The American team was very anxious at this time, because there wasn't much time left before the 5: 50 time that Li Huailin said. Now they had to make a decision, which was to give Hua Xia team 80 points, or deduct 120 points from themselves. It sounded like giving 80 points was more cost-effective, but in fact, if they gave 80 points to the opponent, they would be giving 160 points to the opponent. Thinking about it this way, was it more cost-effective to deduct 120 points from themselves?
"But Hua Xia team can't possibly take all the points for themselves. They still have to distribute them to the other small national teams," a member of the American team next to him reminded.
"That's possible," Scott said after thinking about it for a while.
Once again, the American team had to make a decision. Seeing that the time was approaching, they were very anxious. However, there was someone even more anxious than them, and that was the audience in Hua Xia. Now, the audience in Hua Xia was really anxious. They had already stayed up all night to watch the competition, but why hadn't the fight started yet?
They couldn't see the conversation that Li Huailin was having now. This part couldn't be broadcasted. In other words, the scene that they saw was Li Huailin standing there and saying something to the small national teams. It looked like they were preparing to attack, but they waited and waited. The Alliance actually didn't do anything. They just stood there and waited. What was going on? They had stayed up all night to watch the team battle. Seeing that Li Huailin had gathered so many people, it seemed like they were about to attack, but they didn't attack after waiting for so long. They felt very tired. Wasn't this making them anxious?
"Brother Awesome, hurry up and start the team battle. There are so many people. Hurry up and defeat the American team."
"Yeah, if they don't fight, I'm going to fall asleep. Hurry up and attack."
"Could it be that they want to wait until this round of voting is over and then see who has the higher points to fight?"
The audience was a little chaotic. At this time, it was also nearing the time for the third round of voting. At 5: 50, there was suddenly a dramatic change in the competition.
"Wait, wait. Did I see wrong? Look at the scoreboard. "Suddenly, a member of the audience noticed that the scoreboard next to the big screen had changed and quickly shouted.
Hearing his shout, the people around him quickly looked at the scoreboard. What they saw shocked everyone and they were stunned. This situation seemed to be contagious. Everyone was stunned when they saw the scoreboard. The people next to him followed his gaze and were also stunned. The entire arena had a very funny situation. Everyone was dumbfounded as they looked at the scoreboard next to the big screen.
What did they see? Yes, what they were seeing now was that Hua Xia's team had suddenly taken first place on the scoreboard, and they had 328 points.
This was a little too sudden. They had no idea what was going on. Just a minute ago, they saw that Hua Xia's team was still in fifth place with 88 points. But just a minute later, Hua Xia's team's points suddenly became 328. What was with the extra 240 points?
"Quick, look at the points of the American team, Indian team, and South Korean team!" Suddenly, someone realized what was going on. The three countries that were in first to third place were now less than 80 points. The three countries' points added up to 240 points. Now, they knew where the points came from. But … what was going on?
Hua Xia's team was now standing on the Japanese team's territory. Their current allies, the various small national teams, were also waiting beside them. They had no intention of attacking at all. How did these points come about? Why did the three national teams here give Hua Xia's team points?
The audience was confused. What was going on? Why did Hua Xia's team suddenly take the lead? Although being in the lead was a good thing, they had to see clearly what was going on. What was this inexplicable situation?
Just as the audience was wondering what was going on, the points on this side changed again. The points of Hua Xia's team, who was in first place, suddenly began to decrease again. In an instant, the points became 247. They suddenly lost 81 points. They didn't see Hua Xia's team being attacked. Even if they were all attacked and wiped out, they would only lose 32 points at once. But now, they had lost 81 points. Although they were still in first place, but … what was going on?
"Who's points increased?" The audience quickly began to look for which country's points had increased. However, after looking around, they realized that the points of the countries in front had not increased. However, immediately, the audience discovered that a large number of countries ranked at the bottom had their points increased. It was about … an increase of 3 points.
"Hey? What's going on? This is a little interesting. " The audience did not understand what was going on, but at this time, the third round of voting had begun.
The operation was still the same as before. The voting time was also very fast. It was about three minutes before the voting ended. Soon, the voting results were announced.
Battlefield information: The second round of voting has ended. Now counting the votes.
First place: Team Russia. Votes: 29 votes.
Second place: Team Korea. Votes: 6 votes.
Third place: Team America. Votes: 5 votes.
Fourth place: Team India. Votes: 4 votes.
Tied for fourth place: Team Hua Xia. Votes: 4 votes.
The results of the voting surprised everyone. They were worried that Hua Xia's team had inexplicably become the first place. Was it because the countries that gave the team points had discussed to give Hua Xia's team points so that they could eat the votes? However, the first place in the voting was not Hua Xia's team that had the first place points, nor was it the second or third place. It was the Russian team that was previously ranked fifth. Team Hua Xia, who was supposed to get the highest number of votes, only got 4 votes. What was going on?
The third round of voting was really surprising. After the voting, the points were as follows: China was in first place, with 249 points; America was in second place, with 153 points; South Korea was in third place, with 139 points; India was in fourth place, with 124 points; Russia was in fifth place, with 46 points deducted, and had dropped directly. Now in fifth place was China with 61 points, followed by Canada with 57 points, Russia with 46 points, and the European Union with 43 points.
Since the start of the competition, the Hua Xia team had won the first place for the second time. However, no one could understand the process. While the audience was puzzled, the commentator, Da Songshan, suddenly shouted, "I understand."
Everyone looked at Da Songshan, and a few of the audience members also thought of something. But they were not sure. They wanted to know if the professionals had the same thoughts as them.
"Old Captain, what's going on?" The host, Kexin, immediately asked.
"Why did the US team give points to Hua Xia's team and let Hua Xia's team become the first place? Why did Hua Xia's team give points to the smaller national teams? And why didn't Hua Xia's team get the first place? These questions might seem difficult to understand, but if you link these three questions together, you will understand." Da Songshan laughed and said.
"Link these three questions together?" Kexin thought for a while and suddenly thought of something. "I … I understand now. Hua Xia's team gave points to the smaller national teams to control their votes. Then, they will not vote for Hua Xia's team. And because they controlled the votes, the US team could only bribe Hua Xia's team with points to prevent Hua Xia's team from voting for them."
"Mmm." Da Songshan nodded.
The audience immediately understood. Logically speaking, it made perfect sense, but there was still a problem …
"The best thing is that Captain Hua Xia secretly communicated with her colleagues from the three countries and asked them to give points to her team at the same time. They did not know that the other countries would also give points to Hua Xia's team. So, in an instant, Hua Xia's team received 80 points from the three countries and immediately became the first place. I guess they did not expect this," Da Songshan said.
"So that's how it is!" The audience also nodded.
It was indeed as Da Songshan had said. The three national teams did not expect Hua Xia's team to become the first place at this time. They thought that they were the only ones who gave points to Hua Xia's team, which was 80 points. So, they thought that it would not matter. But if they thought about it carefully, since Hua Xia's team could threaten them, they could certainly threaten the other countries.
They did not expect that Li Huailin had given them too little time. When he contacted them, it was almost time for the voting. He had given them less than ten minutes to decide. Just thinking about whether to give points to them or not was already a headache for them. At that time, they did not think about the other party's plan. Now that they calmed down and thought about it, they immediately understood.
But even though they understood it, they had no choice. Even if they knew that the other party was going to blackmail the other countries, would they not give it to them? If they did not give it to them, the other countries would only lose 80 points. If they did not give it to them, they would lose more than 100 points. Only if the three countries agreed would they not be blackmailed by Li Huailin. But that was impossible.
Now, they had no choice. They had given points to the other countries, and now Hua Xia's team had rushed to the first place. Although they had kept their points and suffered a little less, they did not keep their name. Didn't they still lose a place in the rankings?
And there was a bigger problem. What should they do next? The other party had already controlled the voting. In other words, they could vote for whoever they wanted. What should they do next? As long as they snatched points, the other party would vote for them. It was impossible for Hua Xia's team to be affected by the voting. They just had to keep their points. Wouldn't that make them invincible?
Suddenly, all the national teams had a headache.
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