Chapter Twenty-Eight: Preliminary Round
That night, they were busy for a long time. When I got back to the hotel again, it was already one o'clock in the morning. After a few people hurriedly took a shower, they suddenly lay on the bed and fell asleep.
The next day, I was woken up by Liu Xiaoqian. When everyone opened their eyes, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and it was only an hour before ten o'clock in the game. Several big men were in a hurry, jumped out of bed one after another, and got busy ping-pong, and the rush felt like they were fighting.
After Xu Mubai hurriedly finished washing, he walked up to Liu Xiaoqian and asked mysteriously: "Sister! Guess what kind of gift I brought you back last night. ”
Liu Xiaoqian glanced at him angrily and said, "There are only less than 50 minutes left before the game, are you very idle?" ”
Belch! Xu Mubai was choked to death by her words. He sneered helplessly, then turned and walked into the bedroom, pushed out a wheelchair and placed it in front of her, and said, "Look! That's what I've got in store for the gift, how about it? Do you like it? ”
Liu Xiaoqian stared at him suspiciously, "Where did it come from?" ”
"Stole!"
As soon as the words fell, Liu Xiaoqian's pretty face instantly pulled down. Xu Mubai hurriedly explained: "Rented! There are only three days. Congratulations! Sister! You can run alive again. ”
Liu Xiaoqian was amused by his words, and laughed out loud and said, "Then don't hurry up and help me up, if you don't hurry up, we'll be late." ”
"Roger! Sir! Xu Mubai put his legs together and made a saluting gesture, which suddenly made Liu Xiaoqian giggle again.
Two minutes later, like firefighters, a group of people rushed into a taxi and rushed to the game site.
Breakfast was in the small supermarket on the doorstep, bought a loaf of bread by the way, and a bottle of milk. Such a shabby package made everyone extremely dissatisfied, and they all stared at Mr. Li with a resentful face, and almost didn't say the word "slamming the door".
Teacher Li couldn't see the little Jiujiu in their hearts, and he immediately announced: "It's not that I'm stingy, teacher, but I'm in a hurry today." However, as long as everyone can perform well, I will definitely treat everyone to a big meal when the game is over, okay? ”
"Yay! Long live the teacher! The crowd cheered, and then nibbled on bread in the car as they brushed up on their homework.
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The car was moving along the street, non-stop. After leaving the roadway and turning two traffic lights, there was a traffic jam ahead. Everyone looked at the vehicles crammed in front and back, left and right, and their hearts were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
"Students! With less than 20 minutes to go, we can't wait, so let's get out of the car and run! Let's hope we'll catch up. After Mr. Li hurriedly paid the fare, he pushed open the door and walked out first.
Seeing this, the others also got out of the taxi and followed Mr. Li to turn on the parkour mode. After a few minutes of running, everyone was as tired as a dog, panting. Only Liu Xiaoqian, who was in a wheelchair, clapped her hands and cheered happily like a child: "Come on, everyone!" Hurry up! ……”
At that moment, several bigwigs looked at Liu Xiaoqian, who was cheering, and suddenly a sense of envy arose. It's a great feeling to be in a wheelchair! My brother also wants to go up and sit.
When I arrived at the door of the game, it was already 9:55, less than 5 minutes before the game. When they ran to the competition hall out of breath, they were stopped by the security guards at the door.
"What? Do? What school are you from? The entrance to this competition has already arrived, and you have just rushed to come, so you don't take this competition seriously! ……”
Everyone looked at the aggressive security chief and collectively sweated at the waterfall. Mr. Li hurriedly handed over cigarettes from the relevant documents in his purse, and apologized and said a lot of good things before those security guards were willing to let him go.
When they walked into the competition hall, all the contestants in the room turned their heads to look at them. The strange eyes, as if they were looking at a clown jumping off the beam, made them so embarrassed that they wanted to find a hole in the ground to get into.
Contestants from more than 300 high schools in the province occupied every corner of the hall. The crowded shengsheng is dense like a lush field of Philippine vegetables. Su Mu and the others looked at the strange eyes, and after finding their place and sitting down, they found that their palms were so nervous that they were drenched with a lot of sweat.
The contest was used to answer the questions on a tablet of about 25 inches. There is one on every desk, and each computer is connected to the main computer.
Su Mu turned on the computer, and after entering the account and password, the smart phone of the tablet immediately rang and said: "Welcome to the student representative team of City C City No. 1 Middle School, there are 35 seconds left, this XX competition is about to start, I wish you all a triumphant journey." So, I'm going to introduce you to ...... now."
Su Mu and the others listened to the chirping and talking about the endless tablet, and they were so annoyed that they immediately turned it off. The people around him collectively showed a knowing smile.
Gu Xiaobei, who was sitting not far away, smiled at them and said, "Don't turn off the phone, the computer will automatically end after only five minutes of nagging." You're lucky, you probably don't have to finish listening. We're in a lot of pain! ”
As soon as the words fell, all the people around them burst out laughing. Su Mu and the others nodded at Gu Xiaobei to show their gratitude.
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After ten o'clock, the invigilator arrived at the scene on time. He stood on the rostrum and announced a series of rules for the competition: this competition adopts a points elimination system, and all teams in the competition are completely ranked by points to determine the stay of this competition.
The competition is held over three days, with two rounds per day: one at noon and one in the afternoon, for a total of six rounds. Each round lasts three hours and has 120 questions per hour, which means that 360 questions will be answered in each round. In other words, everyone only has 30 seconds to discuss each question.
At the end of each round, the bottom half of the rankings will be eliminated. That is, in each round, half of the schools will leave the scene. Then the competition is screened in layers until the final winner is determined.
After listening to the rules of the game, the players at the scene collectively gasped. In such a harsh and cruel knockout round, the players whose psychological quality is not up to par are bound to be finished.
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After 10:30, the game officially began.
Due to the rush in the morning, coupled with the lack of experience in the competition. At the beginning, Su Mu and the others made mistakes one after another, causing the ranking to slip. However, later, because of the power of Chen Yifan's humanoid computer, and then with Liu Xiaoqian's assist, their results gradually stabilized.
It's just that the players who come to participate in the competition, no one is much worse than the other. The consequence of the mistakes in the early stage is to fall behind step by step. Su Mu and the others saw that they had fallen to the bottom of the ranking, and their palms were sweating in a hurry.
After an hour, there is a five-minute break. After an hour of overloaded brains, all the players were tired enough. Su Mu and the others rested their hands behind their heads, leaning on the back of their chairs, panting with exhaustion.
Chen Yifan squinted at them with a dissatisfied face and said, "Senior! What's going on with all of you? I was expecting the two of you to be the main C, but you collectively had diarrhea. If this continues, our school will be eliminated. ”
Liu Xiaoqian, who was on the side, also turned her head and complained: "Yes! Xu Mubai! Sumu! Aren't you usually super powerful? How did you behave so badly today. ”
Su Mu said apologetically, "I'm sorry! I didn't get enough sleep last night, so I couldn't turn my brain around. ”
Xu Mubai took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, two of you! In the next two hours, we definitely won't make the same mistake again, right? Sumu! ”
"Hmmm! That's for sure! After Su Mu and him clapped their hands in the air, he began to close his eyes and recuperate. After Xu Mubai poured a sip of water, he closed his eyes in the same way.
"I hope so!" Chen Yifan muttered and let out a long sigh. That look of loss looked like a king, helpless with two bronze junglers.
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Five minutes later, the game started again. Because of the lessons learned a while ago, this time Su Mu and Xu Mubai were simply out of the way, and the points they should have taken were taken without a single point. If you are not sure, you will discuss it collectively.
After another hour of hard work, their results finally rushed to the middle of the stream. As long as you work harder, you can get out of the line just around the corner.
Su Mu casually glanced at the results list, but unexpectedly found that the results of the second middle school in the city were far ahead, ranking in the top eight. Xu Mubai obviously also noticed this situation, and he complained with an unhappy face: "In the same city, our school's comprehensive results are much ahead of their schools. If it continues like this, I guess we won't have the face to go back to see people. ”
Liu Xiaoqian immediately shook her head and said, "Xu Mubai! Don't be discouraged! I just took a closer look at it. Most of the scores in City No. 2 Middle School come from Gu Xiaobei in many cases. Although the other three players are also good, they are far worse than Gu Xiaobei. So, don't think how powerful City No. 2 Middle School is this year. It's not the No. 2 Middle School in the city that is powerful, but Gu Xiaobei alone. ”
"Really?" When Su Mu and the others heard this, as if they wanted to confirm the news again, they collectively turned their heads to look at Liu Xiaoqian. Until Liu Xiaoqian nodded without hesitation, infinite fighting spirit suddenly rose in their hearts.
In the last hour, Su Mu and the others were like divine help, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became. When it came to the final stage, everyone forgot what the ranking was, forgot what the qualification was, and was just simply enjoying the fun brought by the game.
At 1:40 p.m., the first round officially ended. Su Mu and the others casually glanced at the ranking list, and found themselves rushing into the top hundred. Several people were instantly so excited that they couldn't help themselves, jumped up and hugged and laughed, and they looked hysterical, looking like a group of complete fools.
Gu Xiaobei walked over, stretched out his hand happily and smiled: "Congratulations on qualifying!" Congratulations! ”
Xu Mubai stretched out his hand, shook it with him and said, "Each other! Each other! It's rare to fall in love with Brother Gu like this, why don't you have a meal together at noon? ”
When Gu Xiaobei heard this, he immediately smiled. Men's tacit understanding is often unspoken......