Soon after Su Ping and the others arrived, more spaceships delivered contestants from various galaxies.
Some of them had outstanding performances and attracted a lot of attention the moment they arrived.
In the square outside the palace, there were already more than a hundred thousand people gathered, densely packed. Although there were so many people, just one of them was a powerhouse of the same level that could sweep through an area outside!
The main reason why so many contestants had been selected was that Silvy's territory was too large; there were too many planets and galaxies. Even if ten thousand contestants were selected from each galaxy, there would still be a lot of them.
Su Ping was able to see the countdown through the Lord Badge.
Countless interstellar netizens were already waiting for the competition to begin on the Virtual Network of the Federation.
Silvy's official streaming platform was broadcasting the battles of the outstanding contestants from various galaxies. The countdown was still counting down; it wasn't long before the start of the competition.
Netizens from various planets and galaxies were already debating on the official streaming platform; they were all fighting for the geniuses of their hometowns.
There were also public bets on a certain popular platform.
In addition to the bets, there were also many other brands that Su Ping had never heard of that were promoting advertisements in the name of the contestants.
There were also a lot of related entertainment activities; some specially developed virtual games were also actively taking part in the competition.
Su Ping wandered around casually, only to find that most of the popular news was about the competition. All the planets in Silvy were actively taking part in the competition. Countless investors were also trying to make money by joining the crazed trend.
It was a grand event that everyone was excited about!
No wonder so many people want to take part in the competition and become famous in this place!
Once they become famous, they can make a fortune even if they don't fight or do anything else for the rest of their lives!
"The Fate State warriors who make a name for themselves in this place are more valuable than those in the Star State. They can make more money than a hundred Star State warriors combined!"
Su Ping had a lot of mixed feelings.
It wasn't true that the higher one's cultivation was, the more money they could make.
Many people in the world were not battle pet warriors, but they could still make a fortune by riding the fast train of capital.
Some business geniuses were able to hire Star State warriors to work for them even though they were ordinary people. After all, while battle pet warriors were strong, the economy was based on business wisdom. The world was dominated by battle pet warriors, and ordinary people couldn't be ignored. They were like rivets that connected and consolidated the entire Federation!
"The money earned here is enough to buy countless precious cultivation resources. This place will make the strong even stronger!"
"The strong never fear any challenge!"
"Unless it's eating shit."
While Su Ping was playing in the virtual universe, more and more contestants arrived at the Void Continent. These geniuses were either lone wolves or in groups of three to five. They were all from the same power.
These people were also observing the other contestants. The clips of the audition became a reference for some people.
Time flew.
Finally.
The Contest of Geniuses in Silvy had begun!
When the countdown in the virtual world was about to end, a few Star Lords stepped out and flew above the geniuses' heads, giving them a long speech of encouragement and defining the contest.
After all, it was a contest organized by the Celestial State experts; it was inevitable that they would praise the significance of such a contest, such as encouraging all the people to cultivate and selecting the future pillars of mankind.
After the magnificent opening speech, it was time to draw lots.
The ten zones would be held at the same time. Everybody had the first chance to draw lots.
High in the sky, a Star Lord took out an enormous metal ball, which flew to the temple and emitted a blue light beam that covered everybody. Then, everybody's irises and genetic data were scanned and read.
Everybody's identities were registered in an instant. Then, it was time to draw lots.
The drawing of lots was done by artificial intelligence. Some places liked to draw lots with unpredictable battle pets to be fair and suitable for the occasion.
However, those battle pets could have been tamed or implanted with certain thoughts, so it was impossible to be absolutely fair.
As for the intelligent random matching, although there was a possibility of being hacked, this was already taken care of. Moreover, no hacker had the guts or the ability to hack into this encrypted top-notch matching system.
An area radiated from the metal ball. It was a square, on which people and names were flashing like codes. They were being randomly matched.
Everybody in the Void Continent and even the entire galaxy held their breaths as they waited.
Very soon, the first round of matches was over.
Countless names in the projection were fixed; they were lined up as the opponents of the first round.
The geniuses present glanced around and quickly found their names and figures in the list.
And within the live broadcast of the virtual universe, there was a platform that swiftly compiled a detailed list of names. On this list, one could directly search for the name and find the randomly assigned division, as well as the opponent they challenged.
That would make it easier for people from the contestants' hometowns to search for information.
"A Rhine native?"
Su Ping saw that his opponent was a skinny Rhine native with brown skin. Most of the Rhine natives had long arms and legs like bamboo or some sort of extremely long arthropod.
"Everyone, please wait in the waiting area of your competition zone. You will come up the stage when you hear your name."
I'm going to challenge you, "said the host, a Star Lord.
"I'm in the seventh zone. I'm leaving, "said Oasis Dragon King indifferently after finding his name. He then simply left, ignoring everybody else.
Kleisabet shrugged and said, "I'm in the second zone. Speaking of which, why is it 'two'?"
"I'm in the fourth zone. I'm leaving too," said Tian Qi casually. Ever since she had been defeated in the Illusory God Secret Realm, she no longer wore a smile on her face like she usually did.
"I'm in the fifth zone. See you." Su Ping smiled and said goodbye to everybody.
After all, they got along quite well after traveling together.
…
Ten Star Lords were standing in a row outside the temple.
The ten Star Lords were standing in front of ten dark vortices that looked like black holes. There were numbers drawn with astral power on each of the vortices, which were the handiwork of the ten Star Lords.
The ten vortices led to the ten zones.
The void continent was so vast that it would take the Fate State experts some time to reach the zones even if they kept flashing. Besides, flashing in deeper spaces would consume astral power; the zones farther away from the temple would consume even more astral power. Naturally, it would be unfair.
The contestants who had been selected flew to the ten black holes and entered the waiting area of their respective zones.
Su Ping flew into the fifth black hole. There were many people around him; they were like moths darting into a dark abyss.
The familiar feeling of traveling was gone. Su Ping arrived in the fifth zone. He found himself in a vast continent that had forests, lakes, plateaus, stone forests, as well as some areas with special magnetic fields.
The continent was even larger than Rhea. One could chase and fight to their heart's content there.
The waiting area was a floating temple. The contestants of the fifth zone arrived one after another.
A Star Lord and a Star State expert were there to entertain them.
Star Lords, who were rarely seen in the past, could be seen all the time. Star Lords were the dominators of small galaxies in the universe.
"It's Tianqing!"
"It's him! I've checked his files. He was one of the top hundred contestants in the last galactic contest. He once fought on behalf of the Golden Star Zone!"
"I didn't know that he was already in the Star State. He's on par with Star Lords!"
Some of the geniuses recognized the Star State young man who was in charge of the competition together with the Star Lord. They were all surprised to see him there; he was a contestant from the previous competition. They didn't expect that he would be supervising the fifth region with a Star Lord.
Many of them were surprised to see him talking to the Star Lord so casually.
Maybe they would be able to do the same in the near future!
"I'm told that there are a lot of geniuses this year. They're even stronger than you were in your year."
The Star Lord who was in charge of the reception chuckled.
Beside him, the Tianqing Sword Maniac smiled faintly and said, "Perhaps. But every time there's a gathering, there's always talk about how the next generation is more monstrous than the previous one."
"Haha."
The Star Lord laughed and said, "I'm told that your junior brother is here too. Unfortunately, he was assigned to the seventh zone. Otherwise, I would've been able to watch him."
Tianqing narrowed his eyes and said, "There's nothing to watch. It's just a contest in our galaxy. If you want to see his real abilities, you'll have to wait until he reaches the Golden Star Zone."
"Oh?"
The Star Lord asked with great interest, "Are you saying that your junior brother can't display his real abilities here?"
"It's not that he can't; nobody can make him draw his sword." Tianqing smiled casually and said, "My junior brother is one of the rarest geniuses in my life. He's unimaginably talented. I probably wouldn't have lasted more than five minutes against him if I had encountered him during the contest!"
The Star Lord was stunned for a moment. Then, his eyes glittered as he said, "I've heard that the Sword God of the North Sea can cut stars, moons and oceans. I wonder how much your junior brother has learned."
"Not much, not much. Ten percent is enough." Tianqing chuckled with admiration in his eyes.
The contestants of the fifth zone had all arrived while they were talking.
Seeing that, the Star Lord stepped forward and summoned the contestants of the first group according to the Star State warrior who was in charge of communication.
Soon after, two people dashed out and looked at each other, before they flew to the continents ahead of them.
The boundaries of the continents were then closed.
The battles of the fifth zone began as the notifications echoed across the continents.
Matches were also held on other continents at the same time.
Ten battlefields were being streamed at the same time. Some were being streamed in the ten zones, while others were being streamed in split screens. Viewers could choose any zone to watch.
The performances of the ten battlefields instantly ignited the atmosphere. People from countless planets across the galaxy were watching the battles in the ten zones.
They were all thrilled to see the contestants summoning rare pets.
Some of the contestants even summoned several Star State pets, making many Fate State spectators envious.
"Are they the geniuses of the universe?"
"Our planet is truly a frog at the bottom of a well!"
"No wonder the best genius of our planet was eliminated. He's nothing compared to those monsters. How can a Fate State warrior fight a group of Star State warriors?"
"Is it so easy for those guys to tear open deeper spaces?"
Many people from other planets were shocked and attracted by the fierce battles in the battlefields. They were nothing like the Fate State warriors they had seen before.
All kinds of ancient secret skills and rarely-seen advanced techniques were displayed one after another. Wisdom, environment utilization, and battle pet combinations were demonstrated in the evenly-matched battles. It was quite enjoyable to watch.
"This is just the screening phase."
"Everyone has to win ten rounds and make it to the top ten thousand. Only then will they become famous in the galaxy!"
"The real show will be in the battles for the top hundred. This is just the appetizer."
Many geniuses in the staging area were quite relaxed. They were clearly aware of the process of the preliminaries. The battles were just the highlight; they didn't have to go all out.
Of course, if they went all out at the beginning, it would only mean that they weren't strong enough; it would be difficult for them to make it to the top ten thousand.
Su Ping was sitting in midair; he raised his eyebrows as he listened to the discussions around him. He had checked the process on the Internet, and it was true that one had to win ten rounds in order to make it to the next round.
This is going to be a long and fierce battle.
Su Ping had a lot of mixed feelings.
He looked at the battles in the battlefields. The two contestants had already entered the tertiary space, but the scenes inside were still being broadcasted.
Devices had already been set up in the second and third Spaces, which could transmit the images from inside to outside.
Su Ping didn't know what the technology behind the device was.
Very soon, the winner of the fifth region was decided.
Many people in the staging area wore solemn expressions, because both contestants were as strong as Star State warriors.
The second group came out right after the first group.
There were around twenty thousand contestants in the fifth region, which meant that ten thousand groups had to compete!
Su Ping knew that he was at the bottom of the queue, but he wasn't in a hurry. He also entered the virtual universe with the Lord Badge and watched the other regions through Silvy's official channel.
In the other competition zones, there were also groups of battles taking place one after another. It was extremely exciting. However, occasionally, there would be some matches with average standards, which would forcefully pull down the viewership ratings of the competition zones.
However, there were also some spectacular matches. Activities related to the Genius' Contest were also being carried out outside of the matches.
"Your junior brother is truly not bad."
The Star Lord who was responsible for the fifth area was also watching the other arenas in the virtual universe. He saw a young man who carried a wooden sword defeat his enemy in the third area without using his sword.
Such a quick and clean battle raised a small climax in the third region. After all, all the contestants were geniuses, and most of their battles were fierce; such a crushing victory was rare.
His performance made the Wooden Sword Boy quickly become noticed, and he became one of the favorites in the preliminaries.
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