Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 289 The game begins

In addition to watching on site, there is also a live broadcast on Starnet.

Many people who have free time are waiting in front of the live broadcast account, waiting to watch the game.

When the time came to half past nine, the live broadcast started and representatives from various countries entered the venue one by one holding their national flags, showing their spirit.

There will be a live broadcast for each team entering the venue. Whether it is the virtual big screens floating around the venue or the live broadcast screen, the corresponding text will be displayed, allowing the audience to know more intuitively which country the team is from.

There was all sorts of carnival on StarNet when people watched their own or other teams enter the venue. The level of discussion kept soaring, to the point where they couldn't keep up with the discussion even if they scrolled through the screen.

[Ah ...

I saw ours, too.

[Both the Federation and the Empire are fully attended. 】

[Normal, these two are superpowers in the universe, with plenty of talent. ]

[Our country's team is very small, only three people. ]

[Alas, we are the same. There is nothing we can do. Our country is relatively small, with a small population and few talents. ]

……

According to the regulations of the International Senior Colleges Federation Competition, the number of participants in a team ranges from three to twenty people. Therefore, the number of teams entering the venue is uneven. Some teams are fully staffed and they are more imposing than others when walking together, while some teams have only three or four people scattered around, which seems a bit pitiful. But no matter how many people there are in the team, every participating student has a proud expression on his face and feels honored to be able to compete for the country.

Chi Lili originally thought that the opening of the competition had nothing to do with them, but she was called out of the office and asked to sit in the organizer's seat to watch the students enter the venue.

Due to her previous popularity on Starnet, she was immediately recognized when the camera scanned her.

[Hey, Little Sister? She's here too. ]

[Why call me Little Sister? I am almost an adult and I am engaged. I am an adult now. I should call you Colonel Chi.]

[I am almost an adult but not yet an adult, so I feel more intimate calling her sister. 】

[I didn't expect the Federation to arrange for Lieutenant Colonel Chi to be a traveling therapist. I'm not worried anymore.]

【Look at the ID, I understand. 】

【Understand what? 】

[That person is from the Empire. I heard that one of the three triple S-level ones in the Empire had only recently broken through, and his mental state is still unstable. Even young people are prone to mental turmoil during this period. Unfortunately, the highest level of the healers in the student team is only S-level, and they can only alleviate the symptoms, but cannot cure him. Therefore, if something happens, they have to rely on the double S-level accompanying healers sent by the Federation. ]

[There are no strict regulations on the level of accompanying therapists sent by the host country for this competition, right? How can they be sure that the Federation will send a double S-level therapist? ]

【This question is so stupid. 】

[Is it possible that the Federation also has three S-level students who need double S-level therapists? They can't ignore others, but they can't ignore their own family.]

[The leader of the federal team is called Zhong Shaoqi. I heard that his family is also in the military and has a very high status.]

[He is General Zhong's youngest son. You don't even know this. General Zhong is the second in command of the Second Legion.]

……

While everyone was discussing, Chi Lili also turned her attention to Zhong Shaoqi.

The young man holding the flag was wearing a gold and white uniform that was so dazzling that it seemed to be glowing in the sunlight. He was tall and thin, yet strong. He was very handsome, but he didn't look much like Admiral Zhong. It was said that he looked more like his mother.

She also looks like her mother. Think about how big and strong General Zhong is. If the child looks like him, I can’t say he is ugly, but he will definitely not be as good-looking as he is now.

Before today, Chi Lili had never seen the other person. At most, she had only heard a few words from General Zhong. The reason why she knew that this was General Zhong's child was because she had the competition information of players from various countries.

The column for Zhong Shaoqi's parents has General Zhong's name written on it, so it would be hard for Chi Lili not to know it.

Although he was the son of an acquaintance, Chi Lili only glanced at him for a moment before turning her gaze to other people.

To be honest, these young people who were selected are all geniuses from various countries. When they stand there, their spirit and aura alone are different from those of their peers, and the difference is very obvious. Some of them have become famous at a young age, and the audience can recognize them as soon as they show up.

[The three S-level members of the Federation, Zhong Shaoqi, Xue Baimiao, and Donnas Hartkas. ]

[The three S-levels of the Empire, Margaretha Bergami, Lund Bergami, and Yu Ziwen. ]

[A triple S-level member of the Oko Alliance, Tongchi Oko. 】

……

Someone went out of their way to list the three S-levels of each team, and everyone couldn't help but discuss it after reading it.

[Each side of the Empire and the Federation has three 3S-level players, while other countries only have one 3S at most, and some don't even have 3S. How can they win? They are totally leaving no room for other countries to survive. It seems that the final winner will still have to be chosen from these two national teams. ]

The audience's words resonated with many people.

Because everyone knows that once the mental power reaches S-level, the distance between each level is very different. The high-level one can't completely crush the low-level one, but it can definitely suppress it easily, and it can be a one-on-many situation.

Therefore, whenever there are three S-level fighters on both sides of a battle, everyone basically assumes that this is the battlefield belonging to these high-end fighters, and low-level people have no chance of getting involved.

However, this is a student competition. No matter how talented these students are and how much training they have undergone, they still lack some experience. Therefore, even if there is a level gap, it is not impossible to make up for it in other ways. Therefore, as long as the final result of the competition is not announced, it will still be unknown.

And who knows what the content of this year's competition is?

Maybe the rules of the game this time will be more biased towards the disadvantaged teams?

It's not impossible.

In the past, some organizers felt that a game in which the superior team simply crushed the inferior team with strength and then fought each other was too boring, so they simply set the rules slightly in favor of the inferior team, so that the strength of both sides was balanced to a certain extent, and then many unexpected results were created.

It is often at times like this that teams from small countries unexpectedly win championships.
Of course, there are some teams from small countries that have not had advantages in any aspects but still won the championship, but such cases are extremely rare. Over the years, there have only been one or two examples.

Most of the time, it is actually a fight between teams from big countries, and most of the popular players are among them.

After a simple opening ceremony, Lao Yang, as the representative of the organizer, came to the stage to deliver a speech and read out the rules of the competition.

At the same time, the rules are listed synchronously on the surrounding virtual screens so that the audience can see more clearly.

"…The competition is held in groups for half a month. The specific rules are as follows:

1. Each participating team can only carry the basic supplies package distributed by the organizer and cannot bring any supplies into the competition venue on their own. If any team is found to have brought supplies privately, the entire team will be eliminated immediately.

2. If you cannot hold on during the game, you can choose to give up. However, once someone gives up, it will be regarded as the whole team giving up the game and losing the qualification to continue participating in the game.

3. The competition adopts a point ranking system. After the competition officially starts, the participating teams need to enter the competition venue to hunt interstellar monsters and Zerg. A large number of interstellar monsters and Zerg have been deployed in the venue. Each of them carries a point ball. The points of each point ball range from one to ten and appear randomly.

4. This competition is a friendly exchange competition for students from various countries. It is not allowed to cause death, serious injury or disability. Violators will be disqualified from the competition and face legal prosecution.

5. Each participating team has an initial score of 10, which is divided into ten 1-point balls. Once the team score is zero, the entire team will be eliminated.

......"

There are many more rules later, but generally speaking the first five are the most important.

"It seems that the Federation has designed rules that favor the weaker teams this time." Chi Li saw through the essence of these rules at a glance.

If one person gives up, the whole team will give up. This rule is ostensibly intended to prevent participating students from giving up the competition because of a small setback. At the same time, it makes them understand that they are a collective, a team, and their interests are deeply bound to each other, so no one can be abandoned at will.

But if you look at it from a different perspective, you can find that this is a rule that can be exploited. If a small team wants to eliminate a large team, they can find a way to capture one of the people in the large team and force him to give up, and eventually the entire large team will be eliminated.

Although the big team is powerful, not every individual is that strong.

However, this operation only looks simple, but it is actually quite difficult to perform.

One of the biggest difficulties is that large teams are powerful and have many people, making it difficult to attack them. Moreover, the loopholes you can think of can also be thought of by others. As long as they strengthen their vigilance and defense and take good care of everyone in the team, it will be difficult for others to succeed. They can even use this rule to eliminate their opponents. In the end, it is hard to say who this rule benefits.

The points ranking system is also the main content of the competition.

It requires participating teams to hunt as many interstellar monsters and Zergs carrying points as possible while ensuring their own survival, but the points on these mobile points are random.

A team may go to great lengths to kill an S-level Zerg and obtain the point ball from it, only to find that there is only one point.

It is also possible to get a ten-point point ball by killing a low-level interstellar monster.

A large amount of luck is involved here, and in the process you also have to guard against sneak attacks and snatches from your competitors. There will definitely be all kinds of reversals, and the whole game process can be said to be full of fun, but it is also quite exciting.

Some smart viewers had already thought of this, and everyone immediately became excited.

[Who came up with this rule? This is too ridiculous. 】

[This time you have to rely not only on your strength but also on your luck. 】

[It seems that the rules of this competition favor the disadvantaged team. After all, luck is something that is hard to predict.]

[That can't be said. The advantaged team still has a lot of advantages. They are strong and have more people. Even if they can't win by luck, they can still choose to kill a large number of interstellar monsters and Zergs to get more points. Even if others can only get ten points for killing one, and they can only get one point for killing one, then they can just kill eleven. ]

It is a bit tiring, but who says this is not a coping strategy? Moreover, if one person is unlucky, it does not mean the whole team is unlucky. They killed more prey, so the points they got cannot all be the lowest. In this way, the advantage of the advantaged team is still there, and the disadvantaged team does not suffer much bias.

In fact, the rules of this game simply add an uncertain factor called "luck" to each team.

Ultimately, the final result still depends on the performance of the participating teams.

After Lao Yang finished reading out the rules, the time was almost ten o'clock and the competition was about to begin.

All participating teams have entered a sealed metal spherical aircraft. When the digital clock jumps to 10:00, the spherical aircraft with a pre-set program immediately flies up and shoots out in all directions. At the same time, countless flying invisible cameras also fly out.

The large screen in the venue also switched to various live broadcast images.

At the same time, cheers broke out from the audience, celebrating the opening of the game.

Some sightseeing aircraft have actually begun to leave the core area, carrying the audience inside, and tracking the team that has been locked in advance. During the tracking process, a burst of light was seen flowing on the transparent surface of the aircraft, and then the entire aircraft disappeared from everyone's sight. This is the stealth mode.

In a scenario like this where you can actually watch the game, turning on stealth mode is considered polite.

This can ensure the safety of the audience and protect them from attacks by interstellar monsters and Zerg in the competition venue, while also reducing interference with the players in the competition.

But this alone is not safe enough, so the organizers have increased the defensiveness of the sightseeing aircraft and also set up a safety procedure that the flight altitude must not be less than 500 meters in non-core areas.

Whether it was interstellar monsters or Zerg, they were all dangerous creatures. Therefore, before sending them into the competition venue, the organizers had specially screened them. Those that could fly, those that were too strong, and those that were too dangerous were not allowed to enter the competition venue.

The ones finally selected are definitely within the coping range of the participating students. The highest-level interstellar monsters and Zergs are only at S-level. Even if a team with the smallest number of people and the weakest strength encounters them, they can still run away if they cannot defeat them, and there will be no danger to their lives.

The supply packages each team received before the game were divided according to the number of people in their team. They contained some nutritional supplements, and the quantity was calculated per person, two per person.

Generally speaking, a person needs to drink a nutrient supplement for each meal, and two nutrient supplements are enough for a person's food for a day. However, if it is just to ensure that you don't starve to death, two nutrient supplements can last much longer than expected. How to use them specifically depends on how the participating teams arrange it.

However, it is impossible to survive until the end of the game by relying solely on the items in the basic supply package, so the participating teams need to find other available supplies on their own in the venue.

Although the interior of the site is desolate, food is not completely impossible to find. In addition, there are some supplies left over from the past in the buildings scattered throughout the site. Those have not been cleared out, so as long as they can find them, they will be theirs.

If all else fails, you can even eat interstellar monsters.

Therefore, the half-month survival mission they gave was actually not very difficult. At most, you would just suffer a little, but you wouldn't starve to death.