Chapter 23: The sound of torn muscles and ligaments in the rematch was heard on the big screen...
After logging off, Nan Qi took a shower, cooked himself a bowl of porridge and ate the remaining braised food.
Then, he lay on the bed and thought about what happened today, with a slight smile on his lips.
"What a magical day. Bai Xueaisi, the name is quite nice, but I don't know what she looks like. Her personality is good."
"Don't think about it anymore. If we're destined to meet, we'll meet each other. Maybe in two months, we'll be able to meet. I'm really looking forward to it."
Bai is Nan Qi's first real friend in this world.
Arnold and Carter are also Nan Qi's friends, but Nan Qi doesn't have much in common with them. Although he has known them for a longer time, he would say things to them that he would not say to Arnold.
Bai could also accurately guess his thoughts, which felt really good.
Nan Qi stretched himself and pulled up the quilt to cover himself. He didn't want to think about it anymore. He still needed to have a good rest and face tomorrow's high-intensity competition with plenty of energy.
After a good night's sleep, Nan Qi did an elegant cat pose as usual and then got up to wash up.
At this time, the doorbell rang, and Arnold and Carter came to see him.
Carter was not a formal employee of the mine because he was not yet an adult, so he did not have to go to work, but Arnold was. Nan Qi was a little surprised to see him.
Arnold smiled and said, "I've resigned. I'll work with you from now on. I hope you won't think I'm stupid."
"Of course not!"
Nan Qi was a little surprised. Although Arnold had never been out of Porter Star and his thinking was not as thorough due to his limited vision, Arnold was very smart and had a bottom line.
It can be seen from the fact that he thought of doing business as soon as he tasted the braised food, and he bluntly said that this was something Nan Qi found and he could not possess it. Moreover, when Nan Qi proposed doing business, the first thing he thought of was Nan Qi's safety.
With a smart, kind-hearted and principled bug around to help you, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Arnold saw that the surprise in Nan Qi's eyes did not seem fake, and his inner anxiety subsided a lot.
He also took a risky move. After returning home last night, he didn't sleep all night. All he could think about was Carter's happy expression when he was eating and his thin body.
Because of the accidental deaths of his father and mother, Arnold was the only labor force left in the family, and the income dropped sharply.
Because he didn't want Carter to follow the same path as him and his male and female fathers, he kept saving money to send Carter to learn a craft. This resulted in them eating worse, and Carter was much thinner than his peers.
Before meeting Nan Qi, he felt that the temporary suffering now in exchange for future happiness was worth it.
But after meeting Nan Qi, he changed his mind because Nan Qi brought him opportunities.
The opportunities are right in front of him. If he still thinks too much and is afraid of this and that, he will not only disappoint Nan Qi's feelings, but also make Carter continue to suffer with him.
Nan Qi is not afraid, so he should be even less afraid if someone extends an olive branch to him.
After thinking this through, Arnold went to resign from Sifes early in the morning. After receiving this month's salary, he suddenly felt that the dark cloud that had been covering his head since the death of his father and mother had dissipated.
A new life is about to begin.
Nan Qi didn't know that Arnold had thought so much that night and let the two brothers in.
"I just happened to have something to ask you guys. The braised food business is starting to make some progress, and I've found a partner. The basic conditions have been discussed. I'll give you some instructions, and you can communicate the rest with them."
"What about me? I can't do it." Arnold was a little unsure. He was just a miner. Even though Nan Qi trusted him so much, he didn't quite trust himself.
"Don't worry, you can do it." Nan Qi patted Arnold's shoulder, "They won't eat you over there. You also need to exercise, otherwise why would you stay with me?"
"But--"
"No buts, just have some confidence in yourself. Besides, I'm here to back you up, so feel free to talk."
Seeing Nan Qi's determination, Arnold pursed his lips and nodded fiercely: "Okay, I'll try."
Nan Qi smiled: "That's right, everything has to have a beginning, right? The first time is new, the second time is familiar."
Arnold was left in a state of confusion by Nan Qi. This was not the way to use the saying "familiarity comes first, but first impressions are second" to refer to a person's behavior.
But he understood Nan Qi's intention as soon as he thought about it.
Nan Qi said that he would communicate with the other party later. In fact, Nan Qi should have already negotiated the most important terms with the other party, and only some details needed to be finalized.
Nan Qi asked him to go and talk just to train him. Nan Qi's subsequent competitions would be very intense, and he really didn't have much time to deal with these trivial matters.
Now that I have made up my mind to follow Nan Qi, I can't rely on Nan Qi for everything and hold Nan Qi back.
After thinking about this for a while, Arnold looked at Nan Qi who was putting on his shirt. "This competition is open to all. Your group is Group 6, and there are a total of 23,368 contestants."
"The semi-finals are divided into two rounds. The first round is an elimination round, with a total of eight games. After the elimination round, the remaining 92 players will compete in a Bo1 round-robin system until the top ten are determined."
"Today your first round will be at 9am, and the second round will be at 3pm. In four days, 92 players will be selected to enter the second round of rematches."
"In the second round of the rematch, you'll be competing against the other 91 players one by one. It's going to be very intense. During the second round, Carter and I will watch the other players' matches and bring back videos of the more impressive ones for you to study."
At this point, Arnold paused before continuing, "Carter and I are not combat experts, so our selection may not be accurate..."
"That's very good." Nan Qi nodded. "You've become competent as an assistant very quickly."
Arnold smiled and said, "I have to give you what you paid me."
Nan Qi raised his eyebrows: "I think it will be worth the money."
After a round of laughter and playfulness, Nan Qi ate and drank his fill, then lay down in the gaming cabin to play his first game.
The opponent in the first game was a female insect of a high level. Compared with the female insects he met in the semi-finals, this one was obviously much calmer. She did not mock Nan Qi's gender right away. Instead, she became more cautious in dealing with Nan Qi because Nan Qi was able to enter the semi-finals.
After the game started, the female insect attacked without saying a word.
The female insect's attack speed was not fast, but she was gifted, very strong, and very ruthless. It seemed as if she wanted to kill Nan Qi directly. The first punch was aimed at the artery in Nan Qi's neck. Nan Qi vaguely saw a flash of light at his fingertips.
His heart tightened, Nan Qi stepped back and looked up, only to meet the female insect's eyes flashing with resentment under her mask.
Nan Qi immediately understood. This was a female insect that hated male insects. In real life, she didn't dare do anything to the male insects, so she relied on the rules of the game to abuse the male insects.
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you." Nan Qi sneered. His previous good impression of the female insect, which he had not ridiculed before, turned into hostility at this moment.
As the female insect continued to punch him, Nan Qi did not choose to confront this powerful female insect head-on, but instead turned on the flexible mode and started circling around the ring.
This stake is the female insect itself.
Nan Qi relied on the flexibility of his nine-tailed cat spirit body to jump up and down and circle around the female insect. From time to time, when the female insect didn't react, he would scratch it like a cat playing with a mouse.
In a short while, the female insect was hit by countless punches on her shoulders, waist, abdomen, and knees, and her hair was pulled into a mess by Nan Qi.
Female insect: “…”
The female insect became even angrier, and the hatred in her eyes was as real as if she wanted to nail Nan Qi to death on the ring.
He clenched his fists, a faint light flickered at his fingertips, and at the same time he quickened his pace to catch up with Nan Qi.
It's just that he was fast, and Nan Qi was even faster. It was Nan Qi who was circling around him, but before Nan Qi could do anything, the female insect fainted first.
They fought like this for about 10 minutes. The female insect became more and more annoyed by Nan Qi, the nimble little insect. Her punches and kicks became more and more powerful, and her movements became more and more disorganized.
Clang——
Another heavy punch was delivered, and a hole was punched into the hard ring.
Nan Qi's eyes lit up, and he stopped dodging. He turned nimbly and went behind the female insect. When the female insect noticed a back whirlwind kick and was about to kick him away, he retreated swiftly to a place where the female insect could not reach.
Then, before the female insect could react, Nan Qi grabbed the female insect's legs which had not yet been retracted due to lack of stamina!
Nan Qi glanced at the female insect's fingertips and suddenly said something very quickly. Then, in the female insect's frightened eyes, his eyes turned cold, and he grabbed the female insect's ankle and pulled hard!
The female insect suddenly widened her eyes and screamed in pain.
Before the audience could figure out why the female insect, who was so strong just now, screamed like that because of a pull from the male insect, they saw that the female insect was not able to retract her legs in time and was dragged by the male insect. She staggered with her supporting leg and stepped into the hole she had hammered!
Then, the feet were pinned down and could not move!
The supporting leg could not move, and the leg that was being held was being pulled hard. The female insect was a power-oriented person, with strong muscles and poor flexibility, and was forced by the male insect to do a standard upward split.
The sounds of torn muscles and ligaments were transmitted to the ears of every audience member through the big screen.
"hiss--"
The audience all covered their thighs at the same time, as if they were the ones who were pulled into the splits.
A few seconds later, You Chong said with lingering fear, "Luckily, this is a game. If this were real, it would be horrible."
"Yes, yes, this male insect is too cruel. It turns out that male insects don't respect female insects."
"No, this isn't a competition. The male insects are good at using the terrain, so they can't be said to be cruel. The female insects were also quite cruel before." Some insects were more rational.
"Why are you still speaking for the male insect?" The insect that first thought Nan Qi was cruel frowned. "Don't you just want to pounce on a male insect without considering whether he likes you or not?"
The rational insect said, "I'm speaking objectively. Besides, even if this were the case in reality, the female insect would at most suffer strained muscles and ligaments, which are minor injuries. But if it were real, what the female insect did to the male insect would be fatal."
"Isn't this a game? Why take it so seriously?"
"You know this is a game, too." The rational bug chuckled, "You were so indignant just now that I thought we were in reality."
The bug that blamed Nan Qi stopped talking after being confronted by the rational bug, but his eyes still showed an expression of dissatisfaction.
But the next second, his expression changed, he frowned, and after a moment he uttered a word: "Fuck!"
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