Aside from classes, An Yan spent most of the time leading up to the Academy Mecha Competition training.
The two trained mainly on the situations that had occurred in the Academy Mecha Competition before, so that they could further familiarize themselves with the competition and also quickly improve the tacit understanding between each other.
Although the rules of the competition changed every year, the idea was always the same and this training was useful.
However, there was nothing they could do to supplement the training aside from practicing the preparation of different types of spiritual potions and mecha piloting.
An Yan is someone who is serious about his work, and he was even more serious about this competition since he was participating with Cheng Yi.
He would complete all the training sessions with great care and then sum up his experience in order to deepen his understanding.
The days went by in a flash, and it was soon November 1st, the day for the Mecha Competition to finally begin.
Before the official start of the competition, the organizers had already made a preliminary assessment of the applicants and eliminated most of them, mainly because the number of applicants for the competition was too large.
It would have been very difficult to design a tournament with such numbers, both in terms of the complexity of the design and in consideration of the viewers’ experience. So it was better to limit the number of participants advancing to further enhance the spectacle.
But even so, the number of players entering the competition exceeded 200,000.
According to past practice, the first event at the beginning of every Academy Mecha Competition was a pure mecha match. So there was no need for pharmacists to join in this part of the competition.
However, as Cheng Yi’s partner and lover, An Yan accompanied Cheng Yi to the competition on that day. Cheng Yang also happily tagged along, despite his big brother’s cold stare.
The first round of this year’s Academy Mecha Competition was very simple and brutal; a straightforward melee of all mechas.
This arrangement was made because there were still too many contestants even after the selection process. It would take a long time and not be fun if they were to divide the competition into groups.
Since the rules of the competition are adjusted every year, the organisers decided to make the first elimination round a mecha scuffe. That way, there will be more to watch and the length of the competition could be shortened.
This round was a simple points system, where a point would be added for each opponent eliminated, while the other party who gave the point was considered eliminated.
Everyone was given the same initial mecha power limit. The mecha warriors would not consume their spiritual power during the tournament, so the competition was on the ability to control the mechas.
There were two conditions for the end of the competition.
The first was that the competition would be stopped when half the number of participants were eliminated, so the remaining participants would advance to the next round.
The second condition was that the competition be stopped immediately when the round reached six hours, regardless of the number of contestants remaining. Half of the total number of contestants would be selected to advance to the next round according to their points.
In other words, half of the contestants would be eliminated at the end of this mecha melee.
This elimination rate may seem high, but even with half of the contestants eliminated, around 100,000 would still be left, which is still a very large number.
The rules also meant that to qualify, the contestants had to take the initiative to fight the other contestants. Otherwise, they would still be eliminated even if they made it to the end of the competition due to their point ranking.
The rules were announced and the contestants were given ten minutes to prepare before being transported into the tournament field to begin the competition.
“Go senior! You’re the best! ” An Yan’s eyes were sparkling as he looked at Cheng Yi, clenching his fist to cheer him on.
Cheng Yang also raised his fist after him, “Go for it, big brother!”
Cheng Yi directly ignored his silly brother. He hooked his lips and rubbed the little one’s hair: “I’ll finish the game as soon as possible so that you won’t have to wait too long.”
Cheng Yang: “……” How can you do this to your brother, who came along specifically to cheer you on?
Cheng Yi’s reply was to show his silly brother a cold back after gently saying goodbye to his little one.
Just as he promised, Cheng Yi immediately showed off his amazing strength once the competition started, eliminating three contestants in just a minute.
After that, all the contestants he met could not last more than a minute before they were forced to accept their tragic elimination.
Cheng Yi’s room was already in an uproar while he was controlling his mecha to take out each of his competitors quickly and accurately.
Passing by with a whoop: Whoop! How can Cheng Yi be so handsome! I can’t even breathe!
Maths is too hard: Cheng Yi is too nonchalant, isn’t he? He eliminates his opponents so quickly that he doesn’t leave them any face. But he’s really handsome. Ahhhh!
The network is lost: My mom asked me why I was kneeling down to watch the live stream!
Dumpling loves dumplings: My husband is so handsome! Go hubby! Hubby, you are the best!
Hehehe: Upstairs, why are you dreaming in broad daylight? Wake up and find a new husband. Cheng Yi already has a lover, okay?
Brother Cheng’s little fan: It probably won’t take long for the game to be over with the speed at which Brother Cheng is destroying his opponents, right?
Star dot: I just went to check the real-time data. The match is only 20 minutes in, and the number of eliminated contestants has already reached more than 4,000. Cheng Yi has 78 points and is currently in first place.
Lalala: Eh? But I’ve been counting carefully, and the number of opponents that Cheng Yi has defeated should only be about 40. How could he have so many points?
Brother Cheng’s little fan: That’s because the points are added up. For example, Brother Cheng’s current points are 78. If someone beats him, they will get an increase of 78 points.
Lalala: So that’s how it is. But why does the example you gave sound a little weird?
Buy a little cute bar: It’s normal to feel weird. After all, how could Cheng Yi be easily defeated given his strength?
………
In the midst of the netizens’ passionate discussions, the number of people eliminated from the competition had grown.
Three hours and twenty minutes later, the number of eliminated contestants had reached half of the total number of participants, and the first round ended.
Although this round was based on an elimination system, the competition’s points table still attracted the attention of many people.
Cheng Yi fan: Crap! The big boss is worthy of the name. How could he get 10,984 points all by himself?
Lu Chen Fan: Our Lu Chen is also very good. He must not have played to his full strength during the competition; that’s why he scored less than first place.
Lin Dong Fan: How come my brother Lin only got the third place? He is obviously very strong!
Cheng Yi Fan: Even if you guys are strong, Cheng Yi still won first place in this round. That’s the fact before us.
Lu Chen Fan: What’s the big deal about first place? It’s only the first part of the competition; it’s nothing!
Lin Dong fan: You guys only got first and second place because our brother Lin was deliberately giving way to you. Otherwise, first place would definitely have gone to our brother Lin!
These three fans then argued about the points ranking, which ended up causing another big melee.
At this time, Cheng Yi, who had just finished the competition, had already gotten on his airship with An Yan and left the competition venue.
Students who registered for the Academy Mecha Competition were given a full month off to cater for the start of the competition until the champion was crowned.
In fact, even those who did not sign up for the competition in the pharmacy and mecha majors had no pressure to study during this month.
After all, many of the students had signed up for the competition, so the professors would not teach too many courses during the month. Otherwise, the students who return from the competition would not be able to keep up.
This was the academy’s arrangement, which showed how important the academy’s mecha competition was to the major colleges.
On the way back, An Yan was particularly excited. “You were really amazing, senior! I just looked at the scoreboard and you are in first place! ”
Cheng Yi was very flattered, and he said, with a light smile, “I will become even more powerful with you there.”
An Yan said with high spirits, “I’ll definitely do my best!”
An Yan’s mood slowly stabilized after they motivated each other for a while. He felt that he had forgotten something, but he couldn’t remember what it was.
Strange, but what exactly had he forgotten?
An Yan rubbed his forehead and thought for awhile, but still couldn’t think of an answer. So he could only put this question aside for the time being.
Meanwhile, Cheng Yang, who had been abandoned by both his elder brother and his best friend, was sitting alone on a bench outside the competition venue, his heart cold.
He just went to the toilet, and although he might have stayed there for a long time, they couldn’t just disappear and leave him!
Yan Yan had also forgotten about him!
Although he felt exasperated, his big brother and Yan Yan’s situations were different, so it was very likely that they had left him behind on purpose. Cheng Yang was sensible enough not to contact them immediately.
After sitting alone for a while in desolation, he sighed and stood up, intending to call an airship to go home.
He first looked around to determine where he was now and was about to turn on his light brain to call a nearby rental airship when it suddenly rang.
He looked down and it displayed two words: Gu Qing.
This was the name of his partner in the academy’s mecha competition.
Gu Qing had also participated in the elimination round today, so he must be calling to tell him the results.
Cheng Yang immediately connected the call and asked, “Gu Qing, how did you do?”
The first rounds of the Academy Mecha Competition were not held offline, but in an online virtual environment.
The organizer would set up competition sites on the major planets, so the participants would gather at these sites before being transported into the competition map all at once.
So, at the very beginning, only competitors who were on the same planet would gather together.
Only at the later stages, when the number of participants remaining had reached the required number, would the tournament organizers arrange for all the participants to gather together and enter the final rounds. So, although Cheng Yang and Gu Qing were partners, they had not met in real life, even if the tournament had officially started.
Gu Qing’s voice came through with a faint smile, “I have successfully advanced. Where are you now?”
Cheng Yang knew something about Gu Qing’s strength and was not surprised by this result. He also smiled and said, “I’m still at the competition venue for Central Star. My big brother was also participating in this competition. I had nothing to do, so I came along, but I’m going home soon. ”
It was better not to mention the sad situation where he had come to cheer his big brother on, only to be abandoned.
“Then that’s good.” The smile in Gu Qing’s voice thickened a bit more.
“Huh?” Cheng Yang listened in confusion, not understanding what Gu Qing meant, “What’s good?”
Gu Qing chuckled, “Turn 45 degrees to the left and look forward.”
Cheng Yang did as instructed by Qu Qing. He looked up and saw a teenager standing not far away.
The teenager was wearing a beige sweater, which looked soft and warm, but the black trench coat on the outside added a bit more seriousness.
But this seriousness all but dissipated when the teenager flashed a soft smile.
He walked up with a smile on his face and stood in front of Cheng Yang, “Hello, Cheng Yang, it’s nice to meet you.”
is this…. stranger danger or is this a new CP? HMMMMM