As of the day before the competition, the organizing committee of the competition finally announced the specific number of participating teams, a total of 632. The first stage lasts for 20 days, and within 20 days, 612 teams will be eliminated.

And in order to increase the visibility of the competition, this competition, like the professional mecha competition, allows the installation of particle guns and particle cannons from the organizing committee to detect Tongguò on the mecha. And invited the three most famous mecha stars to explain on the spot.

Wave after wave of advertisements and gimmicks have made the people of the whole empire look forward to this contest.

Kai went to the lobby of the organizing committee to report and received the number plate and the race schedule by the way, and their first game was on the second day. Kai called everyone to the room for a small meeting, the quality of the preliminary team is uneven, there is no guarantee that there will be any masters, Kai is a cautious person, in order to play well in the preliminary round, he arranged for the experienced Ludwig to take the lead, Heather and Sue as backups.

There was no objection from everyone, so Kai distributed the mecha space button to the five people.

In order to truly and accurately express the abilities of the students, all the participating mecha in this mecha competition were made by the participating schools in accordance with official requirements. A month before coming to Artificial Planet 27, the students were familiar with their mechas, and Shen Ling's mecha was red in uniform color, which was also to reflect the name given to their team by the school - Red Dragon.

Heather has his own commonly used mech, and he is not used to using the new mech, but fortunately, Neil has adjusted all the numbers of the new mecha according to his habits.

Ludwig himself has a lot of experience in participating in the competition, and he has more than a dozen mecha in his hands, but he is not picky about any mecha, no matter what kind of mecha comes to his hands, he can play an eye-catching level.

The second day of the competition arrived quickly, and there were many participating teams, so there were more than a dozen matches in different venues at the same time on the first day.

The Red Dragons team, which was jointly participated by the Imperial Academy and the University of Saint-Cyr, became the most popular team in the audience for various reasons before the game began, so before the game of their team started, the audience was already full, and the organizer even specially invited the current mecha star Luke to explain the game.

In the lounge, Ludwig checked the mecha space button one last time, and before stepping into the competition channel, he beckoned Shen Ling to come over, and then hugged Shen Ling for a hot kiss in front of the other team members and the team leader Kai.

The other team members are used to showing affection when these two people have nothing to do, but for Kai, who has just joined the team, it is a little unbearable, and he coughs twice to remind the two of them not to go too far.

At the end of the deep kiss, both of their faces were slightly red, and their breath was a little unstable.

"Do you think I'm going to win?" Ludwig asked while pinching Shen Ling's nose.

Shen Ling opened Ludwig's hand and asked rhetorically, "Are you going to lose?" ”

"I don't know." Ludwig pretended to be pitiful, "After all, I don't know the depth of my opponent." ”

Shen Ling leaned into Ludwig's ear and said a word, Ludwig's face changed, let go of Shen Ling, tidied up his clothes in a matter-of-fact manner, and solemnly said to Shen Ling, "Wait for me to return victorious." Then he turned and strode into the race lane.

"What did you tell him?" Heather asked curiously. "He's like he's doping."

Shen Ling's eyebrows were full of smiles, he blinked innocently and replied, "Secret." ”

As soon as Ludwig appeared, he immediately attracted a tidal wave of cheers, and in the following games, such cheers continued one after another, and never stopped. Luke in the commentary booth was foaming at the mouth with excitement and boasting, and if he could, he would have jumped off the commentary bench and had a game with Ludwig himself.

The match was over quickly, with Ludwig beating the first opponent in ten minutes and then the second opponent in another nine minutes.

Two wins in three games, and the first day ended with two victories for Ludwig, and the others purely played soy sauce.

That night, Ludwig triumphantly dragged Shen Ling to the bed and asked condescendingly: "I won, do you still dare to say that you want to be on it?" ”

Shen Ling tamedly hugged Ludwig's waist: "If it's you, it doesn't matter if I'm down there." ”

Ludwig raised his eyebrows: "You still think it's not me?" ”

Shen Ling's eyes were a little misty, and he pulled Ludwig down, so that the bodies of the two people overlapped tightly.

He gave Ludwig the most affirmative answer: "Only you." ”

The emotional Ludwig bit his mouth, and before he could kiss him twice, Shen Ling suddenly pushed him away with an ugly face and sat up holding his stomach.

"What's wrong?" Ludwig asked with concern. "Stomach ache?"

Shen Ling nodded. "It's a little uncomfortable."

Ludwig leaned over and rubbed Shen Ling's stomach for him, and asked worriedly, "Do you need to find a doctor?" ”

At this time, Shen Ling's stomach pain was no longer so obvious, so he refused and said, "No, it should be fine soon." ”

Ludwig didn't insist any longer, and the two of them simply slept together in one night.

The subsequent competition is still in full swing, and many dark horses have already emerged. In addition to Ludwig's team, the Hidden Snake team from Hades, the Black Wolves team from Siris, the Fire Rose team from Hera Star, and the Eagle Falcon team from Mars planet where Nicholas is located are all favorites to win the championship this time. These five teams have not lost a single game in the group stage, and the audience is already expecting these five teams to meet on the field for a real matchup between the best and the best.

The game was on the nineteenth day, and this time according to Kai's instructions, Sue was the first to play, and Heather was the back. In the late stage of the game, the weak teams have basically been swept away by the big waves, and those who can stay are the teams with a certain strength. Su lived up to his mission and won the first game, but the second man sent by the opponent was very strong, and Su finally couldn't hold on at the twenty-three minutes and lost the game.

Heather's style of fighting is different from Sue's simple and brutal, he likes to play a roundabout tactic and fight a long battle with the opponent. In this way, it took a full hour and a half, and the other party finally failed to leave, and the audience also ushered in a wave of enthusiastic cheers.

In the lounge, Shen Ling, who was sitting on the soft chair, had a very ugly face, in addition to the faint pain in his stomach, what was even more uncomfortable was that it was already the nineteenth day, and they only had one game left for tomorrow, but Kai obviously didn't want him to play.

Kai treats them very well and cares. But Shen Ling knew that Kai was kind to him on the surface, but in fact, he always felt that he was the one who entered this team through the back door. Not to mention any thoughts of contempt, but Kai definitely doesn't trust him.

So in the past 19 days, they have played five or six more games a day, but Kai has not played a single game.

The other team members could also feel that Kai deliberately did not let Shen Ling play, and Heather and Su even discussed this issue with Kai in private. But Kai insisted that Shen Ling couldn't, he was the leading teacher, played a decision-making role in the team, and he wanted to lead the team to the championship in the easiest and fastest way. The maximum number of players who play in a game is three, and Kai doesn't want to give the mascot a chance to show Xiàn and lead the defeat of a game.

At the end of the game, the final round of the draw was held, and Kai told everyone the result of the draw, and the Red Dragons finally faced off against Nicholas's Eagle Falcon team.

Hearing this news, Shen Ling's dark eyes tightened, he clenched his fists, and secretly decided that he would definitely play in the next game.

After dinner, the five people who were about to go back to their rooms saw several TV reporters interviewing Nicholas of the Falcon team in the lobby of the hotel.

Nicholas' chin was slightly raised, and he looked arrogant.

"What do you think of tomorrow's game? I didn't have any thoughts, I just wondered why one of the members of the Red Dragons hadn't played until now. Nicholas frowned slightly, as if he was really thinking about the question, "Could it be that he is not feeling well?" ”

The reporter caught Nicholas's words and asked: "It is rumored that one of the members of the Red Dragons was able to get a place in the game because of shady operations, as the opponent of the Red Dragons, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"I absolutely don't believe the rumors of shady operations!" Nicholas replied exaggeratedly, "The Imperial Academy and the Saint-Cyr University are both first-class high-level institutions in the Empire, and it is impossible for such two institutions to send teams with weak players, I think the reason why the other side has not let one of the members play so far is probably because he is the secret weapon of the other team, and I am looking forward to having a wonderful encounter with this opponent in the last game of the first stage tomorrow." ”

……

Ludwig squeezed Shen Ling's palm and said, "Let's go up, don't watch this kind of unnutritious interview." ”

Shen Ling stared at Nicholas with a red mist in his eyes that faded slightly, he turned his face away, and followed Ludwig into the elevator without saying a word.

"What a first-class idiot." Heather said disdainfully, "Brent Star will be an old fox, but he has given birth to such a stupid son, I really doubt that he is Brent's own son." ”

Su's big eyes blinked innocently, and said sweetly, "I have to ask his mother." ”

Kai almost burst out laughing at Sue's words, he cleared his throat and said seriously, "Don't talk about this." ”

"Let Shen Ling play tomorrow's game." Su looked at Kai and said impulsively, "It's so unfair that you haven't let Shen Ling appear!" ”

Kai Pan said: "The order of the game is decided by me, you don't have to worry about it. ”

"You haven't participated in the training camp with us, you haven't seen Shen Ling's efforts, and you haven't seen Shen Ling sitting on a mecha." Su clenched his fists, and a pair of beautiful eyes glared at Kai and said angrily, "How much Shen Ling has paid, you haven't seen it at all, why don't you let Shen Ling appear because of those irresponsible rumors from the outside world." ”

Kai was a little embarrassed by Su's words, so he could only raise his voice with a straight face and said, "The order of your appearance is my own consideration. ”

"Teacher, in fact, you didn't let Shen Ling appear because you listened to rumors from the outside world." Heather curled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "Do you know that Shen Ling's level is not below me?" ”

"Heather, don't be so exaggerated to provoke me." Kai's face changed slightly, and he said dissatisfied.

Shen Ling grabbed the corner of Ludwig's clothes beside him, and for the first time in so many days, he suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

Ludwig couldn't see Shen Ling being wronged, so he clenched his hand and said to Kai in a cold voice: "You didn't know much about our team originally, and it may have been our mistake at the beginning to hand over the decision to you in the order of appearance, but from tomorrow, the five of us will discuss the decision of the game in the future." ”

At this time, the elevator was on the floor of their room.

"Let's go back first." Ludwig pulled Shen Ling out of the elevator.

Heather glanced at Kai, who was stunned in place, and hooked his hand at Neil, who had been silent, and the two of them also left.

Su was a little helpless, although she was the only girl in the team, she always felt that she was redundant......

After Su left, Kai angrily slammed the elevator door, gritted his teeth and said to himself: "These stinky boys, I think about them, but they don't want me to care!" Okay, I want to see how this Shen Ling wins tomorrow! ”

The next day, the Red Dragons' high-level hovercar had just arrived at the gate of the competition venue, and the reporters who had been waiting outside for a long time immediately flocked to it.

"Today is the last game, will Shen Ling officially appear? Is he really the Red Dragons' secret weapon? ”

"If Shen Ling doesn't play today, does it confirm the shady scene of the list this time?"

"Shen Ling once clearly said in an interview 'I will win', what do you think of this sentence? Does he mean that he will win on the limelight of your team, or will he be able to win on his own? ”

……

Faced with a barrage of questions from reporters, the rest of the team looked at Ludwig.

They weren't good at dealing with journalists, and only Ludwig had been in this kind of scene for a long time. Ludwig whispered a few words in Shen Ling's ear, and then pushed him out.

Shen Ling coldly glanced at the reporters present, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a slightly childish smile.

"You ask so many questions, in fact, it is better to look at my table today."

When the reporters heard Shen Ling's words, they immediately became excited.

"Do you mean you're going to play today?"

"It's going to be played." Shen Ling said firmly, "And I will win." ”

Ludwig stood beside Shen Ling, he shook Shen Ling's hand, and showed his signature gentle smile in front of many reporters: "Recently, major TV stations and websites have reported some untrue and offensive news. There is also a lot of criticism about me and my lover on the Internet, and there may be those behind the scenes and online trolls. He paused, and a storm had begun to rise in his pretty green eyes.

His smile was as gentle and charming as ever, but something in it was different.

The reporters gathered in front of him and Shen Ling couldn't help but think of the former Arthur the Great who would make people feel awe just by hearing his name, Ludwig was the grandson of Arthur the Great, and now he has the shadow of Arthur the Great.

"I will find out who is involved and who is contributing to the trouble. Shen Ling will be my wife, I will not let my wife suffer a little more grievances, and the Pendragon family will definitely not tolerate this matter! ”