Chapter 71 Battlefield Integration
[Huh? She's comparing herself to Chu Shen? That's a bit laughable, like she's trying to piggyback on a moon landing.]
Although Sun You's individual attack might not be as strong as Chu Shen's, her overall style of strategizing and planning battles feels like she's laying the groundwork for everything beforehand and ensnaring her opponent. It's actually quite different. Simply put, Chu Shen sets up the trap and then reaps the rewards, while Sun You sets up the trap points in advance, watching her opponent fall right into it.
[Wait, is the person upstairs not a fan of Sun You? That's going too far!]
[Chu Shen was a dark horse back then, and Sun You, well, she still feels like a nobody. Her presence in the mediocre team is really weak, and I don't know why you guys are talking about her for no reason.]
"It's over. Are you done on your end?" Sun You's voice came through.
"Yes, the photos are being uploaded, along with the location of the beast's lair. This isn't the only one; the beasts have a leader, and the people controlled by this beast will die. This serves as evidence that the beast was indeed brought inside." Zhou Jiu said in the team's internal communication as he walked back after taking the photos.
"Okay, let's continue clearing out the last of the alien beasts here. Let's regroup here."
On this day, Zhou Jiu entered the city safely, as if nothing had happened on the first day.
Every day there are new small tasks. Zhou Jiu, Zhang Ji, and Lin Xiu go out, while Sun You and Chu Ming continue to investigate deeper inside.
By the fifth day, all the StarNet mech teams had begun to merge.
"Hello everyone, this is the commentary booth for the Interstellar Virtual World Mech Competition, and I'm your commentator, Xiaoyue. Due to feedback from many netizens and the complexity of this mech competition, the organizing committee has made some changes to the schedule. Considering the teams that have completed their missions and the teams that have joined the battlefield, and taking into account the difficulty of this mission and the possibility of not being able to complete it, there are currently 213 teams remaining in the battlefield. All the sub-battlefields have been merged. Please look forward to seeing all the teams soon."
"Did you receive the notification?" Sun You asked the other members of the team.
"I see. Our mission is nearing its final stage, and the large-scale destruction plan is proceeding as scheduled. We're now merging, and we're vulnerable to being attacked by everyone." Zhou Jiu looked at the mission bars displayed on all the teams' screens.
"Currently, the team with the most progress is our Half-baked Team, at 87; second is the Star Glory Team led by Chu Shen from our school, which is closely following behind and has reached 86. Third is the Goddess Team from the Alliance University, the twin team led by Linda, the famous team that is good at countering alien beasts, at 84."
"Fourth is the Wild Wolf team from Zongda University, which is also a very popular team among the third-year students, with a progress of 80; Fifth are two teams tied: one is a second-year team from the Alliance, which was not very famous before, the Qihang team, whose captain is Fang Xuyi, with a progress of 70; the other is the team of Wen Zhou, the Killing God from Zongda University, which I once told you to pay attention to. Currently, their team is called the Killing God team."
While waiting for the progress bar of the fusion battlefield to continue, Sun You talked to his team members about these teams, "Currently, we don't have the latest information, and neither do they. Under these circumstances, after we deal with the other mech teams, we might be the first to be attacked."
"Zhou Jiu, if it were you, which one would you choose to attack first?" Sun You asked Zhou Jiu for his opinion.
“I will choose this killing machine,” Zhou Jiu said simply. “Everyone’s information sources are almost the same, so I will start with the one with the lowest progress. After all, all the competition is about the progress of the mission, which is also the most important goal of our mech team at the moment. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. I want to see if this devastating Kira battlefield can still exist if possible. This may also give everyone some inspiration.”
"Back to these teams, the Qihang team has the least presence in the data, which is why I'm wary of them. But if I had to choose, I would choose the Killer God. However, my final opinion is to be on the defensive and continue to complete the mission."
"And what about you guys?" Sun You then asked the others.
Lin Xiu was still somewhat puzzled by Sun You's current behavior of seemingly taking Zhou Jiu's advice as the standard. Sun You was a very opinionated person, and once she made a decision, she rarely asked others for their opinions.
So, regarding the respect that Sun You showed after asking the question, Lin Xiu simply followed Sun You's lead: "I agree with Zhou Jiu's idea. We've reached this point, and we're already the team that others are wary of. Moreover, we're still newcomers, and we're easily surrounded and attacked in the end."
Chu Ming and Zhang Ji remained silent, feeling a sense of blissful composure.
“The progress is complete. We need to be careful in our operations. If we encounter an attack, we should take cover first!” Sun You said.
This puzzled Chu Ming. "There's nothing wrong with being on guard, but why are we hiding? Are we not even able to beat them?"
Sun You smiled and looked directly at Zhou Jiu.
Zhou Jiu pursed his lips, feeling that he had gotten used to Sun You's gaze and had become used to being her spokesperson: "No one is sure if someone will gather people from the lower ranks to attack us and reap the benefits. The great integration of the battlefield also means that everyone belonging to the Kira battlefield mission has come together."
The group continued with the follow-up to the large-scale raid, comparing the mental signals extracted from the infiltrators already captured by the border guards as they ventured deeper into the forest.
The group was also fortunate to encounter no obstacles during today's clearing operation.
[Haha, so many teams were looking for half-baked teams, but I didn't expect they'd already teamed up while the progress bar was still running.]
[But what no one expected was that the advanced alien beasts they feared were now practically a piece of cake, thanks to the simple protective helmets designed by Sun You and Chu Ming for the border guards, and the god-like teammate Zhou Jiu!]
[Haha, the weak get bullied. Zhou Jiu performed well in the qualifiers, but this fledgling team is still largely underestimated. Once the competition is over, let's see who the real newbie is.]
[Actually, I didn't expect it either. I didn't expect the border guards to be so strong after they found those infiltrators.]
[The main problem is that the advanced alien beasts are too intelligent, specifically targeting soldiers who pose a threat to them. Now that their targeting has been discovered, they genuinely feel the threat. Zhou Jiu's rudimentary team is progressing rapidly, with several teams working on the plan simultaneously, almost doubling their previous progress.]
[The Starry Sky Team that I used to suppress Chu Shen, although they also discovered the anomaly and successfully entered the high command of the border army, in terms of the sense of suppression over high-level alien beasts, their individual strength is still far inferior to Zhou Jiu's.]
Ultimately, Zhou Jiu's runes are superior! Chu Shen excels at overall planning, but it must be said that a larger battlefield requires the commander Chu Zhao, not the warrior Zhou Jiu.
"Are they all indispensable? Every powerful mech warrior is an immense asset—this is a phrase our teacher emphasizes every semester in our mech class. Therefore, we shouldn't underestimate the power of the individual. The combined strength of countless individuals creates the power of the whole. Regardless of which team wins this year's mech competition, I believe they deserve it."
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