Chapter 45: The Storm is Coming

  Just after midnight, a user named Feng Xiong Hua Ji posted a post titled "November 1st New Book Subscription Situation".

  He is also a big name in the Tianya forum, known as the "Data Emperor". This name originated from his insightful analysis of various online subscription data, and he gradually became a celebrity in the Tianya forum.

  The post starts with: "New book 'Lü Li's封神' (Seal of the Gods) has been released, and '射雕英雄传' (The Legend of the Condor Hero) was put on shelves yesterday, with over 150,000 pre-orders in 24 hours. Meanwhile, '射雕' (The Legend of the Condor Hero) is widely praised for its exquisite writing, rich character portrayals, and exciting plot. Can its promise be fulfilled? Let's wait and see. Below are the pre-order situations of other newly released books..."

  As soon as this post was released, it immediately attracted the attention of many people on Tianya Forum.

  "2nd floor, idol is here! First of all, let me touch the big one. Honestly, I used to think that the War God's words in 'The Legend of the Condor Hero' were a joke, but after seeing the idol's data, somehow I feel a bit excited?"

  "It's not like we even got to the second floor, but those upstairs, how can they be expected to do well? Newcomers having such achievements is indeed against the heavens, but this is a competition for the monthly ticket rankings. I think 'The Archer' still has a long way to go, and it might be able to explode with a few medium-grade gods, but as for high-grade gods, that's just forced, let alone top-grade gods."

  "Let's go watch the play."

  "Another new person has awakened, I suppose?"

  ……

  Soon, this post became the first hot topic on Tianya Forum due to the large number of replies. Many authors were surprised by the pre-orders for "The Legend of Archery Hero", thinking it was unexpectedly high, even surpassing some medium-sized gods' pre-orders. Of course, compared to several big gods' works that went online on the same day, "Archery" still lagged behind slightly in terms of pre-orders. But this was already surprising enough.

  Of course, although the initial subscription results of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" were very good, many people still didn't think that "The Legend of the Condor Hero" could contend for the top spot on the monthly ticket chart. Judging from the current situation, it's likely that there won't be a problem with getting on the chart, after all, apart from a few extremely popular authors and newly released works by some big-name authors, other new books don't have much competitiveness. It's still very possible for "The Legend of the Condor Hero" to squeeze into the bottom of the monthly ticket chart.

  And on another black market section of Tianya Forum, a gambling post also attracted many people.

  The person who posted this gambling post is an ID named Ci Nai Xiong Zhuo, and the content of the post is as follows:

  I saw the data post of my idol Feng Chong Hua Ji, and suddenly I'm curious about what kind of achievement "The Legend of Archery" can get in the monthly ticket ranking of the big gods' killing game. So I'll open a betting entertainment thread here.

  "The Legend of Archery" cannot enter the top 10 of the monthly ticket ranking, odds 1:1;

  "The Legend of Archery" can enter the top 10 of the monthly ticket ranking, odds 1:1.

  From this day on until the 15th, each bet must not exceed 100 Tiankong coins, and repeated bets are not allowed. Bets that exceed the limit or repeat bets will be considered invalid.

  Soon, people from Tianya Forum got the news and rushed into this post to place bets.

  "The landlord is really courting death, how can 'The Legend of the Condor Hero' possibly enter the top ten? I bet 100 Tianyuan coins that it won't make it to the top ten. Thanks for making me rich, landlord!" - Caishen (God of Wealth)

  "Hey, Caishenye doesn't think much of 'The Shawshank Redemption', I'll bet with you then. I'm willing to stake 100 empty coins that it won't make the top ten." Picks up a bar of soap.

  And people like Water Army Leader, Golden Gun Inverted and others who were dissatisfied with Lu Li's crazy words from the beginning naturally also couldn't get into the top ten of the monthly ticket chart for 100 days in "The Legend of Qin".

  Of course, there are still some die-hard fans who support Lu Li, such as Ya Ku Die and a few others, who spent 100 days of empty coins to help Lu Li enter the top ten of the monthly ticket chart.

  As more and more people spread the news, more and more people gathered to this betting post, placing their bets. Of course, most of them didn't think highly of "The Deer and the Cauldron".

  The ten major group owners, including Mi Qing, got the first-hand data from Lü Li and spread it to their respective groups. For a time, the group was extremely hot, and many tycoons gave rewards to "The Eagle Shooting Heroes". The comment area of "The Eagle Shooting Heroes", which had not yet ended its red envelope rain last night, became extremely red again.

  Liu Xiaowen also directly rewarded 100,000 yy coins.

  "Applauding and cheering, I couldn't help but reward you. Mosquito rewards Lu Li 100000yy coins, congratulating Lu Li's new book "The Shooting Hero" on its first day of release, achieving a great result of 150,000 pre-orders in the first 24 hours. Thank you to all the friends who support Lu Li and "The Shooting Hero", I hope everyone will continue to work hard, strive for "The Shooting Hero" to win the monthly ticket chart, and bring honor to "The Shooting Hero". The war of the gods is not over yet, we can't be absent!"

  Liu Xiaowen directly pinned her post to the top, and many people were excited, regardless of how much money they had, and rushed to reward her.

  Of course, it's not just the book review section of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" that's lively, but also the book review sections of several other great gods and the highest god are exceptionally hot.

  "Unrestrained Life" is a new book by the internet's great author Ao Wu Ya, and it was also released on November 1st simultaneously with Lu Li's new book. Within 24 hours of pre-orders, it reached 200,000 copies, meeting the standards of a great work.

  The comment section of "Unrestrained Life" is also a sea of red, surpassing "Biography of Yue Fei".

  "Applauding and cheering, I jumped up from my seat, this reward is not enough to express my intention. I'm giving 1,000,000 yy coins as a reward to Ao Wu Ya, congratulations on the launch of your new book, wishing this book will help you solidify your supreme divine status."

  "Overwhelming, moving to tears. Mr.'s talent deserves such reward. Die-hard fan has rewarded 1,000,000 yy coins to Ao Wu Ya. Congratulations to Ao Wu Ya's new book for achieving over 200,000 pre-orders within 24 hours of its release, wishing the new book a huge success."

  ……

  There are several people who have rewarded "Willful Life" with 1 million yy coins, and those who have rewarded 100,000 yy coins are countless. This is the foundation, this is the terrifying power of a great god.

  And like "Wu Ying Jue" and "Qing Yi Men", several big god authors' books are similar to Ao Wu Ya's "Si Yi Ren Sheng", can be said to be on par.

  But like the book review sections of top gods such as Niú Guǐ Shé Shén, compared to these great gods, it's a completely different landscape. The rewards that appear on the homepage are all over 1 million yy coins, if you reward 100,000, you'd be too embarrassed to show up on the homepage of the book review section.

  Liu Xiaowen and others are just a few big gods among the readers of the net, but they are only a part of it. On the net, there are many more readers who surpass Liu Xiaowen and others.

  However, in the eyes of many people, the first-day results of these great gods and supreme gods are still normal, after all, it's just the beginning of the month, and everyone has not yet exerted their strength. To know that last month when several supreme gods competed for monthly votes, those large sums of rewards were enough to make many people's hearts tremble with fear.

  In contrast, "The Legend of the Condor Hero" seems a bit trivial. Although it has already been crowned as a king among newcomers. However, with Lu Li's preface to "War God", people will naturally compare "The Legend of the Condor Hero" with great gods and supreme gods, thus highlighting the gap between newcomers and great gods.

  Many people have already seen the gap, although it's just the beginning of the month, but it seems that the defeat of "The Archery" is already settled. More and more people ran to this milk chest post's betting post to buy a bet that "The Archery" can't enter the top ten. Although 100 days of empty coins are not many, who doesn't want such a free gain? Many people think so, and at one time, the popularity of this milk chest post's betting post has surged rapidly.

  Many people who bought "The Legend of the Condor Hero" and couldn't get into the top ten are secretly rejoicing, not because they can win a lot of money, but because it's a good feeling to get something for free. As for those who originally bought "The Legend of the Condor Hero" and were able to kill their way into the top ten in the monthly ticket rankings, they are also wavering at this moment, but thinking that it's okay since they didn't spend much, only 100 days' worth of empty coins, makes them feel a little better.

  Without mentioning the emotions of these people, whether they were secretly delighted or worried, at this moment in a small district in Hua Jing City, a boy wearing glasses looked at the computer screen with a bitter smile. This person was none other than Yuan Xiaodong himself, the creator of this post. He had originally posted it just for fun, but now looking at the situation, he seemed to be in trouble.

  It's good that I set a limit for myself, the maximum is only 100 Tiankong coins, and the odds are also set relatively low. If not, even if I lose to my grandma's house, I won't be able to afford it. Looking at the number of people who can't get into the top ten after buying "The Legend of Deification" keeps rising, Yuan Xiaodong really wants to lock this post, but thinking about it, he had already said that the deadline is the 15th. Yuan Xiaodong doesn't want to ruin his reputation on the Tiankong forum, so he can only shut down the computer, out of sight, out of mind, but the corner of his mouth twitches slightly.

  He is still studying now, and the family conditions can only be considered ordinary. It seems that this time his own savings for a long time will have to be invested. Now it's just hoping that "The Legend of the Condor Hero" can create a miracle, but is that possible? Yuan Xiaodong smiled self-deprecatingly, picked up the phone, and prepared to call a few friends to play a few games to vent.

  Not to mention that Yuan Xiaodong was depressed because he opened a betting post, at this moment, in the eyes of many people, several top gods and several great gods, as well as a new book with a strong momentum by a newcomer, are all slowly increasing their monthly votes, looking relatively calm.

  But there is a sense of calm before the storm, and once the war breaks out, it will probably be unbearable for people's hearts.

  Many of Lu Li's fans, such as Liu Xiaowen and Silentium, have also noticed the current situation with "The Archer", and are worried. Those who have money are quietly saving up, vowing to fight for Lu Li and prove that a newcomer can be just as good as a veteran author. Those who don't have money are spreading the word, advertising "The Archer" in various places and doing their best to help. Not one person wants to see their favorite book lose.

  Lu Li, however, was completely unaware of all this and was currently fast asleep in bed.