It was already eight in the evening.
The last streaks of sunset slowly faded from the horizon.
The lights of Riyadh began to shine.
The Soaring Golden Chalice lit up as well.
At night, the Soaring Golden Chalice looked even more dreamlike and magnificent than it did during the day.
Its lighting effects came in three layers.
The first layer covered the base and the body of the chalice.
The lights climbed upward at a speed of three meters per second, precisely tracing the trophy's spiral pattern.
When the light reached one-third of the way up the body, it suddenly paused for 0.5 seconds—this was the "Heartbeat Rhythm" the designer had built in, making the entire structure seem alive.
The second layer of lighting was on the crown around the rim.
The twelve supports shaped like "trophy handles" around the rim suddenly blazed with light all at once!
The LED modules at the end of each support imitated a "Diamond Cut Surface," refracting the golden light into twelve beams that shot straight into the sky.
The beams reached five kilometers and projected the reflection of a golden chalice, one thousand meters in diameter, onto the clouds.
At the same time, the ring of lights along the rim began to pulse.
Mohammed explained that the pulsing was synchronized with the cheers of the crowd.
For every 10 dB increase in the audience's volume, the lights pulsed 0.2 seconds faster.
Listening to King's explanation, Wang Yi and the others were full of admiration.
"Holy crap, that's incredible!"
"I've learned something new!"
At the airport, Mohammed invited all the China Team players and coaches to fly straight to Doha, Qatar aboard his private jet.
The next day, both the China Team and the Japan Team had games.
While the China Team was still