Chapter 285
I don’t know how strong the two teams from Sesbia are. Su Bei is really worried that if they are not strong enough and are eliminated quickly, no one will watch the following games.
However, there were still many Chinese people in the audience. Following Wu Jin's gaze, Su Bei even saw the principal of "Infinite Power Academy", Wu Di, and the head teacher Meng Huai. They actually came to attend the opening ceremony!
As a world competition, the opening ceremony is definitely not as simple as the three-school competition in China. Even though it is the first day of the competition, there is actually no official competition, it is just a pure welcome performance.
A huge illusion performed by an illusionist appeared in the sky above the venue, and in the illusion was a confrontation between two powerful psychics. After bringing everyone a visual feast, various acrobatic performances began.
"Why do we have to watch the show here?" During the intermission, Zhang Sheng asked boredly, "Can we go back early?"
"That's right, I don't have to go on stage." Mu Yunfan nodded affirmatively, "What's the point of an opening ceremony without my unparalleled grace?"
Everyone: “…”
They felt a little regretful. Rather than giving him the opportunity to brag about himself, they would rather stay here and watch the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was just boring, but Mu Yunfan was a nasty person!
"Amitabha, this is also a kind of practice." He Shang clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and silently began to recite the Heart Purification Mantra.
Wei Yuexi groaned, then grabbed Feng Manman's arm and said, "Manman, look at him!"
Feng Manman, who was highly expected, lived up to her expectations. She looked at her unreliable president calmly and asked half threateningly and half seriously: "Then I will ask the organizer if they can broadcast your 'heroic appearance'."
"No, no, no." Mu Yunfan knew that Feng Manman was really willing to do this without caring about her dignity, and he was so scared that he shook his head repeatedly. He didn't want to be eaten so hard, but who made Feng Manman sometimes more socially arrogant than him?
As Wei Yuexi was laughing secretly, Teacher Li, who was sitting next to him, finally spoke up and refused: "No, we are representing our 'Endless Ability Academy' now. If anyone embarrasses the academy outside, I will make him embarrass himself inside the academy."
Her threat was effective, and everyone stopped complaining. God knows how the other party will embarrass them, and no one wants to experience it themselves.
"Brother Wu Mingbai, is that you?" Just when everyone was complaining about the bizarre show of taking off the head and using it as a juggling ball, a group of people walked over, bypassing the crowd of spectators.
The brown-haired boy in the lead asked Wu Mingbai in broken Mandarin.
Those who knew Wu Minglai's background knew who the other person was as soon as they heard him. He must be one of the royal crown princes of the Asian and African countries.
"You are..." Wu Mingbai stood up. Although he guessed the other party's identity, he was not sure of the specific name.
The tall brown-haired boy smiled and extended his hand to introduce himself: "My name is Andrew, and I'm the eldest prince of the Asian-African country. Oh, now I should be the second prince. You are one year older than me."
This statement may sound reasonable at first, but you must not think too much about it. If you think too much about it, you will detect the hostility hidden in the other party's statement.
Andrew couldn't have come here on a whim to talk to Wu Mingbai. He must have prepared in advance and brought him here after careful consideration. After all, as a prince, he couldn't have investigated Wu Mingbai in advance, and naturally he should have known that Wu Mingbai would participate in this world competition.
And since I was prepared, how could I say something wrong?
The only possibility is that he deliberately revealed his identity as the eldest prince in order to intimidate Wu Mingbai.
Wu Ming understood that as an orphan, he had been struggling in society for so many years and was a shrewd person. How could he not understand the other party's hidden malice? His original surprised expression faded in an instant, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face: "So it's you, my brother. Father is so good to you that he even arranged you into the team."
Hearing what he said, Andrew's face darkened. Wu understood that there were two points of ridicule in this short sentence. The first point was his identity as a "younger brother", and the second point was his identity as a "connected customer".
Although both of these points are true, as a prince, no one has dared to tell Andrew such facts in front of him for a long time. He gritted his teeth secretly, his expression remained unchanged, and he first defended himself: "Father is indeed very good to us, but he will not interfere with the school's arrangements."
The implication is that he got this position by himself, not through any backdoor. However, as to the truth, only they themselves know.
Wu Mingbai deliberately pretended to be convinced: "Okay, okay, I believe it."
Chinese culture is broad and profound. Although people say they believe in it, the weird smell is almost bursting out of the screen. Andrew frowned when he heard it, feeling that something was wrong. Wu Mingbai clearly said that he believed it, but why was he so unconvinced?
But he was too lazy to delve into it. He came here specifically to give Wu Mingbai a warning so that he would not dream of competing with him when he returned.
Now seeing that the other party was acting like a fool, he gave in again. Andrew felt that Wu knew that there was no possibility of competing with him, so his attitude naturally softened: "We are all looking forward to your arrival. When you return home, my father and I will hold a grand banquet for you to announce your identity. If you have any questions, you can ask me, and I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Even though Wu knew that he had no ability to compete, Andrew was still willing to befriend him. If an older brother who had the guilt of his parents and no threat was willing to stand by him, it would be a great help to his succession.
Before he came again, his own staff also specifically reminded him that if he found that Wu Mingbai was not a threat, he should try his best to maintain a good relationship with him.
However, what Andrew did not notice was that his self-proclaimed "affability" was actually full of condescension. He was always showing his superiority, as he had more power and knew more.
Wu knew that it was impossible to be pulled, so a cold light flashed in his eyes. He kept his silly look and nodded vigorously: "I know, brother, you are so kind! Since you know everything, why don't you tell me the etiquette of Asian and African countries now!"
Hearing this, Andrew immediately looked embarrassed: "But the next show is coming soon..."
"You don't want to?" Wu Mingbai didn't give him a chance to finish his words, and immediately made a disappointed expression, "I thought you wanted to spend more time with me."
"Of course I do!" Andrew knew that he couldn't tell the truth. He didn't know how many eyes were staring at him. If he showed a perfunctory attitude towards Wu Mingbai, this news would appear on the desks of his father and his "good" brothers within an hour.
Therefore, even if he didn't want to stay here any longer, he had to bite the bullet and begin to explain some simple social rules to Wu Mingbai.
It was not until the show started that Wu Mingbai let him go reluctantly. Andrew, who always cared about his reputation, could only put on a smile and apologized in a low voice in front of everyone, while walking back through the crowd in an extremely undignified manner.
After they left, Wu Mingbai's smile was still on his face. He looked like a normal person who had just met his long-lost relatives.
However, not to mention Jiang Tianming and others who knew the inside story, even Feng Manman, who only heard their conversation, would not think that the two people really had a good relationship. Although they did not fully understand the confrontation in the words, Wu Mingbai understood that Andrew's behavior of pretending to be in danger was
Jiang Tianming whispered to comfort her: "Don't be angry, the worst that can happen is that you won't go to the Asian and African countries. It doesn't matter if he doesn't welcome you. Your parents must welcome you very much, otherwise he wouldn't be so jealous."
Lan Subing also came over and said angrily, "What a nasty fellow! Understand, as long as you give the order, Jiang and I will secretly put him in a sack!"
"I support it!" Jiang Tianming nodded in agreement.
Seeing them like this, Wu Mingbai was immediately amused. This time there was a real smile in his eyes. He teased: "If you put him in a sack, I might have to go to the prison in the Asian and African countries to pick you up."
The enthusiastic Qi Huang also joined the discussion: "If you want to put on the sack, don't forget to include me. I hate people who look down on others the most!"
"Actually, you also..." Su Bei deliberately stopped talking.
Qi Huang was immediately shocked by Ming Han's words: "Su Bei, what do you mean by wanting to fight? Are you also going to fight with Si Zhaohua? What are you laughing at?"
Su Bei's gaze followed her words and fell on Si Zhaohua, and he said sincerely: "Actually, you also..."
This time it was Qi Huang's turn to laugh secretly, and Si Zhaohua's defense broke down.
After watching the opening ceremony with laughter and excitement, the next step was to announce the content of the competition.
This world competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is an individual battle between two colleges. A team gets 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
Unlike the individual competition during the three-school competition, this competition does not allow one-on-many situations. Each esper can only go on stage once, and no matter whether they win or lose, they must leave the stage and the second player will come on stage.
This is to prevent the situation where the academy only trains one player suitable for individual competition. The purpose of holding the world competition in the supernatural world is to motivate supernaturals to develop comprehensively and make progress, not to make them go to extremes.
If a team loses three times in total, it will be considered temporarily eliminated. If there is a tie in the last round, the current points will determine which team wins.
After the individual competition is over, all teams with less than half of the points will be eliminated. This is equivalent to a mid-term elimination of the participating teams in the first round of the competition.
It goes without saying that this is a huge project, and even if you rush or slow down, it will take at least three or four days. Therefore, the organizers did not announce the rest of the competition content immediately, leaving it in suspense, and will tell everyone after the first stage is over.
Next, the opponent for tomorrow's first match will be drawn. The "Infinite Power Academy" has good luck and has been drawn to a little-known academy located in a small country. It seems that they should be able to win the first match easily.
The powerful teams and the academies that deserve attention are all on the list that the "Infinite Ability Academy" has found out in advance. As long as the team drawn is not on the list, there is basically nothing to worry about.
In fact, this is already a very cautious approach on their part. You have to know that the "Infinite Power Academy" won the second place in the last competition. If they were a little more proud, they would probably only study the top three academies in the last competition and would not make so many preparations.
Back at the hotel, Teacher Li took everyone to her room and talked about some basic information about the competition: "There are a total of 126 countries participating in this world competition, which means 189 teams. Among the 126 main teams, there are only a few that are worth noting. I have already sent you emails. As for the secondary teams, because they still have an elimination system, the academy will start researching it from now on, and will probably give you a copy of the information tomorrow."
The "you" she mentioned refers to the five-member team, after all, these are the ones who will actually play. After giving them instructions, Teacher Li did not favor one over the other and looked at Su Bei and the others: "As for you, don't be discouraged. If I judge that the opponent is not very dangerous in the early stage, I can give you a chance to play."
That night, Su Bei heard the prompt sound of "Comic Consciousness" and the comics were updated.
It goes without saying that this chapter probably has nothing to do with him. Not only him, it probably has little to do with the entire group of protagonists.
Although not all the characters who appeared in this world game are new, they have not appeared much before, so this chapter will be used to introduce them. In addition to his own judgment on what happened in the past few days, Mu Yunfan and others will definitely have more stories than the protagonists.
As expected, most of the plot in this chapter is about the interactions between the seniors. However, perhaps to keep the suspense, the specific functions of their abilities are not revealed, and each person is only given something similar to a character card, which is quite interesting.
In the entire comic, there are only two plots that are useful to Su Bei. One is the conversation between the eldest prince Andrew and his staff. This guy came here today just to show Wu Mingbai a warning, but Wu Mingbai used a trick to defeat him. It is uncertain whether the warning was successful, but he was definitely embarrassed.
When Andrew talked about this with his staff in the room at night, his impression of Wu Mingbai was that he was a brainless idiot. He thought that Wu Mingbai could not understand flattery and could not read people's expressions, so he was not worth worrying about.
Little did he know that the word "brainless idiot" was the most appropriate to describe him. It was thanks to him that he could truly believe that what Wu Mingbai did was unintentional, without even a trace of doubt.
Su Bei sincerely felt that if Wu Mingbai saw this scene, he would not feel happy, but would feel very aggrieved. If a malicious person does not let others see it, then what kind of malicious person is he?
The staff member was naturally not as stupid as Andrew, and immediately questioned: "I feel that the prince did not mean it by accident."
He glanced at Andrew and asked cautiously, "Did he hear your temptation?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Andrew waved his hand confidently in denial, "I probed very subtly. Besides, even if he found out, would he dare to retaliate against me?"
In fact, he has already made a small revenge... The staff secretly complained in their hearts. But he knew that Andrew was not a patient person. If he heard him say that, he would definitely go to Wu Mingbai to question him, which would give the other princes a handle.
So it was impossible to tell the truth, and the staff could only try to persuade him tactfully: "Since Wu knows that the prince is not a threat, then you can make friends with him, and the king and queen will definitely be very happy."
He saw it very clearly. Wu Ming was unlikely to inherit the throne, but he was not the type to suffer a loss. So it would be better for him to be on good terms with the other party, otherwise it might have a counter-effect on the eldest prince's succession to the throne.
"I understand." Fortunately, although the eldest prince was not very smart, he was indeed a person who listened to advice and agreed to his suggestion immediately. 】
Su Bei felt that this plot was difficult to comment on. He originally thought that the eldest prince would be the villain in the next incident, but now it seems that he might be the ugly character. With this brain, he relied entirely on his staff to support him.
Another noteworthy plot is the gathering of nightmare beasts. The author did not give any plot here, only three hints. First, a panoramic view of the competition venue was shown, the next screen was a direct perspective from the venue to the nightmare world where the venue was located, and the third screen was countless nightmare beasts gathering towards this place.
Seeing this, Su Bei's expression became solemn. It seems that the nightmare beasts will cause trouble in this world competition. It is completely expected that they will come to cause trouble. Now this venue almost gathers the future of the world's supernatural world. If they can really kill here, it will be a fatal blow to mankind. It is worth paying any price for this goal. After all, compared with supernaturals, nightmare beasts are born much faster.
With so many nightmare beasts, it must be a tough battle. Even if there are many superpowers guarding here, he is still worried. There is no way, no matter how many superpowers there are, they are no match for a protagonist. With the protagonist here, it is destined that the nightmare beasts' conspiracy will succeed in part.
Therefore, it is very important to predict in advance when they will take action. Only if the prediction is successful can he decide independently whether to participate in the next event.
The competition officially started on the second day. As a reserve who absolutely did not need to play on the first day, Su Beisi did not care about the result of the competition. She knew without thinking that she would definitely win. If she could capsize in the dark, all the protagonists of their academy would become supporting roles.
If the manga reaches the third season, it is possible, but the second season is still in progress. How desperate must the author be to change the protagonist at the last minute?
He didn't even want to leave the room, but Teacher Li forced him out, saying that all students had to participate today. Of course, Teacher Li had a good reason. In the first game, in order to show the strength of their school, even if they didn't show their trump cards, all colleges would definitely send out all their regular players to try to get a 5-0 score.
Although they won't be playing, it's time for them to go out and see the world. After all, whether it's Teacher Li, seniors, or themselves, they all know that if nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely play in the next world competition.
Just as Teacher Li said, most of the games today were very exciting. Some were crushing matches with huge differences in strength, while others were evenly matched and exciting. Surprisingly, not a single school made a mistake.
Su Bei must say that compared to yesterday's acrobatics opening ceremony, today's competition was much more interesting. It was worth the trip.
"Teacher, we can go on stage tomorrow, right?" Qi Huang was itching to watch the game below the stage and asked expectantly.
Not only her, but Si Zhaohua and others were also looking forward to it. Among all the people, Su Bei was probably the only one who really didn't want to play, maybe that was why he couldn't join the protagonist group.
"We'll see tomorrow, if our opponent is not strong." Teacher Li gave an answer. Although it was not a direct agreement, it was no different from an agreement.
Everyone was overjoyed and began to discuss in low voices who would be the first to go on stage tomorrow.
Su Bei looked at Teacher Li and said seriously, "Teacher, I think my ability should not be exposed too early, so although I also want to play, but for the sake of the overall situation, if it is not necessary, don't send me."
Just looking at this statement, it seems that Su Bei is a good kid who has a broad perspective and is willing to suffer injustice. But if it is Su Bei who said this, the situation is completely different. His intention is completely clear to everyone.
Even Mr. Li, who was not familiar with him, was not fooled: "You have considered it very well, but it is not necessary. It will be two years before you become the main force. There is no need for you to hide anything now."
Wu Mingbai was committed to making his wish go unfulfilled, and he immediately agreed: "Teacher is right, you don't have to sacrifice yourself for the sake of the overall situation. We all know that you really want to play, and I'm sure the teacher will definitely fulfill your wish."
Facing his pleading brown eyes, Teacher Li pushed up his glasses and nodded with a smile: "Well, don't worry."
Only Su Bei's injured world was born. He covered his heart and gritted his teeth, "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome!" Wu Mingbai said cheerfully.
Su Bei felt that he had learned the essence of Mo Xiaotian, but Mo Xiaotian just made people feel suffocated, while this guy made people want to fight.
The competitions in the arena are not played one by one, that would be too inefficient. They use barrier-type supernatural powers to divide the arena into several sections, and up to six matches can be carried out at the same time. In fact, there can be more, but the country of Sesbia obviously wants to make the competition between the supernaturals more exciting, so the arena is divided into large sections.
The Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers was lucky enough to start the competition in the first few rounds. As a team from the same country, although they had competed before, they were still very united when they were away, and they all hoped that they could win.
It is worth mentioning that in order to avoid the exciting scene of teams from the same country confronting each other too early, Sesbia promised not to match teams from the same country in the first six rounds.
Si Zhaohua looked at Huangfu Mingzhe standing in the team and suddenly broke the news: "Huangfu Mingzhe is one of the regular members of the 'Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers'."
The team selection of "Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers" is based on the concept of respecting the strong, and there is no rule that freshmen cannot be selected as regulars. From the perspective of a sophomore or junior, Su Bei thinks the rules of "Endless School of Supernatural Powers" are more humane, but from the perspective of a freshman, he thinks the rules of "Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers" are more reasonable.
But if you have to say it, the rules of "Infinite Power Academy" are more friendly to the people. After all, this is the team the protagonists belong to, and it is a standard feature of mainstream boys' comics.
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