sjar Chapter 50: Ji·Exhibition Match·Xiang (2)
Chapter 50: Ji·Exhibition Match·Xiang (2)
The next day, the results of the preliminary matches were directly displayed on the exterior wall display screens of the college’s major teaching buildings and training grounds. If there were no display screens, the audio would be played in a rolling manner.
The results came out last night and were sent directly to each college immediately after they came out. Therefore, the school was very lively early this morning, with lights and decorations everywhere and it was full of joy.
Influenced by this cheerful atmosphere, Jixiang's yellow and expressionless little face seemed to be tinged with joy.
Jixiang was indeed very happy. It would be unreasonable for him to go to other planets to participate in competitions at public expense and not take the opportunity to go sightseeing.
The lengthy congratulatory message and several thousand words of future prospects from school leaders in the audio ended. Jixiang looked at the display screen in Building B which was still serializing, and decisively chose to prick up his ears to listen to the news.
"Warm congratulations to the 2756 Academy for achieving a historic breakthrough in the 138th Low-Level Interstellar Basic Martial Arts Performance Competition. Class B138 won the 888th place in the preliminaries. Here, all of us at the 2756 Academy..."
Jixiang, who thought he had passed the preliminaries: "..."
Only the top 500 in the preliminaries are eligible to go to the host planet to participate in the official competition. There is a gap of 388 places. How low is the 2756 Academy in the ranking? This ranking will be recorded in the school history.
But this does not affect everyone's good mood.
Qian Bawang's serious expression could not hide the excitement in his eyes and brows.
"First of all, congratulations to everyone for achieving a historic result in this exhibition match, a good result of 888th place. This is the best result in the history of our 2756 Academy. Come on, everyone, applaud yourselves!"
Listening to the applause and excited cheers, Jixiang couldn't help but join in the joy. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Qian Bawang raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued: "Okay, although this result is beyond the expectations of our teachers, we all know that this result is the result of your hard work and training. Therefore, whether we are teachers or you students, you must not be proud, but maintain your mentality and continue to work hard for better results. Can everyone do this?"
All beings: “Yes!”
"I believe in you all, and I will work hard with you all!" Then, King Qian paused and said, "Although we are not qualified for the official competition, we have obtained free virtual audience seats with this result. Therefore, during the official competition, everyone can come to the school to watch the competition!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone couldn't help but start talking.
"Wow, is this true?"
"I've only watched the broadcast on StarNet!"
"The virtual audience is not bad, it's not much different from the live one."
"You can enjoy the free virtual audience. Even scalpers can't buy virtual audience tickets now."
"..."
Qian Ba Wang did not stop everyone's excited discussions. After all, he was also very happy that he had free virtual audiences.
Although Jixiang is not a native of StarCraft and is not familiar with virtual audience seats, it does not stop him from getting excited.
Because the life he had been leading with Old Man Ji was a primitive society compared to the interstellar world, Jixiang was particularly interested in all activities that could broaden his horizons, especially those that could witness how advanced interstellar technology could be.
The official competition was scheduled for two days on the weekend. Jixiang had already informed Old Man Ji the day he learned that there were free virtual audience seats. Therefore, on the morning of the first day of the competition, Jixiang drank a bottle of nutrient solution and ran away in a hurry, without even seeing Old Man Ji who was in the yard.
When she arrived at school, she happened to meet Hua Lina and Fei Xiang who had arrived earlier than her.
The two people happened to bump into each other at the school gate and somehow started to mock each other.
When Jixiang saw them, the conversation between the two was reaching a fever pitch.
Jixiang: ...Is it too late for her to escape now?
Of course, it's too late.
Hua Lina and Fei Xiang discovered in time that Jixiang was trying to sneak away along the trees on the roadside.
"Jixiang Jixiang, come and help me teach him a lesson!" Hua Lina waved at Jixiang and looked at Fei Xiang with raised eyebrows.
"Jidan, I'm treating you to eggs, but you are not allowed to help her." Fei Xiang, who almost said the wrong thing, said in a domineering tone.
Jixiang: “…” She didn’t want to pay attention to either of these two people.
"The game is about to start. Are you sure you want to continue this 'friendly exchange'?" Jixiang asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh no! It's all Fei Xiang's fault for wasting my time. Jixiang, let's go quickly. If we are late, the good seats will be gone." Hua Lina grabbed Jixiang who had already walked to her side and pulled him to jog.
"Bah, it's obviously your fault. If you hadn't been making a fuss, I would have gone over there a long time ago!" Fei Xiang shouted unyieldingly and started jogging after the two of them.
"That's enough, both of you. Wait until the game is over before you start arguing." She was just an innocent passerby who was about to go to the game.
At Jixiang's strong request, the three people barely maintained the illusion of peace and arrived at the college auditorium.
Opening virtual audience seats also requires equipment assistance, but only the auditorium in the college has the equipment.
The auditorium is not far from the teaching building B. The exterior walls are simple and low-key with a cool tone, and the main color is black, which makes it look particularly solemn. The entire auditorium looks very tall from the outside, and the fixed seats can at least accommodate people. After all, it is just an auditorium.
The auditorium has a column-less structure, which means that there is no extra column support in the main space except the walls. The thirty participating classes have less than two thousand students, and they are all arranged near the rostrum.
By the time Jixiang and Hualina found the area where their classmates were, most of the people in the auditorium had already connected their equipment and entered the competition venue, so the two of them just found an empty seat and sat down. Fei Xiang, who was originally following behind them, was called by his friends who arrived earlier to go somewhere else.
The equipment that assists in realizing the virtual audience is on the seats.
Jixiang followed Hualina's example and put the sensor on his head. It was a device similar to a headset, but with a pair of glasses in front.
After putting on the device, the noisy sounds in the auditorium seemed to gradually disappear, and the scenery in front of me changed immediately.
On one side of the high-tech platform is the judging panel, with 20 judges sitting in two rows. In the front seats are 10 people, including representatives of the planetary government, the military and school leaders.
Currently, the military representative is speaking. He is wearing the green military dress uniform of the Alliance. He sits upright with sharp eyes and regular facial features, and there is a sense of solemnity.
Jixiang couldn't help but look at him a few more times. For some reason, she could clearly feel the murderous aura from him, which was filled with the blood of the battlefield. She was very sure that this was a ruthless character who had been on the battlefield for many years.
The way he spoke was very similar to Qian Bawang's, with lots of pauses, and his voice sounded particularly cold and hard, and his words were more official than Qian Bawang's.
"...You are the future of the alliance. I am honored to have the opportunity to witness your growth. As a soldier, I always believe..."
Jixiang stopped paying attention after hearing a few words. She was secretly encouraging everyone to go to military school or join the army. Ji·Artist·Xiang She was just more curious about this competition.