In late September, the preliminaries of Pinnacle S2 were in full swing, and the live broadcast and recording of the game have also officially begun.

Although the "Heroes Meet" will last until October 25, the vast majority of teams decide their final points in the first 36 days. So...... If this preliminaries were to be compared to a long-distance race, then it would be time to enter the second half of the race.

At this time, looking back at the schedule of the previous half month, it can basically be described as uneventful. Except for the hand-to-hand encounter between the corpse knife team and the order team, there is no encounter between the strong teams. Overall, most of the professional teams have been winning all the way.

It wasn't until this stage that casual players in the lower echelons of the game and with a large base seemed to have come back to their senses...... It turns out that the points system is more cruel than the elimination system or the S1 win selection system. Under this format, the teams that can enter the semi-finals are bound to be strong teams, and the teams that work hard to level up before the game and barely meet the participation standards have no chance at all.

As a result, since mid-September, some dissatisfied voices have gradually been heard on the forum. Topics such as "Dream Company's format doesn't give casual players a chance to advance at all", "If you're not a professional team, you can't play games?" and "Going against the masses is shaking the foundation of the game...... Posts with obvious strong resentment popped up.

For similar voices, Dream Company's official response seemed reasonable and straightforward.

The customer service department even leaked such a reply - "This pro, let me use basketball as an example, if you say ...... If you find three or five friends who like basketball, you can outperform five professional basketball players in a basketball game, and that's the problem with the format. ”

Yes, that's the attitude of Dream Company, and that's what they've always done......

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By the early hours of October 10, more than 70% of the participating teams had joined the queue during this period. Played their 36th preliminaries. Almost all of the professional teams announced their final results in the preliminaries before the early morning of the day.

Order the first, second, and fourth teams; Gods 1st, 2nd, 3rd; Blade, heaven and earth, rivers and lakes, stars...... These well-known strong teams have shown their all-winning records on this day.

It's just that...... Since each studio updates the results of their teams in real time on their official websites every day, there seems to be little surprise when the dust settles on the final three points.

However, as the so-called confinement bends to Kyushu, a few families are happy and a few are sad.

If there is a team that wins, there are naturally teams that do not win all...... Among them, the most depressing should be the corpse knife team.

It stands to reason that they are in no way inferior to those teams that have won all. Pity...... They just met the first team of order, which directly led them to the second echelon. Even though he scored 105 points, he has a good chance of entering the semifinals. But that "defeat" is an indelible shame after all.

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Let's talk about our Hell Front Team, whose results are in line with Feng Bujue's expectations - all wins; And this record was achieved under the premise that Brother Jue sat on the cold bench for a long time.

Of course, since the official list of qualifiers and the points of the teams that have been promoted have not yet been announced (until all the preliminaries are over), Hell Frontline is still a little-known team so far.

It is worth mentioning that since October 8, Dream Company has canceled the privacy protection option in the competition, that is. ...... per team At least three matches will be recorded in the preliminaries.

Faced with this situation, Brother Jue also made a very cunning response...... Under his instructions, the last three rounds of the Hell Front were all fought with the Blood Corpse God as the main force. And Xiao Si is hiding their strength as much as possible.

As a result, even in the rematch stage, the information of these players on the Hell Front will remain a mystery, even if the opponent studies their game footage. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the team has a minion that can be called against the sky, and that's it.

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October, rushed by.

In the blink of an eye. It's late autumn.

On October 25th, the "Gathering of Heroes" came to an end, and Kemeng did not immediately announce the results of the preliminaries, but pressed the results of the preliminaries for a whole week on the grounds of "statistics".

In these seven days, Dream Company held a product launch conference and launched an "economic game cabin"; He also took advantage of the situation to announce that the official version of "Crazy Thinking 1.0" has been developed and will be officially launched after the end of S2; By the way, there was also a Halloween-themed offline event...... In short, I don't mention the S2 thing.

These moves...... It puzzled all the players and even many outside media. It also made many teams looking forward to the results of the preliminaries so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, and it was difficult to sleep.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, but Dream Company did the opposite, and there was a full week of "halftime" between the preliminaries and semi-finals of S2. There is no doubt about it...... It's Woody's idea again.

Sometimes...... In order to maintain the heat of one thing, it is also necessary to cool down appropriately, which is called relaxation.

Sure enough, on November 1, when Dream Company's official website was updated and announced, it immediately set off a wave of S2 frenzy in all walks of life.

On the same day, the rules of the second stage of the pinnacle S2 - [Fierce Battle of the Four Realms] were released.

But until then, the focus is clearly on the qualifiers and standings.

According to the number given by the system, among the 256 teams in the preliminary round, the team with the lowest score also had 104 points. Other words...... In the 36 games, it reached 34 wins and two draws, and it was only then that it could be squeezed into the threshold of the rematch. Teams that have lost one game will only advance if they win all of their remaining matches; And the team that has lost two games, or has had one loss and one draw, then go straight bye.

Surprisingly, among the more than 200 teams that have been promoted, there are also about 70 teams of non-professional players...... And eight of these teams are in the top 100. This number also silenced those who were dissatisfied with the competition system before. It's also a non-professional player, people can win all, or only lose one game, draw one, and you have a win rate of about 50%, shouting that the competition system is unfair, okay?

Of course, in the top 100 teams. The number of professional teams is still overwhelming.

All of these 100 teams finished with a total of 108 points, and the system ranked them in the way mentioned above...... Calculate the loss of each stat in each match, the time spent, the skill value gained, etc.

In the end, the team that came in first place...... It's a team of gods.

This time, they really raised their eyebrows, overwhelmed the order of their old rivals, and took the top spot on a very credible list.

And the five monsters in the first team of order seem to be in second place...... This result undoubtedly made the senior management of the order studio very dissatisfied, and the dream combination of "the first person in the thriller park" and the "four masters of drunken life and dream death" was actually surpassed by the rival in such a key ranking. Someone has to carry this pot, right?

So, as the captain, [Wusheng Shenxuan] took the initiative to stand up and did a profound review with the leaders of the unit.

"It's because I'm not doing well, I have no way to lead, such a big game, I only won a second place in the preliminaries, and I, the captain, should bear the main responsibility." Such conversations that make people laugh and cry are the main content of his review.

Putting aside the competition between the two old powerhouses, this time the list starts from third place. It's quite interesting.

First of all, the third-ranked team, its team is called [Scrap Wood Alliance]. This kind of team name with a tendency to self-deprecation obviously does not belong to any professional studio. And they only have three games on video. This means that they used anonymity throughout the preliminaries and did not join the queue after 36 games.

Such a mysterious dark horse will naturally attract the attention of quite a few people. But...... After looking at the list of members of this team, this mystery disappears. Because of the five members of this team. There are four of them who have reached the top 50 of the individual competition in S1.

They are: Uncle Wastewood, Honghu, Shadow King, and Tired Dream. These top three are all well-known individual professional players, needless to say. And the identity of the tired dream. It has long been gossiped about - the former Corpse Knife ace has now joined the ranks of individual professional players.

Let's look at the next few places in the standings...... Jianghu, Blade, Red Sakura Team, Hell Front, and then ...... Ice Emperor. And then ...... Corpse Knife Team II, Order Team II, Gods Team II, Heaven and Earth ......

That's right, the Ice Emperor, the Ice Emperor led by the young master of the Trace Division, won all the preliminaries of the Peak Championship S2...... And judging from the overall number of thirty-six games, it is still ranked ahead of the second team of the corpse knife and order, second only to the Hell front...... Even Feng Bujue was a little shocked when he saw this list......

However, in the eyes of outsiders, the Ice Emperor is also a team from a game studio, not to mention that the "Difficult to Name Trio" has long been famous, and this team is not a dark horse.

After looking at the list of members, the real dark horse in people's eyes...... Only the "hell front" remains.

Except for "Crazy Unaware" and "Sighing in Vain", the other three members of the team are all nameless players with no information, including the Crazy Duo, and none of them are professional players.

They're an all-casual team of players who don't belong to any game studio, and they're ...... They also finished in the top 10 of the preliminary standings.

Hindsight...... Hellfront seems to have become the home team in the minds of the vast majority of casual gamers, and it has also become the focus of major studios......

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November 2nd, midnight.

Somewhere on the outskirts of the city.

"Whew...... It's late autumn in the blink of an eye......" A middle-aged man in an old man's hat and black-rimmed glasses walked leisurely under a lamppole and exhaled into the sky.

I said...... Deputy Section Chief Qi. Not far away, a young man happened to come over, "In the middle of the night, call me out into the wilderness...... It can't be that you want to kill people, right? ”

"Hehe......" Qi Zhi raised the brim of his hat and looked at Brother Jue with a smile, "If I want to kill you, do you still need to pick an occasion?" ”

"That's just as well." Feng Bujue also smiled, "According to my inference...... You've got me a 'job in nine subjects'? ”

"Nope." Qi Zhi immediately denied Brother Jue's inference, "There is indeed a 'job of the Nine Branches' here......" He raised his hands and made a quotation mark motion, "but it's not for you...... That's what I'm going to do. ”

"One of your deputy section chiefs personally came out to run this field?" Feng Bujue's eyes changed slightly, and he immediately began to scan the surroundings vigilantly, "Could it be that the Baltans have invaded the earth?" ”

"Okay, okay~ It's just a general event, don't make a fuss." Qi Zhi threw a disgusted look at Brother Jue, "Wasn't it Halloween two days ago?" There are a lot of bad things saved outside, so the manpower in the bureau is a little tight these days, and I can only run more. ”

"Oh~" Feng Bujue said, "Then you are looking for me...... Giving you a shot? ”

"No, I'm looking for you for something else." Qi Zhi replied, "It's just that I can't leave here because I have some work, so I can only let you come and run." ”

"What the hell is going on then?" Feng Bujue asked again.

"I'll give you ten years of skill, it's almost time to get it back." Qi Zhi continued.

"Huh?" Feng Bujue exclaimed, "I want to pay it back?" Before he could finish speaking, he instinctively took two steps back, "Wait...... Is it possible to pay interest? ”

"What about you, boy, when I'm a loan shark?" Qi Zhi continued, "Take back the power because you don't need it anymore. ”

"How so?" Feng Bujue said suspiciously.

"When I came to see you last month, I found that the power in you had been almost diluted." Qi Zhi replied, "But...... That power did not merge with my spiritual power, but after using my spiritual power, it was removed from its origin to ensure its own purity. ”

"Huh~ My strength is quite disciplined......" Feng Bujue should have understood what the other party meant, so he spit out.

"It doesn't matter to me whether there is discipline or not." Qi Zhi continued, "In short, I have to bring out the spiritual power in your body again now, otherwise it will become a burden to you again." When he said this, he looked Brother Jue up and down a few times with a rather strange gaze, "Presumably...... After the spiritual power in your body is removed, the power that you have awakened yourself...... It will also show its true colors. ”

"Oh...... That's why you called me to this kind of place......" Feng Bujue seemed to sense something from the other party's words and expressions, and smiled evilly, "Hehe...... In case the true face of my power is the power of the Demon King who destroys the world and destroys the world, you will directly kill me in this no-man's land, right? ”

"Yes." At this moment, Qi Zhi had no smile on his face, his expression was cold, and his answer was ...... It is also concise and powerful. (To be continued......) R1292