Chapter 48 The Qualifying Round Begins
Although the registration was successful, there is still a qualifying round. After the qualifying round, the team's preliminary registration will be officially established. If three out of the five members in the team are selected, the team will be formed. Those who are not selected cannot participate and can choose other single members who are eligible to participate or be automatically formed from big data.
The nutrient capsule that Zhou Jiu had customized had arrived. The three of them gathered in a room and entered the nutrient capsule together.
Zhou Jiu put on the StarNet virtual goggles. Although the nutrient pod was difficult to open from the outside during the set time, Zhou Jiu still left Qi Qi in the room in case of any accidents.
Zhou Jiu still chose the S88 melee mech to officially enter the arena.
Zhou Jiu randomly landed in a desert area, a undulating desert, with not a single mech in sight.
Accompanied by the crackling sound of electricity, Zhou Jiu saw a small black camera with tiny mechanical wings appear out of thin air in front of him.
"Hello, contestant Zhou Jiu, I am your live stream assistant. I will be responsible for your virtual space live stream and a preliminary introduction to the competition schedule. If there is anything inconvenient to do during the live stream, you can turn off the voice function. Would you like to open the live stream?"
"Is it only the area your camera radiates that's visible in the live stream, or is it like other virtual spaces where viewers can adjust their viewpoints?" Zhou Jiu asked.
"Viewers can enter the real scene and adjust their viewing position themselves. My presence is not only to inform you of some competition common sense that you may not know, but also to remind you that the live stream exists." The little wings slowly fluttered, and asked again, "Would you like to open your live stream room?"
"Open."
Zhou Jiu looked at the small, exquisitely designed machine; she quite liked its design. The flapping frequency of the small wings was different from the jumping frequency of the camera, so she guessed the wings were just decorative.
"OK."
"Hello everyone, welcome to contestant Zhou Jiu's live stream. I'll give you a brief introduction to the contestant's points-based elimination system."
"This competition is a live-streamed mech competition, a personal survival selection round. The selection requirement is to obtain 50 points and survive in the competition for more than three days. We hope that our contestant Zhou Jiu can be selected successfully."
"How are points calculated? The assistant will give you a simple explanation."
"Each participant is worth 0.5 points, level 1-2 beasts are worth 0.5 points, level 3 beasts are worth 1 point, level 4 beasts are worth 2 points, and level 5 beasts are worth 5 points. I wonder if our participant will encounter desert beasts in the desert, such as the level 3 social beast, the sand spider. We look forward to Zhou Jiu's performance, and we also hope that the audience who support Zhou Jiu will send us their loving encouragement. Thank you everyone."
The little mechanical gadget's voice, which had been steady when speaking to her, became lively as it addressed the now-active livestream room.
Yes, it was empty. Just as the live stream started, a viewer count display appeared in the upper corner of Zhou Jiu's mecha interface, with a red zero currently displayed there.
Zhou Jiu's expression was somewhat indescribable as he looked at this two-faced little machine; this little thing was quite good at charming its fans.
Zhou Jiu piloted her mecha through the desert, communicating with the other four while remaining vigilant for the appearance of the alien beast—a level-three desert gregarious alien beast, the Sand Spider—that the little machine had warned her about.
"Hello, your communication connection is not in the area."
“…”
“…”
Three voices rang out in a row, and Zhou Jiu continued to click on the last communicator, Chu Ming.
"Hello, Zhou Jiu?"
“I’m currently in a desert region. I’ve shared my location with you in real time. Let’s meet up first,” Zhou Jiu said.
Fortunately, there was still one team member left. For this individual qualifying tournament, they had made arrangements in advance to gather first and then compete to ensure that every team member would qualify.
“I’ve also opened my location, come find me. I can’t go there now. Two kilometers past the 10 o’clock position, a mech warrior was swallowed up by a swarm of sand spiders. At the 3 o’clock position, two or more other participants were spotted. At the 6 o’clock position, 300 meters away, is a quicksand pit.”
Zhou Jiu was somewhat surprised to have learned such detailed information in such a short time. Looking at the real-time shared location, she was at Chu Ming's six o'clock position.
"To get past your location, I need to pass through a quicksand pit. I explored the area and took a detour. Are you still in the same spot?" Zhou Jiu asked.
With so many people around, Zhou Jiu was a little curious about how Chu Ming managed to spot others and then hide himself.
"I am buried in the sand."
“…Then you can keep burying them. I’ve spotted some sand spiders here. I’ll contact you again later.” Zhou Jiu quickly killed the sand spiders one by one to clear a path forward.
Zhou Jiu was focused on killing the sand spider and didn't notice that the number of viewers in the live stream was gradually increasing from zero to one.
Hidden comments flooded the live stream.
【Holy crap, is this a newbie? I've never seen one before.】
[This guy is amazing! Every move he makes hits its mark, his accuracy is top-notch. Does anyone know who he is?]
[Humanoid Mech! Ahhh, I stumbled upon Zhou Jiu's (the humanoid mech streamer) livestream! I have to tell everyone!]
Zhou Jiu's face was serious, and her hand speed gradually slowed down. With rhythmic steps, she slashed down with her energy blade. The corpses of the alien beasts that died under her energy blade gradually turned into points, which propelled Zhou Jiu up the leaderboard. She got nine points.
The four remaining sand spiders in the other group began to retreat, and Zhou Jiu input the command forward, causing the mech to accelerate forward.
After a few steps, Zhou Jiu crossed the sand spider. As he quickly flashed forward, Zhou Jiu did a somersault backward, threw a cannonball, and then the mech moved forward rapidly in the direction he had flipped.
The sound of the mech cannonballs would attract others. As the last four points of the dead sand spider were delivered in one go, Zhou Jiu quickly moved away from her original position, turned a corner and headed towards the direction where there was a swarm of sand spiders at Chu Ming's ten o'clock position. She planned to get fifty points as soon as possible, and then find the other three people to meet up after Chu Ming got his points.
"Goddess, you're already in the top 500 on the leaderboard."
"Wow, you've already made it into the top 300! In such a short time, you've already killed thirteen sand spiders!" Chu Ming's voice was a little excited.
Listening to Chu Ming's slightly excited voice, Zhou Jiu felt that Chu Ming who was not in contact with him and Chu Ming who was in contact with him were two different people. The contrast between a quiet person and Chu Ming who was not in contact with him was quite large.
"I'll go from your ten o'clock direction."
"Are you still buried in the sand?" Zhou Jiu asked.
"My team has arrived. Some participants have discovered a swarm of sand spiders and are gathering other participants nearby to join the battle and earn points."
"I don't recognize any of these people. They're probably from other schools or clubs. It's safer for me to hide in the sand." Chu Ming's entire mecha was buried in the sand, with other mechas moving around on top of him from time to time.
"receive."
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