Chapter 390 Byes

At the end of the second round, there were only 720 contestants left in the [Battle of Cocoon].

Wang Tanzhi was among them.

After that game, Brother Long communicated with Xiao Tan once and exchanged some information about the situation at that time. Long Aomin is indeed a very "big road" person, and he is very open-minded after losing. He wasn't upset at all. On the contrary, he admired Xiaotan's surprising tactics so much that he almost clapped his hands...

Anyway, Blade is not a commercial game studio and has no ranking requirements for its members, so it doesn’t matter where Brother Long loses.

However, this game caused quite a lot of discussion on the forum. Since Brother Long sent Meng Jingchan into the play-offs in the first round, many players once regarded him as a dark horse in this competition. As a result, just after one round, the news of [Long Aomin], the ID that had just become popular, was revealed...

"I told you before, Long Aomin won the first round just by luck." This view has sprung up on the forum. In fact... 90% of the people who expressed these opinions have never watched Brother Long's game... and not even two rounds. They just read [][] some posts and news, made some assumptions based on the outcome of the matter, and published some fallacies.

Of course, there are many players who have actually watched the battle between Wu Tanzhi and Long Aomin. Most of them came to see Brother Long, but they didn’t expect the outcome of the tunnel battle to be like this... let alone The process will be so dramatic.

Xiaotan completed a classic kill in front of thousands of spectators. Although there was an element of luck involved, as Feng Bujue said, since he could come up with this idea and dared to take the risk, then he would Can afford this victory.

It's just that...compared to Brother Long's rise to fame after the first round, the ID of [In vain] is still tepid. It seems that most people still think he won by luck.

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At one o'clock in the morning on May 21st, the third round began.

Xiaotan was waiting in the landing space on time just like the previous two rounds.

It’s still the familiar system prompt: [The third round of the Cocoon War is about to begin. Your data will be loaded in thirty seconds, please do not leave the login space. 】

[Ten seconds countdown before loading, nine, eight, seven...two, one. 】

But... after the countdown ended, the opening remarks failed to arrive as scheduled.

After about five seconds of silence, Xiao Tan just felt something was wrong, and the system voice sounded: [No matching target was found. You have a bye in this round. Congratulations, you have entered the fourth round directly. 】

"Huh?" Xiao Tan was quite at a loss after hearing this prompt. It took dozens of seconds for him to react. "Did anyone miss the line on time?"

Obviously, yes.

It's a coincidence that among the 720 players who entered the third round of [Battle of Cocoon], one did not come tonight. The reason is that his wife gave birth to a baby...and was sent to the hospital in the evening, so he was not online at all tonight.

If an even number of players is absent, the system can still complete pairings until the number of players becomes an odd number in the next round. But tonight there's only one missing, so... one player gets a bye.

And Xiaotan was the one who got a bye.

five minutes later. When he came to Feng Bujue's conference room and told him about his direct promotion, Brother Jue's complaint was: "Your character... If you can give me 20%, I will sell off all my property tomorrow. Buy it." I’ve got a plane ticket to go to Macau.”

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All in all, Xiaotan advanced to the top 360 without any trouble.

The next day, the matter of the bye became a hot topic, and many IDs who were obviously Internet trolls expressed their righteousness. Attack Dream Company on various forums.

Let’s break down the arguments of these people, and then look at their core meaning. To put it bluntly, it’s “This is unfair! Someone who was eliminated in the play-offs should be allowed to have a fight with him! The winner will advance!”

Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that this is a farce run by some inferior game studios. I want to give my eliminated players another chance. These studios regard the bye as a life-saving straw, and send out gunmen who claim to be bystanders and express indignation. They spare no effort to create public opinion in an attempt to put pressure on game companies.

But they obviously got the wrong person...

Dream Company is not an ordinary game operator. It is basically their motto to go its own way and let others laugh and scold them.

If a player is unable to compete due to off-field factors, it has already been stated in the rules that it will be regarded as a waiver, and there is no objection at all. Therefore, Dream Company completely ignored those trolls.

So, after a whole day of fussing to no avail, the angry gunmen all focused their attention on Xiaotan. It could be said that they were trying to express their anger... In short, Xiaotan was targeted. If his performance in the fourth round is good, then people will naturally have nothing to say; but if he appears vulnerable, he will definitely become the main excuse for trolls to launch attacks after the game.

At that time... "If so-and-so is allowed to play, he will definitely be promoted!", "Dream Company would rather give promotion to losers who have a bye than give opportunities to capable players. Where is the justice?" Such remarks are bound to come out in droves. , this is already foreseeable...

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On May 22nd, at one o'clock in the morning, the fourth round of [Battle of Cocoon].

"Three sleeping cocoons in the darkness of the deep forest, the softness around the fingers can be tempered with strength." After the countdown ended, the system voice read the opening words sonorously.

[Loading has been completed. You are currently engaged in the Peak Battle-Cocoon Battle. 】

[This mode has no scenario introduction, no side/hidden missions, and no special world view. ]

[Scenario victory reward: advance to the top 180]

[Main mission has been triggered]

[Kill the opponent]

Xiao Tan was teleported to a black wasteland. The ground was made of hard rocks and no grass grew. Looking around, it was vast and boundless, without even a relatively obvious landmark.

A full moon hung in the sky.

Two figures stood proudly.

A familiar face appeared in Wang Tanzhi's sight. Without confirming through the game menu, Xiao Tan recognized the other party - [Qisha].

Qisha also recognized the man dressed as an assassin in the distance.

This map can't be played in any way, and both of them are very clear about this.

Qisha and Brother Long have a good relationship, and besides, it's not the first time he has met Xiao Tan. Therefore, it is also impossible to expect him to underestimate the enemy.

The moon is thousands of miles away, and the killing intent is ten thousand feet high.

The winner advances, and the loser is eliminated. There is no way out, and no one will give in.

"Huh... With a map like this and an opponent like this... I'm probably in big trouble..." Xiao Tan adjusted his breathing and thought to himself, "But..." He looked down at his hands, "Why am I shaking with excitement... Could it be that deep down in my heart... I'm longing for a battle like this..." (To be continued...)