The man who walked onto the stage had eye-catching golden curly hair, stood on the stage, facing the gaze of more than a dozen cameras that were focused on each other, as well as the gazes of the players of the 16 finals teams, the man's attitude and demeanor still seemed casual and calm. In a few simple words, the prelude to today's lottery grouping ceremony was already kicked off.

In the audience, the potatoes on the back team shouted in surprise:

"Oh, this guy looks so familiar!"

The electric magnetic rod rolled his eyes: "I just came to our place a while ago to interview the team tour promotional video. How bad is your memory?"

On the side, 003 couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:

"Is it him the host this time?"

"It's really good."

At the same time, on the sunnyday team not far away, 004 couldn't help but look unexpected on his face:

"Is it Ward?"

002 nodded slightly: "It's him."

For the five people from the No team in the past, the calm blonde curly man on the stage is not unfamiliar with the calm blonde curly hair. It can even be said that when they created the extremely brilliant legend step by step in the field of dota professional e-sports, this blonde man who was just a little reporter was the follower and recorder of this legend.

“It feels very friendly”

Qiao Xinwu murmured, with a look of nostalgia on her face:

"It's like I'm back in the past."

Lin Xiao touched his nose and smiled:

"Oh, then hope this will bode well."

...

The group draws lots in the finals, and the rules are very simple. The captains of the sixteen participating teams came on stage one by one, and randomly drew lots from a bunch of tags prepared by the staff. Then they opened the sign paper on the spot to announce the signing, and finally divided the four groups of abcd.

The first one to go on stage was the captain of the champion team of the last World Finals.

And when the girl came on stage, she immediately attracted everyone's attention and sight.

To be honest, no one wants to be in the same group as njwolf in the group stage, because that almost means that one of their qualifying places has been missing in advance, so they can only compete with the other two remaining teams for the second qualifying qualification.

Facing countless eyes and camera lenses, the girl looked very calm. She took a piece of sign paper in her hand, opened it directly, took a look, and picked it up and showed it to the camera lens below the stage and other opponent teams.

Ward also approached and took a look and announced:

"Njwolf team."

“Group b No. 2!”

There was a commotion and low-pitched discussion between the venues below the stage. Basically, Group B had become a group that all other teams present were unwilling to draw.

The second one to go on stage was Fanhua, the leader of the Lady Breasts Women's Team. Such a female leader with elegant temperament and outstanding appearance came on stage. The players from various teams off the court all gave a burst of applause, especially some old people who had switched from Dota, who had a deep impression of Fanhua.

Fanhua drew Group 3.

The girls from the Lady Breasts Women's Team under the audience breathed a sigh of relief, and a look of gratitude appeared on their faces:

Anyway, it would be great if I didn’t get to the same group as njwolf!

...

The third one to go on stage was the Jiutian Team.

In the live broadcast footage, Shuang Lengmohe stood up with a plain expression and walked onto the stage. The players of the Chinese server who were following the lottery grouping ceremony on the Internet couldn't help but feel hung up, holding their breath and waiting for the result.

Shuang Lengmohe draws lots, open the draw paper.

And the moment I saw the alphanumeric numbers on the sign paper, Shuang Lengmohe's movements paused slightly.

On the Jiutian Team below the stage, the stairs and Tiezhun players couldn't help but look tight, feeling a bit ominous premonition.

Then, I saw Frost Lengmohe on the stage took a deep breath, slowly picked up the sign paper and displayed the results on the paper. More than a dozen camera lenses quickly captured the contents on the sign paper.

Group b, No. 1.

A sudden burst of shocking sound came from the audience.

Online, players in the Chinese server also felt a slump and suddenly sank to the bottom, almost unwilling to believe this result.

The Jiutian Team and the njwolf Team are assigned to the same group!

"Damn...is it really a fateful duel?"

Jiang Haojie couldn't help but take a breath.

Jian Yu Ke sighed lightly: "Now, Lao Mo's luck is a bit bad."

On the back team, Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh, it's really unlucky."

003 commented on a sentence with a constant expression:

"There is the most unlucky thing to draw group B next time."

...

There is nothing wrong with 003's evaluation.

Just the draw results of the three teams at the beginning have directly exposed a very explosive situation. The champion and runner-up team of the World Finals last season were assigned to Group B at the same time, which also made Group B immediately the most terrifying death group for the time being.

This also directly led to the fact that the next few team captains on stage looked very serious when they were drawing lots.

One sign after another is drawn and opened.

Ward on the stage is also reporting one by one:

"Fate Team, Group A No. 1."

"Dream Team, Group A No. 4."

"KS Team, Group C No. 3."

As Ward continued to report the screen, the staff on the side quickly put away the signs one by one, and immediately posted the signs on a whiteboard to the tree diagram of the group stage grouping situation. At the same time, the large screen on the wall directly in front of the venue also displayed instant lottery information simultaneously.

The other two teams in Group B have also been drawn out, one is the Hidden Spurs team in the Taiwan Division, and the other is the Wild Card Team from Spain.

The latter is naturally no more. It is originally a wildcard team and its strength is not strong. This time it is assigned to this death group, it is almost destined to play soybeans; and another team from Taiwan's Secret Spurs team was also the champion of the S1 World Finals, but its strength has now gone downhill.

"In the finals last year, the Swordsman was eliminated in the group stage, right?"

The electric magnetic rod muttered.

Lin Xiao nodded: "Well, their group was MST team and Jiutian team qualifying at that time. It seems that the Hidden Thorns are going to be unlucky again this year."

As soon as the words fell, Ward on the stage had already reported the show again with the microphone:

"For the next team, the captain of the back team, please come up and draw lots."

The eyes of the players from the teams on the seats around turned around and fell on Lin Xiao.

Qiao Xinwu took Lin Xiao's hand, snatched it gently, and cheered the latter in a low voice: "Come on, draw a good lottery."

Lin Xiao smiled: "It's the same for any draw, right?"

Then he stood up.

Walking towards the stage in countless flashing white lights and camera lenses.

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