Chapter 99 Part 2

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Chapter 99 Part 2: The Contest Filled With Challenges (2)

At the same time, the participants present were nearly able to comprehend the information shared.

This is a stage that requires careful strategic consideration.

Selecting weak teams for the entire competition may lead to an easy advancement, but the team’s overall quality may suffer, affecting the subsequent performances and greatly increasing the chances of failure.

You see, even with a special power like "Heart Flow," if a group of five people’s dance is not synchronized and lacks harmony, it can still lose a lot of points and face a big challenge.

Also, it’s important to have a well-balanced team with strong dancers in each role. If there are five top dancers together, deciding who will lead the group can cause disagreements.

In short, we can’t just pick weak dancers, nor can we only pick the strongest ones. We need to consider the roles and pairings within the team, as well as the time and effort needed.

This part of the competition is a test of intelligence and skills.

However, the rules set by Dream Weaver Rabbit are not perfect yet. It hasn’t explained two very important questions.

Chen Yining looks radiant with a beautiful face, carrying herself with grace and a sense of pride. She seems completely focused on the current competition, leaving behind any shadows from previous performances.

The young lady looks at Dream Weaver Rabbit and calmly raises a question that everyone is worried about:

"Since the first round of team formation isn’t done by competing, will the program group let us choose our teams freely, or will they use another method to decide?"

"And what will happen to those who haven’t formed a team even after a month?"

"Will they be eliminated directly or paired randomly?"

Dream Weaver Rabbit clapped his hands, and in the middle of the pure white and spacious room, a relief-like glass pillar suddenly rose up, inside of which swam five colorful fish. When viewed from afar, it looked splendid and beautiful. He smiled and said:

"These fish in the pillar hold the information of all of you. The first round of team formation will be done through a lottery."

"The order of the lottery will be based on the number of likes in the previous Carry Center competition’s short videos, which will determine the priority."

"Of course, to ensure fairness, the program group will show bias towards highly rated participants. The higher the lottery order, the greater the chance of drawing a high rated teammate."

This statement is in line with the style of "Dazzling Stage" where the strong get stronger, but it does give a slight advantage to lower rated participants.

After all, even if the chances of drawing from the same pool are different, some unlucky people may get a low ranking, while lucky individuals may turn the tables.

If the higher rated participants were allowed to choose first, nobody would pick Grade F or Grade D teammates.

The final result is weak players with weak players, and strong players with strong players, their competitions are predictable without any suspense, creating clear challenge groups and reducing the excitement of the show.

Dream Weaver Rabbit’s smile turned wicked as he continued to answer the next question:

"What will happen to the players who haven’t gathered a complete team after a month?"

"With the elimination rate of this round, imperfect players will be kept, even though randomly paired, and there is a 99.9% chance of being eliminated in the second round of the competition."

"So, from an efficiency perspective, direct elimination seems more appropriate."

Dream Weaver Rabbit then changed the subject:

"However, for a more humane approach, the program group has decided to give the power of choice to those who have completed their teams, allowing them to vote on whether they should be eliminated or randomly paired for the second round of the competition."

The audience in the live broadcast room felt very disgusted by these righteous words and began to comment negatively:

The audience was clearly accustomed to Dream Weaver Rabbit’s tricks and started discussing how to ultimately insult him skillfully and indignantly.

The players all seemed to overlook this detail, focusing instead on the upcoming card-drawing session.

The pretty sister with low ratings started praying to the gods, hoping to attract some top-rated teammates, preferably to remove her useless self and latch onto someone successful.

The top-rated players prayed for their luck to stay normal, hoping to avoid getting paired with a beautiful but useless Grade F teammate, fearing it would ruin their future.

Except for Chu Yuanqing who was sure not to be chosen first, the other six Grade A players had different thoughts.

Chen Yining prayed not to be chosen by anyone outside of Ji Shuzhu.

Ji Shuzhu decided to leave everything to fate without any thoughts.

Kirimi Miyuki and Tang Liuli were the most honest, hoping to be chosen by Chu Yuanqing.

Xie Qingxuan was more practical and natural, thinking it would be best to team up with Chu Yuanqing, but teaming up with other strong players wouldn’t be bad either, as they could steal the Dream Puzzle from them.

On the field,

Chu Yuanqing didn’t hesitate, she walked up to the glass axis, touched its surface, causing her palm prints to glow and spread rapidly throughout the axis.

Soon after, amidst familiar mobile game sound effects, a gleaming golden fish leaped out, shattering like fireworks in the air, sprinkling five hazy stars which converged into a card, falling into the hand.

Chu Yuanqing fondled the card in her hand, unable to feel its illusory texture, but as her fingertips touched it, her hand naturally moved, making it quite interesting to play with.

And on the front of the card, Xie Qingxuan’s photo was prominently printed.

The girl’s platinum hair was translucent in the light, as she sat in a pavilion surrounded by a bamboo forest-covered lake, her clear and indifferent eyes gazing into the distance like a naive and ignorant child, yet also like a celestial being detached from the world. With the ink paintings scattered around, the scene was extraordinary and ethereal.

Well, as a legendary gold card, this card looks fantastic.

Chu Yuanqing didn’t feel disappointed. The probability of drawing a card is highest for the first draw, and getting a Grade A card is quite normal. As for this five-star card, it’s probably classified based on the five grades of ABCDF.

At the same time, Dream Weaver Rabbit clapped and congratulated:

"Congratulations to player Chu Yuanqing for drawing a five-star card."

"Congratulations to player Xie Qingxuan for losing the card drawing eligibility."

To be honest, this congratulation feels a bit like a slap in the face, it’s only with a strong pair like Chu Yuanqing and Xie Qingxuan that one can feel okay after hearing it.

Yeah, at least the green-eyed cat felt like exploding with anger after hearing it, wishing to scratch a certain golden retriever on the ground and also give Dream Weaver Rabbit a beating.

Kirimi Miyuki looked a little disappointed upon hearing this, but she quickly cheered up. Her eyes showed determination like a fierce fire burning inside.

This time is different from before. Following the rules of the competition, she could completely use the stage to snatch Little Qing back!

This aligns with the values in the heart of the royal idol.

Even though Chu Yuanqing and Xie Qingxuan’s pairing can be considered a nightmare-level boss battle in the eyes of others, it couldn’t shake the budding desire for a challenge in their hearts.

Xie Qingxuan was feeling good and silently walked over to Chu Yuanqing.

Whether it was due to feelings like a young bird imprint or curiosity about the ineffectiveness of her own Heart Flow, or even the quality of her teammates, this outcome was quite satisfactory.

The next one to draw a card was Chen Yining.

The young lady had good luck, not only drawing a five-star card, but also drawing her own childhood friend.

Kirimi Miyuki was the third to appear. Her luck was neither good nor bad, as she didn’t draw the last remaining five-star card, but instead drew a familiar four-star card.

– Chu Wang Shu.

Tang Liuli first breathed a sigh of relief. She didn’t want to be on the same team as the fierce Little Sakura, as she would surely be bullied. But then she thought of her good friend, and also Mother Qing’s "niece" being taken away by the other side, which made her grit her teeth in anger.

The girl quietly glared at the other person, walked up to draw a card, but unfortunately drew a Grade B card similar to her own, with the same position as lead singer – Lin Baor.

For a moment, the two sisters looked at each other, their eyes showing a hint of similar despair.

Jokingly, sending two main singers who are not good at dancing to perform a duet – who could they possibly outperform?

And the most incredible thing was, the main singers were essential talents in the group, the combination of the two singers was a low-risk, high-return challenge. They could already imagine themselves being surrounded by requests for challenges.

Dream Weaver Rabbit acted as the game announcer for the card drawing results.

The audience in the live room and the other players present were shocked by the terrifying luck, and some even unethically laughed out loud.

It’s important to note that out of the 168 players, only a few were clearly talented in singing, and there is only one singer who made it to Grade B, which is Lin Baor.

Tang Liuli was able to draw that person out, which in a way was lucky.

Now, the preferences of the six Grade A players are all clear, and the remaining players continue to draw cards, completing the team formation within half an hour.

The final composition of the 84 teams was a mixed bag, with combinations of Grade B and Grade B lucky dogs, as well as combinations of Grade F and Grade F, Grade B and Grade F non-veterans, showcasing the diversity of luck.

Dream Weaver Rabbit clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention and smiled, saying:

"Great, next up is the dance selection segment."

"I believe you all understand that in the month ahead, the difficulty of the first dance will greatly influence your team’s strategy and challenge time."

"So, let’s continue in the order selected earlier and let pure luck determine your team’s fate."