Chapter 156: Joining the Game
"Everyone's probably confused as to why Xu Lingqu did this." Lieutenant Quan nodded after watching Xu Lingqu demonstrate his "Word Spirit Skills." "Actually, while most of the exciting footage you saw was Xu Lingqu's city-wide killing spree, after the first round of broadcasts, we can clearly see that the Moye Military Academy is lagging behind in terms of total kills."
Teacher Chang also nodded in affirmation. "And everyone should have noticed the difference between Dolanston and the past. After the painful lesson of that qualifying match, Dolanston has actually reflected and evolved, knowing shame and then being braver. Today, Jia Xiangying didn't have any rash murderous intentions towards Xu Lingqu. The arrangement of the mall was only to check Xu Lingqu's skills. She also knew that Dolanston didn't need to rush. He just needed to maintain his advantage, figure out the skills of Xu Lingqu, Moye's strongest opponent, and then avoid her."
"That's right. It was precisely this shift in Jia Xiangying's mindset that led to the arrangement. The moment she entered the mall, Xu Lingqu must have sensed her change of heart," Lieutenant Quan explained. "So, this whole drama was staged to make Jia Xiangying and the entire Doranston community want to kill her. Although Moye's scout, Xu Xizhen, had already reached the News Building, she also reported that the defenses there were very tight."
"In other words, if Mo Xie wants to turn the tide and win, the first option is to activate the decapitation mechanism after the second broadcast, storming the news building and beheading Jia Xiangying. I think Xu Lingqu has already considered this, and she doesn't think it's feasible." Teacher Chang patted the table. "Everyone may have a slight misunderstanding of her. The last time she went alone to seize the energy core, everyone thought she was a bit conceited, but that's not the case. I think she's a very comprehensive person."
"Yes, yes. She has assessed the danger levels of different events. The difficulty of capturing the news building in Dorlanston and the energy core in the desert at that time is completely different... And she also arranged Moye's guerrilla warfare in the desert in advance, ensuring that even if she died, Moye would be able to fight normally before going alone to seize the energy core."
Lieutenant Quan added, "So she didn't intend to take the passive and dangerous route of storming the Dolanston Building. Instead, she created a new path for herself: pretending to have the ability to kill people by knowing their exact coordinates. This made everyone in Dolanston realize they had to kill her before the second round of broadcasts, luring them out of the news building and turning the passive situation into the active one."
"In other words, she's luring the people from Dorlanston into her trap." Teacher Chang realized he'd strayed from the topic again, and quickly tried to make amends. "Dorlanston needs to calm down now and not be easily led astray. Consider whether such a perverted skill would actually appear in the game. As long as they can calm down, the balance of victory will tip towards them."
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[Oh my god, by getting involved himself, Xu Lingqu really... put himself on the fire to create opportunities for everyone else in Moye.]
In the minds of the people of Doranston, Xu Lingqu has become a sword hanging over their heads, which may fall at any time. They must destroy this sword before it falls.
Xu Lingqu is... a very courageous person.
[However, Doranston also has Black Hawk and Jiang You. Their skills are also quite abnormal. Whether Xu Lingqu can withstand them is a question.]
Let's take a look at her setup first... I think Dolanston is still skeptical about this Word Spirit skill, because it's a bit too perverted.
"She set a trap for Jia Xiangying so quickly." Jin Fang Taibai frowned. After listening to the commentator's analysis, his not-so-pleasant memories were brought back.
Guan Chuanjun twisted a league commemorative coin in his hand, tossing it up and letting it fall back into his palm: "To be honest, Mo Xie's students are a burden to her in a sense."
After he finished speaking, he clearly sensed the atmosphere was off, and raised his hands in surrender. "I'm just giving an objective assessment. I don't mean to say anything bad about Mo Xie's students. If the level of her soldiers was even lower, let alone those of you from Long Yuan, even if we, Sea Buckthorn, were to take on them, we wouldn't be in such a passive position."
"Moye's average students are working hard enough this time," Limuyi retorted. "Just look at what they did last year... and most of their participating students are first-year students who only participated in the tryout period. Most of us are experienced second-year and third-year students. We were beaten badly by them in the Desert Tourli by their guerrilla warfare without Xu Lingqu's command."
The two people started arguing, and Jin Fang Taibai was caught in the middle. He quickly signaled Gu Tingzhi to come out and take charge of the situation.
Gu Tingzhi chuckled. "You're all right. Being a burden and working hard don't conflict with each other. They're both objective facts. But for Xu Lingqu, she doesn't think about it. That's the way a loser shifts responsibility. She only thinks about one thing: winning."
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In the News Building, Dorranston is holding an emergency meeting.
"Time is running out. We must find out the authenticity of Xu Lingqu's skills as soon as possible, and once it is confirmed to be true, we must kill her quickly, otherwise our situation will be very dangerous." Jia Xiangying looked at the other people at the conference table.
Black Hawk spoke directly, "I was watching the drone's live broadcast with the young lady commander at the time. Indeed, after Xu Lingqu finished speaking, Hulian and the others were killed on the spot. Without any obvious symptoms or external interference, I tend to believe that this skill is real."
"But don't you think this skill is too abnormal? Could such a seriously unbalanced skill really appear in this game?" Jiang You, another S-rank soldier in Doranston, asked in confusion, "This doesn't make sense."
"So I think this Word Spirit ability has a lot of limitations. For example, it requires precise, specific coordinates, requires being in the same space, and can only affect one or two people. I also suspect there's a time limit," Black Hawk analyzed. "She's doing this to intimidate us and buy time until she finds the Young Lady Commander's coordinates after the second round of broadcasts, and then she'll behead us."
What he said made some sense, and Jiang You stopped refutation. Everyone's attention at the conference table shifted to Jia Xiangying. She was the commander of Dolanston, and the most crucial decision-making power was in her hands.
Jia Xiangying's mind was replaying what she said to Xu Lingqu when she shook hands before the game.
She told Xu Lingqu that she would not be provoked again.
Is it possible that Xu Lingqu could actually take advantage of her caution and delay the execution?
No, this was all contradictory. If she had such a skill, why would she proactively show it to the people of Doranston? Shouldn't she have hidden it and waited until the second round of announcements to make her move? Why bother?
Jia Xiangying's thoughts were moving in the right direction, but were suddenly interrupted by an unexpected change.
Xu Lingqu's figure suddenly appeared on the big screen in the studio.
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