Chapter 56 Qualifying Matches and Live Broadcast
The whole school is talking about the college ranking competition. The four-member team is also discussing it. Xu Dongdong touched his chin and said, "It seems that the school is taking this very seriously."
Giving it a 10-point original score right away is quite generous.
You should know that a score difference of 0.1 point at graduation won't allow you to graduate, let alone a score difference of 10 points. Shaohua College is also ranked highly in the StarCraft and is considered a prestigious school. Graduates from here will have no trouble finding jobs, and interviewers will also prioritize graduates with high raw scores, as this, in turn, reflects a student's strength.
The raw score matches the student's attribute value. The higher the score, the higher the student's raw attribute, which means his professional ability will be higher than his peers.
For various reasons, everyone said that the school spent a lot of money to win the game this time.
"Of course they take it seriously," Li Zhenzhen said. "The qualifying round represents a school's overall strength and ranking. Shaohua College is ranked number one on the Pentagram. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if they lost this time?"
Moreover, the next time they want to turn things around, they have to wait five years. In five years, many things can happen. For example, they will lose a lot of students to other schools and be laughed at by their competitors. As a prestigious school with a lot of respect for its reputation, this kind of thing cannot happen.
Lily held her chin in her hand and said, "So the seniors in our department are all going crazy."
Wen Le and the other two looked at Lily, not understanding how this could possibly be connected to this matter. They could understand her being excited, but what kind of operation was this being driven crazy?
"Oh." Lily sighed, "I knew you didn't understand. Our department is notoriously dominated by females. The seniors are all super talented, and qualifying matches usually require them to compete as a group. This means the seniors will be a bit of a drag. If the seniors want to win the competition, they will definitely be forced to train hard." Wouldn't that drive people crazy?
Three friends: "..."
It's really pitiful that there is such a thing.
Wen Le was so scared that he stroked Jin Cancan to calm down.
Xu Dongdong also wanted to pet Jin Cancan, but Jin Cancan slapped his hand away with a paw: "Awoo awoo!" How dare you pet my fur?
"Hey, I told you not to be so stingy." Xu Dongdong was not angry when her hands were clapped, and said to Jin Cancan with a grin.
“Ouch!”
Wen Le watched the two interacting with a smile.
Lily glanced at them sideways and said, "I want to win too." So the two of you should stop trying to change the subject. This is too fake.
Wen Le: “…”
Xu Dongdong: “…”
The two looked at each other and suddenly felt like crying. This was simply an unexpected disaster. They shouldn't have asked just now.
The saying that curiosity kills the cat really came true here.
At this moment, the two of them felt that they were as miserable as their seniors in the Mecha Department.
Li Zhenzhen was watching the show from the side and thought her friends' reactions were really funny.
The qualifying rounds are divided into group and individual competitions. Group competitions are further divided into class competitions and individual team competitions. As the name suggests, class competitions involve the entire class participating together, while individual team competitions involve students choosing their own teammates. Teams can consist of a minimum of two and a maximum of five players. The individual competition is for individuals.
Considering the safety of underage students, the competition stipulates that students must be at least sixteen years old to participate in the individual competition. Therefore, the individual competition has no relevance to Wen Le and his classmates for the time being. As for the inter-class team competition, Wen Le and his classmates are exempted from participating because they are in the basic class, and their homeroom teacher has not signed them up.
The students in the foundation classes are essentially new students, having only been in school for three months at most. They haven't learned much, so having them compete doesn't really highlight the school's teaching quality. Furthermore, the competitions aren't exciting enough, and are completely unnecessary. Over time, this has escalated to the current situation where team competitions have essentially shut out the foundation classes. Even if they wanted to participate, they have no opponents.
So if Wen Le and his friends want to participate in the competition, they can only form their own team.
The team competition is divided into youth and adult groups. Anyone under the age of eighteen is considered in the youth group. In fact, such a rule is very unfair to freshmen like Wen Le.
In this way, 80% of the freshmen will be eliminated at the beginning, and the remaining 20% will not last long, so basically the freshmen are just there to make up the numbers, and the important thing is to participate.
It is extremely difficult for Wen Le and his team to stand out and win. Didn’t you see that the seniors are almost driven crazy, let alone these rookies.
It's a bit depressing, but that's the truth.
"You're already giving up before the competition even begins," Lily said unhappily. "You should have confidence in yourself, and don't let others' ambitions erode your own." She wasn't demanding to win the championship; as long as they made it to the semifinals, there would be rewards. Besides, this kind of competition was a great training opportunity; if she missed this one, she'd have to wait five years.
Wen Le had obviously thought of this as well. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then let's make more preparations in advance. Maybe if we're lucky, we can play a few more rounds. Anyway, just treat it as having fun." It was quite exciting to think that several schools were participating in it.
Xu Dongdong and Li Zhenzhen also became interested: "That's great, let's sign up." If it doesn't work out, just consider it as a visit.
Several people are open-minded. Although they all want to get a ranking, it doesn't matter if they can't get it. As students from a prestigious school, Shaohua is full of hidden talents and they are not narcissistic enough to think they are so great. They still have some self-awareness. After all, the important thing is to participate.
Thinking of this, everyone felt relieved and the pressure on them disappeared.
Wen Le said, "Then I'll prepare more medicine." It's necessary to prepare more anesthetics, as they might come in handy during the competition.
"We must prepare more for this." Lily nodded. "We'll pool our money when the time comes." The expenses required for the team competition cannot be spent by Wen Le alone, so Lily planned to go Dutch from the beginning.
Xu Dongdong said: "Why make it so complicated? Everyone can just pool their money and keep a record of it."
This method was unanimously approved by the three of them, so they immediately transferred some money to Wen Le. Wen Le opened his account and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was only 30,000 yuan. He was really worried that these three naughty kids would transfer him 100,000 or 80,000 yuan in one go, which would be too hot to handle.
Xu Dongdong patted Wen Le's shoulder and chuckled, "Xiao Lezi, you will be our logistics support from now on."
Wen Le glanced at him and said, "It's only 30,000, and you still want to bind an exclusive logistics support. What a wishful thinking."
"Tsk." Xu Dongdong leaned on his shoulder and said with a brotherly look, "We are close friends. Talking about money will hurt our relationship."
Wen Le replied coldly, "If we don't talk about money, there's no emotion."
"Puchi!" Li Zhenzhen on the side couldn't help laughing, and Lily looked at these two funny guys playing tricks there helplessly.
…
The four of them filled out the form, and the team name was called 4+1, the four of them plus one Jin Cancan. It is simple, easy to remember and understand.
The school welcomes students signing up for the qualifying competition, so even though they were only in the basics class, they were quickly approved. The homeroom teacher even called Wen Le into the office for a chat, expressing their delight at his active participation and reassuring him that winning or losing wasn't important, but the process itself. He also told Wen Le that if he needed anything, he could take his registration form to the logistics department.
For things like competing with other schools, as long as it's reasonable, you can basically get it from the logistics department.
The homeroom teacher was quite concerned about Wen Le. After all, a two-star therapist at ten years old was quite rare, so they had high hopes for him. Perhaps he'd even be listed in the honorary alumni section of the school history books. It would be quite an honor for him to have taught him.
Wen Le expressed that he felt a lot of pressure due to the kindness of his class teacher.
Under the loving gaze of his class teacher, Wen Le almost ran away.
After coming out, I complained to Xu Dongdong and the others: "I feel that the love of the head teacher is a bit too heavy, I can't bear it."
Xu Dongdong burst out laughing: "So now you know, it's not so easy to be a mudslide in the world of poor students, haha."
Wen Le glanced at the boy with great annoyance and thought: You can just gloat over my misfortune, maybe my today will be your tomorrow.
After signing up, everyone began preparing for the competition. Lily specifically consulted the seniors about the rules and precautions. They told her that, first and foremost, they couldn't bring lethal weapons—those with potentially devastating firearms. Only primitive cold weapons, like omnipotent daggers, were allowed. However, it also depended on the venue they were being deployed to. For wilderness survival, cold weapons were permitted, and a laser weapon was also acceptable for self-defense.
If the competition area is relatively safe, then the participating students can only bring a dagger or some simple tools, and no other items are allowed. If they are found carrying other weapons, they will be automatically judged as forfeiting.
Each participating student will be fitted with a micro-monitor. This serves as a safeguard against cheating and also provides evidence in the event of an accident. The competition is strictly prohibited from causing harm to lives. After all, this is just a qualifying match between schools, not a real battlefield. There's no need to fight to the death over a single victory or loss. If a student were to suffer an accident during this period, the school would be in a difficult position.
There are also medicines, which are allowed to be brought with you. Except for some lethal drugs, other commonly used medicines can be brought as long as they do not exceed a certain amount. This is also for the safety of students.
Wen Le laughed when he heard this. Making potions was incredibly simple for him. As long as he could find the right herbs at the arena, he could make them right there. He also had pre-made potions.
Xu Dongdong even said Wen Le was a walking cheat, saying that potions and such were simply too simple. He said smugly, "Oh my god, I suddenly feel like we're bullying people. What should I do?" Being friends with a prolific healer is simply too good to be true.
Lily also thought of this and said thoughtfully: "In fact, we can fully utilize this to cooperate with others." However, this will be decided based on the situation during the competition.
The order of the competitions was team, class, and individual. This was supposedly to allow the participating students to better demonstrate their strengths, but Wen Le, with a petty eye, felt that this order was designed to attract more spectators, with the team competitions warming up first and the individual competitions following. This would better showcase the students' excellence and serve as a disguised compliment to the school. There's a saying that goes, "A school with good teaching produces such outstanding students."
The reason why there will be spectators is that the entire game will be broadcast live, and parents can watch it for free. If other StarCraft netizens want to watch the game, they have to spend money to recharge and buy a temporary membership so that they can enter the live broadcast room.
Wen Le seriously suspected that this was a revenue-generating program that the school came up with.
Fortunately, the school will use the money for school construction, and the payment is transparent, and all netizens who have purchased membership can check the account. Therefore, every time the qualifying matches are broadcast, many netizens pay to watch them. They can not only watch the games but also make a contribution to the school and benefit these future flowers of the motherland. Why not?
As a result, the once-in-five-year school ranking competition has become a major event on the Pentagram, drawing intense attention not only from the local population but also from interstellar netizens on other planets. Even in the pre-season, many netizens have already topped up their temporary memberships, eagerly awaiting the start of the competition.
To create a good omen, several schools held a formal opening ceremony the day before the competition. The singing and dancing performances were all performed by students from various universities, and they performed quite well. Coupled with a series of high-tech assistance, the effect was quite good, at least many netizens gave it positive reviews.
The opening ceremony ended and the competition officially began.
Wen Le and other participating students were blindfolded and airdropped to a place that looked like a primeval forest. Fortunately, considering that they were in a small team, each of them was given a locator. In short, whether they could find their teammates before being discovered by the opponent depended on their luck.
While standing there waiting for the teacher to check the safety equipment, Wen Le complained to Xu Dongdong and the others: "Fortunately, I don't have acrophobia, otherwise I would be scared to death." Airdropping into the stadium and the like, this setting is simply crazy.
"How could he be scared to death?" Lily expressed her confusion. "I'm blindfolded and can't see below."
Xu Dongdong weakly replied, "It's scary because you can't see, okay?" Then he looked at the mini bug camera pointed at them and said seriously, "This is the most despicable game setup I've ever seen, bar none."
At this time, the live broadcast had already started, and many netizens flocked into the live broadcast room. When they heard what the little fat boy said, they immediately laughed so hard that they left messages saying that the little fat boy was very funny, and they found his round face that looked like he had lost hope in life inexplicably funny.
Some netizens even went so far as to say that they really wanted to pinch the fat guy's chubby face, thinking that it must be very easy to pinch.
As soon as this message came out, there was a burst of laughter below, and everyone agreed that it must be very good.
However, Wen Le and the others couldn't see these comments, otherwise Xu Dongdong would definitely collapse. He was suffering here, and those netizens kept laughing. Just thinking about that scene would make me collapse.
Li Zhenzhen was like a frightened rabbit, clutching the corners of Wen Le and Li Li's clothes tightly, and her expression looked like she was about to cry and almost threw herself over to them. Soon, netizens noticed her and immediately commented that this was a very cute contrast.
StarCraft netizens have read all sorts of bizarre news, saying that the "little fresh" style is no longer popular, and that this kind of contrast is in. There are even some fans who are attracted by the golden appearance. After all, there were not many people who brought their pets to the competition in the past, and this time there was only Wen Le.
So unknowingly, Wen Le and his team inadvertently gained a group of fans who were waiting to see their performance in the game.
Regardless of whether the four of them were willing or not, they were eventually kicked down one by one by the teacher. Fortunately, Jin Cancan could fly and caught Wen Le in time. Even so, he was frightened and his face turned pale. This was the first time he had experienced such a thing in his life. Now he finally understood what it felt like to have tears flowing back.
Xu Dongdong fell beside him while screaming, and opened his parachute in a hurry to prevent him from falling into a pancake.
As for Li Zhenzhen, her screams were practically unstoppable, likely due to her intense fear. Lily, on the other hand, remained calm, her composed expression as she unhurriedly opened her parachute, prompting netizens to praise her bravery. Of course, some also gloated over Wen Le and the others' disastrous appearance, quickly flooding the comments section with laughs.
Even with Jin Cancan holding him up, Wen Le wasn't much better off. He was also frantic as he tried to open his parachute. Because he was so nervous, he kept one arm around Jin Cancan's neck, almost making him roll his eyes. Fortunately, Wen Le finally managed to open his parachute before Big Cat got angry and threw him off.
The system, which had been keeping an eye on all this, finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was truly terrified that the little master would be strangled to death by the host. Being accidentally strangled by a child—such an awkward death—would surely make the little master a laughingstock for eternity.
Wen Le and his friends were lucky to land on flat ground, which immediately made him feel relieved. It was said that in previous years, some unlucky students had fallen into the river, and some had fallen into the swamp. Although they would not die, climbing out would be a difficult task.
After successfully landing, Wen Le quickly took off the parachute and the blindfold on his eyes, turned on the positioning to find his teammates.
The first person Wen Le found was Xu Dongdong. This guy was unlucky and was hung on a tree fork. He was unable to get down because of the parachute. When he saw Wen Le, it was as if he had seen a relative. He immediately said with tears in his eyes: "My dear, you finally found me, please save me." He had been hanging there for a long time, his stomach was against the tree fork, and he was about to vomit.
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