You promised it would be a free game, but now your screen is full of in-app purchase prompts?

Encouraged by Chen Feng, the young men were no longer so nervous.

This stage was unfamiliar to them.

Moreover, because this stage only comes once every four years, this is likely their only chance in their lifetime.

Because sports competitions are inherently age-dependent, after a few years, many athletes have already passed their peak and lost the opportunity to compete again.

In esports, the golden time for players is even shorter than absurd.

Often, within two or three years, the athletes become obsolete.

Even if these young men can still compete in the next Olympics, they are not guaranteed to be selected in this brutal selection process.

Talented people are like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, constantly emerging.

No one can say for sure what things will be like in a few years.

So this is their only chance, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

……

The next day, which was the first day of the official Olympic Games.

The competition officially began amidst the attention of countless viewers worldwide.

The first events will be the traditional sports of triathlon and shooting.

On this day of competition, the athletes from Daxia lived up to expectations, winning two gold medals and several silver medals.

With a population of over a billion, except for a very few projects, Daxia is able to select the world's top talents.

So winning a gold medal isn't actually that difficult; there are only a very few events where you just can't seem to get one.

Some people on the internet even suspect that this was intentional on the part of the Great Xia Dynasty, with the aim of influencing the nation's destiny.

After all, you're so good at everything else. It would be too absurd and inappropriate if you didn't have a few weaknesses.

It's precisely for the sake of the nation's overall fortune that some projects are deliberately made less competitive...

Everyone knows this was a joke.

But it's always been a topic of conversation...

Over the next two days, competitions were held in diving, swimming, table tennis, badminton, and tennis.

These projects happen to be Da Xia's strengths, so Da Xia once again achieved excellent results.

They consistently won multiple gold medals in these events.

The process continued until it reached esports events at the Olympics.

On this day, Chen Feng dressed in formal attire and sat in the very center of the referee's bench.

His current role is as the head referee for the e-sports event at the Olympic Games.

The first event was a Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO) match.

Similar to the regular Dungeon Fighter Online World Championship, the process involves everyone taking turns in one-on-one battles, competing based on points, and finally determining the rankings of the top players.

Since the Olympics are not a professional esports competition, it is impossible to spend too much time waiting for the players to compete one by one.

Although esports has become an Olympic sport, only one day was allocated to both events during the Olympic Games.

This also means that the players must decide the winner as soon as possible.

Therefore, in terms of the schedule, according to Chen Feng's previous discussions with other responsible persons, the preliminary matches will be held simultaneously.

In other words, after all the contestants have chosen their numbers, they compete at the same time. The loser is eliminated, and the winner advances to the next round.

And so on.

The indoor venue for esports events has dozens of computers set up today.

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was an internet cafe.

At this moment, dozens of contestants are sitting in front of their computers, carefully operating the machines.

Because everyone is playing at the same time, it's impossible for the commentators to provide commentary in this situation.

Unfortunately, the photographers on site weren't professional esports photographers.

This makes the process a bit boring.

Even so, it did not dampen the passion of esports fans in the slightest.

"Keep it up, Lao Qiu!!!"

"DaXia is awesome! Go DaXia players!"

"Go, U.S. team!"

"Go Korea!!!"

At the competition venue, fans from all over the world cheered for their country's athletes.

Even viewers who never play games are now cheering for their country's players.

Although they don't understand the game's competition, and many of them previously thought that games weren't anything good.

But now that the game has been featured in the World Cup, they have finally come to accept it.

Since it's an event that's already recognized by the Olympics, winning a gold medal is still considered an act of bringing glory to the country.

In the first two rounds, both players from Da Xia performed very well, defeating their opponents with virtually no pressure.

Until the third round, Da Xia's "veteran" Qiu Dongsheng seemed to have lost his ability to react quickly due to his age, or perhaps he was too nervous because it was his first time on the Olympic stage.

Due to a poor performance, this superstar, who had won the Dungeon & Fighter official world championship for three consecutive years, ultimately fell to a newcomer on the Olympic stage, stopping at the top 16...

[Holy crap! What the hell are you doing, begging me to do this?!]

You can't beat this opponent?

[This guy didn't even make the top 16 in the official world championships back then. He was just a rookie who only played one professional season. How could you not even beat him?]

What the hell?! What were you doing last night?!

This is extremely disappointing.

[What a load of trash!]

……

The thing the contestants were most worried about did happen.

Because he inexplicably lost the game, this superstar player, who was once revered as a god by Dungeon & Fighter players, is now being verbally abused.

That's just how things are sometimes, and many competitors in these kinds of competitions are aware of that.

You can win many times, and when you win, your fans will idolize you and praise you to the skies.

But once you lose a crucial game, your fans will immediately turn into haters and blast you mercilessly.

In fact, this phenomenon exists not only in this one project, but also in many other projects.

For example, the former "Flying Man of Daxia" was forced to withdraw from the competition after losing a match due to the criticism from his haters, which was quite unfair.

But before that, someone else broke the record!

When they were at the height of their fame, they were truly at the height of their fame!

Of course, not everyone has this kind of unconventional thinking; there are still normal people in the world.

Meanwhile, these fans who were truly able to see the truth began to defend Qiu Dongsheng.

"So what if they lost one match? What about when they won championships before?"

[Don't be discouraged, Lao Qiu. You just made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. If you have another chance, just play better next time.]

[A next time? Are you kidding me? Lao Qiu is over thirty! A next time? Do you really think a 40-year-old veteran is playing esports?]

This was his only chance; he had no chance left.

[You guys know that Lao Qiu is already over thirty? At that age, it's already quite impressive that he can still play.]

[I'm truly impressed by some of these armchair critics. At least they've made it to this competition; all you guys can do is talk. It's so easy, just a few words!]

Harsh words hurt people, so it's best to say less...

……

In the official live stream, countless viewers engaged in heated discussions, which could even be described as a war of words, regarding Qiu Dongsheng's elimination in the top 16.

The argument went on for an hour or two without any resolution.

Until the Dungeon Fighter Online project reached its finals.

The young player from Daxia finally made it to the finals and began to compete for the ultimate championship against a veteran player from South Korea.

Da Xia Xiao Jiang plays Sword Soul and hasn't been playing for very long. All told, he's only been participating in various competitions for a little over a year.

However, in the Chinese server, he has also reached the top of the rankings.

As for the veteran player from South Korea on the other side, he is a perennial runner-up, having come in second place every time he has participated in the official Dungeon & Fighter World Championship for several years.

This led to the commentators making jokes right at the start of the match.

It remains to be seen whether this South Korean contestant will continue to hold onto his perennial second-place position.

result……

The commentator's words proved prophetic...

After three intense and exciting matches, the young Daxia player successfully defeated the South Korean player with a score of 2-1, winning the championship and gold medal in the Olympic Dungeon & Fighter event.