After Zhao Wan's voice fell, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the arena. The showdown between the Guangdong and Sichuan teams was undoubtedly a classic visual feast, which greatly satisfied the audience's attention. The current waves of applause were
The sound echoed around the arena.
"well."
Seeing this scene, Zhu Wenhuan sighed. Regardless of whether there was a voice for their efforts in the applause and cheers, their Sichuan team lost.
Losing means losing the qualification to participate, and they still lost in the first round, which made Zhu Wenhuan feel a little disappointed. After all, their strength is definitely one of the best among all the divisions.
"Okay, there's nothing to sigh about. It's not a shame to lose to the Guangdong game." At this time, Li Lengxi came over and softly comforted: "We can just fight back in the next competition."
"Well, you're right."
Zhu Wenhuan nodded. He was also a person who could afford to lose. After a brief moment of depression, he hugged his opponent Jiang Cisheng at Zhao Wan's request.
"It's such a pity that we lost. The Sichuan Bureau also had bad luck." Looking at the players from Guangdong and Sichuan who both left the field, I shook my head and said, "The Spirit Bureau Competition is the same as the martial arts competition. There is still a bit of luck.
The ingredients are in it. If the Sichuan game doesn’t meet the Guangdong game in the first round, it can at least get into the top three!”
"Everyone has a balance in their mind. Even if the Sichuan team loses in the first round, I don't think everyone will be prejudiced against the Sichuan team." Xia Ziwen said slowly.
"You are all right, but the game should be over. Can we go have lunch?" At this time, Xie Zhen's voice rang out at an inappropriate time. At that time, I rolled my eyes and said:
"Nothing wrong, but I think it's up to you to treat me to lunch."
"Ye Yan, you are just looking down on me, Xie Zhen. I am a rich man now." Hearing this, Xie Zhen showed his pride and uncharacteristically patted his chest and said, "I will treat you to this meal!"
"Oh, let me go. The sun is rising in the west today. Xie Zhen takes the initiative to treat you?"
"It's rare. This is so strange. Sister Qing, please slap me and let me see if I'm dreaming."
"Snapped!"
"It doesn't look like you're dreaming."
"Tsk tsk, this situation is really rare in a hundred years,"
As soon as Xie Zhen finished speaking, everyone looked surprised and expressed disbelief. Xie Zhen was so angry that he shouted: "I was just poor before, okay, I'm not that stingy!"
While we were noisy, Li Xun's voice came from the center of the leadership table: "The wonderful first round of competition has ended. Thank you to all the players for their hard work, as well as all the leaders and guests..."
As usual, Li Xun said a lot of speeches, but this time it was much less than during the opening ceremony. He just said a few words and then got down to the topic: "Next, I will announce the divisions that have advanced to the top 32.
List, please keep quiet during this period."
After Li Xun finished speaking, the arena suddenly became quite quiet. We in the player area also pricked up our ears, and then heard Li Xun begin to announce the promotion list.
"Forest Bureau."
"Chongqing Bureau."
...
"Yang Bureau."
When he mentioned the name of our Yang Bureau, Li Xun paused and then said: "Lu Bureau."
Because the bureaus matched with us are automatically promoted regardless of winning or losing, the Lu bureau can still participate in the next round of the competition. In other words, there are still 33 bureaus present.
If our Yang Bureau does not participate in the next game, the 32 branches will be drawn normally and then compete. However, if our Yang Bureau continues to participate, one branch will have a bye.
Obviously, we are going to participate in the Yang game, so in the next round there will be two lucky ones who will definitely not be eliminated. One is a bye game, and the other is a game against us.
"White game."
"Xiang Bureau."
.....
"Su Bureau."
"Zhejiang Bureau."
"...Cantonese Bureau!"
After announcing the thirty-three divisions that were promoted, Li Xun looked at our player area and said clearly in a clear voice: "The next round of competition will start at two o'clock in the afternoon in the arena. All contestants are asked to advance half an hour in advance.
Come to the venue and draw lots.”
It stands to reason that when Li Xun said this, it basically meant that the game in the morning was over and we could prepare to leave. However, after Li Xun said these words, he fell silent directly and did not announce that we should leave.
Standing quietly in the center of the leadership table, as if waiting for something.
This made us look at each other in confusion. Naturally, we didn't dare to leave the table first if Z didn't say anything. But what is Li Xun going to do?
Just when the tens of thousands of spectators in the arena felt the same confusion as me, and started to feel a little commotion, a slightly low but extremely clear sound of a bell came from the depths of the empire.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The melodious ringing of the bell reached the ears of every audience present. After the three bells rang in succession, the entire audience froze, wondering what was going on.
"Dear colleagues, on February 3rd, 21 contestants died unfortunately in the Spirit Bureau Competition..."
When Li Xun spoke, my heart skipped a beat. At that time, I understood what Li Xun was going to do and the meaning of the three bells.
At the same time, the entire venue was silent, with only Li Xun's slightly sad and remorseful voice echoing in the arena. All the audience looked at Li Xun with complicated eyes.
"Many of them resolutely sacrificed their lives to protect their teammates. They are true heroes, and we will always remember their names."
When Li Xun said this, I had already heard some subtle sobbing sounds coming from around me, but I did not turn around to identify the owner of the sound, because at this time, my nose was sore in my heart, which was not much better.
.
"We are grieving at this moment, but the deceased have passed away, and we must continue to move forward, so we must be strong and carry on with them."
At this point, Li Xun's voice suddenly changed, and his voice became sonorous and powerful, as loud as thunder: "Everyone, stand up!"
I don't know if Li Xun's voice has magic power, but after Li Xun finished speaking, without asking why, all the spectators in the arena stood up and looked at Li Xun wordlessly.