Fighting Tournament Rematch
By the time the 25th deadline expired, billions of players had already lost their place in the semifinals. Besides those eliminated early due to a score of -100, many more failed to accumulate 2,500 points within 25 days. One contestant was a second late in knocking out his opponent, and the young man with a score of 2,490 points burst into tears in front of everyone.
However, the rules are the rules and no one can change them.
The rest time for the preliminary round is only one day. After all, it is on the virtual Internet, and everyone will not really expend physical energy. This day is just a way for the players to adjust their mentality.
On this day of downtime, the Freedom Alliance members gathered together. Everyone performed very well, and except for the programming genius Yixiu and the Freedom Alliance's military strategist Randy, who had negative combat power, everyone else successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Of course, the main commendation goes to Yu Sheng, who ranked third in the StarCraft rankings.
After the meeting, Caesar hurriedly logged off. Randy pulled Yu Sheng into a separate room and said to him, "The trend is good now, keep it up. If you can really get into the top three of the fighting competition, you'll not only receive 50,000 gold coins, but also a high-level protective armor. This armor is extremely powerful, and the shield it creates can even withstand a planetary explosion." Seeing Yu Sheng's surprised expression, Randy was worried that he was too stressed. "Don't worry, if you really can't make the top three, top ten is fine. Our main goal is the prize money."
"Is the organization short of money?" Yu Sheng wondered.
Randy nodded. "We're letting you finish in the top 100 of the mecha competition just for the 10,000 gold coins prize. You know, in reality, a mecha is priceless, and a mecha capable of destroying the Moss Palace's defenses would cost at least 100,000 gold coins." Randy paused. "This is only possible if we know the Moss Palace's weak points and have a chance of breaking through them. And you understand what Boss Caesar wants to do."
Yu Sheng subconsciously held his breath, and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.
escape.
Escape from the cage of imprisonment, escape from the master holding the leather ring, escape from the source of darkness.
At this point, Randy smiled and patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder. "Boss Caesar said, don't worry, you have a part in the plan, and we still rely on you to operate the mecha!"
Yu Sheng was still in a state of excitement and bewilderment until he emerged from the seabed. He had originally thought he would have to wait for years before his freedom, but now the sudden surprise hit him, leaving him in disbelief.
“Ding ding ding!”
The notification panel started ringing, and Haidun frantically refreshed the screen. "Qiuqiu, why does it show you're online and you're not paying attention to me?" "Qiuqiu, come quickly! I have important inside information to tell you!" "Qiuqiu, hurry up, you'll regret it if you don't come!"
I just muted the audio during the meeting, and Haidun sent me a string of messages.
Yu Sheng sent the coordinates to Haidun, and Haidun soon arrived in front of Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng asked him what was the matter, but he was still mysterious. He opened a private fighting training room and pulled Yu Sheng in.
"What happened?" Yu Sheng wondered.
"I'm telling you," Haidun's eyes flickered. "The format of this year's fighting tournament semi-finals is completely different! If you don't know about it ahead of time, you'll probably be at a huge disadvantage!" At this point, Haidun felt a little proud. "I worked so hard to get this inside information. How are you going to thank me, Qiuqiu?"
"..." Yu Sheng was speechless, "You should first tell me what it's changed to."
"No matter how the format changed in previous years, it was essentially a combat competition. But this year, I heard that due to the Zerg's pressure, it became a virtual battlefield trial."
"Two billion contestants will be thrown into a virtual planet invaded by insects and beasts, and teamwork is allowed. But I don't know the specific rules. Qiuqiu, we must contact each other when the time comes! When Haiqiu joins forces, who can compete with us!" Haidun patted Yu Sheng's shoulder in a friendly manner.
“…” You have such a big face, who can compete with you?
"If I were looking for a teammate, I would definitely look for Yunxiao." Yu Sheng teased him, "Who would look for you, you stupid teammate?"
Haidun blinked and said, "Wait a minute, who did you say you were looking for?"
"Yunxiao." Yu Sheng patted his head. "Didn't I tell you? Yunxiao taught me the mecha course."
"..." Haidun swallowed his saliva and stared into Yu Sheng's eyes. "Are you crazy or am I crazy? Is the Yunxiao you are talking about the same Yunxiao I am thinking of?"
Yu Sheng nodded under Haidun's gaze.
Haidun was silent for a while, and his expression suddenly became ferocious. "Ahhhh Qiuqiu, you bastard, when did you tell me how you hooked up with my idol? Ahhhh, why didn't you tell me right away..."
Yu Sheng looked at his mad friend with sympathy, "I wanted to tell you at the time, but I was afraid it would affect your exams. Then... then I forgot."
…
On the day of the semi-finals, Yu Sheng and Haidun's registration numbers were so far apart that they weren't even able to stand together. As for Yunxiao, there was no sign of him. The number of contestants was so large that not only Haidun and Yunxiao were missing, but even the Free Alliance members were nowhere to be seen. Yu Sheng could only silently pray that he'd run into someone he knew once he was teleported to the planet.
When the electronic referee read out the rules of the game, there was an uproar, but Yu Sheng was well prepared because of Haidun's revelation, and he calmly listened to the details himself.
"Players cannot choose their landing location; they will be randomly dropped anywhere on the planet. It could be a hillside, a grassland, a building, or even a Zerg base. We hope players are mentally prepared in advance."
"There are a total of 200,000 Zerg bases on the entire planet. In addition to a large amount of weapons and resources, they also contain something that can help you advance - Star Stones."
The light screen showed the appearance of the star stone, a fist-sized azure stone with a starry sky painted on its surface. It was very beautiful.
"Attention, contestants can choose to work as a team or fight alone. As long as you have a Star Stone in your hand, you will be able to advance to the finals."
"The competition is scheduled for fifteen days. Please note: if you die during this period, you will be eliminated immediately. Only players who have Star Stones at the end of the fifteenth day can advance."
"Please check your packages for the map, bottle of water, dagger, and package of compressed biscuits distributed by the Mastermind. The match will begin in ten seconds. Once the countdown ends, teleportation will begin."
Yu Sheng held the package tightly, checked to see that nothing was missing, and then waited attentively for the delivery.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."
A huge light lit up, and in an instant, a white light appeared in front of Yu Sheng's eyes. The noise of other contestants in his ears gradually became blurred, leaving only the cold electronic sound and insincere blessings.
"The competition officially begins. I wish you good luck."
Yu Sheng opened his eyes and found himself lying in the shade of a tree, wearing the uniform armor, a short sword at his waist, and a marching backpack on his back. The backpack contained only a bottle of water, a pack of compressed biscuits, and a round model of a planet.
Yu Sheng picked up the planet model and pressed a button. A 3D map unfolded before him, automatically pinpointing his current location: a hilly, temperate region in the western mid-continent of the Southern Hemisphere. The nearest Zerg base was 2.1 kilometers away.
2.1 kilometers, not far. However, infiltrating the Zerg base, finding supplies, and obtaining the Star Stone was no easy task. Judging from the map, the Zerg base covered at least twenty hectares and housed a vast number of troops.
Yu Sheng had once researched the Zerg. This brutal, cannibalistic race had a strong reproductive capacity, with a single queen Zerg producing over 50,000 eggs a day. Of course, most of these eggs hatched into the lowest-level soldier bugs, which formed the Zerg's endless army.
Of course, just like this, the Zerg would not become the invaders that interstellar people are most worried about and afraid of.
The most difficult problem is that the Zerg also possess intelligence, and intelligence is the most terrifying weapon.
Fortunately, there are only a few intelligent Zergs. They hide in the protection circle of heavy armies and rarely show up.
From behind the battlefield, the intelligent Zerg commanded the lower-level Zerg to invade. Someone once suggested that if only these twenty or so highly intelligent Zerg leaders could be killed, the interstellar people would no longer be harassed by the Zerg invasion.
Sadly, it took the Interstellar people 135 years to finally kill a Zerg leader in the year 4004, at the cost of the female General Hilton, who was admired by all the Interstellar people. Since then, the Zerg disappeared for more than 20 years, and made a comeback in the year 4026, once again overwhelming the border.
It's no wonder that the United Interstellar takes it so seriously. The Zerg is an unforgettable nightmare for every interstellar person who has experienced war.
Yu Sheng mapped out his route based on the map. His top priority was finding a place to stay for the night, within an unobservable distance of the Zerg base. After all, this was a land he had never set foot on before. In this seemingly peaceful area, Yu Sheng had no idea what dangers lurked in the shadows. If he rashly infiltrated the Zerg base, he would likely be among the first to be eliminated.
Just as he was thinking about it, Yu Sheng suddenly discovered that above the 3D map, there was a line of small words that was constantly refreshing and flashing.
"Player number 3006900432 was eliminated. The current remaining survivor is 1999992001."
"Player number 4724671892 has been eliminated. The current number of remaining survivors is 1999992000."
“…”
This elimination record was like the barrage of comments on a popular TV show, refreshing the data at a rate of dozens per second, making it dizzying. Yu Sheng didn't know why these people were eliminated less than five minutes into the game, but this also indirectly demonstrated the danger of this planet.
After climbing a hill, Yu Sheng was stopped by a stream. The stream was crystal clear, and there were rocks at the bottom that had been rounded by the current, so there shouldn't be any major danger.
Yu Sheng took a step forward and was about to cross the river when suddenly all his muscles tensed up and he fell to the ground, hiding in the lush grass on both sides of the stream.
Someone.
Yu Sheng watched quietly from between the grass, mobilizing all his senses to explore the unknown movements on the other side of the river.
Sure enough, after a few minutes, the two of them came to the stream talking and laughing.
"Hey, we finally found a source of water." A man said, "Laurie, don't you want to get some water?" As he said that, the man bent down and refilled his empty bottle with water.
The man called Laurie was taller, but his demeanor was very timid. "Benson, don't pour it. What if the water is poisonous?"
"Huh, what are you thinking about." Benson looked at Laurie with disdain. "Look at you, you've created a tall and mighty image for yourself on the Internet in vain, but you don't even dare to drink water! I don't care about you, don't come to me if you die of thirst." After saying that, he took the bottle and gulped down half of it, then squatted down to get more water.
Laurie stared at Benson's actions hesitantly and waited for a long time. It seemed that when he saw that nothing happened to Benson, he took his half-empty water bottle, drank a few sips, and filled it with stream water.
"Oh, it would be great if we could get together with Yunxiao," Laurie sighed after drinking his fill of water. "With him around, he'll definitely help us easily get the Star Stones for the next level, and we won't have to worry about food and drink."
Benson glanced at Laurie and said, "Are you stupid? Yunxiao saw you and me, but instead of killing us to eliminate our competitors, he helped us get the Star Stone? You're just daydreaming."
Lowry lowered his head and remained silent. After a moment, he glanced around with a melancholy look. "Why can't I see any other players besides you? Didn't they say that players who invested 2 billion will enter this virtual planet?"
"Tsk, just be content. After all, we know each other. If you ran into someone you didn't know, you might have already died in the wilderness!" Benson spoke very bluntly. He stood up and patted his pants. "Let's go to the nearest Zerg base. I guess we'll run into other players there. We'll see how things go. If there aren't many players and they're not very strong, we'll grab the Star Stone. If they're too strong or the competition is too fierce, we won't fight and just pick up some supplies. After all, we have fifteen days, and survival is the most important thing. If we grab the Star Stone on the first day, we have to keep our lives."
Yu Sheng, who was hiding in the bushes and heard these words clearly, secretly admired in his heart that Benson was a very clear-headed player. He judged the situation at the first time after being sent to this planet.
After the two men walked away, Yu Sheng stood up from the grass and followed their route.
It wasn't that Yu Sheng wanted to fight alone, but he absolutely couldn't rush out and ask for an alliance. The other two had a clear advantage against him, and killing him would not only eliminate a competitor, but also allow him to obtain the supplies he had on him. Why not?
Never reveal yourself unless you meet a trusted partner.
Soon, Yu Sheng arrived at a place less than 500 meters away from the Zerg base. He chose a slightly higher hillside, climbed up a tree, hid in the lush branches and leaves, and looked down.
On the southeast side of the Zerg base, a huge man was trying to smash open the iron gate of the Zerg base. The huge noise attracted countless patrolling soldiers to rush to the southeast side. The man smashed the door open with a "bang", but before he could feel proud, he was surrounded by a group of half-human-high soldiers.
"Player number 5832232367 was eliminated. The current number of remaining survivors is 199943709."
After the burly man's death, the entire perimeter of the Zerg base remained completely still. The soldiers quickly resumed their normal patrols, leaving the body at the entrance, a reminder to every player of the cost of recklessness.
Yu Sheng also remained motionless, studying the map while keeping an eye on the surrounding areas. Although he saw no one, he knew there must be several groups of people outside the Zerg base, quietly observing from the shadows and keeping their distance. And in the coming days, more would be rushing towards the base.
The cruel reality is that there is only one star stone in this base.
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