Wandering Ma put on the alarm clock. He made a cup of coffee, put the khaki mug on hand, put on his glasses, and took a look at the time.
The time on the electronic clock is beating: 6:45.
The star ring has still not emerged from the shadow of the earth.
Looking out of the tilted porthole, the Earth is overhead. The huge ring arm gradually blends into the background of deep space. The gray-white appearance shows a blue-gray color. The beacon tower is pointing in the direction of the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz is brightly lit.
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The green inspection light flashed in the A7 corridor, and several construction machines were going up and down along the guide rails.
Two spaceships from the European Union are approaching the port.
This feeling is a bit strange, but artificial gravity holds him firmly to the ground, giving people the feeling that the world is upside down.
The notes spread out on the desk were still blank. Wandering Ma looked away and held the pen in his hand.
Shui Wuming,Elite.
Ragnarok.
MTT, Ragnarok.
Wu Cun, the crown of the silver forest.
Xiaoyao, Silver Vislan.
Whispering, Silver Vislan.
Luo Wei, the God-killer.
Guild of Guild, Tansniel Craftsmen.
He wrote down these names one by one in his notes, corresponding to their areas of expertise - omnipotence, flexible construction, plug-ins, crystals, large devices, goblins and potions. Then, he wrote the last name:
Ed, Seven Seas Troupe.
All-round players, including large magic furnace, floating ship, fairy messenger and dragon knight.
The wandering horse stopped writing and thought silently. The first game of the Continental League should have already started. But it is not a first-line event, the attention is not high, and the first two rounds will not be broadcast.
The first opponent of the Corrin-Ithurian Craftsmen Guild is the people from the Ship of Nodinsh. Are those alchemists from the White Tree Society easy to deal with?
Can he win the battle?
His mind had already wandered to farther places.
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"Put the projection crystal over here." The staff instructed the little monster to place the huge crystal outside the arena.
Reporters from the various trade unions and the first division media affiliated with the media are already ready to open the system or take out the recording crystal and face the direction of the stadium.
The cheers from the direction of the arena were loud. The Oshu people renovated an ancient arena as the arena. Long before the Continental League had draftees, and when alchemists from various countries competed, this place was already fulfilling its historical mission.
After two rounds of expansion, it can now accommodate tens of thousands of people. Most of the spectators are local residents, selectors from various places, media people from the first division, lizard people - yes, there are
Lizard people.
"Look, it's a lizard!"
Tianlan raised the recording crystal high.
Unlike Fang Plover, she arrived with the Seven Seas Traveler. Although the delegation did not mind buying a few more tickets, no one else did. Fang Plover always felt that it was not good to make an exception for herself.
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Not everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade came to Bavalland. Tianlan and Luo Hao were the most interested in it, and the Papalar people liked to join in the fun. Needless to say, Sylvide, Baggins and Siesta also joined them.
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Miss Tata wanted to follow the boat. Miss Elf was worried about the plover, so the big cat man naturally followed her.
The rest of the people stayed in Ayin Block, and each had their own things to do. Luo Yu and Jita felt that time was tight, and they seized every minute and every second to improve themselves. Ayin Block's Magic Library
It is not as good as the Imperial Capital, but it is also the rare knowledge center of the Empire. After all, it is the location of the 'Mobius' Mobile Fortress.
Box spent the whole day wandering around the city with nothing to do, looking for the legendary forger of the empire that he heard about in the north.
Outsiders can't interfere in his affairs. This 'Mr. Killer' has his own set of logic. Only Alyssa also stayed in Ayin Bullock, and at the request of the leader, she took care of this unreliable companion.
After all, they are from the same guild.
We still have some common language on weekdays.
I was really worried about leaving the box alone in Ayinbrok, but having the enthusiastic Miss Nightingale there made me feel more at ease.
The First Division Super Competitive League sent a commentary team, and they were making witty remarks on the podium at the moment. However, the speech contained too much content that would only make the audience in the First Division smile knowingly, and most outsiders could not understand it.
Tianlan also seemed to be lacking in interest, but her attention was completely attracted by the lizard delegation that was entering the venue.
The lizard people in the empire mainly come from two places. They come from the Tojin people in the Great Rift Valley. These lizard people, night lizard people, and sea people who live in the south of the empire, the descendants of the shark lizard people, have long been integrated into the empire.
into the empire.
In the northern part of the empire, the discrimination caused by stereotypes is more serious, so the lizard people will not go to the northern empire easily. But in the south, it is much more relaxed for them, and the lizard people can be seen everywhere here.
The other branch is the descendant of Ta-Hes, the warriors of the Holy Land. This group of troglodytes is divided into two groups. One group lives in today's Nognis, and the other group lives in this far southern forest, and
Established his own country in the Great Rift Valley.
But what appears at this moment is not any of the above clans.
Those gray-skinned, tall, dragon-like lizards who are entering the auditorium can only come from one place, the Starlight Land, Gudasok. They are warriors and guardians of the temple.
Andathok Saurians.
"The Andasok lizards are here too," Tian Lan raised the crystal in that direction, "It's so lively this year! I suddenly remembered Tenerik. He is also an Andasok lizard, right? I haven't heard of that for a long time.
I’ve heard about the lizard prince, I miss him a little.”
"The place in Gudasok is different from other continents. Deep in the rainforest, there is not even a craftsmen's association stationed there," the big cat man replied, while subconsciously taking out his pipe, but he took out the match and just remembered
Thinking of the situation here, he shook his head and took it back angrily.
He didn't light a fire, just held the pipe in his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's not easy to contact the outside world there, and besides, it didn't leave any way to contact us. But Teneric has completed the trial and returned to himself.
country, by the time we meet next time, its identity may have been completely different."
"What's the difference?" Tianlan asked curiously.
"Do you understand lizard society?"
Tianlan shook her head.
"I don't understand either."
"Mr. Big Cat, you are so cunning!"
Rhett laughed.
Luo Hao had never met the lizard prince, and had only heard about it from other people's mouths.
He was staring in that direction at the moment, and suddenly said: "It's not just the Andasok Lizardmen, look behind them. Those are wizards, the custodians of dark knowledge, and the Asuka Lizardmen are here too."
Tianlan also saw those dragon-blooded clansmen wearing robes. She had seen an old priest of the dragon-blooded clan in Fenris, but these were different from the one she had seen. The lizards of the dragon-blooded clan entered the scene.
People's faces were painted with a strange black pattern.
"Those are wizards from the Gudasok Forbidden Land, not the dragon-blooded clan of Kaolin-Ithurion," Luo Hao had already said.
Hierarchy, the guardian of dark secrets. Gudasok is here, but why would the lizard man be interested in an alchemy competition?"
"Isn't there a delegation in Gudasoke," Tian Lan said, "Maybe they are here to see their own players competing."
"The contestants in the two delegations of Gudasok are also human beings," Rhett shook his head. "They are branches of the Craftsmen Association set up in the offshore area of Gudasok. The lizard people do not use alchemy. They have their own
Knowledge inheritance.”
"That's right," Tianlan nodded suddenly, "I remember Prince Teneric didn't use the magic furnace."
At this time, a louder cheer suddenly erupted on the field.
Everyone looked in that direction.
It turned out that the contestants had entered the venue.
There were fifteen games on the first day, divided into three rounds. Among the five games in the first round, four delegations from the Craftsmen Association had already entered the venue. With sharp eyes, Tianlan saw the opponents of the Grande Craftsmen Association at a glance.
flag.
The Holy White Oak of the White Tree Society.
"The people from the Ship of Notting have already entered the venue," she looked around, "Where's Brother Ed? Brother Ed should be playing in the first round, right?"
"Not necessarily," Baggins replied from the side. "Mr. Ed's strength is also one of the best among the delegations of the General Assembly. I look at outside predictions and there is a high chance that he will not appear in the first round."
"Is there any such prediction out there?"
Tianlan's eyes widened.
She opened the system and was already browsing the pages of the website.
"Of course," the boatswain nodded, "I noticed that the captain is quite famous in the empire. He is called Mr. Dragon Alchemist. Of course, it is also possible that he is more famous in the circle of your chosen ones.
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"Oh," Tianlan nodded, "I've heard of that name."
But Sylvide stretched out her hand to stop the little girl.
She just listened quietly at first, and now she said with a smile: "Don't bet, Tianlan, those people are lying to you." She raised her head, and her eyes had already found the person she was paying attention to among the crowd.
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"Ed will definitely be in the first game."
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But Fang Plover was not so confident.
Several analysts had been discussing for a long time, and occasionally there was an argument, and Fang Plover couldn't help but look over there.
Ms. Ming and Ms. Virus were also there. They arrived a day ago. Virus was not polite at all. As soon as he came up, he asked him how he was thinking about it. Fang Plover thought about it for a long time before he realized what he said.
It was about inviting him to join Elite.
Ms. Ming looked at him with a faint smile. But Virus was not polite to the former at all and directly asked her where Chen Xi had gone.
As a result, the battle craftsman queen was embarrassed:
"How do I know where he went?"
"Oh, I thought your relationship had reached that point."
"Virus! Shut up!"
Virus stared at each other.
Ming glared at the woman angrily and then left.
Only Fang Plover was left shivering between the two of them.
That was what happened yesterday——
Of course Fang Yu didn't know that the ship's stewardess was looking at him from the audience at this moment.
Although the news had been received before, the Seven Seas Traveler had arrived successfully, and Tian Lan and the others had obtained the tickets first. At this moment, everyone was probably in a corner of the auditorium.
But looking around, there were huge crowds of people all around the arena. This scene was much bigger than that of the Southern Region Competition, and even during the El Pasin main race there was no such scene.
Bavalan is a trading city, but the residents alone cannot support this scene. Most of the spectators are still selectors, and some even come from other regions and other competition areas. Fang Plover also noticed the Lizard delegation, but it was only
A quick glance.
The sound of soul fingerprints quickly interrupted his thoughts——
"This is the first round of the competition. The people from Nordins' Boat shouldn't use their full strength," the latter said while flipping through the information in her hand. "We can also be more conservative." She looked at Fang Plover, then looked at
Looking at the kind young man from Silver Veslan, he said, "In the first round, let's let Ed and Weiyu go. Wucun and Mulan are also ready."
"I?"
Fang Yu was startled.
Isn’t that conservative?
He looked at Wei Yu. When he was on the boat two days ago, he got to know his senior. The latter didn't have any airs at all, and he had already heard about the reputation of this junior who was also born in Kapka.
, and because of Bai Xue’s relationship, the two quickly got to know each other.
It's completely different from what Liuli said.
But that guy was famous for having a bad mouth, so Fang Yu was not surprised.
"Conservative refers to the offensive strategy," Bai Xue explained at the side. "Senior Soul asked Mu Lan and Wu Cun to go up because they had to choose plug-ins and magic tools. Wu Cun is a plug-in craftsman, although Senior Mu Lan
It’s relatively comprehensive, but overall it’s more focused on magic tools. He is the magic craftsman in our team.”
"Plug-ins and magic tools are the most common categories among craftsmen. No one will target these two categories, so it is called a conservative strategy."
She looked at Ming aside, "Sister Ming, do you think so?"
"Don't lie to me, little girl from the Silver Weislan family," Ming Xiaoxiao said, "Our opponent in the second game is not strong, so you can do whatever you want."
She looked at Fang Yu's puzzled look and then said: "The little girl from the Silver Weislan family is right. A radical attack must show its strengths, but on the one hand, it will certainly catch the opponent off guard, but at the same time, it will also
It will expose your own advantages and make you more vulnerable to attack later. So this is a double-edged sword and cannot be used lightly."
"Then if that's the case, why do Weiyu and I have to play in the first round?" Fang Yu asked.
"The reason is very simple. In theory, everyone will be more conservative in the first game," Virus took over the conversation and replied coldly, "But we also have to guard against the people from the Ship of Notting. Defense is to make up for shortcomings, and
You and Weiyu are the best candidates."
"Can……"
What Fang Yu wants to ask is, aren't the people in the White Tree Society worried about exposing their superior categories and being targeted?
"There's nothing good about it, little guy," Ming shook his head, "You're not from a youth training camp, so you don't quite understand the logic of the big guild. There's nothing wrong with being conservative in the first game, but if you want to make a scene on the first day,
There are also a lot of big news. The first thing that guilds, clubs and leagues consider is always the viewing pleasure of super competition, the commercial value of the games and players, exposure, traffic and attention."
Although Virus is from a free guild, he is obviously good at this, and he talks eloquently, "So there are many people who use ultimate moves right from the beginning. What's more, the ultimate move you think is not necessarily the real ultimate move. What about others?
I don’t care, but my people must not be used as the backdrop for the second division or the first division.”
Fang Yu listened silently, thinking that this ice goddess was really domineering, the complete opposite of Ms. Ming.
No wonder the two of them didn't deal with each other as soon as they met.
But he didn't quite understand the commercial value of the players, and he always felt that doing so was a bit too deliberate. They were there to challenge the alchemy skills, not to perform on stage.
But in recent years, the third division has always paid too much attention to the so-called commercial value. Players have also been distracted by this. Even guilds like Silver Wisland will let talented players like Bai Xue and Sophie attend more public events.
appearances and activities.
Not to mention live broadcast traffic. There has been a lot of debate in the community over this issue in the past few years, but it is obvious to all that the state of the third division is getting worse year by year. If the quality of the event itself declines, can the game really be more exciting?
He just asked because he didn't understand.
But Ming couldn't help but be slightly startled after hearing this question, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "You little guy, why do you care so much? Am I your bag to ask? Besides, you are not a player in the guild's youth training camp. Those things are irrelevant.
It has nothing to do with you."
She was actually a little envious.
In fact, Ming had had such thoughts when facing Loofah. The little girl who betrayed the Rosi Crusaders was now catching up with him day by day.
However, she looked at Fang Piao and said with great interest, "But if you want to join the Godslayer, I can use internal connections to give you the green light all the way. It's not impossible. As long as you give me an answer here, twenty
Within four hours, I can have you join the God-Slayer’s elite youth training team directly.”
"It even includes your Seven Seas Brigade, right?"
"He is mine," Virus interrupted the woman coldly, "Ming, put your claws back."
"I've known this little guy no later than you," Ming said angrily, "Virus, are you so shameless? How could he become yours? Why don't you call him and see if the little guy responds?
"
"That's naturally because..."
Virus suddenly stopped talking.
She gave the latter a cold look.
"Huh," Ming said unconcernedly, "I'm pretending to be a ghost."
Fang Plover listened attentively.
Others find it funny, but they all come from top guilds, so there is nothing to envy them about.
Fortunately, the staff from the first division came over quickly, interrupted the dispute, and asked them about the categories they chose. Since the analysts had reached a consensus, the players had no objections, so the opinions were quickly submitted.
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Several other venues have already lit up their events.
The Grand Club only stayed here for a moment, and then showed its cards, and a deafening exclamation suddenly sounded from the audience——
Plug-in, magic guide.
Aerial ship, city barrier.
Damn it! In the auditorium, Luo Hao saw the content on the sign clearly and almost collapsed. The choice made by the Kaolin-Ithurian Craftsmen Association was pretty good, but the people from the Ship of Noddings came up here.
Turn it up.
Fang Yu secretly yelled "Holy shit" when he saw it. He couldn't help but look at the soul fingerprints, Bai Xue, Ming and Virus on the side——
As for further afield, Bi Fang led a group of data analysts and was already preparing information on the next opponent.
But these top selectors from Ragnarok, Silver Vislan, Godslayer and Elite - these ladies, all look calm and relaxed at the moment.
Virus and Ming looked at the content on the sign and seemed to have expected it.
"How is it?" Only Bai Xue turned around and winked at him, "Do you think Virus, Sister Ming and Senior Sister Soul are particularly powerful?"
is a bit.
Fang Plover thought.
"But that's actually not a big deal," Bai Xue said with a smile. These things are not new to a person like her, but Fang Plover gave her the long-lost pleasure of being a teacher. "Such a situation will happen in every mainland league.
stage, so if you don’t prepare in advance, you will suffer a big loss in this arena sooner or later. But the mainland league is nothing, you haven’t seen the intrigues in those first-line games, or even super events..."
Apart from the Southern Border Competition, Fang Pultru had never been exposed to these.
Although he was a super competitive spectator in the past, the experience of watching the game from the perspective of a spectator is completely different from the experience of personally participating in it as a player.
Especially in many cases, the succinct analysis on the commentary stage is actually for the effect of the program, or to make up for it afterwards. But only when you actually participate in it personally can you experience the kind of game of facing the unknown.
However, the people from Notting's Ship actually chose aeroplanes and city enchantments from the very beginning. These two categories are the crown jewels of large-scale devices. City enchantments are understandable. Does the other party also have shipwrights?
But he is not afraid of aerospace ships.
What about city boundaries?
He cast questioning glances at Ming and Virus.
But the latter didn't look this way at all and started to point directly.
"Wucun, you go to the plug-in category," Virus looked at the four brands and said, "Magic guide, Mulan; Aerial ship, Ed; City barrier..."
She paused.
"Weiyu, come."
Fang Plover looked at the latter in surprise.
But all he saw was that the senior student from Kapka nodded slightly.
Although he knew early on that this talented craftsman trained by Silver Vislan was accomplished in large-scale installations, what he didn't expect was that the one he chose was also a large-scale city barrier.