Compared with the short program of the previous day, today's free skating is much more entertaining because the short program has a shorter time limit. At the same time, the short program stipulates 7 prescribed movements that the skaters need to perform in the competition. Under a series of conditions such as the prescribed movements and the jump restrictions stipulated in the figure skating technical manual, the short program has a theoretically calculable maximum score specified in the current season's technical manual, and the theoretical score of this value is around 120 points.

But generally speaking, this theoretical score cannot be regarded as the standard that figure skaters should achieve in the short program. Among the top skaters in figure skating, they usually aim to score above 95 points in their short program. One of the statistics commonly collected in figure skating is how many times the top skaters in the current figure skating event have scored 95 points in the short program during their competition careers.

In the short program competition on the first day of this CC, after the game, some Japanese ice fans compared the short program scores of Yuto Tsukawa, Tsubasa Amami and Igor with the scores and technical difficulty they had obtained in previous competitions. Finally, after proportional calculation, they came to the conclusion that in the previous day's competition, the athletes were generally suppressed by 7-10 points.

In other words, if it weren't for the collective pressure, Amami Tsubasa might have set a new short program high score of more than 95 points in the previous day's game.

A day later, after the men's singles free skating competition started, many ice fans began to discuss whether today's judging panel would continue the cold-blooded style of the previous day, or would they return to a more normal scoring standard today?

After the first contestant finished his performance, the audience got the answer they wanted - did today's judging panel seem to be as tough as the day before?

Although the first Russian player to appear on the stage, Petrov, did perform poorly, the final score of less than 110 points still made the ice fans at the scene turn pale.

108.79 points, a free skating score that is not much higher than the short program, does it really exist?

Regardless, Petrov is currently ranked first with a total score of 182.14 for the short program and free skating, although this first place score was quickly reduced to second place after the second player finished the competition.

Xu Yihe and Wang Wei, who also appeared in the first group, appeared in third and fifth place respectively according to the draw ranking within the group. Both of them achieved good results in the free skating. After the performances of the first group were all over, Xu Yihe temporarily ranked first with a total score of 241.24.

After the first group of players finished their performances, a simple ice clearing was carried out. After the ice clearing, the atmosphere on the scene reached its peak again when the second group of players came on stage to warm up.

Whether it was Yuto Tsugawa, Tsubasa Amami, Igor, Su Zhe, or the other two players in the second group, voices of support could be heard more or less at the scene, but there was no doubt that the support for Su Zhe was always the strongest.

After a brief cheer, the audience fell silent again, and the players on the scene also began a brief warm-up on the ice.

Many viewers who had only watched Su Zhe's performance videos before were surprised when they saw Su Zhe's warm-up phase for two consecutive days.

"Wow, is it my illusion? Su Zhe seemed like a completely different person during his warm-up today than he was yesterday? Yesterday I felt like a spring breeze blowing on my face, but today I suddenly felt so powerful..."

"...You are not the only one, I feel the same way...I suddenly realized that Su Zhe seemed to be very tall. I was startled when he jumped and fell just now. He was so gentle yesterday..."

Some ordinary fans at the scene were surprised by Su Zhe's completely different performance in two days. Before, they only watched the video of the show, but they never expected that Su Zhe had already combined the emotions in the show with his personal practice state when he was only in the practice stage.

The fans who knew little about figure skating were astonished, and the athletes on the ice were even more surprised by Su Zhe's performance.

Although they were all still doing their own warm-ups, when they faced Su Zhe's dominance on the ice today, they couldn't help but subconsciously bypass him.

A slightly strange phenomenon occurred on the huge ice surface. When Su Zhe was warming up in one of the half courts, the other players walked around him and did not make direct contact with him.

Such scenes were even more obvious in the live broadcast of the sports channel. When Su Zhe jumped and landed on the ice, his line of sight happened to hit the swaying arm camera that was following him. The audience in front of the live broadcast all took a deep breath when he raised his eyes.

Although the gaze was not particularly cruel, it had a mysterious and deep feeling that made people shudder.

After this clip passed by, more than ten seconds later, a large number of bullet screens suddenly flashed across the live broadcast room.

[Oh shit, was that the Demon King's sight just now? I feel like I'm frozen!]

[Mom, this is the guy. He is the devil of the universe. He just scared me! ]

[My knees went weak and I fell to my knees! What on earth was that look? Half of my body felt numb. Wasn't he so gentle yesterday? Why did he have such a peerless A-level look today?]

Not only domestic audiences and spectators were watching the live broadcast, Japan's Fuji TV also purchased CC's live broadcast rights. At this time, many Japanese ice fans were also watching the live broadcast of the game. In the warm-up phase just now, these Japanese ice fans also noticed that Su Zhe's condition was completely different from the previous day. The fleeting fall of the ice and the gaze that seemed to come from the abyss also made many Japanese ice fans hold their breath.

On Japanese Twitter, after the footage just shown flashed by, a large number of related tweets appeared in a very short period of time.

[I saw the true eyes of the devil, that look from the abyss, just a casual glance has made me completely dead! This figure skater from the Chinese Empire really captured my heart, how can she be so good? ? ]

[Ahhh, can someone tell me who is the player who just appeared on CC Live and can kill people with just his eyes? I just happened to switch to Fuji TV, and I didn't expect to fall to that eye kill. Now I can't wait to get the information of this player! Please! ]

[When he was gentle, it was like a breeze blowing across my face. When he was cold, it was like the devil from the abyss of the demonic realm. I couldn't imagine how he managed to have such a mysterious aura. If this was the real devil, then the sight just now would have made me willingly follow him into the demonic realm.]

While the audience online and in person were amazed and discussing Su Zhe's condition, the players' warm-up exercises on the ice had already come to an end.

Chen Zhi sat in the audience seats reserved for the players. He came to watch the game today as a temporary visitor and had been unable to buy tickets, so he got admission directly through a friend he knew and sat in the reserved seats.

Some spectators at the scene also recognized him, and then quickly thought of the reason why Chen Zhi came to watch the game. After all, whether they were fans of Su Zhe or ice hockey fans, those who came to watch the game basically knew about Su Zhe's background.

Chen Zhi was sitting at the scene. It was the first time he felt Su Zhe's popularity on the ice after returning to China, and it was also the first time he saw Su Zhe's condition on the ice.

Thinking about the little kid who used to run around behind him and cry when he fell to the ground, he realized that the kid has now become an athlete, and his outstanding performance during ice practice can be noticed even by someone like him who knows nothing about figure skating.

Seeing Su Zhe leave the ice with other players, Chen Zhi couldn't help but look forward to the next game.

In the draw after the short program competition the day before, Igor got the first lot in the second group, and the subsequent order of appearance was Yuto Tsukawa, Grant, Jeff, Tsubasa Amami and the last one to appear, Su Zhe.

The last player to appear was a good draw because he already knew the results of all the previous players and knew how many points he had compared to the players in front of him.

But this is also the downside, because you already know too much in detail. If you don't have enough stress resistance, you may perform poorly due to excessive pressure at this time, or even make a lot of mistakes during the game, leading to a collapse in the final results.

In the Ice and Snow Kingdom forum, some forum members raised this concern.

Subject: [Su Zhe has insufficient competition experience. Today is only his second time participating in the competition and he drew the last lot. I don’t know if this can be considered lucky.]

In the post, some forum friends also expressed the same concerns, but some people also brought out the example of Su Zhe's condition when he was practicing on the ice, saying that seeing Su Zhe in this condition, should we still worry that he will collapse due to insufficient ability to withstand pressure?

This evidence surprised many forum users who were watching the live broadcast of the game, and then they burst into laughter, thinking that it surprisingly made sense.

Regardless of the discussion among the forum members, the competition for the second group of contestants has officially begun.

As the first to perform in the second group, Igor's free skating showed his gorgeous and elegant ballet style even more thoroughly than his short program.

The full-body performance costume has a black upper body inlaid with gold edges and sprinkled with gold powder, while the trousers are pure white, just like the classic look of many princes in ballet. With his light golden hair and exquisite face, he really looks like a shining prince.

The new program choreography he brought in his free skating was more extreme. The song was called "Prince Sonata", which was taken from a less well-known ballet excerpt. The character he played was the highlight of the whole show, his Royal Highness Prince Ashes, who maintained extreme elegance until his death.

In this performance excerpt, Igor showed the beautiful appearance of an elegant prince but actually an empty and confused heart. He used every step and arc on the ice to portray Ashis's confusion and his meaningless persistence in the confusion.

Even in jumping, be graceful, even in dying.

This prince who pursued the ultimate elegance eventually died in the war defending his own kingdom. From a prince with only a frivolous appearance and an empty heart at the beginning, to a prince who remained steadfast in maintaining his elegance in the face of drastic changes, in the storm of war, even in death, Ashes did not give up his dignity as a prince.

When Igor finally completed a combination of rotations in the storm-like music, everything finally fell silent, and the prince finally "died" in front of everyone.

This performance of "Prince's Sonata" scored a high score of 171.39, making him the first skater to break the 170-point mark in today's men's singles free skating competition.

Igor's short program scored 83.77 and free skating scored 171.39, and he finally ranked first with a total score of 255.16.

After Igor, Yuto Tsukawa took the stage. His free skating program was also newly choreographed during the off-season, named "Flamingo". In this free skating program, he continued his passionate, extroverted and infectious performance style, and made his emotions more open, trying his best to exaggerate the "Flamingo's" pursuit and struggle for freedom.

No matter what difficulties they encounter, the flamingos always move forward in pursuit of freedom.

In order to create this effect, Yuto Tsugawa specially increased the proportion of jumps in the second half of the performance in his choreography. Even when his physical energy had been more than half consumed, he continued to jump, which made the audience feel nervous.

The jumps in the second half, which consume a lot of physical energy, not only add to the score, but also fit in with the desperate situation of the flamingo in the music, allowing Yuto Tsukawa to achieve twice the result with half the effort in his performance. It can be said to be a very smart arrangement and approach. The only difficulty is whether Yuto Tsukawa can successfully complete the series of jumps in the second half in this state.

Fortunately, although he had problems holding the ice with his hands and landing unsteadily during the jump, he still successfully completed his entire set of movements.

After Yuto Tsugawa's free skating performance, he once again surpassed Igor with a free skating score of 173.78, and then he replaced Igor with a total score of 258.15 and won the temporary first place ranking.

After the two, Grant and Jeff scored 163.85 and 166.71 in the free skating respectively. After the short program statistics, the two ranked fourth and third with scores of 244.82 and 247.38 respectively.

As of now, the athlete currently ranked first is Yuto Tsukawa with a total score of 258.15, the second is Igor with 255.16, and the third is Jeff with 247.38.

The only two players who have not yet appeared, Amami Tsubasa and Su Zhe, ranked last with short program scores of 90.56 and 83.11 respectively.

When Amami Tsubasa came on stage, the audience burst into enthusiastic cheers again. His "Unintentional Love" in the short program competition the day before left a deep impression on many viewers. Even from the perspective of ice fans, that short program was undoubtedly one of Amami Tsubasa's most exciting and classic performances so far.

After yesterday's game, a Japanese ice fan revealed that Amami Tsubasa found a new choreographer during the off-season. The choreography of his short program and free skating were tailor-made for him by this teacher to better show his personal characteristics.

This news has also been reported back to China from Japan. Many ice fans are looking forward to his performance today, hoping to see him make a radical change to his previous image of lack of artistry in the new season.

Although ice fans don’t know who this choreographer is yet, Amami Tsubasa’s performance today also proves that this choreographer understands Amami Tsubasa’s characteristics and has strong personal abilities.

The music for Amami Tsubasa's free skating today was taken from the movie "Automata", which is also a cold and inorganic style that does not require special expression of emotions. This style is exactly what makes Amami Tsubasa most comfortable.

A cold machine, a cruel machine, his movements are as precise as a machine to the millimeter. Although his face does not look like the cold-blooded robot killer in "Robot Empire", his precise movements on the ice strengthen his fit with this image.

He acted like an emotionless robot throughout his free skate, and the design of his body movements in this routine reinforced this feeling.

Although it was not as emotionally moving as the short show "Unintentional Love" the day before, it was still very good compared to his previous shows.

Needless to say, his program can be said to be the best on the field in terms of technical difficulty and completion of difficult movements. Therefore, this program also won Amami Tsubasa a score of 181.48, and he once again ranked first with a total score of 272.04.

At this point, in the eyes of many people, Tian Haiyi's first place position is already very stable.

Although Su Zhe's short program score is not low, with a score of 83.11, there is still a gap of 172.05 points between him and Igor, who is currently ranked third, not to mention the gap between him and Amami Tsubasa.

Judging from the short program scores of the previous day, Su Zhe's score is roughly the same as Igor and Yuto Tsugawa, and there is still a little gap between him and Amami Tsubasa. If this is true, then there is a great possibility that he will remain in fourth place today.

Many ice hockey fans are busy calculating the score difference, and at the same time found the small score table of Su Zhe's "Fallen Watcher" in the previous national championships, and began to calculate what score they can get on today's CC.

Ice hockey fans on the Internet were still worried, but Su Zhe at the scene was very calm.

When Su Zhe was on the ice for the final warm-up, Cui Yi kept frowning, but Su Zhe, who decided to use a new and more difficult performance before the game, looked much calmer than him.

Cui Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised at Su Zhe's performance - this kid, I don't know if it's really because of his family's training that he can remain calm and composed in the face of the competition, or if it's because he's just a newborn and doesn't know how to be afraid yet?

The audience began to riot after Amami Tsubasa left the field, until Su Zhe walked out of the players' exit channel and then stepped onto the ice. Finally, there was a unified wave of shouting of Su Zhe's name.

Such noise only lasted for a few seconds. When Su Zhe began to skate on the ice for his final warm-up, the audience at the scene consciously stopped shouting and focused on looking at the gorgeous figure on the ice.

Today he is wearing the performance costume of "Fallen Watcher", with his hair combed back and styled. Even though he is just warming up now, from his simple warm-up movements, you can feel the charming sexual tension emanating from him.

Many girls at the scene covered their chests tightly when they saw this, their hearts pounding, as if they were all cheering for the figure in front of them.

In the online live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience watching the live broadcast had already watched the national championship version of "Fallen Watcher" countless times before. But even so, the number of viewers waiting in the live broadcast room did not decrease at all. On the contrary, because someone announced on Weibo that Su Zhe had appeared, a large number of people poured into the live broadcast room.

At the scene, in the referee's booth, Anderson, like his colleagues, was squinting at the young man on the ice.

He has a slender figure, and although he has a thin layer of muscle, it seems that the muscle is developed for aesthetics. It is hard to tell that he has done any additional training on the muscle groups that a figure skater should have.

He is also too tall, at 1.77 cm, and it is difficult for him to grasp the axis when doing a quadruple jump. This is not a favorable condition whether he is learning to do a quadruple jump or actually performing a jump on the ice.

Perhaps his only advantage is his appearance, which is recognizable to everyone regardless of nationality. However, figure skating is not a beauty pageant. Although the appearance of a skater can make the judges prefer him to a certain extent when he appears in front of the judges, this is by no means a necessary condition for a figure skater.

This young man who looks nothing special on the ice actually has extremely strong strength on the ice. The contrast makes Anderson and many referees on the same field with him involuntarily pay more attention to this young man.

During the players' warm-up time before the second group started, Anderson also carefully observed Su Zhe. His performance on the ice was completely different from the day before, which surprised Anderson.

All the doubts and confusions have now turned into attention to Su Zhe's free skating performance at this time.

When Su Zhe squatted in the middle of the ice and opened his arms in preparation, the music from "Fallen Watcher" began to play.

The final performance of the men's singles free skating has begun.

When Su Zhe shook his arms in a wave-like manner and then stood up, it was as if a sleeping angel was spreading his angel wings.

The first ray of sunlight awakened the world and all things, including the pure and innocent angels.

The audience was still thinking about his momentum during warm-up, but after he stood up, the audience found that the figure in front of them was not the terrible devil for the time being, but the archangel Lucifer with a solemn and glorious aura.

Before all the darkness occurred, Lucifer represented light and justice, and was the most beloved son of God in the Kingdom of God.

In the opening part of "Fallen Watcher", the piano sounds are full of holiness, as if it is a hymn praising light.

The pure piano ensemble simply brings warmth and hope to people.

At this moment on the ice, that gentle figure was blessing everything in the Kingdom of God with light. Even his leaps and spins seemed to bring a warm and solemn feeling to people.

This solemn sense of purity gives people a unique aesthetic enjoyment that is difficult to replicate.

"Although I have watched the performance on video, it feels even more beautiful when I watch it again..."

It is this section that has the Archangel's temperament and portrayal beautiful enough to highlight the difference when sin comes next.

As for the song "Fallen Watcher", it itself is a piece of music full of struggling emotions. The early part is as pure and beautiful as a hymn, and what needs to be highlighted is the struggle in the later part and the indifference of Lucifer falling into darkness after his fall from the sky.

The whole song fully interprets the process of Lucifer from light to darkness. During this process, Lucifer's inner struggle and dramatic emotional changes are enough to make the listeners breathless. This process of watching pure, holy and beautiful things being dyed black step by step can make the listeners' hearts gradually cold.

It is also because of this that this song was evaluated by music critics as the work of a cold-blooded madman, saying that it reveals an extreme coldness in its madness.

A famous music critic once commented on it: [It is clear that he has a heart that can feel the light, but he wrote the darkest music.]

Just listening to the opening of this piece of music, the purity and beauty seem as if God is delivering a hymn through the author's hands. Who would have thought that such holiness is only to give the audience the heaviest blow in the following chapters?

It is no wonder that many people prefer to call it the Song of Lucifer, not only because the protagonist of the music is Lucifer, but also because of the feeling of playing with people's hearts, just like the terrible and gorgeous devil in hell.

Every audience member was immersed in this classic piece of music and Su Zhe's gorgeous figure on the scene, until the music entered the 'Apna' chapter. The former archangel suddenly shrank his body. He painfully resisted the invasion of darkness, but no matter how complicated his steps were, the darkness kept penetrating into his heart!

He covered his face with one hand in agony. While struggling and twisting, he wandered and turned in agony, trying to completely get rid of the invasion of darkness with his firm will.

As the rhythm of the music changed, his emotional tension was constantly surging and changing, making all the audience who were paying attention to him feel as if their hearts were hanging on a cliff and being constantly beaten and struck.

Many ice fans who have watched the performance video of "Fallen Watcher" before have already noticed that today's version of Watcher has a new arrangement for the Fallen Sky part!

Not only did "The Breeze" undergo a re-editing, but even "Fallen Watcher" has undergone changes?!

The fans were filled with uncertainty and shock, but their eyes were still drawn to the figure on the ice. They couldn't help but pay attention to his every change and stop.

The innocence he once had has gradually disappeared from Lucifer, and his body and mind are still resisting the indescribable dark power. Along with this struggle, the cruel and grand music is also punctuated by the hymn at the beginning of the music.

This musical trick seems to be mocking the powerlessness of light, and it also seems that the light is trying to tear through the darkness and save this originally pure and innocent son of light.

【Come back, you are the embodiment of light and justice! You are God's favorite. 】

[Fallen, darkness and sin are your destination, tear off your disguise, and you will eventually become the king of hell. ]

The struggle between light and darkness caused the figure on the ice to suffer unbearable pain. During this painful process, people could only watch him being continuously stained by darkness, and then his pure white wings turned into dark devil feathers.

The fall of the Son of God only takes a moment.

When he started a series of jumps accompanied by the music that entered a magnificent chapter, a series of dazzling jump combinations and single jumps almost hit everyone's eyes in a dazzling manner.

People could even see the fall of the perfect angel from this series of jumps, watching him dye his pure white wings completely dark. Finally, after the last set of perfect jumps, everyone exclaimed in their hearts - it's him, the devil is coming.

When the figure fell on the ice, people once again saw the devil's wings spread, and it seemed that the darkness that covered the sky and the sun was descending. However, no one cared about it. People just looked at the devil who could enchant everything in the world in a daze, feeling that their hearts had been captured by him.

Even if he is cold and heartless, even if he is cruel and tyrannical, but when you stare at him, stare at his deep and cold eyes, all other sounds seem to be forgotten by your heart.

All he needs is a silent glance, and such a silent temptation is enough to make everything in the world fall.

A voice rang in people's hearts - this might be the reason why darkness tried its best to lure Lucifer to fall, because only such a Lucifer could be the supreme king of hell.

He is looking at you on the ice, and no matter where you are, you will eventually want to kneel at the feet of this black devil.

When a series of gorgeous rotations ended, the dark devil also placed the temptation of sin in front of everyone. He opened his hands forward, as if calling someone, and seemed to be staring at the door of the kingdom of God with cold eyes.

[Will you come? Come to hell, come to my kingdom, I am the devil of hell. 】

After the free skating performance ended, the scene fell into silence for a long time until the first round of applause sounded, and then countless applause rose like a tide. The audience stood up one after another and gave the warmest applause to the figure on the ice who captured everyone's heart.

The author has something to say: _(:з」∠)_Tianping...Although, although it's late, it's here! (Silently covering my face, it's been a long time late, but as long as I haven't slept, it will be considered the update of the previous day! QvQ)

Please, for the sake of me...writing more words than I planned, pretend to forget that I was late.

This is a long update of 8k words! Add the last chapter's 3k5, and it's 13k words, which not only makes up for Friday's update, but also makes me reach 10k words on Saturday!

Okay, I can go to sleep now. Sunday is a normal 6k update. I have work to deal with during the day, so the update time will probably be later.

Well, see you all in the next chapter, okay! =w=!

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Strange little theater

Shao Boss: ...What do you mean?

Cai Cai: 0.0……?

Boss Shao: = =+ I haven’t seen Su Zhe’s performance yet. Did you let Chen Zhi go first?

Cai Cai: ...Well, they are in City B, and you are filming in the wild, how can you compete with them!

Boss Shao: Is it necessary for him to be on the scene?

Cai Cai: ...0.0...Are you even jealous of Chen Zhi?

Shao Da Lao: (coldly) Don’t you have any idea in your heart? Were there not many people who liked the couple of Chen Zhi and Su Zhe at that time?

Cai Cai: ...0.0 Not just at the beginning, now... there are many people who think Chen Zhi is better than you.

Shao Da Lao: …………bm (die on the spot)