Chapter 44 Second Round - Light and Dark

[He lost the token, and also lost the last hope of redeeming Kalista.]

【Kalista.】

[Will always be the spear of vengeance. 】

The story ends here.

At this moment, countless audiences and netizens in front of the camera burst into tears and cried like a baby.

The theme of "the love-struck heartbroken man" is finally revealed.

It was at this moment that everyone understood Su Xinghe's good intentions.

Why did he write a dual narrative from the perspectives of Viego and Callista? Why did he spend so much space writing about many insignificant adventure stories?

the reason is simple.

Everything is culminating in this tear-jerking, heart-wrenching scene at the end.

If there weren’t these preparations above.

They simply won't be moved by the development of the story, and it's impossible for them to feel any affection or empathy for the characters in the story.

"Cry loudly, everyone. Not for Viego, but for our hero of pure love - Ledros."

"It's really emo, just one last step, idiot, why don't you hold on a little longer, just a little longer."

"My poor sister Ka, she was so badly hurt. Such a righteous and kind person was reduced to a ruthless killing machine in the end. It's so sad, so sad!"

"The knife is poisonous. Can you ban Su Dada from the game? I don't want to read this story a second time."

"Fuck, why do decent characters often have tragic endings, while villains can always escape justice?"

“It’s a moving, heartbreaking, and lamentable thing.”

If Viego's love is a destructive tragedy, then Callista's love is truly heartbreaking.

They were heartbroken when she was killed by Hecarim, and even more heartbroken when she became the Spear of Vengeance.

Even several judges were touched.

"We were wrong. We were wrong."

Liu Ciping covered his head with his hands, looking very sad.

"It turns out that this is where the emotional explosion point is. He deceived all of us."

Chen Kaige's eyes were red again:
“See, I told you I believed him. Later on, Kalista and Ledros would be resurrected, and their love was the highlight. But you refused to believe me.”

Hearing this, Jiang Tao next to him looked embarrassed.

It seemed like he was the only one questioning this just now.

Unable to find any reason to refute Chen Kaige, Jiang Tao could only cover his face with his hands, coughing awkwardly while praising him:
"Ahem. What I said just now was indeed abrupt. Su Xinghe's final point was indeed beyond my expectation."

"But now looking at the whole, I think contestant Su Xinghe's story is impeccable."

“Not only does it portray every character with flesh and blood, but the ending of the story also perfectly fits the theme, making it a rare masterpiece in this round of competition.”

"Yes, that's it."

As the saying goes, the person who knows the current affairs is a good man.

He was not a brainless person. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the situation on the field was in Su Xinghe's favor, and no matter how much he jumped around, he might end up making a bad mouth and angering everyone.

You still need to maintain your own reputation.

"Viagor is pathetic and hateful, Hecarim is cold-blooded and vicious, Grell is insidious and cunning, Kalista is righteous and kind, and Ledros is upright and courageous."

Mr. Jin muttered to himself.

In his eyes, Su Xinghe brought the character to life, which is why the final emotional outburst was so shocking.

The shock of this kind actually made him feel like there was a lump in his throat, and hot and moist currents welled up in his eyes.

He never expected that Su Xinghe could write this story so exquisitely. Not only was it full of fantasy and magnificent colors, but it also made people feel heartbroken after reading it.

“The infatuated heartbroken man - Ledros. Even though he succumbed to his own doubts in the end, it’s already great that he was able to persevere to that point!”

Chen Kaige wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said, "No more words to say. I will try my best to get the copyright of this story, and then adapt it and give them a perfect ending."

Hearing Chen Kaige's speech, the tearful audience members couldn't help but feel excited.

"Come on, Director Chen, we are all looking forward to it!"

"Please don't try to do any BE aesthetics. I just want Sister Ka and Ledros to have a perfect ending."

"Yes, the regrets are already there, and what we need is the comfort from HE."

I don’t know how long it took, but the end-of-stage signal sounded and the competition entered the countdown stage.

Su Xinghe picked up the pen again and left these words at the end.

"My infatuation hurts me in vain, and my deep love breaks my heart."

"May all people learn——"

"Listen to the wind singing in silence, and look at the stars in darkness."

“Be brave enough to express love, but also be brave enough to let go.”

“Even if it ends in tragedy and tears well up in my eyes, I must have a clear conscience and no regrets.”

“Although the story of Ledros and Kalista is full of sorrow and misfortune, their love transcends life and death, and transcends time and space.”

"I want to say that at any time, even in the face of despair, love is still worth pursuing and waiting for."

"Because every moment of despair may be the beginning of the rekindling of love."

“I hope everyone can be patient and tenacious enough when facing it. Even in the darkest moment, never give up the pursuit of light.”

Write down this paragraph.

There was thunderous applause from the audience.

The comments in the live broadcast room were filled with the words "no guilt in mind, no regrets".

in fact.

No matter whether what was said was right or not, good or not, or whether the audience listened to it or understood it, it is no longer important now.

The purpose of Su Xinghe writing this passage was to ease the originally heavy and sad atmosphere and give the audience a little comfort.

Now that his goal had been achieved, Su Xinghe immediately stopped writing.

"Thank you Su Dada, it warms my heart!"

"Yeah, I woke up instantly. What Su Dada wrote was just a story. We are the ones who are stuck in our own emotions and can't get out of it."

"I just hope that this kind of love tragedy won't happen around me in real life, otherwise I will be in emo every day."

“In the story, although Ledros was only one step away from giving up, his patience and tenacity over hundreds of years are still worth learning from.”

"Yes, let's encourage each other!"

At 6 pm, the announcement of the end of the game sounded.

Su Xinghe tidied up the table and stood up from the contestant's chair.

The other contestants also completed their works, left their seats and came to the center of the stage, waiting for the host to come on stage.

"Okay, first of all, congratulations to all the contestants for successfully completing all the story creations for this round of competition."

After a moment, Sa Xiaoning walked out from behind the scenes and announced the situation of today's competition.

"According to statistics from our AI assistant, all contestants on the field, regardless of whether their content is long or short, have completed the ending."

“It can be seen that everyone has arranged and managed the writing progress very well, and no one has fallen behind.”

Sa Xiaoning turned and looked at the big screen:

"Next, it's time for the final scoring of our first round of eliminations."

"Everyone, please turn around and face the big screen. This is the comprehensive ranking of the popularity of the live broadcast room over the three days of the competition."

As soon as the words fell, the contestants turned around eagerly.

However, when they saw the result, they all held their heads and wailed, as if they were overwhelmed with shame.

No surprises.

Su Xinghe crushed everyone with an average popularity of 70, while the second place Han Sinian had only 30, and the third place Sun Changqing had only 15.

The price dropped precipitously afterwards, from tens of thousands to thousands to hundreds of thousands.
All the traffic was divided up by the top three, and they couldn’t even get a sip.

Some people were so angry that they laughed.

"I just don't understand. Why do they do this live broadcast? Why not just let the three of them film individually? Why do they have to humiliate us like this?"

"Alas, the gap is too big. I thought I wouldn't be that bad, there were only a few thousand people watching in three days." "Haha, I think we are the pride of each region, but we are nothing here."

"That's true. There are differences among geniuses. Think about it, an ascender who has gone through hardships became one of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers who surrounded and suppressed Sun Wukong. Why do you think this is the case?"

"I already have a picture in my mind, Su Xinghe: Genius is just the threshold to meet me."

"I want to withdraw from the competition. How can I win if I compete with these three monsters?"

"Be optimistic and don't set your goals so high. We can still fight for the fourth place."

After showing the live broadcast popularity data, Sa Xiaoning turned to look at the contestants and said seriously:

"As mentioned before, although the popularity of the live broadcast room is not included in the total score, it can reflect the popularity of your story among the audience, which will be an important basis for the judges to score."

Sa Xiaoning seemed to understand the contestants' feelings at the moment, and said one more word of comfort:
"For many of you, the results may not be satisfactory, but you still have a chance to fight back."

"If the work is professional and the story is innovative, it is entirely possible to turn the situation around."

"Next, your complete works will be presented on the big screen again, and the four judges will give brief comments and make the final scores."

"The rating order is from 1 to 100."

After Sa Xiaoning finished his announcement.

Soon, the work of contestant No. 1 Han Sinian was screened for everyone to watch and for the judges to comment on.

"Interstellar exploration is combined with the love defense war. The science fiction part is still very good. It is as stable as before, but the focus is a bit biased, and the love line is a bit stiff."

Liu Ciping was the first to comment, with a total score of 10 points, and he finally scored 9.27 points.

Then Jiang Tao, Chen Kaige and Mr. Jin commented in turn. What they said were almost the same. In the end, they gave scores of 9.42, 9.22 and 9.00 respectively, with the final average score being 9.2275.

Afterwards, it was contestant No. 2 and No. 3's turn, but almost no one could score higher than Han Sinian.

It started at six in the afternoon and lasted until eight in the evening when it was finally Su Xinghe's turn.

The audience could actually leave at 6pm, but many of them still stayed in the contestant seats.

There is no other reason. Anyone of them can ignore it, except Su Xinghe.

They just wanted to see the four judges' final scores for Su Xinghe's story.

When they heard that it was Su Xinghe's turn, they who were almost drowsy immediately perked up.

Soon, the full story of Curse of the Ruin was projected on the big screen.

The other contestants stretched their necks and opened their eyes wide to read word by word.

They wanted to see what kind of incredible work could attract more than 70 people to watch at the same time.

In response, Su Xinghe just shrugged.

He didn't know how many points he could get, but one thing was certain, it wouldn't be too bad.

because
This is the confidence given by Ledros.

Liu Ciping picked up the microphone and looked at Su Xinghe with a smile:
"Actually, we judges have already said everything we can say about your story when we watched it."

"Although you can't hear it, but to sum it up, I can tell you this -"

Liu Ciping paused, took a deep breath and said:
"Your creative ability is at least three times better than that of the other contestants. To sum it up in one word, it's—"

"The future is bright."

After saying that, Liu Ciping looked at the other three judges and said jokingly, "No one has any disputes, right?"

The other three judges all smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

The people have sharp eyes, so what controversy can there be?
At this time, Sa Xiaoning interrupted and said, "Since all the teachers are so optimistic about Su Xinghe, then show us your scores and let everyone see how promising he is."

"bring it on!"

After 30 seconds, the results will be displayed.

Liu Ciping: 97.86
Jiang Tao: 95.61
Chen Kaige: 99.99
Jin Hong: 98.00
Final average score: 97.865
Far ahead, no one can catch up.

The first round of competition ended successfully.

Of the 100 contestants, 36 were eliminated and the remaining contestants advanced to the top 64 and will continue to compete in subsequent games.

Su Xinghe dominated the entire audience with the highest score, winning the championship in a crushing manner and taking away Han Sinian's No. 1 nameplate.

After the scoring session, Sa Xiaoning briefly revealed the rules of the competition from the top 64 to the top 32.

According to him, there were major adjustments in the second round compared to the first round.

The competition time is still three days, but the difficulty has increased several times.

The general content is: the organizer randomly draws a theme, but requires the contestants to create and narrate three different types of stories.

Upon hearing the news, the contestants at the bottom of the rankings were all dumbfounded. They even stumbled when writing one story, let alone three.

However, Su Xinghe was calm. He was confident that as long as the theme he drew was not too weird or unpopular, he could find several suitable alliance stories to match it.

The night the game ended.

Su Xinghe got to enjoy the delicious meal as he wished.

Of course, it was at Ye Chuyi's invitation that he was invited to a three-star Michelin restaurant for a splendid meal.

During the chat with Ye Chuyi, he found that her identity was very mysterious. And the enthusiastic fat director of the program group turned out to be his cousin.

However, she seemed unwilling to reveal too much about her true identity, and Su Xinghe did not ask too much about it.

After dinner, they went their separate ways and went home to rest.

Su Xinghe lives in a temporary rental house near the competition venue. Since he received a reward of 6 yuan for the live broadcast that night, he has no financial pressure in the near future.

The next round of competition was in three days, so he rested for three days, slept, went shopping, and then went to the mall to buy some new clothes, replacing all his cheap clothes.

According to him, consuming and enjoying life in time is the true meaning of life.

During these three days, his live broadcast recordings were edited and posted online by netizens, once again setting the Internet on fire.

A heart-wrenching story with online depression music copywriting and an emo hit song.

As a result, the relationship between Kalista and Ledros became a source of regret for countless people.

This incident also caused an uproar at his alma mater, the Beijing Film Academy. The school even stepped in personally and said that it would call on all students to cheer for him in the next program.

Time quickly came to the morning three days later.

Su Xinghe arrived at the competition venue on time and waited for the theme to be drawn.

After the competition started at eight o'clock, Sa Xiaoning came on stage to draw the story theme and announce the rules of the competition.

Under his guidance, countless thematic words scrolled across the screen.

Then, with a "click", the cursor stopped scrolling.

The second round of story themes emerged:

【Light and darkness】

"???"

The moment you see the keyword.

All the players were stunned.

Light and darkness?!

What the hell?

What bothers them is not that they don’t have ideas, but that they have too many ideas and don’t know which one to choose.

Light and darkness.
This topic is too broad. For them, if they cannot find a novel entry point, it is easy to fall into clichés and the content they write will be boring.

so.

If you want to write, it’s very simple.

But it is difficult to write something new.

And having to write three different stories makes it even more difficult.

Many players' expressions started to look strange.

I feel mixed emotions of sadness and joy, and I have no tears to cry.

However, at this moment, Su Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the keyword.

There are many stories about "light and darkness" happening in Runeterra.

And if we talk about the most representative one, it must be him.

Darkin Sword Demon—Aatrox!!

(End of this chapter)