Chapter 253
Chapter 253
KID's scam in the third mine was still going on. The audience in the live broadcast room watched KID scam two more teams after the Triceratops team. The commentator in the official live broadcast room didn't believe it at first, and didn't believe that such a clumsy tactic could deceive other teams one after another. But the key point was that they really fooled them. This tactic was tried and tested, and the speed of scoring was smoother than other teams' calculated plans to block people.
More and more viewers gathered at the C area perspective and were amazed at KID's tactics.
During this time, the mecha divisions of two teams also tried to rescue people. One of the mecha divisions was lucky enough to escape from KID's control chain using an immune control weapon. As a result, when he rushed into an unfamiliar mining factory, he was mistakenly controlled by the trap left here by You Medical and was immediately exposed.
The people in the live broadcast room were still wondering how KID discovered it, until the weapons expert in the commentary room analyzed it and they knew that KID's team did not dismantle the traps left by the You team in the third mine, but through close observation and recording of the energy reactions when the energy-absorbing traps exploded, they used these traps as alarms. Once an armor stepped on and triggered the You trap, KID could capture the approximate location of other armors through energy detection.
[Is this thing really possible?] ! This energy reaction thing is ridiculous! 】
"Other weapons cannot be detected so meticulously. The key is that the You Medical trap is an energy trap. KID records its own unique energy reaction. It would be difficult to analyze other trap weapons." The weapon expert explained: "I heard that there is a maintenance technician in their team? It's not surprising to have a maintenance technician. Energy reaction is the basis for maintenance technicians. However, to be able to record the energy reaction of weapons in such a short time... KID, this maintenance technician, has a deep understanding of weapons. You know, weapon data is very complicated."
The audience in the live broadcast room then realized that KID's tactics were not as simple as just sweeping people into the mine with a broom. They had already prepared for a head-on battle with other teams... It was just that their strength was relatively high and their tactics were well prepared, so the other remaining teams simply did not have the ability to resist him head-on.
What can’t sink do? 】
[He is only 20 this year, right? Are there really geniuses who are proficient in everything at the age of 20? 】
[…He got the single-soldier grand slam before he even reached adulthood. To be honest, there are many geniuses among mecha divisions, but it is really rare to find a genius like him who is almost omnipotent. 】
This deception lasted until the seventh day. After two rounds of coordinates were exposed, KID's coordinates continued to stay near the third mine.
The specific elimination information between teams in the competition will not be disclosed to other teams. Only the eliminated parties and the audience in the live broadcast room can see it. However, the record table cannot be faked. During the period when other teams meet with other teams, the information exposed by the record table and public coordinates can already clearly show which teams and mechas have been eliminated.
Following the melee, You's disastrous defeat... and now the third mine's best actor scam, the other teams were not stupid, and no matter how curious they were, they would go around the third mine, so that KID cheated for a whole day and only got three mecha points in the end.
But with this series of deceptive tactical arrangements, the three mecha points were enough for KID, who was originally in second place, to once again top the C area list with a high score of 10 points.
The first half of the Star Domain Tournament has lasted until the eighth day. The competition pace in each area has become increasingly tense, but this tension does not include Area C. The top two places in Area C were taken by KID and Zuoy. Both teams were fully staffed, and the score gap with the third place You was quite large.
The coordinates of specific mechas will be announced in each round of information release. Other incomplete teams are unable to reveal their coordinates due to the lack of specific mechas, but the coordinates of the only two full teams, KID and Zuoy, are always available, so that other teams basically avoid these two teams.
"The other lagging mecha teams in Region C are in a difficult situation now. Most of their scores are taken by the top two teams. The bigger the gap between the top two, the harder it will be for other mecha teams to get high scores." The commentator in the live broadcast room analyzed: "Based on the current situation, KID and zuoy will most likely qualify, but it's hard to say whether other teams can grab a spot in the Star Alliance Tournament."
In addition to the top two teams in each region, there are two spots to participate in the Star Alliance Tournament, which will be up to these remaining teams to compete for.
In addition, the performance information between other areas was not shared, and they did not know the scores of other areas. Before the end of the first half, they could only try their best to accumulate more points.
[This competition system feels a bit cruel.] 】
[How is it cruel? Didn’t those teams that chose the advantageous areas have an easy time? 】
[There is no difference between success and failure. If your weak team goes to an advantageous area, you will just become the kills of other strong teams in the end. 】
[It's no use trying to squeeze into the Star Alliance Tournament by luck. You'll just be cannon fodder if you go there. 】
The competition in Zone C continued until the ninth day.
KID finally gave up the third mine where he had stayed for nine days, and the six mechas began to roam around the entire C area. When the fans in KID's live broadcast room saw this, they thought they were going to play some fake vision trick again, but KID really left without looking back.
[They actually decided to move!] ? 】
[…The most important thing is that they could actually stay in one place for nine days and still rank first, which is outrageous. 】
[They are first now, why are they trying to catch other teams to get points? 】
KID started to move, and the other teams all avoided them.
After flying for nearly 5 hours, they finally saw other mechas. Before Ji Qingfeng could even say hello, those mechas turned around and left, showing no intention of starting a war with KID.
"Are we a monster?" Lu Xi asked in a low voice.
Ji Qingfeng: "There's no need to fight. We're meeting for the first time, why don't they even say hello?"
Lin Yao put the broom back and said, "That's right, we are easy to talk to."
Huo Yan was looking at the battle record while analyzing the situation. However, the battle record from the past few days was easier to analyze. Now the public coordinates only revealed the coordinates of a few teams, making it more difficult to catch those remaining teams. "It seems that it is not easy to find opponents now."
You Su listened to the chattering in the team, and caught a glimpse of Ying Chenlin who was silent. He asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Ying Chenlin was suddenly called out, "Looking at the pollutant map."
"Ah? Haven't we already looked around?" Ji Qingfeng got excited when he heard about the pollutants, "There are other pollutants."
The Asta pollution zone is very considerate. In addition to sorting the pollutants according to their preciousness, it also marks special areas of pollutants in different areas, and specifically indicates the degree of danger in the database, suggesting that mechas avoid the area during combat. Ying Chenlin looked at these areas and found a lot of pollutants that they had not encountered in the mines. "Do you want to go and take a look?"
KID and several mecha masters' eyes lit up.
The audience in the live broadcast room saw other teams avoiding KID and thought that KID was going to adopt other tactics to intercept these roaming teams.
Then we saw these mecha warriors flying towards some areas in the Asta pollution zone where high-level pollutants were found... You should know that other mecha warriors avoided these areas, which are considered some rare angle areas in area C.
The most important thing is that in these areas, there are some mecha teams hiding and fighting.
There are strong teams patrolling most of the C area, and some teams spontaneously think of going to areas with special terrain, which is when battles break out.
The audience in the live broadcast room saw KID walking towards the special area as if he had opened his eyes, and the commentator's eyes changed: "KID is heading to the chaotic desert area in area C. There are two teams fighting there now!"
The audience's interest was instantly piqued. You know, there are two remnant teams over there. With KID's insidiousness, wouldn't he be able to directly harvest all the mechas of those two teams if he went over there?
[Damn, if KID harvests them all, their score will be the highest in the entire star field. 】
[This route, they are heading for the chaotic desert area, my god, the other teams are going to be in trouble. 】
"KID's commander may have figured something out." The commentator carefully watched the movements of KID's team. "Since no mechas were found in most areas, KID may indeed go to some special areas to search. Their commander must have conducted some analysis."
Just as the audience in the live broadcast room were looking forward to their arrival at the chaotic desert battle zone, the fast-flying KID team suddenly braked, quickly changed direction, and rushed in the opposite direction of the chaotic desert battle zone.
Audience: “???”
The commentator made a rational analysis: "This may also be part of their tactics. They may take a roundabout approach——"
Before he could finish his words, in the live broadcast room, the guard mecha of the KID team suddenly rushed forward, swept a broom towards an area in the desert, and picked up a pollutant hidden in the sand pit by a mimic. While he was picking it up, the other mechas attacked one after another.
Narration: "..."
[…I just went to check and found that there are a lot of pollutants in this place. 】
[Damn, can’t they just move forward? There are two teams in front of them! 】
KID and his team were unaware of the discussion among the outside audience and netizens. After they flew to the chaotic desert area, they found a small amount of Class A special sand group pollutants. They did not store these sand group pollutants in their storage warehouse.
However, now that I have seen it, there is no way I can let it go. I can only put it in the storage warehouse.
Ying Chenlin originally wanted to join in the handling of the matter, but was stopped by Huo Yan.
Huo Yan: "We can handle these pollutants, you can take a rest."
Ying Chenlin had been resting for several days. Seeing that others did not give him a chance to take action, he could only find a sandstone high point with a slightly better position to help his teammates find pollutants. Sand group pollutants have a strong hiding ability, and if you want to catch them, you can only lift up the sand to catch them, and you need to lock the position in advance.
He didn't even have to do the locking work. Often, before he told his teammates the location of the pollutant, You Su's guns were already one step faster and blasted out the pollutant hiding in the sand.
You Su's mecha turned towards him, as if looking at him.
Ying Chenlin wanted to say that the other party had taken his job, but it seemed that this was not the first time You Su had done this.
"Brother You, can you slow down your blasting speed?" Ji Qingfeng was too busy. "I didn't bring a knife today, so I can't handle it quickly enough."
You Su frowned: "Is this fast?"
Huo Yan was the only one in the team who had the air shock knife: "It's really a bit fast. I can't dig it out here."
Ji Qingfeng: "...Why don't you take a break first? Go stay with Shen Lin?"
You Su: “.”
Ying Chenlin: “?”
There was an additional mecha on the sandstone, and Ying Chenlin made a little room for You Su.
The two mechas squatted side by side, watching their teammates below continue working.
The space on the sandstone was not spacious, just right for two mechas to squat on, but it was a bit crowded.
Ying Chenlin looked at You Su and said, "Do you want to report something?"
“Forget it.” You Su really didn’t want to do it, so he put away his guns and said, “I’m going to take a rest.”
After You Suyi was kicked out of the pollutant treatment work, Ying Chenlin had other things to do and picked up the job of reporting to his teammates again.
"There are two on the left, at the eight o'clock position." You Su, who was hanging up nearby, said casually.
When Ying Chenlin heard the voice, he habitually looked towards the location he mentioned. When he saw the two pollutants there, he told Ji Qingfeng about it.
You Su then reported one.
Ying Chenlin paused, "Didn't you ask me to report it?"
You Su chuckled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Ying Chenlin then realized that You Su was teasing him, "I can let you report it."
"Lazy." You Su adjusted his position, "Stand a little further forward and squeeze in from the back."
Ying Chenlin took two steps forward, and as he took a step back, the wind and sand on the sandstone were all blocked by the mecha behind him.
You Su said: "I won't tease you this time, just report it, I will block the wind for you."
Ying Chenlin glanced at You Su briefly and continued with his work.
After a while, he lowered the temperature in the cockpit by two degrees.
It seems that without the wind on the sandstone, the temperature in the cockpit is a bit high.
The official live broadcast room’s perspective was cut away, and audience comments popped up one after another.
Other strong teams were looking for the remnant teams. Seeing two remnant teams fighting not far away from KID, KID seemed to have noticed nothing. He was immersed in the work of dealing with pollutants and had no intention of moving forward another step.
[I wish I could go into Astari right now and show them the way. 】
[They did it on purpose or they didn’t know! ? 】
[Can you fly another four kilometers to the right? ? Fly over and you’ll see it! 】
[KID, you are only 4 kilometers away from first place in the entire area! 】
[Not only are they dealing with pollutants, but there are also two mechas that are openly AFK. 】
[Won’t the monitoring team give us a reminder?] 】
The monitoring team stationed at KID’s perspective: “…”
If the reminder is useful, why are they still squatting here?
As the game progresses, time becomes increasingly tight.
Some teams have basically secured their places in the next round, while others still have to fight for points.
KID wandered around for the remaining few days, and he encountered some mecha teams, but each team ran very fast, and they had no weapons to chase people, so they could not catch up and could only watch other mechas run away. In four days, they only caught a remnant team and got one mecha point.
Zuoy, who was in second place, took advantage of these four days to gain another mecha point, and finally fell behind KID by two points to become the second place in Region C. You, who had lost two mechas, did not fall into despair after losing the medical mecha. Instead, he used guerrilla control methods to quickly get the third place ranking.
The initial match of the Asta Polluted Zone Star Field Tournament was announced to be suspended on the twelfth day. All mecha teams on the field stopped fighting, and the entire data board was dividing the mechas. After the statistics of the four areas were completed, a huge floating record board appeared in front of all teams.
The Aries Galaxy SHIELD team ranked first in the entire region with 13 mecha points, and the Jiazi team ranked second with 12 points... What was surprising was that starting from third place, it was not You who was familiar to the star field audience, but KID from the Dawn Galaxy, and the fourth place was Zuoy.
You, who ranked third in the star field, was squeezed to tenth place.
[Fuck, is area C so exciting? Being squeezed out again? 】
[It's not just You. Haven't you seen the situation of other teams? None of the top eight from the last Star Domain Tournament made it into the top eight this time! 】
When the overall ranking of the first half came out, the audience was shocked by the new ranking of the top eight. Some of the old top eight didn't even make it into the top ten. Even though this competition was a new competition system that added medical mechas in the later stages, the new rankings, which were almost a complete reshuffle, really caught many people by surprise.
The top eight are based on the rankings of the top eight mechas in the region, and the ninth and tenth places are ranked based on the comprehensive scores of the remaining four regions.
【ah? Do you only look at the rankings? 】
[You wouldn’t know until you see it... Three teams from the Dawn team made it into the top ten this time? ? 】
[Is it the dawn that I know?] Three teams! ? 】
In the top ten rankings, in addition to KID ranked third, there is also a Gale ranked fifth, and the rest is Black Crow ranked ninth.
There are a total of 15 galaxies in the entire star field competition, and Dawn occupies three of the top ten seats, and this is the Dawn galaxy with poor strength.
As all the top 8 teams participated in the Dawn Galaxy, the leaders and audiences of the Dawn Galaxy were also paying attention to the competitions in multiple regions. Several teams in the top 8 were beaten badly by strong teams, and one team was wiped out, but the overall performance of these teams was not bad, which exceeded the expectations of the Dawn audience.
[I originally thought that we would be eliminated very early in the quarterfinals. 】
[Kuchan and the others are not that bad, okay! Even though they were incomplete, they still insisted on using tactics to save lives. 】
[The opportunity to compete in the Star Domain Tournament is rare. Every extra minute of play is experience. 】
The conditions in each area naturally fell into the eyes of the leaders on the rostrum. The current results of the Dawn Galaxy were already the best gain for Li Jingyan. He did not force all mecha divisions to make rapid progress in two years and perform brilliantly in the Star Domain Tournament, but as long as they did not waste the opportunities won by KID and others in the Star Alliance mission and accumulated combat experience with strong teams in the Star Domain Tournament... when they come back again next year, their Dawn team will be able to perform better.
The wider the gap in the score at the beginning, the tighter the score will be later, as the total value of the mecha points is fixed.
It’s a pity for Black Crow and YDS.
Li Jingyan's eyes fell on the score at the back. There was no strong team in Group D where Black Crow was located. Without a strong team, there was no mecha team that dominated the field. This resulted in very even consumption among each team, and the mecha points obtained were also even. Black Crow ranked third in Group D, only one point behind the second place. It failed to squeeze into the top two in the region and had to rank ninth, unable to enter the second half. ①
The two-tier differentiation in Group B where YDS is located is more obvious. They are the top two teams and have plundered a lot of mecha points, resulting in the top two teams having higher mecha scores...YDS also ranked third. In the overall ranking, the mecha score of YDS in Region B is on par with that of You in Region C.
Both teams played the control system. After losing two mechas in the later period, You fought very hard and had been fighting with the remnant team. In the end, it defeated Dawn YDS with a slight difference in energy output and became the tenth place. Unfortunately, YDS got the eleventh place and almost got a place in the Star Alliance Tournament.
"What a pity, YDS was just about to go to the Star Alliance Tournament." The Shuguang leader said with some regret: "It would be better if the Star Alliance Tournament quota selection mode remained the same as before."
The rule that only the top ten can go to the Star Alliance Tournament came out with the constantly changing new documents. A few years ago, the number of places allowed for the Star Alliance Tournament could reach 15, that is, the top 15 ranked players had the opportunity to go to the Star Alliance Tournament. After the reform, there can only be 10 places.
Li Jingyan looked at the mecha masters on the screen and said, "Their strength is not bad, but the competition for the top ten this year is too fierce."
Even You, who used to be ranked third in the star field, was squeezed down to tenth place. This showed that the teams in each region were very strong. Luck played a role, but the main reason was the gap in strength. Black Crow and Swift Wind had played in the Star Domain Tournament before and were able to adjust quickly. Their YDS tournament experience was a little behind the other two teams, but they were able to only barely catch up with the third place in the Star Domain last season, which was already a very scary improvement.
In the rest area of the stadium, the YDS team had some regrets but they were not discouraged.
The head of YDS comforted the staff next to him, "Don't think too much. We didn't even have the opportunity to participate in the Star Region Competition before. Now at least we know our ranking in the Dawn Star Region."
"Others, please get ready. They should be able to warp out after they arrive at the base station."
Outside the stadium, there was a lot of discussion about the new ranking. Inside the stadium, all the mecha teams were uniformly arranged in specific area base stations. There were corresponding base stations in four areas. The first half was over, and what followed was a three-day emergency maintenance area. The maintenance situation would affect the combat situation in the second half.
After KID's six mechas arrived at the base station, all the mecha masters left the cockpit. The maintenance team that had entered with KID at the beginning quickly took over the management of the mechas from the mecha masters. Shen Xingtang waited here for a long time. When he saw KID's mecha masters coming down, he said solemnly, "Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to us."
KID's maintenance team took immediate action and gave the people in charge three days of rest.
In order to prevent the exchange of intelligence, the maintenance team left here can only see the perspective of their own mecha combat. After KID and others arrived here, there was no new intelligence, so they could only analyze other teams based on the new record and make adequate preparations for the second half.
Ying Chenlin's gaze stopped at the tenth place.
"If we had known, we would have caught another one."
Ji Qingfeng knew that YDS was only a little behind You: "It's just a few points of output difference. There's no way I can go to the Star Alliance Tournament with Luobo."
Huo Yan: "It's a pity for YDS, Team Ke's tactics are not bad."
KID and his friends stayed in front of the floating performance board for a long time, discussing continuously.
You Su looked at the battle records and was about to leave when he saw Ying Chenlin still standing in front of the record board. "Are you still thinking about YDS?"
"Team battles have many more uncertainties than individual battles." Ying Chenlin had never seen competitions in other regions, so he could only make an analysis based on the results. "Control tactics don't have an advantage in this type of combined score settlement."
When You Su heard Ying Chenlin say this, he laughed: "That factor is only part of it."
He said nonchalantly: "As long as it's a competition, strength can change the result. A point short of one point is due to lack of strength."
Ying Chenlin glanced at him sideways.
"What are you two doing?" Huo Yan walked to the stairs and saw Ying Chenlin and You Su still standing there. "Let's go, take a break and discuss tactics."
Ji Qingfeng turned his head and said, "What are you two whispering about? Hurry up, there are rooms here where you can sleep."
Lin Yao stretched his muscles and said, "Ah? Are we going to sleep? Didn't we say we were going to discuss tactics?"
Luxi looked around and saw KID
The sign reads: "Our rest area is next door."
The eight opponents in the second half have basically been determined. They have three days to discuss the appropriate way to deal with these teams. It will not be so easy to fish in troubled waters in the quarterfinals. Except for Jifeng, who is an old opponent, they don’t know the other teams.
Several people returned to the room prepared by the competition committee and briefly discussed tactics against the new opponents.
As they are unsure of the competition system for the second half of the points race, they need to discuss a suitable plan for the use of weapons, reduce some tactical weapons, and increase multifunctional and comprehensive weapons in order to deal with complex opponents.
After briefly discussing tactics with his teammates, Ying Chenlin initially decided on a weapons plan and planned to go to the base station maintenance area tomorrow to discuss it with Shen Xingtang.
He had enough rest time during the competition these days. He always went to bed earlier than others. When he woke up, other teammates in the room were still resting. He was about to look for Shen Xingtang, but he saw that the meeting room area prepared for them by the competition committee was lit not far away.
Ying Chenlin walked over puzzledly and saw Huo Yan sitting in the brightly lit conference room with a serious expression. Next to him was a data tablet with a large amount of weapons data.
Seeing Ying Chenlin, Huo Yan asked in a low voice: "Are you awake? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I've slept enough." Ying Chenlin saw some maintenance data, probably sent from the maintenance area. He lowered his voice to avoid waking up others: "Is there a problem with the mecha maintenance? Can't the wear and tear be repaired within three days?"
"The mecha wear and tear is not a problem. It can be repaired within three days." Huo Yan flipped through the information and finally had no choice but to hand it to Ying Chenlin. "The problem is the weapon. The basic wear and tear can be repaired, but the weapons have been checked for cumulative wear and tear. There are two weapons that we can't carry into the second half. Sister Tang suggested that we tactically replace the two weapons."
Ying Chenlin took over Huo Yan's data tablet and saw the two weapons inside. They were the two he was most worried about.
One is Ji Qingfeng's illusion chain ball, and the other is Huo Yan's anti-injury shield.
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