After the ten-day training period and five days of free time, the official competition began.
The five major military academy teams arrived at the live broadcast site from the training ground the night before. The site is usually built near the entrance and exit of the stadium. If they come early, they can reach the entrance early the next morning. The military academy students
have their own lounges, where they take a nap and prepare for the next day's competition.
Wei San didn't sleep well that night, so he was the first to get up in the morning. He squatted in front of the audience seats somewhere at the live broadcast site, looking at the main commentary platform below.
I don't know if it's because I haven't recovered from the virtual world yet, but I always feel a little dazed now.
She stretched out her hand and shook it in the air, and it seemed that she could still feel the resistance of touching the water wave gate that day.
"Wei San, let's go." Huo Xuanshan came over and threw her breakfast, "Eat quickly, we're going to the competition."
"Coming." Wei San took the breakfast, opened the bag, and ate while walking.
The five major military academy teams began to gather. An hour later, under the guidance of the teacher, they walked to the entrance of Willard Stadium and then drew the combat readiness pack according to the usual practice. However, this time the order of entry finally changed.
The first to enter was Pingtong Academy, the second was Damocles Military Academy, and the Imperial Military Academy directly fell to third place. This was the first time in this competition.
The audience in the live broadcast room was enthusiastic, mainly concentrated on the Imperial Military Academy, and they all welcomed the return of Ying Xingjue.
Live broadcast, the audience also began to enter the venue, and when they were almost settled, the main commentator on the main commentary platform began to explain.
"Many spectators have heard in advance that the environment of Willard Stadium is complicated, but some people may not know why." Lu Zhengxin pointed to a pop-up light screen and said, "It is well known that Willard is a high-tech planet, and all simulation cabins are produced here. We willard also have a most famous check-in attraction - the simulation world. Willard Stadium also uses this technology. Every day, the environment inside will be randomly replaced, and then you will see the randomly selected environment on this light screen."
"Many viewers may ask, the environment inside is simulated, are the star beasts simulated?" Xi Haotian continued, "The fact is, there are also star beasts inside, but some are real and some are fake, and the cadets inside basically can't tell the difference, so every time they have to try their best as before."
The audience sighed. Since they can come to Willard's live broadcast site, most of them have been to the virtual world, where there is no way to distinguish between the real and the fake.
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"They went in." Jin Ke took a breath, and was unusually nervous. He was the main commander. Compared with other people in Damocles Military Academy, he would study all the live videos of previous sessions. In recent years, too many people from Damocles Military Academy suffered losses in Willard's arena. It was here that they had their mortal feud with the Samuel Military Academy. Since then, the two military academies have always had to compete here. In the previous term, Senior Shen Tukun was defeated here.
Wei San put his hand on Jin Ke's shoulder and patted her. He said nothing but silently comforted her.
In fact, it was not just them. The people from the Samuel Military Academy were also nervous. In previous years, they were extremely excited at this time and would use all means to deal with the Damocles Military Academy. But this time is different. The people from the Damocles Military Academy are obviously much stronger than them. After entering, they will probably be suppressed and beaten.
"Damocles Military Academy enter."
The teacher called them to enter.
The Willard Arena has a similar mechanism to the simulation world, so there is also a water wave gate at the entrance.
Wei San followed Jin Ke to the entrance. After the whole team entered, everyone in Damocles Military Academy frowned subconsciously.
This place was too much like the entrance to the extreme cold arena. As soon as they entered, they lost players right under the noses of the main team.
"Could it be that the environment here is set according to our deepest memories?" Ying Chenghe asked puzzledly.
Jin Ke shook his head: "It is a unified environment, but it changes randomly."
In any case, now that they have entered, everyone's vigilance has been raised to the extreme, especially in this environment.
"I wonder what the star beasts here look like." Liao Runing looked around and deliberately lowered his head to observe the ground. He always felt that something would rush out from below.
"Don't think too much. Everyone should treat the star beast as a normal star beast when they see it." Jin Ke said.
Everyone continued to move forward. Wei San stood beside Jin Ke and asked, "Your perception can't distinguish whether the star beast is real or fake?"
"No." Jin Ke shook his head, "You have also entered the virtual world that day. This mode has a closed and confusing effect on people's perception."
In the ice and snow, the Damocles Military Academy has not yet been equipped, and it is colder than when they were in the extremely cold arena.
For the safety of the team, Jin Ke asked 100 light mecha soldiers to enter the mecha, led by Huo Xuanshan, to observe and explore the surroundings. 20 medium soldiers and 10 heavy soldiers were responsible for defending and advancing on the ground.
As they continued to move forward, the team of the Imperial Military Academy also came in.
Ying Xingjue stood at the front and was about to use a physical shield when he was stopped by Ji Chuyu and Huo Jian.
"Commander-in-chief, we can hold on." Huo Jian said.
Ying Xingjue withdrew his perception. He took action to maximize the speed of benefits, but in the previous few games, Ying Yuerong had already reminded him that he could not lead these people alone and needed to give them a chance to train.
Although he did not need to sense and establish a shield, Ying Xingjue still began to sense the situation of the entire arena.
Jin Ke was right. The mechanism of this arena itself would confuse and block perception, but this was not a virtual world. Ying Xingjue was not willing to indulge in it, and those five senses that were blocked and confused would dissipate a little.
After adapting later, Ying Xingjue might not be confused by the mechanism of the arena.
"Star beasts!" Situ Jia in mid-air suddenly gave a warning.
The people of the Imperial Military Academy immediately became alert. It was a small group of A-level star beasts, and the school team was able to handle it.
The members of the main team did not take action, and Tai Wude led the attack.
Ying Xingjue frowned, his perception did not detect these star beasts.
These star beasts... are fake.
He did not speak, but observed everyone in the Imperial Military Academy. Whether it was Tai Wude and others who took action, or the main team standing by and watching quietly, from their eyes, it was obvious that they firmly believed that this group of star beasts was real.
This was already the eighth competition venue. For the members of the school team, A-level star beasts were something they could deal with as long as they were not a star beast tide.
Soon Tai Wude retreated with murderous intent, and all the star beasts were killed by them.
One minute passed, five minutes passed, and until ten minutes passed, there was still no sound of the broadcast, and no light beam was seen.
"Virtual star beast." Ying Xingjue said indifferently.
What?
Everyone in the Imperial Military Academy was stunned. Tai Wude even lowered his head to look at the blood on his mecha, and suddenly found that all the blood had disappeared. The damaged parts of his mecha were also restored to their original state, but the pain left on his body could not be faked at all.
"This is the terrifying thing about the Willard Arena. Unless you damage your mecha yourself, the fake star beast cannot harm your mecha. But before you recognize the fake star beast, you will always think that your mecha is damaged, and the pain left by the fake star beast will not disappear." Gong Yijue had done his homework and couldn't help but explain.
Ying Xingjue did not deny what he said, and lightly glanced at the surroundings with the corner of his eyes: "The star beast is coming."