Chapter 102: Top Eight Arena Battle: Iron Blood Empire
After Su Xinghe returned to his rental house, he continued to prepare for future animation.

Three days passed quickly.

On the morning of the competition, he arrived at the venue early, but this time, he found that the venue had changed a lot.

With colorful flags flying and flowers of various colors blooming, the originally cold stage is decorated as grandly as a celebration today.

He came to the waiting room and found several contestants who had also arrived early, gathered around the second-floor window and looking down.

"Look, isn't that Liu Tianxian?"

"Oh my god, it's true!"

"There is actually a Star Lord?"

"Is that the one next to him Four Eyes? And Han Tianhan?"

“This lineup is too luxurious.”

"I'm already getting nervous."

Several people looked downstairs and chatted with each other, their faces flushed with excitement.

"Liu Tianxian?" Su Xinghe muttered, wondering if it was the female star he knew.

He walked to the window and looked down, only to see several luxury business cars parked in the VIP square outside the venue.

On the red carpet extending from the side entrance, four celebrities from the entertainment industry, dressed in glamorous clothes, walked towards the venue with a group of suits and bodyguards.

"Damn, really?!"

After seeing the faces of the special guests clearly, Su Xinghe was surprised and even a little confused.

Isn’t grandma’s world a parallel world? How come they can’t be said to be similar to those in the previous life? They can only be said to look exactly the same.

The time came to half past seven.

The live broadcast channel was opened half an hour in advance this time. As soon as it was opened, the barrage of comments instantly filled the screen.

"Go, go, go!"

"It's another day of getting up early. I have to say that this competition has cured my laziness."

"Brothers, Sa Xiaoning revealed the other day that there will be celebrity guests attending the quarterfinals. Is this true or false?"

"???"

"If you don't believe the host's words, who do you believe?"

"No, buddy, are you blind? How can four people in the guest seats be so big that they can't see it?"

"Really? Who are they?"

"Wait. What the hell?!"

"Liu Yifei, Xing Ye, Han Tianhan, Four Eyes?? Am I seeing things?"

"Yes, I was also shocked when I first saw it."

"How can they play it so realistically? They are Sister Tianxian and Mr. Xing. Is it too late to go there now?"

"It's too late, because the good position has been taken by me (sly smile)."

Seeing the new special guest, both the live audience and the broadcast audience could no longer sit still for a moment.

They didn't expect that the organizers could invite such top stars and seniors in the entertainment industry.

Especially those scalpers who chose to sell tickets on the spot, they are regretting it now.

At this moment, off the stage.

Since the guest seats are next to the judges' seats, they can talk and interact with each other.

First, Chen Kaige, the great director, smiled and said to Liu Yifei:
"how do you feel?"

Not only are the two alumni of Beijing Film Academy, they are also famous directors and top stars in the entertainment industry, so they are naturally familiar with each other.

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Not bad, the atmosphere is pretty good."

At this time, Chen Kaige suddenly remembered something and asked in confusion:

"Oh, by the way, I remember you were filming a new movie. How come you have time to come here?"

Liu Yifei gave a bitter smile:
"I have finished filming all my recent scenes, and then the company arranged for me to participate in this."

“But.” She pointed at the stage and her wry smile turned into a bright one. “Recently, I’ve often seen videos of this competition and it seemed quite interesting, so I didn’t turn it down.”

After listening, Chen Kaige nodded, then waved his hand and said confidently, "I will definitely not let you down, enjoy it!"

On the other side, the other three judges were also chatting with the new special guests to warm up the atmosphere.

Driven by the judges and guests, the atmosphere quickly became lively.

The time came to seven fifty.

Sa Xiaoning came on stage to explain the new rules of the quarterfinals and draw the theme of the competition.

"Okay, let me announce the rules and requirements for the new round of competition."

"First, it was decided after discussion by our host's expert group."

“To make the outcome of the competition more suspenseful, to enhance the viewing and challenging nature of the competition, and to stimulate the creativity and adaptability of the contestants.”

"This round of the quarterfinals will be held in the form of multiple ring battles, and will adopt a live storytelling approach."

"Specifically, after drawing the theme words for each show, you need to conceive and draft the story based on the theme words."

"Then, in the next two hours, the competition will start. Whoever completes the creation and telling of the story first will be crowned the champion." "There will be four champions in total."

"And in this round of the quarterfinals, there are four story games that need to be completed."

"The scoring rules for each story are as follows: 5 points for the judges, 2 points for the champion, 1 point for the guests, 1 point for the audience, and 1 point for the network."

"Among them, the champion's score will automatically be counted as the full score, and the remaining scores will be counted as the average score obtained. Finally, the final four will be determined by the cumulative total score ranking."

As soon as Sa Xiaoning announced the rules of the competition, the crowd immediately started discussing it heatedly.

“It feels a bit complicated.”

"Is this complicated? Isn't the rule simple? Whoever creates faster gets 2 points first."

"But this also has risks. If you think of the story quickly, doesn't that mean the quality can't be guaranteed?"

"If we give up the other 2 points for these 8 points, it would be a loss."

“So that’s where the difficulty lies.”

"I feel it's quite fair. At least it's not the judges who decide everything anymore, which gives other contestants a chance to turn things around."

"What are you talking about? No matter how much they jump around, Su Shen will still kill them all."

"."

Eight fifty-five.

The big screen turned on, and countless thematic words began to scroll slowly.

This is the theme drawing of the first ring battle in this round of competition. With Sa Xiaoning's shout of "stop", the theme word appeared.

[Iron Blood Empire]

"Shit! What is this again?"

"Iron Blood Empire, this one is not bad, it's not as abstract as falling leaves returning to their roots."

“Indeed, there are many entry points to choose from, but it still depends on the quality of the story.”

"I vote for Su Shen."

The game officially begins.

From this moment on, the eight contestants on the stage instantly entered into an intense stage of conception.

"This keyword should be easy to come up with." Chen Kaige muttered.

"I estimate that if someone tries to take over the challenge, it will take at least half an hour," said Liu Ciping.

"Half an hour?"

"You forgot that?"

beep--

Before Chen Kaige finished speaking, a loud voice suddenly rang out on the stage.

Everyone was stunned.

what's the situation?
Who is so fast!
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Su Xinghe had already pressed the red button in front of the seat.

"what???"

"Less than a minute?"

"Brother, I can understand if you can take five or ten minutes, but what's the point of coming up with a story in seconds?"

"The humanoid AI is here again!"

The other contestants were also confused, but they were blocked by soundproof glass and could not hear what was happening outside.

At present, one of the champion positions has been lost, so of course they are anxious and panicked.

However, in order to compete for the other three championship positions, they still have to bite the bullet and continue to think.

Because this time the main focus is on storytelling, supplemented by some text.

Therefore, there is a large-screen computer for writing prepared in the center of the stage.

"Contestant Su Xinghe, the champion has been snatched. Are you ready?"

"Of course." Su Xinghe nodded with ease.

As soon as he saw the keyword, he knew what the story was about.

The change in the rules of the game has both good and bad effects for him.

If the storytelling is the main focus, it does not need to be as complicated as text and does not require so many details. Instead, the most important thing is the expression and experience of the story.

After Sa Xiaoning stepped down.

Su Xinghe took a deep breath and then wrote a few big words on the computer whiteboard.

[Noxus Origin]

[“Boy, I knew it!”]
[“Iron Blood Empire, Noxus, isn’t this already there? No wonder he thought so quickly.”]
[“This empire makes me hate it so much that I have long wanted to find out what it is.”]
[“Go ahead, Su Dada.”]
[“You are my God!”]
Su Xinghe held the headset to his mouth, calmed himself, cleared his throat, and began to speak slowly.

"Rumor has it that in the last era of Runeterra, there was a brutal warlord in the northern land named Sarn Uzul."

"This is an ancient tyrant who fought wars all his life and left countless dead under his command."

"Driven by his dark beliefs, he cleansed out all the tribes and villages that stood in his way, and forged his own empire with blood and death."

(End of this chapter)