Chapter 162: Can't Shave Off Their Thorns
The interstellar media surrounded Liu Zheng, but Xu Lingqu did not escape as he wished.
There were still a few people who had slipped through the net and insisted on surrounding her to interview her. These people looked unfamiliar and she had never seen them before.
Noticing Xu Lingqu's questioning look, they quickly took out their work IDs.
"We are a gaming media outlet, not here to interview the league. We are here to ask questions about the game."
Why would he look for her for something related to the game? Xu Lingqu was even more confused.
The reporter, fearing the person would run away, cut straight to the chase: "Thanks to your influence, a desert game that was once a niche and unpopular game has become an instant hit in the gaming world. Many people buy it just to have a check-in spot similar to the Xu Lingqu. What are your thoughts on this?"
"I don't know." Xu Lingqu, who was not keen on browsing Skynet, knew nothing about these things.
The reporter was a bit surprised, and even more surprised when someone next to him whispered, "So after today's game, the number of pre-orders for the game Sin City exceeded 100 million in just one hour. What do you think?"
If she had known earlier that being a live streamer selling StarCraft games could make so much money, would she have gone out to play for others?
Xu Lingqu looked at the camera and said four words seriously: "Skynet, send money."
"You guys at Skynet should really give money to our Little Lingqu, okay?"
Liuming continued to fight against Skynet as usual. Since the start of the league, Moye's fans and Xu Lingqu's fans have not played a single game against the wind in this Skynet League forum.
Now that the Sin City game is over, the screen is filled with Liu Zheng and Xu Lingqu, as if this is a Moye exclusive zone.
Thinking of Xu Lingqu's previous miserable career as a substitute, Liuming immediately clicked on the post and agreed: "Yeah, yeah, Skynet made so much money, it's only natural to give Xu Lingqu a share!"
Liuming thought that once Xu Lingqu became rich, he could pester her to buy the exclusive puppy toys that he had recently picked out at the Skynet Pet Shop.
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Lieutenant General Jia Deli was present in person at the VIP seats for the CIRM meeting.
Everyone knew that this match was not going to be easy for Cimei, and it was very likely that this was their last match in this league, so basically everyone who could attend came.
"I told you Xu Lingqu would definitely come. She's never missed a single Cimei match. She's just partial to them." Jin Fang Taibai locked onto Xu Lingqu's figure, then turned and asked Guan Chuanjun for money. "Give me the money."
He finally won the bet. It was really painful to think about how he lost to Gu Tingzhi last time.
Today's VIP audience seats were bustling with people. In front of Moye and the others sat Shaji Du'e, and behind them sat Dolanston and Longyuan.
Xu Xizhen saw Gu Tingzhi also appeared and asked curiously, "Isn't it you who will complete it tomorrow?"
Gu Tingzhi nodded: "Yes."
The implication is that Longyuan was built without any preparation.
Well, it is worthy of being an old and strong school, and it speaks with confidence.
The map that Cimei and the United Nations drew was a city attack and defense battle map. It was pretty standard, with no special mechanisms to pay attention to and no novel weapons. It all depended on the students' combat capabilities.
"At the Federation competition, Tansen Merlin was already saying in a pre-match interview that he's looking forward to the next semi-final against Moye." Jinfang Taibai was well-informed. "This guy really deserves a beating."
Limuyi also frowned, a rare occurrence. "Ever since the last qualifying round, this guy has been mentioning Xu Lingqu in every interview he's given in the Federation..."
"It's the deep closet." Jiang You from Dolanston, who was sitting next to Jia Xiangying behind Moye and the others, spoke up.
He had been quite depressed about losing to Moye, but he seemed to have recovered after one night.
Emotions come and go quickly.
"They're almost calling Xu Lingqu his destined rival. How disgusting." Jin Fang Taibai shook his head. "Unlike me, I'll just wish that Xu Lingqu transfers to Du'e and becomes my teammate next year."
"What's the point of being teammates with Xu Lingqu? We should be opponents." Black Hawk interrupted and said, it would be so exciting to be opponents with Xu Lingqu.
He went back to review the game in Sin City and deeply suspected that if they had not fallen into the trap and went to Huabin Boulevard in Bulwell, Xu Lingqu might have planned to bomb the entire city.
She is a lunatic with a stable, strong and rational mind. This kind of person is the most terrifying and the most exciting.
"When I think about being dominated by Xu Lingqu for another three years, I'm so happy that I can't sleep." Black Hawk couldn't help but speak his true feelings.
Jia Xiangying, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and punched him.
This person is so shameful!
"You are shouting at each other across Xu Lingqu himself." Among the five people in the middle, Jin was the first to lose patience. However, Xu Lingqu, who was at the center of the conversation, turned a deaf ear to the noise in front and behind him and focused on watching Cimei's game.
The competition has begun. Tansen Meilin is a very arrogant person who likes to talk to himself, but that doesn’t mean his level is really low.
From the very beginning, the United Nations tried their best to gain air superiority over the city, and their sky battle clearly showed that they had made a strategic deployment of a combination of various aircraft types before the game. From the very beginning of the air battle, Thorn Rose was at a disadvantage.
"Tan Sen Meilin has his own unique perspective on these types of aerial and space combat." Senior Colonel Ren sighed in the commentary booth. "In terms of the aircraft group combat and the location and timing of the airborne troops' landing, Ci Mei's initial arrangements were inferior to those of the United Nations, putting her at a disadvantage."
"In this kind of urban siege, it is still very important to seize air superiority. In this kind of terrain, aircraft supplies and airborne troops can bring better results in the battle." Professor Zhuang nodded.
Now the UN's fleet is basically chasing after the Cimei fleet. It seems that Tansen Meilin is unwilling to leave any plane for Cimei. After the battle, it is conservatively estimated that the sky above this city will be completely occupied by the remaining two UN aircraft.
When everyone was worried about the pilot of Thorn Rose, she suddenly made a move that surprised everyone.
She turned the plane around and no longer chose to escape. She flew at full speed as if she was determined to die together with the UN pilot.
The UN pilots were startled and subconsciously dodged, watching her fly straight into the airspace of the UN territory.
It must be the information given by Thorn Rose's scout, so she directly controlled the plane and crashed it into a building.
From the audience's perspective, her fate had actually been predicted in advance. Tan Sen Meilin was not in that building, but everyone was still shocked by her tragic act.
The pain in this ordinary game is 70% of the normal pain. When Jiang You jumped off the building, he also felt 50% of the pain.
She was able to do this for the victory of Cimei and deserved the applause of everyone present.
When the pilot of the Cimei team left the cocoon cabin, her head was covered in cold sweat. Their school doctor hurried over to check on the situation. She just waved her hand to indicate that she was fine, and then stared at the big screen with an unwilling look.
Her suicide attack failed, and ultimately the city's air supremacy was completely occupied by the three UN planes. For a moment, all the people in Cimei were unable to move and could only look for shelter on the spot, avoiding the bombing of the planes while fighting the UN people to the end.
In the following time, basically only the sound of gunfire and artillery fire could be heard. Ye Yu shouldered the responsibility of an S-class soldier. She drove a Z2p armored vehicle equipped with anti-aircraft missiles and successfully shot down a UN plane.
But this also exposed her coordinates. Tan Sen Meilin ordered people to bombard her relentlessly, determined to destroy her car and kill her. Yun Yao asked several times in the communication channel, and Ye Yu answered firmly that no support was needed. While the UN's firepower was being diverted, he let the other people of Ci Mei launch a quick attack.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
When the draw for the quarterfinals began, Colonel Ren and Professor Zhuang's analysis of Ci Mei was very accurate. Their matches always touched the hearts of the audience and infected everyone's emotions.
The tense atmosphere this time was largely due to the match itself, making everyone feel that this game was not like a league, but a partial manifestation of a real war.
Director Yin, with a sullen face, quickly called the deputy director of the league center at the federal venue: "Wasn't this map previously evaluated and discontinued without improvements?"
The deputy director complained, "This was personally decided by President Jiatu. He saw no problem with several of the Saitu maps and immediately approved their reuse."
"Does he think he's so powerful, fanning the flames between the Empire and the Federation and feeling awesome? If a war really breaks out, Skynet will undoubtedly be the hardest hit!" Before she could bask in the joy of yesterday's double harvest of overwhelming traffic for the game and the huge sales of Sin City, Gatu immediately came to cause trouble for her.
The deputy director asked quietly, "Is the mood among your Imperial audiences strange?"
Director Yin looked up at the unusually silent audience and said through gritted teeth, "What do you think?"
She always believes that the league is a competitive game, which has both entertainment and cruel aspects, but it cannot be as cruel as a real battlefield.
The real cruelty is taught to these students by the Federation and the Empire's own military. There is no need to display the cruelty so bloodily in the league.
Moreover, in today's Thorn Rose match, their principal, Lieutenant General Jiadeli of the Empire, was sitting in the VIP seats watching!
Director Yin cursed and cut off the communication with the deputy director. Looking at the big screen, he thought that since things had come to this point, he could only take one step at a time.
Tan Sen Meilin was determined to wipe out the enemy completely.
His idea was very simple. Xu Lingqu would definitely watch this match, and he had to show Xu Lingqu his true strength in this match, enough to become her destined opponent.
That is why, knowing where Yun Yao's headquarters was, Tan Sen Meilin did not take action, but instead began to search for all the living people of Ci Mei in the city one by one.
Even if Yun Yao led her men out of the command center and joined the battlefield herself, Tan Sen Meilin would have his men avoid her, not attack her, and either behead her or annihilate her completely.
Yunyao did not show any negative emotions at this time. She actively took advantage of this fact, leading the way in the front line, leading the remaining girls of Thorn Rose to make a final resistance, and kill as many UN soldiers as possible.
In the end, Tansen Meilin's idea failed. Yunyao and the remaining dozen people held on until the end of the competition. In the end, the victory or defeat was determined by the number of heads. There was no beheading, nor was there annihilation.
The moment she withdrew from the cocoon cabin, Yunyao could no longer hold back her tears, which fell like beads with broken strings.
Ye Yu went over and patted her shoulder: "Yun Yao, don't cry, Lieutenant General Jia Deli is still waiting for us."
Vice Admiral Jiadeli came to watch today's match in person, but they still lost.
Yunyao trembled, holding back her tears and sadness as she stood up. They took the initiative to walk in front of Lieutenant General Jiadeli, and all the students of Cimei gathered around.
Lieutenant General Jiadeli stood up. The audience was silent. No one left their seat and no one spoke. Everyone was waiting for her to say something.
"I have always been very strict with you. Or rather, every principal of Cimei has always been very strict with the students of Cimei."
Her medium-length black curly hair fell on her shoulders. She was wearing a formal imperial military uniform today, with the rank of lieutenant general and her medal of honor. Just standing there, she could make all the audience present feel her majesty.
"Because it is an all-female military academy, in the eyes of many people you always represent the highest level of the billions of young girls in the interstellar empire." In this interstellar age, due to the emergence of artificial wombs and the development of various medical technologies, the problem of gender discrimination between men and women is much smaller than that on Earth.
But small doesn’t mean non-existent.
The gender ratio in the Empire's six major military academies and the Federation's Youth Army Academy can still explain many problems.
Lieutenant General Jia Deli lowered her eyes and looked at each of the students at Cimei. "So, after I took over Cimei, I will continue the style of the previous principals and hold you to strict standards. I hope you can reach the top."
Yunyao lowered her head in shame. They had let down Lieutenant General Jiadeli. They were only in the quarterfinals. How could they be considered a top military academy?
"But, here today, I don't want to blame you or criticize you." Lieutenant General Jiadeli slowed down her voice, and Yunyao slowly raised her head.
"I've watched every one of your matches this year. When I wasn't at this venue, I watched with my men. While patrolling the border planet, the second match of your qualifying tournament happened to be starting."
In that match, Ci Mei took the initiative to help Mo Xie, and in the end the Imperial Military Academy defeated the Federal Military Academy and played a beautiful group match.
"At that time, my subordinates and I witnessed you displaying your loyalty, courage, wisdom, unity and kindness. It was also at that moment that I found that I was sincerely proud of you. The honor and satisfaction it brought me are far more important than the pale results." Lieutenant General Jiadeli looked at these girls as if she was looking at her former self.
"At that moment, I made up my mind. No matter the outcome of this competition, I will always love you. I hope my students, my girls, can always maintain this sincerity and move towards a bright future."
She stretched out her arms, and the students of Thornrose, who were already in tears, rushed over and hugged her.
Rose petals rained down from the sky, which were gifts prepared by fans of Thorn Rose for the girls.
Flowers bloom and fade, and their petals will eventually fall, but no one can shave off the thorns they grow.
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