On the last day of July 2032, the Luna Cup started as scheduled.
At the entrance of Flagstaff Lane, Daji Township, District 41, 14,000 contestants gathered at the Blue Eagle Stadium.
From the youngest twelve-year-old beast hybrid to the sixty-one-year-old veteran who is still as majestic as before, they all looked at the multimedia screen on the outside of the stadium. Behind the screen was the cavity dome, on the other side of the mountains. It’s the blood-like setting sun from District 42.
The golden cup cast by Ao Hun Ming De himself stands at the top of the Emerald Stadium in Adulis. In the main venue of the TV broadcast tower, twelve opals of different colors seem to be silently watching the brave people, waiting for the brave people. The warrior took it in his hands, kissed it, caressed it.
This golden cup has a profound meaning to people. After the turbulent era when the mad butterflies were raging, it was the highest gift presented to the warriors.
The local news media from Daji Township arrived at the Blue Eagle Stadium early and set up spears and cannons on both sides of the Yingbin Avenue, using paper and pen as swords and shields to write down the performance of the warriors in the preliminary round.
The Guangling riot fighters who signed up to maintain order at the sub-venue felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were ready with riot control weapons. At this time of year, it is also a chaotic period when violent incidents rise sharply.
The clock tower of the Plaza in Flagstaff Heights is counting down to the event. Jiang Xueming’s team has already reached the front of the queue, successfully completed registration, and received its number.
When Xiaoshasha rode on Foianini's neck, gained enough height and altitude, and came to the anti-riot window of the registration desk - the registration staff was obviously stunned for a moment.
The teller girl obviously didn't expect that such a cute beast hybrid would be the coach of the audition team.
"Please help me register, thank you!"
Shasha took out the personal information of the team members one by one from the file bag, including the basic parameters of the composition of the element and the sextant security inspection form.
Teller girl: "Okay, please wait a moment."
After a while, the little girl turned her head away from the computer screen, her expression becoming a little embarrassed.
"Pepper Shark, I have two questions now."
Shark: "Please tell me."
Teller girl: "Your team has no local sponsors and only one Ma's Mutton Restaurant. According to the regulations of the Best Luna Cup Competition Committee"
Speaking of this, the little girl looked regretful.
"——The team members must wear pure white uniforms. Ma's Mutton Restaurant only has a health license and a business license. If Boss Ma wants to sponsor you, he must establish a business entity with the qualifications to run a club. This proves that he has no of."
"Small problem." Shark Shark is experienced and had already predicted it: "I don't want to bear the name of a mutton shop. It doesn't matter if I wear white clothes."
"The other problem is more troublesome." The teller girl explained patiently: "Little Pepper, you are all outsiders. There are four members of the team whose ID cards are located in the first district. Forty-two people are coming. If you are participating in a district and do not have certification from a local enterprise, and if you do not set up a club, you will have to pay a registration fee.”
The younger sister moved the computer screen and opened Brother Qi Ji's personal information alone.
"And this young man, his temporary ID card has expired and needs to be replaced."
Sharksha took out his wallet and asked: "How much do these cost together?"
Teller girl: "A total of 377,613 pyroxene currency."
"So expensive!?" Sharksha was shocked.
The teller girl smiled and said: "It is indeed very expensive. The schedule of the first district is indeed difficult. There are teams that go to other places to compete, but small teams like you, Xiaojiao, can't find sponsors." , this is my first time seeing you.”
Little Shark asked in a low voice: "Can it be cheaper?"
"It can be paid in installments!" the teller girl continued: "This money will be deposited into the Sports Welfare Foundation of Daji Township and used to build schools and nursing homes."
Little Shark: "Can it be divided into three hundred and sixty issues?"
"Uh." The teller girl was a little embarrassed: "If you, Little Pepper, are calculating the repayment period based on your age, I'm afraid that won't work."
At this time, other groups at the back of the team became impatient and began to shout.
"The noble master from the first district also came to our Daji Township to beg for food?!"
"Stop dawdling! Hurry up!"
"Wearing white clothes! Complete the formalities quickly and get out of here!"
Little Shark didn't get angry, and turned a deaf ear to all these rumors. He took out his coaching ID and discussed it with the teller.
"Check my file, good sister. I once achieved the achievement of district representative in the 30th district. If nothing else happens, if I can reach the second half of the competition this time, there will be no shortage of sponsors - that's it. It’s a trivial matter, the organizer of Daji Township shouldn’t make things difficult for me, right?”
"Oh! Wow!" The little girl took a look at the certificate and checked Coach Shasha's historical results in the backend system of the event. She became surprised and stunned, "Of course! I can go to Adulis and Cairo and see it with my own eyes. We can waive this registration fee for the warriors who come to the Luna Cup.”
"Hey!~" The little shark grabbed Foianini's hair and shook it back and forth, very happy.
"This is your team number. This is not your first time to participate in the competition. Do you need me to explain the specific schedule again?" The teller girl handed a stack of registration numbers and document bags to Shark Shark.
Baby Shark: "No problem! I can handle it!"
"One more thing!" The teller girl flipped her hair, with some freckles on her face and dazzling eyes, and she stuck half of her head out of the riot-proof window, "Little Pepper! Can I kiss you?"
Little Shark immediately lay down at the counter: "Of course!"
"I wish you success in this trial." The teller girl pressed against the window, leaving a hot lipstick mark on Shark's face. Foianini was almost going crazy with jealousy, carrying the little Shark on his back.
After Coach Shasha left with the competition materials, he called the players to go backstage to prepare for the game.
In the public room transformed from the Flagstaff Bathhouse, the audition teams entered the preparation area in batches. Before that, they had to collect their equipment. Shark Shark and the team members explained the rules of the preliminary round.
"Our number is 315 - ranked in the fifth round. Brothers, we will be on the competition field in twenty minutes. How do you feel?"
Everyone followed Shark Chili without saying a word.
It can be seen that the children are a little nervous. There are too many people inside and outside the Blue Eagle Gym.
The main event of the Luna Cup is the knight competition, but at the same time, traditional sports competitions and the Paralympic Games will also be held. Audiences, venue staff, and players from the branch venues will all gather in this stadium on this day.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you take two steps to the side, you will step on the toes of pedestrians. It is so crowded that it is difficult to breathe.
The most uncomfortable one was Brother Qi Ji. He had never seen so many people before. The most crowded place he had ever been to was Shanghai Beach during the holidays.
Living in seclusion for many years made him somewhat unable to adapt to such a lively environment, with all kinds of conversations, cheers, the piercing noises of screaming when drawing lots, all kinds of disaster beast hybrids, and powerful psykers. The tide of psychic energy emanating from them made him dizzy.
He is also the leader of the team, the captain of the team. If there were thousands of spectators in the preliminary audition stage, he would feel a mountain of pressure before going on stage and would not be able to say a word.
There are just too many people, too many.
Little Shark can obviously feel that something is not right with these brothers and sisters, but there is nothing he can do about it. Relying on verbal encouragement will only amplify the pressure in their hearts. The audition schedule is like this. If they cannot overcome the wave created by this spiritual pressure, they will Swallowed by the sea.
The veterans who participated in the Luna Cup called this environment the "South Wall". It comes from a Chinese proverb, "If you don't hit the South Wall, you won't look back. If you don't break this wall, you will lose to the weakness in your heart." .
All newcomers participating in the competition must face this environment. This is fair and equal. For psykers, it is a very wonderful inspiration experience, just like what Xueming and Meteor experienced when facing the holy beast. Will cause the psyker to transform quickly.
"Get your equipment as written in the manual." When they came to the iron room where competition props were distributed, Shasha explained to everyone: "In the audition stage, we have to use officially distributed weapons and go through three competitions."
"The teams participating in the competition are mixed. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the 12.7 version of the ammunition rules will be adopted in the gun and ammunition competition."
"The main weapon is a P99 pistol. Each person only has one magazine. Madam Bai freeze-dried powder is used to make ammunition. Even if it hits the eye socket, it will not cause death."
"The secondary weapon is a plastic-steel fighting knife sponsored by Cold Steel Company, with a blade length of sixteen centimeters."
"Without any protective gear, you will lose one point if you are shot in the torso, and three points if you are hit in the critical area. The total of the five people is thirty points."
"The 12.7 version of the ammunition rules is very kind to newcomers. The upper limit of each person's life is six points. It's very simple, right?"
"As long as two vital points are hit at the same time, it will be considered a process from entering death's door to complete death."
"If the cumulative damage exceeds six times, you will be forced out."
"If there is a fight and death, the high-speed camera will also capture the fighting scene at that time, and the side that defeats the enemy first wins."
Shark pointed to the lounge to add explanation.
"If it were the ammunition rule of the previous version of the audition, each person would only have three points. If the vital point is attacked, he would be eliminated on the spot. The new rules were revised by the referees of the committee. Many clubs' youth training camps implement this set of rules—— It made more sense, so it will be used in this year’s race.”
"Coach." Qi Ji brought the P99 and the dagger, feeling a little at a loss. "I have never fired a gun before. Is this my weapon? If I survive this round, the next competition will be a real sword and a real gun, and I will have to use this weapon." A pistol to heal teammates?"
"That's right! Brother Miracle!" Little Shark grasped the key point: "You have to adapt to firearms and learn to use firearms - this is the weapon you use to rescue your teammates, as well as these supplies."
At this point, Little Shark threw three cans of Lady White's hemostatic high-pressure aerogel from the tin box counter.
"These sprays can treat your teammates at close range. Its range is less than fifty centimeters. It needs to be very close. According to the calculation of a total score of thirty and six points for each person, the spray is an extra eighteen points, which is Our chance to survive. If the enemy captures these sprays, the situation may become very bad. The attacker with regenerative resources will unscrupulously choose to exchange injuries for injuries. Every time the distribution of props, it is necessary to rescue teammates I will make arrangements in advance for whomever the resources are given to, this is my job.”
"I really can," Qi Ji stammered, "I really can."
He looked at the gun lock of the P99. This was the first time in his life that he had touched a real gun.
Shark Chili: "Why don't you ask the magical Uncle Xiao Ming? There is one of the best killers in the underground world next to you. He not only shoots powerful guns, but is also a master of making guns."
"Cough" Jiang Xueming didn't want to reveal his identity in public, otherwise all kinds of fanatical fans would appear and block him in the toilet with a burst of powerful music.
Qi Ji turned to Jiang Xueming.
Xiaoshasha whispered: "Believe in yourself, believe in my choice, believe in Uncle Xiao Ming. We don't have much time!"
Before he finished speaking, the staff had already started calling the number. Teams from batches 300 to 330 must immediately enter the lounge and wait for the game to start.
More than a hundred people crowded into the common room. The last round of competition was not over yet. From the window of the lounge, one could see the people on the stadium shedding blood and sweat.
The wide green field is divided into three large areas. The two sides are the activities of the two sides, and the middle is a complex fighting area.
In the CQB environment where the rooms are separated by oak boards, there is also an open long alley of more than 80 meters for pistol shooting duels. There are two or three-story buildings creating height differences, arid sandy land and moist mudflats.
Every year, these modular competition scenes are randomly arranged like a complex sandbox, like a college entrance examination question bank, leaving veterans scratching their heads and having to adapt to the unfamiliar environment of auditions again, which is very likely to capsize in the gutter.
Right now, right now.
There was a lot going on in the crowded lounge.
Qi Ji's eyes were fixed on the foreign players on the field. He couldn't see clearly the internal structure of the complex room, and could only hear the screams of bullets one after another. On the green grass of the Blue Eagle Stadium, there was no player in the activity area of the red and black teams, and they all rushed to the complex fighting area.
The same goes for Daniel. The circulation fan draws the smell of sweat from the stadium into the lounge, and the hot summer fills the entire underground cavity with an uneasy air pressure.
This kind of waiting is torture, like going to the execution ground for an appointment with death.
Xiao Hao was not as anxious as he was at the beginning. His eyes were fixed on the commentary seats on the main stage and the auditorium of the stadium.
People from different villages, towns and cities gather here. They hold ribbons, whistles and grab the cultural shirts of various clubs. The local manufacturers are their workplaces, and the contestants are the gold medal fighters invited by the manufacturers.
The young talent sweating it out on the field may have been the nephew who ran around and played in the community a few years ago. Now he has grown up and turned into the next generation full of passion and energy.
Eighteen flags are arranged in a large circle around the green field. These are the local businesses that support the Daji Township Division, from Yunlong Heavy Industry to Hemei Home Appliances, from Aurora Snacks to Charles Technology - team flags of various colors and teams of various shapes. emblem.
The two girls were lying on the window, looking eagerly at the men's team of the Hainan Coconut Juice Team. The men's team in open-front suits were delivering goods live at the branch venue. After a while, they were stuck inside and couldn't get out. They raised their bodies to try. Stick your head in the window.
But at this very moment——
——The uninvited guest from Team 316 broke the pre-match calm.
A dirty hand was attached to Kathy Gerald's raised ass. Before it even touched Kathy's little sister's body, the gunsmith grabbed her tightly.
"What do you want to do?" the gunsmith said coldly.
The owner of this stupid hand is a breakthrough player from Team 316. He was a young man with brown hair, green eyes, and wheat-colored skin.
After being caught by the gunsmith, the young man was not ashamed at all, but his attitude was very arrogant, as if he had eaten gunpowder.
"I want to add some branding to you rookies in white--what's wrong? Do you want to refuse my kindness?"
Shark Pepper immediately turned around, his cute expression disappeared, and he turned into a hero under the sea, with sharp teeth and a ferocious face: "The game hasn't started yet."
It saw that this young man was wearing a purple team uniform and a prismatic crystal badge on his chest. He was a well-known team in the Daji Township Division, the [Amethyst] Club sponsored by the pyroxene jewelry manufacturer.
"You're the Amethyst's breakthrough expert, aren't you? You saw the weakness that my girl inadvertently exposed, and you couldn't wait to break through?"
"Hahahahahaha!" The young man from Amethyst laughed heartily, as if he was amused by Shark's strange metaphor: "Coach in white! You are quite interesting, aren't you!?"
As soon as the gunsmith exerted force, the young man's expression suddenly changed. He felt a heartbreaking pain in his wrist, but he pretended to be calm, not wanting to lose the battle.
At this time, Kaixi and Xiao Min had not yet come to their senses. They only knew that the male model on the side of the field was very good-looking, but they did not know that before they even came on stage, the enemy's vanguard had already come to take advantage of them and make harsh words.
"Let me go." The young man's tone was low and his expression was gloomy.
Jiang Xueming: "You'd better be polite."
Young man: "Have I not touched it yet?"
Jiang Xueming let go of his hand, and the young man took two steps back, showing a look of dissatisfaction.
"Remember, my name is Foego, Foego Sebastian." The young man took out his player ID from his team uniform. He was twenty-two years old and was a contracted player of Amethyst: "When we get to the arena, I will still leave a trademark on this beauty's butt - in white, remember it for me, and you can book your return ticket now."
Little Shark shouted: "How!"
Brother Hao stood up suddenly, and his soul returned to his body from the crowd of people in the arena.
"What's wrong?!"
The scene was really noisy, and Brother Hao's voice became much louder.
Little Shark's gray-blue index finger popped out like a sharp arrow from a bow: "This guy is Amethyst's breakthrough player, and he is the same type of player as you."
"Oh!" Brother Hao stepped forward quickly, blocking Foyego's path.
Foego looked at this strong man who suddenly appeared in surprise——
——Ahao's steps were fast and fierce, as if a city wall had come to his face in an instant.
"Are you my opponent?" Ahao frowned, his eyes blazing, "As long as I defeat you, my mission will be completed, right? As long as I am better than you, the audience will definitely like me. Is it right?"
"Is there something wrong with this guy?" It was difficult for Foego to understand Ahao's brain circuit, and he only felt a heat on his forehead.
Xiao Hao is much stronger than Amethyst's breakthrough player. They are similar in height, both men are over 180 centimeters tall.
At this moment, Brother Hao's forehead was in contact with Foego's.
"Everyone is wearing white! What nonsense are you talking about! I want to protect this white shirt - and JK's ass! I will protect it too!"
Kathy Gerald almost burst out laughing as she squirted out her energy drink.
Brother Hao clenched his fists and made a clicking sound in Foyego's ear——
——It wasn’t until this inexplicable opponent left that Foyego returned to the 316 Amethyst team.
Amethyst's coach asked as he watched the breakthrough player come back with eyes wide open.
"Foyego, did you succeed? Are they angry? Provoking your opponent is not a glorious move, but it is very useful."
Foego Sebastian shook his head, as if he had received a strong psychic shock, and his arm was still aching.
"I don't know. Coach, I can't understand these people. It's weird. I..."
Amethyst's coach glanced at Foyego: "You're not injured, are you? What happened to your hand?"
Foego glanced at the other people in the team——
——He was a little panicked. You must know that Amethyst’s team members are all elites.
The dull pain in his arm still refused to dissipate. He didn't know the extent of the injury, and he still had the last few minutes to prepare. If he showed his timidity at this time, not only would he be ridiculed, but it would also be difficult to hold his head up in front of the coach in the future.
"I'm fine."
(End of chapter)
