The BoB competition is divided into two days.
Preliminaries are held on the first day.
The main race will be held the next day.
The time for the preliminaries is: December 13, 2025.
The main competition time is: December 14, 2025.
In other words, today is the day the preliminaries begin.
In view of this, after Luo Zhen submitted his registration, in addition to the battle table, a countdown to the start time of the game also appeared on the screen.
Since Luo Zhen came relatively early, there was still more than an hour before the game started.
However, Luo Zhen confirmed his battle group.
"No. 1 in Group A?"
Looking at the list that appeared on the battle table, Luo Zhen smiled slightly.
"I'm actually number one in the first group. Is it a good luck?"
The names of the battle tables are all randomly assigned by the system. Even the first person to sign up will be assigned to any position in the fifteen groups after random assignment. If the number one in the first group is always empty , the last player to sign up got the draw, that’s a normal thing.
Luo Zhen drew the first number in the first group.
No one else has this kind of luck.
But Luo Zhen still quickly browsed the battle table and found that there were several character names on it that he had heard of.
For example, Dafeng, who placed 13th in the last BoB competition, was actually included in this list.
"Isn't this the one who escaped in the land of death last time?"
Luo Zhen couldn't help but be startled, and then showed a joking smile.
"You can really escape for a while, but you can't escape forever."
Going around in a circle, this master who once finished 13th in the BoB competition but fled in panic in front of Yu Luo Zhen last time has now come back to Luo Zhen. What a trick of God. ah.
I guess that player should even have a death wish now, right
"If you meet him in the preliminaries, give him some slack."
This can be considered a relatively special consideration.
Thinking of this, Luo Zhen did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood there for a while, then smiled slightly, turned around, and walked towards the front of the lobby on the first floor of the Presidential Palace.
There are several elevators lined up on the wall there. You can go up or down. Many players use the elevators to go to the underground venue.
Among them, there was a girl Luo Zhen was familiar with in one of the elevators.
"Tsk..."
The girl looked at Luo Zhen who just walked over. After being speechless, she pressed the button next to the elevator door repeatedly, hoping that the elevator door would close quickly.
Unfortunately, Luo Zhen walked over leisurely and entered the elevator before the elevator door was about to close.
Luo Zhen and the girl happened to be the only two people in the entire elevator. Feeling like they were falling, they started the elevator.
Seeing that it was inevitable to sit in the same elevator as Luo Zhen, Shino could only keep a cold face, fold his arms and remain silent.
Luo Zhen also said nothing.
Because Luo Zhen was very sure that Shino would take the initiative to talk to him.
as expected...
"Which group are you in?"
Shino asked coldly.
Luo Zhen smiled without any surprise.
"Are you afraid of meeting me?"
Luo Zhen said something similar to provocation.
"I'm afraid that you will be dealt with before I even meet you."
Shino spoke out these words without wavering.
"Then I really want to know who can do it." Luo Zhen curled his lips and said, "What about you? Which group are you in?"
"...Group D." Shino was silent for a while, then said calmly: "I am No. 20 in Group D."
"It seems that we can't catch up." Luo Zhen shrugged and said: "I am No. 1 in Group A, and I can't catch up in the preliminaries."
"Then try your best to enter the main competition." Shino frowned slightly, then relaxed and said: "When the time comes, I will definitely repay you the revenge of the day before yesterday."
As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator reached its destination and the elevator door opened directly.
Shino stepped directly into it without any hesitation. If she didn't want to be with Luo Zhen, she left quite simply.
Seeing this, Luo Zhencai shook his head in amusement, walked out of the elevator and entered the competition venue.
This place is as spacious as the lobby on the first floor, but the light source is quite scarce. There are only a few arc lamps covered by iron frames that emit a thin light. The floors and pillars are either black copper plates or red-brown iron mesh. There are also rows of lines along the walls. There are some rough tables, and there are many huge hologram panels on the roof. The screen is currently dark, with only the words "BoB3 preliminary" and the countdown before the start of the game displayed in dark red fonts in the dome-shaped venue.
Luo Zhen walked into the venue.
next moment...
"——"
All eyes were focused on Luo Zhen, making the atmosphere in the entire space become heavy.
There were players gathered tightly around the wall table or the upright iron pillar.
Some of them gathered together and whispered, and some stood there alone and silently. At a glance, they knew that they were the preliminaries of the upcoming BoB competition, and they exuded a vicious aura.
And the sight of such people focused on Luo Zhen was also full of evil.
There is no other reason, just because all the people who come here are participants in the BoB competition. They are incompatible competitors. After the competition starts, they will fight with all their strength. In the end, only thirty people can stay. , but they will continue to fight tomorrow, until only one person is left.
In this case, only enemies will be concentrated here.
Since they are enemies, it is naturally impossible to be friendly.
However, when all the players saw Luo Zhen's appearance clearly, their expressions changed slightly.
"Hey...he's not..."
"it's him... "
"Damn it, it's actually here..."
"I hope I won't be unlucky enough to be paired with him before the main game..."
"snort... "
Players immediately started whispering to each other, and their gazes towards Luo Zhen were not as unscrupulous as before, but full of fear and sighs, and they looked away.
As if Luo Zhen didn't notice this scene, he walked forward slowly, walked to a corner, leaned against a pillar, folded his arms, closed his eyes, and calmed down.
All the players glanced at Luo Zhen from time to time, but then immediately looked away. Only a few players looked at him with curiosity, scrutiny, scrutiny and inquiry, as if they wanted to take a look at Luo Zhen's appearance. Just remember it, very seriously.
Among them, Shino was sitting in the corner.
"What are you so proud of?"
Shino held a glass of cold drink, looked at Luo Zhen who closed his eyes to rest, and whispered in a low voice.
The person who responded to Sinon was a male player.
A male player walked up to him at some point.
"Because he is very strong, he is very impressive."
The male player who said this is a man with long silver-gray hair, wearing straight-line gray camouflage uniforms that are slightly lighter than dark gray. He has a smart face that suits his tall and thin body, and there is nothing on his body. The armor allows people to feel his flexibility, and he is more like a member of a special force than a soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles.
Seeing this person, Shino's expression finally softened a little.
"You're here too, Mirror."
Shino spoke like this.
The other party is none other than Shinkawa Kyouji's character in GGO - "Mirror".
"I am coming."
The mirror greeted Shino and then looked in Luo Zhen's direction.
In his eyes, a different color flickered.