After Becoming the Alpha Protagonist, I Snatched the Cannon Fodder Omega

Since the official team members were confirmed, everyone’s training has been even harder.

Because Qiu Zhenyang said that even those who were screened out can continue to challenge for a spot, so whether they were selected or not selected, everyone had a great sense of crisis, and could only continue training.

At the same time, the crazy training environment roused Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu’s fighting spirit even more.

Time flew by in the intense training, and it was the school league soon. It was planned during a small holiday which would reduce the logistic pressures and make it so other members could have time to watch.

Three days before the start of the school league, they registered their club and team roster. In the end, three of the originally selected members were replaced. Although the members who were replaced weren’t happy, they were also convinced of their loss.

After all, they are a team, and team victory is the final goal!

In the last three days, Qiu Zhenyang’s grandmother also sent a few of her right-hand people to manage the room and board of other colleges when they came to the Interstellar Academy for the competition. As experienced people, they easily made arrangements for the participating teams.

Qiu Zhenyang also won the exclusive broadcasting rights for his game. This school league will only be broadcast on the livestream platform of the First Consortium, which will attract a large number of viewers to the platform!

The night before the start of the school league, all those who were about to participate in the game fell asleep with a mix of nervousness and excitement.

Tomorrow, they will usher in their stage!

At nine o’clock in the morning the next day, everyone gathered in the competition hall.

The competition hall is a place specially used by the Interstellar Academy to hold various competitions, and is able to accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time. For the competition, “Machine Wars” officially provided 1,500 brand-new game cabins, spent a lot of money to install anti-cheating and monitoring systems, and sent more than a dozen technicians to the scene to deal with any potential problems that might arise.

Various media across Capital Star also flocked to the venue, all wanting to watch first-hand.

After the various school teams arrived and sat down, the principal stepped onto the stage slowly, and everyone under the stage gradually quieted down.

The principal clapped the microphone and smiled after hearing it on the speakers. “First of all, we would like to express our warmest welcome to all the friends who have come from afar!”

Everyone applauded and the principal nodded with satisfaction. “Secondly, for this school league, I myself have huge expectations. Although I don’t usually play games as an old man, seeing you young people’s enthusiasm makes me feel excited. At the same time, I also understand how important this school league is for everyone here who loves games. Therefore, I will not waste everyone’s time, and simply read the rules and requirements again.”

In fact, the regulations had been sent to the leading teacher of each team two days ago, but to be on the safe side, the principal read it again for everyone.

“Yesterday, I inconvenienced the teachers leading the team to accompany us and draw numbers. We will shuffle these numbers to randomly match teams. The winning team will advance directly, and the losing team will enter the second knockout round and play again. If a teams loses again, they will be directly elimited.”

The big screen behind the principal showed 120 teams, which were then randomly shuffled. After three seconds, everyone’s first round opponents appeared onscreen.

“The teachers and students of this school are pretty good, but who knows how they are in terms of games.” Zhuo Hang did a lot of research in advance for this competition, and mastered a lot of information about the participating teams. As soon as he saw the opponents they matched, he immediately flipped through his recent notes and told everyone about their basic situation.

Yuan Chenyu patted him on the shoulder, grinned and said, “Not bad, knowing all this. It seems that you have done a lot of homework!”

Zhuo Hang put away the notebook in his hand and raised his eyebrows: “Of course, when you’re all training frantically, I can’t do nothing, right? Even if I know the basic information of these schools, I can only provide you with some basic information. But things can always happen in the game. This is just for reference; you can only rely on yourself when things happen.”

Guan Tang, who had been clenching his fists nervously, also raised his hand: “There is also me! This information also has my share of credit! Ling Mu, there are many schools which are hard to check, so I also asked my parents to help!”

Ling Mu nodded in respect, “You did a good job.”

Guan Tang immediately smiled, his cheeks flushed, and he couldn’t be more happy.

Qiu Zhenyang looked at them with a smile, knowing that everyone was doing their best for the club. “It’s enough, anyway, everyone’s training time is so short. We won’t find much else even with more investigation. You can rest assured and watch us win.”

Everyone in the club responded in succession, obviously full of confidence.

The first round of the competition was about to start, so Qiu Zhenyang led his team to the game cabin in the competition area. The first round is played at the same time in different areas, and there are corresponding referees to inspect and record the results.

The moment before entering the game cabin, Qiu Zhenyang also asked Ling Mu, “How is it, are you nervous for your first game?”

Ling Mu was obviously much calmer than he had imagined. Before entering the game cabin, he replied to Qiu Zhenyang, “I’m good, you’re here, not nervous.”

Hearing this, Qiu Zhenyang was instantly overjoyed, and a wanton smile spread across his face. He happily entered the game cabin.

Qiu Zhenyang and his time were the quickest to finish the match. They withdrew from the game cabins nearly 30 minutes later. The referee recorded the results of the game, and then checked everyone’s game cabin again before reporting the results to the principal.

Interstellar Academy, win.

At this moment, Qiu Zhenyang had brought his team back to his rest area, and met the principle’s gaze sensibly. The latter gave him a thumbs up with an admiring smile on his face. Qiu Zhenyang slightly raised his lips and returned a “it’s nothing” look.

When they came out, the other teams’ matches had almost reached the white-hot stage, and were especially fierce. On the big screen, 60 matches were streamed, and they stared at the screen.

They don’t know each other’s strengths, and now is the best opportunity to observe and learn the other schools’ abilities and fighting patterns.

Soon, Qiu Zhenyang discovered several teams with great potential. Although they didn’t win as fast as Qiu Zhenyang, they are already in the process of finishing, and they will soon approach the enemy mothership.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the competitions of each group ended one after another, and the results were reported and summarized.

After the first knockout round was over, the principal announced the teams that had advanced to the competition and the teams that had entered the knockout rounds. The teams entering the knockout rounds will start the game at 2 pm today, while the players in the qualifying round can rest for an afternoon to prepare for tomorrow’s game.

Because the game was broadcast live, almost all interstellar game-loving players went to watch.

In fact, because Qiu Zhenyang doesn’t know the competition system very well. The competition rules aren’t very strict, but it’s enough for a school tournament. The rest can wait until the e-sports competition has passed review, and then let the professionals make detailed rules.

During an afternoon break, Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu went straight back to the dormitory to avoid the crowds. There were many people due to the competition who also took the opportunity to visit the campus.

It was almost time for dinner, Qiu Zhenyang first cooked some dishes, simmered them in the pot, and then sat on the sofa and half-laid down with Ling Mu to relax.

Qiu Zhenyang originally thought that just one game would not affect him too much, but he overestimated himself. Although it was only the first game, he was so nervous that he even had to take a deep breath to calm himself before entering the game cabin.

Thinking about it now, although he behaved quite normally during the game, there were many times when his brain suddenly went blank and he didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, Ling Mu was his adjutant and reminded Qiu Zhenyang from time to time, which kept his condition from getting worse.

“You were a little nervous in today’s game.” Even Ling Mu saw it, opened and closed his resting eyes, and looked at him brightly.

Qiu Zhenyang was a little helpless: “This is probably due to the competition? I was fine before, was never nervous, but my whole body suddenly became stiff, and my heart beat faster before entering the game cabin. I’m also very confused.”

In Ling Mu’s view, it’s normal for Qiu Zhenyang, who has always been strong and confident, to have such a small problem. He even comforted him, “It’s okay, I’m a little nervous too. It’s normal.”

“Are you nervous? Didn’t see it at all.”

Don’t talk about being nervous, Qiu Zhenyang didn’t see any emotions on Ling Mu’s face at all. He looked the same as if he was going for a meal!

Ling Mu shrugged noncommittally, he really didn’t feel anything. After all, this was his favorite mecha battle, and his skills had reached a high-enough standard. He only wanted to win, and had no worries.

In fact, he is in the best state, able to move forward without any scruples, and work hard towards his goal.

“Huh, don’t worry, it won’t affect the game.” It’s just nervousness, it’s not a big problem, how many people can be nervous during the game? Besides, he might not be nervous about the competition at all, but…

Pursing his lower lip, Qiu Zhenyang opened his terminal and secretly sent a message.

[Is everything ready?]

But a moment later, the other party replied: [Everything’s ready!]

The corners of Qiu Zhenyang’s lips twitched, and he felt his heart beating a little faster.

From the looks of it, it was something else that really made him nervous.

After closing the terminal, Qiu Zhenyang coughed lightly, got up and walked to the kitchen. “Okay, let’s pack up and eat. Take a nap in the afternoon and then get up to watch the matches. Only by knowing ourselves and our enemies can we win a hundred battles…”

 

Self-inflicted, QZY. Your suffering is self-inflicted.

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