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Chapter 254 0251 [Confirmed to be on the news]

Three leaders gave speeches, the shortest lasting five or six minutes and the longest lasting more than ten minutes.

Reporters were armed with their cameras and microphones.

Finally, Chen Guiliang went on stage to thank the leaders, guests, reporters, contestants, and audience members present. He said that the leaders' comments were very comprehensive, and he would do his best to organize the event well every year. He also praised the contestants for their excellence and the audience for their enthusiasm, wishing everyone could enjoy playing games every day.

The match then began.

The 16 teams have already been drawn online.

The round of 16 to 8 is a double-elimination tournament, consisting of 16 matches over one day.

Sixteen matches a day may seem like a lot, but this is "Three Kingdoms Kill," and it's 1v1. If one side is lucky, the game will end very quickly.

The two hosts of "Game Storm" are still Zhang Hongsheng and Huang Xi.

Huang Xi joined the company last year and was relatively unknown, but this year she has already gained some fame and is regarded as a goddess by many game fans.

"Okay, now the two teams coming on stage are the Zhejiang University team and the University of Hong Kong team. Their respective players are..." Zhang Hongsheng began to introduce the teams and their members.

Huang Xi then explained the competition format: "This year's competition is slightly different from last year's. The round of 16 is a double-elimination tournament with only 1v1 matches, while the round of 8 will introduce a 3v3 mode. In the 1v1 mode, the same player can play multiple rounds. As long as he doesn't lose, he can even achieve a 1v3 victory, allowing his two teammates to rest for the entire match!"

Zhang Hongsheng said, "Zhejiang University's team is represented by Kong Zhibin. The University of Hong Kong is sending a female contestant named Wang Lingfei. She is one of only two female contestants among the sixteen teams..."

Huang Xi said, "Both sides drew identity cards, and Wang Lingfei drew the Lord card. Both sides then blindly selected five general cards. This year's 1V1 competition, in addition to the standard pack of generals, also includes the Wind and Fire packs..."

"Wang Lingfei drew Guo Jia, Ma Chao, Sun Shangxiang, Sima Yi, and Zhang Fei."

"Contestant Kong Zhibin drew Zhao Yun, Lü Bu, Zhuge Liang, Xu Chu, and Xiahou Dun."

"Kong Zhibin knocked out Sun Shangxiang."

"Wang Lingfei has banned Lu Bu. She's picked Ma Chao. Why not Guo Jia?"

"Kong Zhibin chose Zhao Yun as the second player. Hmm, why didn't he choose Zhuge Liang? I feel like this game is going to last a long time."

To avoid being disturbed by the host and audience, both contestants wore noise-canceling headphones.

Ma Chao and Zhao Yun could fight until the sky darkened.

To accommodate the leaders, guests, and reporters, the two hosts also introduced the gameplay of the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill" and provided explanations of the skills of two generals on the big screen.

Even reporters who had never played "Three Kingdoms Kill" quickly understood the basic rules.

Chi Yufeng watched with great interest; he seemed quite fascinated by this kind of game.

Shi Yuzhu was thinking about when he could organize a "Conquer Online" competition. But how should it be conducted? It couldn't just be about who spent the most money and used their equipment to defeat others, could it?
Ma Chao discards a card, uses "Kill," and it's judged as black. Zhao Yun's "Kill" becomes "Dodge." Pass.

Zhao Yun creates something out of nothing, then creates something out of nothing again, and kills. Ma Chao dodges. Zhao Yun abandons his extra horse and passes.

The two fought for six rounds without losing a single drop of blood.

Ma Chao was even more unlucky, with all his skills being marked as useless.

What a boring game.

Finally, in the seventh round, the female player's luck turned around. Her skill was marked red, forcibly killing Zhao Yun and securing the first blood.

After more than ten rounds, Zhao Yun was at a disadvantage because the number of times he could touch the peaches couldn't keep up with the number of times his opponent's skills were used to inflict damage.

By the 23rd round, Ma Chao had worn down Zhao Yun to death.

Fortunately, this is a speed race, and each player has only 30 seconds of time in their turn (excluding Zhen Ji's turn when she draws a card).

Even if all 23 rounds are played out in full, it will only take 11 minutes.

Most of the time, characters like Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, who are essentially blank slates, finish their rounds in just a few seconds. The entire 23-round battle took only 4 minutes, averaging less than 11 seconds per round.

Intentionally dragging things out is very unethical and will definitely draw angry criticism from netizens.

The female player from HKU continued the competition, already dreaming of defeating three opponents at once.

However, the reality was that they were defeated in reverse, one against three...

The second player from the Zhejiang University team selected five generals, including both Zhou Yu and Lu Xun.

The female contestants from the University of Hong Kong are also quite good, including both Huang Yueying and Zhen Ji.

After the two sides exchanged blows, Zhou Yu faced Zhen Ji.

This time, it only took twelve rounds for Zhou Yu to use a counter-espionage tactic to kill Zhen Ji!

The third game was even more impressive, with the Zhejiang University player playing Yu Ji.

When he chose Yu Ji, the entire audience cheered.

Chi Yufeng asked, "Is this Yu Ji very powerful?"

Chen Guiliang explained, "It's very unstable, which makes it particularly entertaining. This general is very dirty; he plays psychological warfare."

Yu Ji immediately tried to entice Diao Chan to steal something, but after thinking about it, she chose to question him.

*Thud*, blood is being drawn.

Another instance of bewitching and killing. Diao Chan chose to believe, only to have the opponent play a dodge card.

All the contestants from the University of Hong Kong guessed wrong.

After several rounds, Diao Chan was almost driven to the brink of collapse, but fortunately, her general was powerful enough to keep her going.

But after questioning the fabrication of something out of nothing and losing two health points in a row due to being too happy to leave, Diao Chan, with only a sliver of health left, was completely at a disadvantage...

Around noon, the team was eliminated online, but because of its high ranking, it was invited to play an eight-player fun match.

They played all sorts of random games, which amused the audience.

Following this, the Three Kingdoms Kill cosplay, a regular feature, appeared. This morning, Wei generals were featured, including Xu Fengyin's Zhen Ji. The Shu generals would appear in the afternoon.

The entire audience shouted out various lines, creating a frenzied yet somewhat childish atmosphere.

Several high-ranking officials were busy and left after watching the first game. However, many reporters remained at the scene, finding the spectacle of the entire audience chanting the lines in unison both novel and awe-inspiring.

The reporters whispered amongst themselves as they looked at the beautiful cosplayers.
"This game is just so-so, why are the viewers acting like they're crazy?"

"The eight-player game we just played was quite interesting. The 1v1 was just too boring."

"I think 1V1 is also good, and I'm really looking forward to the 3V3 mode being added to the knockout stage."

"There are a lot of die-hard fans of 'Three Kingdoms Kill,' and I heard that the sales of physical cards have already exceeded 100 million sets. And that doesn't even include many pirated cards." "A million sets? A single-player game would be ecstatic if it sold even a tenth of that."

"..."

After the Wei generals finished their cosplay, Chen Guiliang went up on stage: "This concludes this morning's competition. On the day of the finals, we have invited celebrities Lin Junjie and Jin Sha to perform songs from the game 'Three Kingdoms Kill'..."

Many of the reporters who originally planned to leave today suddenly changed their minds.

Just treat it as a publicly funded trip to see celebrities. Anyway, with celebrities as an excuse, the newspapers and magazines can't really say anything.

Why invite Sands?
This was a condition imposed by the other party when they asked Lin Junjie to be their spokesperson: Jinsha had to be included in any large-scale events. Jinsha's appearance fee would be paid separately.

Due to the absurd demands of the agency, Lin Junjie and Jinsha have been tied together for the past two years.

It's fine once or twice, but it gets annoying every time.

Once, during an offline campaign event to garner votes for a music chart contest, Lin Junjie's fans even rushed up to Jinsha and yelled, "Without JJ, you're nothing!"

Chen Guiliang didn't care about this, but he took the opportunity to make a request: JJ Lin and Jinsha must register accounts on HaiNei.com.

On the day of the finals, an entertainment reporter showed up uninvited.

It's also possible that they were hired by Lin Junjie or Jinsha's management company.

Jin Sha sang "Yu Long Yin" before the competition, while Lin Junjie sang "Cao Cao" after the competition.

Chen Guiliang simply invited them to present the awards to the winners together.

This year's champions, runners-up, and third-place winners are: Peking University, Zhejiang University, and Fudan University, respectively.

The following universities are ranked as follows: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sichuan University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, National Taiwan University, Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, University of Hong Kong...

The highest ranking achieved by the teams representing Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan was only tenth place.

Of course, everyone who comes will receive a prize: a set of collectible physical cards from the game "Three Kingdoms Kill".

Host Huang Xi even joked with the two celebrities, "Do you usually play the card game 'Three Kingdoms Kill'?"

Lin Junjie said, "I do play it. There's also a game called 'Three Kingdoms Kill' in Singapore. When I'm not working at home, I play a few rounds of the Singapore server version of Three Kingdoms Kill. You can ask me any question about Three Kingdoms Kill if you don't believe me."

"real or fake?"

Huang Xi asked, "What are Sun Shangxiang's skills?"

Lin Junjie said, "Marriage and Xiaoji."

Huang Xi laughed and said, "Haha, you really are a loyal player of Three Kingdoms Kill. You even know that the common name for marriage is marriage."

Lin Junjie gave an awkward smile; he had actually misremembered.

However, after Lin Junjie became the spokesperson for "Three Kingdoms Kill," he did register an account on the Singapore server out of curiosity. He got hooked after playing a couple of games and would log in every few days.

Huang Xi then asked Jin Sha, "Do you play the card game 'Three Kingdoms Kill'?"

Jinsha replied, "I play it occasionally."

She's actually never played it... it's not like she endorsed it herself.

Zhang Hongsheng quickly changed the subject, shouting to the audience, "JJ has agreed to a face-to-face game of Go with President Chen and lucky audience members. President Chen, please draw the lucky number!"

There is a computer in the work area, and a camera is pointed at the computer screen, displaying the results in real time on a large screen.

Chen Guiliang clicked the mouse to start the lottery, and quickly pressed the space bar to pause.

Zhang Hongsheng announced: "The seat numbers for these six lucky audience members are: B205, A102..."

"I won! I won!"

"Holy crap, they have my number!"

"..."

Excited shouts erupted from the audience, and the surrounding spectators looked on with envy at the six lucky winners.

Among the audience members, some did not stay until the final match for various reasons.

Many of the audience members at today's event are fans of Lin Junjie. Some don't even play the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill"; they only bought tickets to see their idol!

Of course, seeing that their idols liked "Three Kingdoms Kill", they also decided to play it when they got home.

Since Lin Junjie became the spokesperson, quite a few players have become fans because of him.

Chen Guiliang, Lin Junjie, and six lucky audience members sat together and enjoyed a fun noodle game.

One audience member is the lord, while Chen Guiliang and Lin Junjie are both rebels.

However, the lord winked at everyone and asked, "Do you all remember when President Chen first went online publicly?"

"Understood," said the mole in position three.

The audience member in seat number two asked, "What's going on?"

The fourth rebel said, "Focus fire on President Chen, but don't let him die."

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Guiliang said speechlessly, "They even use this tactic in face-to-face killing?"

They started to tormenting President Chen again, and even Lin Junjie joined in, filling the room with laughter.

After being tormented for half an hour, Lin Junjie said he had to catch a flight, and the others finally killed their lord together.

That evening, Chen Guiliang received a call from Director Kou: "Watch the news next Monday."

"Thank you very much, leader!" Chen Guiliang expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

CCTV itself cannot decide whether to report a brief news item on "Xinwen Lianbo" (the evening news program on CCTV); it must consult with higher authorities first. This is because the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has issued a ban prohibiting game shows from airing on satellite channels.

Although CCTV did not ban gaming news, it didn't want to cause trouble; it was better to avoid trouble.

This matter was definitely pushed forward by Director Kou behind the scenes.

Even with the State Press and Publication Administration and the State Administration of Radio and Television at the same level, Director Kou had to use personal connections.

(End of this chapter)