Chapter 98 Star Region Tournament, Game 2 (Part 7)
The moment the withdrawal request popped up, a brief silence fell on the Lieyang Starship.
Ming Yan was panting, having just recovered from the pain of death in the virtual star map. He was about to speak when he was caught off guard by a light screen prompt that popped up in front of him.
"...Feren??!" He looked to his side in disbelief and said hoarsely, "What are you doing..."
Feren had already ripped off the driver's helmet and threw it to the ground.
His face was expressionless, his eyes bloodshot. When he turned his gaze to Ming Yan, there was a hint of madness hidden deep in the silence.
Akihiko: "..."
He was speechless for a moment.
Before seeing Feren's expression, he even suspected that the other party had accidentally pressed the wrong button... Although the pilot's hands were very steady, and withdrawing from the competition also required pulling out the Star Navigation Competition system screen, which was not needed in normal competitions.
...But what if Feren had other intentions when he pulled out the system light screen...
But after looking at Feren, he knew that the other party did it on purpose.
"Contestant Fei Lun's withdrawal request is being processed. Countdown to withdrawing is ten-nine-eight-"
"Feren." Mingyan's breathing was rapid, and he managed to remain calm. He reached out to touch his light screen. "You're being too emotional right now. We don't need to withdraw from the competition yet."
"Brother Feilun!!" All other members of the Lieyang Team also received Feilun's withdrawal notice and rushed into the cockpit.
However, when everyone saw Feren's expression, their eyes froze, not daring to speak, and some even subconsciously took a step back.
Feren's gaze was mad as he swept over all of them.
"We just crashed once." Only Mingyan tried to persuade them earnestly, "There are still many opportunities!"
Their team, like most teams, only had one driver.
With Feilun withdrawing from the competition, the team will no longer be complete, and the entire Lieyang team will be forced out.
What's more, even if they were not forced out, without a driver, they would not be able to advance in this star field competition!
The outstretched arm was violently opened by Feren with a snap.
"Only crashed once?!" Feren said gruffly, "Under what conditions did we crash once?! How did we crash?! Your father went to great lengths to…"
"Fei Lun!" Ming Yan interrupted him loudly, turned around and shouted to Song Lan and others behind him, "Get out!"
He said as he slammed the cockpit door shut.
Feren sneered, not caring at all that his words would be heard by the other team members, and said directly: "It's just a crash, easy to say."
"This is the crash after we went to great lengths to cheat in the Star Navigation Competition! We had Albin's artillery fire covering us! He joined us in fighting the Colorful Ones! Not only were we unable to hit them! We were even blown to pieces!"
Ming Yan leaned against the door, knowing in his heart that this matter must not be known to more people, otherwise he might never have the chance to travel by starship in this life.
"Your mentality is unbalanced." As he said this, he reached out again to grab the operating screen in front of Feren.
Frustration and anger nearly overwhelmed his sanity, and Ming Yan couldn't help but shout, "I didn't know you were so fragile!"
The tall and muscular pilot punched Akihiko away and roared, "Fragile?! Isn't it time for you to be frightened by the colorful things and withdraw your spiritual power?!...Don't touch this thing!"
"Contestant Feilun's withdrawal request is being processed. Countdown to cancel the withdrawal is seven—six—five—"
"You're crazy!" Mingyan's back slammed against the bulkhead. He ignored the pain and threw himself forward again, screaming, "This opportunity only comes once every five years! This is also our last Star Navigation Competition! In five years, we'll be enlisted in the Legion and won't be able to compete anymore... Do you know how many people are watching this game?! Do you know how much you'll be scolded if you withdraw like this?! From now on, whenever our names are mentioned, it won't be those glorious praises! It'll be your cowardly act of self-destruction..."
"Giving up on yourself?!" Feren sneered, "I just have a little more dignity than you do..."
"Countdown to withdrawal from the competition: four—three—"
"I told you not to touch my Star Tournament control screen! Don't you understand what I'm saying?!" He panted rapidly, grabbed Mingyan by the collar, and slammed him against the wall again. This time, he didn't hold back, using all his strength.
Mingyan's head slammed against the hard metal wall, and he couldn't help but let out a scream. However, his eyes were fixed on the control screen he had just nearly touched.
He took a deep breath, ignored the dizziness in his head, and rushed towards Feren again, wrestling with him.
"As long as we keep playing well!" Ming Yan shouted hoarsely, "We'll definitely advance in this match. Be rational, Feren!"
“Two—one—”
Feren's physical fitness was far superior to Mingyan's. He grabbed Mingyan's hair fiercely, slamming him against the solid wall repeatedly as Mingyan screamed, roaring, "I told you! I don't want to compete! I don't want to drive this starship! I told you not to come here!"
"Feren...Feren!! Stop it!!!" Mingyan didn't know where he hit himself. He only felt a sharp pain, and then a warm liquid flowed down the back of his head and slid into his collar.
His vision went black, and he collapsed and screamed, "I told you to stop...!"
Feren: "I told you not to come here again, too!"
His eyes were bloodshot and he ignored the blood in the cockpit.
Amid Mingyan's wails, the countdown for the withdrawal system finally returned to zero.
"Contestant Fei Lun, withdrawal request successful."
"After testing at the Star Navigation Competition, the Lieyang Team was found to be lacking a pilot and did not meet the Star Navigation Competition team composition requirements. They were automatically withdrawn from the competition."
The moment the withdrawal notice flashed by, the starship, starport, and the Star Navigation Competition lounge...
All the virtual scenes disappeared in front of Mingyan.
At the same time, the figure of Feren, who had just been grappling with him, also vanished. Mingyan was automatically ejected from the Star Navigation Competition module, freed from Feren's frantic and violent beating, and returned to the most ordinary virtual scene of the Star Network.
Ming Yan's face was filled with terror. He took a step back and leaned against the wall to steady himself. His vision went black, and the back of his head ached violently. The blood kept pouring down his face.
For a moment, Mingyan almost thought that Feilun was going to kill him!
His breathing was rapid, and it took him a long time to get rid of the terrifying atmosphere and look around.
This was the busiest commercial street in the Star Network, with crowds of people thronging both sides. Across the street, a huge screen was broadcasting a live broadcast of the Star Navigation Competition.
"Lieyang actually withdrew from the competition just like that?!!" During the live broadcast, he saw the bunny commentator in a dark green suit with an expression of extreme shock on his face. "I'm contacting the Star Navigation Competition officials to confirm if this is a system error..."
Mingyan's breathing subconsciously stopped.
It wasn't a mistake, they did withdraw from the competition, and they didn't even have a valid reason to explain to the outside world...
The halo of reaching the finals of the last Star Navigation Competition, the reputation of being a talented observer over the years, and the reputation that the Ming family had built for them...
All of them may be burned in this action!
"Although it's a bit irresponsible to say so," the Rabbit commentator said incredulously, "but Lieyang suddenly withdrew from the competition without any reason at this time. It's as if he was mentally broken by the colorful attack..."
Ming Yan suddenly gritted his teeth.
"What's going on? Isn't 'Liyang' that famous team? They're looking for a future star to join the Third Legion or something." In the mall next to him, a pair of sisters, freshly finished shopping with their shopping bags, happened to see the live broadcast across from them. They were clearly not Starflight enthusiasts and didn't particularly care about the Starflight Competition. Despite this, they had heard of Liyang through the Ming family's extensive publicity in the past.
"I don't know. But I heard they were beaten badly by a colorful team recently..."
"Hey, stop looking at that rabbit!" A passerby standing at the cafe on the ground floor of the mall, waiting for someone and watching the game, suddenly poked his companion, "Look at that guy who just suddenly appeared at the intersection! Doesn't he look a bit like Mingyan?"
"...Ah? This guy's head is covered in blood! Which eye of yours can tell the difference? This guy couldn't be the victim of domestic violence, right? Should we go up and ask..."
Ming Yan suddenly came to his senses and quickly turned his back to them. He quickly pulled up the Star Network operation panel and randomly selected an avatar to wear.
This was his first time wearing an avatar in StarNet.
Mingyan's mind was in a state of confusion, and he didn't even know how to contact his parents. But he didn't even need to make a call. Within seconds of the withdrawal announcement, Zhao Ying had already called Mingyan.
"What's going on, Xiaoyan?" Zhao Ying's face appeared on the light screen. Her tone was still barely calm, but her expression was stern, and a storm was about to come.
Behind her, Ming Zhilang was furious and impatiently pulled the light screen in front of him.
Mingyan turned the camera and let them see the blood and wounds on their bodies.
“…” Ming Zhilang was about to curse, but the words got stuck in his throat and couldn’t come out or down.
"What happened?!" Zhao Ying screamed, "Who hit you?! So hard..."
"Faerun." Mingyan said hoarsely.
His tone was suppressed. "Feren chose to withdraw from the competition. I disagreed and wanted to cancel it, but I couldn't beat him..."
"I created such great conditions for you!" Ming Zhilang raised his voice. "Fei Lun couldn't beat Wu Cai Lan and was destroyed by others, and then he withdrew from the competition?!"
"I've spent the past few years cultivating him, and this is what he turned out to be!!"
Although Feilun was a 2S-level awakened human, his family had no power, influence, or money. In Ming Zhilang's opinion, if he hadn't met Ming Yan and received financial support from the Ming family, he might have been abandoned to waste!
"How could he hit someone?" Zhao Ying frowned. She had completely forgotten the Third Legion's even more heinous actions during resource scrambles. She simply thought, "As a reserve pilot for the Third Legion, how could he violate legion regulations and resort to violence during interstellar navigation?"
"Find someone to take Fei Lun to the Ming Family Manor!" Ming Zhi said angrily. "First, use his communication bracelet to issue a withdrawal statement! Say he withdrew due to a sudden illness and was rushed to the hospital. Clear him of any other reasons!"
As he spoke, he quickly made a call.
The Ming family has a close relationship with the military academy where Ming Yan and Fei Lun attend. After receiving Ming Zhilang's message, □□ quickly entered Fei Lun's dormitory and took Fei Lun, who was going crazy in the dormitory, onto the aircraft.
"What do you mean?!" Fei Lun was caught off guard, watching the aircraft head towards the Ming family estate. He remembered his recent fight with Ming Yan, and thought Ming Zhilang and Zhao Ying were simply planning to take him to the Ming family, so he scolded him for it. After a brief moment of confusion, he sneered and calmed down.
However, he was taken into a room at the back of the Ming family manor, and his communication bracelet was immediately taken away.
Feren: "?!!! What are you going to do?!"
Feren realized that something was wrong and went forward to ask for an explanation, but the door was slammed shut in his face.
In the star map of the Star Navigation Competition, most of the participating teams are still unaware of this farce.
In order to avoid causing chaos in the stadium, the Star Navigation Competition did not issue any notice on the field. The colorful silver starship was following the burning bird in front and once again broke into the cosmic storm.
"We still have nearly two hours of resonance time!" Red Hair said nervously as he sat inside the high-speed starship. They had completely abandoned their original planned route. To quickly reach the next space station, they traversed the cosmic storm and crashed into a den of star beasts.
Several teams' starships are fighting below, attempting to break through the obstruction of star beasts and cross this sea of stars.
However, as the activity of the surrounding energy field soared abnormally, they saw a large, bright white-gold bird flying through the cosmic storm clouds on both sides and swooping down into the group of star beasts.
Dragging flames, it paved a flaming path among the ferocious giant star beasts.
"What is this thing..." Some teams were completely confused and discussed in confusion, "Could it be another star beast that's blocking our passage through the starry sea?!"
"You're blind! This is pure energy! How can there be a pure energy star beast... This is a human's mental cannon!!"
"There looks to be a starship behind that big bird!!"
Under the protection of the feathers of light, the silver starships passed through the sea of stars unscathed. They paraded through the city like gods driving a flaming chariot high in the sky to patrol their territory.
The Ranger Team, which had just passed through the Star Sea, noticed the unusual movement in the rear and rotated their gun barrels.
Vincent and Yang Haoyuan nervously retracted their mental energy, muttering, "It's not that we want to boost others' prestige and destroy our own ambitions! But you can't hit me, Brother Lian!"
Against the backdrop of that light and fire, Mulan's concealment seemed to lose its effect temporarily.
Silver-white threads of mental force drew traces in the universe, surrounding the barrel of the gun, revealing a posture ready to go, but silently without any movement, only reflecting the brilliance of the giant firebird.
"If Colorful can maintain their current form, they will be unstoppable in this game!——"
The commentator, Rabbit, could no longer speculate on Lieyang's withdrawal. The Star Navigation Competition had confirmed that Lieyang's withdrawal wasn't a system error, but they hadn't yet revealed the cause. After briefly announcing the results, the commentator returned their focus to Wucai Banlan.
"Colorful, approaching Space Station No. 5! The gatekeeper here is Terrell, director of the First Division of the Star Navigation Department! The starship he's piloting is called the Monk, a rare, highly defensive starship..."
"A massive black and white monk has emerged from the universe. This starship's hull defense level is as high as 3S, and Terrell's spiritual power trait is 'high-level defense', also known as an iron wall!"
"The monk is parked right in front of the docking station at Space Station 5! He intends to use his unshakable figure to block the colorful attack!"
The plush rabbit took a deep breath, "Let's see! How will Colorful conquer this fortress!"
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