Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1424: Extra: Speak out your wish!_2 Chapter 1424: Extra: Speak out your wish!_2 But in the end, only a pile of tired skeletons remained, with not a single person punching the clock successfully.

—Except for Lincoln and Camille Victoria.

That very evening, Lincoln took his fiancée over there, and hand in hand, they strolled around the volcano opening.

However, since the two of them were the initiators of the [Ultimate Challenge], they naturally wouldn’t be counted among the challengers.

Over the following month, the couple held several public lectures, purportedly to “impart skills,” where they extensively discussed volcano research, thoroughly popularizing the joy and romance of studying active volcanoes in reality around the world.

Clearly, their main purpose wasn’t to impart skills but to attract new blood to their field of active volcano research.

But the imparting of skills was indeed genuine.

So, after one month, someone else finally completed [Awakening of the Earth], claiming the third Pure Gold Trophy.

And then came the fourth…

By then, the last two [Ultimate Challenges] left to conquer were just the Snow Mountain speed descent and [Ultimate Trust].

Until today, March in the year 2032.

William tried to put an end to this challenge.

He had almost entirely missed out on the Spirit Realm’s Space Era.

Whether it was the opening of the Great Routes or the intense stargate struggles one after another, he was scarcely involved.

—Each time a black monolith was discovered, each time a stargate was constructed, it was accompanied by fierce interstellar battles.

Players from various countries and organizations formed large fleets, battling incessantly around the stargates for days on end.

The fiercest of these struggles lasted a whopping half a month, with hundreds of thousands of large, medium, and small battle ships destroyed daily!

And William was almost entirely absent—as the [Ultimate Challenge] entered its final phase, he devoted almost all of his energy to it.

In exchange, out of the eight challenges, he had already completed six, with only the Snow Mountain speed descent and [Ultimate Trust] remaining.

Looking around the world, there were only five players at the same stage as him.

Each one a top-level player in the field of extreme sports.

William wasn’t a person driven by material desires, nor did he have anything he was particularly eager to wish from Lincoln.

He chose this path for one reason alone—
Months ago, players with a chance to compete for the final victory in the [Ultimate Challenge] began to be closely approached by global capital and official representatives from various countries!

They were promised astonishing wealth and privileges, with just one condition—make a wish on their behalf from Lincoln.

“Making a wish to Lincoln” indeed held immense value.

Especially now, as the entire world was accelerating its transition into the Spirit Realm.

But for an individual, due to identity limitations, the wishes that could be made were actually very limited.

It was nothing more than Money, privileges, sex… and the like.

And for these things, there really was no need to go to Lincoln; any major capital or any country’s Government could provide them.

Especially the major capitals, they were even more effective than Lincoln.

Lincoln would refuse wishes that were too outrageous or violated public order and good customs, but these capitals would not.

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For example, if you wanted a harem of a dozen or so wives, a few from every age range from 10 to 80 years old, Lincoln could land a hefty slap on your ear.

But capital could have everything arranged by the evening, they could even purchase an island to build your harem!

As everyone knows, capital has no bottom line.

In the end, one of Lincoln’s wishes could be exchanged from those capitals and governments for several wishes!

How many depended on the identity of the organization making the approach and the chances of ultimate victory.

William received eight solemn promises from around the globe—including Daxia, from different organizations.

The least of these could be exchanged for five wishes, and the most, for ten, each varying in scope.

That was precisely why William cast aside everything else and focused on the challenges with unwavering dedication.

He wasn’t aiming to exchange this “wish” for more wishes—his earnings from the Pure Gold Trophies and live streaming were already enough for him to live without a care for the rest of his life.

All of this effort was to ensure that the first wish would not fall into foreign hands.

True, Lincoln had said that everyone who completed the eight challenges could make a wish, but judging by the weight reduction of the Gold Trophies, the first wish was undeniably the most significant.

God knows what those foreigners would wish for?

Without even thinking, it was certain that behind these people, hundreds or thousands of advisors were researching how to best use this wish, how to gain more leverage from Lincoln.

And the entire world would be watching this event.

William did not want Lincoln to be set up, nor did he want Lincoln’s reputation to be tarnished.

Thus, he abandoned all entertainments and immersed himself in the challenges, even reducing the frequency of his real-world rock climbing, only trying it a few times when the outdoor climbing locations also began to transition into the Spirit Realm.

And all his efforts were for this moment—
He leapt, plunging straight down from the peak of Snow Mountain!

The experience of plummeting rapidly through snow, no matter how many times it was repeated, always made him feel his blood surge!

But he quickly restrained his impulses, calming himself down; excitement and nervousness would only waste energy, and he needed to conserve every bit of it.

At such extreme speeds, his figure was like a meteor cutting through the thick snow.

The biting cold wind seemed intent on tearing every inch of exposed skin to shreds!

Every protruding chunk of ice, every steep slope could become a deadly trap.

Below him, someone failed to evade in time, fell into a crevasse, and disappeared in an instant.

Another spun uncontrollably through the air like a top, rolling far and wide upon landing, becoming a snowball that grew bigger and bigger as it rolled…