Chapter 325: Preseason

Preseason Day 2.

Du Sanying draws for the 18th time, and finally there is a team that has not forfeited.

But this team bar ...... is crying on the field.

Wang Shun's eyebrows twitch as he sits next to Bai Liu in their viewing pool, and Bai Liu sits next to Wang Shun in his old age.

The opponent is sitting on a bench far away from Bai Liu trembling, and from time to time sneak a glance at Bai Liu, Bai Liu lightly look back, the opposite side of the scared almost screamed out, five people shivered and hugged a ball, whimpering and sobbing.

"That declaration by the Joker earlier scared them." Wang Shun cries, "They think you're one of those clowns who likes to kill."

Bai Liu laughed: "Scared like this and still came to compete with us, not bad."

"Not just anyone has the capital to forfeit." Wang Shun sighed, "This small guild doesn't know if it will survive next year." Wang Shun sighs, "A small guild like this doesn't know if it'll be alive next year, so it's a gamble either way."

Bai Liu looks to the large TV screen in the center of the viewing pool, "Do you think we can end the battle today before the regimental match?"

Wang Shun was stunned and after thinking for a long time, he gave a reply, "I don't know."

"Preseason games are also point-based per game, only unlike midseason games, which have a combined settlement, they're settled per game."

"Each round of the single match is worth 1 point, each round of the double match is worth 3 points, and the team match is worth 8 points. Based on this point arrangement alone, even if you win both the single match and the double match, you will only be able to accumulate 4 points, and you will still have to play the team match."

"In that respect, the singles and pairs matches are as if they don't matter, and win or lose, the real winner in the end is determined by the group matches."

Wang Shun said seriously, "But that's not really true."

"There's a special case where by winning the pairs and singles matches, the tournament is simply over."

Wang Shun points out the panel to Bai Liu: "There is a special rule for singles and pairs, called the time limit."

"This provision means that if a single or double match can be concluded within one dimensional hour, the points earned by the winning team for winning the match are doubled."

"In other words, if our team members in both the single and double matches finish within one dimensional hour, the points for both the single and double matches combined will be doubled, which is 8 points."

Wang Shun looked to Bai Liu : "At this point, the game ended early, and we were called to have killed the game early again."

"Killing a game early is a near-impossible occurrence in the midseason and playoffs, and rare even in the preseason; a one-dimensional hour to end a game is too demanding and can only be done when the odds are stacked against you."

Bai Liu dragged his jaw and lazily quirked the corner of his mouth, "Which means that if we can kill the game early, the attention we get will stack up exponentially, right?"

Wang Shun nods, "Yes, it represents the overwhelming strength of this team, and strength is the most attractive trait in the league."

"If you can get a kill match early in the league ......" Wang Shun took a deep breath, "the huge amount of attention that would be attracted could make up for the exposure you're missing in the game pool all at once. "

Wang Shun looked over to Tang Er playing in the viewing pool, who was warming up and preparing to take the field, and muttered, "Killing the game early, that's probably something every tactician dreams of."

The large screen in the center of the viewing pool flickered and a line emerged:

[System alert: The single-player tournament is about to begin.]

Wandering Circus Player (Rose Hunter) vs. Sellerophonist (Hiker)

[The game is The Dreamboat, and victory is won by killing the captain of the Dreamboat, and the first player to land on the Lost Lands wins.]

[Game on!

Tang Er hit and a white light flashed on the person across from him, and the next second he appeared in a huge TV screen.

Seven dimensional minutes later.

Tang Er hit logged out with his gun, pinning it to his back.

Immediately after his opponent, with both eyes in a trance, landed out on his knees in agonizing shock.

Tang Er fought hesitantly, but went over and reached out to help his trance-ridden opponent to his feet, nodding his head in a natural manner and saying, "I'm sorry to hear that."

[SYSTEM NOTE: Player (Rose Hunter) killed the match early and won the single player match, accumulating 2 points]

Tang Er fights his way over to Bai Liu and sits down, turning his head to Bai Liu and nodding in greeting, Bai Liu smiles, "Well done, Captain Tang."

"We're up next."

Bai Liu and Mu Sicheng stood up slowly.

[System alert: The two-player race is about to begin.]

Bai Liu and Mu Sicheng of the Wandering Circus vs. Wang Ling and the Undead Soldiers of the Seraphim.

......

Fifty-seven dimensional minutes later.

Bai Liu straightens his white shirt and logs off with a cursing Mu Sicheng.

"Damn, why did it take so long!" Mu Sicheng was very unconvinced, "Tang Er only took seven minutes to fight, so why did it take us more than fifty!"

Mu Sicheng grunted and glanced at Bai Liu: "Bai Liu, is there something wrong with your command?"

Bai Liu responded without changing his expression, "Well, especially if you suddenly dropped out in the middle of the process and went to kill the boss alone in a hurry, and almost even brought me down, I think I do have a problem with commanding."

Mu Sicheng: "......"

His arrogance instantly subsided, and he pressed on in a small voice, "Didn't I want to kill the game early ......"

Bai Liu smiles in a way that sends chills down your back, "Trying to get out early, it's better to listen to me next time."

Mu Sicheng : "...... Okay."

The two team members who had just logged out on the opposite side of the room sat paralyzed on the ground with their eyes glazed over and gasping for air, almost incredulously looking across the room at the two people who were still idly and slowly bickering.

That game was so dangerous, it was clearly a two-player match where two people had to be in close contact, and one of the Wandering Circus dropped out midway through and couldn't be found, but the tactician in the white shirt didn't panic at all, and continued to play nonchalantly, almost killing the game with his card line.

This kind of counting ability ...... is also too perverse!

[System alert: Players Bai Liu and Mu Sicheng killed the match early and won the two-player match with 6 points]

[System Alert: Wandering Circus accumulated 8 points, killing the game early and advancing to the next round]

[Seraphim eliminated]

......

Du Sanying drew the team out of the box and raised his hand to loudly announce the name, "[Grave Robbers]!"

......

[System Alert: Player Little Witch killed the match early and won the single player match, accumulating 2 points]

[System Alert: Players Mu Sicheng and Bai Liu killed the match early and won the two-player match, scoring 6 points]

[System Alert: Wandering Circus accumulated 8 points, killing the game early and advancing to the next round]

[Tomb Raiders eliminated]

......

Du Sanying leaned closer to see the team on the note, "[Winged Hound]?"

......

[System Alert: Player Mu Ke used Flash One Strike to kill the match early in one dimensional minute, setting a new record for the shortest solo match, earning him the title of Lightning Solo, winning the solo match and accumulating 2 points]

[System Alert: Players Mu Sicheng and Bai Liu killed the match early and won the two-player match, scoring 6 points]

[System Alert: Wandering Circus accumulated 8 points, killing the game early and advancing to the next round]

[Winged Hounds eliminated]

......

Du Sanying carefully read out the name of the battle team on the note: "[Emerald Tiger Tetan]."

......

[System Alert: Wandering Circus accumulated 8 points, killing the game early and advancing to the next round]

[Emerald Tiger Tetan Warriors eliminated]

......

Du Sanying reaches into the cardboard box under the almost dumbfounded awe of the man next to him, and he reads out the warband on it word for word: "[Storm Commons]?"

The man next to him peeked at Bai Liu, who stood behind Du Sanying guarding his battle-smoking team, and lowered his voice to discuss it cautiously:

"...... Will the Wandering Circus still kill the game early this time?"

"Storm Public House is at least a team that made it to the top 100 of the preseason last year! It's going to play a group game once more!"

"Let's go over there later, I'll take a note of their ornamental pool number, it's 98 right?"

The 98th viewing pool was so crowded that the spectators coming from behind looked like they couldn't find a place to land, but the good news was that it was only visually dense.

The viewing pools within the system are infinitely extendable spaces that can accommodate an infinite number of spectators.

There was a lot of chatter in the audience:

"Too strong to kill the game early all the way over ......"

"Last year's Killer Sequence also only managed to kill the match early in single player, not so strong in double player ......"

"This team is basically new, right? Why is it so strong?!"

"It's the tactician." A draped, lazy female voice inserted itself into the conversation between these few spectators.

The few spectators were stunned, and the moment they turned their heads over they backed up, "Red, Queen of Heart!"

Heart smiled and wagged her finger at them in greeting, "Hello there."

There was a spectator who was so excited that his face was red and his eyes were glowing, so excited that his speech was incoherent, "I'm a fan of yours, Queen, and I love you so much! I'm putting all my points on the King's Guild!"

Heart smiles with an arched eyebrow, "Really? Thanks for liking it, but a boy still needs to keep a little wife's book for himself."

This audience member nodded shyly and obediently and stammered, "I... I will, Empress!"

"What brings the Empress here to watch the match?" This spectator cautiously inquired, "Shouldn't you be preparing for the midseason tournament?"

Heart looks at the screen in the center of the viewing pool and rests her cheeks as she whispers, "I don't have a King's Guild match today, so I snuck out to watch someone else's match, but I'll have to go back later."

"There's the Slayer Sequence today."

The spectator wilted meatily, his voice frustrated, "Is the queen, is she going back to the Spades match?"

Heart smiles, "Yeah."

The viewer looks like he's about to burst into tears. He likes Heart, but it's an open secret in the game that Heart is after Spades, and Heart mentioning Spades in front of him is clearly hurting his "husband's fan".

Seeing that this spectator was about to cry out, the spectator beside him hurriedly changed the subject, "What was it that the Empress just said that this rookie team, Wandering Circus, was so strong because of the Tactician?"

"I thought it was because these newcomers are so strong." This viewer's afterglow glanced at Liu Jiayi, who was sitting next to Bai Liu, "...... like the little witch."

Heart's gaze fell lightly on the little witch's back, "Jiayi is indeed strong yes, but she also has the highest instability in the team, and I've had a hard time balancing her instability with a great deal of effort."

"Newcomers have this problem, so in the game newcomers are a ticking time bomb, and every now and then a mistake comes up to set the game off."

"It's easy to let these new guys win, the hard part is winning all the time."

Heart's gaze shifted to Bai Liu's back, "It's something only a tactician can do, balancing the instability of the players."

"The stronger the newcomers, the harder the instability is to balance, and it's a very impressive thing that the tactician of the Wandering Circus was able to absorb the instability of so many newcomers."

Heart exchanged the hand resting on her cheek, her posture was idle and lazy, and her eyes were filled with a layer of mesmerizing watery light:

"I like a man who uses a whip well, and I would have liked Spades a lot if I hadn't met him first."

The fan audience next to her was indignant, "But he pulled a dirty trick to steal your little witch from the Queen!"

Heart's burgundy eyes rolled and swept the audience with an afterimage.

The audience is subconsciously silenced by Heart's glance.

Heart shifted his eyes to the big screen again, his tone light:

"Jiayi wasn't taken from anyone."

"Jiayi chose to go with him of her own accord and I wasn't able to keep her, I came over here today because I wanted to see Jiayi play as well, stop saying such things in front of me about treating Jiayi like an object, I don't like it."

A nearby spectator clasped his chest and grunted disdainfully, "Queen Heart, after all this time, you still can't get away from looking at men when judging tacticians?"

"A good-looking man with a good whip is going to be a step above the rest with you?"

Heart rolled his eyes and looked over at them for a moment before saying in a reaction-like daze, "You're the Tactician of the Frenzied Lamb?"

The man sneered and said rather smugly, "It seems that the Empress still remembers me, and I'm considered to be in the Empress' eyes?"

Heart smiled softly, "Not really, I don't remember men who are ugly and have lost to me."

The man stood up with a burst of anger, and then sat down with forced restraint in the next second, sneering with a twisted expression, "Heart, don't be complacent, I'll have a good time with you, a bitch, after I break out successfully in this preseason tournament."

"Like this?" Heart smiles unconcernedly and tilts her head, her long burgundy hair falling, "How about you win Bai Liu once and show me?"

"Bai Liu?" this person looked extremely disdainful, "Only someone like you who would be mesmerized by appearances would think that Bai Liu has tactics, in my opinion, this person is nothing more than killing chickens and claptrap, the lowest level of tactician."