The venue of the S6 season "City of Despair" world finals is in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's e-sports strength is already very strong, and this year is their home court, which is bound to be more difficult for teams from other countries to play.
The Fengyue people stayed at the hotel for two days to rest, and on the third day, they reported on the scene of the game. The opening ceremony of the World Finals will be held that night.
South Korea's e-sports competition venues are already very complete. The huge competition hall stage, soundproof room and waiting room are fully equipped with all the facilities. In addition to the main commentary platform, there are twelve separate commentary rooms on the second floor, which can be used for real-time commentary from various countries. Broadcast the game.
This is the first time that the Fengyue people have come to the competition site of the World Finals. Just seeing the elegant cobblestone-shaped building from a distance, their hearts are filled with excitement.
The isolation line at the entrance of the players was stretched for several hundred meters. Fans crowded outside the isolation line in anticipation, and cheers could be heard from a distance.
When the Fengyue people got out of the car, fans cheered again. Most of them didn't know the members of the Fengyue team, but they would scream with excitement when the players of each team appeared, but they didn't know Fengyue. The team members, but they knew Shen Huai.
That is Shen Huai, who has played a supporting role in many internationally famous movies! And he is also the son of the international superstar Shen Nuo Shen. Even if there are people who don't know Shen Huai, as long as the people next to him remind him that he is Shen Nuo's son, those people will immediately open their eyes and scream.
A few hundred meters of the road, they were completely yelled at all the way.
Starfish was nervous when she saw this battle, she held her head high and stared straight ahead, not daring to glance around.
They had just turned a corner, and there was another scream from the other side. I saw Zhang Jiayan led the WG players striding from a distance. WG is already a veteran team in the world finals, and they often get places. , almost no fans who came to watch the game did not know them.
"Feather God, Snow God!"
Zhang Jiayan waved to them from a distance. He rolled up the sleeves of his team uniform in half, revealing his strong and strong arms. His loud voice suppressed the screams of the fans. The corners of his mouth were slightly pulled, revealing a set of white teeth. .
Shen Huai couldn't help laughing, "Zhang Jiayan, how are your legs?"
Zhang Jiayan patted his injured leg, "It's okay, I can barely walk by myself."
Song Xueyang said, "It's been a hundred days for you to be hurt, so don't be too reluctant."
Zhang Jiayan leaned closer and said in a low voice, "Isn't this going abroad to compete? It would be too embarrassing for China to use crutches."
Liang Minghui next to him looked helpless. Their captain not only wanted to be strong, but also wanted to save face. For the sake of going abroad this time, everyone left him alone.
The players of the two teams had lived in a hotel for several days during the training camp before.
Teams from many countries have gathered in the venue. A total of 24 teams from 18 countries were shortlisted for the World Finals. Watching players with different skin tones and looks gathered together because of the same game and the same competition, everyone felt in their hearts. There was a sense of pride.
"Zhang Jiayan!"
A voice sounded from behind, and I saw a short-haired girl swooping over from the door, dexterously jumping straight towards Zhang Jiayan. Zhang Jiayan's leg injury wasn't healed yet, and everyone pulled him back with lingering fears. Jia Yunge stepped forward and blocked Zhang Jiayan in front of him to stop the girl.
"Yo, Yunge!" The girl raised her hand and pinched Jia Yunge's face without looking away.
Jia Yunge smiled and waved the doll to greet her. Liang Minghui also said, "Long time no see, Brother Bao, you look a lot thinner than last year."
Complimenting a girl for losing weight is better than complimenting her for being beautiful, Cui Baozhen immediately became happy, "Is that so? I'm still worried about the growth of fat on my stomach every day when I sit!"
Zhang Jiayan said bluntly, "You are so thin, what can you do with a little more meat?"
To some extent, sometimes the compliments of straight men are even more unexpected.
Shen Huai looked at the girl up and down. He also saw this girl in the replay of the World Championship last year. Cui Baozhen, a player from the Korean Live team, is currently the fifth player in the world's qigong masters. Professional ID—Queen, a Korean fan She is usually called Queen.
Cui Baozhen is of Chinese descent. Her mother is Chinese. She met her father while studying abroad and has since married in a foreign land. Therefore, Cui Baozhen's Chinese is very good, and she likes China very much. She also registered Weibo and live broadcast room in China, and she takes care of it herself. Because she is funny and humorous, she often mentions that she has half Chinese blood in various public places, and is loved by domestic players. Everyone calls her "Brother Bao".
"Hey, is Nana here?"
Liang Minghui shook his head, Zhang Jiayan said, "God of War didn't get a place in the World Championship this year, and Team Hu didn't come to watch the game."
Cui Baozhen frowned. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Song Xueyang and his team uniforms with the word "Maple Moon" printed on them. He suddenly raised his head and said fiercely, "Is it because you defeated the God of War? I can be with Na in a year. Najian has been destroyed by you all this time!"
Everyone in Fengyue looked at each other in dismay. I really didn't expect that anyone would take anger at others because of this kind of thing.
Zhang Jiayan corrected, "God of War was Fengyue who lost in the group stage, and our WG defeated them in the finals."
Cui Baozhen: "..."
WG: "..." Captain, didn't you see that Brother Bao was very angry? He actually took the initiative to come out and take the blame!
Cui Baozhen and Zhang Jiayan have a good relationship, so naturally they don't blame him, their eyes swept across Fengyue's body like a knife one by one. deterrent.
"Treasure."
A hand gently hooked Cui Baozhen's collar, pulled her back, and brought her directly into his arms.
"What are you doing here?"
The man's voice was not loud, as if he hadn't woken up, lazy. His forehead hair is a little long, his eyes are covered a little, his skin is very fair, as if he has never been in the sun, he looks a little cute, but no one of the players present thinks this way, the fact is that he walked into the venue from From that moment, the noisy surrounding noises have gradually quieted down.
He was the ace player of last year's South Korean champion team Rider, known as the world's No. 1 Solo god, and the one who defeated Shen Huai in the online game just half a month ago - Jin Chengjun.
Jin Chengjun's eyes flicked past Shen Huai, then looked at Song Xueyang, then lowered his head and asked, "Are you talking to that handsome guy?"
Cui Baozhen pushed him away speechlessly, "Jin Chengjun, get out of here!"
The two spoke in Korean, and they didn't understand it either. They saw Jin Chengjun's calm expression on his face, but Cui Baozhen looked like he was going to eat people.
In the end, she was about to leave angrily, but Jin Chengjun held her back and said something, then looked at Shen Huai.
Cui Baozhen turned her head and stared at Shen Huai, "He asked me to tell you..."
She seemed to think of something, and her tone changed suddenly, "You are very handsome, are you interested in having sex with him?"
In an instant, the players of the two teams were silent, Shen Huai raised his eyes to look at Jin Chengjun, Jin Chengjun also looked at him, his eyes were very serious, as if he could see a little bit of expectation.
Song Xueyang stepped forward to block Shen Huai behind him, and said with a smile, "Sorry, we are here to participate in the competition, not to have a romantic relationship."
Cui Baozhen shrugged and said to Jin Chengjun, "He said that there are no friends on the field, and if you want to be friends with Shen Huai, you have to beat him first."
Jin Chengjun glanced at Song Xueyang indifferently, dragged Cui Baozhen and left.
Zhang Jiayan looked at their backs in amazement, and patted Shen Huai on the shoulder, "God Feather, don't forget your heart, it's probably a joke."
Shen Huai didn't care much, but Song Xueyang, who was beside him, had begun to emit cold air involuntarily, like a personal-shaped refrigerator.
They went inside to report and sign, and Guan He just led the team downstairs. As the runner-up team for two consecutive years, his appearance also caused quite a stir.
Zhou Ning couldn't help but look over, Guan He was wearing the pure black uniform of the Xiaolang team, walking straight up the stairs, looking very elegant and calm.
"Team Yan, Team Song, Yushen." He greeted several people one by one.
Zhang Jiayan said, "Xiaolang came very early."
"Well, I'm going to warm up at night."
In the opening ceremony of the finals over the years, it has become an unwritten rule that the teams who won the championship and runner-up last year will play warm-up games, and it is also the focus of the audience at the opening ceremony. World champion that year.
Including this year, Xiaolang has participated in the warm-up competition for three consecutive years, and has also served as a foil for other teams for three years. This year's warm-up match is not as important to them as the World Championship. All the players have serious faces and are obviously ready to go to battle to kill the enemy.
Shen Huai asked, "What model will you play in this year's warm-up?"
The warm-up match will not be played in BO3 or BO5 like the official match, but one or two modes will be selected in advance and designated players will participate.
Guan Hedao, "a 1v1 solo solo, a 6v6 hostage rescue."
Shi Yi couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to play solo Solo in Team Guan?"
For all audiences, being able to see the world's top-level single-player Solo in the warm-up match is definitely a visual feast.
Guan He looked at Jin An, "No, I want to command 6V6, Solo I plan to let Jin An go."
Everyone's eyes fell on Jin An, and Hai Xing and Shi Yi were even more envious.
The single-player Solo in the warm-up match, whether winning or losing, is enough to become a memory for a professional player for a lifetime, because this is the opening before the World Championship, and it also represents the collision between the two strongest teams in the world today.
Jin An looks more serious than usual, obviously he is bound to win this Solo.
Guan He chatted with them for a while and then led the team to the lounge to prepare for the battle. Before leaving, his eyes seemed to look at Zhou Ning, Zhou Ning moved his lips silently, cheering.
Two hours later, the opening ceremony of the "City of Despair" S6 World Finals officially started. Teams like Fengyue who did not need to participate in the warm-up match only needed to wait quietly in the background, and before the end of the opening ceremony, they would come on stage to salute and draw lots. That's it.
So everyone sat together and watched the opening ceremony lively. The commentators from various countries took their places in their respective soundproof rooms. The commentators sent by China were Yao Jun, Niuniu and Tangzi.
The speech of the chairman of the competition committee and the live program are not important. What everyone pays most attention to is the warm-up competition.
The preliminaries were played by Team Snapdragon and Team Rider from South Korea. The first game was a solo Solo. Team Snapdragon’s player was Jin An, Rider’s outgoing player was Square, and both Jin Seung-jun and Guan He stayed to play. 6V6, this move can also be regarded as a chance for other players in the team to perform.
Square's profession is a light swordsman, ranking 16th in the world as a swordsman. He is also a very ordinary player in the Rider team. The two are of equal strength and the competition is very fierce.
After two years of precipitation, Jin An was instructed by Shen Huai in the wild card competition, and his level has improved compared with the national competition. He has a more precise grasp of the timing of the mechanics' big moves, and has experience in cooperating with Liang Minghui and Jia Yunge to play a series of bonuses. , also have experience in skill combo.
He is a player specially trained by the Xiaolang team for 2V2. He has a very clear positioning and is better at using air battleships to consume remotely. After imitating Zhang Jiayan's style of play, he is also familiar with the control routine of using demon mecha. The commentators on the scene were amazed at his progress.
Square is not to be outdone. The Korean team did not participate in the wild card competition. Most of our understanding of them is still from last year. Square's attack speed is faster than last year, and his combos are smoother. A short set of combos made people see his infinite possibilities in the future.
The two of you are chasing me without distinction. Everyone was nervous for a while. In the end, Jin An miraculously ended the game with a collision, and the Xiaolang team won the first victory!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Liang Minghui, "Jin An's character, I'm really worried that if he loses the solo match in front of a global audience, he will jump off the stage in anger."
The words are a bit exaggerated, but Jin An's unyielding and face-saving character is clear to everyone, and this is not unreasonable.
The Xiaolang team won the first game of the warm-up match, and the next game was 6V6. All the remaining players of the two teams played, causing the audience to scream with excitement.
This time everyone was even more nervous. Although they believed in Guan He's strength, there were more uncertain factors in 6V6, and this time Rider's ace player Spade also played.
As the well-known inventor of fast-break team battles, the Xiaolang team has fully displayed its own style. Guan He led the team to the enemy's nest at the beginning. The birth points of the two teams were close to each other, and the captain of Rider did not expect it at all. Guan He came so quickly, and was caught off guard by a wave of first movers.
However, the Rider team is not a rookie, everyone rose up to resist, this wave was evenly matched, both sides were killed and wounded equally, but the ace of both teams was still alive.
Without any hesitation, Guan He charged towards Jin Chengjun with his sword in hand. There was a deafening cry in the arena. The two top gods faced off in the final duel. Chinese commentators Yao Jun, Niu Niu, and Ju Zi were very excited.
The reason why Team Xiaolang's fast break flow is famous in the world and is still standing is that Guan He is very good at using a little advantage to snowball. After killing Jin Chengjun, he immediately led the team to smash the enemy formation regardless of his life and death. , ambush, outflank, beat the Rider team to a rout, and won the 6V6 victory in one fell swoop.
In the two warm-up matches, the Xiaolang team won all of them. This exciting news made the fans in China excited, and even the WG and Fengyue on the scene were full of admiration.
To be able to beat last year's champion team Rider in the preliminaries, the Snapdragon team is too strong, which means that they have a great hope of winning the world championship this year!
Netizens in the live broadcast room also held up the national flag and flashed 666. After waiting for so many years, this year's Xiaolang team finally gave them hope!
The people of the Maple Moon team were very surprised. In their opinion, Xiaolang's strength was much stronger than that in the national competition. Even they felt that this year's champion was Xiaolang.
At the end of the opening ceremony, all the players came to the stage to pay tribute to the audience, and the captains of the 24 teams came to the stage to draw the group stage. The 24 teams will be divided into 4 groups, with 6 teams in each group, and the single-round BO5 points system will be played in the group. In the end, the top two teams with the highest points in each group will qualify.
As the champion last year, Team Rider won the priority draw for the three Korean teams. Fortunately, the three Korean teams were in three different groups.
After that was the Xiaolang team, which was the runner-up last year. Guan He was drawn to Group A. Currently, this group only has South Korea's Live team. The Live team is not bad, but it is still worse than the Rider team. It's just that these two teams have made a stop in Group A, and they have basically booked the first and second places in this group.
Then there is Zhang Jiayan of WG. The hearts of Chinese netizens are raised. In order for the Chinese team to get a good ranking, everyone hopes that the three teams can draw three groups to avoid the civil war before the quarterfinals, just like the Korean team. The three teams are the same.
Zhang Jiayan was lucky, he was drawn to Group D, and he was the only team in this group for the time being.
Finally, there is Song Xueyang. The audience is very unfamiliar with this young Chinese captain. He looks too handsome, and his smile looks like no threat, but only players who have participated in the wild card competition know that this seemingly gentle and harmless man How powerful the captain is.
When Song Xueyang drew the result, Hai Xing kept praying in the audience, and finally the result came out. Song Xueyang "lived up to expectations" and picked up Group A, which has gathered two teams, Live and Xiaolang, and doesn't know if other strong teams will join in the future.
The netizens in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded. Captain Song's marksmanship was perfect, but the level of the lottery was really not very good.
The final teams in Group A are: Nordic ERO Team, South Korea Live Team, Turkey CC Team, British Show Time Team, and China's Xiaolang and Maple Moon.
Among the six teams, except for the Turkish CC team, the rest are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they are enough to qualify for the quarterfinals. Even if the Nordics and the United Kingdom are excluded, Live and Xiaolang alone are blocking the quarterfinals. The strength and status of the two giant Buddhas are unmatched.
WG is not bad. Although Group D has strong American D2 team and Australia team, it is not too difficult to play.
Zhang Jiayan bid farewell to Shen Huai, "It seems that we can't meet before the quarterfinals, you have to cheer up, and everyone from Fengyue, see you in the quarterfinals!"
Zhang Jiayan's words instantly cheered everyone up. It's not like they haven't played in the group stage of the masters. They are running for the championship, and the enemy 3,000 can't stop them!
"Okay," Shen Huai's eyes were firm, "We'll see you in the quarterfinals."