In June, the capital is shining brightly under the warm and bright sunshine. But the enthusiasm of all the interstellar fans in the capital seems to be a little hotter than the early summer sun.

With the arrival of 28 top domestic masters in 14 regions, countless interstellar enthusiasts have also flocked to the capital from different cities. Among them were some of the unsuccessful interstellar players. Most of these interstellar players are here to observe the actual games and operations of players who are better than themselves.

But there are some exceptions. For example, Tian Lei and Huang Trillion people.

Tian Lei and Huang Wanyuan, Wang Feiyu's brothers, are used to seeing Wang Feiyu's on-site operation, and of course they are not like some other professional players, who are very eager to see the on-site operation of the master in their minds. As Wang Feiyu's brothers, to a large extent, they came to meet Wang Feiyu and cheer for Wang Feiyu and Gao Ming.

When he saw the former group of brothers and Luo Dong appear in front of him together, even Wang Feiyu couldn't help the excitement in his heart.

But the most excited is Gou Xiaoyun.

Gou Xiaoyun, who had just lived in the contestant's village, was worried that he could not find a suitable opponent to practice. Because the map of the domestic WCG qualifier finals is a completely new map. When he suddenly saw a bunch of guys with keyboards and mice on his backs appear in front of him, Gou Xiaoyun was excited.

The first one Gou Xiaoyun grabbed was Liu Hui. I don't know if the game that beat Lin Potian on the CPL gave Gou Xiaoyun confidence, or if it was the addiction to abuse the knife in normal times. Gou Xiaoyun's favorite is ZVT. And Liu Hui happens to be a personal race player, so Liu Hui, who didn't have time to have a good chat with Wang Feiyu, was already pulled by Gou Xiaoyun to 1v1, gogogo.

But after a game, Gou Xiaoyun's opponent was replaced by Tian Lei at Gou Xiaoyun's strong request.

"Big brother, are you a student of the metallurgical department?" Gou Xiaoyun began to fight with Tian Lei, and asked Liu Hui, who was replaced. "No, I used to be a heat and material department."

"Strange" Gou Xiaoyun muttered to himself as he turned his head and began to work hard to operate his drone. "It's really strange, it's not from the metallurgical department, how can the base be guarded like an iron bucket as soon as the fight starts..."

Wang Feiyu had already been surprised by Gou Xiaoyun's incisive remarks, but when Liu Hui heard such words, he couldn't help but sweat wildly. Liu Hui suddenly remembered the strongman boss who sold beef noodles when he went to have supper together in a dormitory that day. The current Gou Xiaoyun seems to have a fight with the strongman boss.

Although the beef fans of that family can't eat much beef, the business is very good, just like Gou Xiaoyun's remarks, although they can make people sweat, but their popularity is very good.

It's only been three days since he arrived in the contestants' village, and Gou Xiaoyun not only called Wang Feiyu's brothers brothers, but even the rest of the contestants, Gou Xiaoyun was already very familiar.

So before the opening ceremony of the qualifiers began, Nalan Rongrong was so surprised that he almost dropped his jaw when he saw Gou Xiaoyun, who kept greeting the players around him.

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When 28 players representing the highest level in China appeared in the stadium of the competition, the stadium that can accommodate 100,000 people was already full.

The huge hanging LCD screens on all four sides constantly display the heads and basic information of the 24 players. The wonderful battle scenes that flashed from time to time pushed the atmosphere on the field to **.

Looking up at the huge LCD screens on all sides, Gou Xiaoyun began to be confused again.

So Nalan Rongrong and Gao Ming, who were standing beside him, heard Gou Xiaoyun's classic sentences again. "Dig the plug, such a big LCD screen, how much should it be worth?"

Gou Xiaoyun's words were not heard by many people, because at this time, a tsunami-like shout had swept the entire arena. On the LCD screen, which had been displaying the heads of twenty-eight players on all sides, the list of seven groups appeared in unison.

As with the CPL, the matchups in the final stage of the WCG Qualifiers are randomly generated and revealed only at the moment before the match.

So even the twenty-eight interstellar players present raised their heads in unison as soon as they saw the appearance of the list.

Butterfly's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face. And there are not a few players with the same expression as Butterfly.

Butterfly only regretted why she didn't burn incense and worship a Buddha before the game started.

Wang Feiyu's strength is of course obvious to all, and I am afraid that no player will hope that he will be in a group with Wang Feiyu in the group stage where only one person can qualify. But this kind of thing happened to Butterfly.

Butterfly only felt like crying without tears.

But Butterfly is still a little unwilling, and Butterfly, who came out of the Hunan Division with great difficulty, is always a little unwilling to be eliminated at the beginning.

So Butterfly decided that no matter what, she still had to fight with Wang Feiyu.

Every year, the WCG, whether it's the Qualifiers or the Grand Finals, features a new map. And the little hope that Butterfly has left is in these five new maps.

Butterfly knows very well that her comprehensive strength may be slightly inferior to Jiang Hatshui and other masters of the national team, and compared with Wang Feiyu, it is even worse I don't know how much, under normal circumstances, if I fight with Wang Feiyu, I have no chance.

But when it came to the new map, Butterfly felt like she wasn't without a chance. The same map, in the hands of different players, will produce a lot of different tactics. Because everyone's understanding of maps is different.

Especially for such a new map, it may take a long time to use it before everyone slowly discovers which tactics are most suitable for this map, which combinations of forces can be used, and what kind of attack methods to guard against the opponent.

Just like the throne of the gods in the topq, the human race expands in a certain order, and it will produce unexpected power. Every map always hides some secret that no one knows.

And those who discover these secrets may be able to defeat opponents who are even stronger than themselves. That's where Butterfly's hope lies.

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The WCG's match rules, like the WCG's match map, have undergone a lot of changes.

In the initial group stage, all group points round-robin matches were adopted, and the matches between each player were determined by a single game. After many revisions, the current WCG group stage, although it still adopts the mode of points round-robin, but the way of determining the winner of a single game has become a fairer way of three wins and two defeats.

All maps in the game are randomly selected by the referee of the match using random selection software. So the maps for the three games may be different, or they may all be the same.

But the most important point is that players do not have the right to choose the map freely. So Butterfly knew that her hopes weren't very big. But when the first map chosen by the referee for the upcoming showdown between Wang Feiyu and Butterfly was announced, Butterfly couldn't help but light up.

Before the group stage with Wang Feiyu, Butterfly and Wang Feiyu had already defeated one opponent in the group each. The two opponents whose strength was slightly inferior to Butterfly did not cause any trouble to Wang Feiyu and Butterfly.

At this time, Gou Xiaoyun also ushered in the second opponent of the group stage. Like Butterfly and Wang Feiyu, Gou Xiaoyun's first opponent did not cause too much trouble to Gou Xiaoyun.

But Gou Xiaoyun's second opponent in the group stage doesn't seem to be so easy to deal with.

The reason is very simple, Gou Xiaoyun's second opponent is a member of the national team, the famous air train Chen Fangyuan.

Chen Fangyuan's strength has always been in the top ten in China. No matter who is up against such an opponent, it will not be easy to face.

Therefore, when the list of players in the group stage was announced, most of the audience already thought that Gou Xiaoyun's group was a group that was more difficult to play than other groups.

Because the audience at the scene had already divided the grades of the 24 players who appeared in the capital last in their hearts.

Xiang Wang Feiyu, Lin Potian, Gou Xiaoyun, Nalan Rongrong, Nie Xiao, Chen Fangyuan, Jiang Hatshui, these people naturally belong to the first grade, while Yang Yao, Butterfly and others belong to the second grade. And a player like Gao Ming may be ranked in the fourth grade.

Five of the 7 players who were rated as the first grade by the audience happened to be assigned to a group, but Gou Xiaoyun's group had an additional first-grade Chen Fangyuan.

Therefore, in the eyes of the audience, this group is far less comfortable than the others.

And when the map of the first duel between Chen Fangyuan and Gou Xiaoyun was announced, the audience at the scene began to worry about Gou Xiaoyun again.

Because what appears on the screen happens to be the only island battle map among the five maps in WCG. And this map, like the other four, has a nice name - Blue Aegean.

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