People are really strange creatures sometimes, when they have thoughts and emotions, sometimes they can't sleep, sometimes they sleep very soundly, and I belong to the latter one in this night.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the afternoon of the next day, Lin Ruyi brought the prepared food to me, and she said with a smile: "This sleep should be very sound, right?" The bearded man bouncing around the deck so loudly that he didn't even wake you up. ”

I was actually hungry enough, so I took the food and took a big gulp, and asked Lin Ruyi while eating: "Did you make it yourself?" It smells so good. ”

Lin Ruyi nodded and said proudly: "Of course I did it, if you praise me a few more words, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will do it for you." ”

I poked out my thumb and ate as I ate, saying, "It's really a delicacy in the world, and when we can return to the normal world one day, I will definitely write a letter of recommendation to China on the tip of my tongue." But just tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, what can I do, I want you to do it for me for the rest of my life. ”

"You!" Lin Ruyi slapped me shyly, "It's not serious when you talk about it, who wants to do it for you for a lifetime." ”

I smirked a few times, this kind of coarse tea and light rice flirting time is really the most wonderful time, but unfortunately good things are always short-lived, there is a bearded croaking and shouting from the deck outside, and the feet are still stomping non-stop.

I asked Lin Ruyi: "What kind of madness is the bearded man again?" What do ghosts shout about? ”

Lin Ruyi said with a smile: "Today is a special day for the Golden Islands. ”

"A special day?" Puzzled, I asked, "What special day?" Don't tell me what a pirate festival or anything like that. ”

Lin Ruyi didn't answer me directly, she said: "If you want to know, just hurry up and eat first, and you will understand everything when you get to the deck." ”

Grandma's, I hate it when people hang their appetites, so I quickly took a few bites and walked to the deck.

On the deck, Uncle Wei, Xiaoka, Bruni and a few students were there, and they all looked at the sea in the distance, which was full of large and small pirate ships.

"I'll go, and another merchant ship that doesn't open its eyes will be unlucky?" I asked curiously.

"Not really." Uncle Wei said to me with a cigarette: "Today is a big day for the pirates to reshuffle their cards. ”

There are a lot of pirate groups in the Golden Islands, the size is uneven, the pirate groups are ranked according to the size and strength of the group, the more high-ranking the pirate groups have more power in the parliament, and when voting, one vote can be worth several votes, the more resources can be allocated, and the most important thing is that the sea area that can be divided is also better. But power rankings are not set in stone forever, and every year the Island Council organizes a ranking competition to reclassify the rankings.

For the big pirate groups at the top, this annual ranking competition is actually not of much significance. Because this contest is a challenge system, that is, the pirate group with the lowest ranking can take the initiative to challenge the pirate group with the highest ranking on this day, and if the pirate group with the lowest ranking wins, then the two will exchange places, and if they lose, they cannot challenge other pirate groups during the year.

For the pirates on the island, like Arthur's pirate group, Bren's pirate group, that is the existence of a giant, challenging them is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, anyway, the result is to lose, it is better not to challenge, and for the top pirate groups, they will not easily challenge their own front, because to that position, as long as it is not the first, the rest of the rankings go up one place, and it is not very meaningful to retreat one place, it is better for everyone to have a good relationship with Qi and wealth, Together, those small pirate groups will never have a bright day. That's why every year, the competition takes place between pirate groups in the middle and lower part of the rankings.

No one can say who invented the current competition mechanic when, but it was passed down from generation to generation of pirates.

The whole competition is divided into three parts, the first part is the competition of basic skills, mainly to compete the pirates' proficiency in the use of firearms and the proficiency in the control of pirate ships. The second part is a competition of advanced abilities, in which two groups of pirates will chase the same simulated merchant ship to see who can successfully force the mock merchant ship to stop in the specified sea area at the specified time. At the end of these two parts, if you can divide the high and low, then the competition is over, but if these two parts are over, there is still no difference, then the third part of the competition will be carried out, two groups of pirates will be sent to an uninhabited island, no one is allowed to carry a gun, there will be something hidden on the uninhabited island, whoever can find this thing and return to the main island alive, then who will be the final winner.

The first two parts of the competition are considered to be within the scope of normal competition, although there will be winners and losers, but basically there will be no injuries, but in the third part, it is difficult to say, because the rules of the game are to bring things back alive, and there are no restrictions on what means are used. The pirates can just wait on the beach of an uninhabited island and wait for another group of pirates to find something and take them all down to win.

"It's a pain in the ass!" I smiled and shook my head and said, "This kind of competition is completely meaningless, who can a pirate group like Sister Hua and them challenge?" They may not even have enough to eat, they have few guns and ammunition, and they are even less good at fighting, so if they have to compete, at least they have to provide the same basic conditions for both sides to train for a period of time before doing the game. ”

"Comrade Xiao Han, I think you are quite stupid and naïve sometimes, those people are pirates, not athletes, who will tell you about fairness and justice?" Uncle Wei said with a smile.

"Well, there are still many unfairness in sports, let alone the pirates. I just don't know if Sister Hua will sign up. ”

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao really arrived, as soon as my words fell, Sister Hua swaggered to our ship, she crossed her waist and said proudly: "The old lady will not participate in this kind of bullshit competition, those fools know how to do it, never thought that pirates can also do it with their brains." ”

I teased: "You don't care if they are brutal or not, anyway, you are already the first to the bottom, there is no room for any more fall, go up and fight, maybe you can meet the blind cat and the dead mouse?" ”

"What's that called?" Sister Hua glared at me a little unhappily, "The old lady just disdains to compete with those fools!" ”

For Sister Hua, everyone is used to all kinds of unabashed, and every time they can't talk, everyone laughs and passes, but Sister Hua continues to talk to us: "However, this year's competition is interesting, the second-place Buren is going to challenge the first-place Arthur, and at the same time, the second-place Buren himself has been challenged by other pirate groups. It's all petty fights in the morning, and it's the big deal in the afternoon! ”

"Bren challenging Arthur?" We were all a little surprised when we heard Sister Hua's words, one was that we just finished dinner together yesterday, and the other was going to have dinner together tonight, what are they going to do?

"That's right!" Sister Hua said with certainty, "This news has made the entire Golden Islands boil, everyone never thought that Bren would challenge Arthur one day, it's harder to say than to see a ghost." The old lady wants to see who is more powerful against the second-ranked old bastard. ”