Chapter 944 The Substitute in the Semi-Finals Is...

November 14, 8:00 a.m.

The most anticipated matchup list in the history of Horror Paradise has finally been announced.

In the nearly 30 hours before the list was released, the intelligence analysis departments of major studios had already calculated all the possible matchups. Except for the two teams [Hell Front] and [Waste Alliance], the behind-the-scenes teams of the other six teams had already prepared all seven sets of battle strategies, just waiting to take out one and hand it over to the players when the news was announced.

The final matchup is as follows——

[Order] vs [Gods], [Warring States] vs [Mountains and Rivers], [Waste Alliance vs Jianghu], [Hell Front vs Hongying].

I believe that the readers who are reading this chapter are also quite surprised after seeing such a pairing, and after the surprise, you may have guessed something...

Yes, this is a shady deal.

As the author, I forced [Order] and [Gods], two teams that everyone thought would enter the finals together, to create a reading experience similar to "What the hell?" This... is the power of God.

Well, this chapter is not a preview for the beginning of the month, so please take the text seriously...

『6, Let's not talk about the format of the semi-finals. There is one thing that needs to be explained first, that is... Dream Company has changed the time of the semi-finals.

The official website says that [In order for the audience to see the live broadcast of each semi-final at the first time, the time of the four games in this round will be staggered].

In other words... the four games will be played in order. The next game will not start until the previous game is finished.

Of course, for the issue of "player online time limit". Dream Company has also prepared corresponding measures. They will communicate with the heads of the eight teams (usually the captains) within twelve hours to determine and coordinate the online time of the players. Then, at midnight on the 15th, Dream Company will lift the "game time limit" for all members of the eight teams until the player's game is over.

This matter... is actually difficult to implement, and the main problem lies in the "negotiation" aspect.

If a team under Corpse Blade enters the quarterfinals, they will definitely make a fuss about this matter. Trying to exchange some benefits or something, but unfortunately, their two teams... even the company's boss... were all settled by Brother Jue.

The six professional teams that successfully entered the quarterfinals, although they were not completely free of tricks. But they were not as bad as Corpse Knife. Therefore, the communication work went quite smoothly. Basically before noon on the 14th, these six studios had already negotiated with the game company.

The rest. Are the two teams [Wastewood Alliance] and [Hell Front].

Uncle Wastewood... seems to be a very easy-to-talk person. After receiving the online communication from Dream Company and listening to the other party's narration, he replied without thinking: "It's up to you~ Whatever, do you want me to give you a good review after the call~"

This self-destructive attitude of dealing with things simply moved the customer service to tears... uh... or maybe tears of sympathy...

In short, the negotiation work on the [Wastewood Alliance] side was the smoothest; but on the [Hell Front] side... Feng Bujue's reaction was a bit surprising.

Dream Company thought that Brother Jue would put on that arrogant attitude and reply with something like "I am invincible in front of any rules". But unexpectedly... Feng Bujue made a request after listening to the other party's arrangement.

His request was... please put the [Hell Frontline] game in the first game.

The customer service manager who was responsible for communicating with Feng Bujue (they didn't dare to let grassroots employees communicate with Brother Jue for fear of being cheated) heard this request. The first reaction was - is this also some kind of game strategy?

However, he was wrong...

Feng Bujue immediately gave a very legitimate reason: "None of our players are professional players, and some of them are busy with work during the day. If we are scheduled to the last two games. And the first few games take a long time, it may delay their work. This pressure from real time will undoubtedly affect their performance during the game."

Indeed, [Hell Frontline] is the only team composed entirely of non-professional players. From a practical point of view, this request is also reasonable.

Therefore, Dream Company quickly conveyed Feng Bujue's request and reasons to the leaders of the other six teams. After they all nodded, they contacted [Hongying], which was directly related to the matter; then... something dramatic happened. The team leader Xu Huaishang actually agreed to this matter without consulting the studio's upper management.

Although this move did not have any impact at the time, it laid the groundwork for "something" later.

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November 15, midnight.

The semi-finals of the Peak Hegemony S2, the last round of the battle of the four realms, started!

The first game of the night was [Hell Frontline] against - [Hongying].

[Feng Bujue, level 50]

[Wang Tanzhi, level 50]

[Si Yu Ruoli, level 50]

[Bei Ling Xiao Gu, level 50]

[Shi Shang Hua Jian, level 50]

[Please select the game mode that the team wants to join. ]

[You have selected Peak Hegemony S2-Fighting Four Realms, please confirm. 】

【Confirmed, please select the spectator of this battle. 】

[Confirmed, your team has entered the queue and is waiting for your opponent to be ready. ]

[Matching completed, coordinating neural connections, generating scenario...]

[Loading started, please wait. ]

"The smoke of war has settled and the blood is still hot, the battle is about to start. All the stars gather in the four realms, and the heroic spirit will be out of the sky in one day."

[Loading completed, welcome to the Peak Hegemony S2-Fighting in the Four Realms. ]

[This mode provides a scenario introduction, and there is a chance of side/hidden tasks and special world views. ]

[Scenario victory reward: advance to the finals. ]

[The scenario introduction will be played soon, and the game will start immediately after it is played. ]

This time, Feng Bujue chose to watch the game... Gu Xiaoling.

Yes, you read it right, he actually made the only shooting player in the team sit on the bench in the semi-finals.

When the audience saw the lineup of [Hell Frontline]... they were all stunned. Looking at Jue Ge and his team's road to the finals, Gu Xiaoling is the only player who has never been substituted, and can be said to be a key player.

However...it is such a player who became a spectator in such a game that determines whether they can advance to the finals. (To be continued...)