"Who's number 87?" Chen Weiwei on the stage asked.

More than 90 people present looked at each other and discussed a lot. I blushed with my head down and held my hand out.

"You understood the rules just now, didn't you?" Chen Weiwei asked.

I didn't dare to look up at people, and I understood everything in the sound of the urn.

Chen Weiwei no longer ignored me and said: "Because this test has not yet been decided, each participant needs to sign a legal agreement, and the competition can start after signing, and those who don't want to sign can withdraw from the competition, and the company does not force it." ”

The staff brought a stack of papers, and everyone sent them out.

I got my hands on it and looked at it, the terms were very clear and comprehensive, from my point of view, there are almost no dead ends and loopholes in this agreement, and it is no wonder that there are legal giants in a large company like SX, and drafting such a document is really a piece of cake.

After the signature, the file is withdrawn, and the following is a random match, and the war is about to break out.

I quietly inquired about the people around me, and he didn't know how to fight, how could the brains of two people PK each other? Is it who produces clearer and more beautiful pictures? It doesn't seem so reasonable.

Two numbers appear randomly on the big screen, with the "VS" battle symbol in the middle. The atmosphere was tense and exciting.

The contestants all began to discuss in a low and heated manner, which was really a bit of a stormy posture before the big battle.

I'm a bye, at least safe for now, and I look over my shoulders with interest. At this time, someone photographed me, and when I looked back, it was a young man I didn't know, and he smiled and said, "Dude, you're quite good." ”

"How?" I say.

"You're actually the hardest contestant in the whole game." The young man pushed his glasses and analyzed with a smile: "You have to PK with the final winner of the lower bracket, and that player can be eliminated from the lower bracket layer by layer, and he is already experienced in a hundred battles." And before you and that person competed, you didn't have a game and had no practical experience, do you think about your biggest risk? ”

As soon as he said this, I realized that there was indeed a problem, and I immediately became nervous.

When the young man had finished speaking, he went to find his opponent and threw me here. I pondered for a while and suddenly felt that something was wrong, this kid only threw out the problem and didn't tell me the solution, what does this mean, just make me tangled and nervous?

Hey, that's scheming.

I also realized a problem, from now on, everyone present is an opponent! There are no companions. Other people's words can be heard or not, the key is to adjust your own mentality.

That's how the competition system is stipulated, and if you think it's unreasonable, you can't do anything but accept the reality. Now I can only observe and analyze to see how to fight, so that I know what to do.

There are too many opponents, and this round has to be completed in one day, so several matches are played at the same time. The number of the match appears on the screen, the selected player goes to another game room to prepare for the match, and the others watch in the conference room, and the real-time battle situation will appear on the screen.

The large screen on an entire wall is divided into four areas, and four pairs of players compete together. I sat in the corner, hugging my shoulders and legs, watching others fight, quite a sense of happiness as a small citizen.

The match officially began, and the first area was matched: a blue sea appeared on the left of the blank screen, and a gazebo appeared on the right screen.

The sea and the gazebo were extremely rough at first, with a light outline, and there were many chaotic details and miscellaneous lines in them.

Those of us present watched in ignorance, and the young man who had just spoken to me suddenly clapped his hands and said loudly, I know what's going on.

Everybody looks at him.

The young man said proudly: "The two players are using brain imaging at the same time. ”

Someone asked, what is the competition for, and whose image is clearer and better-looking?

The young man did not answer, his eyes stared. On the screen, the edge of the sea slowly expands, and the edge of the pavilion also expands, and the two things are like two drops of ink falling on rice paper, quickly staining and expanding the area.

The screen area is so big, the sea and the gazebo are getting closer and closer, everyone is holding their breath, everyone is smart, and they all have a vague sense that the formal confrontation may start at the moment when the two collide.

The sea is a little larger, and the pavilion is a little smaller, but both expand extremely quickly, and that's when the pavilion and the sea finally meet. Everyone watched with bated breath, the two images seemed to have an invisible line as a boundary, this past was difficult, that one was not easy to pass, and began to tug back and forth.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer the sea to win, because the sea is inherently vast and ethereal, giving people a sense of strength, and although the pavilion is simple and exquisite, it is beautiful, but it is full of small family spirit, and intuitively I feel that I can lose.

But at this moment, the pavilion actually broke through the invisible border and invaded the sea. The sea is struggling to guard, constantly retreating and shrinking, and the gazebo invades the sea little by little at a slow and irresistible speed, and finally gets bigger and bigger, and the whole gazebo is covered in the sea.

The sea is like a small stream at this time, it is overwhelmed by the gazebo, the water is getting less and less, and it is getting shallower and shallower, and finally the gazebo occupies an entire area.

Just listen to the sound of "ding dong", the sea and the gazebo are gone, and a number appears on the area, number 33. Then there was the electronic broadcast of the battle: "The winner of this game, number 33!" ”

Then the electronic voice said: "The first group of matches is over, and then players 54 and 9 are invited to wait in the game room." ”

At this time, we slowly came back to our senses, although it was the sea and the pavilion just now, but the seesawing, devouring and resistance between them, the tension was even more exciting than watching a fierce boxing match!

"I see!" The young man said to the people around him, "I know what the pattern of confrontation is. ”

"What?" Several people asked.

The young man said excitedly: "The two contestants must be connected to the brain in some form, and their brain maps can appear together at the same time, and the competition is personal mental power." See who has the stronger will and brain mapping ability! Fight against each other, stay what works, and eliminate what doesn't. ”

Some people are staggered to say that this is not science fiction, and it can even be connected to the network of mental power, so it will not leave sequelae.

Everyone is speculating about whether it will be like in the movie, where one party invades the brain of the other?

The young man winked and said, "I understand, SX company is originally a biopharmaceutical, and they must have made a huge breakthrough in a certain field of medicine and human body, so they want to hold this competition." ”

At this time, Chen Weiwei pushed the door in, stood on the podium, blew the electronic horn and said: "Just now we have a staff member who heard everyone's speculation, and I will say a few more words here as the game organizer." Everyone is very smart and has seen through the combat mode, which is the two people's brains connected to each other, and they have a brain map confrontation. But please rest assured, our game is very, very safe, and will not hurt anyone, just your mental power and willpower, and will not invade the brain, because," she paused: "The current technology has not yet developed to the level where consciousness can interact freely, even if you want to invade, you don't have this ability, do you understand?" ”

The people below looked at each other, blinked and continued to listen, and they all felt a little incredible.

"Friends who care about heart technology can know that there are now brain-controlled robots abroad, and people with weak hands and feet wear electronic helmets, and can use their minds to launch commands to let the robot pour water or move something," Chen Weiwei said: "We just digitalized this principle, and it will not cause any damage to anyone, at most it is brain fatigue and tiredness." ”

She clapped her hands, the door opened, and two players came in from the outside, it was No. 33 and No. 7 who had just faced off. Number 33 defeated the image of the sea on number 7 with the gazebo image.

Everyone's attention is on the number 7 because he is the loser, the one who is most prone to injuries and problems.

No. 7 didn't see anything unusual except that his mental state was a little sluggish, he looked lost and unwilling after failure, and he was not in the mood to talk to everyone about anything with his trouser pocket.

Chen Weiwei said: "I said that as long as you are shortlisted in the top 100 this time, there will be prizes. Please come with our staff, pick up a new iPhone, and wait for the group notification of the lower bracket. The victor's No. 33 player can go back to rest until the next match is announced. ”

No. 33 is a half-grown child who looks like a high school student, very excited, wearing small glasses, burning eyes, eager to jump up and cheer.

He didn't rush to leave, but was surrounded by people at the scene, asking him how he felt about the confrontation just now. No. 33 told everyone that it was so cool, especially after the tug of war and devouring the other party's brain map, the pleasure of completely crushing a person mentally is something that other games can't bring.

Listening to everyone's fire, this game is to mentally crush the opponent, and the other person slowly collapses and kneels in front of your strong willpower, and the pride and strength are cool to think about.

The young man hugged his shoulders and announced in public: "My goal is to finish in the top three!" ”

The others laughed shamefully, you can pull it, it's still in the top three, let's go through the knockout round first.

The young man sneered and didn't say much, glancing back at me.

I thought to myself, this kid must be a fierce rival too.