Urban Sims

Chapter 89 Advancement
March 6st, sunny.

NJ City, Tianhe Stadium.

Large training room.

Dozens of long tables were filled with Rubik's Cube players from all over the country, with all kinds of hairstyles, colorful clothes, different ages, tall, short, fat, and thin.

There are as many as 500 people!
On the table in front of the [-] contestants, there were several uniformly scrambled third-order Rubik's cubes and a green timer.

All the contestants held their breath and held the Rubik's Cube tightly with both hands, waiting for the referee's order.

The rules of the selection competition are very cruel, and there will be four rounds of elimination first.

In the first round, the time to quickly unscrew and restore the third-order Rubik's Cube must not exceed 30 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.

In the second round, the time to quickly unscrew and restore the third-order Rubik's Cube must not exceed 20 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.

In the third round, the recovery time of the quick twist should not exceed 12 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.

In the fourth round, the top six players who completed the recovery were successfully selected for the "Most Powerful Brain" promotion competition, and the rest of the players were all eliminated.

Each round of competition, each team member has only one chance!
"Game start!"

The referee pressed the horn, and all the green timers turned red. Quickly unscrew the Rubik's Cube and start timing!
"Clap clap clap!"

The sound of countless Rubik's cubes rotating at high speed sounded at the same time.

In the first round, 155 people were directly eliminated.

In the second round, 231 people were directly eliminated.

In the third round, there were only 22 people left.

In the fourth round, Zhou Ming ranked first in 6.6 seconds and successfully advanced!
"Is this the first place?"

Zhou Ming, who had lowered his strength by half, stood at the highest position in the middle of the ranking table after successfully advancing, with a calm expression on his face.

Next to them, the five contestants who were promoted together stared at this mysterious figure who had never appeared in Rubik's Cube, and felt a chill in their hearts.

The speed twisting result of 6.6 seconds is about two seconds away from the world's fastest single speed twisting record of 4.75 seconds created by Feishen. It is not very fast. Do it within 6 seconds.

The problem is, this mysterious person, in the four rounds of the competition, according to the rankings announced by the electronic display, the results of each round of speed twisting are between 6-7 seconds, and the stability of his performance is scary.

Among the five, there was a promotion player who was standing next to Zhou Ming just now. After the referee called the game to start, he found that the mysterious master seemed to be in a daze for a second or two, and then his hands turned into afterimages. In just a few seconds, after hearing the sound of him pressing the timer, he was so scared that he almost lost his performance.

Looking at this opponent of unknown origin and terrifying strength, the hearts of the five contestants were filled with a thick shadow over their originally high confidence in advancing.

"For all contestants who have successfully advanced, the program team will arrange meals and accommodation for you. After returning home, you should have a good rest. Tomorrow morning, the program team will take you to shoot a set of VCR. Tomorrow night at [-] o'clock, you will participate in the fifth episode of "The Most Powerful Brain" The recording and broadcasting, I wish you all extraordinary performances and a perfect performance of yourself!"

The director speaks to everyone.

Everyone nodded, boarded the minibus arranged by the program group, and checked into a four-star hotel with good conditions near the gymnasium.

Had dinner.

In room 508 of the hotel, the doorbell rang.

Opening the door, several young people came in together—five players who passed the promotion competition together today.

"Dude, when did you start practicing the Rubik's Cube? Are you too good at it?" Fang Jie, the leader with medium-length hair, slightly fat body, and the oldest, asked familiarly after entering the door.

"That's right, brother, your strength shocked me. Why has the Rubik's Cube world never seen a character like you?" Wang Wei said with dark skin like a boy next door.

"I thought I could secure the first place in this promotion competition..." Lin Jun, who was only 18 years old but the strongest among the five, was dressed in yellow and spoke with a southern accent. The fastest speed twisting of the Rubik's Cube, ranked first in the country and third in the world, but in today's promotion match, he was still slightly behind, behind the mysterious opponent in front of him.

"Brother, your surname is Zhou, and I am also surnamed Zhou, let's make friends." Zhou Chuang from SD Province said.

"Brother, how did you develop your hand speed? I feel that it is no longer human speed." Fatty Li Kai, who was frightened by Zhou Ming's hand speed before, came from GD and was a senior student this year.

The five chattered, Zhou Ming didn't know how to answer that question first, so he poured a few glasses of water and handed them to them, telling them to sit down first, Zhou Ming then introduced himself.

Contact Rubik's Cube for a month.

Not for fame.

It's to defeat Jia Liping and defend the honor of Rubik's Cube in Country Z!
That's why I signed up for "The Most Powerful Brain".

After hearing this, the five of them were very excited, and they started talking one after another.

"Brother, you went to think with me, and I came for these purposes too!"

"I have long disliked Jia Liping, this time I must drive him out of the Hall of Fame!"

"However...Jia Liping is a master of blind screwing, we are competing in speed screwing, and our opponent is Wang Yinghao."

"Isn't our opponent Jialiping?"

Zhou Ming was taken aback for a moment. When the program team called him to participate in the selection, they didn't ask him whether he wanted to participate in the quick twist or blind twist, and let him come directly.

I have long heard that "The Most Powerful Brain" is full of shady scenes, is this it?
"Can I change the event and choose the blind screwing competition?" Zhou Ming asked.

"No, the selection of blind screwers has ended this afternoon, and it is impossible to re-select." Fang Jie explained.

ended?
So what's the point of me coming here?
For a while, Zhou Ming wanted to go back and not participate in this show.

As soon as Zhou Ming expressed this meaning, Wang Wei beside him hurriedly said: "Brother, with your strength, you should show yourself on this stage. Even if you don't drive Jia Liping down, if you PK with the international team in the future, you can give Z The national team has increased its combat power, and with your strength, buddy, I feel that you are not weaker than the God of Fei."

(Philippines, formerly known as Felix Dangers, a native of Australia, 22 years old, a genius in the Rubik's Cube world, has continuously set world records in several Rubik's Cube projects, is an all-round Rubik's Cube player, and has won 315 gold medals. Currently Has broken 94 Rubik's cube world records)
"Furthermore, to participate in this program, as long as he advances to the finals, knocks out Wang Yinghao, and enters the seeded team, this player will be rewarded with 5 yuan, and every time he plays in the future, there will be no less than 10 yuan. Appearance fee, this is not a small sum!"

A look of hope flashed in Wang Wei's eyes.

"You all came here for rewards and appearance fees?"

"Ahem! Of course not, I want to join the country Z Rubik's Cube team in "The Most Powerful Brain" and defeat the international Rubik's Cube team." Wang Wei coughed twice.

"You can't say that, buddy, who doesn't want to earn money? I have been practicing Rubik's Cube for more than a year, and I spent all my spare time participating in various competitions. Who doesn't want to make some money from this competition?" Zhou Chuang said.

"Brother, I advise you not to withdraw from the competition. Just withdraw from the competition and enter the blacklist of the program group. It will be difficult to participate again. Besides, with your strength, brother, you should be able to advance... I guess this time It's time to make soy sauce again." Fatty Li Kai said.

"Okay...then let's play with Wang Yinghao first."

Wang Yinghao is still a good person, humble and low-key, his psychological quality is much better than that of Jia Liping, his game last season was remarkable, he almost drew with Feishen, but unexpectedly, he became the target of my elimination , Brother Hao, the game is over, let me treat you to a meal... Zhou Ming thought this way in his heart, and gave up the idea of ​​withdrawing from the game.

Brother, why didn't you retire?

Lin Jun, who is the strongest among the five, is in a complicated mood at the moment. He has created a special set of third-order Rubik's Cube solutions. He ranks first in the country in terms of strength for the third-order Rubik's Cube, and he has already set a world record. , I met this mysterious master whose hand speed is faster than him, and whose solution to the Rubik's Cube seems to be more unique.

With different thoughts and ideas, the time soon came to the next day.

A group of six people got on a minibus and came to an indoor studio. Each of them got a line. At the request of the director, each of them held a Rubik's cube in their hands in front of a green screen background board. He posed in various poses and filmed a VCR.

Fang Jie: In the Rubik's Cube world, only the strong can stand tall.

Wang Wei: I'm here, I don't want to lose, I just want to beat my opponent!

Lin Jun: Is it enough to break the record again and again? no!My limit is not here!

Zhou Chuang: You can underestimate me, I will prove it with my strength!
Li Kai: I want nothing but victory!
Zhou Ming turned the Rubik's Cube with his fingers and smiled at the camera: Me, the unknown?It doesn't matter, from today onwards, my name is Rubik's Cube King!

"Cut!"

After the last shot, the director nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, Zhou Ming, your shot is very good, full of momentum!"

Zhou Ming walked over with the Rubik's Cube and asked, "Director, is it a little too high-profile?"

The director shook his head: "What kind of high-profile is this? I still think that this line written by you is better and more suitable for you! Don't be modest, boy, this stage, in addition to high-profile, can only be higher-profile! Low-key, it can only show his strength Not enough, sooner or later we have to leave!"

Zhou Ming nodded. This is what attracted him to this show. It can be presumptuously high-profile and pretend to be B. Anyone who has the ability to pretend to be B can come to this show to try it out.

……

eight pm.

Sujiang TV Station, "The Most Powerful Brain", the fifth episode of the recording site.

Thousands of spectators who entered the venue with tickets have filled all the audience seats.

"Rub! Rub! Rub!"

Record the lights at the top of the booth and turn them on at the same time!

A burst of passionate music sounded!

"The host is welcome, Jiang! Chang! Jian!" The voice of the narrator came from the loudspeaker.

"Woooooooooo~"

The audience stood en masse and let out a burst of cheers.

"Where is the strongest brain in country Z?!"

Holding a hand card, a thin, silver-haired old man walked quickly from the passage, and asked loudly.

"it's here!"

The audience held trumpets in their hands and chanted together.

"Your talent is the wealth of mankind. Seven walnuts, the strongest brain. This program is exclusively titled and broadcast by the real seven walnuts! Use your brain often, drink seven more walnuts. Here, we will let you ..."

"Wisdom is flying!!" The audience replied together.

"We want to make science..." the host put his hands on his ears and said.

"Be popular!!" The audience desperately waved the flags in their hands.

The fourth season of "The Most Powerful Brain", the rebroadcast of the fifth episode, officially begins!
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(End of this chapter)