Chapter 98 Life is a Gamble
Time flies, six and a half days have passed since the third stage of the competition, and in one night, the final range of the safe zone will be determined.
At that time, the competition between people will be the most intense.
Jiang Ning has not been doing nothing these days. At least she has cleared all the monsters around.
When she and Zhuhua and Zhuyu went to the supply point to get supplies two days ago, they encountered a robbery again. With Zhuhua's reminder, she learned that the target of the robbery was also a treatment department.
The judges secretly reminded, but everyone turned a blind eye.
Jiang Ning thought that there were only six treatments in total, and she would save one more, so she stepped forward again, scaring the man opposite to flee, and did not forget to hand over her original supplies.
Most of those who can do robbery are not of high level, mostly between S-level and A-level. Although A-level is very powerful in the interstellar world, it is indeed the bottom of the psychic academy where geniuses gather. At most, they can bully the weak among psychics of the same level, and it is easy to collapse if they go to a higher level.
Jiang Ning put away the nutrient solution and gave the mental supplement to the sisters as usual.
The girl was a little embarrassed around Jiang Ning, but fortunately Zhuhua and Zhuyu were enthusiastic and talkative, and the three of them took her back to the camp.
They are all weak treatments, and Jiang Ning can't let the three of them kill the monsters.
She took the initiative to take the responsibility of clearing the danger.
The nutrient solution in Jiang Ning's hand was enough to support her until the last day and directly enter the safe zone.
But now there are three more people, so they have to go to get supplies.
After six days of fierce competition, there are only more than 600 people left in the stadium. The number of airdrops is gradually decreasing with the number of people in the stadium. According to the number of people left in the stadium, only six airdrops will be issued in this round.
Airdrops are usually issued at night, which is about the same time as the last confirmation time of the safe zone.
"Based on the previous observations, the safe zone change time and the airdrop time are about one hour together. There must be a supply point in the safe zone. We have to go to the supply point in the safe zone." Jiang Ning said to a few people.
The number of people who can advance to the next level is 500, and there are still 600 people in the arena. According to the rules of the competition, the first 500 who enter the safety zone first will be considered to have successfully advanced.
"But how do we know which supply point is located in the safety zone? What if the safety zone is far away from us?" Zhu Hua worried.
Jiang Ning handed the three people a bottle of powder: "It depends on our speed and luck."
Several people recognized that this was something Jiang Ning had been messing with these days. It seemed to contain some windmill grass pollen, which can increase the speed of the superpowers.
The three took it. Although they had something that could increase their speed, they still looked worried.
The scope of the safe zone must take into account everyone in the stadium, so it is unlikely to be chosen in the edge area, but it may be chosen in the area with dense traffic.
Jiang Ning was thinking about it when the voice of the radio sounded.
[Attention, freshmen: The last batch of supplies will be dropped into the stadium in five minutes. Please pay attention to the air and the surroundings at all times. ]
[Repeat! ]
Here it comes.
Jiang Ning perked up and stared at the map on the bracelet all the time.
The airdrop landed, and the map showed the supply drop points, a total of six.
Her eyebrows moved, this time the supply points were very subtle.
The stadium for the third stage of the competition is rectangular as a whole, with one supply point on each side, and the remaining four distributed in the four corners.
The location of these supply points has a kind of symmetrical aesthetic that does not care about the life and death of the students in the stadium.
Jiang Ning has almost locked the safe zone on the supply points on the left and right.
Her current location is in the middle of these two supply points. Once she determines one of them, it will be difficult to change the route.
"The current safe zone is in the middle of the supply point on the northwest side and the supply point on the west side. I think the final safe zone is unlikely to appear on the west side again." Zhu Yu touched her chin and analyzed carefully.
After she finished speaking, the other two nodded in agreement. What
Zhu Yu said makes sense. According to reverse thinking, safe zones will not appear close to each other, so everyone is more inclined to believe that the final safe zone will be locked on the east side.
"Jiang Ning, do you have any other ideas?" Zhu Hua was careful and noticed that Jiang Ning kept his head down and did not participate in the discussion.
"I wonder if it's a diversion?" Jiang Ning suddenly raised his eyes and looked straight ahead. "Before the last day, no one will chase the safe zone."
Jiang Ning: "Everyone will subconsciously tend to the safe zone on the east side if they use their brains a little bit. If the safe zone makes a diversion and attacks us at this time, we will be caught off guard. Then everyone will re-enact the speed competition of the first stage." The
reason why Jiang Ning thought so was that since yesterday, there was an abnormal atmosphere in the stadium.
The number of monsters decreased suddenly, and the competition area was unusually quiet. This abnormal calmness was like a precursor to the coming of a storm.
Especially since there are more than 600 contestants in the arena, and there are nearly 50 more students than in previous years, the judges have to think of a way to do something before the safe zone is locked.
"That's not absolute." She was not 100% sure.
"We'll listen to you no matter where you go." After listening to what Jiang Ning said, several people felt that what she said made sense. After hesitating, they decided to listen to Jiang Ning directly.
Life is a gamble. If you win, you will advance successfully. If you lose, you can say goodbye.
Anyway, without Jiang Ning's help, they would have been eliminated 800 years ago, and there would be no need to drag it until now.
"I want to go to the supply point on the west side." Jiang Ning took a deep breath and said firmly.
She decided to follow her sixth sense.
The three therapists nodded in unison and gave her a supportive smile: "Okay, let's go to the west."
It took the four of them about ten minutes to make the decision. After a
quick packing, the four of them quickly set off towards the supply point on the west side.
Jiang Ning took into account the speed of the sisters and the other girl and did not use full speed. The three of them flew at a low altitude, and Jiang Ning ran under them, making sure they were in each other's sight at all times.
The closer the competition was to the end, the more people in the stadium coveted the chance to advance. The three of them looked too weak and could easily become targets for bullying. She kept moving forward at this speed, which was actually to ensure the safety of several people.
The pattern of students in the stadium changed rapidly with the distribution of the last batch of supplies.
"Judging from the current movement direction of the crowd, the supply points on both sides of the east and west have basically been locked. Which area will the final safe zone be locked in? Let's continue to wait for the final ten-minute countdown."
The competition entered a white-hot stage, and the stadium and the outside began to ignite. Qiu Yueli's voice followed closely, fully mobilizing the mood of the Red Star residents who were squatting in front of the small TV with laughter.
Because Z03 area is an experimental object, its area is not very large. It only takes ten hours to run from the easternmost to the westernmost.
Jiang Ning and his group have already traveled one-third of the way.
As soon as the time passes midnight, everyone will know whether their current direction is correct.
This is related to whether they can advance.
Everyone in the arena, including the judges, held their breath, looking at the time on the screen and counting down.
There are only ten seconds left.
Everyone counted.
Ten, nine, eight... two, one.
The countdown is over.
The competition time came to midnight on the seventh day.
The green safety zone marked on the map flashed, disappeared for a moment, and then reappeared, flashing everywhere in the arena.
Everyone waited patiently for it to finish flashing.
Suddenly, the green light on the screen stagnated, and the safety zone was finally locked.
The western supply point is a circle, and the area within a radius of one thousand meters belongs to the safe zone.
Some people beat their chests and ran in the opposite direction, while others were overjoyed and lived in the safe zone.
Jiang Ning raised her hand to confirm the location, and there was no extra expression on her face. She said hello to the three people in the sky, indicating that she was going to speed up.
But they couldn't relax just because they were in the right direction. They still had at least two hours to go.
A supply box can only irradiate one hundred people. If they don't want to go hungry, they must at least be among the first one hundred to reach the safe zone.
The effect of the windmill grass can increase the speed of the three people from the speed of S-level psychics to the speed close to that of SS-level psychics. This speed can almost beat more than half of the people.
Jiang Ning's original speed plus the speed increase of the windmill grass is enough to reach the safe zone in 40 minutes, but now because there are three more people, it will take at least an hour and a half at the fastest.
She had already thought of a contingency plan in her mind. If they really couldn't catch up, they could use the mental supplements and therapeutic drugs in their hands to exchange for nutrient solution.
Anyway, she still had a lot of mental supplements that she hadn't used up.
In addition to defining the range, the safe zone also has a counting function. Every time a person enters, the total number of people on the light screen around it will increase by one.
When Jiang Ning passed through the light screen, he noticed that the number above his head showed 251.
It was still slow.
Although the location of the supply point this time was a bit abstract, it was not randomly placed. The number of people radiated by each supply point was still about one hundred.
So there were originally three hundred people near the safe zone. Excluding those who ran in the wrong direction at the beginning, there were also many people around.
So she entered as the 251st person, which was not really fast.
"We are the ones who are holding you back." The three girls knew that Jiang Ning had slowed down to protect them.
"We have successfully advanced, be happy." Jiang Ning comforted them, "There are two bottles of nutrient solution in the supply box, and today is the seventh day, so most people won't need the second bottle. We can exchange it with people for mental supplements."
No one would refuse to trade a bottle of unused nutrient solution for a mental supplement. The
expressions on the faces of the three people improved a lot.
In the past six days, only Jiang Ning has been using his supernatural power, and the mental power of the other three people has not been consumed, so the mental supplements are also a lot.
The four people have a total of 22 bottles of mental supplements in their hands.
Jiang Ning said to a few people, "Let's go to the supply point first. There should be a lot of people there."
Needless to say, most of the people around the airdrop box were familiar faces to Jiang Ning, including Cheng Yao, Wei Shengyu, Wen Renchao, and most of the members of the double S class.
This also made it convenient for Jiang Ning to trade with others. She successfully exchanged four nutrient solutions from this group of people.
"Who are these people behind you?" Wei Shengyu looked at the three girls beside Jiang Ning with a slightly jealous voice.
"The three of them are from the treatment department." Jiang Ning said so much, and the smart people immediately knew Jiang Ning's intention.
"I also saved a healer." Cheng Yao raised his chin, "Look, right there."
Wen Renchao raised his eyebrows, "I also met two of them, and brought them to the safe zone along the way."
Jiang Ning patted his head.
This is a coincidence, all six healers have been promoted.