Jiawang Swimming Pool (III)
After passing through the narrow intersection, the road suddenly opens up.
Under the ridiculously high azure arched glass roof, the huge venue is divided into four large swimming pools, arranged in a standard "田" shape in front of everyone.
On the left side of the “田” character, near the entrance, is the children’s swimming pool, where several parents are accompanying their children to practice swimming.
The swimming pool a little further away from the entrance has a high diving platform with space for diving left every few meters. It extends upward layer by layer, and the highest point is a little unclear.
At this time, there was a person standing on the top level of the diving platform.
Before I could see clearly what he looked like, he shouted excitedly and rushed out from the diving platform, without any preparation, and opened his arms in mid-air and screamed excitedly. With a loud bang, he fell into the water horizontally, and after a while, he floated out of the water face down.
Before the six people had adapted to this sudden situation, they heard sharp screams coming from the children's swimming pool.
A mother held her son and pulled him back, while another father helplessly twisted his daughter's head. The blood instantly dyed the surrounding water red. The boy's mother held her son without hands and burst into tears.
The lifeguard was very used to it. He first ran to the children's swimming pool, cooperated with the girl's father to pull out the boy's half-chewed hand, and handed it to the boy's mother. He then ran to the diving platform, used a long pole to move the diver's body to the shore, and left the pool carrying the body.
Xu Wei swallowed uncomfortably and didn't want to move forward a single step.
"What is that?" The man with glasses pointed at a huge electronic screen above the venue.
Warmly celebrate the opening of Jiawang Championship
Tomorrow night's race report: 50m swimming showdown
Please register at the swimming pool management office today. No latecomers will be accepted.
If you get five gold medals, you can participate in the award ceremony on the fifth day~
The bracelet vibrated, and an additional task information appeared: Survive to the fifth day and attend the award ceremony.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go find the swimming management office." Brother Fan was very happy. This was his second time entering the dungeon. The last time, when he was a newcomer, he spent a lot of effort to trigger the task prompt and almost lost his life. This time the task was so direct that he was overjoyed.
The swimming pool management office is surprisingly easy to find. It is in a row of small rooms on the right side of the swimming pool, past the utility room and the bathroom. There is a red sign of the swimming management office hanging on a dark wooden door, and a sliding wooden board below it reads "On Duty".
I knocked on the door and a woman's voice came from inside: "Come in."
Pushing the door open, I saw a very ordinary office, not very large and without even a window. The tiles on the wall were shiny white, and there was a wooden cabinet with a glass door in the corner. Someone was sitting behind a large desk.
She can only be called a human for now. She has a well-proportioned figure and a natural posture. From below, she looks no different from a normal person, but there is a white sphere abruptly on her neck. There is no facial features on the sphere, it is just a vast expanse of white. It looks like a sphere shape was randomly drawn in the PS software and then photoshopped onto a human body.
The unidentified creature at the door at least had some facial features, but this one had nothing. Brother Fan was frightened and did not ask the team leader's question.
"How do I sign up for the Jiawang Championship?" Lu Fanye broke the silence.
The spherical man pulled out a form from the pile of documents: "Do you want to register as a group or as an individual?"
After a pause, she continued, "Individual registration requires an individual to win five gold medals in order to participate in the awards ceremony. Group registration allows the group to participate as long as the group wins a total of five gold medals."
Brother Fan also followed in. When he heard that there could be a group competition, he was delighted and quickly said, "Register as a group."
Xu Wei noticed that the spherical people used the word "only" when talking about individual registration, but used the word "as long as" when talking about group registration, as if guiding them to register as a group.
Considering the malicious intent of the game creatures towards players, Xu Wei believes that group registration is very dangerous, but she still prefers group registration - she can't swim, and individual registration is obviously very disadvantageous to her.
During the days when Xu Wei followed his cousin to the swimming pool to learn, he could only swim a few steps. He had no control over his body in the water at all. He really had no talent, so he gave up eventually.
The man with glasses suddenly asked, "Are you competing against them or those people outside in the individual competition?"
They refer to the other five people in the team.
This question made Xu Wei nervous.
A team competition is likely to be a competition with those unknown creatures outside, which is very dangerous. If the individual competition is between six people, the individual competition is the first choice for those who can swim.
In this team, the auntie had been shouting early in the morning that she couldn't swim, but Brother Fan could, and the guy with glasses looked like he was good at it as well. Old Fang was unknown, and Lu Fanye was also unknown, but Xu Wei saw that he had broad shoulders and waist, a well-shaped body, abdominal muscles and a mermaid line, so he was probably a sporty guy.
If they all choose to register individually, people who can't swim will be at greater risk.
While thinking about how to convince others to participate in the team competition, Lu Fanye still chose to register as a team.
This made Xu Wei start to wonder if he was a landlubber or was good at other sports. Fortunately, after a while of hesitation, Brother Fan also chose the group. Now the leader played a role. Xu Wei, Lao Fang and the aunt all chose the group, leaving only the man with glasses.
The man with glasses didn't give up and asked again: "They choose to register as a group. If I compete individually, can I compete with them?"
The spherical man was filling out a form quickly. He didn't even look up when he heard this: "Of course, if you register as a group, you can only participate in the team competition. There are other players who will compete with you in the individual competition."
The “other players” are self-explanatory.
The man with glasses had no choice but to join Lu Fanye’s team and gave his name as Zhang Guang.
After registration was completed, the spherical person said, "The swimming competition will begin promptly at 7:30 tomorrow night. There will be three competitions, with a total of three gold medals."
"How many players can participate in a game at the same time?" Xu Wei asked.
The ball-shaped man raised his head and faced Xu Wei, as if he was looking her in the eye: "Four. Only one person can play per team per game."
Xu Wei originally wanted to have more of his own players on the field to ensure they would win medals, but now the rules are set and there is no way for him to resort to unconventional tactics.
It seems that the methods used in novels can only serve as a reference.
Brother Fan didn't think too much about it and said, "Let's go out and discuss what to do."
Everyone went out. Xu Wei walked to the door and suddenly heard the ball-shaped man say, "There will be a warm-up match tonight. Your opponent will participate."
Looking back, the spherical man no longer looked at them and continued to flip through the forms on the table.
Her words made Xu Wei more suspicious.
From the moment they entered the room, she had been quietly revealing information to them. She first followed the topic to explain the difference between group registration and individual registration, guided the players to register as a group, and then reminded them of tonight's warm-up match.
If one were to believe at the beginning that she harbored ill intentions towards the creatures in the game, then the following reminder would make one even more puzzled. Compared to the creature named Jiawang who answered questions one by one, this spherical person was incredibly proactive.
This made Xu Wei wonder whether there were friendly creatures in this game.
However, the most important thing at the moment is the competition. After everyone explained their situation, Xu Wei guessed correctly that only Brother Fan, Zhang Guang and Lu Fanye could swim in the team, and Brother Fan hadn't been in the water for a long time.
Time was tight, and after Lu Fanye tried swimming in the water for a while, Brother Fan and Zhang Guang quickly started practicing, and even Lao Fang swam out by the edge of the pool.
Xu Wei also climbed up the stairs and moved down step by step. By the time she reached the bottom of the pool, the water had already reached her collarbone, and the rippling water splashed against her neck, making it a little itchy.
This is a shallow water area. Judging from her height and the distance between the water surface, the pool is about one and a half meters deep.
Xu Wei tentatively let go of the stairs and took a few steps in the water, feeling the resistance of the water flow. The water quality was also clear, no different from an ordinary swimming pool.
Not sensing any danger, she felt relieved and tried to float herself.
No talent indeed.
After failing many times, Xu Wei sighed secretly and lay down at the drain beside the pool to watch Brother Fan and his friends who were having fun.
They swam better and better.
"Can't learn to swim? How about signing up for my class? I promise you'll learn it in one day."
The strange man's voice suddenly sounded next to my ear, with a strange ending.
Xu Wei felt a chill in his ears and took a few steps back reflexively.
In front of him was the lifeguard who had fished out the body before. He had a common face that could disappear into a crowd. He was squatting by the swimming pool, stretching his neck and trying to lean into the pool, as if he wanted to stretch his neck a little longer before leaning closer to Xu Wei.
Thinking about how this thing had just approached her silently and spoken into her ear, Xu Wei got goosebumps all over her body and refused without a second thought.
"Don't regret it if you miss it, ah——"
The lifeguard sighed and groaned like a singer, as if mocking Xu Wei for not knowing what he was doing. He stood up and shouted into the swimming pool, "Jia Wang Swimming Class is on sale today! Just sign up for 50 yuan, and we guarantee you'll learn it in one day!"
At one point, there were several people in the swimming pool who wanted to take his class. The lifeguard asked them to pay and glared at Xu Wei fiercely before leaving.
Fifty yuan was just the amount that everyone in the team could afford combined - each person started with one hundred yuan, and after buying the swimming gear, each had ten yuan left, for a total of sixty yuan.
Xu Wei doesn't think that a day of swimming lessons only costs 50 yuan when prices are normal. She has also inquired about the price of swimming classes, which are all calculated by class hours. A class is about two hours, and the cost ranges from 150 to 200 yuan.
This lifeguard who looked malicious came to her on his own initiative, but the price he offered was within her affordable range, which made people feel that he wanted to take the opportunity to empty the pockets of the rest of the team.
Maybe there is still a need for money.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Fanye happened to be swimming back and forth, and when he returned to the starting point he saw this scene.
Xu Wei told him what had just happened and also talked about his speculation about the use of money, in an attempt to get closer to him.
Lu Fanye nodded and said that he would call Brother Fan back to discuss it later.
After the friendly exchange, Xu Wei watched him swim out.
Lu Fanye swam forward for a distance, but suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Xu Wei asked.
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