Chapter 377: Grouping.

"The second test, ready to begin. ”

Elder Lin Xiao's words made the people on the high platform straighten up, yes, this has just passed the first test, and more difficult things are yet to come. Mu Chen should have thought at that time that he could get such a rich reward casually. He was able to break through the inside of these primordial stones so easily, all the credit was due to that pair of weird Zixiao Demon Pupils, if he didn't put aside the Zixiao Demon Pupils, Mu Chen would not be able to know which one had a spirit crystal and which one didn't.

"The old man thought about it just now, since there are still three hundred and twenty people who can continue to participate in the test (yesterday I miscalculated and wrote three hundred and sixty, in order to facilitate the calculation and matching, this number is set unnaturally, but it is still for the convenience of everyone to browse. Then it's up to me to change the way the second test is conducted, the original rule we made was to work in pairs and choose the rough stones containing spirit crystals and rare spirit crystals from the pile of rough stones we prepared in advance at the same time, and whoever can pick more spirit crystal rough stones faster will be considered to pass. ”

Saying that, Elder Lin Xiao waved his hand, and a pile of rough stones piled up on the high platform like a hill to occupy nearly a third of the position, Elder Lin Xiao continued, "However, due to the number of you, now I have decided to temporarily change the rules of the competition. The competition is divided into two groups, each group of 160 people, two pairs of two at the same time, the winner will advance to the next round of the group, and will eventually enter the final test with the last place in the first group and the last place in the second group, which means that only two of the 360 people can pass the second round. ”

"Uh..."

In the end, there were only two people who could pass, Mu Chen touched his nose, it was the first time he had heard of this kind of format, however, he liked it. This undoubtedly shortened the process of the game, looking at the mountain of rough stones, Mu Chen was a little helpless, it seemed that the so-called imitation rough stones were not mixed in this pile of rough stones, but so what, as long as they could see through the inside of the original stones, even if they used more peculiar rough stones, it would not have any impact on him.

However, there was a burst of exclamation from the spectator seats around the square, the previous game would eliminate the remaining people after reaching the second game, leaving only a hundred people, the spirit selector called it a hundred people race, and after the hundred people race was the ten person race, which was also a rule based on the number of towns. But this year, it suddenly changed so terrifyingly, and the first and second places were decided in the second round, which has to be said to be a bit cruel, but it also gave the onlookers an unprecedented sense of freshness and excitement. You know, it's been countless years, and it's been the same competition system every year, and everyone will be a little tired when they see the same competition process every year except for the faces of the contestants. The reason why they are so enthusiastic is also because this is the custom of their empire, which is as grand as the Chinese New Year's Eve every year.

"Now you look at the numbers on their respective long tables, the soul selectors from one to one hundred and sixty are the first group, one hundred and sixty to three hundred and twenty are the second group, and the competition pair is the first group of one and two groups, one hundred and sixty-one and one hundred and sixty-two are the other group, and the four groups are selected at the same time, and the time limit for each person is twenty seconds, that is to say, in twenty seconds, whoever picks more spirit crystal primordial stones than the opponent will be able to advance to the next round. And the contestants who advance to the next round in the first group will be paired with the finalists in the second group in the second round, and so on, is there any doubt?"

The contestants shook their heads one after another, Mu Chen glanced at the number on his long table by the way, and couldn't help but feel depressed, because the corner of his long table was written one hundred and fifty-nine, this number meant that Mu Chen would only have to watch for a long time in the future, sighing, Mu Chen was originally going to stand aside and wait, but at this time, Elder Linxiao spoke again, " Since you have no doubt and you are all optimistic about your numbers, please step down from the high platform except for the first, second, one hundred and sixty-first and one hundred and sixty-second contestants, and your respective usher is around the spectator seats, and now you can go there and rest and I will call your number when it is your turn to race. ”

After saying that, Elder Linxiao waved his hand, signaling that everyone could retreat, Mu Chen glanced down when he heard this, and his sensitive perceptual ability quickly allowed him to see the direction where Xu Fei and Wan Xian'er were.

Under the high platform, on the first row of seats next to the pile of rough stones, Xu Fei and Wan Xian'er were staring at Mu Chen intently, this was a special audience seat, and only those guides could sit here. Coincidentally, Wan Xian'er and Xu Fei were sitting next to Ma Geqi, who had some conflicts with them.

Seeing Mu Chen striding towards them from the stage, Ma Geqi said with some surprise, "Yo, Master Xu, it seems that the little guy you selected this time is lucky, and he actually passed the first round of tests, I am really happy for you." There was no lack of sarcasm in the words, and Mu Chen had gone out of his shit luck.

Xu Fei laughed, "Yes, does Master Ma Geqi think so too? I think so too, it's really the same as the hero." ”

Ma Geqi had a haha on his face, but he said angrily in his heart, "It's slightly the same as your sister, Lao Tzu is sarcastic about you, can't you hear it?"

As soon as Mu Chen stepped off the high platform, he saw Xu Fei waving to him, and Wan Xian'er was also smiling, Xu Fei said, "Good boy, I really didn't see the wrong person." ”

Saying that, he also gave up a position in the middle, there was originally a vacant position next to him, it was Dawei's, it is estimated that Dawei was too tired from registering yesterday, so he didn't come over, and now Xu Fei let it go, and immediately gave up the position next to Wan Xian'er.

Mu Chen smiled slightly, sat down beside the bent down, and said, "It's just a little luckier, there are only two rough stones in the ring you selected, and one minute is more than enough." ”

Xu Fei patted Mu Chen's shoulder with a red face, and said with a smile, "For spirit selectors, luck occupies a large part of strength, so even if it is due to luck, it is also your strength, besides, others don't know you, can I still not know you?"

In his opinion, Mu Chen has now saved Shicheng, because after passing the first level, Mu Chen has pushed Shicheng's penultimate ranking to three hundred and sixty, if Mu Chen can pass another round, then Shicheng's ranking will be improved again, and the magnitude is very large, how can he not be happy when he thinks about it like this.

Mu Chen could only smile at this, and after sitting down next to Wan Xian'er, a figure also walked down from the high platform, unlike Mu Chen, this figure attracted everyone's attention as soon as he walked down, because this person was none other than Ma Bi, the genius of the spirit selection who maintained the three consecutive championships of the spirit selection conference.

I saw the arrogance on Ma Bi's face, and slowly walked down from the high platform with his hands on his back, and the whole person seemed to be strolling leisurely, but I didn't know that the more he was like this, the more people felt that he was unhappy.

"Huh, isn't this a representative of the nine consecutive defeats in Shicheng? Why haven't you been eliminated yet?" Ma Bi saw Mu Chen sitting next to Wan Xian'er as soon as he came, originally he disdained to deal with Mu Chen's three-grade spirit selection master, but now Mu Chen was sitting next to Wan Xian'er, which made Ma Bi, who fell in love at first sight, extremely unhappy, so he spoke out with contempt.

Who knew that Mu Chen didn't care at all, but said with a smile, "Yes, the blessing of luck, the first test seems to have passed without danger." ”

Mu Chen didn't know where Ma Bi participated in the test just now, and Ma Bi didn't think that Mu Chen would pass the first test from the beginning, so Ma Bi was really a little surprised.

"It's luck, I say, and that's the only way to convince people. After Ma Bi finished speaking, he sat down next to Ma Geqi, because the position of each usher will be separated by a body, so even if Ma Bi wants to get close to Wan Xian'er, it can't be realized.

The words were not speculative for more than half a sentence, and Mu Chen didn't bother to talk to Ma Bi about these unnutritious things, so he simply turned his head and looked at the two groups of contestants who were choosing the original stones on the high platform, and the time of twenty seconds passed quickly, Mu Chen saw it clearly, the number of original stones selected by the No. 1 Spirit Selector and the No. 2 Spirit Selector was exactly the same, both were four, while the No. 161 and No. 162 Spirit Selectors were completely different, one was seven, and the other was only two. This made Mu Chen can't help but face up to another problem, that is, the second round of pairing simply ignores the selection of the spirit master rank, that is to say, regardless of the grade, all the melee battles, so this is another test of luck and character.

Because the difference between the second group is too large, it is not surprising that the five-grade spirit master who selected seven pieces passed directly, and as for the first group, some inspectors judged that in the end, because No. 1 misjudged a piece of imitation rough stone, No. 1 was eliminated, and No. 2 narrowly won and advanced to the top 80.

"It doesn't look like this competition will last long. Mu Chen calculated, if a competition doesn't even take thirty seconds, then eighty games will only take forty minutes.

Time passed minute by minute, and when the competition was about twenty minutes old, Elder Lin Xiao suddenly shouted, "Two hundred and one, the second hundred and second spirit selection master came to the stage to choose. ”

Mu Chen only felt that a figure beside him slowly stood up, and then walked lazily on the stage, without looking at Mu Chen, he knew that there was naturally only Ma Bi who was so hanging.

"More than two hundred. ”

Mu Chen smiled slightly, "It seems that the second test can't be touched, if there is a chance, maybe you can meet him in the final, should you be a little more high-profile at that time?" Mu Chen held his chin in one hand, and gradually fell into this kind of boring thinking, causing Wan Xian'er next to him to be as confused as the second monk, and finally had to shift her gaze to Ma Bi on the high platform, she wanted to see what kind of strength this man who had won three consecutive championships had.