Azur Lane: Traveling through time and becoming a Siren!

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The countdown is nearing its end.

After cooling off, Jiang Mengyue returned to her seat, holding the box of questions and continuing to stare at it.

3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

At the moment the countdown ends.

The lid of the box popped open automatically, and Jiang Mengyue took out her question card from it.

At the same time, the people watching and waiting outside also saw the questions for each contestant through the screen.

For a while, there was a constant stream of exclamations.

Jiang Mengyue looked at her topic: Invisible Animals.

Other than that, there is no description on the card.

Tiancheng, who was watching from outside, checked all the questions for the candidates present in an instant.

A slight sigh of relief.

Jiang Mengyue drew the easiest type of questions.

Although Jiang Mengyue can pass difficult questions, wouldn’t it be better if she could pass them easily?

And other people's topics...

Tiancheng frowned slightly.

A portrait of negative entropy, the silence of ∞-1 folding, a symmetrical crack, a self-portrait of imaginary gravity...

Among them, the portrait of negative entropy is an extremely difficult question, the symmetrical crack is a high difficulty question, and the self-portrait of fictional gravity is a medium difficulty question.

And the silence of ∞-1 folds...

This is an extremely difficult question...

What a lucky guy, I got it right away.

Tiancheng had already seen the contestant's confused look.

Tiancheng subconsciously opened the box and saw the information of the lucky person.

This is a contestant from Imperial Capital University. He is very talented. If he had not drawn a question of this difficulty, he might still have a chance to compete with other contestants for the top three.

What a pity, what a pity...

Then look at Jiang Mengyue.

Jiang Mengyue closed her eyes and thought about her topic in front of the blank drawing board.

Invisible critters.

Thinking of invisibility, Jiang Mengyue thought of the MC she played and the effect of Steve drinking the invisibility potion.

Particle effects, extremely colorful.

Just as she was thinking about this, Jiang Mengyue suddenly thought of the module.

You can be invisible, but you will still leave footprints!

This point is very crucial, and it immediately made Jiang Mengyue think of more.

For example, if an invisible person walks on the beach, what if the invisible person is replaced by an animal?

The more Jiang Mengyue thought about it, the clearer it became.

Then, the picture in my mind was solidified.

Then it’s time to start writing.

Jiang Mengyue first drew a sketch on the drawing paper with a pencil at lightning speed and set her own goals.

Next, ditch the pencil and go directly to the base color, using a tool to allow the base color to dry quickly.

After the base color is dry, start applying the color layer, using tools to dry the paint as you go.

The most time-consuming step is drying the paint.

In order to speed up, Jiang Mengyue no longer paid attention to the details outside the drawing board, but devoted all her time to painting.

So, after just five minutes, the palette and paint were a mess.

Moreover, due to the impact caused by the speed, a lot of paint splashed everywhere. In addition to the drawing board, the walls, ceiling, floor, and Jiang Mengyue's body were all stained with some paint.

If you can't clean the pen quickly, just throw it away and replace it with a new one to continue coloring.

Jiang Mengyue's behavior was quickly noticed by the competition organizers, and the staff immediately switched the screen.

The surveillance footage in the room was projected onto a large screen.

What followed was a series of exclamations.

No one except the officials expected that someone would choose oil painting in the speed drawing competition.

Not only did he choose it, but he also painted so quickly.

All the chaos around is to speed up.

The judges backstage had similar expressions to those in the front of house.

Everyone was wondering where this powerful general came from.

When Professor Wang saw Jiang Mengyue using the painting techniques he taught her, his nose turned up.

It was Jiang Mengyue's wasteful behavior in order to speed up that made him feel a little distressed.

The white paint is contaminated...

Changed to white paint...it's polluted again...

The contaminated white paint was thrown out...

Bang!

Jiang Mengyue accidentally threw a paintbrush onto the camera.

The picture was blocked, and the staff immediately called up other lenses, enabled the anti-blocking program for the previous lens, and started automatic cleaning.

At the same time, people who knew the business began to look at the tool in Jiang Mengyue's hand.

I asked the inspector what it was. It didn't look like a small fan, but it could dry the oil painting so quickly.

Generally, you need a special machine to speed up the drying process.

If it is a small fan, drying it so quickly would be very risky.

The response we got from the inspectors was that they believed that this was a lamp brought by the contestants to assist in painting, and it was not a fan.

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As the game time was half over.

Jiang Mengyue's painting is basically completed and she begins to adjust the details.

At this moment, Jiang Mengyue gritted her teeth and wished she could call a few more people to help the oil painting dry.

{Quick drawing, quick drawing...what am I trying to do...I regret it so much...}

That’s right, Jiang Mengyue has begun to regret painting oil paintings.

{There's not enough time... If I'd known, I would have calculated ahead of time... No, the questions are drawn on the spot, how can I calculate ahead of time...}

{waste of time...}

Half an hour is not long at all, and soon, only the last five minutes are left.

Jiang Mengyue officially entered the final adjustment stage and began to use various tools at hand to fine-tune the details of the painting.

Because this is not a formal painting, it doesn't matter whether you apply varnish as a finishing touch.

Jiang Mengyue skipped it and continued to adjust the details.

And as the bell rang, the end of the game.

Everyone put down their brushes.

Jiang Mengyue was no exception, but the tools in her hands were still aimed at the oil painting to speed up the drying of the painting.

When she came to her senses, Jiang Mengyue noticed that she was covered in paint...

"babble..."

It was sticky and uncomfortable, and some of the paint had dried a bit.

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After the staff opened the door, Jiang Mengyue put down all the tools in her hands.

These tools will be sorted out again by the staff and then used again in the next competition.

The reason why it cannot be taken out is also to prevent cheating.

Afterwards, the room will be cleaned.

And the staff responsible for cleaning Jiang Mengyue's room...they are definitely blessed.

When the staff responsible for transporting the works carried out Jiang Mengyue's paintings.

The staff who switched the screen gave a close-up of Jiang Mengyue's work.

On a summer beach, a small animal left traces of its passing on the sand.

The entire painting includes a summer beach scene, animal footprints on the sand, knocked-over cups, nibbled fruit, scattered food and an overturned lunch basket.

Only the animal was missing.

This painting surprised everyone present, as it was completed in just half an hour.

There's a "god" on the field...

The staff then switched the camera to other paintings.

It would be fine if there was no comparison, but once I did... other people's works were just rubbish.

Most of the other contestants tried their best to reduce the amount of work to be done in order to shorten the painting time, so that they could produce something presentable within half an hour.

For example, a detailed sketch, a small watercolor with few details, or a messy but rough but fine lines can reveal the content contained in it.

If we put Jiang Mengyue's work aside, their painting competition would indeed be exciting.

But Jiang Mengyue launched a dimensionality reduction attack.

Just as the instructor had announced before, they would compete on the completion of their paintings and the creativity contained therein.

Abstraction is their best brush, and the creative design in their heads is the key to advancement.

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The intermission lasts for a total of one and a half hours.

In an hour and a half, the top 64 competition will officially begin.

The scores and promotion list were released exactly one hour after the end of the top 128 matches.

There is no doubt that Jiang Mengyue is absolutely the first in terms of score, and the taillights of the second place car are so far behind her.

At this time, many contestants raised questions after seeing Jiang Mengyue's scores and works.

Some even started to make a fuss and shout about the conspiracy.

Could this be a painting that could be completed in half an hour?

How is this any different from opening it? This is definitely a shady deal.

To this end, the staff, who had anticipated this, put the process of Jiang Mengyue from entering the small room to starting to create on the big screen.

When they saw how quickly Jiang Mengyue completed the sketch using a pencil, they were speechless.

Others can finish a sketch in one and a half minutes, but if you ask them to do it, they can't even draw a few lines.

After watching for a while, some people still thought it was a shady video because they thought it was a sped-up video.

To this end, the staff did not say much, but invited them to stay and watch the upcoming top 64 matches in real time.

Let’s see how Jiang Mengyue performs in this game.

Jiang Mengyue had no idea what happened on the field.

Because at this time, Jiang Mengyue had been taken back by Tiancheng to take a bath.

Jiang Mengyue didn't want to play the next game with half-dried paint.

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at the same time.

Backstage judging panel.

Most people gathered around Jiang Mengyue's paintings to watch.

Another group of people took Jiang Mengyue's drying tools and studied them carefully, fearing that they would accidentally break them.

Because Jiang Mengyue might need this tool in the next game.

At this time, Professor Wang was standing next to the painting with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

"Look, this is my student's work. Isn't he amazing? Can he be called a genius of the time? He has absolute talent!!"

"Let me tell you, usually when Lanke University sends students out to compete, they always send the second-place winner. This competition is important, and I went through so much trouble to bring you first place."

"This is the number one student in the Art Department of Lanke University. Just ask you guys, is this awesome?"

Jiang Mengyue has not yet agreed to become Professor Wang's student...

Although, in terms of teaching, Jiang Mengyue is indeed Professor Wang's student.

The meaning is different.

Jiang Mengyue thought it was purely because there was no need to take the exam, not because Professor Wang had gone through so much trouble.

But at this moment no one could stand up to refute Professor Wang.

The judges and extras on the side were talking about it.

"That's so cool, buddy."

"(Donghuang curse) Damn it, human evolution won't take me with it... The young people nowadays are all monsters."

"What the hell, she's the only monster in the whole match, the others aren't much different from before."

"I envy you, Old Wang. You have such a student. This student will definitely become famous in the future, and the one who will be brought to fame is you, Old Wang. This is truly a windfall."

"Is this the speed of painting that a human could actually do... That brush is going to spark!"

"No wonder Lanke University usually sends the second place. It turns out they want to give other universities a chance to compete for first place. It's really uncomfortable to hold this first place that was given away as charity."

"Uncomfortable? Then find someone better than her. If Lao Wang really lets her go, you think you can compete for first place? You're dreaming."

"Didn't your school also send students to participate in the competition? How many are they? Can they compete with Lao Wang's students?"

"Hey, don't mention it, I was just eliminated."

"Don't worry about being first or second. Think about how to build some connections with other students so that you can guide them when you become famous."

"Right. Instead of letting the students compete with this monster, why don't we fight for Lao Wang's position? Who the hell is Lao Wang?"

The discussion of the topic gradually deviated.

Professor Wang's face gradually turned red. "This is my student. I won't let anyone else in!"

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After this.

Jiang Mengyue no longer relies on oil painting, but relies on pencil sketching to achieve success.

From 64 to 32, to 32 to 16, round of 16, and quarter-finals.

All of them won the first place and victory with absolute strength.

The topics Jiang Mengyue drew were...

Simplicity - the slowest moment.

Extremely difficult - the other side of time.

Medium difficulty - 0.5 cm of nostalgia.

High difficulty - the unwritten page 0.

Among the questions that Jiang Mengyue found difficult to understand, she understood them literally, and then won first place with high scores based on her completion rate.

Jiang Mengyue's strength also impressed other contestants, who lamented that human evolution had left them behind.

There are no more people shouting about the shady dealings.

As for why it stopped temporarily in the quarter-finals.

It’s not that Jiang Mengyue had an accident, but that today is over.

As the instructor said, the high-intensity continuous competition is also one of the difficulties of this competition.

Later on, many contestants were eliminated because they could not hold on for various reasons.

For example, physical exhaustion, lack of creative ideas, mental breakdown due to pressure, or some other reasons.

As the story progresses, it becomes a battle between gods, and details determine success or failure.

At this point, all contestants have a clear goal, which is to compete for second place.

The big boss Jiang Mengyue doesn't paint oil paintings anymore, but he can still defeat them with his sketches.

And it is more likely that the second place will be defeated with an oil painting explosion in the finals. There is no comparison.

The speed of this sketch is no longer human.

As for the judging panel, everyone agreed not to snatch students away.

But it is impossible to let Professor Wang go just like that.

To this end, the minority obeyed the majority and decided by voting to let Professor Wang find an opportunity to ask Jiang Mengyue.

What's up with that air-drying tool?

Because according to Professor Wang's description, Jiang Mengyue is not only amazing in painting, but also in other aspects.

Therefore, this air-drying tool, which has never been available on the market and no one has ever heard of, may have been developed by Jiang Mengyue himself.

But it is only a possibility. After all, this is technology, not a simple thing. The probability that a freshman can develop this kind of technology is still very small.

After all, if you are learning to paint, you have to do some weird things to make the painting look good.

Maybe, if you can't find relevant information in the field of art, you can find it in other fields. It is also very possible to use tools from other fields to assist in painting.

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