Before Su Su could figure out what to do, the game scene had already started loading.
After a few seconds of gray waiting time, Su Su arrived at a command hall with the same style as the space station.
The shark suit he usually wore was gone, replaced by a combat suit modeled after the Imperial Army starship pilots'. It was the same style as the one Qi Hanyi often wore, except that the color was different and the style was simpler.
One thousand players lined up neatly in the hall. The order of the line was their previous points ranking. The players standing in the first row were all in the top 20 in the first two rounds.
The pure black combat suit tightly wraps the whole body, the helmet covers the head, even hiding the hair, and the mask covers most of the face, leaving only the eyes exposed.
The players were more or less thinking about the next match, and had no time to look at each other, but the barrage had already turned into a carnival scene. Everyone's attention was completely transferred from the starship competition to the players.
[Tights, is this something I can see without spending any money? ]
[Oh my god, there is such a benefit, directly changing the skin without any prior settings, then aren't the data they are using real body and appearance data? ]
[Probably. I saw a few kids in the back row who were less than 1.4 meters tall. They were probably elementary school students.]
[Don't laugh in front of me, other elementary school students have at least made it to the preliminary round, what about you? ]
【……】
【It's iron-hearted. 】
[Hey, the fifth person in the thirteenth row, what's her name? She's the anchor of Rainbow Dash. Hasn't she always been marketing the image of a little puppy? That belly is almost as big as a ten-month pregnancy, right? ]
[I am dying of laughter, little puppy, this is a little pig. 】
[What are you looking at him for? He is just a marketing expert, but he has no skills, acts like a spoiled child, and is a marketing scammer. If anyone says something to him, he will immediately lead his fans to cyberbully others. ]
[What do you know? This can't be Brother's real appearance. Brother showed us his live broadcast and photos. Brother is thin and beautiful. Someone must be slandering Brother! ]
[That’s right, how can you say that about my brother? It’s okay if his skills are not good enough. Do you know how hard he works? 】
[Tsk, if you mention the devil, he will appear. Run, brothers and sisters.]
However, these fans usually dominate the screen in their own live broadcast rooms. Today, there are many players watching the live broadcast. In terms of the number of fans, they are not even as good as this unknown 18th-tier anchor.
[She is so tall, and she doesn't look short at all when standing next to the male players. She has a hot body, shashasha.]
[My wife looks so beautiful in her uniform, my wife is so sweet. 】
[Ahhh, this look is so cool, my wife is killing me! ]
[Looking back, the eyes look so young, like a minor. I am so amused that I haven't simplified it yet.]
[He has dark skin, puppy eyes, broad shoulders and long legs, a big wolfdog. Damn, this setting is damn sweet.]
[Wuwuwu, where is the mature, stable and elite man you promised me? My filter is shattered to the ground. 】
[Am I the only one who has been looking at the white-scaled shark? His eyes are so beautiful, it seems that he can see the whole face. I bet this must be a beauty. ]
[You are not alone in front of me, and your eyes are too mean. Just look at me and beg me, I will give you my life.]
[Ahhh, does a waist as thin as that of a white-scaled shark really exist? And those hands, shashasha, the fingers are so long, and the joints are perfect. And this body, the proportions are simply perfect, is this really the kind of beauty that humans can have? When Nuwa created him, she must have painted him in a detailed style. You can still see some muscle texture through his clothes, full of strength, ahhhh, this feeling is simply amazing. My phantom limbs are all y, damn it! ]
[How many times did you magnify it to see so many details? ]
Su Su didn't know how many young men and women his eyes had seduced. At this moment, his eyes were fixed on the NPC in front of the command platform in front of the team.
The NPC is assigning tasks to the players according to the set procedures.
According to him, this was a supply point at the front of the army, which was now surrounded by Zerg, and the only remaining force was the more than 800 trainee starship pilots. Their mission was to defend this supply point according to the plan until reinforcements arrived.
The NPC sent an electronic map to all the players: "The above are each of your bases. Before the reinforcements arrive, please be sure to defend your bases, fight hard, and hold on to the end."
Su Su received the map and scanned it. The location of their supply point was not good. There was no terrain advantage around them. They were surrounded by enemies. Although they could take advantage of some pre-arranged fire points and had sufficient ammunition and fuel, if they dragged on like this, once there were many casualties, the defense would be vulnerable. If reinforcements were delayed, they would be breached by the Zerg sooner or later.
"Sir, I have a question." [You Lai Wu Hui] frowned and said, "I think this deployment is not reasonable. I think it should be..."
"You dare to question your superior's orders?" The NPC interrupted him rudely, looking very angry: "How about I let you take over as commander?"
"I dare not." Youlaiwuhui bowed his head respectfully. Not hearing the penalty, he raised his lips in satisfaction. This was just a small test.
"Now! Immediately! Get to your defensive positions! The Zerg will attack us soon!" The NPC seemed a little impatient and waved his hand to drive them away. Then, before they left, he threatened: "The recording instrument on the starship can communicate with the control console. I can also observe your movements in real time through the control console. I hope you don't leave your posts during the battle, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless."
Players boarded their respective starships as required and headed to their respective posts.
Not long after, the Zerg attacked.
These were not the one or two that one encountered by chance in the empty space when playing games, nor were they the organized teams that one found when going deep into the Zerg-ruled areas. Instead, they were a swarm that covered the entire sky and the earth.
Countless Zergs filled all the vision in all directions, and surrounded the supply point from far and near. Some of the Zergs that appeared were seen in the game, and some were not. They were of different levels, different appearances, different sizes, and different attack methods. The only thing they had in common was that there were a lot of them.
There was no order, no queues, but absolute suppression of numbers, like a swarm of locusts, ready to harvest this small supply point.
"What is that?"
"Fuck, are you crazy? So many Zerg?"
"It's giving me a claustrophobia attack."
"Don't tell me that this is what real war is like. I don't want to be in the God's Kingdom Military Academy. There will be shadows."
"How the hell do we fight like this? This is almost like asking for death."
The player's pot exploded.
Because it is a joint battle, the player's nearby channels are forced to be opened, and the voices of players within a certain range can be heard.
Su Su quietly looked at the Zerg swarming in like a wave in front of him, listened to the somewhat panicked shouts of the players around him, and narrowed his eyes with murderous intent.
He had no fear in his heart. They were just prey. No matter how many of them came, they were still prey.
A tide of Zergs surged towards this side, from far to near. At first, several players were given one Zerg, but as time went on, the Zergs came in more and more numbers and became denser and denser, and there was even a situation where one player had to deal with several Zergs.
This kind of fierce battle is far beyond what ordinary players can handle. The game finally revealed its cunning side. Unlike the previous two rounds where players were eliminated sporadically, in this round, the sound of elimination was heard every once in a while. The sound was so frequent that it even made people suspect that it would not be long before everyone would be eliminated.
Even if you can avoid the Zerg's attack, if you judge that you are in your own defense area and miss the Zerg, allowing them to rush into the defense line, you will still be deducted points.
Players who barely survived the Zerg attacks but did not have enough points began to be eliminated one after another.
Su Su was still able to handle it. He had good skills and quick reactions, and he was not at a disadvantage in the face of all kinds of strange insects. Compared to his first battle against the insect wolf, it had only been less than a month, but he was already able to fight with ease.
Thanks to his friend [Reverse & Revenant]'s information, he was able to recognize most of the Zerg here, and thus knew their weaknesses and attack methods. For the few that he didn't know, he also learned to use feints to test the opponent.
He shuttled between the Zergs attacking him like an experienced hunter, observing them calmly, looking for their weaknesses, and killing them with one blow, never wasting any extra fuel and ammunition.
Like Su Su, she also seemed to be at ease in this battle, and she also simplified the complexities. She was like a skilled assassin, always disappearing and reappearing suddenly, and every time she appeared, she would take the life of a Zerg. Hide, appear, kill. Everything was like a sonata without sound, and every Zerg life and every flashback of the starship were like the drumbeats of the movement.
The players in the game are fighting against the Zerg in a fierce battle, and the game looks very exciting to watch.
Especially the fans of "Simplifying Complexity", they even started to celebrate her first place in the preliminary round in advance.
[When I heard about this battle with the Zerg, I knew there would be no suspense.]
[We didn’t get on the battle record list for nothing. When it comes to experience in fighting against Zerg, who can compare to me, Fan Shen? ]
[When others kill insects, they feel like they are fighting with death. When I kill insects, I feel like I am dancing.]
[Dancing is such a great feeling. It feels like a dance in the dark night. My heart surges, my blood boils, my mouth becomes dry, and my body burns with passion...]
[Hey, the one in front, your pants fell off.]
[This is a simple operation. I remember that she once sneaked into the heart of the Zerg in the game. The density of the Zerg was much more outrageous than it is now. There were even a few S-level Zerg.]
[Ahhh, I watched that video, she is so cool, she deserves to be number one on the performance list.]
There were also some voices praising Su Su in the barrage. If the performance of "Simplifying Complexity" was good and within the audience's expectations, then his performance in this game, as a newcomer, was definitely beyond everyone's expectations.
[White Shark, a man who creates miracles. Every time I think he is going to be killed by the Zerg, he will show off to me.]
[This is already the fourth A-rank Zerg he has killed alone, right?]
[Are you serious about slicing the giant abyss with the light blades on its wings? 】
[Opening its mouth and throwing □□ into the mouth of the centipede must be a devilish operation. 】
[I want to apologize for saying that he can only run. This insect killer's posture really opened my eyes. ]
[You only noticed that his posture when killing Zergs was very special? Haven't you noticed that he has killed 97 Zergs so far without being injured once, without missing a single bullet, and without a single failed attack.]
[Fuck, this is really outrageous. Even when simplifying things, I still made mistakes twice when I encountered a Zerg I had never seen before.]
[Speaking of which, this come-or-no-return is going to fail, right? ]
[Fuck, it's a fight, but I'm still the number one in the arena, killing a few Zergs is no problem. ]
[He can win by himself, but what about his teammates? Without his command, do they still know how to fight? ]
I have to say that the audience's vision is still very accurate. The first criterion for selecting players is obedience, followed by skills. As for judgment, it doesn't matter whether he has it or not, as long as he has it, it's enough.
But in this game, the teammates who had gone forward but never returned were separated by the game, and each of them was stationed at a different defensive point. Those with lesser skills were in trouble at this time.
They are good at fighting in teams, but not at fighting alone. Faced with the current situation where there is no one to lead them, their performance is much worse.
The two players with the lowest scores were eliminated one after another, and several other players also said that they could no longer hold on. The expression of You Lai Wu Hui gradually became solemn.
At the same time, not only were netizens paying attention to this match, but a certain meeting room in the military was also broadcasting the match. There were more than a dozen young generals sitting below, both men and women. Most of them were handsome, and it was obvious that they were half mermaids.
Those present are all starship pilots from the expedition team, and they are sitting here as special judges for this competition.
Although it was only the preliminary round, this competition was of special significance, so they did not dare to be negligent. They stared at the players on the screen and watched them very seriously.
Because this game is an open level, if there are some unexpected developments in the game, they will vote to decide whether points need to be deducted or whether opportunities should be given.
But they were sitting here not just for the judgment of a preliminary match, but more to understand which player was so outstanding that he won the favor of the admiral, leaving aside so many outstanding talents in the reserve and the Imperial Military Academy and making an exception to select a player from the game to parachute onto the Shirazawa.
"If you ask me, it should be the simplified and traditional one. This girl is amazing, and she is even better than me. Looking at the posture of this insect killer, it is hard to imagine that I am only seventeen years old and have not even received professional posture training."
"Jian Fan played well, especially this round, his performance was outstanding. His rhythm was very steady, even better than some of the starship pilots in the military."
Most of the starship pilots here know Jian Fan, after all, Jian Fan is very famous in the game. Jian Cheng is also Qi Hanyi's adjutant. Compared with the cold and ruthless chief officer, he has a very gentle personality, works seriously and thoughtfully, and has a good relationship with the people in the lower-level departments. Jian Fan has been fascinated by starships since he was a child. When he was taken to the military by Jian Cheng, he would also ask for advice from these brothers and sisters.
My colleague's sister is so outstanding, so naturally she will receive more attention.
"That guy called White Scale Shark is not bad either. His control over the starship is so impressive that it makes me tremble with fear."
"His control is very strong, but his fighting style is too wild, isn't it? He uses both long-range and close-range attacks. Normal combat is not that chaotic."
"They have never participated in a normal battle, so it's understandable that their fighting style is a bit strange, but the key is that it is effective."
"I'm more curious about who designed the starship for him. This dual form can only be created by a top starship designer."
The door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside. Jian Cheng stepped into the conference room and nodded to the drivers who looked over.
Everyone was familiar with him, so they didn't shy away from greeting him. "Hey, Jian Cheng is here. He's here to watch your sister's competition. We were just talking about..."
He stopped talking halfway. Jian Cheng did not come alone. He opened the door of the conference room, stood by the door, and waited respectfully for the person behind him to come in.
The man was wearing a neat military uniform, his long boots tapping the floor, and his eyes swept coldly across the room, and the air seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
"Admiral." Everyone stood up and greeted him.
Qi Hanyi nodded expressionlessly and walked to the main seat and sat down.
The crowd, which had been noisy just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at each other and guessed the answer with their eyes.
"Hey." Someone asked bravely, "Admiral, you came to watch the game in person? Is there someone special you are paying attention to?"
After the words were spoken, the air remained quiet and the person in the main seat stared at the screen intently.
The person asking the question laughed awkwardly to ease the embarrassment and no longer expected to get an answer.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the host glanced in his direction and replied lightly: "Hmm."