Chapter 66: The Opening

After reaching the finals, the format of the competition is different from the previous two stages.

The Jupiter Chamber of Commerce requires all the finalists to be present at the scene, use the induction cabin provided by the organizer to enter the virtual world, and each game will be carried out in turn, and the game will be projected onto the ring in the center of the stadium through the interactive technology of virtual and reality, so that the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the stadium can enjoy it.

The finals will be played over four days, with 16 matches played in each of the first two days to determine the top 32; On the third day, sixteen games were played to determine the top 16; On the last day, the rest of the games will be played in one go, 16 into 8, 8 into 4, 4 into 2, until the final champion is decided, and there will be 15 games on this day.

This arrangement can ensure the popularity and ratings of the martial arts tournament to the greatest extent, but for the players who aim to win the championship, the pressure is not small, because the last day may have to play many times in a row, and there is not enough time to study the opponent.

On the first day of the finals, Xin Lin and Lian Chengbi left the hotel and went to the venue of the martial arts competition.

When the two arrived, there was already a tight queue inside and outside the venue, hundreds of security guards set up a cordon, and three or four thousand spectators lined up at the entrance, one by one through the security check to enter the venue. At the same time, more spectators gathered from all directions, crowds surged, and the venue was full of people, and the scene was very enthusiastic.

And that's just for the spectators who watched the game live, and the number of people watching the game on the virtual network was even larger. The Federation's virtual broadcast technology is very mature, after the audience buys tickets at home, they use sensors to log in to the virtual venue, although the realism is not as good as the virtual world dedicated to the game, but it is enough for ordinary people, as if they are there, and the atmosphere will not be much worse than the real world.

"The federation is really popular and martial, and an amateur competition can attract so many spectators to buy tickets for admission."

Lian Chengbi looked at the hundreds of meters long team in the square, and couldn't help but sigh: "The Jupiter Chamber of Commerce should be able to make a little money by holding a martial arts tournament this time, and the broadcast rights, advertising fees, and ticket revenue for the four days of the finals are enough to wipe out the costs invested before." The first session was so successful, and it will definitely continue to be held in the future, maybe it can really be built into a martial arts brand. ”

"It's great to be able to do it, if there is a Star Cup next year, and there is enough prize money, I don't mind participating in it again." Xin Lin smiled maliciously, according to the current restrictions, he is still eligible to participate next year.

He's strong enough this year, and who else among the amateurs will be able to stop him this time next year?

"You want to be beautiful!" Liancheng Bimei rolled her eyes, shook her head and said: "If you successfully win the championship this year, the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce will definitely introduce rules specifically for you, such as the last champion will automatically lose the qualification for the competition, and you will have no fun." ”

Xin Xiao was slightly disappointed, and then said: "But I have thought of a way to make money, there are many martial arts competitions in the Federation, and if I participate in various amateur competitions, I should be able to make a lot of money." ”

When Lian Chengbi heard this, an expression of hatred suddenly appeared on his face, and he said: "Do you think there are many games with huge prizes like the Star Cup?" In an ordinary amateur competition, the prize money of five million is very good, and there are all kinds of messy restrictions on the participants, and the schedule will take more than a month, how many times can you participate in a year? With this in mind, you might as well concentrate on cultivation and then participate in the draft, even if it is a rookie Star Wars samurai, the salary is more than 50 million a year, so don't waste your talent in amateur competitions. ”

"Well, actually, I just said it casually, and I didn't take it seriously." Xin Lin hurriedly begged Lianchengbi for mercy, and changed the topic: "It seems that someone recognizes me, let's go in quickly." ”

Even Chengbi didn't take Xin Liang seriously, chuckled, followed him through the player-specific passage, and entered the venue smoothly.

Led by a staff member, the two made their way to the players' lounge at the top of the venue.

It is both a lounge and a VIP room, located on the top of the auditorium like a long passageway, forming two semicircles along the top floor of the venue, separated into hundreds of semi-open boxes. The infield-facing side of the box is a fully transparent glass balustrade with a wide view, and you can sit on a comfortable sofa chair with a condescending view of the entire playing field.

In each box, there is a sensor pod not far behind the seats, and when the players need to play, they can use these induction pods to enter the virtual world dedicated to the game.

"It's a really nice design, it's very convenient."

Xin sighed in admiration, sat down on the sofa chair, and swept his eyes in the boxes on both sides, and found that many contestants were already seated, some of them were closing their eyes to recuperate, some were talking to the escorts around them, or they were looking at others like themselves.

Lian Chengbi sat down beside her and said: "This stadium is the home of the Iceman team, it is completely designed according to the standard configuration of the Super Star Wars League, the rental cost is not low, it is a bit too luxurious for amateur competitions, and the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce is really willing to spend money." ”

"So, the lounge across the street is used by the away team?" Xin Lin pointed to the lounge opposite, the two looked at each other in the air, his eyesight was extremely strong, and he saw that there were also more than a dozen contestants over there.

"Yes," Lian Chengbi turned his head to look, carefully distinguished, nodded and said: "The opposite side is full of players numbered from No. 33 to No. 64, and on our side are players from No. 1 to No. 32, it is estimated that the organizer specially arranged it, and the players are not allowed to communicate face-to-face." ”

"Haha, are you still afraid that we won't be able to fight."

At this time, Xin Lin noticed that the eyes of many players fell on him, but they didn't stay long, and their attention was quickly attracted by Lian Chengbi beside him.

He was speechless for a moment, but he understood immediately.

Most of the players who entered the top 64 are men, for men, the attraction of beautiful women is always stronger than that of their opponents, everyone is a man, what is there to see, just go to the ring and fight to the death, how can there be beautiful women? What's more, it's a stunning beauty with a cold temperament like Lianchengbi!

Each contestant is accompanied by the personnel who represent the company, most of these escorts are company executives, either elderly middle-aged and elderly men, or mediocre female white-collar workers, occasionally one or two beautiful, and Lianchengbi is completely incomparable, several grades worse.

Suddenly, Lianchengbi became the focus of the players' lounge.

Xin Lin soon found that after admiring Lianchengbi, those players looked at him with more fierce eyes, their eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred, and they seemed to want to rush over and fight with him immediately.

Under the look of the wolves, Xin Xiao coughed a little uncomfortably, and said: "Now I think the organizer has arranged it very thoroughly, these players may really be fighting before they get on the field, but it's all because of you, it's a disaster......

Lian Chengbi was calm, she was already used to being noticed because of her outstanding appearance, and said with a faint smile: "I'll just treat you as praising me." ”

"Praise a fart, I'm about to become the enemy of the whole people." Xin Meng muttered and said depressedly: "It would have been good if I had known that I would come to the competition alone, anyway, there is no rule that you, the representative of the company, must come." I, a junior samurai, was ranked in the first part, which was already eye-catching enough, and how could I keep a low profile with you? ”

"Then don't be low-key." Lian Chengbi smiled like a flower, deliberately got closer to Xin Lone, held Xin Lone's arm, and made a very intimate gesture.

"O goblin! Eyes kill! Xin sighed and simply closed his eyes and ignored the gazes of those people.

An hour later, the stadium was full, hundreds of thousands of spectators formed a large circle around the open space in the middle, looking down from the players' lounge, a large number of black heads, all the time making noisy sounds, all kinds of sounds one after another, not quiet for a second, the atmosphere gradually became warm.

"That's a lot of people!"

Xin Xiao exclaimed, it was the first time he had seen so many people in his field of vision. Fighting with people in front of so many people is also a great test of psychological quality, and ordinary people go to the ring and suddenly find themselves stared at by hundreds of thousands of pairs of eyes, and they are soft before they start fighting.

And that's not even counting the number of spectators in the virtual venues, each of which has the same number of seats as the real world, and will be broadcast live simultaneously. According to the data, more than 30 million people watched the game through the virtual network at this time, and more than 200 virtual venues were filled!

Even though Xin Lin turned on telepathy, he had the composure and composure of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him and his face did not change, but thinking of being watched by more than 30 million people after he played, and his every move was magnified a hundred times, he couldn't help but beat his heart faster, and quickly closed his eyes and slowly adjusted his breathing, expelling all distracting thoughts from his brain.

"Are you alright?" Lian Chengbi noticed that Xin Xiao seemed to be a little nervous, and asked with concern.

Xin Xiao opened his eyes, he couldn't see any emotions in his eyes, he couldn't make waves like an ancient well, and said quietly: "Don't worry, I can handle it." ”

Lian Chengbi nodded and didn't ask again.

Xin Lone's eyes swept over the other contestants, and found that many people were quite restless, their faces were pale, and they were nervously rubbing their hands, trying to adapt to this big scene.

He secretly said in his heart: "After all, they are all amateurs, and they have never seen such a big scene, so someone must be going to play abnormally today." ”

At this time, solemn music sounded in the venue, and the entire venue was plunged into darkness. A few seconds later, a huge ring appeared in the open space in the center of the stadium in an instant, the length and width of this ring were magnified tenfold, and the side length was one hundred and fifty meters, which looked very real, if the audience didn't know that this was a three-dimensional projection, I am afraid that there was really such a big ring in front of them.

Amid the music, a light fell from the sky, illuminating a circular area in which two presenters, a man and a woman, stood in costume. They are as amplified as the ring, more than 15 meters tall, lifelike, and their voices spread throughout the audience, allowing tens of millions of spectators to see clearly, causing a tsunami-like sound.

"It's a great three-dimensional projection technology, and the feeling of on-site viewing is completely different from that of a virtual network." Xin Lonely couldn't help but admire.