353 Chapter 348: This yer is too fierce!


    Good news: before the broadcast ended, Lincoln sessfully received three Championship Crowns.


    More precisely, he got a total of 16!


    Bad news: out of these 16 crowns, not a single one was obtained by himself.


    To put it more bluntly, he only got the Championship Crowns thanks to Princess Camille and Mavis''s support.


    During the closest attempt at a crown, he was still pulled back by the "bastard" behind him, barely missing it.


    Some people were live-streaming with their sisters, while he was being carried by his sisters in the live stream.


    Lincoln really wants to ask Princess Camille Victoria and Mavis: just how high is your hidden ranking?


    Why do all the opponents they encounter seem to be so strong?!


    Furthermore, because of his two powerfulrades, he couldn''t trigger the "Caring for Humanity" system due to losing and winning alternately. Thus, he couldn''t get into lower-level matches.


    It feels like such a terrible game experience!


    If it weren''t for Princess Camille and Mavis having so much fun, he would have slipped away long ago.


    What''s worse, after the broadcast, he still had to practice boxing to make up for the training he missed while ying games today.


    "In the end, it''s all on me..." Lincoln yed along while obediently practicing boxing.


    *


    The next day, Lincoln got upte for once.


    Ever since he started practicing boxing, he rarely got up sote.


    Moreover, even afterpleting the entire routine of getting up, washing up, eating breakfast, and going to work, he still felt out of spirits when he finally sat down in his office.


    Lincoln reflected and thought that hiszy andid-back personality definitely conflicted with his daily routine of practicing boxing and knife techniques.


    Conflict was bound to happen sooner orter.


    The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this daily training in martial arts didn''t suit his nature.


    Moreover, he felt that the three-month training period was just a bit too long.


    He wondered if, when he went back to his sses, he could discuss this issue with Xu Chun?


    If that didn''t work, he could take a risk and shorten the training time. It wouldn''t be a big deal to get hit a few more times during the battles!


    After all, pain onlysts for a few days, and he could just endure it.


    As for the cold weapons, well...


    At this thought, Lincoln felt a bit of a headache.


    It seemed that cold weapons didn''t work with the "take a few more hits and endure" approach...


    "Sigh, what should I do?" Lincoln felt helpless.


    "Knock, knock, knock."


    Just when Lincoln was troubled, a sudden knock on the door broke his thoughts.


    "Come in."


    Lincoln was a bit surprised to see that the person who pushed the door open and walked in was Jerome.


    "Sit, I thought you''d be busy discussing coborations with a bunch ofpanies. Why do you have time toe to me? Is there a problem?"


    "No," Jerome shook his head, "It''s mainly because I need to know your thoughts on an issue, Boss."


    Lincoln nodded, "What''s the problem? Go ahead."


    "All the brands that are currently negotiating coborations with us are only focusing on ''Speed Chase'' and only want to advertise in Night City,"


    Jerome said with a hint of regret, "Originally, seven or eightpanies wanted to advertise in the Metropolis early on, but we were suddenly busy with IP purchases and overseas market expansions, so it was dyed. Now that ''Speed Chase'' is about to be released, they don''t even consider advertising in the Metropolis."


    Lincoln raised an eyebrow with surprise, but it was quite reasonable upon further thought.


    Since they want to advertise, it is reasonable to chase the game with thergest traffic and the highest poprity.


    "So, I wanted to ask if you have any special opinions."


    Lincoln shook his head, "Nothing special, just proceed with the normal negotiations. There''s just one thing..."


    Jerome leaned forward slightly, attentively listening to his boss''s "special instructions".


    "... They have to pay more!"


    Jerome couldn''t help butugh and cry at the same time, nodding and saying, "Don''t worry, adding money is a given."


    Afterward, Jerome left Lincoln''s office and went to the virtual world to find Fred.


    — If they wanted to advertise in Night City, they definitely had to inform Fred in advance.


    *


    Having waited for a while, Lincoln found that Quentina didn''te looking for him. With a clear conscience, he logged into the virtual world to ck off.


    But when he opened his eyes again, he wasn''t met with the familiar small sofa on the Spaceship, but instead was in the middle of a wilderness.


    Just as he was puzzled, Mavis suddenly appeared from behind him, putting her index finger to her lips, hinting at him to stay quiet.


    Then she pointed mysteriously in one direction.


    Lincoln looked closely, and he saw a tiger strolling leisurely.


    Although Lincoln could make his voicepletely inaudible, he stillplied with Mavis''s request and lowered his voice, moving closer to Mavis''s ear and asking, "What''s happening? Is there something wrong with this tiger?"


    "Nope~" Mavis whispered quietly, still pointing at the direction, "Master, look closely!"


    Lincoln lowered his body, leaned on Mavis''s shoulder, and looked in the direction she was pointing.


    It took him quite a while to finally notice a yer dressed in full camouge crouched in the bushes. The yer was upwind of the tiger and was carefully moving forward at a painfully slow pace, inching closer to the tiger.


    "Is he... trying to hunt the tiger?" Lincoln asked in disbelief.


    "It seems so!"


    "Where did he get weapons? There are no weapons in ''Paradise'', right? Also, at this slow pace, when would he ever reach the tiger? How long has he been here?"


    Mavis had been watching for a while and knew all about this yer''s actions. She quietly answered all of Lincoln''s questions: "From discovering the tiger to getting to its current position, it has already been over an hour. He found the tiger using a telescope that was given as a reward in an amusement park mini-game!"


    "As for the weapon, he got up early this morning when there were few people around in the amusement park. He drove a shuttle bus for twenty minutes, crashing it into and breaking a section of the thinnest railing. Then he spent almost an hour bending and prying the railing by hand, making a metal long spear as thick as a thumb."


    Lincoln''s eyes widened as he listened.


    "This guy, what a talent!"


    He had considered the possibility of "yer hunting animals" before, but in his imagination, the first yer to attempt it would be part of a team to carry out a coordinated hunt.


    And they wouldn''t be so bold as to aim at arge, fierce beast like a tiger right away!


    Going to hunt a tiger with a thin iron spear like this was beyond Lincoln''s wildest imagination.


    Lincoln stared at the yer until his ID appeared:[Hu]


    ???


    Lincoln was immediately taken aback.


    There didn''t seem to be any problem with the ID itself.


    But in this particr scene, it became absurd!


    What does this mean?


    Hu hunting tigers?


    In just a few seconds while Lincoln stared at him, the muscr man with the ID called Hu moved a little closer.


    At this distance, although the tiger hadn''t noticed anything yet, it had already sharply raised its head, gently sniffing the unusual scent in the air.


    —This was actually a special action created by Lincoln and Xiaomeng, and it was only rted to the distance between the yers and the animals. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Because yers wouldn''t actually emit any scent in the air, they couldn''t be smelled.


    In Lincoln''s design, the animals'' alert ranges were different. If you tantly drove a car or charged directly at the animals without concealing yourself,


    then the animals'' alert range would be enormous, reacting from far away.


    Whether to run away or approach depends on the yer''s state.


    If the yer is calm and has stable nerve signals, the system will judge the yer to be in a "peaceful" state, and the animals will not only not run away, but they will also actively approach.


    If there are young cubs nearby, they will even proactively cling to the yer''s leg, begging to be held and cuddled.


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    However, if the yer is tense and has excessive nerve signal activity, the system will judge the yer to be in a "non-peaceful" state, and there will be two alert circles for the animals—


    One is arge "visual circle."


    Within this range, animals will react when they see the yer, and won''t if they don''t see them.


    The other is the "crisis circle."


    This is a very small circle. Even if the animals haven''t noticed the yer, when the yer enters this circle, the animals will be vignt, observing their surroundings more frequently and with heightened alertness.


    Upon discovering a yer, their reaction will depend on the rtive size: Vegetarian animals will quickly flee, and carnivores will choose either to run away or attack.


    Such a judgment system is much moreplex than simply forbidding yers to attack animals altogether and aligningpletely with the harmonious atmosphere of "Paradise."


    asionally, misjudgments may ur.


    Still, Lincoln added the system.


    On the one hand, he wanted to give yers more freedom, and on the other, it was a technological exploration.


    This technological umtion would be used in the next major update of "Paradise" by Lincoln, as well as more than one prototype game in his head that used this system.


    Seeing the tiger quickly bing alert without noticing the yer, Lincoln swiftly found the reason in his head: yer Hu entered the tiger''s "crisis circle."


    This yer''s movements, as Lincoln, an outsider, saw them, were akin to that of a seasoned veteran—


    The instant the tiger became alert, he immediately changed his stealth tactics.


    He adjusted his posture in a sh and rushed toward the tiger at full speed, wielding the crude iron spear!


    His spear-wielding movements were nothing like the skills Lincoln had learned from Lori.


    But as Lincoln watched his movements, he had no doubt about their lethality!


    "Roar!"


    The tiger was provoked and charged at the yer with a ferocious roar!


    Since they were already close to each other, the two sides were engaged in fiercebat immediately with their all-out sprints!


    The tiger pounced and tried to bite Hu''s neck, but Hu, seemingly prepared for it, violently leaned back and narrowly thrust the iron spear at the tiger''s neck.


    Just as the tiger''s neck was about to be pierced, the beast unexpectedly tilted its head to the side at thest moment, swiping down at Hu with a paw!


    "Pah."


    Compared to the deafening roar, this p sounded very small.


    However, when the two separated, the tiger only had a cut on its neck, while yer Hu immediately had a [Fracture] negative status. His left arm was limp and drooping, and the iron spear had been knocked away.


    Unwilling to ept defeat, Hu looked at the spear that had fallen to the side.


    Since the spear was just a railing, the tip was tiny and, without any sharpening tools, couldn''t be that sharp.


    He had clearly stabbed the tiger''s neck, but it hadn''t gone deep; the shallow wound was stuck with little pration.


    Then he was pped by the tiger on the arm, rendering itpletely useless.


    The tiger was unscathed.


    And that meant that the oue was already decided: he was doomed, with no chance of survival.


    With a sigh, Hu didn''t wait to die. Instead, he lunged for the spear on the ground, quickly standing up.


    Wielding the spear with one hand, he aimed it at the tiger again!


    He could ept death...


    But not disgrace!>