Yu Ke won five consecutive victories again in the fifth round, and finally entered the semi-finals of the round of 16 with a record of 25 victories.
After the game, Yu Ke came to the auditorium to find Xie Mingzhe, obviously very excited: "I'm in the top sixteen!"
Xie Mingzhe smiled and patted his shoulder: "It's a good fight, I'll invite you to dinner."
Yu Ke nodded his head like garlic: "Well, I'm just hungry. I'll invite you this time. I can't keep asking you to invite me." The voice said, "I seem to have seen your roommate in the arena just now. I only saw a back. I was afraid to recognize the wrong person, so I didn't dare to call him..."
Xie Mingzhe was a little surprised: "You must have read it wrong? I didn't hear Qin Xuan say that he was going to participate in this competition."
Yu Ke quickly ignored the accident just now and said cheerfully, "No matter, let's go eat first!"
The two came to the cafeteria together. Yu Ke liked noodles very much, and ordered two bowls as usual. Xie Mingzhe looked at him eating noodles, and couldn't help but wonder: "You eat two bowls at noon, two bowls at night, and supper at nine o'clock, can you fit in your stomach?"
Ming Ming Yu Ke is much shorter than himself, but his appetite is bigger than himself. Every time he eats with him, Xie Mingzhe wonders whether this guy's stomach is different from ordinary people.
Hearing this, Yu Ke looked calm and said, "I'm still growing, so of course I need to eat more." He put the noodles to the side, brought a second bowl over, and said while eating: " A normal child can talk when he is one year old, but I can only speak when I am three years old. When I was a child, my parents always thought I was a fool.”
Xie Mingzhe: "..." You look stupid now.
Yu Ke went on to say: "My mother took me to the hospital for an examination. The doctor said that I am a relatively retarded person. Generally, a boy's body is set at the age of 20, but according to my skeletal development, I can grow to 25 years old. Hey, maybe I will be taller than you in a few years, my ideal height is 1.85 meters!"
Xie Mingzhe looked at the short guy in front of him, held back a smile and said, "Then you can eat." Maybe he can grow one meter seventy-five? I always feel that his small face doesn't match his tall figure at all.
After dinner, the two returned to the dormitory together. Xie Mingzhe pushed open the door and went in. He found that his roommate Qin Xuan was reading a book expressionlessly in the living room.
He landed on the official website of the Star Card Association, and sure enough, he saw a post on the top—the top sixteen contestants in the Freshman Exchange Tournament were released!
Click to see, the post lists the details of the sixteen players who entered the semi-finals and the next grouping situation. These players will be divided into four major groups A, B, C, and D tomorrow afternoon for the knockout rounds to decide the top eight and top four. The top four players will have an open confrontation with the whole school next Saturday night to determine the final champion, runner-up, season and runner-up.
Xie Mingzhe glanced at the list and saw a familiar name in Group A: Yu Ke (Ke Xiaoke), a first-year freshman majoring in law and economic law. His record in the preliminary round: 25 wins.
However, to his surprise, he actually found a familiar name in Group C: Qin Xuan (QX), a freshman in the Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in painting, with a record in the preliminary stage: 25 wins.
I really can't see that this roommate is actually a master at playing games
Xie Mingzhe was thinking about it, and Yu Ke's news popped up in his brain: "Fuck! I'm not dazzled, Qin Xuan really came to the arena this afternoon, and he also entered the top sixteen! Azhe, look at the official website. "
Xie Mingzhe sighed lightly: "I saw it."
He got along well with his three roommates when he was in college in his previous life, and soon became good buddies. He played LOL together every day in the dark. He thought he would be able to make friends with his roommates in college this time, but he didn't expect that this time The roommates I met were not at all the kind of character who was willing to communicate and share with others. I didn't even mention the matter of going to a game.
Before it was replaced, someone in the dormitory went to play games, and several other roommates would definitely go to the scene to cheer. As a result, Qin Xuan remained silent and reached the top sixteen without Xie Mingzhe's knowledge.
Thinking of the indifferent face of the boy sitting in the living room just now... It's boring to have a hot face and a cold butt. Since Qin Xuan didn't want to say it, Xie Mingzhe didn't bother to ask. It's easier to chat with Yu Ke, who has no heart, Xie Mingzhe took the initiative to say to Yu Ke, "Are you sure about tomorrow's rematch? Do you want to go to the game to find your idol fat uncle?"
Yu Ke said: "I was going to find him, I'll talk later!"
Xie Mingzhe smiled: "Go."
After sending the message, he put on his helmet and logged in to Uncle Fatty's game account. Sure enough, he received a private voice chat from Yu Ke: "Uncle Fatty, I have entered the top 16, and won 25 consecutive games! I won the last round. Thrilling, I was almost accused of death by the other side, but fortunately I asked you to borrow Liu Bei."
Xie Mingzhe asked, "Do you still need to borrow another card?"
Yu Ke said: "I also want to borrow a Pangu to prevent my card from being instantly killed or controlled by the opponent, I don't know if I can..."
Xie Mingzhe didn't say much, and simply took out a Pangu from the display cabinet and mailed it to him: "Come on."
Yu Ke was very moved and immediately replied: "Thank you Fat Uncle, I will definitely win the prize!"
He was able to reach the final round of 16 in a competition of thousands of people. These players are all very strong. Xie Mingzhe watched the competition all afternoon and found a lot of top students. These students with strong potential are all ten. The age of seven or eight is suitable for playing in the professional league. If you can get the training of the club, maybe you can become a very good professional player in the future.
But Xie Mingzhe is not professional enough after all, he can only see whether a certain person's current level is strong or not, whether he has specific potential, and whether it is worth cultivating, he still decided to go back and ask the master.
Early the next morning, Xie Mingzhe returned to the Nirvana studio.
It's been a week since the start of school, because he has to adapt to the university environment, and there are many courses at the beginning, Xie Mingzhe is concentrating on practicing trumpet again this week, and he has little contact with the studio.
The guild has Chi Qing in charge, so he doesn't need to worry about it. Brother Chen was in charge of last night's activities. Everyone understands that he needs to adapt when he just entered school, and try not to disturb him. However, when Xie Mingzhe suddenly came back, everyone was quite surprised, especially Xiaopang, who rushed over and gave Xie Mingzhe a bear hug, saying, "Xiao Xie, long time no see! After college, you are more energetic and handsome? You this week. What are you busy with? Everyone misses you!"
Jin Yue also said, "That's right, after you left, Little Fatty kept talking about it every day, saying that he wasn't used to it without you."
Chi Qing walked over and said, "Since you're back, let's stay for lunch. I'll cook a few more dishes at noon."
Chi Yingying said, "I'll go buy some fruit!"
Everyone's enthusiasm made Xie Mingzhe feel a little warm in his heart. He greeted everyone in turn and found that Chen Xiao was not in the hall on the first floor, so he asked, "Where's Brother Chen?"
Chen Xiao just came down from the second floor and walked to Xie Mingzhe with a smile: "Why did you come back suddenly?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "I have something I want to discuss with you, is Master there?"
Chen Xiao nodded: "Water the flowers upstairs, I'll take you up."
The two went upstairs one after the other. Chen Qianlin had already watered the plants on the balcony and was sitting on the sun lounger on the balcony to bask in the sun. He was barefoot, stepping on the white fleece blanket, looking very comfortable. Xie Mingzhe hadn't seen him for a week, he really lived like a fairy.
Chen Qianlin met the eyes of the little apprentice and smiled slightly: "Xiao Xie is back?"
Xie Mingzhe nodded and said directly: "Master, I met Ke Xiaoke at school."
Chen Qianlin was stunned: "So coincidental?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "It's quite a coincidence. I heard his voice very familiar on the day I checked in. When I went to join the Star Card Association with him, he said that his ID in the game was Ke Xiaoke."
Chen Qianlin immediately stood up from the reclining chair, put on his slippers and said, "What's going on, talk about it."
The three walked into the bedroom together, Chen Xiao poured three glasses of water over, handed Xie Mingzhe a glass, and asked, "Are you sure Ke Xiaoke is the ghost boy?"
Xie Mingzhe shook his head: "I'm not sure yet, but I found that Ke Xiaoke is really good. He signed up for the school's freshman exchange competition and reached the top sixteen with a 25-game winning streak. He also asked me to borrow a few I think he has a very strong consciousness. So I thought, is it possible to develop him into a third team member?"
Chen Xiao frowned slightly; "If it's just a freshman exchange competition in the school, the strength of the top sixteen may not necessarily be a professional player. Besides, he doesn't have the talent for original cards, right? What's the reason you want to bring him in?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "He likes horror-style ghost cards very much. I don't worry about original cards. I can tailor a set of ghost cards for him. I like this guy very much and want him to be our teammate. Now The point is, I'm not sure yet whether he has enough talent to develop into a professional player."
Chen Qianlin immediately understood his apprentice's train of thought, and said, "So when you came back, did you want us to help you observe him?"
"Well, I didn't reveal my identity, and he only regards me as a classmate now." Xie Mingzhe said seriously, "He has reached the top sixteen, and this afternoon is a match of 16-8 and 8-4. If He can reach the semi-finals by himself without anyone's guidance, does that mean his talent is not bad?"
Chen Xiao was silent for a moment, finally nodded in agreement, and said, "In the intramural competition of Imperial City University, if you can reach the semi-finals, your level is really good, and there are many clubs in the professional circle, and they will send people to look for these good seedlings in major colleges and universities. He looked at Chen Qianlin and said softly, "Brother, since Xiao Xie likes this Ke Xiaoke very much, let's go and have a look. What if it is a talent worth cultivating?"
Chen Qianlin said calmly: "I want to ask you a question, do you two want to use your own strength to play the individual competition first, and then set up a club to recruit players after you become famous, or do you want to recruit enough players to directly set up a club, and then Going to the professional league?"
Xie Mingzhe has been hesitating recently on this issue of sequence.
In the fifth season, Tang Muzhou single-handedly entered the league, swept the individual competition field with 50 consecutive victories, and directly won the individual competition championship. Under the circumstance that countless clubs squeezed their heads to win over him, he refused all invitations and created Fenghua himself. club. Then he used his fame to get a lot of investment and expanded the club to recruit a large number of players, thus turning Fenghua Club into a giant at the top of the professional league pyramid.
In the seventh season, Pei Jingshan and Ye Zhu made their debut as a combination, and created the "Dark Night City" club from the very beginning, but at the time there were only two players in the club. The two participated in the individual competition and the double competition. Pei Jingshan's Gu insect deck and Ye Zhu's butterfly deck became the most dazzling existences in the seventh season. Pei Jingshan won the individual championship in one fell swoop, and Ye Zhu won. The best newcomer award, the two also played well in the double competition and took the third place. As a result, the Night City Club has attracted many players and has gradually grown.
Regardless of Tang Muzhou or Pei Jingshan, the process of creating a club is that a small number of players go to the game first, become famous and then expand the size of the club, from small to large, from low to high.
However, Xie Mingzhe did not want to follow the same path as them.
At present, Nirvana has only two players, he and Chen Xiao. If according to the previous plan, he and Chen Xiao will participate in the individual competition and double competition next year, and then recruit strong players after becoming famous, which can indeed make the Nirvana club grow rapidly. But in this case, they will not be able to participate in next year's club team competition, nor will they be able to win the "Best Club of the Year" trophy.
No matter how many awards a person wins, they are not as important as the "Best Club" trophy.
There is still some time before the official competition next year. He can first find some strong teammates and form a lineup that can play team games. At that time, in addition to small events such as individual competitions and double competitions, Nirvana can also participate in team competitions—even if they can’t win the championship, taking the top three will be enough to prove Nirvana’s strength.
So, why not consider the individual competition and the team competition together? This does not conflict.
The key to Xie Mingzhe's idea is the appearance of Ke Xiaoke. The master said that Xiao Ke was probably the young ghost, the president of the Eye of Death Guild. He happened to meet Yu Ke in reality and found that Yu Ke was really good at playing games.
It would be great if Yu Ke could be his teammate.
Xie Mingzhe has never seen the plant card made by Brother Chen, but he always feels that it is a bit awkward to combine the plant card and the character card, but if it is a ghost card designed by himself, then it will be a partner with his own human and protoss cards. Not the left hand with the right hand - more tacit understanding
It is also out of this consideration that Xie Mingzhe wanted to invite Master to come out and carefully observe whether Ke Xiaoke has the talent to play professionally, and whether it is worth his effort to create a ghost card pool for him.
Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe's eyes suddenly became very firm. He looked at Chen Xiao and said, "Brother Chen, we are going to play the game. This is copying the way of Tang Muzhou and Pei Jingshan. I think it's better for us to be bolder. Create a club first, and then go to the professional league. Of course, you must participate in individual competitions and double competitions - team battles, and we are not absent from Nirvana!"
His voice was sonorous and powerful, and every word was resolute. Although it sounds like a joke to many people - directly create a club to play team games, and still want to win awards? This is simply impossible!
But looking at his confident appearance, Chen Xiao couldn't help but be moved slightly.
He really appreciates Xiao Xie's brave personality that is not afraid of heaven and earth. Although it sounds impossible, who stipulates that it can't be tried? Even if you fail, you will only be ridiculed for a few words, what does it matter? As Chen Qianlin's younger brother, he lost so many games in the arena, wasn't he laughed enough
If you want to do it, then do it!
Chen Xiao took a deep breath, gave Xie Mingzhe a look of approval, looked back at his brother and said, "I agree with Xiao Xie's idea, since we want to return to the league, what's the point of just the two of us? Why don't we just form a team and directly attack next year? team match!"
Chen Qianlin said calmly: "The requirements for the team competition are not that simple. Unless it is a club that has already achieved results, the league will directly let these clubs participate in order to promote it. For a newly established club, if they want to play in the team competition, every player will You have to enter the final round in the individual competition to be eligible to apply. Do you have this confidence?"
Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe looked at each other and smiled: "Yes!"
Seeing that the two were so excited, Chen Qianlin didn't want to pour cold water on them, and said, "Okay, I'll go watch Ke Xiaoke's game first in the afternoon. If he is as talented as Xiao Xie said, then pull him in. Take a look at Nirvana cultivation."
Xie Mingzhe was very excited and prayed in his heart: Yu Ke, please don't embarrass me! I have invited Master over to watch you play. If you dare to drop the chain, I will beat you back.
Yu Ke, who knew nothing of all this, rubbed his nose and sneezed heavily.
Strange, what's the matter with sneezing lately