726, the competition is progressing very rapidly_1

"You're too naive if you can believe that kind of talk?!"

Thousand Waves, who had just played the fool, had finally found a target for ridicule and instantly forgot his recent embarrassment.

Tang Chen snorted coldly and snatched the peacock feather from Thousand Waves' hand: "I helped you get this, but I didn't get what I deserved, so it should belong to me."

Thousand Waves: "Why should it? It's my reward!"

Tang Chen: "Your reward? Without me, you wouldn't have gotten jack!"

Thousand Waves: "Wait, if we're talking about contributions, Xi Xi contributed the most. If she hadn't lied about kissing you, you would not have tried to take the Angel Holy Sword from me, and the peacock feather would not have appeared. So, the reward should go to Xi Xi, you have no objections, right?"

Tang Chen immediately let go, very decisively: "Of course I have no objections! Your analysis is indeed correct."

In front of everyone, Thousand Waves and Tang Chen handed the peacock feather to Poseissi personally.

Poseissi looked at the two idiots in confusion, utterly failing to react.

Qian Renxue pressed her forehead in embarrassment, suddenly feeling that her grandfather and Tang Chen could compete for the top two spots in the 'brown-noser's league', with their level of sycophancy easily surpassing the third place by at least ten thousand li.

Thousand Waves stepped onto the stage, looked at the pinned post on his Weibo, which now almost stopped increasing in comments. He clicked to end the registration and then sent a private message to everyone who had signed up.

After the merged reward, Thousand Waves had the detailed steps of the competition in his mind.

A total of 160,000 people had signed up for the competition. They would first go through two rounds of online selection. In the first round, each participant would send a full-body picture in a private message to Lin Yi for the first wave of screening.

The selection would narrow it down to just 10,000 people!

That's right, a single full-body picture had to screen out 150,000 people, leaving only those with good appearances, followed by another round of 'participation area' selection, which had to screen out another 9,500 people. Only the remaining 500 would proceed to Soul City for on-site judgment.

These rules were also clearly written in the pinned Weibo post. To be honest, the rules were quite strict, and Thousand Waves guessed that some people didn't want to participate after seeing such severe regulations and simply backed out.

After all, some people might excel in the 'participation area' but have a face that doesn't quite make the cut, so they'd be eliminated in the first round.

At the end of the day, it's all about the face.

After sending out the notice, Lin Yi's backend suddenly received many private messages, all of which were photo messages, with quite a few females also attaching a few words of coquettish flattery.

"Senior Lin Yi, the first round has already started, how long will it take you to do the screening?"

"Three seconds."

Thousand Waves was shocked after hearing this, three seconds?! Can your eyes even keep up, Senior? There are 160,000 photos!

Lin Yi: "They can keep up, let's wait until everyone has sent theirs."

Of course, it wasn't him doing the screening, but the System. The System's attributes perfectly matched Lin Yi's taste, as it knew exactly what Lin Yi liked, making the selection process highly efficient.

Thousand Waves nodded, still finding it hard to believe, but this was just like Lin Yi; if ordinary people could understand his actions, he would not be Lin Yi.

He also just noticed his granddaughter sneakily taking photos of herself, which made him feel suddenly emotional that women really don't stay young forever. His precious granddaughter was about to be seen by strange men, hoping she could win a first prize just like Xi Xi.

The photos in the backend flickered past under the System's scrutiny, and within three seconds, all had been viewed once, and a standard format private message was sent to those who passed the first round of selection.

"Congratulations, you have passed the first round of the beauty contest and have successfully advanced to the top 10,000!"

A girl among the Gua Sha masters read out loud the contents of the private message, her expression and tone filled with excitement.

Immediately following, several voices were heard at the venue, but they all came from female Gua Sha Masters. The main female attackers on site, however, did not say a word. Their expressions were subtle as they maintained their silence.

It goes without saying that these women had certainly passed the beauty threshold, yet they chose to keep silent out of shyness.

Only Gu Yuena didn't care and snorted coldly, "Advancing is so slow, can't they just select the finalists based on looks alone?"

Even as she spoke, her face turned red without a trace, because she knew what the next round of selection would be like.

This was the first time in front of Lin Yi... before, at most, it was their buttocks showing.

Just thinking about it was equally embarrassing!

At that moment, Thousand Waves hesitantly looked toward Lin Yi and asked, "Senior, when will the second round of selection start?"

Lin Yi replied, composed, "Right now."

Thousand Waves was shocked, "But now... There are so many men here..."

Lin Yi's voice remained calm, "All men, close your eyes."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the men present simultaneously closed their eyes in unison, including Thousand Waves. The women all covered their mouths in surprise.

In this world, what makes men obedient isn't women, it's Lin Yi.

At this point, the women who had advanced hesitated for a moment before they began to reach for their clothes. Gu Yuena had just lifted a corner of her garment when she looked at Lin Yi with a blush, "Aren't you going to close your eyes?!"

A bewildered voice came from nearby, "Huh? Should we wait for the Golden Dragon Lord to close his too? But Goose Goose has already lifted her clothes."

Di Tian, upon hearing this, collapsed on the ground with blood spurting from his nose.

He was filled with regret! Why couldn't he open his eyes?

Lin Yi gazed at the expanse of Bi Ji's pale chest, closed his eyes with a calm expression, yet inwardly he exclaimed loudly in admiration, "Damn, Bi Ji is actually quite stacked! She's been so modest all along!"

Backstage, they were incessantly snapping photographs again. The first to be sent out were the "advanced players" from Soul City, as the conditions here were the best for no men to have their eyes open. The women elsewhere might not have been able to send photos yet due to environmental reasons.

Lin Yi spoke up, "Let me know when you're ready."

Qian Renxue stood in a forward position where she could see the whole scene just by tiptoeing, "Ready... they're all ready!"

After finishing, Qian Renxue took a deep breath with a blushing face.

It was too embarrassing, even if the situation was all female, this was still a first for her.

Lin Yi opened his eyes and simultaneously lifted the spell on the men.

All the men immediately looked at the women they fancied, only to discover them adjusting their clothes with slightly reddened faces, eliciting a feeling of great disappointment in them.

After a short wait, the backstage had received all ten thousand photographs. Just as Lin Yi was about to take a look himself, a few people suddenly stepped forward.

Thousand Waves, "Senior Lin Yi, isn't ten thousand photos a bit too much to handle?"

Tang Chen, "Yeah, Senior, why don't we take some of the older ones off your hands, help you out."

Di Tian, "Golden Dragon Lord, let me help you with the first quarter of the ones sent..."