On this important day, Yang Chao woke up very early, glanced at the clock on the wall, but it was only six o'clock in the morning, and after lying down again, he couldn't sleep at all, his mind was messy, so he simply didn't sleep.

But when he went downstairs, he was surprised to find that his four teammates had already gone downstairs, and they were really watching the game video attentively.

Yang Chao took a closer look, wasn't this his last game in the second stage of the trials?

"Ahem, seniors, morning."

"There's breakfast on the table, go get it yourself." Mao Jianqiu said a word without looking back, and the others were basically the same, at most they only glanced at him, and then they set their eyes on the big screen.

Seeing that they were so serious, Yang Chao was also inconvenient to disturb, so he sat on the sofa he liked very much, but looking at the food on the coffee table, he didn't have any appetite, so he ate two bites casually and put it down.

"Hey, wake up."

"Uh~"

Suddenly feeling that someone was filming him, Yang Chao woke up suddenly, and the whole person jumped up, but he was lying on the sofa just now, wanting to squint for a while, but he fell asleep unconsciously.

"Damn! What time is it? Yang Chao exclaimed quite loudly.

"Hehe, it's only seven o'clock, but it's time for us to go."

Seeing Yang Chao's panicked appearance, everyone laughed.

"Oh, it's only seven o'clock, and it scared me a lot." Yang Chao breathed a sigh of relief, but then remembered it again and asked, "Let's leave now?" ”

Mao Jianqiu glanced at him with a smile and said, "Yes, just in case, it's better for us to go over early, and in addition, we can also go to familiarize ourselves with the venue as soon as possible and prepare in advance." ”

So, they set off early, but when they walked out of the team building, they found that many classmates had already appeared on the road, and it seemed that they were on the same road as them.

"These people are so early, huh?"

"Hehe, of course, don't you go early, so you can grab the position? However, if they go now, I'm afraid there will be no place. ”

"Huh? No, it's only seven o'clock now, how can there be no place. ”

"Haha, you don't know, some classmates, but I went to occupy a seat last night, especially the main venue, and now I go, there is no room at all."

"Sunset, how do you know so clearly?" Yang Chao asked in surprise.

"Me? Of course I know it, because I've robbed it too. Back then, I just ran over in the middle of the night to grab a position, but you know what? When I walked into the venue, I saw people lying in a row, and there were still vacant seats. Alas~ Thinking about it, I really miss it. ”

Sunset said with emotion.

And when Yang Chao and the others entered the venue, as Sunset said, there were no seats on the floor, and when they walked through the audience and into the backstage, they found that they were not the first team to come, and there were already many people inside.

"Wait a minute, I'll go say hello."

When Yang Chao was surprised, Mao Jianqiu looked calm, turned his head and said a word to them, and immediately walked out.

"Yo~ Mao Jianqiu, haha, you came quite early."

"Captain Lu, long time no see······"

Vaguely, Yang Chao could hear a few words, but he couldn't hear them clearly, but just looking at Mao Jianqiu's attitude, he could know that the identity of the person chatting with him must be higher than him, because when that person faced Mao Jianqiu, he had been sitting and had never gotten up.

"I'm sorry, let me go."

That is, when Yang Chao and the others were waiting, a group of people poured in behind them, although their mouths were more polite, but in actual action, they were quite domineering, and directly pushed them away.

This also made Yang Chao a little unhappy, but before he could speak, the group of people on the other side suddenly sped up and walked to the position where Mao Jianqiu was.

And immediately after, Mao Jianqiu retreated and walked towards them.

"Captain Mao, who is that person?"

"Huh~ You don't know?" Mao Jianqiu asked in surprise.

Yang Chao shook his head honestly, indicating that he didn't know.

"His captain of the main first team of our school team, Lu Guorui."

"Oh~ it turned out to be him." Yang Chao suddenly realized, no wonder everyone respected him so much, the original captain of the old school team.

"By the way, Captain Mao, who are those people who just walked past us?"

"They? They are the main second team. Mao Jianqiu glanced back and said without liking or disliking.

"Alright, let's go."

After speaking, Mao Jianqiu took the lead and walked inside, and the others followed.

And Yang Chao found that since arriving here, everyone's emotions seem to have been suppressed a lot, even if it is the afterglow that usually talks a lot, he is very silent at this time and does not say a word.

When they found their lounge, they didn't stay long, but hurried out again, and their destination was the stage of each venue.

Under the leadership of Mao Jianqiu, they walked around each stage, and although they couldn't enter the soundproof room of the competition, they also watched it outside, which was a rough understanding of all the competition venues.

When they returned to the lounge, it was already past eight o'clock, and there were already staff waiting at the door, depending on the situation, the game was about to start.

However, before this, there was also a lottery ceremony, and through the big screen in the lounge, Yang Chao and the others could also see the situation of the main venue in real time.

When the time came to half past eight, the draw ceremony officially began, and the one who took the stage to draw lots was the captain of the main team of the academy, Lu Guorui, and the team he needed to draw was their opponent, and it was also the first game of this third stage of the selection competition.

"Don't draw us." Maybe she was too nervous, Sunset unconsciously said what was in her heart, and her voice was not small, so that Yang Chao and the others could hear it.

But as soon as he said this, everyone had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

When Lu Guorui pressed the stop button, it was their team numbered No. 8 that stayed on the screen.

"Holy! I'm a crow's mouth. Sunset was eager to slap herself.

"Sunset, it's okay, it's a round-robin anyway, we have to play." Yang Chao comforted.

But his words obviously had no effect, Sunset's face was still very ugly, and the others also frowned, and the atmosphere of the entire team fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

"Okay, everyone, the draw is over, our luck doesn't seem to be very good, we have to start with the strongest, but, just like Yang Chao said, anyway, it's a round-robin, every team has to meet, we just met early, it's not a big deal."

"Now, cheer me up, no matter if we win or lose, we must play at our own level, do you understand?"

"Got it!"

Everyone roared in unison, which made them relax a little, but when they gradually approached the main stage under the leadership of the staff, they couldn't help but get nervous, and they were even more nervous than before.

Even Yang Chao, he is the same, in such an atmosphere, it is almost impossible not to be nervous, which is the biggest difference between competition and usual training.

"Next, I invite Team No. 8 to the stage."

"Their captain is the tenth player in the power list, Mao Jianqiu, whose positioning is supportive, his playing style is steady, and in the game, he has an excellent vision, and he is a rare 'captain' player."

"Followed by their No. 1 player, Shi Lei, whose strength list is ranked twenty-nine, and his strength is strong."

"Next, Sunset and Lu Fei, their strength rankings are in the top 50, and their strength should not be underestimated."

"And walking behind them is our college's 'genius player', Yang Chao, who is a freshman, and it is a miracle that he can walk on this stage as a freshman."

"Let us welcome them with the warmest applause!"

The students in the audience were naturally very enthusiastic, and there were constant screams and shouts, but in these noisy sounds, there was a faint neat slogan, which came out, but the sound was too small to be heard.

But Yang Chao heard it at once, and quickly found them, these people, not Wang Kai, who else could they be?

No matter what others thought, Yang Chao waved at them in response to their support.

"Next, students, please stand up and welcome the players of the main team of our Chuzhou E-sports Academy to the court with your warmest applause and cheers."

"Boom~"

When Lu Guorui led his team members and slowly walked onto the stage, all the students in the audience applauded desperately, but their momentum was not known how many times greater than just now.

However, in this regard, Yang Chao and none of them will be unhappy, but applaud them like the classmates in the audience, because, for Lu Guorui and them, this selection competition may be the last time they will participate in the competition in the name of the school team.

In fact, all the members of their team have graduated now, and when the selection competition is over, they will also leave the campus and go to the society on their own.

"Captain Lu, how does it feel to stand here at this moment?"

When Lu Guorui and the others came up, the host immediately greeted them, hugged them one by one, and then asked him questions.

"Haha, of course it feels good, I'm excited!" Lu Guorui smiled and waved to the audience, causing another burst of cheers.

"Wow, the students are so enthusiastic." The scene was too noisy, and the host couldn't continue to ask questions, but he didn't feel embarrassed, but rather emotional.

"yes, they're so enthusiastic, but alas, this is the last time I'll represent the varsity team."

By this time, Lu Guorui and his teammates were already in tears, and it was difficult to hide the regret in their hearts, remembering that they had not brought any honor to the college in the school team this year, and their hearts were even more uncomfortable.

"Captain Lu, as a senior, do you have anything to say to your juniors and sisters?" After waiting for a while, seeing that everyone's mood had eased, the host asked him.

Hearing this, Lu Guorui suddenly stood up, and then walked towards Mao Jianqiu and the others.

His actions immediately aroused everyone's audience, Mao Jianqiu and others naturally saw it, and they were suddenly a little excited in their hearts.

To Yang Chao's great surprise, Lu Guorui did not go to Mao Jianqiu, but walked straight to him.

"Your name is Yang Chao, right?"

"Uh~Yes." Yang Chao was very surprised and replied honestly.

"Can you come with me?"

"Well, well." Seeing that his attitude was not bad, and after all, he was a senior, Yang Chao agreed and followed him to the middle of the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, his name is Yang Chao, he is a freshman, I believe many people have heard of him."

"I don't know, how did you feel when you heard that he made it to the third round of tryouts? Anyway, I was stunned and thought it was incredible. ”

"But then, I was ashamed of my own surprise!"

"Why?"

"Because, I realized, I was subconsciously underestimating him."

"But why can't a freshman make it to the third round of this tryout? Why can't he make it to the varsity team? Could it be that there is a rule in our college that freshmen and sophomores cannot join the varsity team? ”

"No, there is no such rule."

"After that, I deliberately asked some freshman and sophomore students if they had any ideas about entering the varsity team, and I only asked if they had this idea, not whether they had that strength."

And their answer, I was disappointed! None of them thought they could join the varsity team, even if it was just an idea. ”

"And how did they answer? Among them, what they said the most was that they felt that their current strength was not enough, and they wanted to wait until their junior and senior years to strive for entering the school team. ”

"But, students, by the time you are in your junior or senior year, even if you successfully join the varsity team, how much time do you have to adapt to this high-level competition? How much time do you have to improve yourself through these high-level competitions? By the time you're good enough to fight for glory, how much time do you have left? ”

"No, classmates, by that time, it's too late!"

"Why hasn't the level of esports in our academy been improving? Personally, I think it's because we don't have a sense of urgency. ”

"And many students may ask, is there really a chance to fight for the varsity team in the freshman and sophomore years?"

My answer is clear, of course there is! Now, isn't this Yang Chao standing next to me a very good example? Didn't he make it to the third round of tryouts? ”

"But some classmates may say that Yang Chao's talent is good, and I don't have such good conditions."

"Then I'm going to ask you back, you haven't worked hard, how do you know that you don't have talent?"

"In this world, there may be some geniuses, but I firmly believe that even if an ordinary person is willing to work hard, he can still reach the level that those so-called geniuses can achieve."

"And, even if you're a genius, don't you need to work hard?"

"Yang Chao, let me ask you, how much time do you usually spend training every day?"

"Uh~ I haven't done the math specifically, but, except for eating and sleeping, the rest of the time, I'm basically playing Ancient Guard."

Suddenly asked a question, Yang Chao was also frightened in his heart, but he reacted very quickly, and what he said was also the truth, since he came to Lanxing, his life has basically been like this, but he is "playing", not the training that Lu Guorui said.

"I think you've heard it." Lu Guorui stretched out his hand, revealing an expression that was indeed so.

"Okay, that's all I want to tell you, I hope it can touch you a little."

And in response to him, of course, there was a round of warm applause, and it lasted for a long time.

In this regard, Yang Chao also felt that he deserved it, because, in his mind, what Lu Guorui said was indeed very reasonable, but he was a positive example, which really made him a little embarrassed.

By the time the game started, it was already a little delayed, but fortunately, the delay was not long, so it didn't matter.