Star Calendar 2667 Wednesday, March 4th, early morning.
Yunhai City, Lijing Hotel.
Chen Mochuan, who had just finished his morning exercise, came to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, opened Personal Terminal, and entered a four-person communication group. His eyes fell on the group name that had been changed to [Shining Yunhai] at some point, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
With such a "secondary" group name, you can tell with your toes that except for best friend Li Biao, there will be no second candidate.
While feeling funny in his heart, he sent a message in the group. "It's time to go, meet in the lobby on the first floor."
Today is the first day of the "Yunhai Youth Tournament" competition, and the auditions will officially begin at 9:00 am.
Only two or three minutes after the message was sent out, three figures walked out of the elevator, all wearing martial arts uniforms that facilitated movement.
Before anyone arrived, the voice arrived first. Li Biao, who was walking at the front, was already shouting, "Brother Chuan, after all the hard work, you got up so early for morning exercise? You are too self-disciplined!"
Chen Mochuan did not answer his words, but smiled, nodded and said hello to Jiang Hao and Su Zhining who came next.
The two of them came together because of their recent fate.
Since that public competition, Jiang Hao, Li Biao, and Su Zhining, with each other's "help", have successively understood Neutralizing Force, and they have often gathered together to exchange ideas and discuss martial arts.
The closeness in strength and the same goals have quickly brought the three people, who were just ordinary classmates, closer to each other and can now be regarded as friends.
Therefore, when Li Biao encouraged the two of them to participate in "Yunhai Youth Tournament" a few days ago, they did not hesitate and signed up together.
None of the four are seed players directly invited by the event organizing committee, and they need to start from the audition.
Therefore, they asked for leave from their class teacher Han Zhen in advance, arrived at Yunhai City together yesterday, checked into a hotel near the competition venue, and prepared for the competition in the best condition.
For students to participate in such high-level, high-standard official competitions, Han Zhen naturally fully supports it.
If it weren't for the heavy workload of teaching and leading the class as the head teacher of the graduating class, he would even want to take a leave of absence and personally lead the team to cheer them on.
Lijing Hotel is conveniently located, only two streets away from Yunhai City Comprehensive Gymnasium where the event is held. The four of Chen Mochuan arrived at their destination early at 8:30.
Even before they got close, everyone felt the atmosphere of the competition.
Outside the main entrance of the stadium, there was already a long queue of spectators waiting to enter. Although it was not crowded, the popularity was already high.
"Oh, it's just an audition, so there are so many viewers watching?" Li Biao was a little surprised. It was still more than half an hour before the audition started.
As an official major event for teenagers, "Yunhai Youth Tournament" is a local annual event. It has always attracted the attention of local citizens of the Cloud Sea, and even attracts many foreign martial arts enthusiasts to watch the competition every year.
Chen Mochuan and others did not need to line up with the audience. They found the staff, showed their electronic participation vouchers to complete the verification and registration, and then entered the venue with priority through the dedicated channel for players.
Stepping into the main building, the view suddenly opens up.
As far as the eye can see, there are rows of temporarily constructed and neatly arranged standardized arenas, as well as many players who have already arrived and are doing warm-up activities.
There was a unique atmosphere of excitement and tension in the air.
"This scene----is really big." Li Biao lowered his voice with emotion in his tone.
It was the first time for Jiang Hao and Su Zhining to participate in an event of this scale. Seeing such a battle, they could not help but feel slightly nervous as they thought about having to compete on stage in front of many spectators later.
Only Chen Mochuan looked as normal and his eyes calmly scanned the venue.
At this moment, a smiling voice came from the side, "I've been waiting for you to come!"
Chen Mochuan turned around and saw Ding Muzhi walking towards him with a smile.
This Yaoguang Martial Arts Hall genius is also wearing a neat martial arts uniform today and has a cheerful smile.
"You are a seeded contestant and have directly advanced to the main round. Why did you come to the audition site?" Chen Mochuan asked in surprise.
The two of them have become friends since the last time they competed. They occasionally exchange a few words in the communication, so they are considered to be familiar with each other.
Ding Muzhi has indeed repeatedly confirmed in the communication whether he will participate in the competition in the past few days, and his enthusiasm is a bit abnormal, but Chen Mochuan did not expect that he would make a special trip to meet him on the audition day.
Ding Muzhi walked forward and explained with a smile, "Come and take a look at the situation. Every year, there are several dark horses among the contestants who advance through the auditions. Their strength should not be underestimated, let alone----"
His eyes specifically paused on Chen Mochuan, and his smile became even thicker, "This year there is a great god like you hiding in it, and I will definitely come over to observe. Besides, I am not the only seeded player here today. Many people are afraid of overturning during the competition, so they come here in advance to do their homework."
"That's it." Chen Mochuan smiled knowingly.
The two briefly exchanged greetings. Someone not far away called Ding Muzhi, and he left first.
"Chen Mochuan also has friends in Yunhai City----? Are they still seed players?" Jiang Hao looked at Ding Muzhi's leaving figure and asked Li Biao beside him in a low voice.
"Well, his name is Ding Muzhi. He was ranked Yunhai City, the third year in high school. Martial Arts Department was the sixth before his death. He was Tenth Rank of Five Orifices Fully Opened. Perfection Martial Warrior." Li Biao nodded, then changed the subject, "But, he was defeated head-on by Brother Chuan more than half a month ago."
Hearing this, both Jiang Hao and Su Zhining had curious looks on their faces.
Li Biao got excited and began to vividly recount the showdown between Chen Mochuan and Ding Muzhi on the Mingxin Martial Arts Hall ring more than half a month ago.
Chen Mochuan listened on the sidelines and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, but he didn't stop it.
Firstly, Ding Muzhi himself has left, so it is not rude to talk; secondly, seeing his best friend, he can talk enthusiastically, and Jiang Hao listens attentively, so it is not easy for him to interrupt, so he simply walks aside, gathers his mind, silently visualizes the imprint of the word "god" in the spiritual world, and uses this gap before the game to practice Seal Spirit Technique.
He was not kept waiting for too long. At nine o'clock sharp, a clear and loud voice sounded through the loudspeaker equipment on time, overpowering the noise in the venue. "Please pay attention to all contestants! The Yunhai Youth Tournament audition is about to begin!"
"As of now, there are a total of 316 audition contestants who have been verified and registered. Please be prepared----"
Chen Mochuan listened attentively, and the radio began to broadcast the schedule and rules in detail.
There is no virtual battle in the entire Yunhai Youth Tournament. From auditions to the main competition, all battles are actual battles.
The rules for the audition stage are concise and straightforward:
All contestants present will be randomly matched by the system based on their registration numbers and assigned to the designated arena for battle.
Each player will compete in multiple rounds today. There are professional referees in each arena who will give corresponding scores based on the players' comprehensive performance in the battle (including but not limited to victory or defeat, skill use, tactical awareness, mental outlook, etc.).
The audition will last a full day, from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m.
In the end, the system will rank all participating players based on their combat scores. The top 43 players will advance and form the top 64 together with the 21 seed players directly invited by the organizer to enter the main draw.
After the auditions, all contestants will get a day of rest, and the top 64 competition will officially kick off on March 6.