The next morning, Liu Chuan specially set an alarm clock and woke up at 7:30. Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaomeng also woke up when she went downstairs to eat breakfast after washing her face. She was sitting at the dining table and drinking milk with her head down. This girl was obviously today. To participate in the competition, I was nervous, and unexpectedly got up so early.
Liu Chuan walked over, rubbed her head, and asked, "Are you nervous?"
Liu Xiaomeng pretended to be calm and said, "I'm not nervous at all."
Liu Chuan smiled, but did not expose her, and took breakfast from the kitchen to eat. My father was busy giving lectures outside, and my mother was not at home. There were only two brothers and sisters at home. Liu Xiaomeng made breakfast. She made her own bread in the oven, and it tasted pretty good.
Liu Chuan ate breakfast with relish, and asked Liu Xiaomeng to change clothes and prepare to leave.
Liu Xiaomeng went back to the house and put on a white down jacket, hat, scarf and mask. He was fully armed with only a pair of big bright eyes, which looked like a white bear from a distance. This girl has been afraid of cold since she was a child. Seeing her shrinking her neck, Liu Chuan couldn't help but pat her on the head: "It's not that cold today, let's go."
Liu Chuan soon drove to the community where Wu Zewen lived. Wu Zewen's house happened to be on the side of the street. Feng Dan was cooking breakfast for Wu Zewen in the kitchen at that time. Looking down from the window, he saw a familiar silver car. The private car was parked at the gate of the community. The car once sent Wu Zewen back, and she already knew it.
Sure enough, Wu Zewen's cell phone rang and ran out to answer the phone: "Hey... You came so early, I was just about to have breakfast... "
Liu Chuan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll wait for you in the car. It's still early anyway, so you eat slowly."
"Well." Wu Zewen said, "Wait for me for ten minutes."
Then he hung up the phone, went back to the kitchen and said, "Mom, my friend has come to pick me up..."
Feng Dan looked back at his son: "Is that the friend who gave you the scarf?"
Wu Zewen's heart jumped, and he quickly explained, "Well... he is my alumnus, and his sister also participated in the rhythm master competition, and dropped us by the way."
Feng Dan asked, "Aren't you going to ask him to come and sit?"
Wu Zewen said hurriedly: "He said to wait below..."
Feng Dan smiled slightly, took the fried eggs out of the pot, put them on a plate and handed them to Wu Zewen, then took out the steamed buns and milk in the microwave next to him, and said, "Hurry up and eat them, don't let anyone else. Wait too long."
Wu Zewen nodded and went to the restaurant with breakfast. Feng Dan glanced downstairs again, but unfortunately it was too far away, and she couldn't see who was in the car at all.
Because Liu Chuan was waiting downstairs, Wu Zewen quickly finished the breakfast, put on his coat and hurried downstairs, Feng Dan reminded: "Don't forget his scarf."
Wu Zewen went back to the room to get the scarf. Feng Dan couldn't help laughing when he saw his son was in a hurry and said, "Why are you nervous? Just play the game normally, it doesn't matter if you win the prize or not, don't take it too seriously."
Wu Zewen nodded and looked away with a guilty conscience: "Then I'll go first, Mom."
Feng Dan said, "Go."
Wu Zewen hurriedly turned around and went out.
In fact, he was not nervous at all because he was going to participate in the competition, he was just afraid of what his mother would see. He liked Liu Chuan. This was the secret hidden in his heart. Before the time was right, even the dearest mother, Wu Zewen didn't plan to let her know either.
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Seeing Wu Zewen walking out of the community, Liu Chuan took the initiative to help him open the car door on the passenger side. Wu Zewen got in the car and handed Liu Chuan the scarf in his hand: "Thank you for returning the scarf to you."
"You're welcome." Liu Chuan took the scarf and put it aside.
Liu Xiaomeng in the back seat leaned over and said, "Zewen, how are you preparing?" She played several battles with Wu Zewen in the past few days, and every time she lost, she burst into tears. Liu Xiaomeng already knew Wu Zewen's terrifying hand speed. .
Wu Zewen said: "It's okay."
Liu Xiaomeng gave an "oh" and said, "You are too strong, I still can't connect the last song..."
Seeing the depressed look on his sister's face, Liu Chuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Liu Xiaomeng, look at your achievements, it's not just a competition."
Liu Xiaomeng lowered her head in frustration: "If other players were as good as Wu Zewen, I would definitely not be able to pass the preliminaries."
Wu Zewen turned around and comforted softly, "No, you are also very good."
Liu Xiaomeng is very clear about her level. Today's preliminaries are probably not going to be good, but it would be good to go and see the big game scene. Thinking of this, Liu Xiaomeng's face is also brighter, and she waved her hand with a smile and said, "You don't need to comfort me. , I'm just here to join in the fun, Zewen, come on, you might be able to win the championship at your level."
Liu Chuan smiled and said, "What is it? We Zewen will definitely win the championship."
When Liu Chuan was in the hotel before, he saw that Wu Zewen often scored full marks, and he was full of confidence in Wu Zewen. Wu Zewen didn't think he would win the championship. After all, this grand prix brought together experts from all over the country. All he could do was to try his best to show his level. It was the best to win the prize. It didn't matter if he couldn't. The first time I participated in such a large-scale e-sports event alone, I thought it was an eye-opener.
The three came to the competition site together, and there were many people queuing outside the door to enter the arena. Liu Chuan took the two to the working group to sign in, and then Wu Zewen and Liu Xiaomeng were taken by the staff to the players of the rhythm master project. In the preparation area, Liu Chuan came to the auditorium alone.
Unexpectedly, in the aisle, he almost collided with two people - Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun.
The two were chatting in a low voice. After seeing him, Su Shilun's eyes widened in surprise, and then he raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Am I right? Isn't this the God of Chuan who disappeared for a long time? "
Xiao Sijing next to him had deep eyes, glanced at Liu Chuan lightly, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"
Liu Chuan said with a smile: "Of course I came to see you, to cheer you on."
Xiao Sijing said, "Speak human words."
"..." Lao Xiao really didn't understand humor, so Liu Chuan had to explain with a smile: "I accompanied my friends to the rhythm masters competition, and it was a coincidence to meet you. The martial arts side also started today, right? It's Group A. group stage?"
Xiao Sijing nodded: "That's right."
Liu Chuan said, "Then go ahead and do your work. I'll go see the rhythm master over there and get in touch."
After saying that, they waved their hands slyly and turned to leave. Xiao Su and the two watched his back disappear into the aisle, and couldn't help but look at each other.
Su Shilun touched his chin and asked, "He really came to see the rhythm master? He also plays this kind of music game... Do you believe it?"
Xiao Sijing said calmly, "It's not surprising that Liu Chuan never plays his cards according to common sense."
Su Shilun looked at Liu Chuan's back thoughtfully, Xiao Sijing gently wrapped his shoulders and said, "Ignore what Liu Chuan is doing, let's go, let's go back and arrange the next game, the first game today is Let the players prepare early."
Su Shilun nodded and followed Xiao Sijing to the martial arts arena.
Because many events are carried out at the same time, TGA is divided into several venues. Only heavyweight games such as semi-finals and finals will be broadcast live on the largest main stage. There is a smaller branch next to it.
In addition to the single-player event "Rhythm Master" today, the group stage of group events also kicked off. Liu Chuan was not surprised to meet acquaintances at the scene, although he wanted to chat with Lao Xiao and Lun Shen. , but he knew that the seven-star grass was about to compete soon, and the two captains and vice-captains didn't have time to chat with him.
Liu Chuan walked to the auditorium of the rhythm master and found a seat according to the ticket number. Fortunately, the seat was in the front row, so he could clearly see the players on the stage. Several players had already received their number cards. Today In the live preliminaries, the top 4 will be selected directly from the 16 players according to the ranking of the total scores, and then the final duel will be held in the afternoon. Liu Xiaomeng is No. 7 and Wu Zewen is No. 16, and they will appear in order.
There were not many spectators who came to watch the preliminaries. Most of the contestants’ relatives and friends came to cheer. The songs to be played in the preliminaries have already been announced on the official website. Sixteen contestants appeared in sequence, four keys, five keys, six In key mode, play one of the most difficult tracks separately, and add them together to calculate the total score.
In the early morning competition, many people were a little nervous, and a few players seriously missed keys, including Liu Xiaomeng. In the first four-key mode music, she missed a key in the middle of playing, and her score was nearly 10,000 worse than the others. Wu Zewen played normally, but he was obviously a little proficient in the first song. He didn't get a full score and ranked fifth in the standings.
The national competition is indeed a cloud of masters. Except for a few who played abnormally under tension, almost all the others were all combos that did not miss a single key!
Next is the second song, "Beethoven Virus" in 5-key mode, which is harder and faster than the previous one.
The more difficult the song is, the easier it is to widen the gap between the players. In the five-key mode, the number of players who missed a key gradually increased. Liu Xiaomeng's total score has dropped to outside the tenth place. Obviously, there is no hope. In the afternoon's semi-final matchup, this girl can see it, and the expression on her face is very relaxed. She just missed two keys in a row when she was nervous, and she was secretly sticking out her tongue there.
However, in addition to Wu Zewen, Liu Chuan also noticed several players - No. 3, 6, 8, 11, and 14. These people have been very stable from the beginning, and they are obviously quite powerful. The first two songs are also The score of SS was judged, and Wu Zewen, who was No. 16, was all the combos of ALL COMBO. In the standings, the difference between the total scores of several people is not big, within ten thousand or twenty thousand, in fact, it is one or two. a keystroke thing.
- Just look at the last song to decide the fate.
Even if he had confidence in Wu Zewen, Liu Chuan couldn't help but get nervous. If he accidentally pressed a wrong key, the gap would suddenly widen. Therefore, this kind of large-scale competition is also a great test for the psychological quality of the players. No matter how good they are in normal times, there are quite a few players who do not perform well on the spot.
On the big screen, the third song finally came out - the long-awaited six-button hard mode "Yang Guifei"!
This music is a song specially written by the official well-known composer for this Grand Prix. It combines a strong sense of rhythm and ancient rhythm. There is a large series of double-chaotic keys in the middle. If you change it to a player with average hand speed, you must kneel. Liu When Chuan was playing with Wu Zewen in the hotel at that time, because he was not familiar with it, he also dropped several times in the middle... He later practiced this song specially, but it was quite difficult to hit all the combos.
The referee stepped onto the stage and announced the start of the third song competition.
Starting from player No. 1, the two played the designated songs in groups. This song really made the players' level stand out. Those who missed the key seriously scored 70,000 or 80,000 points. The real duel is actually still among the masters.
Liu Chuan, who was not optimistic about player No. 11 before, really missed two key positions in the middle, so he couldn't make a full combo. What surprised him was that the female player No. 8 simply connected all a song, Still got the SS score.
Even the commentator couldn't help but praise: "Female players in e-sports competitions are quite rare. Today's two female players have performed well, especially the No. 8 player, who has played quite steadily. It seems that she is not at all. Don't be nervous."
The male commentator echoed: "This player's winning record is blank, but looking at her on-the-spot performance, she is obviously a master who has played for a long time."
In order to cooperate with the explanations of the two commentators, the director specially adjusted the ranking list to the big screen. The player No. 8 is currently ranked first. Liu Chuan looked up, and a line of information on the ranking suddenly jumped into his eyes. —
No. 8 contestant, Lin Tong, female, 21 years old, all three songs were judged to be SS, with a total score of 3.8 million, currently ranking first.
Liu Chuan couldn't help but look at the player's position - she was a girl who looked very temperamental. Her facial features were not particularly beautiful, but they felt very comfortable together. She had long hair and black hair at the back of her head. A simple ponytail was tied in a circle, and she was wearing a camel-colored sweater, with light blue slim-fit jeans underneath. The jeans were tucked into black short boots, and her legs were straight and slender.
The girl is tall and should be more than 168cm by visual inspection. The first impression is very clean.
The reason why Liu Chuan looked at her one more time was because the girl with the number 8 had already played three songs and ranked first in the total score. Obviously, she could enter the finals in the afternoon. Then, if Wu Zewen also entered the final. This person may become Wu Zewen's strongest opponent.
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