Chapter 137 Tiger Fossen

"It's him?"

Xu Jingming looked at the name. "Number two in the world is actually from the boxing world?"

"Li Miaomiao invites you to her personal space." Xu Jingming received the reminder and immediately tapped lightly, accepting the invitation.

By the beach.

Li Miaomiao sat in a beach chair, drinking a beverage, looking over Tiger Fossen's information.

"Miaomiao." Xu Jingming walked over, listening to the sound of the waves and breathing in the seaside air. Xu Jingming also leaned back in a beach chair and picked up a watermelon to eat.

"Jingming, this Tiger Fossen's information feels a little messy." Li Miaomiao looked at the data. "Various boxing champion titles from different competitions."

"It's normal to not understand. The boxing world and the martial arts fighting world are very different." Xu Jingming laughed. "The World Martial Arts Competition doesn't distinguish between age, gender, or weight. It's armored combat with weapons, so obtaining first or second place in the world is very prestigious. The prize money and appearance fees are also very high."

"But boxing is divided into many weight classes according to weight, such as heavyweight, cruiserweight, light heavyweight, and a dozen other weight classes. And it's divided into four major professional boxing organizations. So there are many boxing champions. Many boxing champions aren't famous enough, and their appearance fees are very low. They usually have to do other jobs to support themselves."

"The income is so low?" Li Miaomiao asked, puzzled.

"Of course, there are also those with high incomes." Xu Jingming said, "For example, those who unify the golden belts of the four major organizations, being completely invincible in one weight class! Moving up a weight class and becoming invincible again. Moving up another weight class and becoming invincible again... Their fame naturally grows, becoming the most dazzling boxing champion of an era, and appearance fees of over 100 million are normal."

"Where does Tiger Fossen rank among the many boxing champions in history? There may be a lot of debate. But he is the greatest heavyweight boxing champion, there is no doubt about that." Xu Jingming said.

Li Miaomiao looked at the information and said, "Entered professional boxing at 18, won the heavyweight world boxing champion title at 20, and retired at 28? Only lost one match by accident, all others were victories?"

"At 28, he felt there were no opponents in the boxing world, so he retired home to take care of his children. Later, he also opened a boxing gym to teach students, but he was too unsuccessful as a teacher. His disciples weren't good." Xu Jingming said, "So in a fit of anger, he came back at 43 and fought for another ten years. He was completely victorious in those ten years, without a single defeat. Can you imagine an old-timer at 53 dominating the heavyweight boxing world? In his professional career, he had 92 fights, 91 wins, 1 loss, and 86 KOs. Such a KO rate is scary to even hear. He was known as having the most terrifying fist in heavyweight history. The younger generation didn't dare to exchange punches with him when he retired at 53!"

"I heard there are boxing champions with undefeated careers." Li Miaomiao said.

"Yes,"

Xu Jingming said, "But you have to look at the actual dominance. Some boxing champions are undefeated, but they only fought against unknown opponents, so the value is much lower. Like my senior brother, Tie Lianyuan, although he has also won three world number one titles, he is still not as good as the Three Kings of the martial world. Why? Because the opponents he defeated weren't strong enough! It's the same with boxing champions. Only by defeating powerful opponents can you prove yourself."

"This old boxing champion was completely invincible when he retired young, and he was invincible again with ten years of victories when he was old! And it was in the most brutal heavyweight class." Xu Jingming said, "So his status in the boxing world is very high."

"I just didn't expect that this old boxing champion, picking up a weapon, could break through the third level of the Star Tower in just seven or eight days, ranking second in the world." Xu Jingming admired. "I'm afraid many fighting styles around the world didn't expect this old boxing champion to be number two in the world."

"What about the Three Kings of the martial world? Aren't they very strong?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"I can only say that, looking at the world, there are even stronger people." Xu Jingming said.

…

Time passed.

The mission space opened, and the Star Tower had been open for 38 minutes when Liu Hai from Xia Country broke through the third level.

The Star Tower had been open for more than five hours when Tiger Fossen from the White Eagle Federation broke through the third level.

However, three days passed…

On the Star Ranking, there were still only these two names!

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Virtual world, Liu Hai's personal space.

Five high-level officials from Xia Country came to visit Liu Hai. Four men and one woman.

"Coach Liu Hai." A refined middle-aged man smiled. "We haven't seen each other in many years, have we?"

"Old leader, please sit." Liu Hai was also very polite.

"Haha, I'm a few years older than Liu Hai. Looking at us now, we've both become younger." The refined middle-aged man laughed. The four companions beside him also nodded with a smile. Nowadays, people's lifespans have greatly increased. Lifespans have reached 160 to 200 years, and eighty or ninety years old is still considered middle age.

"Coach Liu Hai, life evolution is an important process for the entire human civilization. The country attaches great importance to it and has specially established the Life Evolution Bureau! It is specifically responsible for managing all matters related to the life evolution of the people of the country." The refined middle-aged man said, "The virtual world game is also the responsibility of the Life Evolution Bureau."

As soon as Liu Hai heard this, he immediately understood how much power this mysterious, unpublicized department had.

Nowadays, the virtual world has too much influence on people's lives.

Life evolution is even more important. And all of this is managed by the Life Evolution Bureau.

"Let me introduce you. This is Old Zhou, also our director." The refined middle-aged man introduced an old man sitting in the center.

"Director Zhou." Liu Hai felt a little nervous in front of this leader.

This old man was already in a high position when Liu Hai was young.

"Haha…" This Director Zhou said with a smile, "I had already retired and was living a life of leisure. Who would have thought that I would encounter something like life evolution? To survive, I was one of the earliest experimenters. Fortunately, I succeeded and survived to this day. These years, I have been responsible for many experiments on life evolution and experiments in the virtual world."

Liu Hai listened obediently.

"Director Zhou is in charge of the overall situation, and the four of us are helping to share the burden." The refined middle-aged man said, "This is Deputy Director Wang Shuqi, this is Deputy Director Liang Qian, and this is Deputy Director Zhang Tongfang."

The other three deputy directors all smiled. The female deputy director among them said, "Coach Liu Hai, this time you have greatly honored our Xia Country. All the people of Xia Country feel proud. After you became number one in the world, three days have passed, and there are still only two people in the world who have passed the third level of the Star Tower. The Star Tower is just a personal mission within the virtual world, but it is a test of your strength. Practical combat proves that you are already at the forefront of the life evolution process."

"Very impressive."

"The bureau is also proud of you." Another deputy director gave a thumbs up.

"It's just that I've cultivated for a few decades more." Liu Hai said modestly.

Director Zhou smiled and said, "Coach Liu Hai, we came this time for two reasons. First, we want to ask if you have any suggestions for our 'Life Evolution Bureau'? After all, the Life Evolution Bureau has just gotten on track and there are many shortcomings in terms of experience. Second, we want to ask if you need any more help? After all, you are the number one in the world, so we naturally need to cultivate you more intensively. Good steel should be used on the blade."

"Speak boldly." The refined middle-aged man also said.

"Then I'll speak boldly."

Liu Hai considered it and said, "Actually, I am a little ashamed of getting the world number one title."

The five leaders were puzzled, but they listened calmly.

"I was able to win the world number one title because of my own experience, and because I received cultivation from the country on the first day the virtual world opened." Liu Hai said, "With the cultivation of resources, my growth rate is naturally faster than those who didn't get resources! In seven days, my strength is much stronger than on the first day of the virtual world. So as soon as the Star Tower opened, I easily passed the third level."

"But I got help from external forces." Liu Hai said, "Only twenty people in the country have received cultivation. More than a billion people can only rely on themselves to fight."

"You don't have to be ashamed."

The refined middle-aged man said, "There are twenty people in the country who are being cultivated. Countries around the world will cultivate their own elites. As far as I know, about eighty people around the world are being cultivated! But since the Star Tower opened, only two people have passed the third level of the Star Tower, one is you, and the other is the old boxing champion from the White Eagle Federation."

"Cultivation is just an external force, and it needs time to manifest itself. The fact that you two are so strong in the early stages means that your foundation is strong." The refined middle-aged man said.

Liu Hai nodded. "Among the twenty people who are being cultivated in the country, the resource I chose was the Fifth-Order Shield Blade Technique. I need to learn it slowly myself. As time goes by, I will learn more and more, and become stronger and stronger. The same is true for those who are being cultivated. They will also grow very quickly. But what about the others? For example, one of my disciples, Xu Jingming!"

"Xu Jingming was the most dazzling in the first God-level battle on the first day the virtual world opened. In that battle, he was clearly stronger than Gao Chong, Wang Qiao, and Dong Xu. But he didn't get cultivation and can only explore slowly on his own. Gao Chong, Wang Qiao, and Dong Xu are all martial arts masters and have all obtained resources. Their progress will be very fast afterwards."

"On the first day of the virtual world, Xu Jingming was stronger than them."

"But a month later, they are estimated to surpass Xu Jingming. At that time, most of the top twenty in Xia Country are estimated to be those who have been cultivated." Liu Hai said, "Is this fair?"

The five leaders listened in silence.

"In just a few days of the game, we can see the rise of many female players and even folk players." Liu Hai said, "But as the cultivated personnel gradually use their resources, coupled with their past foundations, they will improve quickly and surpass female players and folk players. Is this fair?"