Chapter 468: Chapter 468
Just past 1 PM, the gates of the Ningzhong City National Arena opened, and countless players who came for the event entered the venue in an orderly fashion.
Electronic sports had become a globally recognized competitive category decades ago, and before the birth of "Glory of the Gods," there were many gaming tournaments organized by individuals or official entities.
At this point, electronic sports were no longer marginalized or misunderstood, nor did anyone criticize it as ’distracting from one’s ambitions’.
On the contrary, electronic sports had become even more popular than traditional sports competitions.
Not just in Ningzhong City, but in all major cities globally, if conditions allowed, there were huge electronic sports arenas specially established for hosting local events.
The electronic sports arena in Ningzhong City was a fully enclosed giant venue capable of accommodating 80,000 people simultaneously, with the competition stage on one side and the audience seating arranged in a fan shape.
There was an immensely large screen on the competition stage, visible even to spectators sitting in the back of the venue.
The competitors were situated on both sides of the stage, in fully transparent rooms that, although designed with special soundproofing, prevented any external noise from affecting the players inside.
No matter how loud the on-site noise, it could not disturb the players.
Upon entering, all the players were searching for their seats with looks of excitement and eagerness on their faces.
In the backstage preparation room of the arena, representatives from eight schools, along with the official representative of "Glory of the Gods" and the calm Mu Wanqing, gathered together.
The official representative of "Glory of the Gods" was a woman in her thirties dressed very smartly, who introduced herself at the start:
"My name is Chen Shuya, and today I am here to represent the game developer to witness this eight-school league with all of you."
"If you have any questions during this time, feel free to approach me directly." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel[f]ire.net
"First of all, I wish a successful conclusion to this eight-school league."
Everyone responded promptly, with only Mu Wanqing maintaining a faint smile on her face.
After all, for her, today, Mu Wanqing was merely an opening guest, and her task was simply to perform a song well at the start.
While many were drawn by the fame of Mu Wanqing, the pop queen of sweet songs, it was undeniable that the eight-school league was the true highlight of the day.
Next, the official representative Chen Shuya began to introduce today’s event process:
After Mu Wanqing’s opening song, the official matches of the eight-school league would commence.
The first match was a personal battle targeting the eight schools, with each school sending five members to participate.
This personal battle had a best-of-five format, with the opponents decided by drawing lots.
The winning side would advance to the semi-finals and then the finals, ultimately selecting the winning team in the personal battle.
From first to eighth place, scores would be calculated.
Before the final results were announced, each school had one chance to challenge a team ranked higher than themselves.
However, if the challenge failed, a certain number of points would be deducted.
So, unless they were sure of a victory, no school dared to easily use this privilege.
If a school did not perform well in the personal battle, there was no need to worry.
Because after the personal battles came the main event of the day, the team competition.
The final rankings would be based on the combined scores from both the personal and team matches.
The team competition followed a 5+1 format, with five school members plus one external support member participating together.
The rules for the team competition were:
All players would be placed simultaneously on a perilous island, where flags corresponding to each of the eight schools were kept, and each player would score a point for finding their own school’s flag.
During the match, if a participating player was killed, the killer would gain all the flags the defeated player had collected.
Moreover, on the island, there were not only rival players but also various beasts and traps—dying would result in losing all flags.
Lost flags would randomly respawn on the island.
The final score would be based on the number of one’s own school flags the team obtained.
It is worth mentioning that the level of all participants would be unified at level 20, with six professions set: Shield Warrior, Thief, Mage, Priest, Archer, and Berserker, which the participants could freely choose from.
This meant that all six players participating in the team match had to select a corresponding profession to enter the competition.
This arrangement was also intended to maximize the fairness of the game and provide more points of interest for the spectators.
After death, players would respawn at the resurrection point 30 seconds later, which was the only safe zone on the island and could not be attacked.
Many people were taken aback upon seeing the announcement of the team competition rules.
Because under these rules, leaving aside the strength of a team, luck would also play a significant role.
The originally favored teams, under these rule restrictions, were uncertain if they could achieve ultimate victory.
Although this was an offline event for Ningzhong City, the game’s official team still set up a betting event on the game forum, allowing players to participate with gold coins.
Of course, whenever there are such events, some businessmen smelling profit will also set up similar betting events elsewhere, which is unavoidable by the game’s official team.
In the preparation room, after Chen Shuya introduced the process, she added:
"Given that this is the first time our side (the game developer) has interacted offline with the academic institutions, and we did not expect so much response within the Hua Country war zone."
"We have unanimously decided, after deliberation, to hope to host a recreational competition open to all after the event."
"At that time, we will draw five hundred players from the audience to participate in this specially organized event, and I would like to hear your opinions on it, what do you all think?"
Those present heard the news for the first time, and everyone looked at each other in surprise.
However, after a brief thought, everyone expressed no objections, unanimously agreeing to the ’additional competition.’
Meanwhile, only Mu Wanqing, appearing as an outsider, was absentmindedly pondering the events that occurred recently at the snack street.
At this moment, Chen Shuya suddenly looked at Yan Yong, the representative of the School of Foreign Languages, and asked:
"I need your team’s support ID for the team competition, as I am now compiling all the lists to submit and backup."
Upon hearing these words, representatives from the other eight schools all looked at Yan Yong simultaneously, curious about his plans.
Yan Yong appeared to enjoy being in the spotlight, and with a proud smile, he replied:
"Our School of Foreign Languages’ support is: Feng Hua."
Everyone was startled by Mu Wanqing’s sudden exclamation. They saw Mu Wanqing excitedly looking at Yan Yong and said:
"Are you talking about my esteemed Feng Hua?"
Even Chen Shuya was taken aback, looking over in disbelief:
"I didn’t expect you could invite him; it’s truly surprising."
When the other seven schools’ representatives heard this name, they looked at Yan Yong with shock, their eyes filled with disbelief.
A representative from a school with a close relationship couldn’t help but wryly comment:
"Well, well, Old Yan, you all really kept this hidden!"
Meanwhile, what Yan Yong didn’t notice was that some school representatives were secretly exchanging meaningful glances, hinting that Feng Hua’s involvement might isolate the School of Foreign Languages.
If Feng Hua loses all his support, will he really be able to lead the School of Foreign Languages’ players through this test?