At 0:00 on September 5, the number of online players of "Thriller Paradise" easily exceeded seven figures, setting a record since the launch of the server.

Millions of players lay down in the game pod early before midnight and logged in to the game in sleep mode (matches cannot be played on servers that are not in sleep mode).

While most of these people weren't S2 contestants, and the preliminaries weren't broadcast live (at least until the end of the preliminaries cycle, all footage was kept secret), they were willing to join in the fun.

As for those who qualify for S2, there are definitely a lot of them...... Because the time when Dream Company announced the news of the competition was in early August, and the deadline for registration was at the end of August; This is more than half a month, which is enough for many players who have not yet met the requirements to level up.

No doubt...... During this time, the game company made another big profit.

In short, both popularity and money...... They are all rushing over desperately, and they can't stop them.

It can be said that Dream Company has taught many people in the industry a lesson with practical actions - the quality of the game itself and the rigorous attitude of the operator determine a qiē.

Compared with those second- and third-rate online game companies that engage in vulgar hype all day long to attract people's attention, the publicity cost of Dream Company is lower, because they don't have to take the initiative to "shout" anything, even if they want to hide it, the media will come to the door by themselves.

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September 5, 0:05.

In a landing space.

[Drunken and Stunned, Level 50]

【Sashimi, grade 50】

[Dream Horror Zen. Level 50]

[Enlightenment, Level 50]

[Sky Swallowing Ghost, Level 50]

[Please select the game mode you want to join.] 】

[Your choice is Summit S2 - Heroic Gathering, please confirm.] 】

[Confirmed, please select the spectator in this battle.] 】

[Confirmed, please set your team's "Privacy Protection Options.] 】

[Please confirm that you selected "Normalize Appearance" and "Notify the enemy team of your team's name.] 】

[Confirmed, your party is in queue and searching for other ready teams.] 】

[The match is complete, and the neural connections are being coordinated.] Script generation ......]

【Loading starts, please wait.】 】

"Heroes gather, who is the best? The crowd competes, and the winner is king. ”

Just like the S1 preliminaries, the official preliminaries of S2 also have a unique script opening line.

[Loading has been completed, welcome to Summit S2 - Heroic Gathering.] 】

[This mode provides a brief introduction to the script, and has a chance to appear in side-quests/hidden quests and special world views.] 】

[Script Victory Reward: 3 points for the preliminary round.] 】

[A brief introduction to the script will be played soon, and the game will start immediately after the playback.] 】

After a series of loaded messages, "Order One" was sent to the script. and began to read the opening CG and synopsis.

Obviously, there is not only the so-called "first team", but also the "second team", and even the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh teams......

For a large game studio like Order. As long as you have the heart, it is not a problem to get together twenty or thirty teams.

Of course, they wouldn't do that. If there were as many teams as there were...... In order of strength, the combat effectiveness of the "Order Ten Team" may not even be as good as the first team of the second-tier studio. Even if this kind of team participates, there is no possibility of qualifying. If you lose badly, it will also damage the image of the studio.

As a result, the "Order" formed only four teams this time......

About their second, third, and fourth teams, I won't list them here for the time being. Let's talk about the lineup of this team...... That is, the five above.

The four masters of "Drunken Life and Dream Death", plus the Heaven Swallowing Ghost Xiao, all five of them have been trained to level 50, and all of them are ranked in the top 20 of the personal comprehensive strength list.

See it at a glance...... This team is running for the championship. Any one of these five people is the absolute main force in the other teams, but in the "Order Team", they have to choose one of them to sit on the cold bench every game, which is really scary to think about......

Now, in this crucial first game, the captain [Goto Sangen] chose to watch the game by himself, and handed over the command of the team to the vice captain [Sashimi].

In terms of strength, these two are not necessarily the strongest in the team, but they are ...... The other three people on their team: one is not good at strategy and likes to talk trash, the other is extremely unreliable and smoking, and the other will be transformed into a secondary two berserk state as soon as he enters the script...... In this case, they had no choice but to "work more for those who can do more" and take the responsibility of the captain and deputy captain.

But...... Let's say one sentence, being the captain of the first team of order is actually quite a simple thing. A lot of times, they just have to take the team "brainless A over" and win. Under the absolute advantage of strength, even if the other party has all kinds of strategies, it can't change the ending.

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After talking about the order side, let's take a look at their opponents in the first game.

You must know that the number of teams that have signed up for the S2 preliminaries is very large, and in the preliminaries, the probability of the top two meeting is actually very low.

However...... In all fairness. In the first preliminary round of the first preliminary game, the order team really met a strong team.

This team is also a professional team affiliated with a large studio, and they also don't have the privacy option enabled. Therefore, ...... name of [Corpse Knife Team] is prominently displayed in the game menu of the five digits of the order.

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"Huh...... I thought that the preliminaries would be as easy as playing in practice mode...... "Sashimi showed a rather complicated smile after seeing the name of the opponent's team, "As a result, I encountered a difficult bone in the first game......"

"Alas...... I wanted to beat the soy sauce and then lie down to win......" Drunken Lie sighed and continued, "Now it seems that ...... Gotta get serious. ”

"Hiccup~" Dream Horror Zen had already taken out the wine bottle and poured himself a sip at this time, "Don't be careless~" Although he said that he couldn't be careless, his expression and behavior were very leisurely.

"Hmph...... What a hard bone...... What serious...... What carelessness......" At this time, Ghost Xiao sneered, "In my opinion...... There is no difference. ”

"Oh oh ~ our trump card has entered the battle (medium) fight (two) mode again." Drunken Lie suddenly stroked his bubble noodle hairstyle and took the opportunity.

"It has nothing to do with my mental state, I'm telling the truth." Ghost Xiao said in a deep voice. "Whether the opponent is professional or amateur, there is only one thing we have to do, and that is ...... Defeat it mercilessly and with all your might. He paused, "Since the goal is to be the champion, you must have the consciousness of 'absolutely undefeated'." ”

"Hehe, it's really not as good as you young people." Meng Jingzen smiled when he heard this, "I have all ignited it~" As he spoke, he lit a cigarette for himself.

"It's just the cigarette in your hand that's burning...... Sashimi stared blankly and spat coldly.

[The main quest has been triggered.] 】

[Kill four members of the "Corpse Knife Team.] 】

Just as they were talking, a system prompt rang. This foreshadows ...... The "safe time" for the opening game is over.

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At the same moment, in another part of the script.

The four of them in the corpse knife team. In the same style as the studio.

They are dressed in uniform (Star Trek-like, but green and black, with a corpse knife badge on their left chest, a carved skeletal scimitar with the word corpse on it), a similar hairstyle (inch head), and a similar expression on their faces (pale, numb).

As mentioned above, before the V1.10 release, the Corpse Knife had always been in fifth place in the community's combat power rankings. And among the top 20 players in the leaderboard, they also occupy the most places. Although both lists have since been cancelled due to mergers, their strength is indeed not to be ignored.

"Oh? Did you actually meet the strongest opponent in the first game? "The Corpse Knife team member named [Doomsday Strike] read after hearing the content of the mission.

"There's nothing surprising about it, it's just a matter of probability." [Final Attack] continued. "There's always a team that meets them, doesn't it?"

Viewers with good memories must still remember ...... These two are the two corpse knife members who have encountered Brother Jue and the Crazy Sword Shadow in "Earth Wasteland Chapter". That time, the two of them were unfortunately pitted by Brother Jue, and they lost the killing game without even seeing the shadow of the enemy.

Some people may wonder. Why are these two guys who don't look very powerful now on the "Corpse Knife Team"? Actually, this is not surprising...... Because the Corpse Knife uses the "drug assist" cheat, their players are essentially ...... after they reach level 50 The level is all about the same.

Unless these players stop taking their medication for a while, like the former [Corpse Knife is King], that is, the current [Tired Dream Return]. Otherwise, even if they have any personal talent, they will be overshadowed by the effects of the drug and become a homogeneous and ruthless group of warriors.

With this kind of negligible player factor, it's easy to assemble a team. As long as you try to match a team that can cooperate with each other and give full play to each other's strengths according to the four factors of the character's specialization, title, equipment, and skills. It can be said that ...... composition of the "corpse knife team" is like solving a mathematical problem, removing the "uncertainty of human beings", and the rest is simple calculations.

In fact, the selection of their team is indeed done by the light brain...... The relevant person in charge of the studio just called up the information of all the level 50 game characters under the corpse knife, and asked the light brain to calculate a "most efficient" combination.

"I think that's a good thing." A few seconds later, another team member with the ID of [Non-Oral King] continued the words of the two, "Since we are here to win the bid, it is only a matter of time before we meet them." His tone changed slightly, "Perhaps...... This encounter is still a good opportunity. ”

At this time, the captain of the corpse knife team [Xianye Wang] took over the former's words and said, "I think so too. He paused for half a second, "As a litmus test for the effect of that 'new drug'...... The five people in the first team of order are really suitable. (To be continued......) R1071