Chapter 178
This can only be a draw.
As the on-campus competition stage of the "Challenge Cup", each battle actually has a maximum battle time limit.
This restriction is in place to protect students.
Students at the Advanced School of Supernatural Powers, even those who have completed their internship at the Supernatural Powers Association and are nearing graduation, are unlikely to be over 20 years old at most and are still at the standard "youthful and vigorous" age.
Young psychics tend to get carried away and act recklessly during combat. In a difficult fight, there is a greater than 60% chance that they will employ a "burn everything down" tactic, which does great damage to the psychic's energy core.
Students - especially those in the upper three districts, each of them is a precious gem of the Human Interstellar Alliance and a fresh fighting force of the future.
If a young warrior is to be defeated, it should be in actual combat with elemental beasts, not in academy competitions.
Bi Huaishu is particularly caring about his students, and the single-use duration of the battle table in the "Challenge Cup" campus competition of Golden Uriel College is adjusted according to the "minimum upper limit".
Jiang Yunu and senior Jin Qing had a teaching tug-of-war match, and they kept pulling each other until the bell rang again on the battle stage.
——But this time it was the final bell.
"Time is up. Both competitors please stop fighting immediately after the bell rings. I repeat, both competitors please stop fighting immediately."
The electronically synthesized announcement voice echoed on the battle stage.
Jin Qing was the first to withdraw her hand, and was obviously familiar with the ringtone.
Jiang Yunu was stunned for a moment. It was the first time she heard such a ring tone. She was a beat slower than her senior sister in spreading out her supernatural power thread.
"...We can't compete anymore?" She tilted her head and listened carefully to the electronic broadcast, and said a little confusedly.
Jin Qing stopped opposite the battle stage and looked at her junior. For some unknown reason, she imagined her junior to be a little animal that was a little depressed and asking, "Can't we play anymore?"
……cough.
The senior student blinked away the "animal version" of her junior sister. She still had a smile on her face, but it was more playful. "You can also continue to try to call upon your supernatural powers. You will gain a wonderful experience that more than 80% of the students in this school have never had."
Jiang Yunu asked curiously, "What's the experience?"
The junior school girl's tone seemed to contain a hint of eagerness to try.
Jin Qing said, "Two robotic arms rose from the battle stage, and I was picked up by the collar and thrown off the stage."
Jiang Yunu imagined the scene and decided to save face and not provoke the battle station that had repeated the final broadcast for the third time.
She obediently followed her senior and walked down the steps that had automatically risen.
Below the stage, most of the onlookers who had seemed quite lively before had dispersed.
The first gossip principle of the Golden Uriel Academy is to avoid gossiping with people in person.
"Congratulations, you've finally reached the time limit."
Pei Ya is always the first person to approach Jiang Yunu, but she is not the first one to speak to her and senior Jin Qing.
This was a student who looked quite "adult". Jiang Yunu was not completely unfamiliar with the other person's face - before the game started, when she was waiting for senior sister Jin Qing in the audience, she had overheard the discussions of the surrounding students and knew that this person seemed to be a member of the Golden Uriel College team.
The name is...Sorok?
"Sorok." Jin Qing quickly greeted Jiang Yunu as if to verify his memory.
There were also several people who had stood with this senior before, and they all followed him over.
Jiang Yunu took a special look at the "Ye Li" standing behind.
This "Ye Li", who looked much younger than Inspector Ye Li, looked intently at something, his gaze fixed straight down somewhere.
And he resolutely avoided the place where Jiang Yunu was.
What a weird person!
Jiang Yunu thought about it and found that she couldn't figure out whether she had offended the other party in any way before.
Could it be that this "Ye Li" is good friends with the previous "Dangtang Zhengzheng Ge" and another third-year student, and that the three of them are good brothers? They don't look like they are drawn in the same style, and it doesn't seem like they would appear in the same frame at all.
Jiang Yunu couldn't figure it out.
She couldn't help but look at this "Ye Li" who seemed to have something against her for a moment longer.
Then the other person's neck line became visibly stiff.
It was senior Jin Qing's words that saved "Ye Li". As soon as she opened her mouth, she diverted Jiang Yunu's attention.
"Your use of 'congratulations' is strange," Senior Jin Qing said to Sorok with a smile. "I thought you were all breathing a sigh of relief, thinking that the battle is finally over."
Sorok nodded: "I was just congratulating you on this, otherwise it looks like you two could fight until dark."
Jiang Yunu was not ignored in this conversation. Senior Solok spoke to both her and Jin Qing at the same time. Almost at the same time when the last word of the previous sentence fell, Solok turned slightly and turned more clearly to Jiang Yunu.
The other party introduced himself amiably: "I'm Solok, a fourth-year student and the former captain of the Golden Uriel Academy team. As for whether I can still be captain this year, it's still unknown."
"Because he is still hesitating whether to participate in the league one last time or to focus completely on his internship in the association starting this year." Jin Qing explained the reason why his former captain's "position is currently undetermined" for the time being.
An internship at the association sounds like something that is still far away from Jiang Yunu. She has not yet reached the point where she needs to consider how to balance "internship" and "school life".
After Sorok, the others—Jiang Yunu had confirmed that they all belonged to the Golden Uriel Academy team—also briefly introduced themselves.
Jiang Yunu always speaks his mind.
When he found that "Ye Li" tried his best not to look people in the eye even when introducing himself, and his eyes were focused on a leaf above Jiang Yunu's head, Jiang Yunu finally couldn't help it.
"Excuse me." Jiang Yunu looked straight at the other person, "Excuse me, did we have a conflict without my knowledge?"
"..." The person opposite him looked as if he didn't expect Jiang Yunu to be so blunt and pointed it out, and his body stiffened slightly.
But the strange thing was that after being stunned for a moment, he seemed to quickly accept this fact, and his expression revealed a feeling of... "It's not surprising that it would develop like this."
With his companions watching with no intention of rescuing him, the man could only speak with difficulty, "...No, please don't worry. Before today, we never spoke in school."
Jiang Yunu tried to take two steps to the side and walked around to the front of the man.
Unfortunately, she was not tall enough, so even if she stood in front of someone, she could not face them.
Jiang Yunu retreated, trying to get into the opponent's field of vision. "Excuse me, let me ask this another way—does my appearance not meet your standards? In your opinion, my appearance is terrifying?"
Even Pei Ya, who was hiding in the crowd and seemed invisible, could see that the gaze of this "Senior Ye Li" had quietly risen.
The kind of rise that avoided Jiang Yunu from entering his direct line of sight.
"You look... very normal." The other person continued with difficulty.
For some reason, it seemed as if he needed a lot of courage to talk to Jiang Yunu.
Jiang Yunu really didn't understand.
"Then may I ask why..." She continued to ask, trying to understand the reason for the other party's strange attitude.
At this time, senior sister Jin Qing cleared her throat beside her.
"Do you want to review today's battle with me?" Jin Qing asked, with such obvious intention to save her companion's life.
Sorok also coughed in a fake manner.
"Please believe me, I am willing to swear to you on my future internship results with the association. He did this for reasons that he himself finds difficult to explain, but he definitely does not have any hostility towards you subjectively." Solok not only chimed in with his explanation, with a smile in his voice, but also swore by his future internship results.
Jiang Yunu is not yet at the stage where she needs to consider an internship at the association, but she also knows that the internship results of the Association of Superpowers are very important for every college student.
Since the senior sister had spoken and the senior brother swore so, she had no choice but to nod.
"Okay then." Jiang Yunu said.
She chose not to ask further questions—at least not today.
The much younger "Ye Li" visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Yunu's gaze shifted to Pei Ya. Pei Ya raised her face slightly, and a ray of light seemed to flash across the surface of her thick glasses.
Humph, even though Jiang Yunu won't ask any more questions today, she can't guarantee that she won't find the answer herself!
And she also has such a powerful "intelligence officer" like Pei Ya!
Pei Ya's tacit understanding with the white-haired girl has improved significantly recently. They don't need to communicate with words, or even nod to each other. Pei Ya has already understood Jiang Yunu's request and gave Jiang Yunu a "received" feedback.
As the sky gradually darkened, the remaining crowd around the fighting stage gradually dispersed.
Jin Qing's statement about taking Jiang Yunu to review the battle was not entirely a pretense. The senior sister also sincerely wanted to review the details of the battle with the junior sister.
After dinner, Jiang Yunu and Jin Qing held a post-war meeting in the study cubicle that Jin Qing had reserved in advance.
"Your fighting style is too risky," Jin Qing said. "Today is just an intramural match. If the opponent's 'invisibility technique' is wrapped in a powerful energy, a stealthy, penetrating technique, then if you take the attack head-on like that, you might get stabbed through from the side."
Jiang Yunu hummed, then said with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Sister, for not exposing me."
"Don't be poor."
Jin Qing and Jiang Yunu were not very familiar with each other. They had only met a few people who could be counted on one hand.
But strangely enough, she felt that she and her junior schoolmate got along very well and they could get along quite easily.
"I have another question," Jin Qing said. "Actually, after you took the attack today and were so close to me, if you continued to attack me in that situation, my supernatural power might not be able to be withdrawn in time, and I would be unable to defend myself."
The senior schoolmate looked at the white-haired junior schoolmate: "--Why didn't you take the opportunity to continue to move forward? Anyway, I have already injured you slightly, why don't you just let me get hurt too and knock me off the stage?"
Jiang Yunu blinked: "My reason is the same as the reason why my senior didn't really let me get a penetrating wound."
Jin Qing was sure that they really got along well.
Jin Qing wanted to play a teaching round, but Jiang Yunu noticed that the senior sister was holding back, so Jiang Yunu would not pursue her.
Only by respecting each other and exploring each other's playing strategies and tactics can they reach the time limit on the stage.
Fortunately, this round of draw did not affect the two people's advancement together.
Senior Jin Qing had of course already secured two victories, and she had spent a draw to get a junior with good character and agile playing style.
Not a loss at all!
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