Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 510 Trials

He clicked on auto-battle, and a grizzly bear appeared at his feet.

The grizzly bear's name indicates that it is a level 1 divine pet (Dugu Qiubai).

The grizzly bear was clearing monsters much faster than him. The character in the scene was automatically fighting monsters and automatically equipping good gear when he encountered it, while the grizzly bear at his feet was also working hard to clear monsters.

In less than half an hour, Chen Zhi reached level 200.

"Damn, the upgrade is so fast?" Chen Zhi was extremely surprised.

In the Chinese version of the game "Honghuang Zhanji", if you want to level up, you have to find a power-leveling service to help you. Almost every top player has trained five or six power-leveling services.

But in the overseas version, it can automatically level up?

Isn't this like having a cheat code?
Divine ornaments, divine weapons, transformations, wings, mounts, four-slot items, cutting, divine pets...

The dazzling array of gameplay options, yet remarkably simple, captivated Chen Zhi, a big spender on in-game purchases.

This is no longer just about acquiring equipment and fighting; it has expanded into many paths to becoming stronger.

Seeing that Chen Zhi was engrossed in the game, Cheng Yi remained silent and left the experience center with Li Weiwei. Momo Internet Cafe was currently promoting the World Esports Championship in China, and Cheng Yi also needed to have a good talk with Sun Baxin.

Sun Baxin led the team in a six-month intensive training camp, focusing on the new version content provided by Blizzard in advance.

Yes, that's cheating.

Although Cheng Yi had great faith in Sun Baxin's skills and knew that Sun Baxin had won a world championship in his previous life, that kind of world championship was only a small-scale world championship.

With this billion-dollar prize pool as an incentive, who can guarantee that a true esports prodigy won't emerge?
Let alone e-sports prodigies, Cheng Yi wouldn't be surprised if someone with special abilities appeared.

Putting everything else aside, just those few e-sports prodigies from South Korea are enough to give Sun Baxin's team a run for their money.

Knowing yourself and your enemy doesn't guarantee victory in every battle. Knowing the version in advance and training for six months beforehand is the only way to ensure victory in every battle.

When Cheng Yi and Li Weiwei arrived at the e-sports internet cafe run by Sun Baxin, they found it empty.

Only a few substitute players remained in the huge internet cafe, practicing their moves. The air was still filled with the unique aroma of instant noodles and energy drinks.

"Where's Lao Ba?" Cheng Yi asked.

A substitute player quickly stood up, his face beaming with excitement, and said, "President Cheng! Captain Sun led the team to the Momo No. 3 flagship store in Zhushan District early this morning! Today is the last day of the Blizzard Cup Handong Province group qualifiers, and six of our players have directly entered the top 32 knockout stage, which starts this afternoon!"

"Surely Lao Ba doesn't need to go to the selection competition in Handong Province in person?" Cheng Yi asked, somewhat surprised.

Although the selection competition adopted a 1V1 format.

However, a group stage format can be used, where three people form a group, and each group only needs to send one person to compete and advance.

In subsequent matches, any one of the three players can participate. This system is designed to prevent any unexpected issues or illnesses from arising at crucial moments.

Sun Baxin's group stage is destined to be the pinnacle of Chinese esports. Besides Sun Baxin, his group also includes two other top domestic esports players.

Sun Baxin's e-sports club now has 82 members, all of whom are top players selected from across China.

The two members of Sun Baxin's group are the two strongest among the 82 members.

If they participate in the provincial selection competition, there's no need for Sun Baxin to take action.

One of the clueless substitutes said, "Boss Cheng, there's a loophole in this Blizzard Cup competition."

"Don't talk nonsense," another substitute quickly stopped him.

The substitute said, "It's no big deal to talk about it. This is a Blizzard Entertainment competition, not Mr. Cheng's competition."

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "Tell me, what's the loophole?"

The substitute immediately said, "It's a matter of nationality. Since it's a Chinese qualifier, it should only be Chinese people who participate. But now many teams are going to Japan and South Korea to invite professional e-sports players. Several teams in our Handong Province have requested to bring in top Korean players. Their skills are truly unparalleled. One of them is even the previous Warcraft III world champion."

"Is that so?" Cheng Yi was shocked to hear this.

The substitute said, "This afternoon, our team, Bage, is playing against this last world champion. Do you think Bage wouldn't go in person?"

"Thanks, bro." Cheng Yi patted the substitute member on the shoulder, his face grim, and left Lao Ba Esports Internet Cafe with Li Weiwei.

As soon as he stepped out of the internet cafe, he dialed Zhang Lingyu's number.

"Brother Yi." Zhang Lingyu's tone was tinged with exhaustion. Organizing the national competition qualifiers during this period had really drained her energy.

Cheng Yi knew that Zhang Lingyu had been incredibly busy lately, and his tone held no reproach as he asked, "Have any Japanese or Korean contestants appeared in the domestic selection trials?"

“Yes, it’s happened in a few provinces,” Zhang Lingyu said. “We have too few esports players in our country. With such a large reward this time, many wealthy young men have formed esports teams and hired some experts from Japan and South Korea. We are having a meeting today to discuss how to deal with it. I just finished preparing the materials and plan to have you review them tomorrow.”

"What do you think we should do?" Cheng Yi asked.

Zhang Lingyu said, "This problem was caused by our previous lack of rigor in setting the rules. In addition, the rewards this time are too high, so many rich young men have formed teams and invited experts from Japan and South Korea. If we directly change the rules, we may be accused of arbitrarily changing the rules to target certain teams."

"Hmm." Cheng Yi felt that Zhang Lingyu was right.

Zhang Lingyu continued, "But if there are no restrictions, it would be a huge joke if the champion of the national competition selection was from Japan or South Korea. So we suggest that the provincial selection competitions should not restrict nationality, but the national selection competitions should. We have only announced the rules for the provincial selection competitions so far, and the rules for the national competition selection competitions have not yet been formulated."

“That works,” Cheng Yi said. “Let’s proceed accordingly. We’ll issue an announcement shortly.”

“Okay,” Zhang Lingyu replied quickly.

Cheng Yi hung up the phone and rushed to the Momo Internet Cafe No. 3 flagship store in Zhushan District, Jingzhou City.

Cheng Yi's car was one intersection away from its destination when it was blocked by a surging crowd and deafening noise.

A huge banner reading "Blizzard Cup World Esports Tournament Handong Province Selection Tournament" was hung on the exterior wall of the internet cafe building, with crowds gathered below, resembling a festival celebration.

A temporary LED screen was broadcasting live footage of the intense battle inside the stadium, eliciting gasps of excitement from spectators outside who were unable to enter.

"This is quite a spectacle..." Li Weiwei exclaimed in astonishment.

"The power of a billion-dollar prize pool." Cheng Yi pushed open the car door, and the noisy sound wave instantly surrounded him.

"Let's go, let's use the employee entrance."

As you pass through the staff entrance and enter the venue, you are immediately hit by waves of heat and noise.

The once spacious lobby of the internet cafe has been completely transformed. Dozens of gaming stations, separated by semi-transparent partitions, have been erected in the central area. Each station is equipped with a uniform high-performance computer, mechanical keyboard, and gaming mouse. At this moment, most of the gaming stations are flashing with intense battle scenes. The players are completely focused, their fingers flying across the keyboards like butterflies, and their mouse movements precise and swift.

The clatter of keyboards, the clicking of mice, and the occasional growls from the players, mixed with the rising and falling voices of the commentators and the gasps from the audience, made every e-sports enthusiast's blood boil.

The spectator areas around the venue were packed, with people standing in the back rows and aisles as well.

The air was filled with the unique scent of youthful hormones, mixed with the smells of sweat, fried chicken, and carbonated drinks.

A huge main screen hangs in front of you, showing the highlight match.

"This is the Blizzard Cup Warcraft III Handong Province 1v1 Solo Tournament Round of 32 to 16!" The commentator's excited voice resounded throughout the venue, shouting, "We're using the standard best-of-five round-robin format! Players must prepare and use three different races in each match, and after each loss, they must change their current race deck! The player who wins three matches advances!"

Cheng Yi's gaze swept quickly across the arena and soon locked onto Sun Baxin's position.

He sat in front of a competition platform near the main stage, his signature buzz cut and taut profile standing out in the crowd.

At this moment, Sun Baxin is controlling his Undead race, engaged in a fierce battle with a player using Night Elves.

On the screen, the Death Knight, leading his ghoul army, is engaged in a fierce tug-of-war with the enemy's Demon Hunter and Huntress forces on the Turtle Island map.

Another commentator added, "Before each round begins, the map is randomly selected by the referee! The game speed is set to the fastest!"

Cheng Yi walked to the observation area behind Sun Baxin's arena without disturbing him.

He could see the fine beads of sweat on Sun Bayin's forehead, and the subtle tension in his arm muscles as he manipulated the mouse.

On the screen, Sun Baxin's DK skillfully used Death Coil to save the low-health Abomination, while simultaneously interrupting the enemy Demon Hunter's Mana Drain with another Death Coil. His smooth and skillful maneuver drew cheers from the audience.

"Beautiful! Sun Baxin's micro-management is still so sharp! But the opponent's KOG has also arrived, Entangling Roots! Target! Death Knight!" the commentator shouted at lightning speed.

Sun Baxin reacted extremely quickly. DK instantly consumed a small invincibility potion to dodge the fatal entanglement, while simultaneously pulling away the low-health unit.

After the skirmish, both sides suffered casualties, but Sun Baxin gained a slight advantage due to his more refined pulling and use of props.

Ultimately, he disrupted the opponent's economic rhythm with a successful wave of harassment, accumulated enough troop advantage, and destroyed the Night Elf's main base.

"Good game!" the opponent typed in the public chat, indicating that they had given up.

Sun Baxin's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and he let out a long breath.

"Sun Baxin wins! Score 1:0!" The referee quickly announced the result.

The players and referees jointly confirm the final screen image and save the match recording.

After a short break, the second game began.

The map I drew was Echo Islands.

Sun Baxin chose the Human race in this game, while his opponent switched to the Orc race.

Sun Baxin's Archmage had a perfect leveling rhythm at the start, but the opponent's Sword Saint harassed him fiercely, stealing key treasures and monster experience with several precise Swift Steps.

In a mid-game team fight, the Orc Tauren Chieftain's War Stomp hit three players, resulting in the near annihilation of Sun Baxin's human army, economic collapse, and forced him to concede defeat.

"1:1! The score is tied!" the commentator exclaimed. "Sun Baxin has lost this point for the Human race! Sigh, the Human race really needs to strengthen. He will have to use his third race, the Orcs, while his opponent has still kept the Undead race unused!"

The pressure increased sharply.

Cheng Yi saw Sun Baxin unscrew the mineral water bottle, take a big gulp, close his eyes and take a few deep breaths. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze had regained its sharpness.

The third map was Twisted Grass.

Sun Baxin's Orcs faced off against his opponent's Undead.

This match became a showdown of skill and awareness.

Sun Baxin's Blademaster took harassment to the extreme, relentlessly killing the opponent's acolytes like a ghost, severely hindering the opponent's technology and economy, and keeping the opponent's Death Knight constantly on the run.

In the end, Sun Baxin seized the critical vacuum period when the opponent was upgrading to Tier 3, and produced a large number of Wolf Riders and White Bulls. With the help of the Blademaster's fatal blow, he took down the opponent in one wave of strong demolition.

"Wow! Textbook-perfect Orc dominance! Score 2-1! He's got match point!" the commentator exclaimed excitedly.

The fourth game, on the map Ancient Island.

The opponent, with their backs against the wall, brought out the Night Elf.

Sun Baxin then unleashed his strongest undead race once again.

This game was extremely close, with both sides demonstrating a high level of tactical awareness and skill.

The match dragged on for a long time, with resource points changing hands repeatedly.

At a crucial moment, Sun Baxin made a bold airship drop of Destroyers to successfully raid the opponent's expansion, destroying the opponent's economic lifeline and laying the foundation for victory.

When the opponent's main base collapsed under the breath of the Frost Wyrm and the Destroyer, the entire arena erupted in thunderous applause and cheers!

"Sun Baxin defeated his opponent 3-1 and successfully advanced to the top 16 of Handong Province!" The commentator excitedly announced: "This is the strength of a top player! After losing a game, he quickly adjusted and won two more! Especially the Orc game where he dominated, it was a classic!"

Sun Baxin stood up, a relieved smile finally appearing on his face, and waved to the audience.

He stepped off the arena and immediately spotted Cheng Yi standing in the shadows.

"President Cheng? What brings you here?" Sun Baxin was somewhat surprised and quickly walked over, his forehead still covered in sweat.

"Come and see how our secret weapon is training." Cheng Yi smiled, patted his shoulder, handed him a bottle of water, and said, "You played well. Your adjustments under pressure were spot on, especially your suppression rhythm in the Orc game, which was masterful."

Sun Baxin took the water, unscrewed the cap, and took a big gulp. He said, "Our opponents are very strong. They invited the world champion from South Korea. If I hadn't been training with the new version for the past six months, I probably would have already lost."

"That's skill too!" Cheng Yi smiled, his gaze sweeping over the still-intense competition field.

Every arena is a clash of passion and skill.

The defeated contestants could not hide their disappointment, some even with tears in their eyes, while the winners enjoyed the cheers to the fullest.

The referees moved among the players, strictly enforcing the rules, handling potential disconnection complaints, monitoring video recordings, and ensuring that no player used any illegal software or exploited game bugs.

Seeing this, Cheng Yi was filled with emotion. This was far more advanced than the first Jingzhou City E-sports Competition that he had organized.

(End of this chapter)