"All the live streaming platforms are far inferior to live streaming in the virtual world," said Li Miaomiao. "Those real-world live streaming platforms are completely finished. The Tiger Shark Group is also going to decline." There was a coldness in Li Miaomiao's eyes.

Although she didn't say it, she was extremely hostile towards Cheng Zihao.

Cheng Zihao used both enticements and threats! Faced with the coercion of the Cheng family of the Tiger Shark Group, how many people could withstand the pressure? Li Miaomiao had been startled awake from nightmares several times.

The other party had even pressured her parents through her uncle! Li Miaomiao was even angrier. She loved her parents very much and didn't want them to be involved or worried about her.

No matter how angry she was, the Tiger Shark Group was too large, and Li Miaomiao could only endure it, abandoning the live streaming account she had accumulated for several years with a full ten million followers, switching to a new platform, and completely blacklisting the other party. This was the only thing Li Miaomiao could do. She had no concrete evidence and didn't dare to retaliate at all.

"The Tiger Shark Group is going to decline," Xu Jingming understood as well.

During that time, the pressure brought by Cheng Zihao was too great.

Cheng Zihao coerced and lured his girlfriend, a matter that would enrage any man. But without evidence, there was nothing he could do.

He himself had also been pressured by the other party, and he could only blacklist him. Fortunately, Miaomiao had always stood by his side. Xu Jingming felt very sorry for Miaomiao waking up from nightmares at night, and he only hated his own powerlessness.

In the end, he was forced to leave Binhai City, seemingly carefree, but in reality, he was in a sorry state.

He was also blocked on the internet.

He once thought that he would spend his life opening a martial arts gym in his hometown and being a coach unless he could make a comeback and win the world championship, it would be difficult to make a name for himself again.

But...

The times had changed! Human society had ushered in the virtual world!

"Cheng Zihao's days of being rampant are over," Li Miaomiao said.

Li Miaomiao smiled and looked at Xu Jingming, "But, Jingming, your future will be a hundred or a thousand times broader than in the past, a truly limitless future."

"Oh?" Xu Jingming had some associations.

"Think about it, in 2036, humans first landed on Yinghuo Star (Mars). Afterwards, in some year, virtual helmets were discovered on Yinghuo Star. Then in 2052, the Global Martial Arts Competition was held for the first time! And all countries fully supported it, various media kept promoting it, and the popularity immediately reached the level of the number one fighting event in the world, and some legendary players' appearance fees were as high as hundreds of millions."

Xu Jingming nodded. Indeed, the Global Martial Arts Competition didn't exist a long time ago because the danger was too high, but in 2052, all countries in the world vigorously promoted this event, which also made many people wonder.

"And this virtual world game is also about cold weapon combat," said Li Miaomiao, "and almost everyone on Blue Star (Earth) will learn it."

"Looking back now, everything can be explained."

Li Miaomiao said, "Thirty years ago, countries were preparing for the virtual world game *Life Evolution*."

"In the past thirty years, various fighting styles around the world have been excavated and have reappeared on the stage," said Li Miaomiao. "I have checked the information. Before the World Martial Arts Competition... weapon combat was very niche. Traditional martial arts styles such as Bajiquan, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, etc. in the country were mainly for exercising the body, and they also practiced boxing. Weapons had already declined long ago. It was the World Martial Arts Competition in the past thirty years that enriched them again."

"Thirty years is to cultivate the seeds."

"These seeds will be completely burned in the *Life Evolution* world," said Li Miaomiao, "allowing people all over Blue Star to learn cold weapon combat faster."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Looking back on the past, everything is easier to understand.

"Speaking of which, in 2056, countries around the world formed the Blue Star Alliance," said Li Miaomiao, "but the first World Martial Arts Competition was held in 2052. Obviously, the importance of martial arts weapon combat made the countries unable to form an alliance in time and immediately promoted it."

"I even think that the global effort is not just for the game," Li Miaomiao speculated, "or rather, this virtual world game is worth it for all countries in the world to do so."

Xu Jingming nodded and gave a thumbs up: "Miaomiao, I think you are right."

"I'm just guessing," Li Miaomiao smiled. "Anyway, all humans around the world are playing this game, so martial arts weapon combat... will truly have a limitless future."

"Jingming, if you can become one of the top ten in the virtual world game, it will be much more dazzling than the world number one in the past," said Li Miaomiao, "because the popularity of this game is many times greater than the previous events."

"It's also more difficult," said Xu Jingming. "In previous World Martial Arts Competitions, a total of 32 people from around the world participated. In the past thirty years, a total of 522 people have participated in the World Martial Arts Competition. Including A-level and B-level events, there are more than 20,000 professional martial arts players registered with the Martial Arts Alliance worldwide!"

"In the past thirty years, there have only been more than 20,000 people. Now, however, there are seven billion people competing, each of whom will learn the Evolution Method, and each person can perform dozens or even hundreds of life-and-death fights every day... wanting to reach the top ten in the world is much more difficult than the world number one in the past," said Xu Jingming.

"Do you have confidence?" Li Miaomiao looked at the man she liked. After meeting online, they first met in reality at the martial arts gym. She saw Xu Jingming practicing the spear from afar and was attracted by Xu Jingming's concentration.

"Of course, I do."

Unprecedented brilliance bloomed in Xu Jingming's eyes, "I already have a head start, and now we are all in the virtual world game, how could I not have confidence? And the more experts there are, the more exciting the world of cold weapon combat will be."

"The more exciting?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"When you see cold weapon combat, don't you feel your blood boiling?" Xu Jingming looked at the snow in front of him. In the ten-person battle, the last person stood to the end, covered in blood, looked up and laughed. His team had won.

Seeing this, Li Miaomiao had an epiphany and thought, "Perhaps only the love from the bottom of his heart has allowed Jingming to not relax his training for three years after his retirement. In today's era, Jingming will surely bloom with a brilliance that far exceeds the past a hundred or a thousand times. My Li Miaomiao has a really good eye, the man I chose is the most outstanding!"

Thinking about it, Li Miaomiao smiled sweetly.

"What are you laughing at?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Laughing at you winning the world championship and me becoming the world's first lady," Li Miaomiao pouted.

"Oh, then I have to work hard. Being the first among seven billion people is not easy," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

******

Four o'clock in the morning, seven hours after the official opening of the virtual world game *Life Evolution*.

Penghai City, the skyscraper of the Tiger Shark Group.

Inside the elevator.

Cheng Zihao and his brother Cheng Zitong were in the elevator, and the elevator kept going up.

"Brother, what do you think Dad wants us to do?" Cheng Zihao asked in a low voice, with uneasiness in his expression. He was urgently called over from the virtual world game.

"Second brother," Cheng Zitong said softly, "You have to see the situation clearly. After the global live broadcast conference, the group's stock price, which had been declining for more than a month, plummeted again. Although the group urgently suspended trading, after the virtual world game was opened, you've been in, right? You've seen it, right?"

Cheng Zihao nodded.

"There's no comparison. Now all live streaming platforms have been completely crushed by the *Life Evolution* world. One hundred percent virtual, how can we compare?" Cheng Zitong shook his head. "This is something that cannot be resisted by human power. In the face of the general trend, we can't resist it."

"Then what does Dad want us for?" Cheng Zihao asked.

"Dad has been staying in the company these past few days and hasn't gone downstairs," Cheng Zitong said. "Later, listen more and talk less."

Ding!

The elevator stopped on the 153rd floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, it was a very large office. Cheng Zitong and Cheng Zihao walked out of the elevator and saw their father, Cheng Liwei, sitting at the desk in the distance.

Cheng Liwei's hair was almost all white, and his face was much older. He was looking down at the documents on the screen.

"Dad." Cheng Zitong stepped forward, and Cheng Zihao also said obediently, "Dad."

"You're here."

Cheng Liwei looked up at the two of them, "I'm here to inform you of a message. The family trust will go completely bankrupt within a few days."