Chapter 72 Cooperation
In the past, they were always harassed and surrounded by assembled teams as they progressed, but perhaps after a long time, they realized that many people still couldn't handle half-baked teams, so they accepted that half-baked teams were actually tough opponents, and fewer and fewer teams surrounded them.
The thirtieth day of the competition.
The war has finally come to an end, with only one hundred teams remaining. Many concerns about being eliminated have begun to disappear, and the battlefield has entered a period of chaotic free-for-all.
Current ranking: First place: Star Glory Team, 97
Second place: Wild Wolves Team: 96; Half-baked Team: 96
Fourth place: Goddess Team; Sailing Team: 90;
Sixth place: War God Team, Killer God Team: 80
"Chu Zhao is really good at utilizing information and integrating it into his plans."
Currently, almost all the key members of several teams are within the inner circle of the Border Guard. Sun You is noticeably silent. She actually only wanted to promote Zhou Jiu and make him the most popular person in the Star Network Mech Competition, but she clearly underestimated the others. Originally, she cared about these students who had always stayed in school, but she didn't value them that much. However, she didn't expect that some information about their teams would be used by the Star Glory Team as a major breakthrough for them.
Fortunately, she had left herself an out. This time, she really couldn't help anymore; it all depended on Zhou Jiu.
“This time, all the teams with progress of over 90% are besieging the last level 7 alien beast leader. At this level, even if our warriors have strong mental strength and can make the defensive equipment play its most important role, all of that is useless in front of a level 7 alien beast,” Sun You continued.
“Then let’s cooperate.” Zhou Jiu said, understanding Sun You’s unspoken message.
"Cooperate!" Chu Zhao said to his team, facing the problem at hand.
"Then who should we cooperate with? Star Glory, Wild Wolf, Goddess, and Sailing—we can't guarantee that none of the other four teams will be attacked suddenly," Chu Ming voiced his question.
“They will all come looking for Zhou Jiu!” Sun You said with a confident smile. “Some things are meant to be, and you can’t take them away.”
"What if we get robbed in the end?" Zhang Ji asked with a hint of worry and some confusion. "At the current progress, everyone only has one beast left. Logically, everyone's progress should be almost the same, but with the current progress, will we not be able to reach 100% in the end?"
“Our plan was seen through by Chu Zhao, who got ahead of us. But he doesn’t know the exact location, while Zhou Jiu has already found it and will be the same soon.” Sun You mentioned Zhou Jiu again, her words carrying a hint of admiration for him.
Zhou Jiu listened, his fingers twitching inexplicably. Sun You had been acting very strangely lately. The key was that all the attention and credit went to her. What benefit could Sun You possibly gain from this?
Wow, I thought the mediocre team was going to come in second place.
[You should know that my initial hope was simply for Zhou Jiu's team to make it into the top 100, but now my ambition is to win the championship.]
[I'm just curious why everyone's looking for Zhou Jiu? We know Zhou Jiu single-handedly defeated a level six alien beast, do the other participants in the competition know that too?]
I actually wanted Zhou Jiu to take down that beast by herself; I absolutely loved the scene where she defeated a level six beast.
[A level 7 alien beast appeared on the battlefield. Who set this up? How can we compete in a mech race like this? Is Zhou Jiu just getting all the attention?]
[It wasn't Zhou Jiu who decided it, so they can't just hide their abilities and say they're incompetent at everything. Upstairs, are you HEI?]
[As mentioned, this is based on intelligence from the Kira battlefield.]
[The entire border region of Kira has been wiped out in the Kira battlefield, so where would the intelligence come from?]
[Is the person upstairs stupid? Wouldn't they have sent out intelligence before they sacrificed themselves? Do you think the military high command really didn't know, just because we civilians don't?]
The appearance of such a battlefield this year is likely related to the Ancient Blue Star Project. Recently, it has been discovered that an army has begun clearing out the alien beasts along the Ancient Blue Star's shipping lanes.
Shortly after Sun You spoke, the progress resumed updating.
Current rankings: 1st place: Star Glory Team, 98; Half-baked Team, 96
Third place: Wild Wolves Team: 96;
Fourth place: Goddess Team: 95
Fifth place: Qihang Team: 92; Zhanshen Team: 92
The call was connected, and Sun You signaled to the rest of his team to remain silent.
"Hello, Half-baked Team, we are Goddess Team, I am the captain Linda."
"Hello, I am Sun You, the captain of the Half-baked Team."
[Huh? I thought it was the Star Glory team. I was hoping to see Zhou Jiu and Chu Shen interacting, but the gossip says they're a couple, so I'm a little curious.]
[The Third Military Region's Alliance University Goddess Team? Don't they also have a team called Qihang Team from the 90s progress? I think there might be something fishy going on behind this.]
[Actually, in this situation, the best course of action is for all five teams to cooperate and take down the level 7 monster first, then settle the score later.]
However, the progress of the mission has a significant impact on the overall score of the last 100 teams; it's not simply a matter of eliminating others.
After chatting for a while, they hung up the phone.
"Let's go, let's get started!" Sun You said to the members.
Zhou Jiu flexed his fingers slightly, chuckling softly, "You've been going around in circles for ages, but you haven't gotten anywhere!"
Sun You was in a good mood at this moment. "That's how it is when teams interact. As long as the other party understands what I mean, that's fine."
As the mission continued, the communications kept coming in. Zhou Jiu listened to Sun You's script, which was exactly the same, with only a few words slightly changed. She suddenly realized that Sun You was exceptionally good at playing tricks and deception.
"Alright, we've decided to cooperate and take down the alien beast first," Sun You said, looking at the team some distance away from them.
"I didn't understand which of their sentences mentioned cooperating first." Zhang Ji suddenly felt like he might have missed something.
Zhou Jiu laughed to the side. Look, she wasn't the only one who felt this way. Although she knew about the cooperation, she couldn't understand the conversation between the others at all.
Haha, suddenly I feel like their team is so much fun!
To be honest, I didn't quite catch that. All I could tell was that they seemed to be exchanging information about level seven beasts, but they didn't discuss anything about cooperating or refraining from fighting each other.
[This is getting interesting. I see the future talent of the Federation. This generation of mechs is really fun.]
"But can we really trust them? Having a naturally non-hostile stance with the Star Glory team gives us a natural advantage when other teams are around. But I always suspect that other teams might sabotage us." Chu Ming harbored a natural hostility towards military academies belonging to other military regions besides the First Military Region.
"It also depends on whether they can snatch the head of the alien beast in the end. What do you think, Zhou Jiu?" Sun You continued to bring up Zhou Jiu.
“That’s true, Zhou Jiu is so amazing,” Zhang Ji added.
Lin Xiu, however, sensed something was amiss. Sun You kept pushing Zhou Jiu upwards, but what exactly was he trying to do? In the current StarNet, he had too many questions to ask, so he could only keep them to himself and gradually fell silent, unlike usual.
"I mean, you guys have way too much faith in me. This isn't some cabbage; I'm really under a lot of pressure." Although Zhou Jiu wasn't afraid, she didn't like the high praise Sun You was giving her.
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