"Position Flow"
Chapter 79
Sister Lu is gone.
On the other side, Wei Huan was in charge of the second half of the area.
The area between 750 and 1500 is very chaotic.
Wei Huan's car did not have any upgraded skin. It was just a basic white minivan, and it was inconspicuous among the crowd of assessment vehicles.
The state of being leaderless lasted for a long time, and the chat room was filled with curses.
Even though several official leader cars called for a gathering, there was still no effect.
In the end, the scene where order collapsed finally appeared.
[One of the leading cars has already left! It's true. A bunch of junky cars were going over 1,000 miles per hour and were carried away.]
[Hahaha! I only have a level 2 car! And it can actually fly! Who is so awesome?]
I'm grateful to the country and the leaders for guiding me. Surrounded by passionate companions, it feels so safe, doesn't it?
[Why are all the people leaving? Why is there no movement from our side?]
[Is this true? What kind of boss can lead a group of people?]
[I don't believe it. Don't lie to me. I don't even have a leader car here.]
[Qi Jialu, everyone knows Sister Lu, right? The Time Wizard is the leader of the car, so awesome!]
[Sister Lu is awesome! Sister Lu, you are my idol! Sister Lu, I love you!]
[Oh my god!? This is the power of the Time Mage? Driving thousands of cars at full speed? Is this the Forbidden Spell Mage?]
[Sister Lu, I'm in District 888? Can you give us a ride? We don't have any Leader vehicles here.]
[There is no leader car in the 1300 area.]
[There is no leader car in Area 752.]
"Is this saying the zone has been split in half, and Sister Lu is leaving with the people in Zone 750? What about those of us left behind? Aren't the officials taking care of us? Did they trick us into coming here to kill us? We haven't broken any laws, we're just not good at fighting. They can't just treat us like trash, right?"
As expected, negative and hopeless remarks emerged.
Many people have a devilish talent for spreading negative energy.
However, this time the several leader vehicles dispatched by the authorities finally managed to establish contact, and united together to issue a screen-filling notification.
[Attention! We are the official leader vehicle. Upon seeing this notification, please immediately gather at the nearest portal in zones 800, 900, 1000, ... 1500. Look for the Level 3 vehicle with the red flag pattern. We will depart promptly in one hour!]
【Attention! ……】
No matter how many people are in the chat room, if more than ten identical messages are posted at once, they can still be seen.
Many people immediately took action.
The news keeps refreshing, and the more people see it, the more cars move.
One after another, some instructors or enthusiastic people popped up in the chat room to give reminders.
[Challengers please do not speak yet, wait patiently for official notification, go to the gathering point to register, and do not act on your own] and so on.
That's the order.
If someone destroys it, someone else will repair it.
Although there are troublemakers, once the official people stand up, the trust of the people of Daxia in the country will make them calm down immediately, or at least wait until the organization is found before considering the next step.
The number of cars surrounding Wei Huan gradually decreased.
It was only then that someone noticed the difference in Wei Huan and his car.
Although the appearance is the same, the differences in details, including the serrations on the outside, laser light strips, and aerodynamic tires, make this car look a bit cooler than the other cars.
If you don't look closely, you can't tell, but the more you stare at it, the more shocked you are.
"Is this a level 4 vehicle?"
Right next to Wei Huan's car was a second-level car driven by two girls.
They are all outstanding students graduating from Challenger University.
This time, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet before finally deciding to take this adventure.
Of course, they also have their own confidence.
They are all second-generation challengers, and their parents and family members are all challengers. When they decided to continue to move forward, their families at least gave them a return talisman to save their lives.
As a last resort, there is always a way out.
The two female students were naturally capable and smart people. In the chaos, they also decided to respond to the call and go to the leader's car coordinates to gather.
But as the number of cars around them dwindled, they looked at the entry-level car diagonally in front of them and gradually noticed something was different.
"That's definitely the laser array on the roof of a Level 4 vehicle. I can confirm that."
"The aerodynamic tires have also been upgraded to level two. Although it's only one meter off the ground now, it can fly up to seven or eight meters if it wants to. It's equivalent to a low-altitude aircraft."
"The headlights and the serrations on the exterior are clearly Level 4. It looks like the entire exterior attack kit has been upgraded to Level 4. At this point, I doubt the entire vehicle is even Level 4."
"That's hard to say. The core materials for a Level 4 vehicle are incredibly expensive. Maybe the entire vehicle is missing."
"He's also a big shot, okay? He can crush a second-tier car like us in a matter of minutes."
The two girls were a little excited, but they analyzed it very carefully.
"I think I can follow him."
"That's not good. Seeing how low-key he is, could he be a lone wolf type of boss? It's not safe to follow someone whose background you don't know."
"Then let's go to the leader's car?"
"Wait..." The girl with longer hair hesitated, "Let me think about it."
"What are you thinking about?"
"I was just wondering, if Sister Lu is the leader of the front half, then who is the leader of the back half? Sister Lu only took away half of the people. Could it be that the authorities really want to leave us in the back half here and let us fend for ourselves?"
"That's not..."
Just as the two girls were arguing, suddenly, a door opened on each side of the white van in their sight.
Immediately afterwards, two cars drove out from the two doors.
When the cars first appeared, they looked like two toy cars, but the size of a palm.
But as they drove further out, they grew faster and faster, until after they were three or five meters away, they were the size of a complete car.
The car on the left looks very ordinary, just the most basic white van. Even if you observe its appearance more carefully, you can only confirm that its sentry tower is level three.
If this is a second-level high-configuration car, or a third-level low-configuration car, there is actually not much difference on the third-level highway.
At most, it is the difference between "ordinary excellence" and "very excellence", which is not enough to become an "elite leader car".
However, compared to this seemingly ordinary car, the other car looks much cooler and more eye-catching.
At least this car changed the base color to black, and then graffitied red, yellow, blue and other colored lines on the black paint.
Especially on the rear of the car, there is a skull-shaped pattern painted.
This style is mostly used by "bounty hunters".
"Bounty Hunter" is not a good profession in Challenge World. Those who follow the rules can open treasure chests and explore ruins. Those who don't follow the rules can cover their faces and kill people for treasures.
Those who challenge the rules usually stay away from "bounty hunters".
At least these two girls were hesitant when they saw the bounty hunter-style car among the cars that came out.
"How about we go find the official leader car?"
"I think so too."
The girl in the driver's seat had her hair tied into a bun and was wearing a pair of sunglasses. She had pursed her lips tightly from the beginning, and started the engine at the same time.
A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. In such a world, girls need to be more sensitive.
Prepare to leave immediately.
But her hand on the steering wheel was once again pressed down by her companion.
This time, the companion's voice could not be suppressed: "That! That! Look at that!! That! Look!!"
"What?"
The companion pointed at a place outside the car and screamed incoherently, and the girl with the bun hair also tilted her head to look over there.
"ah!?"
Just one look and all her movements froze.
Four portals appeared on both sides of the car, which was initially suspected to be a level 4 car.
The portal looks a little small, standing in the gap between the three cars, as if it doesn't want to attract too much attention.
However, the portal is not an ordinary thing in the challenge world. Ordinary people can only see the portal when entering and exiting roads of different levels.
Not to mention, the portal is now spewing out billowing black smoke, like four huge chimneys madly releasing poisonous gas.
The black fog spread to the horizon and formed a dark cloud.
The dark clouds were so big that they even blocked out the scorching sun above, leaving a vast expanse of darkness before our eyes.
“This…this…”
The girl with the chubby hair had the name on the tip of her tongue, but because she was too excited, she couldn't say it out loud.
Finally, it was his companion's tongue that uttered the two words: "Undead!"
“Undead!!”
"Yes! Undead!!!"
"Yes! This is the undead, the Ghost Crow Undead!!"
"so……"
The two girls' eyes met and their faces flushed with excitement.
In unison: "Wei Huan!!!"
Necromancer.
Wei Huan.
The last of the three dark professions that has yet to awaken: Grave Sweeper
This year he finally showed up in Daxia and made a big splash, not only easily winning the world's first place in the current challenger assessment, but also maintaining his impressive results until today, and challenging the world record.
The old challenger, of course, also knew Wei Huan.
But absolutely not, the young man knew more about Wei Huan.
To put it bluntly, Wei Huan is the "era" of this generation of young people.
During this month, every newcomer who participated in the challenge was madly learning about Wei Huan's career and abilities. They were jealous of him! They also envied him! More importantly, they truly admired him!
In this era of displacement and uncertainty about life and death, what we need most are strong people who can hold up the sky!
Wei Huan.
Wei Huan.
"Wei Huan's car is right next to me? Ahh ...
The girls screamed with happiness, and their sense of security was instantly boosted! !
"I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay here!" said the girl with the chubby hair.
"Of course. And if it's Wei Huan, he's a good guy. He can even hand over the level 5 materials directly. I believe his character is absolutely first-class!"
"Hehehe, what good luck! Oh my god, I almost got away. It's all because of this bounty hunter car... But if it was driven by Boss Wei Huan's little brother, well, well, now I think it's also handsome!"
"Uh, um, do you want to say hello to Boss Wei?"
"May I?"
"Let's try it."
The two girls happily discussed it and gently used the horn to call twice.
There was no movement in Wei Huan's car window, but the windows of the two escort cars on the left and right were open.
Ding Qi and Gu Jiayang were in a car. He opened the driver's and back seat windows respectively and gave the two girls a reassuring smile.
The big smile calmed the two girls' nervousness, and he asked in a low voice, "Yes, is it Boss Wei?"
Ding Qi nodded and said, "The boss has a plan, just follow it."
"Yeah, yeah." The two girls nodded rapidly.
On the other side, Xu Qingqiang also rolled down the driver's window.
He was wearing a pair of large sunglasses that covered most of his face. He had one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand holding a skewer of barbecue. He tore off a piece of meat with his mouth tilted, chewed it, and glanced over.
I couldn't see what he was observing behind his sunglasses.
But after a few seconds, he looked up at the ghost crows that were gradually getting farther away in the sky. Finally, he threw the remaining bamboo sticks out of the car, stepped on the accelerator, and drove out quickly to the right.
Xu Qingqiang's car does not have aerodynamic wheels and is a level three basic car, but it can reach a speed of over 700 miles per hour.
The engine vibrated, and then disappeared like a catapult.
On the other side, Jiayang had obviously also received the order.
Ding Qi in the back seat smiled at the two girls and closed the car window.
Then, this ordinary-looking van drove to the left and quickly disappeared.
At this time, the portal had disappeared.
The dark clouds transformed by the ghost crows quickly spread to the distance and turned into thinner clouds in the blink of an eye, like a faint mist under the morning sun.
Before the two girls could calm down from their excitement, they found that many cars that had just left were gathering together.
Everyone obviously deduced the identity of the owner of this suspected Level 4 car from this scene.
Some people ran back with unwavering determination, and stuck close to Wei Huan's car as soon as they arrived.
Some people seemed a little hesitant. After all, Wei Huan's abilities had only been known through the rankings.
How strong is his fighting ability? Can he protect others?
No one can guarantee it until they see it with their own eyes.
And what’s interesting is that as the vehicles returned, more than a hundred or two cars gathered here one after another.
Even if they are all the lowest-grade second-level vehicles, there should be two hundred people here, and the identity of the leader vehicle can be confirmed.
But in the chat room, no one mentioned Wei Huan's name.
Some people were worried that if they attracted too many people, they might not be able to get the best protection, so they carefully concealed the news.
Some people also think that Wei Huan’s low-key appearance may be related to a secret mission. Since Wei Huan doesn’t say anything, it’s not easy for them to interfere.
For the remaining small part, it doesn’t matter. You can follow any leader car as long as you can pass the level.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Qi Jialu led half of the team and set off at the beginning. Now they have rushed a thousand kilometers away.
Those challenge cars that were carried away by the challenge began to show off in the chat room.
[You haven't left yet? Don't you want to fly?]
[The Grand Master of Time is so amazing! How did she do it? She's like a god.]
[Let's set off quickly. Don't let the Dark Beast find us. Every year during the assessment, there are tragic incidents of people being ambushed and slaughtered at the starting point.]
The last sentence caused a commotion, and a large number of voices urging departure appeared in the chat room.
Why do I have to wait an hour?
[Hurry up! If you're any later, the stray monsters will gather.]
[Shit, I have a bad feeling. Are we going to go for the formation style?]
[It's possible, but without a leader's car, you can only use the position flow. ]
[Why do I have such a miserable life? Good things never come to me, but if I work hard, I will get them?]
[The positional flow is fine, as long as it allows me to pass the third-level highway test.]
So, what is the position flow?
[The Positional Strategy involves concentrating all convoys, maintaining a consistent speed, and advancing in an army-like formation. If a Dark Beast attacks, the convoys can assist each other and fight together, making this a conventional, steady and reliable tactic. Furthermore, the minimum requirement for the Positional Strategy is to complete 80% of the progress by the final day of the assessment, regardless of success or failure.]
Most people understand this answer.
After all, for many "Black Iron Cars" who don't even dare to participate in the third-level assessment, what they want is to be able to upgrade with the main force.
As for what you can get on this third-level highway, there is no need to be wishful thinking.
But some people are very dissatisfied.
[The positional strategy is the most attractive for targeted attacks from Dark Beasts. If a Dark Beast squad truly appears, what good will our numbers do? Without even a leader or a vehicle, are we just going to gather together and wait for death? The past two years have proven this method ineffective. Each time, some sacrifice themselves in exchange for the advancement of others. It's none of my business whether you're willing to serve as ladders or cushions for others, but I won't participate in the positional strategy.]
What this person said makes sense.
And many people agree with it.
After all, the facts of the past two years have proved that the "positional flow" is rapidly losing its advantage, and the casualty ratio of challengers killed by dark beasts is getting higher and higher.
No one wants to be someone else's stepping stone.
When the flood is raging, everyone has to rely on their own abilities and accept their fate.
One after another, cars began to leave the formation and move forward.
If you look closely at the exterior accessories of these cars, you will find that they can basically be classified as "low-end elite cars".
Sufficient self-protection capabilities give them the confidence to act alone.
Most importantly, this group of people have noticed the loophole in this assessment, which is to stay away from the position flow and use the position flow to attract the attention of the dark beasts, so that they can take the opportunity to escape.
"Everyone has their own thoughts..." Mu Zhong looked at the vehicles around him, some of which had left early, while paying attention to the report sent by the official leader's car.
There are seven cars in total.
Plus the two cars driven out by Xu Qingqiang and Gu Jiayang.
Now the second half of the team consists of a total of ten leader vehicles.
Of course it’s not much.
In the large-scale official operations held every six months, it is quite common to see 20 or 30 leader vehicles appearing.
What was really unexpected this time was that there were so many people coming in.
There are 75,000 people. Even if half of them are led by Sister Lu, there are still more than 30,000 people left, which greatly increases the difficulty of management.
From the beginning, the leaders' cars had been constantly reporting to Wei Huan.
How many cars were gathered?
How many cars went by?
Are there any potential vehicles in the fleet? How to deploy troops, how to arrange the battle formations, etc...
This series of reports has remained stable until now, with no intention of setting off. In fact, everyone’s guess is correct.
What Wei Huan wants to do is the "position flow".
This may seem like a clumsy and slow tactic, but in his opinion, it is the most reliable way.
"Almost, we can set off." Wei Huan received the report from Mu Zhong and his cousin Mu, looked at the remaining time, and gave the order.
"Received. Notifying the leader to depart."
"Received. The communications team is releasing the latest information in the chat room."
As the command feedback came back, only one voice remained in the chat room.
[Gather and set off! Advance at 400 mph!]
[Gather, let's go! Speed 400 miles per hour...]
【Gather and set off!】
“Boom boom boom…”
The engine started and a cloud of dust rose from the ground.
All the cars received the order and started to move forward. The cars that had been upgraded to level three with serrated wheels were arranged and driven to the front of the formation.
Thirty thousand vehicles, restricted by the leader's car, drove within a ten-kilometer radius centered on Wei Huan, forming a huge convoy.
The length of the convoy was more than ten kilometers, and there was a luxury car leading the way. It looked really impressive and grand.
After driving like this for more than twenty minutes, most people gradually calmed down.
After all, in such a huge convoy, even if some people say that the position flow is not safe, the sense of security is still very high.
Besides, with so many people, how did they know that the dark beast would appear on their side?
After some people relaxed, they started communicating with their teammates.
"I heard that the third-level highway is hilly and the trees here can't be cut down. They will be leveled and repaired the next day. That's why the upgraded third-level sawtooth vehicle was arranged to go in the front."
"I saw it. Was that tree pushed down?" Someone pointed to the huge tree that was falling on the bright mountain ahead and shouted.
“Boom!”
“Crunch!”
“Wow, wow, wow!”
The car in the front row had a ferociously serrated exterior, like the teeth of a giant beast.
When it was pushed and leaned against the tree trunk, the tree it bit was as fragile as foam. With just a slight touch, it turned into wood debris scattered on the ground.
Then it was ruthlessly crushed by the wheels behind it, and a dense forest was like a giant hand holding a clipper pushing through the hair, revealing a large area of "scalp".
Bald.
Even if there were rocks blocking the way, the power of the third-level exterior kit would not be able to stop it for a moment.
Behind him was a rolling torrent of chariots, rumbling forward with the momentum to crush everything.
It is this hilly land, with its jagged rocks, that looks as if three inches of skin have been scraped off wherever you pass.
This way of advancing is the official standard tactic.
The main focus is on steady, safe and effective approach.
At least before the dark beast appears, this method is the safest, giving people in the marching team a sense of security.
But soon, as expected, the "wandering monster" appeared.
And it's a community.
More than 50 vehicles, upgraded with primary intelligent AI and capable of map scanning, were placed in the front as reconnaissance and pilot vehicles.
At this time, news had been transmitted back one after another.
[A small group of approximately 35 individuals has been spotted on the left side of 12392.9848. Report completed!]
"12392.9848?" After reporting, the smart butler pointed out the location of the coordinates on the map.
The role of intermediate intelligent AI in the challenging world is gradually becoming more important as the situation changes.
It’s no longer just about autonomous driving, it’s also about managing in-car accessory upgrades.
Especially in such military operations, it has become an important auxiliary function that cannot be replaced.
After completing the reorganization, the first thing each major legion did was to upgrade the system of the highest command vehicle to the highest level possible.
Only in this way can we extend and expand the combat network and intelligence network of the entire human race.
The gentle female voice of the smart butler seemed a bit cold and murderous at this moment.
He reported precisely, "Confirmed, 33 blood-sucking mosquito swarms at coordinates 12392.9848, 33 seconds to contact with the front troops, 32 seconds...
Route ahead, issuing a combat alert, confirming the combat alert!"
As the smart housekeeper's reminders continue, all the "leader cars", "elite cars", "excellent cars", etc. that have registered and established connections with it.
As long as they could confirm the contact, a message called [Leader Car Notification] would pop up in their private chat channel.
The first battle after the convoy set off began in full swing.
Wei Huan stood in the driver's seat, supporting the console with both hands.
Outside the car, an eyeball the size of a basketball was flying forward.
His eyes opened and closed.
The green flame deep in his left eye suddenly ignited.
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