"Are you ready?" Ander Uriel asked.

Sylvide held the crystal in her hand, felt it, and nodded. Although she was not an alchemist, she was born in such an environment and was familiar with it, so she was no stranger to the magic furnace.

"Old Coppernose," Ander Uriel said, "Our little princess is almost ready. Where are you?"

"It's coming," Suonan was a little dissatisfied and replied gruffly: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry." Andre Uriel chuckled.

The dwarf heard what he meant and snorted heavily.

The two of them started to argue with each other again and again.

Vikki was following her companion through the hall. The two of them came under the table in the center of the hall. The boy was about to climb up, but Vikki grabbed him from behind. "Wait a minute." She shouted. The boy was stunned for a moment.

, turned back to look at her.

"Li Yuhao, you can't lose." Vikki stared at him and said seriously.

The young man was startled, then stretched out his hand to adjust his glasses: "But the coach said..."

"The coach is a coach, the game is a game, you have to have your own ideas."

The former thought for a moment and then nodded seriously: "You are right, Vicki, I listen to you."

Vikki smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

The young man blushed, turned around, walked through the railing, and came to the stage. Suonan Gangmei just glanced at this ordinary young man and complained with the characteristic impatience of a dwarf: "It's so slow to get here."

"sorry."

"If you have time to talk about this, why not prepare it first." The dwarf handed a crystal to the other party: "Take this crystal and say when you are ready."

Li Yuhao took the crystal, held it in his hand, took a breath, and then nodded to Suonan: "Mr. Suonan, I'm ready."

"So fast?" The dwarf glanced at him in surprise.

On the other side of the crystal, Sylvide and Ander-Uriel also received the news prepared here. After both parties confirmed it, the game officially started.

The single-player race in the Star Ball is very different from the team competition. The single-player race does not need to fill the entire ball. Generally, one chooses one of the five starting points below the Star Ball and reaches the top first.

The one who reaches the end wins.

The rules of the competition are simple and clear, and not complicated. After all, there are not many freaks like Fang Plover, and most people cannot achieve the goal of five-way advancement.

It's just that there is only one end point, so the opponents will inevitably interfere with each other during the competition, and the rules even allow the destruction of the structural points where the other party is preparing to build a bridge. In this way, although the requirements for the craftsman foundation during the confrontation process are much lower, but more

Yes, it is a pure competition of computing power.

Sylvide's starting point was at point a5, which was a relatively good starting point. However, as soon as she got started, Ander-Uriel and Fang Plover noticed that her speed was not faster than that of her opponent.

Sylvide was holding the crystal, and she was obviously a little unfamiliar at first. After connecting to the fifth structural point, her movements gradually became smoother, and her fine calculation power began to come into play. But at the same moment, Fang Yu looked at the other side.

, the opponent has passed the ninth structural point and reached one-fifth of the total schedule.

in the hall

Li Yuhao was equally nervous, and his hands holding the crystal were sweating.

As a substitute in the team, he didn't have many opportunities to play. It was only because the other main player hadn't arrived yet today and the coach didn't plan to let Vikki play first that I was reminded of the existence of such an almost transparent person.

The coach asked him to find a way to lose to the aborigine, but Vicki's words gave him a wake-up call.

Although he is a substitute, he is also a selector and is here to participate in the game.

The young man calmed down. Although he thought he was not as talented as some of the main players in the team, when he was learning skills at the Tarun Craftsmen Association, the taciturn old craftsman also thought highly of him. The old craftsman didn't like to talk.

Whenever he encountered any setbacks, he would just pat him on the shoulder.

From the rigorous selection of trainees to today, although there were many bumps along the way, I finally got to this place.

He remembered that during the training camp, his instructor had said more than once that his biggest problem was nervousness. When he came on the court, he could only perform at least 23/10 of his strength. For professional recruiters, if they could not overcome it,

This will be a fatal flaw.

However, Li Yuhao knew in his heart that at least until today, he has never overcome this point.

But he is obviously in good condition today.

His connection speed was so fast that even Vikki who was watching below was a little surprised. The old dwarf was even more stunned. He couldn't help but take another look at the ball of stars, then looked at the young man again and nodded.

But when he connected to the seventeenth node, his opponent was reaching the eleventh node.

Watching this scene, Ander Uriel couldn't help but cursed secretly. He thought to himself that this damn old copper-nosed man was really shameless. He knew that it was the little girl from the Albert family, but he still found such a powerful opponent.

In his opinion, the opponent's level is that of the best young people in the Southern Alliance, nothing more than that.

Does this old guy really want to win so much?

He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

But it was at this time that Fang Pliong frowned slightly.

He saw that Sylvester chose a very unusual route after the eleventh node. She connected horizontally to the twelfth node. Generally speaking, in a racing competition, the best connection is

The points are vertically upward, followed by various diagonal upward paths. These nodes are also key nodes for opponents to compete for in the game.

But now her opponent is far ahead of her, and after using up the best nodes, the competition is actually quite unfavorable for Ms. Ship Officer. However, no matter how unfavorable it is, there seems to be no need for horizontal connections.

Apart from wasting a node's time, horizontal connections don't seem to have any meaning.

And at the thirteenth and fourteenth nodes, Sylvide also did not choose the optimal solution. If the choice of the twelfth node was to avoid the opponent's route, Fang Plover could still understand it.

if.

So he really couldn't understand the last two choices.

Fang Plover couldn't help but scratch his head. He didn't know if Sylvide had made a mistake or if he didn't understand it. However, it was very rare for him to be unable to understand the things of an alchemist at this level.

Not only him, Li Yuhao was also confused.

To be honest, he saw that his opponent was a little rusty at first, but he was still a bit rusty, and his level was actually very high. After the initial bump in the road, he quickly caught up with him, but from the twelfth

At the beginning of the node, the other party seemed to be lost again, repeatedly circling the lower level.

But when he was halfway through the schedule, his opponent was still at one-third of the way.

But he only took a few more glances when Sonan Steelbrow on the side reminded him: "Don't be distracted, little guy." But the dwarf turned back to look at Sylvide's light spot and couldn't help but raise his head.

eyebrows, looking at this scene, a faint light flashed in his eyes.

The game is proceeding in an orderly manner, and it seems that the result has been very clear from the mid-term. One side is far ahead, but under such circumstances, it is generally impossible for the other side to have a chance to make a comeback.

However, it was Luo Yu who really discovered the anomaly and was the first to warn him:

"Miss Sylvide seems to have caught up..."

At the fifty-fifth node, the gap between the two people narrowed for the first time.

This does not mean that Sylvide's speed of connecting nodes has become faster. In fact, Li Yuhao has connected to the 63rd node, and the number of leading nodes has expanded from the previous six to eight.

It's a pity that this game is not about who can win by connecting more nodes, but about who reaches the finish line first.

Although the other party has more connected nodes, the overall progress advantage has become smaller.

"what happened?"

Li Yuhao himself was also shocked.

On the same plane, the straight line between two points is the shortest. This is an obvious reason.

Although in most craftsman events, single-player racing is not the main event, just like the team games in the early years, solo will always be just a performance event. But after so many years, people have already reached a consensus that in the center of the Star Ball

The shortest straight line is the road that military strategists must fight for

And he has obviously gone a long way on this road, and it is impossible for his opponent to catch up no matter what.

If it were anyone else, he would definitely calm down at this moment, not caring about anything else, and just focus on further expanding his advantage. After all, although the opponent is catching up, his lead is not small, but at this time, Li Yuhao found that he

The old problem has cropped up again.

When he found that his advantage began to shrink, he subconsciously couldn't help but nervously check to see what was wrong.

As soon as Suonan Gangmei saw his expression, he knew what the young man was thinking and couldn't help but shake his head. Whether it is a contestant or a professional craftsman, distraction is a taboo.

Craftsmanship is actually a very autistic profession, and big things must wait until the work at hand is completed with full concentration.

It’s not that we can’t draw lessons from our experiences, but that’s an afterthought.

Sure enough, when Li Yuhao was distracted for a moment, he slowed down his hand even more, and watched helplessly as Sylvester caught up again. By then, he was really anxious, and the voice of Vikki in the audience seemed to be calling his name, but

Mixed in the noise in the hall, it felt like being far away in the horizon.

He was very familiar with that tone of voice, which sounded like he hated iron for not being able to become steel.

But the young man took a deep breath. At that moment, he suddenly remembered his last trainee assessment, and for some reason, his heart suddenly became quieter.

Although he has various shortcomings, he has finally reached this stage, and those who can reach this stage are all very outstanding young alchemists, and he is naturally the same.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally saw what Sylvester was doing.

On the other side of the crystal, Fang Plover saw this one step ahead of him.

The straight line between two points is the shortest.
To be continued...