Not a god

Chapter 197 Preliminary Selection

Chen Xi has been quite busy these past few days.

He had originally planned to take Jiang Wanwan to Suzhou to stay with her grandparents for a few days before returning to Shanghai. However, the He family has now moved here, which saves him the trouble of traveling back and forth.

Although the situation in Shanghai is currently complex and rife with powerful figures, with seventeen major guilds backed by third-tier guild leaders, the Youth Federation is just a rookie in the face of these established forces.

However, the nature of the Youth Federation is different from these established forces. We have official backing. Su Jiu'er is the president on the surface, but everyone with eyes can see that Su Jiu'er is a role model supported by Mu Shou Si.

It's somewhat like the mercenary guilds and magic guilds in Western fantasy novels. Although it has a certain degree of independence, it has an inseparable connection with the government.

Therefore, the upcoming "China Destiny Professional League" will be organized by the All-China Youth Federation.

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After gaining power, people generally become more belligerent, perhaps due to fate, or perhaps simply due to animalistic instincts and a desire for competition, confrontation, and victory.

Just like the various sports events nowadays, are people running and jumping because they're full and have nothing better to do?
It's to run faster, jump farther, defeat the opponent, prove oneself stronger, and achieve victory.

The same applies to the Tianmingren competition. In the future, such competitions will be held in various provinces and regions under various names by various organizations and sponsors.

This first national-level "Celestial Being" competition was organized by the All-China Youth Federation.

Chen Xi has a lot to do.

The organizers had actually been preparing for this competition long before Chen Xi arrived in Shanghai.

In Shanghai, for example, site selection and construction began as early as last month. The venue in Shanghai was originally an old amusement park with a large area. The goal is to build a rectangular arena that can accommodate 200,000 spectators and has a central area of ​​30,000 square meters, which is the size of five football fields.

These funds were officially approved, so the Youth Federation didn't need to pay for them. The Youth Federation then outsourced the construction of the venue... Chen Xi outsourced this project to Kaiwu Tian.

That is, the Great Luo Heaven of the Heavenly Craftsman.

Not only the competition venues in Shanghai, but all twenty-seven venues across the country have been outsourced to Kaiwu Tian.

A project like this, which would normally take at least two or three years to complete, is already taking shape after just one month, and is expected to be finished this month.

There are still many people online discussing the stadium that is fenced off for construction.

Thyme: Is that arena prepared for the Destiny's Tournament next month?

Supreme Treasure: The construction is going so fast! Last time I passed by, it was just a pile of ruins.

Netizen 100086: It's quite artistic, and it's so big, it could be a landmark building in Shanghai.
Mr. Cai: I just don't know what it's like inside, and they don't allow outsiders to visit.

Skipping breakfast: Hey! Go watch the latest video from the Youth Federation on Douyin!
Yes, this time the organizer is the All-China Youth Federation. All the information about registration, preliminary rounds, and volunteer recruitment is released on the official website of the All-China Youth Federation. Now, netizens in Shanghai immediately remembered this national organization that has not been well-received in Shanghai.

The branches of the All-China Youth Federation in various regions all have Douyin accounts, while the headquarters account has tens of millions of followers, with each video receiving millions of likes.

Looking at the Shanghai branch's Douyin account, it appears much more lackluster. It has over 300,000 followers and has posted quite a few videos on Douyin, but the likes and comments are few and far between.

The latest video shows the stadium under construction, with driverless cranes everywhere, huge robotic arms slicing through the sky, and drones the size of calves installing seats along the sidelines.

The entire arena was deserted, filled only with all sorts of never-before-seen automated equipment and artificial intelligence.

The machinery and technology, seemingly out of step with our time, worked together with remarkable efficiency, effortlessly constructing this massive arena as if building with blocks. No wonder, no wonder it was built to this scale in just one month; the mere sight of this construction site is enough to send enthusiasts and military aficionados into a frenzy.

The Youth Federation: Construction on the Shanghai venue is underway and is expected to be completed early next month. Registration for the Shanghai event is in full swing. Who will be the champion of the first Tianmingren Professional League? Will you be the champion?
This is a promotional video released by the Shanghai branch of the All-China Youth Federation, which immediately went viral on social media.

Today, Chen Xi took the leaders from Shanghai to visit, and casually had this video taken.

He also appeared in the video, talking to a guy floating in the air who looked like Iron Man.

This technologically advanced 'Iron Man' is a mecha remotely controlled by Kaiwu Tian. This mecha alone possesses the strength of a fourth-tier king.

Chen Xi doesn't care about showing his face online now. Everyone only knows him as the director of the Youth Federation. In reality, because of his small stature, people will only think of him as an ordinary passerby.

As for information about him online, netizens can find virtually nothing.

If someone were to target him, his account would be deleted within five minutes... Unbeknownst to him, he had actually become one of the privileged classes he used to despise!

Sure enough, compared to Director Chen in the video, everyone's attention was on that Iron Man.

The video went viral online instantly, and the Shanghai branch also gained significant attention.

Now, not only do the established forces know that the Youth Federation has a lot of backing, but even the general public has realized that the Youth Federation is definitely not a simple guild spontaneously formed by passionate young people like Su Jiu'er.

During this period, the Shanghai branch has gradually gained a stronger presence. Although the big-capital guilds' pay-to-recruitment tactics are still squeezing other guilds' survival environment, the Youth League's situation has improved considerably without the forced renting by the Hai Gong guilds.

Registration for the league began a few days ago, but it's not like you can get in just by registering. You have to register online and also participate in the preliminary rounds on-site.

Chen Xi went to see the audition site today. It was an old stadium, and the organizers were all from their Youth Federation.

The instructors for the preliminary selection were a dozen or so 'Mark Armor' units that Chen Xi borrowed at a high price from Kaiwu Tian. When fully powered up, they could unleash the strength of a Tier 3 aircraft, capable of taking on an aircraft carrier single-handedly and easily annihilating a sixth-generation fighter.

Chen Xi limited the power of the artificial mecha to the second tier.

The game has been around for half a year now, and the players are not what they used to be. To pass the preliminary rounds, the team needs to demonstrate the strength to hunt down a Tier 2 Monarch's Destiny Corpse head-on.

You don't necessarily have to win, and even if you do win, you're not guaranteed to pass. There's a judging panel that will assess your performance and notify you later.

Some teams are just there for the fun of it; they're obviously amateurs who spew fire and water all the time and get chased all over the place by mechs.

There were quite a few funny moments at the audition, and Chen Xi enjoyed watching them.

Of course, there are also relatively strong teams, especially those established forces' chosen ones, each team consisting of five people, all of whom are second-tier chosen ones.

"All of them are second-tier?"

"Isn't that He Congxue from the Kailuan Guild? A second-tier Divine Lord, I heard he can summon three second-tier experts in one go."

"And that's Lin Ruhai, a second-tier sword-wielding lord who was once two ranks higher than Su Jiu'er in the Investiture of the Gods!"

"This team is probably aiming for the national championship, right?"

Chen Xi glanced at the group and saw He Congxue among them. The others were all young talents from the old forces, full of vigor and their posture alone was terrifyingly strong.

(End of this chapter)