After passing the solo round, Ding Meng did not feel any pressure in the next four rounds. In the end, he advanced to the pinnacle with a record of ten consecutive wins. However, his popularity was still not high. Currently, he only had 31.98 million fans.
Many screens had risen in the Bingyi Group's conference room. Of course, the screen in the middle showed the popularity ranking. Just as Lan Bing had analyzed, the ranking had changed.
No. 10: Dream Immortal Traveler, 93 million points;
No. 09: Bingyi – Lu Qing, 130 million points;
No. 08: Apocalypse – Bai Yu, 180 million points;
No. 07: Long Feiyang, 200 million points;
No. 06: Bingyi – Dai Yi, 390 million points;
No. 05: Rainbow – Ai Sendell, 400 million points;
No. 04: Kneel before me, 540 million points;
No. 03: Beidou – Ji Chenyu, 680 million points;
No. 02: Xing Hong – Ling Xingqi, 690 million points;
No. 01: Lei Jingtian, 800 million points;
Looking at the ranking, Ding Meng could only feel depressed. Even Dream Immortal Traveler, who was at the bottom of the ranking, had three times more popularity than him. Dai Yi's popularity was ten times more than his. However, the ranking could still be explained. The fans were still selling to beauties because the top ten were all goddesses, especially Ling Xingqi and Ji Chenyu. The most exaggerated one was Lei Jingtian. He was indeed shocking. He had 800 million fans, which was enough to crush everything.
"How can he not be powerful?" The four-eyed man's eyelids drooped. "He is the champion for two consecutive years. He is the favorite to win the championship."
Ding Meng said, "What about you guys?
How popular are you now? "
Maozie muttered, "Brother Ding, we have been eliminated."
"Oh?" Ding Meng was a little surprised. "Even DinkingHongshan and Azuma were eliminated?"
Liang Yiran smiled. "The first person the four-eyed man met was Miss Lu."
The four-eyed man was a little depressed. "I resisted for a minute, unlike some people."
Maozie said angrily, "What do you mean?"
Ding Meng was curious. "Did Maozie also die in the first round?
Who did you meet? "
Who else could he bump into? He would definitely bump into his own people. This person was Jun Ling. Now that Jun Ling had 500 million fans, these fans gave her a nickname, "Kneel Sister", which meant that no matter who bumped into her, they had to kneel down. This was because Jun Ling's attacks were ruthless and fierce. Basically, she could end the battle in one move.
When Four Eyes met Lu Qing, he was still able to resist for dozens of seconds, but when the Russian met Jun Ling, he immediately surrendered his gun and admitted defeat. The two guys were ambitiously prepared to fight a big battle in the loser's group, but in the end, they were both eliminated in the first round.
Liang Yi Ran put away her smile. "Both of them lost to the same person, Du Xing, who fought with you."
Ding Meng's expression was thoughtful. "It's not an injustice to lose to him. This guy has a lot of resources."
At this moment, a new screen appeared in front of Lan Bing, displaying a large number of images and data.
Ding Meng's eyes were sharp, and he noticed that most of them were pictures and information about the contestants. "Are you guys analyzing and comparing them?"
Ji Chenxue explained, "It's the Princess and Xin Jie who are doing the screening."
"What are they screening for?"
Ji Chenxue said, "After the Storm Palace, there aren't many contestants left. Some of them are using their real names, but there are also some with fake IDs. They're analyzing their data based on the contestants' styles and characteristics in the competition, and comparing them with real people."
Damn, they could even do this. However, Ding Meng could understand. Xin Jie had the ability to do this, and Little Rascal Little Love was also an expert.
"Are there any results?" Ding Meng asked.
Lan Bing nodded solemnly. "There are already a few people whose identities have been confirmed. The similarity is more than 90%. You have to be careful when you meet them in the next round."
"Who is it?" Ding Meng was interested.
Lan Bing operated the control panel, and a Bald Head man's picture appeared on the screen. His ID was "Chuang Yu – Official Nameless!"
Ding Meng had seen this ID on the leaderboard before, but he did not recognize this person. However, he was sure of one thing, and that was that this person was a member of the Guan Family sent by Guan Xinqing.
"You should know him," Lan Bing explained, and then she switched to another picture. The person in the picture was an old man in black clothes.
Ding Meng suddenly remembered that when he and Lan Bing had disguised themselves as the Ancestral Dragon couple to visit the Guan Family, there had been two men in black clothes around Guan Xinqing, one old and one young. The person in the picture was the old man.
Ji Chenxue calmly explained, "He is indeed a nameless person. He used to be a very famous pirate commander in the Fertile Chalk Star System …"
Ding Meng listened quietly. Under normal circumstances, pirates would at most have a leader, and the most amazing one would be the captain of a pirate group. However, it was rare for someone to be called a commander. This meant that this pirate leader's influence had already grown to a very large scale.
"Before Guan Xinqing rose to prominence, he relied on him to obtain a lot of information that even the military could not obtain. From then on, he embarked on the path of cooperation with the military. You should know about the history of Guan Xinqing's family."
Ji Chenxue continued to explain, "Later on, Chuangyu grew stronger and stronger, and this commander surrendered himself to the Guan Family and changed his name to Long Yu. He announced to the public that he was a relative of the Guan Family."
Ding Meng suddenly understood. "No wonder Guan Xinqing dared to deal with the imperial military as a civilian. This is where his confidence lies. Changing his surname to Long, could it be related to Guan Lin's mother?"
Ji Chenxue said, "They told the public that Long Yu was Long Lin's distant uncle."
"I don't think he's a real uncle, right?" Liang Yiran asked suspiciously.
Ji Chenxue nodded. "My guess is that it's not true. Long Yu used to have a lot of influence in the Fertile Chalk Star System, but after he became the uncle of the Guan Family's wife, the situation changed."
Lan Bing understood the logic behind this. "A pirate leader like him must have had dealings with both the Chuang Yu and the frogmen. This is definitely not something the military could tolerate. However, after he washed his hands clean and became an elder of the Guan Family, no one would dare to touch him."
Ji Chenxue said, "Very few people in the empire know about this. I'm afraid that even Chancellor Wen Yang does not know about this. This was all told to me by my grandfather when he was still alive. He told me not to provoke this person at all costs. This shows how strong he is."
Ding Meng smiled bitterly to himself. To think that such a powerful person would be hidden among the contestants. This Long Yu probably had the same mindset as him, going the low-key route. His popularity was only 28 million.
Lan Bing suddenly switched to Lone Ranger's picture. Ji Chenxue explained, "This Lone Ranger you fought with, I personally think he's the young man you and Director Lan met at the Guan Family's residence. His name is Long Xing. On the surface, he's Long Yu's grandson and Guan Xinqing's bodyguard. In reality, he's Long Yu's disciple. His strength is not to be underestimated."
Ding Meng nodded. This was right. That Lone Ranger always gave him an inexplicable sense of pressure. So his real identity was an expert from the Guan Family.
Then the question was, why did the Guan Family send out these two experts? Was their goal to win the championship?
The Guan Family definitely did not lack money, but the prize pool of the Feng Yun Gathering was attractive enough. Ding Meng felt that Long Yu and Long Xing's participation in the competition was not that simple …
Following which, Lan Bing took out a few more files, all of which had been sent over by Xin Jie. They were all detailed comparisons and analyses, mainly pointing out the hidden players. Ding Meng couldn't help but sigh in admiration. There were only a few truly powerful super experts on the leaderboards.
"Who is this Lei Jingtian?" Ding Meng asked.
Ji Chenxue smiled bitterly. "Sorry, I know a little about the secrets of the empire, but I don't know anything about the Federation."
Lan Bing also agreed. "This Lei Jingtian is the eighth and ninth champion. He is very strong. He won the last two championships with overwhelming momentum. However, his background is very mysterious. No one has ever heard of his true identity. Of course, our low level is also one of the reasons. Up until now, we haven't even been able to find out about Sheng Hao Xinhong's trump card."
This was very normal. Ding Meng also believed that a character like Ling Xingqi was definitely not the Xinhong Group's true trump card. Trump cards were always used at the last moment.
As he continued to browse through the screen, Ding Meng found that the information on Dream Return was also included. "Who is she?"
Ji Chenxue smiled very happily this time. "It's normal for Princess Xin Jie and the others not to recognize her, but I definitely recognize her. Her name is Nanxun!"
Ding Meng frowned. "Why does this name sound so familiar?"
Liang Yiran revealed a shocked expression. "Nanxun?
Is she the number one goddess of the Holy Grail Federation, the Nanxun? "
"That's her!" Ji Chenxue nodded with certainty.
Lan Bing was also shocked. "Is it really Nanxun?"
Ji Chenxue said, "I've seen her in person. I still can't forget her temperament. It was also in outer space. At the time, she was injured and recuperated on our fleet in Beidou for two months."
Nanxun was a very famous and mysterious person in the Holy Grail Federation. The public knew of her because of the beauty ranking. Everyone knew that Nanxun was the number one goddess, and that she was on par with Ji Chenxue in the empire. However, almost no one had seen her in person.
The reason why she was mysterious was not only because her whereabouts were elusive, but also because of the war in the Devouring Sector a hundred years ago. At that time, the president happened to see Nanxun in person. At the time, he was shocked and began to pursue her passionately.
It was said that the two of them had some connection. For her, the president ignored the objections of the public and pursued her to Meteor City, then to outer space. The Devouring Sector took advantage of the absence of the president and the cabinet to seize the rare opportunity to launch a large-scale attack. At the beginning of the war, a large area of territory was lost. This was also a large part of the reason.
When the war ended, the president was dismissed because of this incident. Nanxun also disappeared in the vast sea of people, and there was no more news of her. To some extent, Nanxun was a beauty who could bring disaster to a country. This was not a derogatory statement, but the public recognized her because of her mystery. Mystery created distance, distance created fantasy, and fantasy created beauty.
"It's really her?" Liang Yiran still could not believe it.
However, Ji Chenxue's expression was resolute. "Believe me, it's definitely her. There's no mistake."
"Her strength is indeed extraordinary." Ding Meng was concerned about this. This year's competition was indeed filled with experts.
Ji Chenxue nodded and said, "I don't know exactly how strong she is, but there's one thing I'm certain of. She's not below me."
Not below Ji Chenxue, which meant that the only people in the Bingyi Group who could contend against her were Ding Meng and Jun Ling.
Dai Yi was clearly not convinced. "Is she really that strong?
I've only heard of her stunning beauty, but I've never heard of her being an Origin Energy expert. "
Lan Bing nodded and said, "The Storm Palace phase will end tomorrow. The peak phase will be divided into groups. We'll know when we see who the seeded contestants are."