November eleventh at two o'clock in the morning.
The fourth round of the fierce battle in the four worlds is over, and the top sixteen of the peak battle s2 are freshly released.
After the live broadcast, the videos of each game also quickly appeared on the major non-neural connection system broadcast platforms.
Many viewers who had already watched the live broadcast jumped out of Neural Connect mode and immediately went to watch other games they missed. Of course... There are also people who go to watch the games they have watched again in order to gain a sense of presence, and keep spoiling them in the barrage...
On the other hand, the game forums were also full of excitement. Players were excitedly discussing the victories and losses of the games that had just ended.
First of all, the Hellfront team, which ended the game in just ten minutes... once again refreshed their positioning in people's hearts.
In the rematch stage, they always gave people a feeling of "not doing their best", and so far in the fourth round, they have not died in the game.
If the opponents they encounter are not good, then it's two things. But looking at these four rounds... whether it is the first and second teams of the corpse knife, or the second team of the gods, including the double tour team led by individual professional players... they are all undisputed powerhouses.
This makes Hellfront's record of "zero death in battle" extremely sharp... If calculated according to the rules of the preliminaries, by this round, they should rank first among the sixteen teams.
Then, let's look at the Ice Emperor vs. Order.
Now we can directly call Order 1 team "Order", because the other teams in their studio have bid farewell to the game.
Consistent with everyone's expectations, Order seems to have advanced smoothly. But... this is only in terms of results.
Judging from the process, their promotion is not easy.
In fact, in the middle of the game, some people even thought that Order would lose this contest...
No one knew how the Ice Empress managed to find big men like King Dian and Samadil to help, and no one expected that they could arrange a clever trick to form a three-on-one situation with Order.
in previous games. Order has never been beaten with a gap of more than two people, let alone a situation where there is only one player left.
Even if they met the Corpse Knife team in full condition (drug bonus) in the preliminaries, they only lost two people. And... that still happened on the premise that Gui Xiao went to solo the boss. When Gui Xiao returned to the battlefield, they also lost two people, one was hit by a suicide attack, the other was killed by two hits and one; and the corpse knife also lost two people.
Furthermore, that was only the first match of the preliminaries, that is to say, the powerful analysis team of Order at that time basically could not provide any detailed intelligence support. If this game happened in the tenth round... no, after five rounds... then the first team of the Corpse Knife might also end up with zero seals.
However. But the Ice Empress once pushed Order to the brink of defeat... If you want to say why Order can win in the end, there are only four words - Swallowing Ghost Xiao.
On the premise of not using summoned creatures, he successively repelled two unique figures second only to the Four Pillar Gods, and in the encounter shortly afterwards, he killed the difficult-to-name trio who were almost in full state.
It can be said... This game is of great significance. It not only allows people to see the dawn of the team that defeated Order, but also pushes the id [Swallowing Ghost Xiao] to the altar again.
After s1 ended, there was a period of time. Many people have questioned the strength of Swallowing Ghost Xiao. Because he was always restrained by Root in the game, and he didn't perform against the sky until the end. It can even be said that he was beaten a bit badly...
But after this battle, Gui Xiao once again planted terror in people's hearts. The shock brought by fighting in person is very different from the visual and psychological impact brought by commanding summoned creatures to fight.
For now... except for a certain sinister home. No one thinks that their team can win against Gui Xiao... including the first team of Gods.
Their mentality is really the same as Ruoyu complained: "Pray that you don't meet him before the final..."
Next, let's talk about the third game, Xingchen vs. Warring States.
This should be regarded as the least suspenseful of the four focus battles.
Although most players have a certain prejudice and psychological aversion to "foreign studios", and they don't know much about the intelligence of the Warring States Period. But the prediction before the game is still more inclined to win the war.
Although Xingchen's strength is not bad, and there is an s1 champion sitting in it, but the other players besides Xiao Ma are all rookies. obviously. The studio wants these future stars to show their faces through the competition, so that they can "sell" for a good price in the future.
This kind of team... has good combat power on the surface, but there are two fundamental problems: one, lack of tacit understanding and cohesion;
At the end of the day... this is a question of philosophy.
No matter what the players and coaches think, anyway, the management of Xingchen doesn't have that strong desire for the championship, they just need to get a "good" ranking and that's enough.
And how does this ranking count as "possible"? Basically, as long as the two points of "not missing those competitions that require a certain ranking to be eligible to participate" and "guaranteed exposure" are met.
Therefore, Xingchen will put an S1 champion and three rookies in the first team lineup. The title of the first team and the halo of the championship guarantee their degree of attention, and the game itself allows them to accumulate experience and increase exposure. Can't win the championship... It doesn't matter, as long as the value of these players can increase through the competition.
On the other hand, the Warring States side is obviously ambitious and bound to win.
In short, the two teams... both the concept of the studio and the competition for the championship are too far apart. Under the premise of similar strength, Xingchen has a greater chance of losing, not to mention that the Warring States is stronger than them... and the strength Unfathomable.
ps: Seeing this, if you faintly feel that I am hacking a certain Premier League team, or you are a fan of that team, please tell yourself that this is just an illusion...an illusion...an illusion...an illusion...
Then finally, let's look at the fourth game, the first team of Red Sakura vs the second team of Order.
If the mvp of Hell Frontline was Blood Corpse God, then the mpv of Red Sakura must be Xu Huaishang.
This game was quite suspenseful, and the overall level of the second order team was quite good. If you want to say the difference, it's that their trump card [Bar Code] is a little worse than the enemy's trump card [Xu Huaishang].
As a "queen" among female professional players, Xu Huaishang's ability is at least at the same level as Zuishengmengde, while the level of barcode is obviously half a grade lower.
What's more, Yin Tianqiu, he... uh... I mean, Barcode, he was unfortunately replaced by two non-ace players of the opponent before the game entered the final stage.
In the final battle, Xu Huaishhang played the role that the trump card should have. When she killed Brave Invincible with one move [Sakura Moon Break], Brave Invincible understood... This is an explanation.
It didn't take long for Brother No Fear, whose stamina was drained by his skills, to become a lamb to be slaughtered; and once he died, the second team of Order was left with a medical-specialized Ye Zhi and a snowman who was anxious about IQ. This combination is not good against [Blood Rose] alone, plus Xu Huaishang... The result is self-evident.
In summary. In the fourth round of the semi-finals, some people were eliminated due to hatred, and some became gods overnight.
Before the video of the game on the online platform was finished, all the forum masters, keyboard warriors, and professional sailors had already mobilized collectively, and couldn't wait to start predicting and analyzing, pointing out the country, and creating public opinion...
And outside the network, in reality.
There is one person who is already planning something else...
...
At three o'clock in the morning, in the suburbs of city S, at a certain intersection.
This place is located in a remote place, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a wilderness; although there are a few street lights by the roadside. But there is definitely no such thing as a camera.
At this time, there was a thin figure in a black hooded sweater and sweatpants standing in the middle of the road, muttering something.
on the ground in front of him. There is a magic circle drawn in chalk with a diameter of about two meters. A small metal basin was placed in the middle of the magic circle, which was filled with a red, suspected blood-like liquid, as well as many messy and unknown materials. And at several symmetrical points in the magic circle, there were several lit red candles.
"in_namen_satans, dem_herrscher_der_erde, dem_konig_der_elt; befehle_ich_den_kraften_der_finsternis..."
The man babbled for a while at a rather fast pace. A moment later, at a point in time when the moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, suddenly...
call-
A strange wind blew out the candle.
Immediately afterwards. All the street lights around him started to flicker at the same time, as if there was a bad electrical connection.
For a few brief moments, this complete intersection was plunged into complete darkness.
After a few seconds, the moonlight gradually came out again, and the surrounding street lights also returned to a stable and bright state.
And at the crossroads, there was already an extra figure...
"Hehehe... You can always surprise people, Feng Bujue."
Hearing the "hehehe" laughter, everyone must have already known who was summoned by the magic circle. And judging from his first line after his debut, the person wearing a black hooded sweater and playing tricks here in the middle of the night...is Brother Jue.
"Being summoned by me... Are you surprised?" Feng Bujue also said with a smile on his face.
"Hey hey..." Woody's signature obscene laughter really couldn't be changed, "It's not an accident, it's a surprise."
"Okay, whatever..." Feng Bujue didn't want to continue playing this word game with the other party, so he responded casually, and continued, "I don't know how long you can stay here, so I'll just get to the point..." He paused Dayton, "Let's... let's have a gamble."
"Huh?" Woody was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then showed an almost perverted smile, "Hehe...hehehehe..."
He laughed maniacally, then pushed the white glasses on the bridge of his nose with his middle finger, and continued: "Hey... Feng Bujue, before I answer 'bet' or 'no bet', let me ask... "His tone changed slightly, "Do you really think that there is a possibility of 'equal betting' between you and me?"
"It doesn't exist." Feng Bujue's response was also very straightforward, "As far as the four elements of gambling are concerned, you have the upper hand in all of them."
"Oh? There is such a theory as the 'Four Elements of Gambling'?" Woody replied, "Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Because that's what I summed up myself." Feng Bujue replied.
"Really? Hehehe... Then I'd be very interested to hear about it." Woody continued.
Feng Bujue shrugged his shoulders and said directly: "First, the 'technique' of completing and seeing through a thousand tricks; second, the 'psychology' of being absolutely calm and exhaustive; third, the 'luck' brought about by courage and belief." '; Fourth, the 'force' sufficient to protect oneself or collect chips after the bet breaks the limit."
"Hey hey... That sums it up pretty well." Woody laughed, "Most of the gambling is really based on getting out of the way. If you don't even know this and don't have the ability to see through it, even if you lose everything, you don't deserve sympathy." ; and in the gambling where you can't win a thousand, you mainly rely on wit, demeanor, language, action... the skills of performance and observation determine the outcome; and then... gambling that doesn't even use wit, such as slot machines, It all depends on luck. This is what a gambler needs most—God’s favor.” He paused for half a second, “Besides these decisive factors, ‘force’ is the last insurance. The profits won cannot be Taking it away alive is not a winner."
After receiving this passage, Woody put his hands in his pockets, shook his shoulders and laughed a few times: "Hey...you understand these principles...but do you still want to bet with me?" He seemed to think that this question was still not sharp enough. Seconds later, he added, "I have to make it clear... I'm a devil, and I'm not the type of 'I don't bother to cheat' or 'I don't want to lose face'."
"Of course I understand all of this." Feng Bujue continued to smile back, "So what?"
This sentence made the smile on Woody's face disappear.
"Hmph..." After a few seconds of silence, Woody snorted coldly and continued, "Feng Bujue, you really make me love and hate you..."
"No need for love, I have a girlfriend." Brother Jue immediately complained, "You still hate me... Compared with 'love', 'hate' is an emotion that is easy to bear. As far as I know... There are many people who hate me, but I still live well." He tilted his head and smiled jokingly, "But if there are too many people who love me, I will be very tired."
"Hehehe... I'm just making a metaphor, I don't have any 'emotion'." Woody continued, "In short... just bet..." He spread his hands, "What do you want to bet?"
"I use the champion of the second stage of the 'candidate game'..." When Brother Jue said those five words, Woody's expression changed quite obviously, "...to bet on Li Ruoyu's love."(... )
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