Colorful Jade Waist (1)
The chestnut-haired young man temporarily calmed Xia Shuxing's bad temper. Judging from their conversation and the way they interacted, they not only knew each other, but also had a very good relationship.
The young man with a crew cut who mocked Yuan Huai looked at Xia and saw that he was not afraid of Xia Shuxing at all and even dared to mock his S-level mimicry. He looked embarrassed for a moment.
There had been a post on the forum long ago about Yuan Huai relying on his family's donation of a training ground to enroll in the Nan Teng Military Academy. Many people were interested in it, but everyone just discussed it privately and no one would bring it up in front of him.
He was so surprised just now that he didn't expect to run into the melon owner. He lost his composure and exposed the fact that Yuan Huai used the back door to attend Nan Teng Military Academy. He didn't expect Xia Shuxing to suddenly take up the conversation, bringing the matter to a stalemate.
The young man with a crew cut didn't dare to say much.
Yuan Huai's face, which had turned pale due to being laughed at, eased a lot after Shi Jianxia choked Xia Shuxing.
He glanced at Shi Jianxia quietly and whispered, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Shi Jianxia shrugged.
She just couldn't stand Xia Shuxing's behavior. As Jun Xiaoyi said, he had a bad temper and a small brain, but he thought he was very capable.
No one started trouble and the atmosphere eased a little.
The remaining two people also introduced themselves one after another. The young man with chestnut hair was called Jin Ze, and the young man with a crew cut was called Zhao Xin.
Without saying a few words, the Xuanta system announced the official start of the competition.
In front of Shi Jianxia's eyes, a dense stream of light blue data appeared, as magical and magnificent as if traveling through time and space.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw a winding cobblestone road, with a light blue virtual screen popping up in front of each person.
There are five small green dots in the center of the virtual screen, representing the five contestants on the team. Outside the green dots is an irregular transparent area, and the rest of the area is gray. Only after exploration will the gray area become transparent and form a map.
The gray area is quite dangerous, as Zergs may jump out and attack the contestants at any time, either alone or in a group.
The maps in the Xuan Tower are all restored in scale based on places where insect plagues have occurred in the real world. Some are in the insect-occupied areas, some remain on planets completely occupied by the Zerg, and some occur in remote areas. When the Zerg Investigation Office discovered them, only ruins remained.
The chestnut-haired young man, Jin Ze, said, "The check-in point hasn't been refreshed yet. How about we first take a look at the situation nearby and figure out what kind of Zerg is living in this area before we start our action?"
This was the safest way, so Xia Shuxing naturally had no objection. He crossed his arms and said, "Let's go! Some of you burdens should be more self-disciplined and stop dragging others down."
He snorted coldly and strode forward along the cobblestone road.
It should be early morning at this time. There were still thin dewdrops hanging on the wild flowers and grass on both sides of the stone road. The front was foggy, like the huge mouth of a ferocious beast. It was difficult to judge the situation a hundred meters away. There was an indescribable danger.
Jin Ze almost wanted to cover Xia Shuxing's mouth. He pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty and showed an apologetic smile to Shi Jianxia and Yuan Huai, "Sorry, don't bother with him. Let's go quickly."
Shi Jianxia said slowly: "Of course, after all, if a dog bites me, I can't bite it back."
Jin Ze: "..."
Xia Shuxing suddenly turned around, "Shi Jianxia! You scolded me for—"
Shi Jianxia: "Dog."
Jin Ze now wanted to cover Shi Jianxia's mouth.
Shi Jianxia had no intention of arguing with Xia Shuxing. Under his almost cannibalistic gaze, he walked past him leisurely.
Xia Shuxing was about to explode with rage. Seeing her completely disregarding him, he snorted heavily, "If you are so capable, don't follow us!"
He angrily swung his sleeves, turned around and walked quickly towards the back of the cobblestone road.
Jin Ze looked at Xia Shuxing, then at Shi Jianxia, and almost vomited blood.
But he obviously could only choose Xia Shuxing between the two.
The young man with a crew cut, Zhao Xin, thought about it and caught up with them.
Shi Jianxia and Yuan Huai, one majored in Zerg anatomy and the other majored in weapons manufacturing, were clearly two burdens. He had to be stupid to act with them.
Yuan Huai didn't expect the team to go their separate ways. He was confused for a moment and hesitated, "What should we do now?"
Shi Jianxia stretched and said, "Cold salad."
Yuan Huai: "...This is not good, right? The instructors are watching."
The instructors outside the field: "..."
The chief instructor was also speechless. A bunch of little bastards knew that the principal and instructors were watching their game outside the stadium, yet they still dared to start an internal conflict. They simply deserved a beating.
However, the chief instructor has seen this many times because all the freshmen in the past have been so tough. Although he was speechless, he was not that angry. He just went back and trained them hard.
What concerned the chief instructor even more was the random initial map of the match. He frowned and asked, "Why did they randomly get this map?"
Nanyuan still had that smiling face and said nonchalantly, "Maybe I'm just unlucky."
It's not just bad, it's extremely unlucky.
The basic difficulty of the Seven-Colored Jade Waist map is quite high. Even with the system balancing difficulty, keeping the Zerg levels between one and three is not beyond the scope, but how can a novice cadet so quickly notice the traps in the map itself? It is expected to be difficult for many people at the beginning.
This map was also opened in the previous military training results acceptance competition. Because too much time was wasted in the early stage, only a handful of military academy students completed the check-in task in the end.
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Facing Yuan Huai's concerns, Shi Jianxia looked utterly defeated. "Just do your best. The important thing is to participate."
"Let's go. We'll sort things out when the time comes. Maybe they'll come back and beg us later."
Yuan Huai: "...I feel like there's little hope."
Before Wen Qiuqiu emerged, Xia Shuxing was recognized as the best in the combat department. Before the competition, many non-combat department military academy students prayed to be assigned to the same group with him so that they could just lie down and be carried by him.
Yuan Huai also secretly thought, who knew that Xia Shuxing's personality was so annoying.
His curiosity and slight admiration for the number one in combat were completely dissipated in the conversation just now.
Moreover, as things have developed to this point, he can only act with Shi Jianxia. Otherwise, with his poor fighting ability, he will probably be stuck in circles at the starting point for three days.
Shi Jianxia didn't comment and took the lead to walk into the depths of the foggy cobblestone road.
The humidity was very high in the early morning, and soon the combat uniforms of both men became wet and stuck to their bodies, which was uncomfortable.
After walking about a hundred meters, a deserted village appeared at the end of the cobblestone road. It might be more appropriate to call it a small town.
Looking in from the town entrance, there are rows of neatly arranged houses. Although they are wooden houses, they are built very beautifully. However, the eaves are covered with weeds and moss, and wild grass more than a foot high grows in the cracks of the streets.
It was obvious that the town had been abandoned for a long time.
There is an octagonal pavilion at the entrance of the town, which is filled with fallen leaves and dirt. Next to it stands a stone tablet, which has been cut into two sections. Due to the high weeds, it is impossible to see what is written on the remaining half.
Yuan Huai stood on tiptoe and looked into the deserted village. "The architectural style of this village is very old, but very beautiful. It feels like a tourist village or something. Shall we go in directly?"
Walking along the cobblestone road, the two did not encounter a single Zerg. They were most likely hiding in this abandoned town.
Shi Jianxia looked at the town shrouded in mist and thought it was a perfect place to shoot a horror film.
She said cautiously, "No rush, let my mimic explore the way first."
Shi Jianxia released Meng Ji, who was good at hiding, touched the little guy's head, and signaled that it could move.
Yuan Huai became a "forum celebrity" because of his donation to school. He also accidentally read some sarcastic remarks about himself on the forum. He was so angry and upset that he could only stop visiting the forum and pretend not to see it. Therefore, he didn't know that Shi Jianxia was now the number one celebrity on the forum.
He looked at the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" with some curiosity, then politely looked away.
Meng Ji walked into the village shrouded in mist with light steps.
As it disappeared, Yuan Huai said, "Should we wait here for it to return with news?"
Shi Jianxia shook his head, and the pages of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" rustled.
The mimics of Thunder God, Evil Beast, Cheng Huang, Zhaoyao Mountain, Changliu Mountain, etc. jumped out one after another.
Yuan Huai looked at the mimics arranged in a 10×10 square on the stone pavement, his mouth opened into an O shape, and he stammered, "What…what's going on? How do you have so many level 2 mimics?"
Shi Jianxia was no longer surprised by this kind of reaction and said unconcernedly, "That's not the point."
She clapped her hands, drawing the children's attention, and gave orders: "Good children, go explore the area. If you encounter Zerg, call your brothers to grab weapons!"
Yuan Huai: “…”
The instructors watching this scene: "..."
Suddenly I feel that the difficulty of this copy will drop sharply.
The cubs have been drooling over the Phoenix's supreme VIP treatment recently, but there is no place for them to use it, so they can only watch them happily crunching the insect crystals. Now that they have work to do, they are more energetic than if they had taken stimulants, and they can't wait to get into the dense weeds and start exploring the map.
Shi Jianxia clapped his hands, "Alright, wait for my mimic to notify us where the Zerg are, and then we can go over and kill them."
Yuan Huai: “…”
He originally thought that Shi Jianxia would face the same embarrassing situation as himself, but he didn't expect that among the five people in the team, he was the only one who was undoubtedly a weakling.
Shi Jianxia has so many mimics that he can smash the Zerg to death, so there will be no problem in completing his personal check-in.
"Is there...is there anything I can help you with?" Yuan Huai asked embarrassedly.
Shi Jianxia thought for a moment and said, "What is your mimicry talent?"
Yuan Huai answered honestly, "Finding the target's diseased area... can also be understood as finding the target's weakness. However, for targets of the same combat level, the probability of diagnosis is 50%, and for targets above the mimic combat level, the probability of diagnosis is only 10% at most."
Shi Jianxia was quite surprised, "Your mimicry is quite practical."
If you encounter a difficult opponent, this might be very effective.
Yuan Huai's eyes widened slightly. "Really?"
Many people thought it was amazing when they heard that his mimicry could find the weaknesses of the target, but when they learned about the subsequent restrictions, they felt that his mimicry talent was too useless.
Shi Jianxia nodded. "I've heard that mimicry can be improved through training. Your ability to detect the 'lesions' in your target may be related to your observation skills and understanding of the target."
This is the insight Shi Jianxia gained from training and mimicry fusion combat.
Bifang's [Fire Disaster] only gave her the ability to control flames. Her methods of turning flames into cages, swords, and guns relied on her imagination and understanding of the objects she transformed.
Just like when she was in the underground parking lot of the Chamber of Commerce Building, she used [Fire Disaster] to transform into a gun, but because she didn't understand the internal mechanical structure, she could only settle for the next best thing and transform the bow and arrow into a weapon.
This was the first time Yuan Huai had heard such an opinion. His eyes gradually lit up as he recalled his previous experience using his mimicry talent. He unconsciously clenched his fists, "I'll take note! Thank you!"
Outside the arena, Nanyuan smiled and said, "The little girl does have some ideas."
"Her insights are very unique, especially regarding Yuan Huai's mimicry talent. If we really follow her instructions, we might get unexpected results." The chief instructor couldn't help but praise her.
When mimics hunt Zerg, they also judge the Zerg's weaknesses through observation and experience. When Yuan Huai knows his target well enough, he will eliminate many interference items and narrow the range of choices. The probability of the woodpecker finding the lesion will naturally increase.
"What? Are you interested? Do you want to transfer to the combat department?" Nanyuan teased.
The chief instructor stroked his chin. "I'm certainly tempted, but her mimics are too numerous and too complex. Summoning them all at once looks like she's about to start a large-scale fight. Combat-based training isn't suitable for her."
"Don't even think about it. That old White guy was crying to me yesterday that the Zerg Anatomy program had ten fewer students than last year, and he wanted me to compensate him with ten."
The chief instructor said sheepishly, "Let's see."
There is a rule that the Zerg anatomy major cannot change majors. No matter how excited he is, he cannot just go and grab it.
The problem is that you may not be able to grab it.
Of course, the chief instructor would not admit this.
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Yuan Huai saw Xia suddenly frowning and whispered, "What's wrong?"
"My mimicry didn't detect any Zerg in the town." Shi Jianxia said.
She can sense and contact the mimicry through the spiritual power spring. Meng Ji has been here for five minutes. He walked around the streets but found nothing. It seemed that the town was deserted because all the residents had moved away.
Shi Jianxia sensed the one hundred mimics that had spread out, but they also did not find any trace of the Zerg.
This is so strange.
Zergs are the only source of points, and there must be a lot of them. It shouldn't be like this now. The game has been going on for more than ten minutes, and there is not even a shadow of a Zerg to be seen.
"Should we go into the town and take a look? If the mimicry can't detect the Zerg, it might be because they are hiding. The Zerg regard humans as food. Our appearance might be able to lure them out. Besides, we have neither points nor check-ins now, so it won't be a loss if we die and go back to the starting point." Yuan Huai suggested.
There is no other way.
Shi Jianxia nodded in agreement.
Yuan Huai was a little happy. Just when he was about to ask her whether she should call back all the mimics that had been released so that they could act together and be safer, he saw the pages of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" flipping through the pages again.
Another thirty mimics popped out and formed a circle around the two of them.
Yuan Huai's mouth twitched wildly, and he wanted to ask Shi Jianxia how many second-level mimics she could summon.
"Let's go, follow closely and don't get left alone. If you are sent back to the starting point, I won't pick you up." Shi Jianxia said.
Yuan Huai nodded repeatedly.
The two of them entered the town surrounded by mimics.
She didn't know if it was Shi Jianxia's illusion, but after entering the town, she smelled a faint floral scent, very faint. When she wanted to smell it carefully, she found that she could no longer smell it.
Yuan Huai looked around nervously, especially the houses in the town. The doors were tightly closed, as if the former residents were hiding from something.
Shi Jianxia didn't waste any time. He immediately used [Fire Disaster] and merged with Bifang to fight. He controlled the flames to turn into a pistol. Under Yuan Huai's incredible gaze, he fired several shots at the door of one of the houses.
The flames condensed into a fire core that replaced the bullet and rushed out of the muzzle, landing on the moss-covered wooden door with a few bangs.
During the military training, Shi Jianxia specially found the blueprints of a pistol and studied them carefully, in order to be able to control the special power given to her by the mimicry and transform it into a substantial and high-damage weapon.
The water vapor evaporated quickly under the burning flames, making a sizzling sound. The moss on the door gradually dehydrated and turned gray. The rotten door could not withstand the scorching heat of the flames. It creaked out of the screws and fell heavily into the house.
Yuan Huai stood on tiptoe, trying to see the situation inside the house over the still burning flames. Suddenly, he heard a low, barely audible hoarse sound. Before he could react where it came from, he saw a black shadow flying out of the house.
Shi Jianxia was prepared and controlled the flames to form a fire net, accurately catching the creatures that were rushing towards him.
"Ah! It's a person!" Yuan Huai exclaimed.
The one trapped in the fire net was not a Zerg, but a human. His clothes were already extremely dirty, with several parts torn and revealing abnormally white skin. His hair was scattered like weeds, and he kept making hoarse sounds from his mouth.
"It's not a human! It's a Zerg parasite!" Shi Jianxia judged.
This is the competition map simulated by the Xuanta world based on a corner of reality. It is impossible for anyone other than the contestants to appear here.
Yuan Huai opened his eyes wide and looked at the 'person' trapped in the fire net. He was caught off guard by a pair of eyes full of whites. He was immediately frightened and decisively hid behind Shi Jianxia.
"It really is a parasite. Why would there be a parasite in the simulation competition? Aren't they all Zerg?" Yuan Huai swallowed and felt like vomiting again.
Federal news would blur out the Zerg parasites when reporting on them. Since he awakened his mimicry, he had never actually seen a Zerg parasite. However, whenever he thought that the parasites were monsters transformed from humans, his stomach would churn uncontrollably.
Shi Jianxia glanced at him speechlessly.
This reaction is too big. I don’t know how he dared to sign up for the special entrance examination for Zerg anatomy?
"Use your mimicry talent to see where its weakness is. It would be best if you could determine which Zerg species it is parasitized by." Shi Jianxia reminded.
The Zerg parasites in the fire net retained almost all the characteristics of humans, and there was no mutation in any part of the body. Shi Jianxia couldn't tell which type of Zerg parasite he was infected with.
Yuan Huai quickly made two "oh" sounds, suppressed the strong feeling of nausea, released the woodpecker, and used its mimicry talent.
A beam of white light flew out from the woodpecker and landed on the parasite that was trying to struggle out of the fire net.
Shi Jianxia waited patiently.
Five seconds later, Yuan Huai said dejectedly, "I didn't find it."
And his mimicry talent can only be used once on a single target.
Shi Jianxia: "This one won't work, let's continue next time."
After she finished speaking, she didn't waste any time. She raised her rifle and aimed it at the parasite trapped in the fire net, firing several shots in a quick and decisive manner.
The fire core hit the parasite, instantly creating several black blood holes. The fire net shrank, and with the energy released by the fire core, it burned the parasite into a pile of ashes.
The ashes turned into fragments and the data disappeared, and Shi Jianxia gained one point.
"It's a first-level parasite." Shi Jianxia said.
Yuan Huai had already put away his depressed mood and nodded.
Shi Jianxia didn't waste any time and continued to use his musket to blast open the doors of each house. Some houses were empty, while parasites would jump out of some houses.
Finally, when he hunted down the nineteenth Zerg parasite, Yuan Huai's mimicry talent was "confirmed".
"Their weakness is in the brain. Apart from burning them to ashes like you did, smashing their heads is the easiest way to kill them." Yuan Huai said with a stiff upper lip.
"My mimicry talent can't tell what kind of Zerg is parasitizing them."
That's enough!
"Well done." Shi Jianxia praised. She was now used to praising her children.
Yuan Huai's eyes brightened a little. If Shi Jianxia turned to look at him at this moment, she would know that the look in his eyes was exactly the same as the look she gave to the cubs every time they finished their work and were fed by her.
"A parasitic Zerg that lives in the brain. They won't abandon their 'shell' just because the host suffers a major blow..." Shi Jianxia summarized the clues he had. "Think about it, which Zerg species meet these conditions?"
Yuan Huai immediately said "oh" and began to think.
Shi Jianxia continued to hunt the first-level parasites.
It's strange to say, she and Yuan Huai have been in the town for almost an hour, and all they encountered were first-level parasites, and only one or two of them popped out at a time, while the mother parasites and larvae seemed to have disappeared.
The usage time of [Fire Disaster] has passed, and Shi Jianxia is ready to take a break.
Meng Ji, who she had sent out to explore the way, slipped back at some point and bit her trouser leg to pull her in a certain direction.
Shi Jianxia's attention was focused on hunting the Zerg parasites, and she didn't really notice where Meng Ji went later. She used her mental power to communicate with the little guy, and her expression was a little strange.
Yuan Huai also noticed Meng Ji's movements and asked curiously, "Where does it want to take us?"
Shi Jianxia smiled meaningfully, "A good place."
Yuan Huai felt that her smile was particularly malicious, and he couldn't help but hug the woodpecker in his arms, which had become wilted due to excessive use of its mimicry talent.
"There is a river in the middle of this town. I want to go to the town on the other side now. Do you want to go with me?" Shi Jianxia asked Yuan Huai for his opinion.
Yuan Huai was very aware of his own weakness in combat, so he didn't dare to refuse and nodded repeatedly.
So, Shi Jianxia passed the rows of houses on both sides of the street and walked quickly towards the other side of the town with a group of mimics.
Ten minutes later, two heads quietly poked out from behind the courtyard wall.
Shi Jianxia picked up some stones from the ground and threw them one by one at the head of the man who was tied up like a silkworm cocoon and hanging upside down on the beam under the eaves in front of him.
Xia Shuxing's body was covered in white silk threads whose material could not be identified. He was tied up in circles by those thin white silk threads, and even his mouth was blocked, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. His well-maintained long black hair hung to the ground, sweeping the dust on the ground like a mop, making him look so pitiful.
He was hit by a stone and immediately turned his head sharply, but met Shi Jianxia's onlookers' gaze in a hanging posture.
Xia Shuxing: "..."
Is it too late to call the Zerg over and kill him back to the starting point?
While he was thinking, another stone hit his nose.
Xia Shuxing gritted his teeth.
This guy must have hit him on purpose!
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