Chapter 144 The Match
Ao Cang didn't know either, but after hearing Xu Heyu say that, he suddenly felt a sense of panic that Xu Heyu and Zuo Chenxing would steal more of Qiao Mei's attention.
He wanted to alleviate the panic, but didn't know how, so he could only awkwardly try to find out from this little believer in this way.
After a long silence, he shook his dragon head: "No, I just suddenly remembered that you two seem to have a pretty good relationship."
Qiao Mei was unaware that he had overheard Xu Heyu and Zhuifeng's conversation. She thought he was afraid that she would have a better relationship with someone else than with her, so she reassured him by pinching his chubby face: "Okay, I know. Don't worry. Haven't I told you many times that the person I'm closest to will always be you? Don't overthink it."
Ao Cang didn't seem to hear him; his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he remained silent.
Qiao Mei had been fighting the star monsters all morning, and her mental energy was greatly depleted. She was very tired now. Seeing Ao Cang's reaction, she thought he had stopped thinking nonsense, so she carried him to bed for a nap.
......
It was exactly 7 p.m.
After Qiao Mei boarded the Star Monster as promised, she received the invitation to make a bet right on time.
The teammates he brought this time, Qiao Mei, were all unfamiliar faces; they weren't the same ones he had encountered the first time he played ranked matches. He probably found new people.
Because it's a PK-style battle, the room is custom-made, so everyone's microphone can be heard.
I bet it was a man; his voice had a slightly roguish quality. When Qiao Mei brought Shu Qingqing and the others in, he was muttering some profanities.
They only calmed down a bit after they realized they were coming.
A bet: "Hey, you're pretty punctual. These are the teammates you brought?"
As the bet on the other end of the screen went on, he checked the information of Shu Qingqing and the others and found that, like Qiao Mei, they didn't have many matches and their ranks were only in the Bronze to Gold stage. He almost burst out laughing.
This time he went all out, not only with a more complete set of mechs, but also revealing his true skill level.
Qiao Mei stared blankly at the ID of the person who made the bet—"Sniper God's Fanboy."
She thought to herself that the world was quite small, and that she had actually met this sniper god before.
However... she looked at the rank of the bet, which was actually Diamond II, and her expression became somewhat serious.
The Star Monsters have many ranks, and the higher you go, the more prestigious they are. I heard that there are no more than a thousand people in the entire interstellar space who have reached the Master rank. In the entire interstellar space, not including those who were sent to garbage planets, the number of citizens is more than 200,000.
This clearly demonstrates just how difficult it is to advance to this rank.
The Diamond rank, which is below Master, is also not easy to reach; it's usually a rank that streamers or professional esports players can achieve.
She then checked the information of the three teammates she had brought with her in the bet and found that their skill levels were all between Platinum and Diamond, one or two levels higher than theirs.
The teammates who came with the bet were somewhat shocked to see how low Qiao Mei's rank was.
"Aya, are you serious? Who defeated you here? The strongest one here is only a Gold III, it couldn't be this one, could it?"
The player ranked Gold III is not Qiao Mei, but Xu Heyu with the ID "Chasing the Wind's Master".
When Qiao Mei heard that the person making the bet was called "Aye," she immediately changed his nickname in her contacts to that.
After making the changes, she was a little confused when she saw Xu Heyu's account, which was ranked one level higher than hers.
After all, she had played Star Monster for a considerable amount of time before Xu Heyu. She was only at Gold II, while he, who started playing later, had leveled up much faster than her.
But considering he's the male protagonist in the book, it's normal for him to be so talented with the protagonist's halo, so I didn't think much of it.
He spoke up and interrupted Aya and his teammates' conversation: "He was defeated by me."
【AK】"You? Are you kidding me? You're a woman, how could you beat someone as fierce as Ah Ye?"
When Shu Qingqing heard AK spouting sexist nonsense, her temper flared up immediately.
[Qingqing Doesn't Curse]: "So what if she's a woman? She still beat your friend, what are you implying?!"
Although Shang Duojin is a man himself, he couldn't stand hearing his friend Qiao Mei being talked about, so he joined in the argument. However, he wasn't good at swearing, so he could only agree with Shu Qingqing.
【You Saviors】: "Exactly!!"
【AK】: "? Who's implying anything? I'm just a little surprised. Why are you in such a hurry?"
[Qingqing Doesn't Curse]: "? I was just a little surprised, why are you jumping up and down like this?"
Qiao Mei: "........."
She hadn't expected that an argument would suddenly break out.
Seeing that all she could hear in her earpiece was Shu Qingqing and the others arguing, she rubbed her temples and spoke up to interrupt the argument.
[I'm just a passerby]: "Well, let's start fighting quickly. We can talk about anything else after we're done."
Although she was speechless at how tactless the person A-Ye brought was, the most important thing today wasn't arguing, but making money.
If she can make money, great; if not, she'll just consider it a learning experience—it's not a loss anyway.
Aye had long wanted to get revenge on Qiao Mei, and he was completely bewildered by this sudden verbal battle. Hearing this, he chimed in, "Right, let's get ready and start fighting. If you have any complaints, we'll settle things in the game."
The verbal battle finally stopped after representatives from both sides spoke up, and the rules were set before the competition officially began.
[Sniper God's Fanboy]: "To prevent you from thinking we're crushing you with our equipment and mechs, we'll use C-level mechs of the same caliber as yours, and we'll give you a ten-minute head start, since your rank is much higher than ours. If you still can't win by then, you'll have to accept the loss willingly!"
Aye's rules were reasonable, and Qiao Mei's side had nothing to say, so the map drawing process officially began.
To accommodate the fact that Qiao Mei and her team had relatively low overall skill levels, A Ye specifically set the map difficulty to one to three stars.
Qiao Mei was slightly surprised when she saw this.
After all, Aya's previous impression of her was that he was extremely self-important and loved to compete.
Seeing his thoughtful side has slightly changed my impression of him.
"Ding ding ding........ding....The Sky Mirror map is loading, please wait a moment......."
After a series of system-selected jumps, the Sky Mirror map, with a difficulty level of three stars, was locked.
Upon seeing this map, not only Ayefang but also Qiao Meifang were stunned.
Both sides had been playing Star Monster for a while and naturally had a good understanding of maps of various levels.
The Sky Mirror map, although classified as a three-star map, is actually quite similar in difficulty to a five-star map in some aspects.
Shu Qingqing: My temper flared up immediately!!
Qiao Mei/Shang Duojin: Sister Qing, please calm down!
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