Chapter 67 Elimination Round
About forty minutes later.
Shi Changqing finally came down from the No. 2 stage. At this time, her record had reached 998 consecutive wins, and she would advance after playing one last game.
Her next opponent is currently on a winning streak at stage 10, which currently stands at 89 matches.
Therefore, Shi Changqing was walking towards the No. 10 competition stage, and she was the next one.
When she was halfway there, her opponent had just finished a match and the ten-second preparation time countdown began. The inner court was very large and it would take two or three minutes to walk normally.
Therefore, everyone deliberately blocked her on the road. As long as she lost one victory, one of them could win 998 games, and the two of them would be in a tie. At this time, the two of them would need to have another round of competition.
The most important thing is that they don't want to see Shi Changqing having such an easy life.
However, they didn't expect that when someone blatantly reached out to stop her, Shi Changqing elbowed her, and then a breeze blew on her face, and Shi Changqing disappeared instantly. When they looked around for her, they found that she was standing easily on the stage with three seconds left on the countdown.
"Grass? Did you see it?"
"I'm not blind!"
"Who on earth is this guy? Can a normal person teleport like this? Isn't this something only a mecha can do?"
"Mutants?"
"I'm afraid it's a long-lost light skill."
Even when the referee was looking at the seconds clock and was about to award Shi Changqing a forfeit, a gust of wind blew in his face and Shi Changqing suddenly appeared on the ring. Not only was he surprised, but the other contestant on the stage was also terrified.
"You? Can you do Qinggong?"
"I understand a little bit." Shi Changqing said lightly.
She looked at the referee, her eyes indicating whether it was about to start, and the referee finally reacted.
A whistle sounded, Shi Changqing raised his palm and struck, the opponent dodged quickly sideways, Shi Changqing's eyes lit up.
This guy with 89 consecutive wins is really something.
The next moment, the opponent turned around and kicked sideways. Shi Changqing flashed behind him and immediately locked his neck and flipped him over to the ground. When the opponent wanted to get up, Shi Changqing held him down firmly.
Currently, there is no one who wants to break free from her power.
The time is up and the referee blew the last whistle for this No. 1 competition area.
On the main screen, the number of victories behind Shi Changqing's nickname jumped from nine hundred and ninety-eight to nine hundred and ninety-nine.
All the staff members in Zone 1 left work early, and the other contestants who wanted to go back at this time could also take a special car.
If you don’t want to go back, then stay here and continue watching the remaining knockout rounds and semi-finals.
After Shi Changqing stepped down, everyone flocked to him.
"Sis! That's awesome!"
"Want to accept a disciple?"
"Please accept me as your disciple!"
“I want to learn too!”
"Coach, teach me."
Every player here has fought against Shi Changqing, and they all accepted their defeat with conviction.
There are some veteran players who have experienced several StarCraft competitions. They are very curious about the performance of this Evergreen Finals.
In the past few years, three people have won the championship several times in a row and won hundreds of billions of star coins in prize money from Black Hole Company.
If there were no restrictions on participating in the competition, those three people would have been banned long ago.
I guess the organizers also want to see if anyone can break the consecutive championship record of these three people.
Shi Changqing covered her mask tightly with both hands, fearing that these people would be too enthusiastic and tear off her mask, which would really bring shame to her classmates, teachers, school and family.
Seeing this, the staff immediately pointed out the exclusive passage to Shi Changqing. Seeing this, Shi Changqing quickly shuttled through the crowd and entered the exclusive passage.
Inside was a quiet and spacious underground corridor with signboards above leading to hotels and restaurants in various areas. Shi Changqing followed the signs above, turned seven or eight times, and finally returned to the hotel.
I didn’t expect that the first place in the group stage would be arranged to walk through the sewers. The organizers are really good at this.
After Shi Changqing returned to the hotel, he discarded the mask on his face and took out another cat head mask from his backpack. It has to be said that the organizers were far-sighted. Holding this kind of masked competition also ensured the privacy of the contestants.
She took a shower to wash off the sweat left today, and then lay comfortably on the bed, only to find that a message from Ye Weilan popped up on her computer.
Ye Weilan: [Gail said you and Xiaoyu went out all night, where did you go?]
This message was sent this morning. It is rare that Ye Weilan, who is so busy, can still pay attention to their situation at home.
It must be Gail who sent an alarm message to Ye Weilan.
Shi Changqing replied: [I’m working part-time.]
The next second, Ye Weilan generously transferred 500,000 star coins and said, "You are not at this age to make money."
Shi Changqing tearfully accepted the transfer: [Okay, Mom.]
At this time, Shi Xinyu also sent a message.
Shi Xinyu: [You went out too? ]
Shi Changqing: [Yeah, just like you, I'm working part-time.]
Shi Xinyu: [How many days will you be away?]
Shi Changqing: [This is what I wanted to ask you. If it's convenient for you, go back and dismantle Gale today.]
Shi Xinyu: [.] She said what I wanted to say.
The conversation between the two ended here. Shi Changqing turned off the light computer and prepared to practice meditation.
The number of days for the group stage is generally uncertain depending on the situation at the time of the game, but the official announcement is a conservative three days, with players locked in the venue day and night and only able to come out after the game.
After all the group matches are over, the organizer will send the results of the knockout rounds based on the wristband information.
During these three days, Shi Changqing ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the hotel. There was a video recording of the competition in her room, which saved her the trouble of running around in every competition area.
Shi Changqing was a little dazzled by the more than ninety competition zones, not to mention that there were more than ten competition stages in these zones. He could never see them all.
Therefore, this is of little significance as a reference to the strength of her future opponents.
On the afternoon of the third day, the group stage basically ended one after another.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the organizer announced the official end of the group stage.
The list of players who advance to the knockout round of 100 will be announced.
As for the time of the knockout round, it will be in two days.
Therefore, Changqing calculated that he had been idle for five days.
To be precise, she meditated in seclusion for five days.
She had never really taken the time to review her internal strength before, so this time, staying in the hotel, she sorted out her situation again.
Now she was absolutely sure that her internal strength was much stronger than before.
This was the effect that came after he devoured two hearts in the Black Abyss last time.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Shi Changqing was puzzled. There was no such good thing in her original world. Otherwise, this thing could greatly increase the internal strength of a warrior. Wouldn’t this thing be extinct?
The most important thing is that the two people under the coconut tree that day looked extraordinary. They had such sharp reaction abilities, and I think they were also martial artists.
However, according to her understanding, people in this era believe that ancient martial arts are lost and untold, so she is afraid that this rumor may not be true.
After all, there are so many people in this galaxy, there is always a small number of people who have not been discovered, or in other words, if the other party wants to hide, it is inevitable that they will not be discovered.
After all, what Shi Changqing was most concerned about was the condition of the two monsters' hearts. If everyone could absorb them and everyone could take shortcuts, the world would probably undergo major changes.
Thinking of this, she planned to find time in the future to go to the Black Abyss alone.
On the last night before the elimination round, Shi Changqing's wristband sent him information about the competition.
The competition was held in Zone A, and she was selected to compete in the first stage, which started at 8:30 in the morning.
This knockout round is a single-elimination system, and the system draws lots to decide who will compete with whom.
The first round of competition information has been released.
One hundred and twenty-eight people will compete in pairs. The winners will then compete against another group of winners. This process will be repeated until four people are selected to compete in the semi-finals.
Shi Changqing put on a cat head mask and as soon as he went out, the staff of the organizer led the way and walked through the exclusive passage to the stadium.
The A competition area is very large and is divided into two small competition areas, No. 1 and No. 2, with four competition tables set up in each of these two small competition areas.
Among the 128 contestants, 64 were eliminated in these two divisions.
As for the audience seats, Shi Changqing estimated that they could accommodate tens of thousands of spectators.
At this time, she was in the waiting area with the contestants in Zone 1, while the contestants in Zone 2 were waiting in the waiting area opposite them.
"It's really interesting. So many people are watching us fight up here. It's like training a dog to watch a show."
"Take away that 'we'. I won't let you talk about yourself like that."
Shi Changqing looked in the direction of the sound. If he was not mistaken, the familiar puppet costumes and human-animal costumes were the two people under the coconut tree that day.
They are actually in her group. If these two can last until the end, they will face off sooner or later.
"Oh shit! The number one berserker in the galaxy is asking to be suppressed on our side. Who, who is it?"
"Is it you?"
The man stared at the screen in their waiting area No. 1, which contained a list of all the members of their group.
He unexpectedly discovered the name Kuangzhatian in their group, and immediately took a quick look.
This name is really popular!
They heard the news on the day of the group stage that the first group stage players were selected in less than two hours. What a terrifying and powerful team.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes searched back and forth in the room, and within a few seconds they accurately locked onto Shi Changqing's figure.
There's no way. Although she's wearing a mask, her body isn't disguised. Players who have watched many of her game replays are very familiar with her back.
For a moment, Shi Changqing felt the naked stares of everyone in the audience. Even the two people in puppet costumes and beast costumes who had just spoken stopped bickering and their eyes slowly moved along the crowd's line of sight.
"It's you, right? I would recognize you even if you turned into ashes."
When Shi Changqing looked over, he saw that the person who was speaking was a humanoid mecha lady, and he couldn't tell whether she was a human or a robot.
Someone started the conversation, and the other social experts followed suit: "Are you awesome?"
"Are you a descendant of the ancient martial arts?"
Before Shi Changqing could speak, another scream was heard.
"Fuck! 'Just a little bit of boxing skills' is also in our group? What the hell is this?"
Some people on the field looked up again, following the man's gaze. On the main screen, there was a name called "Just a Little Skill in Fighting and Kicks".
"Who is this?" The puppet tugged at the contestant next to him and asked in a low voice.
These questions also expressed Shi Changqing's inner thoughts.
A kind person replied: "Are you new to this class?"
"Uh-huh, yes." The beast suit inquired.
A veteran who has participated in two or three StarCraft tournaments said: "This is the third-best winner who won several StarCraft tournaments in a row."
"Hey, hey, I'm not happy when you say that. What do you mean by being the third in a row? At least I've been second, right?"
As soon as this was said, someone immediately refuted it. It was not difficult for the person who said it to guess that this person just meant "he knows a little bit about fighting".
The novice looked at him and saw that he was a young man with regular features.
This person was dressed in casual clothes, as if he was just going through the motions. What was surprising was that he did not seem to have any disguise on his face, and he looked like he was walking in an upright manner.
"Haha, when you took the second place, you were not in the same group with those two people." Seeing the other party's rebuttal, the other contestant added another sentence.
'I just know a little bit about fighting' said calmly with a good temper: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I was wondering why the organizers didn't ban you from participating. It's so boring! If I had known you were participating, I wouldn't have come."
The match list has always been kept confidential and will not be made public unless it is known during the match.
What's more, this is a privately held black competition, and there is very little information available to the public.
"How would I know? You can ask the organizer." The young man said with a smile.
"So how many times do you want to fleece the sheep? Can you please give the opportunity to your brothers?"
"No, I need this money."
Now that he had been noticed, 'Just a Little Skilled in Fighting' looked at Shi Changqing with a smile on his face: "I hope we can have a peak showdown."
Shi Changqing smiled back: "I hope so."
While they were talking, there were three minutes left in the game, and the player's opponent information was refreshed at the top of the screen.
In order to relieve the players' psychological pressure, the opponents were announced only three minutes before the start of the game, and the players' nicknames were changed to the numbers they received before entering the venue.
In the first round, both competition areas will conduct a 64-to-32 elimination system simultaneously.
Shi Changqing got the number 1 in the elimination match. Coincidentally, she was also one of the first people drawn to play. She was competing against contestant No. 128, and the competition area was at stages 1-3.
"What's your number?"
When the nickname was changed into a number, someone immediately came forward to ask about Shi Changqing's number.
Don't confront this Shura right at the start, that would be really bad luck.
Shi Changqing looked at the man with the bull-head mask in front of him and asked with a smile, "What's your number?"
"1,128." The man said hesitantly.
Shi Changqing: "Please give me more advice."
As she said that, she turned and walked towards the 1-3 competition area.
The bull-head masked man was stunned for a few seconds, then turned to look at the competition area where Shi Changqing was heading, and roared to the sky: "Damn it!"
The players in the field gave him sympathetic looks, and at the same time, everyone turned their attention to the 1-3 stage.
There is always a difference between seeing with your own eyes and hearing with your own ears. Is this person's strength really as strange as the rumors say? Today is the time to witness the truth.
At this time, Shi Changqing and contestant No. 128 were already standing on the ring.
The first shot was fired in the field!
The game begins.
(End of this chapter)
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