Chapter 203: Three-time Champion? Zhou Ming!

Within just three minutes of the broadcast, the number of online viewers exceeded fifty million.

The barrage was crazy:

"Holy crap! Really holding games in space??"

"That host floating around is Wang Hao, right! I've seen his mech teaching videos!"

"Wait, what are the competition items? Space basketball??"

"Zhou Ming is actually on the contestant list! Isn't he on the ground?!!"

"The person above didn't read the description, right? Remotely controlling a robot to compete! This technical power..."

Wang Hao's virtual image appeared in the center of the screen: "Friends on Blue Star! Hello everyone!"

"This is the 'Deep Sea Dragon Palace' space station, I am the host Wang Hao! Without further ado, the competition starts now!"

Item 1: Microgravity Precision Delivery.

Six contestants, three of whom are astronauts, two are ground control center operators, and Zhou Ming controlling a robot, floating in the center of the living cabin.

They each have a water ball bag in front of them, and the target three meters away is a slowly moving ring.

"The rules are simple!" Wang Hao explained.

"Within three minutes, throw the water ball into the ring, count the score. Water ball breaking deducts points, missing the target gets no points. Start!"

Old Chen was the first to make a move. He pushed the water ball out cautiously, but in microgravity, the trajectory of the water ball was very difficult to control, and it floated past the ring.

"What a pity!" Wang Hao shouted.

"Next!"

The ground operators performed even worse, accustomed to the gravity environment on the ground, their force control was completely out of sync.

Two water balls hit the cabin wall directly, exploding into two splashes.

In the weightless environment, they turned into floating water droplets and were quickly recovered by the suction nozzle next to them.

"Look, this is armchair strategy!" Wang Hao teased.

"Ground contestants still need to work hard!"

It was Zhou Ming's turn.

The robot "Competitor-Space Modified" he controlled had six mechanical arms, two of which held the water ball steadily, calculated for 0.5 seconds, and pushed it gently.

The water ball drew a perfect parabola and accurately passed through the center of the ring.

"Beautiful!" Wang Hao yelled.

"Zhou Ming takes the first full score! Let's look at the data replay, the 'Torch Dragon' system shows that his thrust calculation error is only 0.003, this control precision!"

The barrage exploded:

"This guy's hands are too steady!"

"After all, he is the mech competition champion, basic operation, don't be surprised."

"The robot's six arms are cheating, right!"

"The person above, the rules didn't say you can't use multiple mechanical arms!"

In the end, Zhou Ming won the championship of this item with an absolute advantage.

Item 2: Space Walk Racing.

This is the most exciting part.

Three astronauts put on lightweight spacesuits and went out of the cabin, moving along the preset route on the outer wall of the space station.

The route was designed to be very tricky, having to pass through the solar panel array, bypass the communication antenna, and finally reach the finish line.

"Safety officer in place!" Wang Hao switched to the extravehicular view.

"Mechanical arms on standby, laser rangefinders tracking throughout!"

Old Chen set off first.

Moving in space relies entirely on the micro-thrusters on the spacesuit, requiring extremely high spatial perception and fine control.

He moved forward slowly and steadily like a clumsy penguin.

The second astronaut tried to accelerate, but as a result, he lost control and started to spin.

"Steady! Steady!" The ground control center reminded urgently.

The mechanical arm reached out quickly and gave him a gentle push before he hit the solar panel.

"Phew—that was close." Wang Hao wiped the sweat that didn't exist.

"Space sports, safety first!"

In the end, Old Chen won the championship with a time of three minutes and seventeen seconds.

Zhou Ming didn't participate in this item, after all, the robot couldn't go out of the cabin.

Item 3: Mechanical Arm Manipulation Master Competition.

This is the main event.

Six "Heavenly Clerk" mechanical arms work simultaneously, the task is to assemble a complete gear box model from micro-parts within five minutes.

There are hundreds of parts, the smallest of which is the size of a grain of rice.

Astronauts, ground operators, Zhou Ming, three-way duel.

"Start!"

Mechanical arms danced.

The astronaut group is experienced, but the speed is not fast;

The ground operator group has amazing hand speed, but makes mistakes frequently;

Look at Zhou Ming again... Zhou Ming is simply cheating!

The mechanical arms he controlled grabbed, positioned, and assembled at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, and the movements were as smooth as playing the piano.

What's even more exaggerated is that he can operate three mechanical arms to work in coordination at the same time, and the efficiency is three times that of others.

Three minutes and twenty seconds, Zhou Ming's gear box was completed.

"Test passed!" Wang Hao announced, "Precision error 0.0015! Record refreshed!"

The barrage was already crazy:

"Is this hand speed human???"

"He is a mech champion, can his hand speed not be fast?"

"I suddenly feel that my game hand speed is weak..."

"This competition is actually Longguo's show-off meeting!"

Final item: Cabin Orienteering.

The internal structure of the space station is complex, like a giant maze.

Contestants must find the "Dragon Palace Badge" hidden in six different locations in the shortest time.

This item tests the familiarity with the space station layout and 3D spatial navigation ability.

Old Chen, as a resident staff member, should have had an absolute advantage, but Zhou Ming once again showed amazing adaptability.

After entering the unfamiliar environment, the robot he controlled only took ten seconds to build a complete 3D map through laser scanning, and then went straight to the target.

"Cheating! This is cheating!" Wang Hao shouted in the live stream, of course, jokingly.

"Zhou Ming, you scanned the map too fast!"

Zhou Ming's voice came from the communication channel, with a smile: "The rules didn't say you can't scan."

In the end, Zhou Ming won three championships and the highest total score.

In the award ceremony, Wang Hao floated to the camera, holding three medals, which were actually 3D printed space station models.

"Congratulations to all contestants! Especially congratulations to Zhou Ming, although you are on the ground, your spirit is with us!" Wang Hao handed the medal to the camera.

Actually, it was transmitted to the ground control center through quantum communication and printed on the spot.

"As a championship reward." He paused.

"Zhou Ming will get the qualification for the first batch of visitors to the lunar base! After our lunar base is built, I invite you to come and play!"

Somewhere on Earth, Zhou Ming, who was sitting in front of the simulator, was stunned, and then his eyes suddenly turned red.

Before the live stream ended, Wang Hao suddenly leaned close to the camera and whispered: "By the way, tell everyone a little secret."

"Next games, we plan to invite some international friends to participate."

"So those foreign friends who said in the comments section that we want to come too, perform well, maybe you will receive an invitation next time!"

Live stream ended.

Statistics came out: the cumulative global viewing number exceeded 3.5 billion, with a maximum of 280 million online simultaneously.

Related topics topped the lists on social platforms in various countries.

NASA's official Twitter account was silent for a whole day before sending a meaningful tweet:

"Impressive display. Looking forward to more international cooperation in the future."

The European Space Agency forwarded the competition video, with the caption: "This is probably the coolest games in human history."

On the Eagle Country side, the civilian response was enthusiastic, but the official only sent a non-committal congratulation.

Late at night, in the living cabin of the space station, Wang Hao floated next to Li Yang, looking at the earth rotating slowly outside the porthole.

"Brother Li, do you think what we did today... is it worth it?"

"Worth it." Li Yang nodded.

"You let billions of people around the world see that space is no longer an unreachable dream, but a place where you can work, live, and even play."

"This change in concept has more power than any technical parameter."

Wang Hao grinned.

At this time, the communicator rang with Chen Guang's voice:

"Haozi, when you were live streaming, 'Torch Dragon' monitored that research institutions from seventeen countries sent cooperation applications, all wanting to do experiments on the space station."

"Also... the dark web account of the 'Confluence' organization just released a bounty."

"What bounty?"

"Bounty for obtaining the structural drawings and energy system data of the Deep Sea Dragon Palace." Chen Guang paused.

"Bounty, ten million dollars."

Wang Hao narrowed his eyes: "These mice... it seems they still haven't given up."

"So in the next stage, our defense system needs to be upgraded urgently." Chen Guang said.

"You guys are having fun in space, we have to tighten the fence on the ground too."

Communication ended.

Wang Hao continued to look at the earth, that blue planet emitting a warm light in the darkness.

Beautiful.

Must guard it well.

He thought so, and floated to the console.

Tomorrow, there are new modules to dock. ===== CHAPTER 204 =====