According to the rules of the schedule announced by the organizing committee before the game, the offline semi-finals still adopt the big melee mode, but this time the big melee is no longer a thousand-person melee in the online competition, but a hundred-person melee closer to the final finals, nearly 500 players who have passed the qualification review will be randomly divided into five groups to take turns to face off, and adopt the elimination system, as long as the IA comprehensive loss value is zero, or IA loses its basic combat effectiveness, it will be immediately eliminated by the referee.

Within the one-hour time limit, the contestants will not be able to eliminate many opponents or how well they perform, and in the end, only the top 30 players in the IA comprehensive loss value will advance to the semi-finals.

Simple and crude, this is the most primitive melee mode, but primitive does not mean that there are no rules, you can do whatever you want, because in addition to some common regulations, there are also some unique regulations in the big melee mode.

For example, in the course of the game, all players are not allowed to have a tendency to subjectively avoid the game, and players are not allowed to form an alliance with each other privately.

If the contestants fail to enter the competition range randomly demarcated by the referee within the specified time, then the players will be punished by the gradual reduction of the IA comprehensive attrition value, once the IA comprehensive attrition value is zero, even if the IA is still in good condition, then there is no way to continue to have the qualification to fight.

These rules may seem a bit cumbersome, but for these players they are not strange, and in summary, it is actually simpler, that is, no matter what, you have to "survive".

At 9:10 a.m., in Hu Xiaopeng's half-dream, the group list of the professional qualification tournament was officially announced, and in an instant, not only the players in the waiting area, but also the personnel of various clubs focused their eyes on the big screen in the middle of the field.

The bustling waiting area and stands fell silent in an instant, with players searching for their groupings, and spectators and club members searching for their familiar numbers and names.

"Master, I found you, you are from the fourth group, Ah Fei is in the first group, I ...... Pinquan and I are in the fifth group, Qingqing is in the ......"

"I'm in the fourth group? If I had known that I would have come so early for the afternoon game, let me go and sleep for a while. ”

Hearing that Hou Ziang beside him had already found a group for himself, he didn't wait for Hou Ziang to finish speaking, Hu Xiaopeng closed his eyes and fell asleep on the rest bench on the outermost part of the waiting area again.

In just a few seconds, Hu Xiaopeng seemed to have fallen asleep, listening to the slight snoring sound coming from Hu Xiaopeng, even though Mu Qing had repeatedly emphasized, Hou Ziang could only be helpless, and then got up and walked to Yuan Fei not far away, cheering for him with Hua Qingqing Chen Pinquan.

Because at 9:30 twenty minutes later, as the players in the first group of players, Yuan Fei was about to take the lead in the game, and even at this time, the radio in the arena had already sent a reminder for the first group of players to go to the preparation area to wait for boarding.

The match is about to begin, and almost everyone in the arena is focused on the inside of the arena, looking forward to the first battle of the rematch.

But in such a tense atmosphere, Hu Xiaopeng didn't pay attention to the game at all, and even when Hu Xiaopeng woke up from a full sleep, not to mention the first rematch, even the second rematch in the morning had officially started for more than ten minutes.

"Master, at such a time, you can still fall asleep......"

Seeing Hu Xiaopeng wake up, Hou Ziang, who had been staying by his side, seemed a little helpless and complained softly.

"You know what? I call sharpening knives and not cutting wood, if I don't rest, how can I have the energy to compete? ”

Hu Xiaopeng stretched his waist, and as he spoke, he turned his head to look at the arena, only to see that the arena was dusty, and the sound of guns and cannons of various conventional weapons kept coming, and he couldn't distinguish the current battle situation with the naked eye, so he had to look up at the live broadcast screen overhead.

Although it is impossible for the screens in charge of broadcasting the screen to show everyone's battle situation due to the large number of players, the large screen in the middle of the field always displays everyone's IA comprehensive loss value data.

The names and numbers in gray are the players who have been eliminated and left, but at this time, not long after the start of the second game, nearly 30 people have been eliminated, and at the moment when Hu Xiaopeng raised his head, the names of two more people instantly turned gray.

"Huh? Why didn't I see our people? ”

Scanning the list on the big screen, Hu Xiaopeng didn't find a familiar name, and then asked Hou Ziang.

"Well, there is no such thing, and we will not have any more people in the third game of Qingqing in the afternoon at the earliest."

"Tsk, the name Qingqing is quite pleasant, what about her? And that Chen Pinquan, why isn't he there? ”

Hearing Hou Ziang's words, Hu Xiaopeng couldn't help but joke again, and Hou Ziang didn't know if he had long been accustomed to such an unserious Hu Xiaopeng, or if he was already a dead pig at this time and was not afraid of boiling water, in short, this time he didn't blush at all, I saw him turn his head and look in the direction behind him, and said to Hu Xiaopeng.

"Qingqing and Pinquan are comforting Ah Fei in the back."

"Ah Fei? Oh, Yuan Fei, I remember, he seems to be a player in the first group, what? He was eliminated? It shouldn't be. ”

"Of course he wasn't eliminated, he advanced, but his final ranking was not very bad, he was the second-to-last in the first group, so he ......"

"Hey, just be promoted, it doesn't matter how many places he is, besides, it is said that he seems to be only seventeen years old this year, even if he is eliminated, it will be fine, there will be opportunities in the future."

Hu Xiaopeng said, stood up and seemed to be about to leave, seeing this, Hou Ziang on the side hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Master, where are you going?"

"Go to the bathroom, go out for a walk, anyway, my game is going to be in the afternoon, how boring is it to wait here?"

"By the way, do they provide lunch for the players? Or do you want to figure it out on your own? ”

Although Hu Xiaopeng was asking Hou Ziang about lunch, in fact, Hu Xiaopeng had already turned around and left at this time, and he didn't seem to have the intention of listening to the answer at all.

And watching Hu Xiaopeng's back leave, Hou Ziang really didn't know what to do for a while, did he continue to stay here to watch the game according to Xiong Tianci's wishes? Or follow his master Hu Xiaopeng out of the waiting area?

The former is sanity, the latter is thoughtful, after all, who wants to stay in the waiting area and watch the game all the time? Especially this game has nothing to do with the people of WIN at all, so not only Hu Xiaopeng doesn't want to stay, but Hou Ziang actually doesn't want to either.

But in the end, it was still reason that prevailed, not because of anything else, but because Hou Ziang thought of his IA driving ability, where did Hou Ziang still have the mood to hang out with Hu Xiaopeng?

If you can't get your professional qualifying tournament and stop at the rematch stage like back then, so after thinking about it, Hou Ziang finally chose to endure loneliness, sat back in his position alone, raised his head, and watched the game very reluctantly.

It's just that Hou Ziang's loneliness and coldness didn't last long, because only three or two minutes later, Hua Qingqing returned to the waiting area, and sat next to Hou Ziang.

"Well, why are you alone? What about the two of them? ”

Finding that Hua Qingqing was the only one who came back, Hou Ziang looked back at the door of the waiting area, but did not find Chen Pinquan and Yuan Fei, and then asked softly.

"Ah Fei, this kid is a bit of a bull, Chen Pinquan is with him, don't worry, it's okay."

Hua Qingqing didn't turn her head, still staring intently at the big screen list above her head, but before Hou Ziang could speak again, Hua Qingqing was stunned in a low voice, quickly patted Hou Ziang beside him with one hand, and hurriedly asked.

"Huh?"

"Monkey, what's going on with that Wang Xuchuan? How did he get knocked out? ”

"Who?"

"Wang Xuchuan, the player that the Bear Team made us pay attention to, ranked eighty-third in the preliminary round, you were the first to find him just now, and you forgot it so quickly?"

"He? Is he eliminated? ”

Hearing Hua Qingqing's words, Hou Ziang hurriedly looked up at the big screen, only to see that Wang Xuchuan's name had indeed turned gray, and the IA comprehensive loss value behind his name had all returned to zero.

"I ......"

"Huh? How did Liu Shichao also get rid of it? What's going on? ”

didn't give Hou Ziang a chance to finish speaking, Hua Qingqing found that a key player was also eliminated, and in the face of the elimination of these two players, Hou Ziang didn't notice it at all, and for a while Hou Ziang blushed a little, and didn't know how to explain it to Hua Qingqing.

Because Xiong Tianci had no way to enter the waiting area, the task of observing those key players naturally fell to Hou Ziang, and what Hou Ziang had to do was not only to find those selected key players, but also to pay attention to their every move, and even take the initiative to establish contact with them, so as to facilitate meeting and communication after the game.

And Wang Xuchuan and Liu Shichao are the key players selected by Xiong Tianci, both of them are less than 20 years old, and a few years later will be the absolute year of fighting.

Among them, Wang Xuchuan's operation ability is not amazing, but it is also decent, coupled with extremely calm combat thinking, he knows how to forbear and retreat, and he is an IQ IA player who fights with his head.

As for Liu Shichao, from the analysis of the previous online competition, his personality is relatively impulsive, and he seems to be more suitable for fighting and breaking through on the battlefield, and at the same time, he shows better ability than Wang Xuchuan.

In Xiong Tianci's opinion, if the two of them train well, Wang Xuchuan will become a good tactical command role, while Liu Shichao is an offensive IA player who can be compared to Wu Long.

But the two players who attracted Xiong Tianci's attention were eliminated within a few minutes of Hua Qingqing and their departure, and the elimination was so fast that it was completely beyond their expectations.

In fact, for Xiong Tianci in the box of the stands, although such a result was a little surprising, it did not seem to surprise him.

First of all, the reason why Wang Xuchuan was eliminated was not because of his operation problems, nor because he encountered any emergencies, but simply because his forbearance and concession were a little too extreme.

When the scope of the competition was reduced, in order to avoid unnecessary battles, Wang Xuchuan chose to take a detour, but the arena was so large and there were many contestants, when all the players were almost rushing to the competition range in a panic, in the face of so many players, Wang Xuchuan repeatedly avoided it, and this led to Wang Xuchuan finally entering the competitive range, but the IA comprehensive loss value was very little, just after a few encounters, Wang Xuchuan was eliminated.

Secondly, that Liu Shichao, speaking of which, is completely Xiong Tianci looking away, don't look at Liu Shichao on the simulator can kill all directions, and can be among the top 100 on a rampage, but in fact, his IA driving ability is simply a mess, and even Xiong Tianci is wondering if this Liu Shichao used some cheating means to be among the promotion lists when he competed online.