Sylvide held the crystal in her hand, felt it, and nodded. Although she was not an alchemist, she was born in such an environment and was familiar with it, so she was no stranger to the magic furnace.
"Old Coppernose," Ander Uriel said, "Our little princess is almost ready. Where are you?"
"It's coming," Suonan was a little dissatisfied and replied gruffly: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm not in a hurry." Andre Uriel chuckled.
The dwarf heard what he meant and snorted heavily.
The two of them started to argue with each other again and again.
Vikki was following her companion through the hall. The two of them came under the table in the center of the hall. The boy was about to climb up, but Vikki grabbed him from behind. "Wait a minute." She shouted. The boy was stunned for a moment.
, turned back to look at her.
"Li Yuhao, you can't lose." Vikki stared at him and said seriously.
The young man was startled, then stretched out his hand to adjust his glasses: "But the coach said..."
"The coach is a coach, the game is a game, you have to have your own ideas."
The former thought for a moment and then nodded seriously: "You are right, Vicki, I listen to you."
Vikki smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
The young man blushed, turned around, walked through the railing, and came to the stage. Suonan Gangmei just glanced at this ordinary young man and complained with the characteristic impatience of a dwarf: "It's so slow to get here."
"sorry."
"If you have time to talk about this, why not prepare it first." The dwarf handed a crystal to the other party: "Take this crystal and say when you are ready."
Li Yuhao took the crystal, held it in his hand, took a breath, and then nodded to Suonan: "Mr. Suonan, I'm ready."
"So fast?" The dwarf glanced at him in surprise.
On the other side of the crystal, Sylvide and Ander-Uriel also received the news prepared here. After both parties confirmed it, the game officially started.
The single-player race in the Star Ball is very different from the team competition. The single-player race does not need to fill the entire ball. Generally, one chooses one of the five starting points below the Star Ball and reaches the top first.
The one who reaches the end wins.
The rules of the competition are simple and clear, and not complicated. After all, there are not many freaks like Fang Plover, and most people cannot achieve the goal of five-way advancement.
It's just that there is only one end point, so the opponents will inevitably interfere with each other during the competition, and the rules even allow the destruction of the structural points where the other party is preparing to build a bridge. In this way, although the requirements for the craftsman foundation during the confrontation process are much lower, but more
Yes, it is a pure competition of computing power.
Sylvide's starting point was at point a5, which was a relatively good starting point. However, as soon as she got started, Ander-Uriel and Fang Plover noticed that her speed was not faster than that of her opponent.
Sylvide was holding the crystal, and she was obviously a little unfamiliar at first. After connecting to the fifth structural point, her movements gradually became smoother, and her fine calculation power began to come into play. But at the same moment, Fang Yu looked at the other side.
, the opponent has passed the ninth structural point and reached one-fifth of the total schedule.
in the hall
Li Yuhao was equally nervous, and his hands holding the crystal were sweating.
As a substitute in the team, he didn't have many opportunities to play. It was only because the other main player hadn't arrived yet today and the coach didn't plan to let Vikki play first that I was reminded of the existence of such an almost transparent person.
The coach asked him to find a way to lose to the aborigine, but Vicki's words gave him a wake-up call.
Although he is a substitute, he is also a selector and is here to participate in the game.
The young man calmed down. Although he thought he was not as talented as some of the main players in the team, when he was learning skills at the Tarun Craftsmen Association, the taciturn old craftsman also thought highly of him. The old craftsman didn't like to talk.
Whenever he encountered any setbacks, he would just pat him on the shoulder.
From the rigorous selection of trainees to today, although there were many bumps along the way, I finally got to this place.
He remembered that during the training camp, his instructor had said more than once that his biggest problem was nervousness. When he came on the court, he could only perform at least 23/10 of his strength. For professional recruiters, if they could not overcome it,
This will be a fatal flaw.
However, Li Yuhao knew in his heart that at least until today, he has never overcome this point.
But he is obviously in good condition today.
His connection speed was so fast that even Vikki who was watching below was a little surprised. The old dwarf was even more stunned. He couldn't help but take another look at the ball of stars, then looked at the young man again and nodded.
But when he connected to the seventeenth node, his opponent was reaching the eleventh node.
Watching this scene, Ander Uriel couldn't help but cursed secretly. He thought to himself that this damn old copper-nosed man was really shameless. He knew that it was the little girl from the Albert family, but he still found such a powerful opponent.
In his opinion, the opponent's level is that of the best young people in the Southern Alliance, nothing more than that.
Does this old guy really want to win so much?
He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
But it was at this time that Fang Pliong frowned slightly.
He saw that Sylvester chose a very unusual route after the eleventh node. She connected horizontally to the twelfth node. Generally speaking, in a racing competition, the best connection is
The points are vertically upward, followed by various diagonal upward paths. These nodes are also key nodes for opponents to compete for in the game.
But now her opponent is far ahead of her, and after using up the best nodes, the competition is actually quite unfavorable for Ms. Ship Officer. However, no matter how unfavorable it is, there seems to be no need for horizontal connections.
Apart from wasting a node's time, horizontal connections don't seem to have any meaning.
And at the thirteenth and fourteenth nodes, Sylvide also did not choose the optimal solution. If the choice of the twelfth node was to avoid the opponent's route, Fang Plover could still understand it.
if.
So he really couldn't understand the last two choices.
Fang Plover couldn't help but scratch his head. He didn't know if Sylvide had made a mistake or if he didn't understand it. However, it was very rare for him to be unable to understand the things of an alchemist at this level.
Not only him, Li Yuhao was also confused.
To be honest, he saw that his opponent was a little rusty at first, but he was still a bit rusty, and his level was actually very high. After the initial bump in the road, he quickly caught up with him, but from the twelfth
At the beginning of the node, the other party seemed to be lost again, repeatedly circling the lower level.
But when he was halfway through the schedule, his opponent was still at one-third of the way.
But he only took a few more glances when Sonan Steelbrow on the side reminded him: "Don't be distracted, little guy." But the dwarf turned back to look at Sylvide's light spot and couldn't help but raise his head.
eyebrows, looking at this scene, a faint light flashed in his eyes.
The game is proceeding in an orderly manner, and it seems that the result has been very clear from the mid-term. One side is far ahead, but under such circumstances, it is generally impossible for the other side to have a chance to make a comeback.
However, it was Luo Yu who really discovered the anomaly and was the first to warn him:
"Miss Sylvide seems to have caught up..."
At the fifty-fifth node, the gap between the two people narrowed for the first time.
This does not mean that Sylvide's speed of connecting nodes has become faster. In fact, Li Yuhao has connected to the 63rd node, and the number of leading nodes has expanded from the previous six to eight.
It's a pity that this game is not about who can win by connecting more nodes, but about who reaches the finish line first.
Although the other party has more connected nodes, the overall progress advantage has become smaller.
"what happened?"
Li Yuhao himself was also shocked.
On the same plane, the straight line between two points is the shortest. This is an obvious reason.
Although in most craftsman events, single-player racing is not the main event, just like the team games in the early years, solo will always be just a performance event. But after so many years, people have already reached a consensus that in the center of the Star Ball
The shortest straight line is the road that military strategists must fight for
And he has obviously gone a long way on this road, and it is impossible for his opponent to catch up no matter what.
If it were anyone else, he would definitely calm down at this moment, not caring about anything else, and just focus on further expanding his advantage. After all, although the opponent is catching up, his lead is not small, but at this time, Li Yuhao found that he
The old problem has cropped up again.
When he found that his advantage began to shrink, he subconsciously couldn't help but nervously check to see what was wrong.
As soon as Suonan Gangmei saw his expression, he knew what the young man was thinking and couldn't help but shake his head. Whether it is a contestant or a professional craftsman, distraction is a taboo.
Craftsmanship is actually a very autistic profession, and big things must wait until the work at hand is completed with full concentration.
It’s not that we can’t draw lessons from our experiences, but that’s an afterthought.
Sure enough, when Li Yuhao was distracted for a moment, he slowed down his hand even more, and watched helplessly as Sylvester caught up again. By then, he was really anxious, and the voice of Vikki in the audience seemed to be calling his name, but
Mixed in the noise in the hall, it felt like being far away in the horizon.
He was very familiar with that tone of voice, which sounded like he hated iron for not being able to become steel.
But the young man took a deep breath. At that moment, he suddenly remembered his last trainee assessment, and for some reason, his heart suddenly became quieter.
Although he has various shortcomings, he has finally reached this stage, and those who can reach this stage are all very outstanding young alchemists, and he is naturally the same.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally saw what Sylvester was doing.
On the other side of the crystal, Fang Plover saw this one step ahead of him.
The straight line between two points is the shortest.
But the shortest straight line does not necessarily mean the shortest process.
The ball of stars is a sphere, and the distribution of structural points inside it is not uniform. The closer it is to the center, the greater its density. The speed of connection between two points does not depend on the distance between them.
In other words, there is actually a trick in single-player racing, which is to choose a path with as long a distance between points as possible. Although it may seem like a detour, it is actually much faster.
.
But among the thousands of structural points in the sphere of stars, which chosen one would have the leisure to find such a path?
After all, there is no such title as King of Solo in the Craftsman League.
Just in the thousands of years of history of the alchemists of Etalia.
But there has been such a person
Sonan Gangmei scratched his beard and sighed in annoyance. He could almost see Ander Uriel's proud face. He thought that the little princess of the Xilin Spica family was just acting on a whim.
Who would have known that the other party was serious about it and even learned this skill.
What annoyed him the most was that he didn't even know how to do this.
This path is called the ‘Path of Roses’.
It was discovered by a bored alchemist during a bet with the goblins. In order to make this bet, the alchemist spent ten years. In the eyes of the old dwarf, this can almost be said to be Aita.
The most boring bet Liya has ever made, and the other party is really a boring person in the extreme.
Because the bet is just an ordinary magic pocket watch.
But this alchemist is famous in the history of Aitaria. Because the other person has a pseudonym called Luo Zhen.
He is also the founder of Rose Workshop.
This path is not complicated.
But remembering the exact locations of one hundred and forty-four structural points requires an amazing amount of memory. Not every alchemist in the Xilin-Spika family can remember this path.
The previous one was named Arecio Silin Spica, who was the father of the current head of the Red Rose Family and the grandfather of the little princess. The next one was not actually a member of the Spica family, or even a member of the Spica family.
Alchemist.
This made Sonam Steelbrow sigh. It also seemed to symbolize the decline of the Southern Alchemist Alliance. This was once the birthplace of the Rose Workshop and the Kingfisher Workshop, but today there are almost no genius alchemists from there.
Get out here.
He himself is a dwarf, and Ander-Uriel is actually an alchemist from the north. Prince Coleman wants to restore the glory of the Southern Alchemist Alliance, but how easy is it?
Amidst a sigh of surprise, Sylvester took another step closer.
Eighty-nine nodes, ninety-seven nodes.
In the hall, people seemed to have noticed that there was a competition going on here, and more and more people gathered around. After all, most of the people here were participants in the Continental League, and they couldn't be more interested in the competition between craftsmen.
And they also want to take the opportunity to find out what level their opponents are.
Li Yuhao had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
He had already calculated that if he had ignored it before and only focused on further expanding his advantage, the opponent might not actually be able to catch up with him. After all, his advantage was too great at the beginning.
But because of my own mistakes, it’s hard to say now.
He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Li Yuhao knows his own affairs very well. At the last moment, he will almost certainly make a mistake due to nervousness. Therefore, if he just maintains his current advantage, it is probably a high probability that he will lose in the end.
The young man took a deep breath, and couldn't help but feel more and more panicked. Vikki also stopped and looked at the final situation nervously. He couldn't help but raise his head and look at the other person, and an inexplicable thought flashed through his mind.
She must be disappointed, right?
When he thought about it, his hands became even more slippery.
As for this mistake, the crowd couldn't help but let out a low cry, which meant that Sylvain's light had steadily caught up with her. When people saw this scene, they couldn't help but be curious. The contestants who could reach this point are all among the elite.
How could an elite in the Chinese Communist Party make such a low-level mistake?
"Is he from the Guta Artisans Association?"
"Didn't you say that Bangzi is very good this year?"
"That's just what I think."
And these words entered the young man's ears one after another, making him unable to concentrate even more. He looked angry and anxious below, and finally couldn't help shouting to the people around him:
"What are you arguing about? Can you please be quiet!?"
If it had been anyone else, they would probably have started a fight over this sentence. But Vikki obviously had the natural advantage of being a beautiful girl. The person who spoke muttered a few words in private after hearing this, but it was not like he would actually do it in public in the hall.
Then he got into an argument with her.
Vikki frowned and then turned around.
In the ball of stars, there is only a thin line between the two groups of light.
On the court, Li Yuhao happened to see the scene where Vikki was fighting for him. Somehow, this scene immediately reminded him of the game at the Elpaxin Craftsmen Association.
It was exactly the same then as now, they were just a little bit close to winning, but in the end it was the boy whose name he still didn't know who knocked the whole team to the ground with one person.
Sometimes he would recall that scene in his dreams. After that game, Vikki secretly cried several times.
He suddenly stopped, and a flash of lightning flashed in his mind.
In full view of everyone, the young man stretched out his hand and subconsciously made an imitating action.
At that moment, there was a sudden silence in the hall
In the basement, Luo Yu let out a light sigh.
Even Fang Plover couldn't help being startled for a moment. Because he saw the light spot of Sylvide's opponent paused for a moment, then suddenly split into two, drawing two completely different lines in the ball of stars.
dividing line.
One of the bright lights continued to climb upward, while the other extended towards Sylvide's path.
Multiple parallelism.
Although this technique is still in its infancy.
However, Fang Yu could clearly see that the opponent's skills had a strong style of his own. In the training software Shana gave him, everyone's technical style was very different.
And the multiple parallel techniques he finally formed actually have a very deep personal style. This technique seems to be natural, and everyone has their own understanding.
But the skills the boy displayed at this moment were clearly so similar to the scene he showed in El Paxin, just like the first time he used multiple parallel skills.
imitator.
Many words suddenly appeared in Fang Yu's mind.
‘Playground’, ‘Contestants’, ‘Old Copper Nose’, ‘Southern Alchemist Alliance’, he suddenly realized that that was not where the headquarters of the Southern Alchemist Alliance was located, Van Rick.
That's where the last game of the Continental League was held.
He immediately realized who Sylvide's opponent was and what a coincidence it was.
…
The short low voices in the hall suddenly died down.
People were watching the young man on the stage in silence. But Li Yuhao said nothing, only staring blankly at the final result on the ball of stars.
Suonan Gangmei just patted the young man on the shoulder: "Not bad, just a little bit off."
On the sphere of stars, representing the highest flash, shines the light of Sylvide's winding connecting line, starting from the initial point a5 and connecting to the final point. And his light is only
Staying at the last moment is just one step away.
He took a deep breath, couldn't help but clenched his fists, and tried countless times in private. This was the most perfect way for him to demonstrate that person's skills, but in the end he still fell short.
Failed.
Vikki was separating from the crowd and ran towards him. Li Yuhao adjusted his glasses and lowered his head subconsciously, thinking that he was going to be scolded again, but unexpectedly the girl grabbed his hand: "Yuhao, you, how did you do that?
of?"
"What?"
"That skill."
The coach had already come out from behind, separated the two of them, and said: "Li Yuhao."
"Coach, I..."
"Let's not talk about this for now," the middle-aged man shook his head: "Next, you can train hard. If Eeus can't come, you can take his place."
The boy's eyes widened: "Wait, but..."
"It's nothing," the coach replied: "The premise is that you have to practice that skill well. In the next few weeks, you can practice in a closed environment, and let vikki help you handle the outside matters."
The girl nodded seriously.
…
In the basement, Sylvide let out a long breath and put down the resonance crystal in her hand, wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. She smiled and looked at Fang Plover, and rarely and playfully stuck out her tongue: "It's so suspenseful.
, your little apprentice is really amazing."
"Little apprentice?"
Fang Yu wondered where he had picked up this apprentice? He himself was still a newcomer.
But it was clear that Sylvide also figured out who her opponent was. After all, she happened to be at the scene during El Paxin and witnessed the game. She also fought against the selector of Guta.
Face to face.
Over there, Andre Uriel was laughing, obviously arrogant: "Old Copper Nose, you actually want to cause trouble for the little girl from the Albert family, you forgot who she is.
Is it? When his grandfather was studying the sphere of stars, you were probably still nursing."
"Fart, I am a dwarf, I will only be older than you humans," Suonan Gangmei almost died of anger: "What are you proud of, old blacksmith, he is not your student? What are you trying to do? Xilin Sibi
The little girl from the Ka family is so majestic, but you are not from the Xilin-Spica family!"
He shouted loudly: "Where is your incompetent student? Let him compete with the young people here. Maybe it will not be as good as the one just now. Have you seen the skills of that young man?"
"Multiple parallels," Andre Uriel touched his beard, obviously he knew the goods: "You didn't bring that little guy Elpaxin here, did you?"
Suonan Steel's brow darkened. Although he was at odds with the old blacksmith, and the Southern Alchemist Alliance was now at odds with the Northern Alliance, he was still an alchemist from Corin-Ithurion.
Although the young man before was good, he was from Guta after all.
He couldn't help but sigh. The news from Elpaxin was just a bit exciting. He didn't expect that so soon among the people of Guta, there would be a talented alchemist who could use multiple parallel skills.
He didn't want to bring up the topic anymore and changed his words: "Stop talking nonsense, old blacksmith, where are your people?"
Andre Uriel then turned back to look at Fang Plover. Sylvide gave him an unexpected surprise, but because of the previous question and answer, the young man in front of him always made him a little uneasy.
He thought that if the other party did something wrong, he would have to answer for it with his old face.
But an explanation is an explanation, and it was too late to change his mind at this time. He could only reply in a low voice: "What's the rush? He's right here, and he won't run away."
The old dwarf had known him well for many years, so he naturally heard the guilt in his words. He laughed and returned the original words: "I'm not in a hurry this time." Ander Uriel's face darkened, and he turned around and looked at Hill.
Wade handed the crystal in his hand to Fang Plover.
Fang Plover took the crystal and was slightly startled.
He clearly felt that there seemed to be many more people in the 'Magic Network' than before, and they seemed to be silently watching the game.
"Behave well." Sylvide bit his ear.
Fang Yu blushed and couldn't help but look at the other party. He didn't quite understand what Sylvide meant by this. However, Miss Ship Officer seemed to be a little abnormal today. Normally she would never take the initiative to participate in such a competition.
But before he could react, a somewhat cold voice came from the other end of the crystal:
"I will participate in this competition, Mr. Sonam."
Hearing this voice, Fang Plover almost immediately thought of the Korean-style girl in El Paxin.
Speaking of which, is the other party's name Vikki or Vii?