I'm bombarding the Supernatural World with my firearms

Chapter 183 The Death of Lord Miao.

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.

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.

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."