Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

No. 129 Jinlu Street.

Zhou Ning held the information about the Motley Islands sent by Smith Hall in his hand and read it patiently.

Legend has it that before being conquered, this archipelago was once a place where dragons and a certain tribe of giants lived thousands of years ago. It consists of hundreds of islands of various sizes, forming a clear crescent-shaped island chain on the map.

Also thousands of years ago, legend has it that a King Fariq arrived at the Giant Island, but after discovering that the giants fed on humans, he slaughtered almost all the giants on the Giant Island.

Zhou Ning was actually quite bewildered at this. While this information was superficially a legend, he was absolutely certain it was true, having seen a related description in a simulation of the War of the Gods: Pirate King Zhou Ning had reached the legendary Giant Kingdom and Dragon Island. In the Giant Kingdom, he saw the wreckage of numerous ships and the remains of humans who had been eaten, and so he destroyed the island. (See Chapter 131)

To this day, only the forty-odd islands in the north are under the rule of the Motley family. The sixty islands to the south are mostly located in dangerous waters, shrouded in bizarre weather conditions. It is said that this area was once a major battlefield during the divine war. Exploration teams and pioneering groups often attempt to explore the southern island chain, but they generally return empty-handed. Only a few islands in the north are being developed.

His target this time, Hood Island, is one of the sixty islands in the southwest, which is a key development area. Considering that the freeloader Rick Green dared to recruit people to explore with a reward of 200 Victoires, and was able to recruit people, the risk factor should not be too great.

Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief, which was barely noticeable. The international competition would last for four days at most, so it was a good opportunity for him to take a break and focus on harvesting leeks, improving his level and skill level, and then sorting out the requirements for changing jobs.

Zhou Ning thought about it and decided to remove all devil fruits from the shelves in order to better reap the profits and bring foreign clubs into his own camp. From now on, these devil fruits will only appear in boxes.

Today is the opening day of the Apocalypse Professional League knockout stage. Zhou Ning stayed in the room and opened the forum. The top post was a hyperlink to the real-time broadcast of the professional league. The entrance ceremony was being played at this time. All the individual and team competitions will be played today to determine the top 16.

In the knockout stage, only five Chinese teams qualified, while France had three. In the previous life, there were only Tang Poetry and Song Ci, Xingyue and Candy Super Sweet, but due to my intervention, there are now Elegy and Deep Blue.

In the individual competition, the domestic players performed exceptionally well. Aside from meteorologist Shui Gaohan, who was eliminated due to his professional incompetence, Shuidi Chenxing advanced from Group A with a perfect record, finishing first. Jinse finished second. A Big Wave of Heat and Super Blue Cat advanced from Group B, finishing third and fifth, respectively. Yan Wuye advanced from Group B, finishing ninth.

It can be said that the formation of such a situation in the world competition where strong teams and masters from all over the world gather is a long-lost situation of China against the world.

Grantham became more and more courageous and updated a video to analyze the situation in the final round. Like the unlucky XB, he also found his own wealth code in the past two days - poisonous milk.

Therefore, he blatantly believed that there were two teams that had the greatest potential to win the championship, namely France's Nirvana and Britain's Cross, because Alex and Purple Arthur were really too strong. Nirvana Club had hidden the ability of the devil fruit, and Purple Arthur also retained a hidden skill that was not used. In the knockout stage, these two clubs would naturally make others feel desperate after revealing their cards.

It seems to be well-founded, but when this video, along with Grantham's previous predicted performance, was forwarded to foreign forums, many fans of Nirvana and Cross immediately came to beg Grantham to give up his magical powers.

According to the order of the matches, the first pair in Group A is the sixteenth in Group B. The second pair is the fifteenth, and so on.

The first day of the elimination round officially kicked off. This time the competition was broadcast live on all channels, including television channels. As the current signature figure of "Apocalypse", Zhou Ning's face was also recognized and known by countless audiences around the world along with the wonderful competition.

After the knockout stage began, no team had any intention of hiding tactics or trump cards. Almost every team had its own configuration and special tactics, which made people dazzled and overwhelmed.

The first game of the Huaxia team started at 10 am, with Xingyue playing against the Russian Weipi Club on the Castle map.

In addition to Xingyue fans, other teams did not miss this game. The Weipi Club was notorious for being reckless. In the group stage, they only played for the first 10 minutes at all costs. If they were at a disadvantage in the first 10 minutes, they would call GG. This was their best opportunity to observe Xingyue's strength. In their hearts, Xingyue was at least one of the top three favorites.

As a result, Wei Pi called GG in the fourth minute. The two sides had a tacit understanding and did not take a detour. They went straight to the center of the battlefield for a head-on confrontation. Wei Pi Club had a trump card. Their ace player Yu Ya learned a hidden skill Hellfire, but before he could complete the summoning with the help of his teammates, he was killed instantly by the concentrated fire of three roaming gunmen. The hexagram on the ground just lit up.

From a bird's-eye view, after Yu Ya's death, the other Weipi players were chased around by Xingyue like headless flies, highlighting Xingyue's immense strength and instantly comforting the Chinese audience. Football wasn't working, basketball wasn't working, but at least esports had a way to save their reputation.

Wei Pi has never been one to be abused. After a stalemate of 4 minutes, he saw that he was powerless to turn the situation around and simply called GG. This was also the fastest team match in the history of the Apocalypse competition.

Xingyue got off to a good start in the first game, and also made the other teams watching the game more wary. Even without the Phoenix uniform, this team is still very powerful.

The domestic teams also continued the strong performance of Xingyue in the following games. Deep Blue, Candy Super Sweet and Tangshi Songci easily defeated their opponents. However, Wange played another tedious game because their core players were too stable - this is also the only club that often loses fans even when they win.

As for the individual competition, with no strong opponents in the first round, it was basically a win-win situation. All five players successfully advanced to the top 16, which also made all domestic players excited. Domestic ratings continued to rise.

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After the first round, the second elimination round matchup was announced. Tang Shi Song Ci's luck wasn't so good this time, as they faced the championship-caliber powerhouse, English Cross Club. In the group stage, they had defeated Tang Shi Song Ci's old rival, Candy Super Sweet, and their power was truly formidable.

Zhou Ning recalled the first Apocalypse Pro League in his previous life. Tang Shi and Song Ci seemed to have been eliminated by the British team Cross, ending up in the round of 16. Cross had also been the runner-up that first year. Purple Arthur's defense and healing were truly formidable, and his teammates were all powerful star players. Without further improvement, Master Yan Wu would likely have stopped there.

Another match worth paying attention to in this round is a Chinese civil war in the individual competition, a large wave of heat against the super blue cat. This is the peak showdown between the user of the Bird-Bird Fruit and the user of the Turtle-Turtle Fruit. It has only appeared once in China and lasted for 4 hours and 53 minutes.

Therefore, before the game, someone started betting on whether the game would last more than 2 hours, and as a result, 80% of people bet on it.

After finishing the interview about the game, Yanran Wei Le walked out of the arena with a worried look on his face.

Today's competition went relatively smoothly. According to the generous prize money, winning the first game is equivalent to each person receiving a prize of 150 million yuan. However, in the next team competition, they will face the British Cross. Purple Arthur is too stable, and it will be difficult for them to win with Tang Shi Song Ci's current strength.