unspeakable secret

After going through the elimination of the preliminaries and semi-finals, there were very few people who entered the finals.

There were only 67, but compared to last year's [-] tragedies, it seemed a bit much.

Here will compete for the final champion, the winner of the Star Cup.

San Yi couldn't help but feel a little nervous, this kind of grand ceremony is really him...

"Don't be nervous, I'm here."

North held his hand, and there was a touch of warmth in his metallic eyes: "With the two of us together, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Yes." San Yi nodded greatly, and said firmly in his tone, "I will work hard!"

Fight for this honor!

Felkes rolled his eyes at the side, got bored before the game even started?

The difficulty of the championship is the sum of the preliminary round and the rematch. The preliminary round tests the hands-on ability of the players, the second round tests the adaptability of the mechanical assistant, and the final test is the sum of the two, which is the so-called cooperative performance.

In the match that Felkes participated in back then, he chose to fight in the ring because the sharp drop in the number of players in the end was not enough to support other game modes.

Of course, Tina chose to play first. Although she had the most points, she was slandered once at the end because of insufficient core energy supply.

Fortunately, Sola Laboratory now replaces the original energy battery with obsidian crystal energy mine, which makes up for Tina's defect and also achieves North's extraordinary battery life.

It's also a secret weapon.

According to Felkes' estimation, the format of the finals of the Star Cup competition will be similar to the one that Eric Jacqueline and the others participated in back then.

There were 72 participants in the finals that year, which is not much different from the current 67.

In other words, it will be the survival mode of the stream of consciousness in the virtual space.

Uh... the name is a bit long, but to put it simply, it is to put the conscious operation of mechanical assistants and researchers into a database-like virtual space environment, so that the contestants can win or lose in it.

To put it simply, it is to get rid of all the people and mechanical assistants who are not in their group!It's a bit like an online game in the Earth Age.

Facts have proved that Felkes' ability to press questions is top-notch, and the final result is indeed this.

Because of Felkes' presence, neither Jefferson nor Thompson approached Adele, and Nora and Nat Pagle also stayed away from the stands area of ​​the Sola family.

They have heard the name of this nightmare-level devil boss, and the kind-hearted angel-like Tina boss is also the super boss who beat up eighteen mechanical assistants in a row.

Probably because of the deep impression left by Adele's continuous beatings in the past, the current celebrity forces are afraid of the existence of this kind of violence. They would rather have some beautiful idiots than fighting monsters!

So what are you afraid of?

"Sang Yi, keep an eye on the two around you." Felkes began to give pre-court guidance, and under the watchful eyes of Jefferson, Thompson and their mechanical assistants, he said without anyone else, "The early-stage development It's time to stay away from them, judging from your current level, you are not an opponent of the two of them."

"Wait until the player program gradually becomes abundant and the data resources gradually become insufficient in the later stage, the players in the arena will choose to plunder. At this time, you still have to avoid them, because you are not their opponent."

Jefferson: "..."

Thompson: "..."

What's the difference between what you said and what you didn't say?

"But Cousin Felkes, if I do what you say, my development will not catch up with them, and I will still be suppressed and beaten in the end." Sangyi asked his own doubts, and he felt aggrieved .

Felkes reluctantly exchanged a tacit look with North, and then lovingly touched Sanyi's head: "This is up to you to find a way."

Mainly Jefferson and Thompson are watching here, and he is too embarrassed to say how to deal with them directly.

Then it's not called pre-match coaching, it should be called pre-match cheating!

However, judging from the leakage of the content of the topic, it will lead to very tragic results, and it may be directly attacked by two people.

Tsk, Felkes couldn't help but sweat for his little cousin who was about to go to the battlefield.

Adele watched and said nothing.

The meaning of Felkes is actually very easy to understand. Since Jefferson and Thompson's strength is beyond the reach of others, why can't they let them kill each other and finally come to the fisherman's benefit?

But the truth is this truth, it is not easy to implement.Thompson is a little fox with the same cunning eyes as his father Dalton; although Jefferson is arrogant, he is not without brains.

It is not an easy task to keep them from noticing themselves, and at the same time find a good time to run out to make a profit when the snipe and clam are fighting each other to the detriment of both.

In particular, the strength of these two people is extraordinary. In order not to fulfill the ambitions of others, they will choose to keep them until the end, so that Sanyi's situation will be even more dangerous.

Jeffriesen was very uncomfortable with this tacit behavior of playing charades without explaining things clearly. He hugged his chest and snorted again: "The game is about to start. I will take Nora to familiarize myself with the equipment first, and Thompson will follow them slowly." Let's talk. If the game is too ugly to lose, there is an excuse, right?"

He took Nora out of the auditorium.

Nora remained silent until she was leaving, and she sent a short-wave communication to North:

"North, welcome back."

My brother, welcome back.

After Jefferson left with Nora, Thompson didn't stay much longer.The main reason is that the eyes of the brother and sister, Felkes and Adele, were too aggressive, which made him feel bad, and he dared not stay here any longer.

So he left with Natpagle too.

Before leaving, he glanced at San Yi.

No matter what Felkes' idea is, he will not let Sanyi threaten his position in the core area. The only one who can be tied with Jefferson Christa is Thompson Bram!

Sanyi was a little confused.

He blinked, feeling a little confused, and wanted to continue asking Felkes questions, but he didn't expect Felkes to wave his hand and say: "The game is about to start, you guys should also do the preparations."

"Don't worry too much about the competition, just do your best, I don't know your ability yet?" Felkes said with a smile, "Adele and I are here waiting for you to triumph, no matter what the result is, I hope you are happy in your journey."

"I understand, Felkes." So Sanyi felt relieved, compared to victory and the championship, it is indeed more important to devote himself wholeheartedly.

Deirdre had been telling Sim all the time before that his behavior was too cautious, which may have something to do with growing up in Gangning District. Facing the family members in the core area, he was a little reluctant to let go. To put it bluntly, he felt a little inferior and felt I am out of tune with my family.

But very fortunately, people in the Sola family are willing to tolerate. The main purpose of participating in the Star Cup this time is to cultivate San Yi's self-confidence.

Through several passionate and difficult games, Sanyi realized his excellence and built up his self-confidence.After all, Sola's people are too perverted, and it's easy to get hit if you get along with them all the time.

The virtual space chosen by the organizing committee this time is Yasuolong's Rubik's Square.

Yasuolong is a classic character written by the famous novelist Kirsty in the interstellar history. His magic square has three major abilities: teleportation, invisibility, and rotation. It can form attack and concealment externally, and can form a cage and slaughterhouse internally. , is a big killer that integrates offense and defense.

The reason why the organizing committee chose this location is because they are afraid of the three mechanical assistants.

"Oh, I forgot to tell him the story." Adele sat up in shock as she was dying, "I only told the story of Rubik's Square until the chapter where he disappeared in the snow and ice field, and I haven't told him about Yazoron's story yet. part."

"It's okay, it has nothing to do with Yasoron. The main reason for choosing the magic square this time is the instability of the internal space. No one knows where they will be teleported to in the next moment. People who hide their bodies It will show its appearance, and it will lose its vitality when it spins and falls... The internal instability of the Rubik's Cube has established the unique environmental background of the Rubik's Cube." Felkes analyzed in a deep voice, "It will probably be a tough battle. "

"Then I can only wish San Yi good luck. Maybe it will be better for him. If you don't know the characteristics of the magic square, you won't have the same concerns as other people. Those who don't know are fearless." Adele also only Can comfort myself.

The golden bell strikes three times,

The consciousness of the 67 contestants and their mechanical assistants was transmitted to the magic square of Yasoron selected by the organizing committee through the optical brain.

In the virtual deep and empty space, there are strings of characters floating and flowing, and it is no surprise that they are the necessary items for development that Felkes mentioned.

Because they only have consciousness transmission, they don't carry various application programs inserted in the database, even if they want to collect the strings in the air to make new programs, there is no suitable opportunity.

However, the mechanical assistant can store strings for a short period of time, relying on the location where the strings pass through the nerve center when the strings are spliced ​​and assembled.

"Felkes said to grow first and then develop, which means nurturing and nurturing. It means to expand one's collection capacity, and development is the application program added to it." Sanyi analyzed by mistake.

"I also think that's what it means. There are no other people or mechanical assistants around. We should have fallen alone, so let's start by expanding the database." North followed his words, "Have you thought about how to expand it? "

"I know this, I will choose the string, and then you arrange and combine according to my instructions, and apply it to your body to expand the inventory of the database." Sanyi said, "Start with the string on the upper left of you, counting from the left The third one! Then the seventh one, No.11..."

The development of the competition is actually quite a coincidence. He took the database expansion test in the preliminary round, and now he just used it in the final round.

So the meaning of the organizing committee is to let the contestants and the mechanical assistant understand that knowledge is intertwined?

maybe.

Who knows?

At the beginning of the competition, the space inside the Rubik's Cube hadn't shrunk, nor had the three abilities been touched. Luckily, Sang Yi and North didn't meet other contestants, and they stayed where they were and developed with peace of mind.

I don't know if it's their luck. There are a lot of strings in this space, enough for them to construct a portable database with a decent capacity.

In addition, there are extra strings that can be made into a simple attack program. Although the lethality is not strong enough, it is also a measure to protect oneself.

better than nothing.

"The strings here are exhausted, let's look elsewhere," Sanyi said.

"Well, but we have to be careful and avoid Jefferson and Thompson." North continued, and now their abilities are not enough to compare with those two, and if they get together, they will die.

Sanyi's strength lies in the expansion of the database. Although they don't have a powerful combat program protection blessing, they still have sufficient database space to accommodate more available strings.

"I understand." Sanyi replied, he knew his level, and after surveying the surrounding situation, he pointed to a darker direction, "Let's go there, there doesn't seem to be anyone there."

North looked in that direction: "OK."

Sany is lucky.

Not long after they left, Thompson arrived here with his mechanical assistant, Nat Pagle.

Unlike North, who now only has one pitiful and weak offensive program, Natpag has installed three powerful offensive programs, two survey programs, and one defensive program.

Its owner, Thompson, has enough strength to allow him to equip the most powerful and high-end programs in a limited string at the very beginning of the game.

"Have you already left?" Thompson stared at the empty surroundings and said gloomily, "It seems that the timing of our arrival was not right, and we missed the lamb staying here, so that he would not be our prey."

Natpagle started the survey program: "Master, they are leaving in that direction." It pointed out the direction Sanyi left, and asked shortly, "Are we going to chase it?"

"No need." Thompson waved his hand, "The environment over there is too remote, and there are very few people passing by. We don't need to give up other more delicious fat sheep for just one lamb."

"Nat Pagle, find a place with more people, we're going to start killing."

"Yes, Master."

"There are traces of three life forms detected in the east, do you want to go?"

"East? Let's go then."

Thompson left here with Nat Pagle, and the three players in the east will be the first to be eliminated by them.

Jeffreyson and Nora, who are on the other side of the Rubik's Square, are also in a similar situation. As long as they don't bump into North head-on, Nora is willing to cooperate with Jefferson, not to mention Jefferson's expansion of database capacity and program placement. All have unique talents, and the hardware capital makes people feel satisfied.

"There are three more, the people around here will be emptied, and there will be prey in farther places." Nora said coldly.

Jefferson looked up at the void: "Is there any news about that little cousin of Felkes and the mechanical assistant he brought?"

The alarm bell in Nora's heart sounded suddenly. Of course, he didn't think that Jefferson wanted to hold hands with Sanyi, but only wanted to act first!

So he lowered his eyes: "No, they're not in this space." It's really not there now, there is an alarm resonance between him and North, and he is the first to feel when North appears near here.

However, because Christa Lab didn't know the existence of North, and Nora never revealed it, Jefferson didn't know the relationship between the two, and he wouldn't doubt it.

Jefferson didn't respond: "How's Thompson doing?"

"They killed three pairs of man-machine combinations." Nora looked at the official data, "There are 67 pairs participating in the finals, they killed three pairs, we killed four pairs, plus other examples of deadly duels , now there are only 53 pairs of players left.”

"Continue." Jefferson stepped forward in a direction that would witness his killing.

Nora followed closely behind him.

What Felkes said was "When the program of the players in the later stage is gradually abundant and the data resources are gradually insufficient, the players in the arena will choose to plunder." Under the guidance of the leader, the killing started ahead of schedule.

At that time, Sanyi didn't know that he was collecting data strings with North in the cold environment to make programs.