Chapter 168, t.g.a. Winter Grand Prix (III)

The next morning, Liu Chuan specially ordered an alarm clock and got up at half past seven. Unexpectedly, when he washed his face and went downstairs to have breakfast, Liu Xiaomeng got up too. She was sitting at the dining table and lowered her head to drink milk. This girl was obviously going to participate in the competition today. She was in a nervous mood and got up so early abnormally.

Liu Chuan walked over and rubbed her head and asked, "Are you nervous?"

Liu Xiaomeng pretended to be calm and said, "Not nervous at all."

Liu Chuan smiled, but did not expose her, and took breakfast from the kitchen to eat. My father was busy giving lectures in other places, and my mother was not at home. There were only two brothers and sisters at home. The breakfast was made by Liu Xiaomeng. The bread she made in the oven herself tasted pretty good.

After Liu Chuan had breakfast with relish, he asked Liu Xiaomeng to change his clothes and prepare to set off.

Liu Xiaomeng went back to the house and wore a white down jacket, a hat, scarf and a mask. She was fully armed, only with her bright big eyes exposed. From a distance, she looked like a white bear. This girl was afraid of the cold since she was a child. When Liu Chuan saw her shrinking her neck, she couldn't help but pat her head: "It's not that cold today, let's go."

Liu Chuan soon drove to the community where Wu Zewen lived. Wu Zewen's house happened to be on this side of the street. Feng Dan was making breakfast for Wu Zewen in the kitchen. When he looked down from the window, he saw a familiar silver private car parked at the entrance of the community. The car had taken Wu Zewen back, and she had already met her.

Sure enough, Wu Zewen's cell phone rang and he ran out to answer the phone: "Hey... you came here so early, I was just about to have breakfast..."

Liu Chuan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll wait for you in the car. It's still early anyway, so you can eat slowly."

"Yes." Wu Zewen said, "Wait for me for ten minutes."

Then he hung up the phone, went back to the kitchen and said, "Mom, my friend is here to pick me up..."

Feng Dan looked back at his son: "Is he a friend who gave you a scarf?"

Wu Zewen's heart was thunderous and he quickly explained: "Well... he is my alumnus, and his sister also participated in the rhythm master competition and sent us over there."

Feng Dan asked: "Don't you invite him to come up and sit?"

Wu Zewen hurriedly said: "He said he would wait below..."

Feng Dan smiled slightly, put out the fried eggs in the pot, put them on a plate and handed them to Wu Zewen, and then took out the hot buns and milk from the microwave next to him, and said, "Take them quickly and eat them, don't let them wait too long."

Wu Zewen nodded and went to the restaurant to have breakfast. Feng Dan looked downstairs again. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and she couldn't see who was in the car.

Because Liu Chuan was waiting downstairs, Wu Zewen quickly got rid of breakfast, put on his coat and hurried downstairs. Feng Dan reminded: "Don't forget his scarf."

Wu Zewen turned around and went to the room to get a scarf. Feng Dan saw his son being in a hurry and couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you nervous? Just perform normally in the game. It doesn't matter whether you win the prize or not. Don't take it too seriously."

Wu Zewen nodded and looked away guiltily: "Then I'll leave first, mom."

Feng Dan said: "Go."

Wu Zewen hurriedly turned around and went out.

In fact, he was not nervous about participating in the competition. He was just afraid that his mother would see something. He liked Liu Chuan. This was the secret hidden in the deepest part of his heart. Before the time was ripe, even if he was his closest mother, Wu Zewen did not intend to let her know.

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When Liu Chuan saw Wu Zewen coming out of the community, he took the initiative to help him open the car door on the other side of the passenger seat. Wu Zewen got into the car and handed the scarf in his hand to Liu Chuan: "I'll give you the scarf back, thank you."

"Well, why are you?" Liu Chuan took the scarf and put it aside.

Liu Xiaomeng, in the back seat, came over and said, "Zewen, how are you doing?" She had played several battles with Wu Zewen these days, and she lost to tears every time. Liu Xiaomeng already knew Wu Zewen's terrifying hand speed.

Wu Zewen said: "It's okay."

Liu Xiaomeng said "Oh" and said, "You are too strong, I still can't connect the last song..."

Seeing his sister's depressed look, Liu Chuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Liu Xiaomeng, look at your prospects, it's just a competition."

Liu Xiaomeng lowered her head in frustration: "If other players were as powerful as Wu Zewen, I would definitely not be able to even pass the preliminary round."

Wu Zewen turned around and comforted softly: "No, you are also very awesome."

Liu Xiaomeng knew his level very well. Today's preliminaries probably have no chance. It would be nice to see the large-scale competition scene. Thinking of this, Liu Xiaomeng's expression on her face was much cheerful, and she waved her hand with a smile and said, "You don't need to comfort me, I'm just going to join in the fun. Come on, Zewen, you may win the championship at your level."

Liu Chuan smiled and said, "What does it mean? We Zewen will definitely win the championship."

When Liu Chuan was in a hotel, he saw Wu Zewen often scored full marks, and he was full of confidence in Wu Zewen. However, Wu Zewen didn't feel that he would definitely win the championship. After all, this Grand Prix brought together experts from all over the country. All he could do was try his best to show his level. It would be the best to win the award. It doesn't matter if he couldn't. It was the first time he participated in such a large-scale e-sports event alone, so he just thought it was to open his eyes.

The three of them came to the competition site together. There were many people queuing up outside the door to enter the venue. Liu Chuan familiarly took the two to the work group to sign in. Then, Wu Zewen and Liu Xiaomeng were taken to the Rhythm Masters event by the staff to the contestants preparation area of ​​the Rhythm Masters event, and Liu Chuan came to the audience alone.

Unexpectedly, in the aisle, he almost ran into two people - Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun.

The two of them were talking in a low voice. After seeing him, Su Shilun opened his eyes wide in surprise, then raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I read it right? Isn't this the God of Chuan who has disappeared for a long time?"

Xiao Sijing next to him had a deep look, glanced at Liu Chuan lightly, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

Liu Chuan said with a smile: "Of course I am here to come to cheer for you."

Xiao Sijing said: "Speak human words."

"..." Lao Xiao really didn't understand humor, so Liu Chuan could only explain with a smile: "I accompany my friends to play the rhythm master event. It's a coincidence to meet you. Wulin has also started today, right? Is it the group stage of Group A?"

Xiao Sijing nodded: "That's right."

Liu Chuan said: "Then you go and do it. I'll go there and see the rhythm master and contact you."

After saying that, he waved his hand casually and turned around and left. Xiao Su and the others watched his back disappear into the aisle and couldn't help but look at each other.

Su Shilun touched his chin and asked, "He really came to see the rhythm master? He also plays this kind of music game... Do you believe it?"

Xiao Sijing said calmly: "Nothing is strange. Liu Chuan never plays according to common sense."

Su Shilun looked at Liu Chuan's back thoughtfully, Xiao Sijing gently wrapped his shoulders and said, "Don't pay attention to what Liu Chuan is doing, let's go back and arrange the next game first. Today's first game is to give up the players, so the players must prepare early."

Su Shilun nodded and followed Xiao Sijing to the martial arts arena.

t.g.a is because many events are held at the same time, and several venues are divided into different venues. Only semi-finals, finals and other heavyweight competitions will be arranged to be broadcast live on the largest main stage. Other group matches, qualifiers and other events are compared in the smaller sub-venues next to it.

Today, in addition to the single-player event "Rhythm Master", the group competition of the group event also kicked off. Liu Chuan was not surprised to meet an acquaintance on the spot. Although he wanted to chat with Lao Xiao and the Wheel God for a few more words, he knew that the Seven Star Grass was about to compete, and the two people who were captains and deputy captains had no time to chat with him.

Liu Chuan walked to the audience seat of the Rhythm Master and found a seat according to the ticket number. Fortunately, the seats were in the front row, so he could clearly see the contestants on the stage. Several contestants had already received the number cards. Today's live preliminaries will directly select the top 4 from the 16 people based on the total score, and then the final showdown will be held in the afternoon. Liu Xiaomeng is number 7 and Wu Zewen is number 16, and he will appear in order.

There are not many viewers who come to watch the preliminaries. Most of them are the relatives and friends of the contestants cheering. The tracks to be played in the preliminaries have long been announced on the official website. Sixteen contestants appear in sequence, four-key, five-key, and six-key modes, playing the highest difficulty track, and finally summed up to calculate the total score.

In the early morning competition, many people were a little nervous. Several contestants missed keys seriously, including Liu Xiaomeng. The first four-key mode music, she missed a key halfway through the play, and her grades were almost 10,000 yuan worse than others. Wu Zewen performed normally, but he was obviously a little bit awkward in the first song, and he didn't get a full score, ranking fifth in the standings.

As expected, there are many experts in the national competition. Except for a few who performed abnormally under nervousness, almost all the other people had combos without missing a single key!

Next is the second song, in 5-key mode, which is more difficult and faster than the one just now.

The harder the song, the easier it is to widen the level gap between the contestants. When it comes to the five-key mode, there are more players who miss the keys. Liu Xiaomeng's total score has dropped to tenth place. Obviously, there is no hope to enter the final four overall showdown in the afternoon. This girl can see it easily, and the expression on her face is very relaxed. She just was nervous and missed two keys in a row, and she was still secretly sticking out her tongue.

However, in addition to Wu Zewen, Liu Chuan also noticed several contestants - No. 3, 6, 8, 11, and 14. These people performed very stably from the beginning and were obviously quite capable. The first two songs also made the ss score judgment. In addition, Wu Zewen of No. 16, everyone was all combos. On the score list, the total score difference between the scores of several people was not big, within 10,000 or 20,000, which is actually just one or two key positions.

——Let’s look at the last song to determine your destiny.

Even if he is very confident in Wu Zewen, Liu Chuan couldn't help but become nervous. If he accidentally pressed the wrong button, the gap would suddenly widen. Therefore, such large-scale events are also a great test for the players' psychological quality. Even if they are good at ordinary times, they are quite common.

On the big screen, the third song finally came out - it is the six-key hard mode that many viewers have been waiting for for a long time!

This music is a song written by the official famous composer for this Grand Prix. It combines a strong sense of rhythm and ancient rhythm. There is a large string of chaotic buttons in the middle. Players with average hand speed must kneel. When Liu Chuan was playing with Wu Zewen in the hotel, he fell off several times in the middle because he was not familiar with it... He later practiced this song specifically, but it was quite difficult to have to hit all the combos.

The referee stepped onto the stage and announced the start of the third song competition.

Starting from the No. 1 contestant, two people played the designated track in groups. This song really made the contestants' level immediately obvious. Those with serious missing keys directly increased by 70,000 to 80,000 points. The real showdown was actually between those masters.

Liu Chuan was not very optimistic about the No. 11 player before, but indeed missed two key positions in the middle and couldn't hit all the combos. What surprised him was that the No. 8 female player was very straightforward to have a song in all, and still won the ss result.

Even the commentator couldn't help but praise: "It's quite rare for female players in the e-sports competition. The two female players today performed well, especially this No. 8 player, who performed quite stably, and she didn't seem to be nervous at all."

The male commentator echoed: "This contestant's winning record is blank, but judging from her performance on the spot, she is obviously a master who has been playing for a long time."

In order to cooperate with the explanations of the two commentators, the director specially adjusted the points ranking list to the big screen. The number 8 player ranked first. Liu Chuan looked up and saw a line of information on the ranking list immediately jumped into his eyes.

The No. 8 contestant, Lin Tong, female, 21 years old, all of which were ss for the three songs, with a total score of 3.8 million, currently ranks first.

Liu Chuan couldn't help looking at the player's location - he was a girl with a very elegant look, her facial features were not particularly beautiful, but it felt very comfortable when combined. She had long hair, tied a simple ponytail with a black hair ring behind her head, and wore a camel-colored sweater, with light blue slim jeans underneath. The jeans that were tucked into black short boots, and her legs were straight and slender.

The girl is very tall and should be over 168cm in size. The first impression she gives is very clean and neat.

The reason why Liu Chuan looked at her more was because the number plate was No. 8 girl. She has played three songs and ranked first in the total score. She obviously can enter the finals in the afternoon. Then, if Wu Zewen also enters the finals, this person may become Wu Zewen's strongest opponent.

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Chapter 169, t.g.a. Winter Grand Prix (IV)

After the competition of the players in front, Wu Zewen of No. 16 finally played. The people who are currently in the top three in the standings can be confirmed to enter the finals, but the fourth person is a little nervous. If the last player performs well and surpasses him, he will lose the qualification to enter the finals.

Many people turned their attention to Wu Zewen.

However, Wu Zewen's expression was still calm and calm. He wore earplugs and was immersed in his own world.

The familiar melody of the song sounded, Wu Zewen put his hands on the tablet, and with the rhythm of the music, there were 1,724 button combos, allbos again, all combos!!

Looking at the perfect result of SSS popping up on the screen, thunderous applause suddenly echoed in the scene, and Liu Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief!

Wu Zewen really performed stably. The faster the rhythm and the harder the song, the less he made mistakes he would make. It was amazingly stable!

Because of the outstanding performance of the last song, Wu Zewen's total score jumped to the first place and successfully reached the finals in the afternoon!

Many contestants at the scene cast complicated gazes at him. The girl who ranked first before was obviously a little surprised. She couldn't help but look at Wu Zewen more, but Wu Zewen took off her headphones and walked back to her position with a calm expression.

The commentator smiled and announced: "Friends, the morning preliminary round has all ended. According to the total results, the top four are: No. 16 player Wu Zewen, No. 8 player Lin Tong, No. 3 player Chen Hao, and No. 6 player Zhang Zheng! Congratulations to the four players on entering the National Finals of the Rhythm Masters event!"

All the morning preliminaries were over, and the audience began to leave one after another.

After Wu Zewen and Liu Xiaomeng stepped down, they walked towards Liu Chuan. Liu Chuan smiled and patted Wu Zewen on the shoulder: "Good!"

Wu Zewen nodded at him, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

Liu Xiaomeng said: "Brother, Zewen has entered the finals. Do you want us to have a meal?"

Liu Chuan said: "No problem, what do you want to eat?"

Liu Xiaomeng said excitedly: "I want to eat pizza..."
To be continued...