I'm bombarding the Supernatural World with my firearms

It is said that a long time ago.

Someone indeed used the citywide loudspeaker system for advertising. At first, people were intrigued and didn't mind the novelty; it even proved quite effective, but as time passed, they gradually grew tired of these intrusive advertisements.

They even started to resist them. No matter the brand, if they advertised this way, they faced a firm boycott.

A consensus had formed.

Thus, the number of businesses choosing to advertise this way dwindled.

Until it was completely phased out, after all, the ROI had become so low, it plunged into the negatives.

And for Chen Miao, this advertising method was pretty much useless.

"..."

Chen Miao looked at his newly upgraded item panel with a hint of helplessness and heaved a light sigh. Although he had known the symbolic significance of this tool far exceeded its actual utility, it was, after all, a C-grade item. To have such effects, he didn't really know what to say.

The item's reason for existence was to tell others, "Look, this is a genius whose momentum is still strong and continuing to surge."

He's very strong.

Beyond that, it served no other purpose.

When the item would be reclaimed someday, it would mean that the genius's momentum was broken and from that point forward, the genius would fade into obscurity.

This thing was like a filtering mechanism, ultimately singling out one genius who maintained powerful momentum.

He stopped thinking about it.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Although he didn't know what the next phase of the level-up task would be, the current phase's promotion task wasn't too difficult—to reach the top of any citywide ranking within a month. It wasn't too challenging.

There were several rankings he could achieve.

For instance, "Fengtian City's Perfect Clear Ranking List," where his three-time perfect clear record ranked him at number 67.

It is worth mentioning that—

The person in the 17th place also had three perfect clears, the same as him, but they had achieved this record sooner. In cases where the number of clears is the same, earlier accomplishment meant a higher ranking.

Ranks 16 to 12 all had four perfect clears.

To perform a perfect clear of a challenge four times was to already be a top-notch player among ordinary people.

Many of these people knew each other and were even teammates.

And from the 11th rank to the 1st, they all had five perfect clears.

Meaning, the highest number of perfect clears on the Fengtian City leaderboard was five, and he had already achieved three. For him, obtaining two more perfect clears within a month was not too hard.

It is worth mentioning that—

Over the years, the Secret Realm Building in Fengtian City held countless realms that had been perfectly cleared. The Secret Realm Building alone had hundreds of floors. If there were only those realms cleared by the ones on the leaderboard, much space in the building would be void.

In actuality.

At the start, shortly after the world became supernaturalized, the authorities formed special elite teams to pioneer and perfectly clear new realms, thereby filling the Secret Realm Building with more realms. However, ultimately, the fate of most of these people was death.

No one can defy the Grim Reaper every day.

And no one can perform a ballet on the edge of death every day.

When these elite teams had nearly all perished, the Secret Realm Building of Fengtian City was almost filled. Thereafter, no special pioneering teams were assembled and the supernatural beings among the citizens were left to their own devices.

Otherwise, even if they had lived,

He would never make it to the top of the list in a month.

When people die, their rankings on the leaderboard fall.

...

When Chen Miao, accompanied by Hungry Monkey, returned to the Eternal Cemetery, he discovered that some civilians had voluntarily come to the entrance of the cemetery today. Each person solemnly dressed in formal attire was placing bunches of fresh flowers at the entrance of the cemetery.

There were no tombstones at the entrance of the cemetery.

Nothing at all.

Just a security booth that looked somewhat abandoned. The old man who worked there was nowhere to be found, not having appeared for a long while.

"What's going on here?"

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Chen Miao looked at the scene before him, somewhat confused. At first, he thought someone was targeting him, but after observing for a while, he realized that these people had organized spontaneously to pay their respects. He even recognized quite a few of them.

Many of the underground forces he met in the gathering at the Chief Wilderness were there, each somberly and sadly placing fresh flowers on the bare ground.

"Miao,"

Yuan Buping, who had appeared beside Chen Miao at some point, started with a complex expression, "You've been in the secret realm these past few days and are unaware of the situation outside. A major event has occurred that has shocked the entire federation."

"Miao, do you know who is ranked first on the federal level ranking list?"

"I know,"

Chen Miao nodded and subconsciously opened the "Federal Level Ranking List." Of course, he remembered who it was—Lord Miao, a level 67 Holy Demon Envoy.

It has been a while since he last checked. By now, the level must have increased. Perhaps reaching 70?

However, when he opened the federal level rankings, he found an unfamiliar name at the top.

"Lv.71 Insect Tribe Priest, Zhang Yi."

He flipped through several pages but couldn't find the name Lord Miao. It just disappeared from the leaderboard.

"Dead?"

Shock flickered in Chen Miao's eyes, and he said with some disbelief.

Although it was hard to believe, the fact was apparent. In fact, he knew that before Lord Miao came onto the leaderboard, the highest level was supposed to be 74. However, one day the top five players in the federal level rankings suddenly died together in some secret realm, allowing Lord Miao to climb up the ranks.

But he didn't expect that in only a short time, Lord Miao would be dead too.

Is the number one spot on the federal level ranking list too dangerous, with death following those who reach it?

The profession of the newly ranked player was familiar—Insect Tribe Priest, a job where waging war depended on spending money.

"Yes,"

Yuan Buping continued with a complex expression, "He died in 'Zhenba City,' not one of the 128 main cities in the federation like 'Gaobei City.' It's a smaller city home to two million permanent residents."

"It's located in the northernmost Land of Extreme Cold."

"The other day, Lord Miao, for some unknown reason, just happened to be in 'Zhenba City.' And on that day, a major fixed event descended upon 'Zhenba City,' a ranked 11, hellishly difficult, fixed event—"

"Sea of Human Suffering."

"Actually, these city-level fixed events are not very common. They hardly occur once a year, and throughout history, there have only been 23 such events in total."

"Although each occurrence brings significant casualties."

"They really are rare. It hasn't been many days since 'Broken Pot City' faced the city-level fixed event called 'Sea of Zombies.' And now, such a city-level event has occurred again. This is a very strange phenomenon indeed, too much of a coincidence."