Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1495 - 1421: Vegetative Patient Enters the Virtual World
"Then what is his disability?"
"He is a rare conjoined person!"
"Conjoined person?"
"Yes, two heads sharing one body! It’s caused by incomplete separation of the fertilized egg; they have difficulty living like normal people. When they enter The Second World, they also have inherent differences compared to others. Their two heads are like two players, but not truly two players in the strict sense. To some extent, their thoughts can be shared, but they each have independent parts. So when they enter The Second World, they have two characters. The characters share everything but can develop independently."
Sharp Sword paused, then continued, "But this pair of conjoined twins faced even more difficulties. From the information I gathered at Era of Corporation, a few years ago, they suffered a mishap where one of them became a vegetable. Fortunately, their father was a world-renowned medical professor. He organized a group of medical experts to research ways to restore consciousness, eventually becoming a pioneer in this field. They successfully awakened his consciousness, allowing him to survive in the virtual world using virtual equipment. He is Dream Against the Heavens."
"What about the other character?"
"The other character is a very famous skilled swordsman—Against-Heaven Mad Sword! Against-Heaven Mad Sword is a veteran Rare Class Holder. You can still find his guide on completing the Rare Quest on the forum. He has been nominated for Best Swordsman Award and Best Warrior Class Award. Because of this, Dream Against the Heavens was judged as not a newbie player and directly shortlisted for the Best Individual Award," Sharp Sword said, with a slight tone of respect. "They are both highly talented individuals. Although they are physically flawed, they have astonishing achievements in The Second World. Since the two characters can share resources, it’s like combining the time and effort of two players. This is even more terrifying than the God of Slaughter’s incarnations, as he has to distract himself to control them, still counting as one player instead of two."
Sharp Sword paused again before continuing, "Dream Against the Heavens is the highest-ranking and strongest among the Dream Tribe players and has become the Young Clan Leader of the Dream Tribe. He has been asleep in the small world of the Dream Tribe—Dreamland—and was carefully cultivated by several Mortal God Ancestral Elders. Just recently, he successfully fused with the Dream Tribe’s Creator Ancestral Spirits [Ancestor of Dreams] and can now transform into the Creator Ancestral Spirit’s form. In that state, he is invincible! Even I need to complete the Underworld King Trials and become the Underworld King before I can compete with him on equal terms."
"There are more and more powerful people now! Will the God of Slaughter still be the world’s number one master after his resurrection?" the little girl frowned, very unhappily said.
"It’s hard to say! At least for now, I, Spirit Demon, and Dream Against the Heavens are about on the same level of strength as the God of Slaughter. No one can be the world’s number one master forever; there will always be newcomers catching up. Didn’t Dao Feng step down before? The God of Slaughter can’t be number one forever; we can only say we’re in a tier, and anyone might temporarily become the world’s number one, taking turns."
As they talked, the opening ceremony on the TV had started, and the host introduced some changes in the year’s grand event in both English and Chinese.
This year, there are many changes, such as canceling some Best Race Awards, adding a [Best Elite Dragon Race Player Award], merging the [Best Guild Award] and [Best Team Award] into [Best Power Award], and introducing the top-level award, [Biggest Event of the Year].
Additionally, there are some changes in the timing of awarding top-level awards. Previously, all top-level awards were concentrated on the last day, resulting in low viewership in the previous days. However, this year, the five top-level awards are distributed, one per day, so there is a major highlight every day.
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The first top-level award to be presented is the [Best Charm Award], specially prepared for female players, with well-known female masters like Zhitian Shi and Fuchan Fenrao having previously won this award.
On this evening, Qin Shiyu watched the live broadcast personally because she was once again shortlisted for this award.
At this moment, she was alone in an empty large house, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the bustling city outside.
Outside, the traffic was endless, neon lights flickered, skyscrapers stood in great numbers, the nearby bar street was lively and noisy, countless men and women were reveling, and the TV walls nearby were playing commercials for the grand event.
Looking at the crowds celebrating outside the glass, Qin Shiyu looked again at her reflection on the glass: a beautiful young woman with a graceful figure and charming visage, who should have been worshipped by countless men, was alone at this moment.
She crossed her arms, hugging her shoulders, imagining how warm Huang Yi’s embrace would be if he were there.
"Next, we will present the first top-level award of the year—the Best Charm Award! Please watch the nominee clip!" At this moment, the advertisement on the TV finally ended, and the award presenter’s voice came through.
Qin Shiyu’s attention was finally drawn as she watched the nominee clip of the 100 shortlisted names.
After the nomination clips of the 100 people ended, the award presenter looked around the scene, raised his voice by eight tones, and said, "Out of the 100 shortlisted beauties, which ten are nominated?"
Then, the screen began playing the promotional clips of the 10 nominees, each person had 20 seconds of display time—
"Japan—Zhitian Shi" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"Bangladesh—Second Creator·Ice Queen"
"China—Little Rascal"
"China—Qin Shiyu"
"China—Princess Xia Meng"
"Indonesia—Fuchan Fenrao"
"Saudi Arabia—Tarna"
"India—Dream Spirit"
"Canada—Zang Yue"
"Russia—Meng Bing"
Qin Shiyu was indeed on the nomination list, she has always been one of the most famous female players globally, controlling the real power of the Hero Empire, high above, like a queen.
Among the other nine nominees, the last two were relatively unfamiliar to Qin Shiyu, so she paid extra attention to their clips.
Zang Yue from Canada is a master of the Moon Clan, a top cosmic race, having broken three Tower of Pantheons world records within one day. Recently, she suddenly became a hero, and there was speculation that her heroic aura was the last remaining aura from Miyamoto Musashi and T.N.T.
And Meng Bing from Russia, like Meng Ling, is a master of the Dream Tribe. He once killed two Divine Domain experts of the Demon Clan in the First World, inadvertently witnessed by several players who recorded the video and uploaded it online.
After the nomination trailer finished playing, the entire audience erupted, loudly shouting the names of their respective idols!
Among them, the names of Zhitian Shi, Fuchan Fenrao, Ice Queen, and Qin Shiyu were the loudest.
On the stage, the award presenter glanced around at the loudly cheering audience and smiled slightly.
Then, under everyone’s gaze, he slowly opened the envelope, took out the name card inside, and loudly announced, "The winner of the Best Charm Award is—"
In front of the TV, Qin Shiyu tightly clenched her palm, sweat beads emerging in her palm, her beautiful eyes staring intently at the lip movements of the award presenter.
The live broadcast split into several parts, showing the presence of the nominated attendees.
"The Canadian female player—Zang Yue!"
The award presenter’s voice rang out.
Qin Shiyu’s eyes dimmed.
In the live broadcast, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed female player from Europe and America excitedly stood up, embraced a few people around her, and then quickly walked in high heels onto the podium.
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The second top award, the Best Newcomer Award, was given on the second day of the annual ceremony.
If the first Best Newcomer Award was a duel between the God of Slaughter and Thunder God, and the second was dominated by T.N.T, then this year’s Best Newcomer Award was a display of blooming flowers.
Among the 10 nominees, the super-first-class masters alone included Ice Queen, Heavenly Demon, Dark Night Xiaotao, Meng Ling, Little Rascal, Insect Two, Zang Yue, and Meng Bing, totaling eight.
Among them, the latter six are masters from the top cosmic races. As the virtual world story progresses, those hidden masters within their respective top cosmic races have come to light, joining in the competition for the Best Newcomer Award.
This year, they just became known to the public, emerging with the strength of super-first-class masters, expanding the group of super-first-class masters to over thirty. However, their fame is still a notch below that of Heavenly Demon and Ice Queen.
For this award, Qin Shiyu most wanted Little Rascal to win because she publicly stated that if she won the top award, she would propose to revive Huang Yi.
However, the eventual winner was Ice Queen!
She was not present at the event, and the flag bearer from Bangladesh received the award on her behalf.
This award was significantly influenced by Huang Yi; if it weren’t for him stripping Heavenly Demon’s Magic Dragon Wings or saving The Second World to give Ice Queen a chance to mend the heavens, the Best Newcomer Award likely would have gone to Heavenly Demon.
After the two top awards, Qin Shiyu’s side received nothing, and she could only pin her hopes on the three remaining top awards.
The top award given on the third day drew unprecedented attention—
Best Individual Award!
The Best Individual Award has always been presented last and is the most important among all top awards. The winner is officially recognized as the world’s top master by Era of Corporation. However, this year, the award was moved to be presented in the middle.
Among the nominees for the Best Individual Award were all the super-first-class masters, and after a strict system evaluation, only ten of the best entered the nomination stage—
"China—King of the World·God of Slaughter"
"China—Thunder God"
"Egypt—Pharaoh"
"South Africa—World Destroyer, Spirit Demon"
"China—Sword Tomb Master·Sword Emperor"
"Singapore—Dream Against the Heavens"
"China—Dragon Emperor"
"United States—Pope"
"Russia—Giant Bear"
"China—Sword Emperor"
Among them, China’s five veteran super-first-class masters—Sword Dragon Slayer, all nominated!
