Chapter 123
The moment the finals ended, Alman Star erupted in unprecedented cheers!
"Third place!!! Our planet got third place!!!"
"These kids are amazing! They've brought great honor to our Yayi Military Academy!"
"Mom and Dad, will there be any reward for coming in third?"
"Of course, my child. This is the third largest planet in the entire galaxy. The capital planet will definitely notice our little planet~"
Countless people sighed with emotion, and countless people cried with joy. This day was affectionately called "Hatching Day" by the people of Alman Star, and this year was defined as "Hatching Year" by the government.
With this honor, the contestants from the Yayi Military Academy returned gloriously. They were greeted by cheers and horn sounds from the streets and alleys. Xia Mo looked at the joy on people's faces and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Just like in the previous life, the Alman Star, which took the third place for the first time, became famous in the entire Xita Galaxy. Countless reporters and media flocked to interview it. The front page of the Galaxy's daily hot news was dominated by [Alman Star] and [Alman Star's First Military Academy] for several consecutive days.
The popularity is unprecedented, so much so that even the scavengers in the alley can talk about it.
The capital star could no longer sit still. A week later, they finally sent a starship to Alman star to discuss future cooperation matters.
Xia Mo did not get involved in these government affairs. As a student, her life returned to normal after the competition.
As the exam week is approaching, Xia Mo has been strictly controlling the time she spends in the game every day since returning from the capital star. Because of this, she has been stuck at level 32 recently and has been unable to level up.
The ranking on the level list also dropped from first to third.
The first place now is the rich young man Heiyu Qingtian, and the second place is Tan Shengge, the president of Luanshi Shengge. One is 34 and the other is 33.
Looking at this ranking, Xia Mo was not surprised at all.
There is no need to say much about Heiyu Qingtian. He is the head of a large guild and has countless resources at his disposal. As long as he levels up steadily and does not commit suicide in the game, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses her, a model student who has been concentrating on studying recently.
As for Tan Shengge, his presence was not very strong. Apart from the fact that they met in the Tangu Desert for the dungeon [Grave City], he had hardly seen anyone from their guild since then. It could be said that he kept a low profile to the core.
But being low-key doesn't mean they don't have the ability.
In fact, Tan Shengge ranks very high among elementalists, having jumped from ninth to fourth position, with his goal of being in the top three.
In general, it was not unfair that his level was surpassed by these two people. Xia Mo calmly closed the level list and clicked on the comprehensive strength list.
Compared to simply looking at the level, comprehensive strength is actually the ranking that high-level players value most.
Fortunately, thanks to her hard work in completing tasks, changing equipment, and upgrading talent skills in the early stages... Even though her time in the game has been greatly shortened, her ranking has only dropped to second place, second only to Black Domain Qingtian.
She continued to look down, starting from the third place, all the people below were people she knew, such as Taotao, Qingshui, Xiaohongchen, Sihai, etc., but there was only one ID that surprised her.
——Chasing the wind.
Currently ranked tenth among male hunters.
Is there such a person in the hunter profession? Xia Mo stared at the name and frowned suspiciously.
She had heard of almost all the people who ranked at the top of each major profession. Even though she had never met the female hunter Taotao, she recognized her at a glance when she saw her ID in the rubber forest.
So there are basically no high-level players that she hasn't heard of.
But this Zhufeng...when did he come up?
Feeling a little curious, Xia Mo clicked on his profile picture.
The expanded panel showed that he was currently the president of the guild [Zhulin Tingfeng]. When he clicked on the guild information, the vice-president column actually had the words "Xiao Hongchen" written on it.
Laughing at the Red Dust? Xia Mo was slightly surprised. Wasn't he the vice president of [Drunken Laughing at the Red Dust]? How did he suddenly switch to this side?
It is very common for guild members to jump around in the game, but when a management member like the vice president suddenly leaves, something must have happened behind the scenes.
However, as an outsider, she had no idea what was happening inside.
On December 31, the last day of this year, heavy snow fell on both the planet Alman and the continent of Pergas.
In reality, heavy snow affected traffic, and some commercial areas and school districts were temporarily closed, but in the game, players were having a carnival.
As the last day of the old year, the government launched a temporary winter activity - catching snowmen, and the venue was chosen on the frozen Dazhong Island and Xiaozhong Island.
The lake area near Xiaozhong Island is relatively small and is requisitioned for individual players, while the area near Dazhong Island is used for team competitions.
Xia Mo was originally coveting the first prize of the individual competition and wanted to sign up for herself, but in a blink of an eye, she found that the championship prize of the team competition included a golden battle flag that could increase the combat power of the entire guild. Immediately, she changed her mind and decided to sign up for the team competition first.
She was not the only one who had her eyes on the golden battle flag. Latiao Xiaohuahua, Yun Yao and others were also very greedy. So under their call, a team of 10 people was quickly assembled.
The team competition is divided into two rounds. In the first round, a team of 10 people needs to sit on a special ice boat on the ice, paddling while grabbing the snowman placed on the ice. There are small balls hidden in the snowman's body, and balls of different colors correspond to different points.
The competition is limited to 12 minutes, and the team points will be used for ranking. The top 10 teams will enter the second round.
Xia Mo looked at the rules. There are 4 colors of balls. White is the lowest, with only 1 point for each ball; pink is the second highest, with 3 points for each ball; red is 6 points for each ball; and gold is the highest, with each ball worth 10 points!
Of course, if the points are high, the drop rate will inevitably be low, and whether you can get it depends on your luck.
Thinking of his generally poor fortune in the past, Xia Mo swallowed and didn't dare to say a word.
The referee's whistle sounded and the ice game began!
Countless teams rushed to the lake, got on the ice boats, and paddled hard towards the center of the lake.
Qingyao went straight up and naturally didn't want to fall behind. After everyone sat in the positions discussed in advance, they started rowing!
Because the ice boat is large, two rowers must be arranged.
Considering that the rowers must be physically fit and strong, and preferably have tacit understanding, everyone finally decided to let Laughing Face Paralysis (Paladin) and Boboji (Warrior) take the lead.
In addition, there needs to be someone in control of the overall situation at the bow. After all, there are so many mouths on a boat. When the time comes, everyone will talk at the same time and give orders arbitrarily. Who will the rowers listen to?
In order to ensure the rhythm is not disrupted, everyone unanimously nominated Qingshui to take charge.
As for the rest, just pick up the little snowmen along the way.
The lake surrounding Dazhong Island is very large, and under normal circumstances it is definitely a long way off to see each other, but at this time because there are so many teams participating, the wide ice surface has become a bit narrow.
All the teams were rushing forward. As soon as they saw the little snowman, they reached out their hands frantically to grab it. When competitors next to them saw this, they rushed over unwillingly to grab it. As a result, some of them grabbed it so fiercely that everyone on the boat fell to the ground.
People outside the venue burst into laughter, and relatives and friends covered their faces with their hands, feeling heartbroken. The scene seemed even more lively with their presence.
Fortunately, Qingyao's strategy was not to compete directly with these people, but to pick up the leftovers. When other teams were fighting for a few snowmen in the center of the lake, they had already picked up more than 20 little snowmen on the back of the lake.
There is only 1 gold ball, 3 red balls, 5 pink balls, and the remaining 11 are all white balls. To be honest, the probability of a white ball being drawn is a bit too high.
Everyone on the boat looked at Xia Mo with resentment.
"Mo Se, please bless your hands..."
"Yes, sister, although you caught a lot, all the balls that came out were white."
Xia Mo's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that this was not what she wanted!
Everyone was talking back and forth, and finally it was Latiao Xiaohuahua who put a stop to the grumbling: "Okay everyone, we should be thankful that the snowman Mo Se caught had a ball in it. No matter the color, it still gives you some points, right? Look at that boat next door, they've caught several empty snowmen in a row. At least Mo Se's luck isn't that bad, right?"
Everyone:? That seems to make sense.
Xia Mo: ???
Is this a compliment to her or an insult to her?
Halfway through the time, the rankings of the top few places have basically stabilized. Now the most intense competition is for the sixth to tenth places. The points of these five teams are not much different. As long as anyone catches the golden ball, the points will immediately soar.
Qingyao was one of the five teams competing for the snowman. At this moment, no one cared how messy their hair was or how wrinkled their clothes were. In order to grab the snowman, they all fought hard.
However, maybe it was because of Xia Mo's bad hand, they kicked out 5 balls in a row, and they were all white!
"Oh my God, they didn't even give us a pink ball. Our luck is so bad!" The ripe tomato saw another white ball in his hand and his face was filled with tears.
"It's over, our points have been overtaken!"
Yun Yao took the opportunity to look up and glanced at the real-time ranking floating in the low sky. At this time, they had dropped straight from sixth to tenth. If they didn't open a colored ball, they would be eliminated in the first round!
Xia Mo looked at the situation and felt very anxious.
What the hell is going on?! If it comes down to physical strength, she's not at all inferior, but the problem is that this is a purely luck-based competition. When it comes to luck, she really has no choice!
What should they do? The game is almost over. Are they really going to stay like this?
Although Qingyaozhishang was not a large guild, after nearly half a year of development, it was more or less a reputable guild. But now it was being eliminated in front of everyone. Where would it put its reputation?
No, you absolutely cannot be eliminated.
He gritted his teeth and immediately decided to take a different approach.
"I'm laughing so hard my face is paralyzed, Bobo Chicken, please move to the left!"
"Ah? But there's a team on the left, they might collide with the boat." The rower reminded with a smile that made his face paralyzed.
Xia Mo: "I know, so you two should control the strength a little. You can bump into each other, but don't flip over."
Laughing until his face is paralyzed: "Okay, okay..."
Although he didn't know what her intention was, but considering that their ranking was in jeopardy and there was no other way at the moment, he might as well listen to her advice. What if a miracle happened?
So the two men exchanged glances, pushed the oars on the ice, and the ice boat quickly moved to the left.
With a bang, the bow of the ship hit the opposing team.
"Fuck you guys, are you sick?"
"Get out of our way! Don't block our way!"
The two rowers on the opposite side cursed loudly.
Xia Mo didn't bother to pay attention to what they were saying. At this point, what's the point of talking big? It would be better to actually get the points and advance. This is the most important thing right now.
Her eyes were fixed on the snowman that the person opposite her had fished out. She retracted her gaze, supported herself on the edge of the ice boat with her hands, and gently used force with her upper body. Suddenly, she jumped out of her seat and onto the ice boat opposite.
She reached out to grab the target snowman, and the snowman that was supposed to be on the opposite boat fell into her hands in the blink of an eye.
"Ah my snowman!"
The team member who was interfered with screamed, and the others stood up and tried to take it back.
However, it was too late, because the moment Xia Mo intercepted her halfway, she had already completed the opening, the snowman was opened, and the small ball inside was revealed.
[Golden Ball +1]
[Points +10]
Current ranking: 6
Qingyao went up and everyone was shocked: Is it okay to grab it?
The people on the opposite boat were furious and started cursing at Xia Mo who had snatched the ball.
"Mo Se, you are shameless! This is our ball! Give us back the points!!!"
It would have been better if she hadn't cursed. The curse immediately exposed the person sitting on the ice ship - Sihai, the president of the guild [Zongheng Sihai], and the poor man who was intercepted by her halfway when she was opening the golden treasure chest in the temple.
It's really fate~
However, since they had already robbed something, they might as well rob it all. Xia Mo narrowed his eyes and jumped onto the side of their boat again, then scooped them up one by one like scooping fish from the bottom of the sea.
The snowman that they had just fished out was in Xia Mo's hands before their hands could even warm it up.
"What are you still standing there for? Go!"
After getting the things, she hurriedly urged them to hurry up, laughing until her face was paralyzed and Bobo Chicken went crazy. Only then did she come back to her senses from her shock and quickly ran away.
This time, three snowmen were snatched away. Xia Mo originally thought that as long as a red ball was opened, she would definitely be in sixth place. However, when she took apart the snowman, everyone on the boat received the news at the same time.
[Golden Ball +1, Points +10]
[Golden Ball +1, Points +10]
[Golden Ball +1, Points +10]
Current ranking: 1
Qingyao went up: Holy crap?!
Is this what they often say, "Those who plant trees enjoy the shade"? Love it!
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