The first round of the group stage began the day after the draw, and the 64 matches were divided into three venues due to the large number of teams participating. According to the experience of previous competitions, usually a game is between five and ten minutes, counting the time to repair the venue in the middle and change teams, it takes a day for a round of matches, and it takes more than half a month for the entire group stage to be played. Such a tight schedule is a huge test for both the players and the rest of the people involved, and if anyone else enjoys it, it may only be the spectators.

The Morning Stars team's first game was scheduled for the afternoon of the first day, and all participants were asked to arrive at the venue by noon. As soon as Morningstar and the others arrived at Butekamp, they handed over the mecha used for the competition to the organizing committee for inspection, and after passing it successfully, they were always guarded by several logistics personnel from the Yan Academy, so they only needed to wait quietly for the competition to start.

On this morning, Morning Star and others gathered in the contestants' room arranged by the organizing committee and watched the live broadcast of the game with great interest. I have to say that, as previously analyzed, many teams are coming to a round of tours, and although the overall strength cannot be said to be miserable, it is not much better. The first time everyone felt this was a game in the offensive and defensive field, where the defenders were fairly decent, using fixed firepower to block the offensive line. But the attacker didn't know the strength of the limit or the first time to experience this kind of game, two of the four players died on the offensive line, and the other two were forced into the jungle helplessly, and they were also accidentally killed by traps in the jungle, just like that, the defender got five victory points, plus two elimination points, a total of seven points. Although the defender won, but the problems exposed are also very big, first of all, the gunner who fixed the firing point, the shooting is very rhythmic, the opposing attacker hides behind the cover, the gunner still keeps firing, if it is not for the attacker running out of the cover due to nervousness, the cannon will inevitably be scrapped due to overheating soon after. The second is the opponent's lineup, the defender only has two cannons, this position should be filled by two long-range shooters, this team actually only brought one shooter, and did not arrange the machine gun point, but let him carry out auxiliary fire in the fortifications. Morningstar was a little skeptical at the time, with the accuracy of the two gunners, how to hit the attacking team, and it was very likely that the attacking team used their bodies to catch the bullets.

Similar situations abound, and the people who watched Morning Star shook their heads, not knowing what to say, until the women's team in the same group appeared, which suddenly made Morning Star's team's eyes light up. The game map of Shengxilan Women's Academy is a deathmatch map, and the four mecha on the field have obviously been carefully modified in shape, and the overall look is like a slender human beauty, all of which have obvious double S curves. Such an appearance instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, even when watching the live broadcast of the game, Morning Star and others could still hear the roar of the audience in the stands. Sheng Xilan's opponent is a team from the Alliance, the team composition is decent, three power-type melee mechs, the weapons used are two-handed giant swords, the hideous external armor is powerful, and the other mecha is a functional auxiliary mecha, carrying out simple battlefield repairs, throwing away various traps that affect the opponent's position, or releasing electromagnetic interference, affecting the opponent's communication. Such a composition should come from the traditional melee team led by the auxiliary mech, and the tactical core used is to revolve around the auxiliary mecha to fight. However, Sheng Xilan's opponent obviously did not grasp the essence of this combination, and the three melee mechs rushed towards Sheng Xilan's four beautiful female mechs at the beginning, but they all flew into the air. The four players of Sheng Xilan cooperated very tacitly, did not rush to the opponent's fierce attack, maintained a very good formation, and protected each other so that the opponent did not achieve the slightest result, but when the opponent's front strength was just exhausted and the rear strength was not reached, they suddenly accelerated away from the battle group, and the target was still desperately chasing after the auxiliary mecha of his teammates because of the weight problem.

The auxiliary mecha instantly withstood a large number of attacks, and the red elimination indicator above his head instantly lit up, and the four players of Sheng Xilan also broke away from the battle group at the first time and scattered and ran away.

It is very likely that this scene in the audience's eyes is due to the opponent's mistakes, but Morningstar has found some clues from it. Turned his head to look at Xie Shiqi and asked, "How is it, do you see it?" ”

Xie Shiqi nodded, pinched his chin and said: "Very strong, the tactical intent is very obvious, in my opinion, even if they are tough with the opponent, they will not necessarily lose, but they can take the initiative to show weakness, with their high mobility, take the opponent's three melee mechs and auxiliary mecha to distance themselves, and then wait for the opportunity to eliminate the auxiliary mecha." With such a strong execution, it will be a good opponent. ”

Morningstar agrees with Xie Shiqi's analysis, which is basically consistent with what he sees. The four players in Shengxilan are obviously pragmatists, and they don't care about those beautiful scenes and fights, and they will do whatever it takes to win, so they will indeed be a good opponent.

The game ended quickly after the opponent's auxiliary mecha was eliminated, and the four players of Sheng Xilan seemed to be training tactics, and after the goal was achieved, they had no interest in continuing to tremble with others, and directly confronted and eliminated three melee mechas, confirming Xie Shiqi's inference.

Another match that made Morningstar and the others applaud was from Group A, and the two sides were an unknown team from the Yanlong Military Academy and the Empire from the Yanlong Star District of the Republic, called the Valance Military Academy. The match between the two sides took place in the Capture the Flag field, and the team composition was decent. The Yanlong Military Academy uses a combination of two speed mechs with a shooter-type mech and a support mech, while Valance uses a defensive heavy mech to lead a combination of single support and dual melee mechs. The score rule for Capture the Flag is that the difference in the number of flags within ten minutes, that is, which side has more flags in ten minutes is convenient for victory. Under such regulations, the purpose of the Valance Military Academy is clearly to protect the heavy mechs for capture the flag with the auxiliary mechs, and the two melee mechs are responsible for intercepting the opposing capture of the flag.

The process of the game was carried out according to Valance's script, but there was a slight deviation. The melee mecha in charge of defense successfully intercepted the Flag Capture of the Yanlong Military Academy three times, and failed twice, and the results can be said to be satisfactory. However, the result of the match was the Yanlong Academy's disdainful victory, because the Yanlong Academy's shooter mobile mechs and auxiliary mechs worked together perfectly. After deliberately suppressing the firepower output, a shooter mobile mecha can basically not stop the advance of the reloaded mecha by relying only on its own weapons, and these two players from Yanlong Academy obviously understand this very well, from the moment they saw the reloaded mecha, they took turns using special weapons such as incendiary bombs, concussion bombs, and freezing bombs to completely control the reloaded mecha. As a result, within ten minutes, the reloaded mecha only managed to transport back one flag, and the final score was fixed at two strokes.

Morning Star watched the whole game very seriously, and even fixed the broadcast perspective directly on the shooters and auxiliary mecha of Yanlong Military Academy, the cooperation of the two made Morning Star applaud from time to time, and Xie Shiqi and Qin Qing collected the data of these two mechas. The rest of them also nodded frequently, actively learning the flexible tactics of Yanlong Military Academy.

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The morning was spent in such a moment, and after watching the last game, everyone still seemed to be unsatisfied. Morning Star made a timely statement to let everyone adjust their mentality, after all, there is a game in the afternoon, and indulging in other people's performances is likely to affect their own performance.

Xie Shiqi left everyone when about 70% of the game in the morning, and returned to the team at lunchtime, with a mysterious smile on his face that made Morning Star feel a chill in his back, and asked Xie Shiqi what he was doing, but Xie Shiqi said that it was confidential, and it was inconvenient for Morning Star to continue asking.

At lunch, Morning Star met Fan Shutao in the cafeteria, and the latter's high-spirited appearance made Morning Star a little unhappy. Xie Shiqi reminded Morning Star behind him that Fan Shutao's team is attacking and defending in this competition

The first attacking team to win on the field, and the only one so far. Morning Star was also relieved when he heard it, this achievement was indeed worthy of Fan Shutao's arrogance.

Although Morning Star was relieved, Fan Shutao began to die again, and the reason for his death was because Morning Star's team's afternoon game was also an offensive and defensive battle.

Sitting opposite Morning Star, Fan Shutao said with a grin: "As an alumnus, you can ask me to teach you some experience, maybe I will agree as soon as I am in a good mood." ”

Chenxing didn't even want to look at him, put down the chopsticks in his hand and said coldly, "Your ears don't hurt anymore?" ”

Fan Shutao, who was originally still complacent, lost his composure because of Morning Star's simple words, stood up and pointed at Morning Star and said loudly: "Morning Star, don't go too far, I just didn't care about you because I was close to the mecha competition, and you really thought I was afraid of you?" ”

Qin Qing frowned when he saw Fan Shutao lose his composure and shouted loudly, and said in a low voice: "You pay attention to your image, you are here on behalf of Yanyuan, don't bring personal grievances here!" ”

Fan Shutao originally had some thoughts about Qin Qing, but recently he occasionally saw her intimate behavior with Morning Star and classified her as an enemy, and when he heard Qin Qing reprimand him, he angrily pointed at Qin Qing and yelled: "You are not qualified to point fingers at me, cheap ...... Yes! ”

Before Fan Shutao's words could be spoken, he saw a vague figure come to him in an instant, and then a strong big mouth fell on his face, directly knocking him to the ground. struggled to get up, but Morning Star's foot stepped on Fan Shutao's chest, making him unable to move. Seeing this scene, the members of Fan Shutao's team quickly surrounded him and blamed Morning Star with nonsense. Morning Star glanced at these people coldly, feeling very disdainful, his master was trampled underfoot, but he only dared to bark on the side, it was really a good group of dogs.

Ignoring the accusations and gazes of the people around him, Chenxing lowered his body and said to Fan Shutao: "To be honest, I really admire your ability to find and beat, you say that I am a very kind person, why can't I help but do it every time I see your face?" You'd better keep your mouth shut, if you dare to say something like that to Teacher Qin again, I'll cut out your tongue. ”

Morning Star's threat obviously played a role, and Fan Shutao had a rare fear in his eyes, perhaps because he also felt that Morning Star's words were not just a threat.

Morningstar beckoned the team to leave, because the security personnel on the side had arrived, and after Morningstar briefly explained, the security personnel stopped paying attention to what happened here, obviously knowing Morningstar's identity and giving enough face. Morning Star also looked at Fan Shutao as if demonstrating, the latter's face became very ugly, as if he didn't expect the security personnel to let Morning Star go so easily.

Before leaving, Morning Star turned his head again, looked at Fan Shutao from a distance and said: "There is our game in the afternoon, the offensive and defensive venues, the attacking side, you better take a look, I will let you know what is the real crushing!" Your record of survival alone can only be called a fluke! ”