Chapter 31: The Beginning of the Competition
Under Li Huaxia's persuasion and earnest teaching, Kaka finally forgot all the etiquette taught by the elders.
He took the fruit handed over by Li Huaxia and chewed it heavily: "Our [Eismin] tribe only has two seasons a year - "very cold winter" and "not too cold winter"! I've never eaten fruit a few times since it grew so big! Brother Li, why don't you say the elders move? β
Li Huaxia looked up at the ceiling, threw a nut into his mouth, and said, "Because that's your hometown......"
When he mentioned this topic, he couldn't help but think of the Huaxia Dominion, Du Lingyun, Yi Qianchuan, Zichuan, and Tianjing City.
It's been almost four months since I left home...... I don't know what happened to everyone.
Count the days, it's time for the Spring Festival in a few days, and I promised the director to go back to report before the Spring Festival.
Thinking of this, he began to think about how to tell his mother about returning to the Dominion, and wondered whether to ask his mother to go back to the Dominion for a while.
Seeing that he was stunned, Kaka couldn't help but ask, "Brother Li, are you homesick?" β
Li Huaxia came back to his senses, hummed, and said, "Yes...... Even if you go to a place that is 10,000 times better than your hometown, you will still miss the land that gave birth to you and raised you! The Dominion of China is the best place in the world......"
Speaking of this, Kaka snorted and said, "When I become an adult, I will also learn from Big Brother Tu and go to the universe to sharpen myself!" When the time comes, I will definitely go to the Huaxia Dominion to have a look! If I go to the Dominion, Brother Li, you must take me out to play! β
As soon as Li Huaxia agreed, he felt a vibration from the space bracelet on his wrist, and a schedule reminder popped up directly.
ββToday at 21 o'clock, the Pan-Asgardia Mecha Competition, the first round of the preliminaries!
Yes! Today is the day of the first round of preliminaries! If it weren't for this schedule reminder, Li Huaxia might really forget about it.
"Ye Shi! Ye Shi! Li Huaxia hurriedly shouted.
Hearing his voice, Ye Shi immediately appeared in front of him: "Your Highness the Holy Son, what do you command?!" β
Li Huaxia can fool Kaka and call him big brother, but he can't fool Ye Shi. No matter how insistent he was, Ye Shi still respectfully called him "His Highness the Holy Son".
Fortunately, Ye Shi has always been respectful to him on weekdays, but now that he has changed his name, it is nothing.
"Can you help me get a [Zero] simulation pod! I need ...... urgently," Li Huaxia said.
Ye Shi rarely disappointed him, getting a simulation cabin was just a small matter, and after only five minutes, a brand-new simulation cabin appeared in front of him.
Li Huaxia pointed to the simulation cabin and said, "Kaka, do you want to play [Zero Battle]?" β
Kaka's eyes lit up, and he smiled shyly and said, "Play! I'm already in the Diamond rank......"
Hearing this, Li's face turned red, and he was embarrassed to answer.
[Zero Battle] also has levels, and players are divided into five levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond according to the points obtained in the ladder match.
Don't look at Li Huaxia's level is very high, but his winning rate can be described as miserable, and his level is even lower, and he has not reached the gold level to this day.
He smiled, changed the subject and said, "Well, I'm going to participate in the preliminaries of the [Pan-Asgardia Mecha Competition] now, do you want to watch the battle?" β
Because the contestants of the [Pan-Asgardia Mecha] Contest are spread to every corner of the universe, and it is not realistic to gather all the contestants together in the qualifier stage, the three preliminaries of the contest will be held in the [Zero Battle] simulation system.
Each player who signs up for the competition can invite their relatives and friends to watch the game......
After receiving Li Huaxia's invitation, Kaka naturally readily agreed, so Ye Shi got another simulation cabin for Kaka to use.
In the evening, Li Huaxia got into the simulation cabin, scanned his electronic documents and verified his biometric information, and he successfully entered the competition.
According to the invitation of the organizing committee, all entries must be entered one hour in advance.
After putting on the sensor helmet, he appeared directly inside a huge virtual community. Kaka did not appear beside him, but went directly to the viewing area.
This virtual community has been designed to look like the twentieth century in the Common Era, with a retro vibe.
The streets are paved with fine stone pavement, lined with tall Gothic spires, lined with wooden fences on the banks of the river, and lined with green umbrellas with walnut tables and chairs......
Li Huaxia strolled through the streets of the virtual community, and at a glance, the entire street was densely packed with contestants, Li Huaxia roughly estimated that there were probably no less than 500 people just by what he saw now...... He wandered around boredly for a while, and before long a loud voice sounded in the sky.
With this voice, lines of text appeared in the sky, illustrating the rules of this qualifying match.
Li Huaxia casually found a place to do it, and listened carefully to the explanation of the rules.
The qualifier he was in was part of the solar system, and most of the contestants came from Earth, Mars, Io, Enceladus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and many of the Solar System's space cities. A total of 1,359,820 contestants participated.
The 1,359,820 contestants will be divided into 1,360 groups for the first round of preliminaries.
The first 1,359 groups had 1,000 people each, and the last group had 820 people. The top 10 players in each group will qualify.
After the first round of qualifying, 90% of the 1,359,820 players will be eliminated, leaving 13,600 players to advance to the second round.
The second round of preliminaries will be selected in the same way as the first round, with the 13,600 players again divided into 14 groups for a knockout round, with 10 qualifiers in each group.
After the second round, the final 140 contestants will be left. The last 140 contestants will have another melee, and the remaining 100 contestants will represent the solar system in the main match of the [Pan-Asgardia Mecha Competition].
After reading the rules, Li Huaxia showed a smile on his face, is the qualification rate less than 1 in 10,000? It's kind of interesting.
This elimination rate is very terrifying, but for Li Huaxia, it is not difficult at all.
The Pan-Asgardia Mecha Competition focuses on the participation of the whole people, and the registration threshold is very low, as long as you have the qualification of a pilot certified by the Republic, you can sign up for the competition.
Every year, there are countless pilots with dreams who try to make a name for themselves through this competition, so the number of applicants for each edition of the competition is in the hundreds of millions.
It is precisely because the [Pan-Asgardia Mecha Competition] has a wide base of people that this competition has become the most popular mecha event in the universe.
However, the low threshold for participation naturally causes the level of contestants to be really mixed. The purpose of the qualifiers is to screen out these players who come to participate with an entertainment mentality. In this case, Li Huaxia's confidence in passing the qualifiers is still quite sufficient.
In the game that will start in 50 minutes, Li Huaxia's group 0399 will enter a virtual city.
1,000 contestants will fight in the city in a unified standard mecha! Each competitor will have an initial point, and everyone needs to find and kill the other competitors, and after completing the kill, the player who completes the finishing blow will receive all the points of the opponent.
The duration of the match is four hours, and at the end of the race, the top 10 players in the standings will qualify.
After figuring out the rules of the game, Li Huaxia sat there and waited for the game to start.
This year, the organizing committee of the competition arranged several carnival activities in the virtual community of the preliminaries, and rapping, singing and dancing, and acrobatic performances emerged in an endless stream on the streets of the virtual community. Many of the contestants enjoyed the lively atmosphere on the streets......
Li Huaxia frowned a little, how could a good game be the same as a vegetable market.
In order to enhance the influence of the competition, the organizing committee of the competition also invited many journalists to settle in the competition, and Zhang Lulu was one of them.
Zhang Lulu is a little worried now, she is an intern reporter of [Planet News], and she was sent by the editor-in-chief to report on the first round of preliminaries of the conference.
Newcomers just don't have human rights, you must know that the qualifiers are the least newsworthy games...... The contestants who participate in the competition must be famous or not, and they must have strength or not.
The wonderful main competition and finals are the "private ground" of the gold medal reporters of [Planet News], and they are not at all something she can touch.
How ugly and ugly the game must be for a while, is it really necessary to write about a group of mecha enthusiasts partying at the carnival?
If I can't come up with decent news, I'm afraid that this hard-won internship opportunity will be lost......
Zhang Lulu looked east and west, racking his brains to dig up the big news.
Just when she was about to despair, she saw Li Huaxia sitting under the sun umbrella on the street corner! Here's your chance!
Seeing Li Huaxia, a dazzling light burst out in her eyes! She trotted to Li Huaxia and handed over the microphone:
"Hello, this player! I'm Zhang Lulu, a reporter from [Planet News]! Don't know what you think about today's game? The game is about to start, are you nervous? β
Seeing the little female reporter in front of him, Li Huaxia was stunned. Then his gaze fixed on the badge of [Planet News] on Zhang Lulu's chest.
Seeing the emblem of [Planet News], Li Huaxia couldn't help but think of what Emilia had deceived herself, which made him smile.
After Zhang Lulu asked the same question again, he shrugged his shoulders and said:
"It's a good game to be like a wet market! Nervous? Nervous about what? I'm here to win the championship! β
"It seems that this player has a lot of confidence in himself! Thank you for your time! Break a leg! β
Zhang Lulu hurriedly bowed to Li Huaxia, and then her eyes flashed with ecstasy, and she ran away like the wind......
found a corner, and she quickly made the hologram of the interview with Li Huaxia into a newsletter and sent it back [New Ball News].
- The son of [Red Priest] complained about the chaos of the organization of the contest and vowed to win the tournament!
When the editor-in-chief of [Planet News] saw this news, he immediately slapped the table and shouted:
"Hurry! Now, immediately, right away! Go and change the headlines on all the platforms! Yes, that's it! Hurry up! β