In the blink of an eye, it is the last day of August, and it is also the eve of the trial competition, and there is an important ceremony on this day, all the participants will participate in the opening ceremony before the competition at the Tingxuan Gate of the imperial capital.

Instructor Feng and Cheng Moling, after registration, led everyone to Tingxuanmen Square, more than 300 people gathered here, with each academy team as the standard, clearly lined up in a phalanx, and on the floors around the square, there are uniformed guards standing, from the real guns and live ammunition of their accessories, it can be seen that the high-level people who handle this event attach great importance to the trial venue.

Tingxuan Gate is an ancient building handed down from ancient times, together with the appearance of Fang Yuan, all retain the style of hundreds of years ago, the high platform pavilion is staggered, after continuous renovation, almost reproduces the majestic and majestic momentum.

Just now, the organizer of this trial has stepped onto the high platform and read out the rules and matters of the competition venue, while Lu Fan secretly glanced at everyone under the stage, the organizer stepped down on the high platform, and high-level personnel came up to deliver a speech, but the content of what was said was nothing more than the meaning of the opening of the competition, as well as inspiring words.

At this time, on the other side of the platform, a group of people appeared, "Young Marshal." A person in charge looked at the people below from the balcony, his sharp eyes were the first to see the group of people coming up from the bottom of the stairs, and immediately approached quickly to greet the salute.

Seeing this, the leader nodded, he crossed the person in charge and came to the center of the high platform, overlooking the crowd in the square, "These are the participants in this trial competition, they are all about twenty years old, although they are young, they are full of vitality. The person in charge rolled his eyes, "I don't know where you're here?"

"The strength of a country depends on its armament, and if a country is to survive like an ancient faction, it needs fresh and vibrant blood, doesn't it? The young marshal still looked at the crowd below, "Huang Shuai rarely has the same idea as me, this trial is doing well, I should come and take a look at it both public and private." ”

The person in charge was a little stupid, with his identity, he was not qualified and did not dare to take it, he could only silently close his mouth and bow his head to the side.

Lu Fan in the crowd, suddenly felt a gaze swept from the side of his face, he subconsciously looked back, the sun was scorching, the backlight was difficult to see, Lu Fan could only vaguely see the figure on the platform, and when the line of sight slowly got used to the bright light, Lu Fan found that there was a person on the platform who was watching him, his eyes swept over, although only one glance, but Lu Fan had a feeling of coldness in his heart, as if the whole person was seen through, there was no secret at all.

Lu Fan was shocked, he couldn't help but withdraw his gaze, and looked at each other at this moment, although he couldn't see the other party's face clearly, but the meaning of exploration in his eyes was obvious, it was strange to say, this person spied on them from a high angle, but Lu Fan didn't feel disgusted, as if everything was taken for granted.

"What a great character. Lu Fan was secretly shocked in his heart, he didn't dare to turn his gaze away, the kind of sight that was sharp enough to penetrate the heart defense was really hard to resist, Lu Fan lowered his head and looked at his feet, and only relieved himself after a while, Lu Fan thought of Shi Yi, his eyes passed through the crowd, and saw Shi Yi standing straight in front of the team, "Could it be that this is the person he said in his mouth?"

An ordinary opening ceremony, but because of that gaze, Lu Fan felt extremely difficult, he didn't know if that person was still there, and he didn't know if he was still looking at himself, in short, Lu Fan felt like a sharp edge on his back, and every minute and second passed seemed to be like a year.

"You walk slowly. Watching the young marshal and his party leave, the person in charge wiped his sweat, he is also a person who has been in the scene for a long time, but he didn't expect to be oppressed so much that he didn't dare to kick it, fortunately he had left, otherwise he might have to stay up for a while longer.

"Huang Guozhong has always disagreed with you, how could he agree this time and personally order someone to run this trial, young marshal, will there be fraud?" The group walked down the stairs, there was no one around, and an officer-like person said to the young marshal beside him.

"It's just a little trick, it's just a co-optation on the one hand, and an opportunity to support relatives on the other, relying on the overwhelming right to speak, and suppressing uneven voices, which is really a vulgar routine. The young marshal condensed slightly between his eyebrows and said lightly.

"Do you want subordinates?" asked the officer tentatively.

"No need. The young marshal looked up at the sky, "The general trend is inevitable, and the side details cannot affect the times and the countercurrent." ”

"Yes. The officer nodded.

The opening ceremony was only half an hour, and when the host announced the start of the pre-trial preparations, Lu Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Instructor Feng took the three teams to a palace, "From now on, every team must enter the isolation room until the event starts tomorrow, and the instructor can leave." The staff announced loudly.

Immediately after, three people led the team into the closed box of the single room, "Who is the captain?" There were personnel waiting in the isolation room, "I am." Xing Wei stepped forward.

"This is your exclusive watch, with a built-in chip, which must be carried at all times during the trial, if the chip is seized by others, it will be regarded as the elimination of the whole team, and the watch device will automatically turn on at twelve o'clock at noon every day for an hour. Xing Wei clasped this similar electronic watch on her wrist, and she checked the watch and found that there were five card slots on one side of the watch, one of which had a chip installed.

"This round of trials lasts for ten days, the rules of the game, raise five chips, then give priority to advance to the next round of the game, or on the last day, win the promotion card, the number of promotion teams, up to twelve, and the first integrated chip to advance to the team, will get a bye in the next round of the game. ”

"What is a bye, and what is the mode of the next round?" Xing Wei asked, adding, "Also, where is the venue for our competition?"

"The next round is a team battle, after the two are eliminated, the final champion team will be determined, as for the venue, tomorrow you will know, now, please stay in the isolation room, don't run around. The staff went out of the door, and the sound of the door buckle could be faintly heard.

In the box, there were only seven people left, and everyone sat down on the ground, "Did you hear the rules just now?" Xing Wei said first, these seven people, namely Xing Wei, Lu Fan, Lin Yue, Jiang Ming, Zhang Hanwen, Yu Bo, and Zheng Hefu, probably intentionally, the three teams that Fan Hua came out this time have a relatively even distribution of overall strength, but it is this that makes Lu Fan particularly puzzled.

If it was really to achieve a good ranking, why didn't they take the most powerful people to form a group and divide them into three groups equally, is this really for the sake of so-called fairness? Not only that, but Chief Cheng, as one of the people in charge, actually asked them to avoid a team in the imperial capital and rise to the top in the face of difficulties, this is exactly the spirit of warriors advocated by the instructors, and if they don't even have the courage to face a powerful enemy, then what's the point of participating in this trial?

Lu Fan always felt that this trial was a little strange, not only the attitude of the instructors, but also the members of the participating teams, there were unreasonable in many places, "Lu Fan, do you think there is anything to pay attention to in the rules this time?" Xing Wei's voice interrupted Lu Fan's thoughts.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Lu Fan groaned, "The rules are obvious, protect the chips, there are only forty-four teams in this team, a total of forty-four chips, if you want to advance, you have to grab another four, one divided by four, that is, the priority promotion team will not exceed eight, and the remaining four can be 100% promoted." ”

"It's just an ideal situation, if the priority teams are far less than eight, then the last day will be much more competitive than expected. Yu Bo refuted Lu Fan's opinion, "And the bye right is very important for us in the next round of the game, I think we should grab the chip as quickly as possible and strive to get the bye." ”

"What do you say?" A team, two voices appeared, it was undoubtedly a headache, Xing Wei hoped to argue and come to a conclusion, so that a team could unite and cohesive.

"There's not much to say. Lu Fan smiled, "If you want to go on in this trial, at least you have a clear understanding of your own strength, I don't think we have enough strength to eliminate four teams in the shortest possible time, and we can still save more than fifty percent of our strength to deal with the next round of trials." Lu Fan glanced at Yu Bo, "Why do you think that we have robbed other teams?"

"The instructor said that nothing is impossible, that if you don't try, you will never have a chance, and as you said, the competition will last for ten days, and as long as we give priority to the promotion in a shorter period of time, we will have more time to recover than others. Yu Bo replied unconvinced.

"You haven't read the information of the participants. Lu Fan asked politely, "I didn't even collect pre-game information, so I took a set of school theories and tried it, I'm glad you're not the captain, otherwise I can give up this game right now." Lu Fan usually doesn't have such a big anger, but since he came to the imperial capital, the feeling of depression and depression in his heart has become heavier and heavier, and he can't help but vent it at this time.

"I think you can give up now, and I'm sure all six of us can finish the race. An argument brought out anger, which was the last thing Xing Wei wanted to see, "In this way, let's not decide whether to rob or not, look at the situation tomorrow, and then make a decision." ”

As soon as the hammer was finalized, everyone had nothing to say, Lu Fan sat down against the corner, he knew very well how stupid his actions were just now, but he couldn't control it, the boredom of many days made him almost out of breath, coupled with the gaze during the day, Lu Fan was like a powder keg, and he needed to slowly adjust his psychology.

Lu Fan opened his palm, today is the last day of August, for some reason, the deadline for this month's sacrifice has been coming, and there is no sting feeling like last time, "Could it be that because of last time, the Black Book no longer needs to be enshrined?"

Taking a deep breath, Lu Fan felt that his mind was a little swollen, There are still too many immature places in this newly built team, he should take a good rest, so that he can have enough energy to deal with tomorrow's trial, Lu Fan slowly narrowed his eyes, and the box slowly fell silent, and everyone rested against the place one after another, and at the same time waited for the arrival of tomorrow.