Chapter 217 A Sudden Blow in Luck
The remaining two stages of the competition were indeed crucial, and Qiao Mei gave Xu Heyu a positive reply without hesitation.
But after glancing at Ao Cang beside her, whose gaze was fixed intently on her, she added another sentence.
"My boyfriend will be coming too, you shouldn't mind, right?"
After sending this message, Xu Heyu remained silent for a long time.
He only replied when Qiao Mei was about to type a question mark to ask, "No, do as you please."
At this moment, Yan Qing, who had finished adjusting the mecha, also came over and started talking to Qiao Mei.
This caused Ao Cang, who originally wanted to say something to Qiao Mei, to swallow his words and watch her focus on communicating with Yan Qing and the others.
It was only at this point that he realized that, despite being introduced to her in human form, he still found it difficult to truly participate in her world and life.
In her world, besides him, there are many other things she can do, and many other people she can connect with.
He, on the other hand, was the exact opposite of her.
It seems that once he leaves her, he no longer knows what the meaning of his existence is. Is this really a good thing?
Before the Dragon God could figure it out, the second stage of the competition officially began.
He could only clear his mind of distractions and focus on watching.
[All maps in the second stage of the competition will be selected from those with a difficulty level of three stars. Each team leader should draw a map immediately. The drawing will end in ten minutes, so please hurry.]
[Please note that after the draw, you have one chance to change your mind. Once the second draw result is given, regardless of the outcome, it cannot be swapped with the first result. Team leaders, please make your choices carefully.]
The Star Monster's three-star map is also divided into three levels: easy, medium, and difficult.
Qiao Mei has always had bad luck, so there's no intention for her to be the team leader.
"And what about me? My luck..."
Qiao Mei, recalling Xingxing's previous clumsy attempt, interrupted him directly, making the final decision: "How about letting Senior Xu be the captain? I remember he's always had pretty good luck."
The male protagonist in the book is blessed with a protagonist's halo, so his luck is definitely not bad.
If all goes well, I should be able to draw a three-star map with an easy difficulty level.
Xingxing was still a little unconvinced: "In terms of luck, mine was better too..."
Yan Qing wasn't quite clear about Zuo Chenxing's situation, so she asked him curiously, "Why did you say that?"
Flower Picker (Star): [Whenever the teacher called on students to answer questions, I was chosen nine out of ten times. How could my luck be bad?]
"If your liver isn't good, you won't change your mech's name (LiverGar):" [...It's pretty good, but I think choosing the map difficulty should be skipped.]
With his terrible luck, he might just pick the hardest one.
Their chat was posted in the team's public chat, so Qiao Mei and Xu Heyu could see it clearly.
Xu Heyu initially wanted to decline, but upon seeing how bad Xingxing's hands were, she didn't refuse anymore and proceeded with the map extraction.
The extraction process lasted ten seconds. After all the maps were superimposed and sucked into the map pool, Xu Heyu pressed the extraction button.
Soon, a bright white light shone from the map pool, and a map card with a question mark flew out from it.
Upon turning around, a map appeared that greatly surprised Qiao Mei.
[Congratulations! You have drawn the most difficult three-star map – Desert Scorpion Sea. This is your first draw result. You have one more chance to draw, so please choose carefully!]
Zuo Chenxing was immediately unconvinced and his fingers flew across the electronic keyboard.
Flower Picker (Star): [Rose, I'm not having it! His luck was clearly bad too. I'll try again!]
Canghai (Rose): [It was probably just an accident. Let him try again.]
Xu Heyu is the male lead, how could he have such bad luck? It must have just been a minor accident...
Not only did she find it a bit strange, but Xu Heyu did too.
In his memory, whenever there was a lottery-style draw, he always drew the best result. How could this time be different...?
After a pause, the young man suppressed the doubt in his blue eyes and began extracting again.
Compared to the previous time, there was a lot more tension in his eyes this time.
The great white light fell again, and when it was flipped open, it turned out to be an identical map.
[Congratulations on drawing the most difficult three-star map – Desert Scorpion Sea. This is your second draw result, and you will not be able to change it. Please prepare to enter the map with your teammates. The system has begun selecting opponents of similar skill levels for you.]
Qiao Mei: "........."
What exactly happened?
Xu Heyu was speechless. He glanced helplessly at Qiao Mei's [Black Crow Boy] mecha and said somewhat guiltily, "It seems my luck isn't very good this time."
Canghai (Rose): [It's okay, it's not a big problem. Also, since the competition is about to start, let's turn on team voice chat instead of typing.]
She thought it might be Xu Heyu's good luck, and that he might play a role in the situation later, so she didn't think much of it.
Upon hearing this, Xu Heyu and the others quickly turned on their team voice chat and began communicating about the [Desert Scorpion Sea] map.
Master of the Wind (Wolf-Head Warrior): "I've played this map once before. The most troublesome thing is the quicksand inside, followed by the three-tailed sand scorpions hiding in the sand sea. If the mech gets stung by the three-tailed sand scorpion, it will slowly lose mana, which is very troublesome."
Using mech skills consumes a lot of mana, especially in a three-star map with six consecutive small maps.
Over time, without their opponents defeating them, these desert scorpions can eliminate them directly once they run out of mana.
Qiao Mei thought for a moment, then focused her gaze on Yan Qing, the only one on the field piloting a support mech.
The self-made Class B auxiliary mecha she used in this competition is called the Twin-Fin Mermaid. Unlike ordinary mechas, it has no legs, only a fish tail made of special simulation materials.
There are four skills available.
The first skill increases the attack power of all mechs, the second skill increases health, the third skill increases speed, and the fourth skill, which is the ultimate skill, can create a giant wave with huge damage. Although the power is not too great, the range is very wide.
It can directly alter the surrounding environment and create a small body of water.
【Canghai (Black Crow Boy)】: "Gan Gan, after we enter the map, activate your third skill for acceleration first. If possible, try not to activate your first and second skills."
Compared to the other two skills, the third skill consumes the least amount of mana.
Although Yan Qing didn't understand why Qiao Mei wanted to do this, she still agreed.
At this moment, the mechanical sound of the game map officially starting rang out, and a ten-second countdown appeared above the heads of the mechs piloted by Qiao Mei and the others.
Xu Heyu: ? What happened?
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