Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

[Lei Qi gave up the free selection for the Nongshim Cup but participated in the preliminaries? ? ? What a shady operation! ! ! ]

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 9, a hot post suddenly emerged from a large number of posts praising divas on the Yiguo Forum at an astonishing speed and quickly became the most popular post on the Yiguo Forum.

As for the reason, it was because half an hour ago, the Chinese Go Association officially announced the competition rules for the 26th Nongshim Cup Chinese Team Internal Selection Tournament.

This incident itself was not unexpected by most chess fans - based on previous years' experience, many people have speculated that after the first two rounds of the Weiqi League are over, the Chess Association will officially announce the matter.

The qualifiers are divided into four groups, each with four people in two rounds of single-elimination, and a total of four places will be decided... Everything is normal up to this point.

However, when the public began to check the specific groupings and matchups, they were shocked:
Because each of the four groups consisted of four people, they were filled to the brim - there were actually sixteen people participating in this preliminaries!
But according to the selection regulations, being in the top sixteen in the country is a prerequisite for participating in the preliminaries!
Since Lei Qi was directly selected without selection, there shouldn't be sixteen people participating in the preliminary selection!

The chess fans who found something wrong immediately started looking for the problem, and soon found that Lei Qi, who was exempted from the selection, was also on the preliminary list, and there was a small line of black words at the end of the group match table:

"Lei Qi, who won seven consecutive games in the last Nongshim Cup, was eligible for exemption, but the player voluntarily requested to give up the exemption and participate in the preliminaries as the second-ranked player. Therefore, according to the Nongshim Cup Selection Regulations, this preliminaries will determine four contestants, and the last place will be determined by the association after comprehensive consideration in the form of a wild card."

Lei Qi's move instantly caused a stir in the entire circle, and chess fans on the chess country immediately started discussing:
[No...what's going on?! Is Xiao Lei crazy?!]

[Isn’t this equivalent to “the college entrance examination for recommended students”? ]

[Upstairs, although I understand what you mean, in fact, Xiao Lei's approach is much more complicated than the "recommended college entrance examination"! ]

[Perhaps you don’t know that in the past, there were indeed some top students who voluntarily gave up their admission recommendations to help their alma mater get the top score. This is not a joke! ]

[But that was because the top student was confident enough that even if he didn't get the top spot, he could still get into Qingjing (Qinghua University and Dajing University).]

[But giving up the free selection for the Nongshim Cup is a thankless task! ]

[There is no such thing as a "top player" in the Nongshim Cup qualifiers, and even the rating points and promotion points are not counted! ]

[More importantly, Go is about “one wrong move and the whole game is lost”! ]

[If a top student can't answer a big question in the college entrance examination, there is still room for error, but if you make a wrong move in Go, you may lose yourself! ]

[Does Xiao Lei really want to pretend like this? ]

[Ouch! Could it be that the fact that Xiao Lei didn't win the championship last year with a god and four useless people has broken his heart, so he is going to find an excuse to deliberately lose the game and not go? ! ]

[This can’t be! ]

[Why not! After being beaten up by Young Master Liu last year, Dai Gong, Xiao Xiong, Sun Hou, and Hen Ge were all in a slump for quite a while! ]

[Especially Xiao Xiong, it seems that he still hasn't recovered in the past six months. I heard that the Qiantang team is considering whether to rotate the main players appropriately... Xiao Lei may not be all right! ]

……

Hmm... there are really all kinds of guesses here!

At the same time, in Qiantang City, at Ni Jue's home.

Ni Jue, who was training, took a moment to glance at the Yiguo Forum and couldn't help but sigh.

As one of the four people who had dinner together that night, Ni Jue knew the reason.

But he also knew that there was nothing to explain about this matter right now.

The most important thing is to prepare hard and improve your condition as much as possible.

Besides... I should get more sleep during the two days of the qualifiers! I'll try to see if I can beat Lin Ruixin and advance.

This way, if Lei Qi gets into trouble, he can still be rescued.

Just as Ni Jue secretly made up his mind and prepared to continue his training and research, his phone suddenly vibrated - it was a message from Dai Ran, and the content was very simple:
[Lei Qi, is this for you? ]

Seeing this WeChat message, Ni Jue raised her eyebrows slightly, but did not show any surprise, and replied concisely:
【right】

Unexpectedly, this concise answer attracted a series of replies from Dai Gong:

[Oh, you should have said it earlier!] [Originally, I was planning to find a way to control the score and put you in the same group, so that I can save you a chance!]

[After calculating the results, I found that it was indeed difficult to slide to the 8th or 9th place, which made me depressed for a while]

This guy... talks a lot today.

Ni Jue frowned and typed out another line of words:

[Are you not going to work hard this time? Haven’t you always wanted to represent your country and win the Nongshim Cup? ]

Dai Gong replied quickly:
[After betraying the team three times, it’s time to recognize who you are! ]

[Especially the last term…I still feel a bit uncomfortable now]

Well……

Seeing this, Ni Jue couldn't help but stop his fingers.

Dai Ran was selected for the Nongshim Cup lineup only three times - the three times he won the World Championship.

The first time, he won the 2016 LIG Cup. The talented young man achieved his goal and was automatically selected into the 2017 Nongshim Cup lineup without being selected.

But in that competition, he met Park Min-yeol, who was in poor form. Dai Ran, who played as a core player, failed to stop his opponent. In the end, South Korea won the championship thanks to Park's outstanding performance of six consecutive wins.

The second time, he defeated Lao Li, won the 2020 Yingyi Cup championship, and was selected for the 2021 Nongshim Cup lineup.

However, he was no longer good at fast chess as he was obsessed with the dog way. He stumbled when he played as a vanguard. In the end, he could only watch Shindo Hiroaki and Liu Shixian win four consecutive victories, sending China to the bottom again after many years.

As for the third time...

Well, no need to say more.

In fact, objectively speaking, Dai Ran did have the ability to play fast chess when he participated in the competition for the first time. He only met Da Pu, who was in full nervous state, and unfortunately lost. It can't be said that he let the team down.

But it is also a fact that Dai Ran did not win a single game in his three appearances.

Not to mention that the Chinese team failed to win the championship three times, they were even eliminated before the Japanese team once and there was a miracle of a comeback by Master Liu. With all these blows, it is no wonder that Dai Gong would be discouraged and blame himself for the Nongshim Cup.

However, Dai Gong naturally could not detect Ni Jue's expression and movements through the network, and he was already sending a message:

[As for stopping Young Master Liu... I'll take care of the World Championships, and you take care of the Nongshim Cup! ]

【This time, please take me with you and cheer for me! 】

"what……

"I am being protected as a big brother..."

Looking at the chat history with Dai Ran on his phone, Ni Jue couldn't help but smile bitterly and complain. Then he straightened his expression and replied to the message very seriously:
[Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me. ]

I have to... tighten it a little more!

After making his promise to his old friend, Ni Jue secretly strengthened his determination, put his phone aside, and continued his training and research, trying to be in the best condition to meet Na Yao's "big test" in half a year...

However, the famous Chinese person Tian Yuan didn't know about it at this time.

Just as he was working tirelessly and sprinting for the crucial battle after the new year...

One hundred kilometers away in Changchang County, Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel.

A young girl who had just finished her first two rounds of Weiqi competition was seizing the precious time before returning home. She kept fiddling with the tablet and chess pieces in front of the chessboard in the room, while muttering to herself:
"Hidden Flying Knife...

"that is……

"The kind that makes people unable to sense the danger...?" (End of this chapter)