The next day.
In his room, Chen Yu eagerly connected to the Virtual Network and sank his consciousness into that roiling sea of data.
Without the slightest hesitation, he went straight to the Genius Tournament Spectator Platform and quickly found the group Lin Yi was competing in today among the vast lists of contestants.
Chen Yu felt both nervous and excited.
The enormous image taking up nearly half the viewing screen showed the countdown before the match and a panoramic view of the map. But Chen Yu knew that billions of eyes, just like his own, were fixed on it.
Aside from viewers who had contestants from their own races competing that day and had gone to cheer them on, more than ninety percent of spectators across the Pan-Spirit Alliance had likely turned their attention to this group.
Everyone wanted to see what kind of performance this Human Race genius would give after being completely overshadowed by the brilliance of the Spirit Race's Edith and written off by public opinion for days.
Would he be thoroughly defeated, confirming their suspicions, or would he be hiding something, as the Star Sea Observer team had suggested, and give everyone a surprising turn of events?
Soon, the countdown reached zero.
A hundred thousand contestants materialized simultaneously across the Virtual Continent, like starlight gathering in countless places.
As the only top-hundred seed competing that day, and with the controversy surrounding him having festered for days, Lin Yi had no doubt earned the group's most prominent central camera, which followed his every move.
He appeared beside a crystal-clear lake, its rippling waters behind him reflecting the drifting clouds in the sky.
Lin Yi still wore his simple dark blue combat uniform. He stood straight, his expression calm, as if he were not there to compete