Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is a week later. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At seven o'clock in the morning, Zuo Wu opened his eyes on time, got up, and washed.

"0.558 seconds, which is an increase of nearly 0.01 seconds compared to a week ago, is the benefit of having sun exposure." Before going out, Zuo Wu habitually picked up the test crystal and tested it.

For a week, he went to the league's training room every day to train under the sun.

Sunlight is beneficial to the human body, which has long been scientifically proven. Sunlight can not only give people warmth, promote blood circulation and metabolism, but also enhance the body's absorption of calcium and phosphorus, and also has a strong disinfection and sterilization ability.

Long-term exposure to sunlight not only has great benefits for various functions of the human body, but also has great benefits for the improvement of reflexes.

Just like in Xianxia novels, immortal cultivators have to find a cave with sufficient aura to cultivate. Esports players in the esports world, if they want to get better training results, they must first find a daily training room with strong hardware and a good environment.

Sunshine and greenery.

Undoubtedly, these are the two most important configurations besides the machine itself.

"It's worth a million-dollar sun bead, and the results I achieved from staying in the training room for a week are actually no worse than the improvement I obtained from taking three D-rank life pills before." Looking at the numbers displayed on the crystal, Zuo Wu was very satisfied.

The reason why he agreed to participate in the Ningcheng Cup was that the prize money was secondary, and what attracted Zuo Wu the most was the sun bead in the training room.

Put down the crystal and go out.

As usual, Zuo Wu spent 10 minutes walking to the Summoners Alliance.

Unlike usual, as soon as Zuo Wu stepped into the door of the alliance today, he immediately felt a different atmosphere.

The first is the rows of red banners that come into view, such as "Summoner 12 Years, Lunar New Year Contest!" "Cheer for the Tianhe team!" "Ningcheng Cup, the battle is endless! and other slogans that can mobilize people's emotions and enthusiasm.

Then, when Zuo Wu passed by the summoner's square, he found a large group of admiring community residents, who were standing in groups on the square at this time, waiting for the game to start.

Today is the official opening day of the Ningcheng Cup.

Whenever there is a competition in which the Tianhe community participates, it will be broadcast on the big screen in the square.

"These people are here to watch the game." Zuo Wu was slightly moved, but he didn't feel strange, just like many players in the previous life liked to call friends to watch the game in public places such as bars, watching the game is about an atmosphere, watching alone, there will never be a group of people watching it, and it is more interesting to comment on it.

Step into the elevator and go to the seventh floor.

When Zuo Wu appeared in the training room, Deputy District Leader An Shengjie and the other four team members had been waiting for a long time.

"Zuo Wu, you're here!" The first to rush up was AD Wang Xiao, and Zuo Wu's partner down the road these days, this little fat man has long been impressed by Zuo Wu's breathtaking magical ability, at this time, when he saw Zuo Wu at first glance, it was as if he had seen the backbone, which was particularly kind.

Needless to say, if it weren't for Zuo Wu, who was two years younger than him, the sentence "Brother Zuo Wu" would be indispensable.

"Why did you get here so early today, didn't the game start at 10 o'clock?" Zuo Wu looked around and realized that he was the last one to arrive.

"The main thing is that I'm so excited, knowing that I'm going to play today, I didn't sleep well last night." The little fat man Wang Xiao couldn't wait to reply, looking itchy and unbearable, and he just wanted to start the game now.

It was the first time he had participated in such an open competition.

"It's also the first time to participate in the competition, it's like this." Zuo Wu thought in his heart, his eyes also swept around the others, and found that except for the captain Zhang Liang, the other team members were all wearing a pair of panda eyes, and their eyes were bloodshot, and they knew that they were overexcited at a glance, resulting in not sleeping well at night. They are all a group of pink and tender newcomers.

"Zhang Liang, you are the only one in the team who has played on behalf of the community and has played against other communities, now that everyone has arrived, it is up to you to tell you about the experience and rules of the game." Deputy District An Shengjie spoke.

"Okay, then I'll share my own experience with you." Zhang Liang nodded, he was the only player in the team of five who had participated in the last Ningcheng Cup, and he was also the one who knew the most about the competition system.

"Ningcheng Cup, is the official event held by the Ningcheng Summoner Alliance, with a total prize of 2 million, a total of 32 teams participated, the competition process can be divided into the group stage and the finals, the group stage, 32 teams will be divided into 4 groups for taking turns to fight, each win can get 1 point, after a round of games, the top two teams in the group will qualify and enter the final stage."

"In the final stage, the knockout system is adopted, first eight into four, then four into two, and finally the finals with the birth of the champion."

Zhang Liang explained very carefully, and the team members also listened very carefully.

Even Zuo Wu couldn't help but nod his head in recognition of the competition system in the process of listening to the competition system.

This set of competition system is very standardized and scientific. In fact, this format was used in many of Zuo Wu's previous games, including the most famous S-Series World Finals.

"Captain, I don't understand one thing, isn't there only 29 communities, where are the 32 teams?" The little fat man Wang Xiao asked first, he has always been an active member of the team.

"That's a good question, each community sends one team, and there are only 29 teams, so where do the other three places come from?" Zhang Liang asked himself and replied, "It's very simple, these three teams are all sent by Ningcheng locally. ”

"Ningcheng local dispatch?" Wang Ting's face changed suddenly.

"Yes, since the Ningcheng Cup covers the entire Ningcheng area, in addition to the following communities, the local teams in Ningcheng are naturally indispensable." Zhang Liang nodded and explained, "As a second-tier city with a population of two million, the local population of Ningcheng alone accounts for more than 15% of the total number of people in the entire Ningcheng area. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the champion of the last Ningcheng Cup came from these three Ningcheng teams, right?" Jungler Li Wei sighed with emotion, unlike Wang Xiao and Wang Ting, although he did not participate in the last Ningcheng Cup, he paid attention to the whole process.

It is precisely because of this that Li Wei's understanding of this event is much higher than that of Wang Xiao and Wang Ting.

"Yes, no matter when, the three teams of the Ningcheng Department are all strong existences, and as long as they participate, they can almost enter the top eight...... As far as I know, among the three teams sent by Ningcheng this year, there is even a semi-professional team that has represented the entire Ningcheng region in the second half of the year and participated in the Jingchu Championship. Speaking of this team, the captain Zhang Liang's face suddenly became unnatural.

"Purple Phoenix Clan?" Li Wei's performance was out of shape, and even his breathing became short: "Captain, are you saying that the Purple Phoenix team is also going to participate in this Ningcheng Cup?" ”

Not only Li Wei, but even Wang Xiao and Wang Ting, after hearing this name, their faces also changed drastically, and they were shocked, as if an existence that was originally very far away from them and impossible to touch suddenly appeared in front of their eyes.

Purple Phoenix Sentai

This year, one of the most dazzling teams in the Ningcheng area swept the entire Ningcheng area as soon as it debuted, and then represented Ningcheng and broke into the top four of the Jingchu Championship at a higher level, bringing great hope and glory to the people of Ningcheng.

How strong is this team?

The word "semi-professional" alone says it all.

Although Wang Xiao and Wang Ting have a very high vision, they have always only watched the real professional league on weekdays, and before they were officially selected into the team, they did not look down on regional competitions such as the Ningcheng Cup.

However, the name of the Purple Phoenix team, they sounded so thunderous and uneasy.

"Damn, this is not a bully, even Zihuang is here, what are we fighting for in the low-level community team?" The top laner Wang Ting took the lead, he had great hopes for this competition before, and even the bold luxury of winning the championship was not without it. Now when I heard that the Purple Phoenix team was also going to participate, I immediately felt very unhappy.

In fact, not only him, but also AD Wang Xiao and jungler Li Wei also have the same idea, after all, the Ningcheng Cup is his debut, who doesn't want to be a blockbuster and get good results as soon as they debut?

"It's not that serious, although the Purple Phoenix team is strong, we just need to be lucky in the group and don't run into them before the knockout round." Captain Zhang Liang is full of experience, "After all, our most important goal now is not to rank, nor to win, but to qualify!" Only if you qualify in the group stage are you qualified to talk about the ranking and compete for the championship, you know? ”

"That's too..."Everyone nodded, what Zhang Liang said was indeed right, if he couldn't even qualify for the group stage, then everything else could only be regarded as empty talk.

"By the way, District Chief An, it's almost 9 o'clock now, why hasn't the team grouping information come down yet?" Zhang Liang suddenly looked at An Shengjie.

"Don't be impatient, as is customary, an hour before the start of the game, it will definitely be announced." An Shengjie looked confident, and said unhurriedly, "Don't worry, I have acquaintances in the Ningcheng Alliance, as long as the grouping situation is announced, he will notify me as soon as possible." ”

Sure enough, less than 5 minutes after An Shengjie finished saying this, the smartphone in his hand beeped.

"Group C? What, you said that the Purple Phoenix team is also in Group C? An Shengjie's face changed drastically, and his face was incredulous. Wait, you say it again, make it clear...... Okay, I see, excuse me......"

Finished!

When An Shengjie hung up the phone and raised his head to look at the team members, he was stunned to find that everyone was also looking at him with an unacceptable gaze.

Yes, from the content of An Shengjie's call just now, Zhang Liang and the others have already heard that the team has encountered the worst situation in the grouping!

They were actually in the same group as the Purple Phoenix team, the strongest of the thirty-two teams.

"Hehe, it's just a group stage, don't worry too much, after all, each group has two qualifying places, even if we are in the same group as Zihuang, we still have a chance to qualify, don't we?" An Shengjie cheered up and comforted these young players.

It's just that An Shengjie's relief didn't have much effect. Because even he knows that this thing can't be counted like that.

According to the competition system, there are 8 teams in each group, and the top 2 teams will qualify in points.

In other words, each team has a 1/4 chance of qualifying, which translates to a 25% chance.

However, once they are in a group with the Purple Phoenix team, it means that one of the two places will be directly missing, and the other seven teams can only compete for another qualifying spot.

This means that the probability of your team qualifying has suddenly decreased from 1/4 to 1/7, not even 15%.

Before the battle even began, the odds of qualifying dropped by nearly half.

No matter how you look at it, such a grouping situation is too bad for Zhang Liang and other ambitious players to be bad. At this moment, except for Zuo Wu, including An Shengjie, a subtext emerged in the hearts of everyone present.

That is, Lao Tzu is simply a dog!

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