Peak glory

I lived here for a few days, but I didn't have any luggage during the snow and rainstorm, so I packed it very quickly.When the two dragged their luggage downstairs to check out, they met two other veterans who were also checking out.

The exhibition game is over, and all the teams have to go to their respective positions.Needless to say, the wolf king from overseas, Liuhuo, Zhoutian and Caoying have to go back to adjust their status immediately to meet the upcoming advanced match of the God of War Cup, which is a rather long schedule.

Seeing the snow and the rainstorm, Julia approached them warmly and hugged them, saying, "It's a pleasure to compete with you this time, and we look forward to seeing you in the international arena next time."

Shi Xue smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Annie next to her had no expression on her face. The depression of losing the game hadn't dissipated, especially yesterday's loss.

Rainstorm shook hands with Annie, exchanged a few words and said that we will compete next time.Annie responded briefly, then turned to Shi Xue after a pause, and said, "Rita and Creamer are coming back, did you know?"

Shi Xue was taken aback, the smile on her face froze for a moment, after the smile disappeared, she immediately put on a relaxed attitude, and said flatly, "I don't know."

"I don't know if it's too late this year, but there will definitely be them in the international arena next year."

"yes."

Shi Xue, who couldn't hear much emotion in her tone, had obvious coldness in her eyes, which were so sharp that the rainstorm next to her felt chills down her back.

Annie looked at Shi Xue, paused and didn't say any more, she waved her hands casually and walked out: "See you next year."

Watching Annie and Julia leave, when Rainstorm retracted her gaze, Shixue had already turned around to go through the check-out procedures.Looking at Shi Xue's back, Rainstorm recalled the tragic battle in the international competition three years ago.

That year, Xue's international competition stopped at the quarterfinals, and her opponents were Lita and Creamer mentioned by Annie just now. At that time, they had already won the world's number one HA twice.Those two people are very strong, but they are so strong that they are controversial. It is no exaggeration to say that they are cast aside by thousands of people.Those two people used a match to mentally defeat Shi Xue's partner back then.Shi Xue, who has participated in several international competitions, played very well every year. Although the defeat was glorious, but only in that year... he was defeated by abstention.

Even though nearly four years had passed, that match was still a taboo in China, and even in the world's mech circles, anyone who mentioned it would be scolded.

After that match, Lita and Creamer were disqualified from the competition by the International Mecha Association and banned for one year. Later, they temporarily retired from the mecha circle due to an accident. Everyone in China deliberately avoided that match. If Annie hadn't mentioned those two names just now, Rainstorm would have almost forgotten those two people.

After finishing the formalities, Shixue came back, her expression didn't show much emotion, but her eyes still had sharpness that couldn't be suppressed, she greeted Rainstorm lightly: "Let's go."

"Yeah." Rainstorm didn't ask, even she was not qualified to ask about that kind of thing.

Because of the topic Annie brought up, Rainstorm always felt a bit awkward with Shixue on the way back, and she didn't know what topic to use to ease the atmosphere.

In order to hide her unease, she could only use cloud battles to pass the time.

Then I saw that Shixue reposted a news report about the battle between Aurora and White Wolf shortly after getting on the high-speed rail, and attached a very arrogant and unworthy sentence.

Kuaixue Shiqing: The previous two times will also be returned to her.

Rainstorm pouted helplessly, it seemed that her nerves were too delicate.

****

The publicity effect of the exhibition match exceeded expectations, but the alliance did not take advantage of this momentum to hold the first Tianhuo Cup immediately.In order to hold the Skyfire Cup, at least a few teams in the league must be able to compete. If the first round is not successfully held, the reputation and popularity accumulated in the exhibition game will be wasted, so it must not be hasty.In addition, it is now the God of War Cup season, so the Tianhuo Cup will be held the soonest after the God of War Cup is over.

After the enthusiasm for the exhibition match subsided, the attention of the domestic audience quickly returned to the God of War Cup, but the news of Aurora's battle with the White Wolf was talked about in the international mecha world for a long time.As teamfights began to appear around the world, the conversation slowly turned elsewhere.

There are more and more team battle events around the world, and the performance of international players from various countries in previous years is naturally the most important thing to pay attention to.From time to time, I can see relevant reports, as if I am warming up for this year's international competition.

In China, the God of War Cup Rookie Tournament has come to an end, and the top eight places to enter the Cloud Pavilion have been determined.The audition for the professional competition is also over, and it is finally time to enter the advanced competition.

"Yesterday, the knockout rounds of the God of War Cup Rookie Tournament have all ended, and the quarterfinals of the Newcomer Tournament have been set... Tomorrow, the advanced round of the God of War Cup Professional Tournament will start. Who will be able to enter the cloud pavilion this year..."

Early in the morning, Shixue was disturbed by the content broadcast by the competitive news host. When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was the heavy rain that was still sleeping beside her.The irritable mood calmed down a little, and the subconsciously frowned brows became much flatter because of the face in front of him.

Cohabitation is easy to say, but difficult to say, after all, we need to be together 24 hours a day.But Shi Xue has always held the idea of ​​letting nature take its course, and never brought it up on purpose.For example, Rainstorm came to pick her up to go to work every day, and she had breakfast at her house, but she just prepared breakfast for two and waited for someone to come to her door, without doing anything more.So Rainstorm wanted to follow her home and rub against her bed. Since she didn't feel repulsive, she just let it be.

Facts have proved that she is quite happy to see this person every day when she opens her eyes.

Seeing that the torrential rain had no intention of waking up, Shixue woke people up uncomfortably, while the news host's voice continued.

"...The Organizing Committee of the International Competition announced the list of countries registered for this International Team Competition this morning..."

Shixue, who was lying on the rainstorm and messing around, paused, turned over, pinched the projection screen and threw it to the ceiling.

In previous years, international competitions only need to submit the list of entries one month in advance. This year, due to the change of the competition system, the time for submitting the list has also been changed to three months in advance.

The establishment of my country's national team is the earliest among all countries, and the official appearance is also the earliest.Over the past few months, news from other countries has also come out one after another, and the national team rosters of several mecha powerhouses have almost been exposed.Everyone is familiar with the famous players from all over the world, and there is no unexpected content in the outburst list, but the national team list is different from the final registration list.

The international competition system stipulates that each country's team can only enter eight groups of players, so in fact, everyone is waiting for the final list to be confirmed.

"...As we all know, the Chinese national team was established earlier, but the official registration list has not been announced..."

Shi Xue mechanically listened to the host's voice, and her eyes wandered through the registration lists of various countries on the screen. After scanning quickly, she didn't see the name of the person she cared about, so she turned her attention to the list of her own country.

But before she could see clearly, the picture was blocked by Rainstorm's face.The torrential rain that was woken up by her still had her eyes closed, and the man had already laid down on her, biting her and humming dissatisfiedly.

Shi Xue pinched Rainstorm's face and said slightly annoyed: "I think we should go on a trip. Anyway, the advanced competition has nothing to do with us, and the club has no activities."

Due to the large number of professional players, the advanced competition has become a long knockout competition. The stronger the players are, the longer the competition schedule will be.

For clubs like Liuhuo and Eternal Sky, which have a large number of powerful players, after entering the advanced competition every year, the normal daily training basically stops.In the first half of the advanced game, there may still be one game in two to three days, and in the second half, it will become a game every day, so the club's activities can be said to be at a standstill.

The busiest time in previous years may become the most idle months for them this year.

Rainstorm smiled helplessly and said, "Ask Mr. Wei and Mr. Jiang if they will let you go on vacation."

Shi Xue clicked her tongue angrily, depressed to death.

At the beginning of the advanced competition in previous years, the entire mecha circle can be described as a bloodbath, and you can hear familiar names and related reports every day. People who have been in the bustle for several years suddenly withdraw, and the psychological gap is not one or two points .Even if he already had psychological expectations, he didn't have such a real feeling before the start of the advanced competition.

After the two of them quarreled on the bed for a while, they reluctantly got up and went to work. Thinking about facing an empty club, they didn't even think about training.

The advanced match of God of War Cup is divided into match points, and the match points are randomly selected, and the entire schedule will be constantly changed.Those who get the match points from other places will have to go there today, so from this day of the year, the usually bustling clubs will become empty.

Of course, in previous years, I would not be in the club on this day, so neither Rainstorm nor Shi Xue had seen with their own eyes what the club could be like on this day. This year they finally had the opportunity to see it.

As soon as the car drove into Liuhuo's parking lot, the two of them realized how deserted the club was today. There were no cars in the usually full parking lot.

The two looked at each other and went upstairs in silence.The building was even more deserted. There were no elevators, locker rooms, or training rooms.

"How about..." Rainstorm closed the closet door and joked, "Shall we go practice with the trainees? It's too desolate to practice on this floor."

Trainees under the age of eighteen are not allowed to participate, so the advanced competition has nothing to do with them, and they are all training honestly in the club at the moment.

Shi Xue almost agreed, but before she could speak, Wei Laiyin called first and asked them to go upstairs, saying that there was work arrangement for them.

The two of them were overjoyed, and hurried upstairs to find Wei Laiyin.

Wei Laiyin made coffee and waited for the two to come to the door. After seeing the two people who were full of expectations, she guessed the two people's thoughts clearly, couldn't help but smiled, and teased: "Are you in a hurry?"

Shi Xue said angrily, "What do you think? We are the only ones left on the whole floor, and I plan to make extra money by selling equipment."

Wei Laiyin chuckled lightly: "There is no match, but someone asked you to be a commentator, do you want to go?"

The two looked at each other: "Explanation?"

"Well, there are still quite a few invitations." Wei Laiyin pulled out a list, flicked it lightly, and sent it to the two through face-to-face reception, "All major platforms, even the official live broadcast platform of the God of War Cup have invitations coming in. You want I really don't want to be idle, I can't be idle for these two months."

Rainstorm raised his eyebrows reluctantly: "Is this... suitable? We are still contestants after all."

Wei Lain took a sip of coffee and said casually: "It's better than making more money from equipment."

The two looked at each other again, curled their lips helplessly, and said the same thing.