Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Bloodthirsty Little White Rabbit. (No need to re-fix the bug...
The selection of Star Sea Warriors must restore the situation in the hunting grounds to the greatest extent possible, which is equivalent to a "mock exam" of fighting each other. Therefore, the death rate of contestants over the years is also clearly included in the rule book.
Ten days later, Ani followed the staff who came to contact her and stepped into the venue of the selection competition - the edge of the third area.
For other contestants, this may be their first time to see a chaotic "free" zone where shootings and massacres can occur at any time. But for Annie, it was just like going home.
"Please be careful," the staff told her. "The rules of this selection competition are written in great detail in the competition notice. This is your mask."
She handed over a bunny mask. This is some kind of technology from the Free Federation. As long as you wear it on your face, you can use a special technology to hide your body shape and voice, making it even more difficult to identify your race, and even your gender will be blurred.
"Your movements will be broadcast live to the audience following the trials as soon as possible. As long as you can get the top three points, you can become a true warrior and represent Planet Aquamarine in the starry sea."
At the end, even the professional staff couldn't help but sound a little excited. She was a human receptionist specially arranged for Ani, and she embodied a special emotion.
"Each contestant starts with 10 points, and there is a detector on their body." She inserted the detection chip into Annie's watch, "As long as you can make other contestants lose their ability to fight and get the watch's detection, you will get 10 points."
"A question," Ani suddenly asked, "Even in the marginal areas of the third district, there are still a lot of lower-class people, right? The ten of us are fighting here, and the civilians are affected..."
"Even if there aren't many adults here, this place is still synonymous with blood and violence." The staff member smiled and said, "They will kill each other anyway. Don't worry about it. We applied for approval from the Joint Police Department, and it was approved."
She handed the combat uniform to Ani.
Annie put on the tight combat uniform and picked up the headphone-shaped communication live broadcast device and fixed it. The live broadcast device was very sturdy and, contrary to its appearance, light, so she hardly felt she was wearing anything.
The staff member seemed to want to remind her something, but a reminder sounded in her headphones, and the countdown for the live broadcast started lighting up on the big screens all over the Aquamarine Planet. She gave one last word of advice: "Ani-sama, surviving is the most important thing, not winning. I wish you good luck."
The countdown numbers light up, 5, 4, 3...
The number turned to 1 and then disappeared. At the same time, the starship door opened and Annie, wearing a mask, stepped into the venue.
The flying camera accompanying the live broadcast followed silently in mid-air. The technology on the mask that concealed the body shape and gender had passed a special screening mechanism and was ineffective for the live broadcast. Therefore, the first time the eagerly waiting audience looked up at the screen, they all noticed this unique contestant.
"Human?!"
"Human female. My God, are all the mermaids of this generation extinct? How could such a thing appear..."
"There must be something wrong with the selection method of Aquamarine."
A wave of contempt and abuse instantly arose in the place where the mermaids gathered, but they were not scolding Annie. Instead, they were insulting those useless trash who actually allowed a human girl to get a place in the competition, which was too inconsistent with the image of a warrior in their minds.
In front of the big screens and on the Star Network live broadcast platform, countless barrages of comments quickly scrolled by. When the contestants first appeared, the one who attracted the most attention was Annie, who was ranked ninth. Her popularity rose rapidly and she soon became a popular recommendation on the platform.
Many people also paid to watch her first-person perspective, but they just wanted to have fun.
While the outside world was discussing the matter heatedly, there was silence in front of the live broadcast screen at Hailan University. There were quite a few mermaids who had fought with Annie in private. The comments were dense and dense... I don't know who whispered, "How dare you look down on her... She is a lunatic."
Everyone silently agreed with this statement. Some people quietly looked forward. There were several teachers chatting in front of the screen. Among them was a figure with long dark blue hair. She was the rumored boyfriend of Annie who had been discussed many times in recent months.
"When I first heard about your relationship with her, I thought someone was spreading rumors... Although Annie is an excellent student and a strong warrior, she is still a human being." A colleague warned softly, "If the director knew about this, he would tie you up and skin you alive. You should think clearly. This is no different from treason..."
Lin looked at the screen and said calmly: "She and I are just teacher and student."
The colleague said: "Then you should deal with the rumors outside. They are really damaging your reputation."
Lin said nothing, as if he didn't care about his own reputation or the reputation of the Lanlong family.
The figure on the screen was shaking, and the dilapidated scene of the third district made many pampered mermaids frown. In the upper right corner of the live broadcast, there is a small map showing the movements of all players, and the pink dot representing Annie is moving quickly.
She knows all the shortcuts here.
In order to simulate real hunting, a virtual environment cannot be used, so it is almost inevitable that the venue is set here. There is no place on Planet Aquamarine that is more complex and full of dangers than the third zone. She climbed up the pipe in the alley, jumped lightly onto the roof, and reached out to press the earphones.
"Ding", a prompt sound rang softly, and a light blue screen suspended in the air appeared in front of her eyes. In the upper right corner was a small map belonging to the contestants. According to the rules, the organizer hid some usable weapons in this area. The weapons appeared on the screen as a shaking small treasure chest mark.
She quickly constructed the fastest route, taking the lesser-known paths, her movements light and silent, like an agile cat. Soon, Annie arrived at the location of the first treasure chest. She used the contestant's mask to verify and open the box, revealing an alloy stick.
The barrage scrolled quickly.
"R0955 alloy electric baton. I looked at the list of weapons that were dropped and I feel like the lethality is not enough."
"Isn't her action too fast? She is so decisive and agile. Is this speed something a human can achieve..."
"Tsk, they just run fast. Could it be that the top ten were selected based on their speed? That's too funny."
"As expected of someone from District 3, he's like a habitual thief."
Annie held the alloy stick in her hand. She was wearing white half-palm gloves and clenched her five fingers. She swung the stick up and down. A section of the short alloy stick was swung out and a white arc of electricity burst out from both ends.
Annie was very satisfied. She turned her wrist to turn the long stick into a short stick and inserted it into the buckle on the side of her combat uniform with her backhand. She climbed in through the ventilation duct, took a shortcut on the steel bars of the abandoned building, and soon arrived at the location of the second weapons box.
It was about three meters high. Annie estimated the distance, opened the pipe, and jumped down without blinking, landing softly near the box without even disturbing the dust around it.
"She's so light." Colleagues watching couldn't help but exclaim, "Does she have no bones? Or is she weightless?"
Lin lowered his head to look at the courseware, pressed his fingers on the virtual keyboard to make changes, and said without surprise: "It is possible to be boneless. She is a mollusk."
My colleague laughed and said, "I've never heard you say something so humorous. Even if you hate them, you shouldn't call our soldiers octopuses."
"She's not one of our warriors," Lin said without raising his head. "She's not an octopus either. An octopus would die if it fell. She would just make a 'plop' sound and wriggle on the ground in a sticky manner."
Colleague: “…Lin.”
"I'm sorry." Lin sighed, "She is a lovely girl, I just can't appreciate her, I'm sorry."
"I now believe that you are not in that kind of relationship."
Lin put away the courseware and looked up.
Annie on the screen was opening the second weapon box. As the box opened, a tall figure wearing a leopard mask appeared behind her.
"Strange, this is the weapon closest to me." The visitor smiled and walked towards Annie. "The rules say that everyone will be dropped near a box. No one should be faster than me."
The man in the leopard mask was at least 1.9 meters tall, and his ethnic features could not be seen clearly. His voice was processed with electronic music, "You were able to come so quickly. Let me guess... You are No. 9 from the third district. When you saw me, you didn't run away?"
"We've met in combat class before." Ani stood up. "I remember you. Even among mermaids, female mermaids that are close to two meters tall are rare."
"Since you remember me, you should know that you have never defeated me."
As soon as the words fell, the female mermaid wearing a leopard mask suddenly jumped up, and her tight and strong legs swung out with a sound of tearing the air. She was wearing high-heeled combat boots that could kick someone to cause internal injuries. There were blades embedded on the side of the boots. She drew an arc from the right side with a high whip kick -
Annie stared at her and dodged immediately. The opponent's shoe sole slammed into the wall with a bang, and a large hole with flying dust was created in the concrete and steel wall.
She pulled her legs back and put one hand behind her back, as gracefully as a ballerina. But everyone knows that she is a killer dancer, a rumbling fighting machine.
"It's over, our little cat human——"
"Why are you crying? This is a real warrior! Kill her!"
"Is this number four? What a strong female mermaid. I really want to combine with her..."
"Post less, and be more obedient if your account is blocked..."
The real-time barrage was pleased with this, and the number of views from this perspective increased again.
The leopard continued to move closer to her.
This is a narrow alley with no way to escape on either side, and a frontal breakthrough is simply a pipe dream. Annie reached out and grabbed the alloy stick at her waist, turned her wrist and swung it into a long stick, with silver arcs of electricity flowing on it.
Leopard just smiled: "Your results in weapon fighting? Oh, I didn't see it, the ranking is too low." She raised her head, and her tone was the usual arrogance of the mermaid, "Admit defeat now, and I won't kill you."
"Then I should really let you see my achievements in weapon fighting."
The leopard's patience ran out, and she chuckled and rushed forward head-on. The legs transformed from the fish tail were strong and sturdy, and every muscle had surging power and life. She faced Annie's stick technique, entangled her long legs with the end, bent her legs and turned, almost pulling the alloy stick out of the opponent's hand.
During this process, Leopard kept one hand behind his back, and even though he was covered by a mask, his light golden eyes revealed a playful expression.
"Your Majesty..." An eye-catching paid barrage floated past.
"It's just a joke."
"The gap in rankings is too big. It's amazing that the little human can hold on."
Annie held the long stick, and the flowing electric current climbed up the opponent's combat uniform. But the mermaid's tough skin can almost ignore this level of electric shock. Ani seemed to be having a very hard time resisting, and the two of them fought quickly and soon forced their way to the end of the alley.
This is a dead end.
The leopard licked the tip of its teeth, and the merman's unique forked tongue hissed and trembled in the air: "I'm tired of playing."
Annie wiped off a bloody scratch on her shoulder. The blade on the side of her boots only scratched her a little bit, leaving a huge cut. Blood was smudged, but the skin under her clothes had actually healed as before.
She looked at the leopard mask: "Actually, I'm tired of playing with it too."
Leopard smiled and pressed forward suddenly. Her hand, which had been behind her back, suddenly joined the battle. Her long legs chopped forward like a sickle, and her hand with sharp nails reached straight for Annie's chest. No matter which direction the opponent dodges, he will be hit from the other side.
As if Annie had expected it, she moved half her body away, allowing the leopard's hand to pierce her shoulder - the injury was nothing to her. She felt the flesh being torn and smashed on her shoulder. On the other side, she stepped on the mermaid's knee and used the alloy stick in her hand to push downward, passing through the air as lightly as a butterfly.
In just a blink of an eye, she flipped over and was behind the leopard. After a moment of amazement, the thought that came to everyone's mind was: "Let her escape."
At this moment, Ani's actions are contrary to the thoughts of thousands of people. She landed in the air, and instead of jumping to the other side of the alley, she jumped onto the opponent's shoulders, pressed her legs down, pressed her knees against the leopard's neck, and twisted her head to the left.
Click.
The sound of bones breaking.
Her strength is totally different from what it was half a year ago. Even if such a fierce warrior exposed his weakness, he would not be killed in this way by an ordinary person.
The other party's contempt was directed at the wrong person. Annie twisted her neck without any emotion, and the alloy stick snapped against her arm, blocking the direction of No. 4's interception.
Number Four half-knelt on the ground with his muscular body, and stretched out his trembling hands in a gesture of surrender. Annie took off the points watch on her wrist and stuck her own chip on it. The opponent's 10 points quickly returned to zero, and her points became 20.
She loosened her legs and fell backwards to the ground. Another contestant in front of her covered her almost broken neck with both hands. She gasped hoarsely and struggled to breathe, unable to utter a word.
Number Four has lost his ability to fight and will be picked up soon. Annie showed a slightly regretful expression and took a new weapon from the weapons box.
It was a fog detector.
Ani installed it on her headphones, and the small map in front of her was updated. Small dots representing the contestants were moving on the screen - she had a spectator's perspective.
The dots for numbers four and seven have dimmed.
Annie stood up, adjusted her rabbit mask, turned her wrist and inserted the short stick into the buckle, shook off the blood on her hands, and walked out openly.
Now, she is not the prey, but the hunter.
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The barrage was silent for a long time.
In these thirty seconds when the mind is blank, many people forget what to say. Until the blood that the white-haired girl shook off splattered on the camera, as if falling on the audience's cheek.
Advanced live broadcasts can simulate the feeling of a faint fishy and sweet smell floating up, making people dare not even breathe.
A barrage of comments floated past alone——
"Bloodthirsty little white rabbit."
Just five words, but they seemed to have triggered all the crazy discussions. Subsequent barrages rushed out densely, and golden paid barrages came one after another.
"F*ck, I wrongly blamed Hailan University. She is such a f*cking f*cking f*cking awesome. Holy shit."
"Don't go crazy. There's a shield. The power and beauty of this aerial flip is really cool. But it's also because No. 4 completely underestimated the enemy. Underestimating the enemy is a low-level mistake."
"To be honest, she won by her flexibility and skills. She looks like a skilled five-star talent, an SSR-level warrior. I just wanted to say that the previous fighting skills were already very exciting..."
"Having the strength to break No. 4's neck is already very impressive. I guarantee that many mermaids would be grabbed off and crushed by the leopard even if they had the chance. Besides, isn't she seriously injured? She fought so bloodthirstily. How can she face other opponents with the injury?"
"Did no one notice how number 6 was eliminated?"
"Oh my god, humans actually have such a wonderful moment..."
When the human residents' barrage of comments took the upper hand, Lin's colleague was already stunned. He poked Lin with a trembling hand: "She, she..."
"It's very soft, isn't it?" Lin said, "Her body has always been very soft, and it wraps people very tightly."
His colleague looked at him with a very subtle look, but Lin didn't notice what he was saying yet, and continued calmly: "If you get entangled, you will die, or suffocate. No one can accept that feeling of suffocation. It makes people want to vomit and collapse and want to die right now."
My colleague was silent for a moment, then said, "You sound like an M who is very unhappy with the way she plays."
"..." He slowly realized the ambiguity of his words, "The way I played with her... No, we didn't play at all!"
The second half of the sentence is a bit angry and embarrassed.
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