is exactly the same as the Void Space.

Maybe..

Hikaru thought of something, he frowned, his eyes were a little sharp. After a while, he said, "Rika, what do you think."

[Master, he probably wants to reduce the amount of resources the players have. To be more precise, he is trying to reduce inflation.]

"Reducing inflation?"

[That's right. You also know that the amount of resources the players are holding is huge. Plus the system can generate unlimited resources in the form of Treasure Chests.]

[If resources were evenly distributed among everyone, and their is no distinction between the rich and the poor then it would create inflation. That's why the system is trying to channel resources towards the strongest players.]

[After doing that, players who have lost resources will become extremely weak. Then the strong players will seize this opportunity to destroy the weak players.]

Hikaru nodded at that, it seems.. the system wouldn't kill the players directly, but it would make the players kill each other.

However, that did not affect him at all. Right now, he only needed to bring Saraya and someone with him to win over all the other players.

What he was interested in was how this event worked and the system's rewards for the strongest.

[Master, do you intend to copy the event this time?]

Hikaru heard Rika and smiled, "That's right. This event is completely similar to Void Space. If I use it to hold a similar event, what do you think?"

[Hm..that's great. But.. what is its purpose?]

After hearing to Rika's question. Hikaru was also silent.

"I.. don't know."

Yes, if the system organizes such an event to curb inflation, then why is he organizing such an event?

The inhabitants of his territory were not many, and the number of adventurers did not exceed 100.

So.. what does he need to do?

"Haizzz, it seems.. there are a lot of things that even if we have an idea, we are not sure how to execute it."

[Master, I will find a way for you to hold an event like this in the future but with great benefit.]

"Heh?! Really?"

[Um.. But for now, you should take care of the matter of this event and develop the territory. Ah! There is also the matter regarding the Pope of Sanctuary, you should be a little careful.]

Hikaru nodded seriously: "Um! I will face him seriously. I just hope this event can give me enough resources to level up the territory to level 5."

He really wanted to be able to level up the territory to level 5, so he and the Heroes he summoned could level up to level 60.

In this way, everyone's strength can reach new heights, and he can also feel more secure in the face of other dangers.

Especially the dangers coming from the sanctuary or from players from other worlds.

[Ding! Do you want to participate in this event?]

"Accept!"

[Ding! Registered successfully. The event will start in 5 days, please select a hero that can be brought into the simulation world.]

Hikaru rubbed his chin thoughtfully, and in the end, he decided to bring Saraya and Selvih with him.

[Ding! You cannot bring Selvih, these are the natives.]

Hikaru frowned: "Looks like... the system really doesn't let the players come into contact with or involve the local residents."

He wanted to choose Tsuraguki but she was busy managing the army.

Vuni was not present in this place right now.

Nor did he want to summon another hero to replace them.

[Master, you should choose Tsuraguki.]

"Heh? But.."

[Don't worry, that space is the same as Void Space, the time difference inside that space and outside is huge. It would probably only take about 1 or 2 days in the real world.]I think you should take a look at

Hikaru was relieved to hear that, he decided to choose Tsuraguki and Saraya.

[Ding! Successfully selected.]

He nodded, then opened the world chat channel to watch. Just like he thought, the world chat channel was in chaos.

..historical

[What the hell is going on? If you don't participate in this event, you will lose 10 levels, so is it any different from forcing the players to participate?]

[Haizz, I'm just a wild player with no resources, no power, tell me what to do now.]

[Yes, this event is terrible. Especially wild players like me. We aren't able to level up, if we fail, our level will be reduced by 10 levels, so it's like facing death.]

[Haizzz, you guys stop whining. I also feel very tired. The amount of resources that I tried to hoard might soon be lost.]

[That's right, if you don't participate, you will lose 10 levels, but if you join and die, even though it doesn't affect reality, it will reduce ? of the current amount of resources.]

[I have an idea, now let's use all the resources we have and register for this event.]

[That's right. The above Player is right, if we do that, even if we are defeated, it won't take too many resources.]

[Player above said very well, but you forgot one thing, what can you use resources for?]

[Ack! I.. I don't know.]

[That's right. Resources, although many, cannot be used. I'm hoarding resources to level up the territory to level 3, but it's still not enough. Now we can't even use it.

If you want to build another building, you need a drawing of that building.

To be more precise, we have a lot of resources that we can't use. It is like sitting on a pile of gold, but your position is on a deserted island in the middle of the vast ocean.

You have a lot of gold but can't use it.]

[Haizzz, or.. we put our resources to someone very strong to keep us.]

[Hahaha.. Is the player above stupid or is he too trusting in humanity? After you give the resource to that person, do you believe that person will help you?]

[Stupid!]

[Stupid +1]

[Stupid +2]

[Stupid +10,000,000..]

[I think.. we should still register for this event. At the very least, we only lose resources, not levels.]

[Player above is right, we can easily find and hoard resources, but leveling is quite difficult.]

[Although level can be increased with soulpoints, the number of soulpoints needed to level up is enormous. Especially, for wild players, losing levels means death.]

[Yes, I agree with the player above.]

[Me too.]

..

Hikaru turned off the world chat box, leaned back on the chair, and thought about many things in his mind.

[You are wondering why the system is down for such a long time, right?]

"That's right." Hikaru nodded, "I feel like something's not right."

[You have guessed correctly.]

"Heh?! You mean.."

[It seems that someone has taken over the system.]

Hikaru frowned and asked, "How do you know?"

[Simply put, in the past, the system would just issue normal notifications. But the announcement just now, the system automatically issued two notifications.]

[The first message is very clear, he is the owner of the system, the second is a normal message.]

"That means.."

[That's right. It seems that the previous owner of the system has been defeated or died, and another person has appeared to take over the system.]

Hikaru took a deep breath upon hearing that, he felt a bit nervous and scared. Even though Fellea was here, he also felt extremely worried.

An existence that could create a system was defeated, so how strong was the one who defeated him?

Why did he have to take control of the system?

Too many questions appeared in Hikaru's mind right now. In the end, he could only sigh: "Haizz, I'm too weak to worry about these matters."

[That's right, the only thing you need to take care of is getting stronger.]

Hikaru nodded at that, however, he was thinking of another matter.

'What is Vuni doing? Where is she?'

..

In another dimension, Vuni flew to a palace floating in the vast universe.

The palace was enormous, about the size of the moon, and it gave off a blinding aura.

Vuni flew through the curtain of light, entered the palace, then sat sadly beside an artificial aquarium.

"Ah! Daughter! You're back?!"