The Mecha League
"Hello everyone, welcome to the Spring Tournament of the first season of the Mecha Tournament, sponsored by XXX and XXX. I'm your host Tiantian Tiantian."
"I'm your host Nianmi!" Nianmi.
"Let me give you a proper introduction to the person next to us. This is Mr. Wang Qianduo, the number one player in our game, a legendary figure in the entire Mecha World, whose game nickname is 'King of Thousand King'!" Tiantian.
"Hello everyone, I'm the Thousand King!" Old Wang said to the camera.
"Welcome our Thousand King! Is this your first time hosting?" Nianmi.
"Yes,..."
Today is the day the competition begins, and Old Wang is sitting on the host's platform with great discomfort.
However, the two hosts beside him, who were not professional hosts, quickly calmed him down.
Hosting is a highly professional profession, and an unprofessional host can be a disaster for a program.
"Thousand King Gambler, before the competition starts, may I ask you a few questions on behalf of the Player?" Nianmi said.
"Of course!" Old Wang.
This was a pre-arranged segment, designed to have him explain why he wasn't allowed to participate in the competition.
"First, could you please explain the ID 'Thousand King'? We are all very puzzled as to why you chose such a name," Nianmi.
"My Wang Qianduo, which is 'Duoqian Thousand King' when reversed. Since it doesn't sound very nice, I'm now called 'Thousand King'. There's really no special reason for it," said Old Wang.
"So, what do you usually...?"
"What's your opinion on not letting you play but making you the Chief Referee instead?" Nianmi.
"It's a matter of mutual consent. After all, no one has found a path that suits them like I have yet. Once we all reach Legendary together later on, I'll return to the arena!"
Old Wang's answers were all standard and conventional. Given that he's not a professional, it's already good enough that he could give standard and conventional answers; don't even think about using witty remarks.
If I say something wrong and it gets maliciously edited, that'll be headline news again. I'm not afraid of being criticized, but it's really not worth it!
The organizers had allotted Old Wang nearly 50 minutes for his speech, so the two hosts had almost no problems with what he said at the end.
But the advantage of live streaming is that there are bullet comments, which they can use to find questions and extend the time.
The three-way match, which had been dragging on for so long, was finally about to begin: the opening match between the Star River and Ten Thousand Miles.
Star River fielded their main team: President [Star River], Support [Zhiguang], Assassin [Zhici], Mage [Phoenix Cry], and Tank [Shangang].
Everyone was familiar with these contestants from the Star River; their videos were everywhere online, so Old Wang and his two companions weren't surprised.
To their surprise, Ten Thousand Miles's team was not the main force that their guild recognized.
The five members are the President [Ten Thousand Miles], his younger brother [Shanhe], the assistant and commander [Bright Moon], and [Young Boss Wang] who joined their guild through financing.
These four people were no surprise, and everyone had guessed it, but their fifth person was not their guild's famous assassin, Wanli Beiqiu, but the second team's Sniper, [Invincible Young Master Hua].
This left everyone completely bewildered, wondering what they were up to.
After all, it's really difficult for Sniper to perform well in this kind of competition.
Furthermore, they have a professional conflict with Young Boss Wang, who is an archer, making it difficult to understand what they are thinking.
"Both sides didn't field any substitutes, which seems quite confident. Thousand King, which of these two teams do you think has a higher chance of winning?" Tiantian asked Old Wang after the players were introduced.
"Star River, their class composition is more reasonable!" Old Wang said.
"Indeed, Ten Thousand Miles's lineup feels a bit strange! Okay, let's see the first one-on-one match has started."
It's a match between President Star River and President Ten Thousand Miles. I'll be explaining the competition rules to the audience Tiantian.
In the Mecha World League Tournament, a match is divided into five smaller matches. The winner of a 5-on-5 match gets two points, the winner of a 3-on-3 match gets three points, and the winner of a 2-on-2 match or two 1-on-1 matches gets one point.
In each match, a player can only participate in two two-point matches and one one-point match... blah blah blah...
With the host's introduction, Wang Xinghe and Yang Wanli were ready on stage.
Before Old Wang and those hidden forces suddenly appeared, the Title of the number one player in the game was always a competition between them; they were very old rivals.
As the countdown to the match ended, Wang Xinghe transformed into Blazing Wyvern and swooped down towards Yang Wanli's Sea Demon King.
The Sea Demon King is an evolved Mecha of the Wavechaser's Halberd, with enhanced control over water flow.
Facing the swooping Blazing Wyvern, the Sea Demon King remained calm. A Water Shield appeared before him, and seawater began to rise beneath his feet.
But Old Wang has already shown the world how to deal with this Sea Demon King -type Mecha: don't give him the opportunity to set up a water-based terrain.
The Blazing Wyvern spewed out scorching fire serpents from its mouth; its target was not the Sea Demon King, but the water spreading beneath the Sea Demon King's feet.
The flames instantly evaporated all the water, and then two fiery wheels cleaved through the water shield, heading towards the Sea Demon King.
The Sea Demon King barely managed to dodge, but was still hit by the flying wheel, and the damage he suffered was considerable.
After witnessing this scene, everyone knew that Yang Wanli was in trouble.
And that's exactly how it turned out; Wang Xinghe never gave him a chance to expand the water-based terrain.
Although he caused considerable trouble for the dog star with his professional and attribute advantages, he was eventually taken away by the flames of the Blazing Wyvern.
Galaxy Guild has secured its first victory!
If he doesn't find a way to overcome his weakness of needing to prepare in advance for matches, he may soon fall from the top tier.
"Alright, everyone, welcome back. The first match has ended, and Galaxy Guild is currently leading 1-0. Let's look forward to the second match!" Tiantian.
"Let's take a look at the players sent out by both sides. The Galaxy Guild will be sending out [Star River's Thorn]. There's no problem with this assassin; Assassin Mech have a very clear advantage in one-on-one combat."
Ten Thousand Miles sent out... Invincible Young Master Hua? They've deployed Sniper for a one-on-one duel, do they have some special trump card?"Nianmi.
She was stunned when she saw Invincible Young Master Hua enter the stage; not only her, but everyone else was also confused.
"Ten Thousand Miles bought it?"
"Do they still want to play? How about sending Sniper up for a one-on-one fight?"
What are these people thinking?
As the audience cheered, both sides summoned their Mecha.
The Star River's Thorn's Mecha remained unchanged, but Invincible Young Master Hua Mecha surprised everyone.
His original Mecha was a green Sniper Mecha, but now, although his Mecha still looks like Sniper Mecha, it has turned grayish-black. This is not his original Mecha Evolution at all!
"Can Rare Mecha also use the proof of Perfect evolution?" Tiantian.
"No! This is Mutant Evolution, a very unstable form of evolution," Old Wang.
"Mutant Evolution?" the two hosts asked together, naturally asking someone knowledgeable.
"I don't know much about it either, but I've heard it's a very bad way of evolution, and only Rare Mecha can use it," Old Wang said.
Zero told him about Mutant Evolution, and that this method of evolution was not just bad, it was downright cruel.
Zero says that Mutant Evolution is a Mecha Evolution method that uses special materials to guide Mecha that should have evolved into a specific type onto a special evolutionary path.
This method is equivalent to gambling with your life; if you win, you obtain a special evolved type of Mecha; if you lose, you die instantly.
"No life" here means no life at all, and even if you win, the Mecha you get might not be stronger than the original.
These things aren't even that cruel; what's cruel are the special materials that trigger mutations and the Tormented Souls.
Tormented Souls may not necessarily be a human soul, but it must be the soul of an Intelligence being, with the human being being the best example.
Although this thing is called a soul, it is actually the spiritual energy released when an Intelligence being dies painfully.
Evolving a level 30 Mecha requires the Mental Power of hundreds of Intelligence beings.
Moreover, once this process begins, it cannot be stopped. Each subsequent evolution requires the use of Tormented Souls, and the higher the level of the Mecha, the more souls it needs.
When Old Wang saw these introductions about Zero, his fingers turned white from clenching them so tightly that he had to restrain himself.