Signing up is a very simple matter, the main thing is to enter Chu Tianjiang's personal information.

Because the contestants are all high-level beings, and their physical characteristics are not obvious, what can be used to determine personal identity can only be individual consciousness. The method is also very simple, that is, to implant a memory trap in Chu Tianjiang's individual consciousness, which stores a unique set of personal information. In this way, Ali could only let Chu Tianjiang participate in all the battles, and could not let anyone else participate in the war instead of Chu Tianjiang.

These procedures are done automatically and without human intervention.

It is precisely because of this that Chu Tianjiang did not meet the other participants.

According to Ali, the battle organizers will keep the list of participants a secret before the start of each round, and will not release the list of participants until the start of the competition, as well as some basic information, such as which family member they belong to, which intelligent civilization they belong to, and so on. Of course, if the participants are intelligent individuals of the great civilization, the personal information will be even more brief, at least not mentioning the intelligent civilization to which they are attached.

By the time these formalities were completed, the first round of the battle was over.

The winner is a substitute participant from an intelligent civilization known as "Amanda", whose population is 1500 billion, and he is the best of these 1500 billion individuals, and he belongs to a large intelligent civilization called "Becker".

"You know him?"

Ali nodded and said, "Becker is the grandson of the patriarch, although he ranks relatively low among his peers, his status in the family is very high, at least much higher than mine. Unexpectedly, he also found a replacement. ”

"Looks like almost everyone has found a replacement."

Ali pursed his lips and said, "This is indeed beyond my expectations. ”

"The more powerful people are, the more greedy they are for life and fear of death, right?"

"If we were directly involved in the fighting, we wouldn't have died at all."

"Really?"

"Even if you die, you can come back to life. Perhaps, Becker is afraid to face failure, after all, people like him care about their own face very much. ”

"Face!?" Chu Tianjiang was very surprised.

"That's what you say." Ali smiled faintly and said, "Although we come from different levels and have great cultural differences, one thing is the same, that is, we are all social creatures, not alone. As long as you deal with the same kind, there is a problem of face. ”

Chu Tianjiang was a little speechless, but Ali's explanation was also reasonable.

"Let's go, let's go see the grouping."

The second round of the battle is about to begin, and the battle organizers are processing the participants' profiles and posting the matchmaking status of the first round in real time.

Chu Tianjiang's opponent is also a substitute participant, from an intelligent civilization called "Valora".

Seeing the image that appeared in front of him, Chu Tianjiang immediately tightened his brows.

This intelligent civilization is very similar to the invaders, it must have come from the ocean, and it evolved from a more primitive life, that is, a mollusk!

Just looking at the appearance, it is very similar to the octopus that Chu Tianjiang is familiar with!

This participant, called "Ba", has twelve antennae. That is, at the limit, he can attack at the same time with twelve tentacles.

Obviously, Chu Tianjiang only had two hands and two feet.

In addition, this guy is still a behemoth, his volume is hundreds of times that of Chu Tianjiang, and if it is a carbon-based life, his weight must be close to ten tons.

Of course, being big doesn't mean being strong.

The guy who won the first round of the battle was not very large.

Immediately, Chu Tianjiang checked the battlefield situation. However, the battle organizers did not provide any information about the battlefield, because after the start of the second round of battles, the battle organizers determined the battle arena for each pair of participants in a random way, rather than assigning it in advance.

"Chu ......"

Hearing Ali's shout, Chu Tianjiang came back to his senses and looked at her.

"Our luck was terrible."

"What do you mean?"

"His master is Beyman." Ali sighed and said, "Behrman is Becker's elder brother and has a higher status in the family. ”

"In other words, there is a good chance that Behmann will be the biggest winner in the second round?"

Ali nodded and said, "Whether you believe it or not, they are the grandsons of the patriarch, and the battles within the family actually determine the status of each family member in the new order. As a human being, you can understand this situation, and you should know what is going to happen in the Dao. ”

Chu Tianjiang laughed and said, "In this way, you are no more civilized than humans. ”

"In any civilization, social relations are the most important and complex, right?"

"Don't worry, it's not a bad thing."

"Isn't that a bad thing?"

"Any problem has to be looked at from different angles, and the angle from which the problem is looked at is different, and the conclusions drawn are often very different."

"What do you mean......"

"If Beman is the biggest winner, then this guy named Ba must be very strong, at least Beman has put a lot of effort into him, right?"

Ali nodded, indicating that he understood what Chu Tianjiang meant.

"Imagine what it would have been like if I had met him in the last round."

"This ......"

"There's no doubt that through the first six rounds, he's mastered my fighting style and knows my strengths and weaknesses. Of course, I also know his characteristics. The problem is that my strength is below him, and with mutual understanding, I am certainly not his opponent. ”

"There's no doubt that you can't beat him."

"It's not that it's impossible, it's that it can't be defeated in a direct way."

"This ......"

"There's only one way to defeat him."

"What's the solution?"

"Surprise wins."

Ali looked at Chu Tianjiang very suspiciously, as if he didn't understand what Chu Tianjiang meant.

Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "You have adapted to the analysis method that only cares about the results, so you don't know that in the face of an unpredictable future, we can use certain methods to defeat opponents who are stronger than ourselves, such as the surprise victory I mentioned at the beginning. ”

"I still don't really understand, you are obviously weaker than him, how can you ......"

"The problem is, he doesn't know me, he doesn't know what I'm good at, and he doesn't know my routines, don't you think that's a very advantageous factor?"

"You don't know him either."

"But I have more than enough experience."

"This ......"

"Of course, that doesn't mean I'm sure I'll be able to beat him, but it's definitely better than getting to know each other and competing with him directly, right?"

Ali nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood what Chu Tianjiang meant.

"No matter what, I'll give it my all." Chu Tianjiang smiled faintly and said, "If it's really as you said, as long as I can defeat Ba, I have a good chance of winning the next six rounds." ”

"It's just a possibility."

"Do you know what 'hope' is?"

"Hope?" Ali glanced at Chu Tianjiang, then shook his head and said, "For us, in the past, the outcome of everything was certain, and no matter what we did, we couldn't change the ending. The 'hope' you speak of does not exist in our world. ”

"For human beings, hope is the greatest motivation."

"Really?"

"Almost everybody lives with some hope. If a person gives up even hope, he will lose the motivation to live. ”

"This ......"

"Obviously, that's our difference." Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "Actually, you understand what's going on. In the three-dimensional universe, the future is uncertain, and anything we do will affect and change the future, so I will work hard to get the future I want, and this illusion of the future is actually hope. More importantly, it is precisely because we want to get a better future that we will fight and struggle, and achieve the goal through our own efforts, or produce an outcome that is beneficial to us. To put it bluntly, driven by hope, we will make all kinds of efforts for a better ending. ”

"If that's the case, there's hope."

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Obviously, you are adapting to the new environment. ”

"I've been trying to adapt to my new environment, and so have everyone else." Ali sighed and said, "It's just that our luck is really not good. ”

"Ali, you need more than just a higher status, right?"

Ali was stunned for a moment, and his eyes fell on Chu Tianjiang.

"Or rather, elevating status is only a means, not an end in itself."

"Speculation won't do you any good."

"I'm just a little curious......"

"Needless to say, I won't tell you."

"That is, my guess is correct, you are trying to pass ......"

"I said it, I won't tell you."

"We're partners, right?"

"You ......," Ali said after a moment's hesitation, "if your hopes can come true, I'll tell you when you become the winner of the second round." ”

"It's that simple?"

"It's not easy. If you can't emerge victorious, even if you surrender in battle, you'll have to stay on the battlefield until the new order is established. ”

"I will not surrender."

"Failure, then, means death for you."

"I've already died once, and you think death can threaten me?"

"The point is, it's not the same now as it was then, right?"

Chu Tianjiang was silent, Ali was not wrong, because Nicol and the others had returned, so it was impossible for Chu Tianjiang to face death as calmly as in the past.

"Anyway, hold on to your hope and don't let it slip away."

Chu Tianjiang glanced at Ali, then shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything more.