Mu Bing came here for two reasons: first, to present Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu with third-class merit awards; and second, to meet Ruan Mingchu, whose pheromones are perfectly compatible with his son Mu Yu's and who is praised by his son for being very strong.
After all, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Ruan Mingchu was destined to be his future daughter-in-law. He had the kind of mentality that an old father would want to vet for his son.
Mu Bing never imagined that Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu would actually end up together, but he was the one who married off his son.
After shaking hands, the two fell silent, each internally writing their own little essays, but uttering not a single word.
If the soldier could speak, his ex-wife wouldn't have kicked him.
If Nguyen Minh Thu had been willing to speak, he wouldn't have been so misled by his own overthinking.
Li Bingcang scratched his head, wondering what was going on. This straight-laced vice principal, who was focused on his career, thought that Marshal Mu was just looking out for talent and wanted to meet Ruan Mingchu, this once-in-a-lifetime Omega.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right, and unable to figure out why, he simply started talking regardless of the reason, recommending this exceptionally talented young man to Mu Bing, who was not only skilled in martial arts but also had outstanding mental strength and unparalleled command ability.
He praised Ruan Mingchu to the skies, saying he was absolutely unique. He successfully confused the two men, making them forget their prepared speeches.
Finally, as they were parting, Mu Bing spoke again: "You two take good care of yourselves."
Ruan Mingchu nodded without thinking; there was no way things could go wrong between him and Mu Yu.
This dialogue isn't exactly nonsensical; it's more accurate to say it takes place in a parallel universe.
The brief meeting with Mu Bing did not have any impact on Ruan Mingchu. On the contrary, Mu Yu paid more attention to Ruan Mingchu's reaction after hearing from his father that he had met the little Omega.
Seeing Ruan Mingchu's lack of reaction, Mu Yu couldn't quite describe how he felt.
The team competition is held once a year, and the strongest team was formed at the wrong time. If it had been formed in January or February, it would have had more than ten months to train. Now it only has less than two months to train.
The forum was full of pessimistic posts. No matter how strong Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu were, they couldn't possibly defeat so many people from other teams. Besides, the members of the S-level teams were no pushovers; they were the strongest among the upperclassmen.
In the last betting contest about whether Ruan Mingchu's strongest team could stay in the S-tier, 90% of the participants lost miserably. This time, the forum has reopened betting contests on team rankings, with participants confidently placing bets on the "strongest team" being ranked last, refusing to believe they can lose again!
Walking on campus, you can often hear conversations like this.
Have you placed your bet?
"Of course I'm going."
Is it that one?
"Of course they are! Otherwise, where would they rank? Do they really think that just because they have the title of 'strongest' they are the strongest? How naive!"
...
The formats vary, but the central idea is always the same: "The strongest team is the worst among the six S-class teams."
Not only that, some even went so far as to analyze which A-level teams might be able to defeat the strongest team and experience the thrill of an A-level team beating an S-level team.
This infuriated Hao Youyou, who was always chatting idly on the forum. How could these people be so idle? Instead of improving themselves, they were just here gossiping about how incompetent others were.
The extravagant Hao Youyou immediately threw all her pocket money into the betting game, betting on the strongest team to rank first!
In the betting games where each team ranked first, the bet amount changed in real time, represented by a bar chart of amount versus team name. Hao Youyou's allowance totaled several hundred thousand yuan, and her bet caused a significant change in the bar chart as soon as she put it in.
The strongest team was originally the worst in the game, but now it has suddenly become the best.
It was quickly discovered by long-time forum members, who created a special thread for everyone to see.
Main post: [Image] As shown in the picture, only one person placed the bet. I won't say more; you can figure it out for yourselves.
1st floor: Shocking, they're so damn rich.
2nd floor: I, being poor, drool with envy.
3rd floor: The focus upstairs is really off. Isn't the main point that those people in the Mouth Strong team are spending money like water just to save face?
4th floor: Ha, even rich young masters can only find a sense of existence here.
5th floor: Wanting to resent the rich
...
Nth floor: I just want to know how much of this money is allocated to me.
Floor N+1: +1
...
Thankfully, Hao Youyou left the forum after placing her bet, too angry to browse anymore. If she had seen this post, she probably would have been so angry that she would have wanted to crawl through the internet cable and beat up these idle people.
The format of the team competition is said to be derived from the StarCraft University League, with a simplified version of their format.
Individual competitions are eliminated, and it is entirely a team competition, with all team members participating and competing for a limited number of points within a designated area.
Because all members can play, even a lower-level team can still beat a higher-level team by using sheer numbers.
However, high-level teams are never short of players, and in the annual team competition, the competitors of each team are almost all limited to their own level.
Overall, it was quite fair and just.
The only difference this year compared to previous years is that Ruan Mingchu's team still has less than a hundred members. And the team members are all freshmen who have only been in school for a little over two months. If they can't beat those two monsters, Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu, can't they at least beat ordinary freshmen?
Ambitious A-level teams are starting to be wary of other competitors trying to steal this lucrative opportunity.
One more thing to note about the competition rules is that once a team captain is eliminated, the remaining team members' scores will be multiplied by a coefficient less than one. The coefficient varies depending on the team's level; the higher the level, the smaller the coefficient.
For example, the coefficient of an S-level team is 0.1. If the team captain Ruan Mingchu is eliminated during the competition, a team member who should have received ten points will now only receive one point.
Therefore, the team captain always faces the most pressure during major team competitions. This is also why the team captain is usually the strongest member of the team.
Having collected data on past team competitions and studied the rules in detail, Gong Zhushen proposed assigning Ruan Mingchu a bodyguard team based on the rule regarding the team captain.
Dozens of Alphas with good looks and decent physiques stood in a row for Ruan Mingchu to choose from.
Gong Zhushen asked them to report their height, weight, measurements, strengths, and special skills one by one.
Ruan Mingchu twitched her lips. This whole thing was like a selection of concubines, so she quickly stopped.
He asked Gong Zhushen, "Are they stronger together, or is Mu Yu stronger?"
"Of course Mu-ge is stronger; beating them is like child's play for him," Gong Zhushen blurted out.
Alphas: It's true, but they're still here. Can't you give us some face?
After Gong Zhushen finished speaking, he realized what Ruan Mingchu meant and smiled knowingly: "Brother Ruan, I understand. Don't worry, everything is arranged perfectly."
Ruan Mingchu didn't understand what Bai Zhushen understood. He meant that these people were not as strong as Mu Yu, and naturally they were not as strong as him, who was of equal strength to Mu Yu. Using these people as guards, it was unknown who would protect whom when danger came.
But one should always be humble, so Ruan Mingchu never directly claimed that he was very strong.
Seeing Gong Zhushen's lewd smile, Ruan Mingchu felt that he had misunderstood something, but she couldn't figure out what it was, so she simply pretended not to see it.
As everyone went through classes and training in an orderly manner, time flew by, and finally December arrived, the day of the team competition.
The competition lasts for three days, with the opening ceremony held on the first morning and the closing ceremony on the last afternoon, with the competition taking place over two days and two nights in between.
The opening ceremony was held in the gymnasium, where teams randomly marked out areas to sit, while school leaders gave speeches on the central stage.
Why hold the opening ceremony in the morning? Because after the vice-principal speaks, the deans of each college will also speak, followed by the vice-deans, and after that, the competition organizing committee will also give a speech!
Did you think it ended after you finished speaking? No, there's still the outstanding student representative to speak!
The speaker made everyone drowsy, and the intermittent snoring and the impassioned words on stage complemented each other, creating a surprisingly harmonious effect.
It wasn't until the organizing committee began explaining the competition rules that some people perked up and listened attentively.
The rules remain largely unchanged this year, but team flags have been added. Each team has ten flags, which can be captured by other teams. If all the flags are captured, the entire team is eliminated.
When the final scores are tallied, each team flag, whether belonging to your own team or another team, is worth ten points.
There are many ways to obtain points within the competition area. You might find points in treasure chests by answering questions, on star beasts, or even by chance while walking around.
The scores exist in the form of specific energy clusters. All students are equipped with special scoring devices. Once the scoring device comes into contact with the energy cluster, it will add points accordingly.
The scoreboard not only displays your own score, but also a real-time leaderboard showing the total scores of each team.
These are the main rules. With that, the closing ceremony is finally over.
After listening to a morning of nonsense, the students stretched, went to have lunch, and then came back to collect their scoreboards and supply packs. The team captains also had to carry the team flag and the competition area map.
After all, they would be staying in the competition area for two days and two nights. If they weren't given food, the students, who had never lifted a finger before, might go hungry for two days.
However, they won't be given high-end foods like freeze-dried food like during military training. Each person will receive two bottles of nutrient solution, with the flavor to choose from, but nothing more.
Besides the nutrient solution, there's also a paintball gun that can eliminate other players. It's not very lethal and is used only in school competitions.
Those who are not used to using guns can switch to bows and arrows, slingshots, or even just take a stamp and eliminate whoever gets it.
One student tried to bring a bucket of paint, but was firmly refused. If someone were to suddenly grab the bucket and splash paint on another person when they weren't looking, they wouldn't be able to play at all.
As for ammunition, there are many supply points in the competition area where you can replenish your supplies.
There was nothing else in the supplies package; they had to find their own sleeping place and drinking water.
The comprehensive military academy covers a vast area, with a large portion of it used for training grounds with various realistic terrains. The competition area for this team competition was designated from these locations.
The Yarrako Canyon, stretching approximately 1,000 kilometers in length and averaging 3,000 meters in depth, is considered one of the most dangerous training grounds. A section of its lower-deep area served as the competition zone for this event.
However, for interstellar people, even including the delicate Omega, as long as they are willing to work hard, their average speed can reach tens of kilometers per hour, and they can dive thousands of meters underwater and survive for months in the oxygen-free universe.
The harsh natural environment is only a minor obstacle; their greatest enemy is the Star Beast.
Each team can mark their landing point and then be transported by special plane to the top of the canyon to land as they wish.
The canyon is very vast, and not only are the environments different in different sections, but the environments on the north and south walls and the bottom of the same section of the canyon are also different.
Generally speaking, the south wall, which has sparse but still exists vegetation, is more suitable for landing, while the north wall is covered with vegetation, which may not only hide poisonous insects and snakes, but also small star beasts.
Nguyen Minh Thuc requested that the aircraft stop near a lake. Standing on the aircraft and looking down at the canyon below, he could not see the bottom of the canyon at all.
The aircraft only provides one landing tool: the flying skateboard. Each person can only use it for one minute. After one minute, they must immediately return to the aircraft and then it will be the next person's turn to use it.
In other words, everyone can only go down one by one because the distance is too far. If the team members were allowed to fly freely, they would definitely land everywhere.
The terminal communication function has been disabled again. If they really get scattered, it will be hard to find them. Just getting everyone together will probably take a long time.
This is where the warriors specializing in control skills shine. Their skill, "Network Across the World," creates a mental network, bringing others into it for communication.
After hearing the landing rules, Gong Zhushen's first reaction was to divide them into groups for the landing. There were a total of ninety-nine people, with eleven in control and each person responsible for eight teammates.
But it's estimated that none of the eleven of them had ever tried to stretch a mental net this long.
Before he could even voice his thoughts, he felt a chill run through his head, and then he heard Ruan Mingchu's voice: "I'll go down first, and everyone else will follow my instructions, with Mu Yu coming last."
Gong Zhushen looked at Ruan Mingchu and found that his lips hadn't moved; the voice had indeed appeared directly in his mind.
Good heavens! He really forgot that Ruan Mingchu is a control-oriented Omega.