Silicon Invasion

"Oh, isn't this the leader of the Moron Knights, Niu Da? I heard you guys cleared the Expert difficulty?" Luo Rui was watching the competition with Niu Wei and the others that day.

The preliminary round had ended two days ago, with nearly three hundred teams from the entire school being eliminated by ninety percent, leaving thirty teams.

The Shining Knights team had a good record last year, so they didn't play the earlier maps today and directly advanced to the finals, competing with these thirty teams. In addition to the Shining Knights, there were four other teams that received similar treatment.

That is to say, a total of thirty-five teams will compete in the final showdown.

As for the competition rules, they are very simple, somewhat similar to a level-breaking tower climb. The school provided ten maps, and all teams challenged them in order until only the last team remained.

If multiple teams stop at the same map, then the winner will be determined by some minor scores.

Minor scores are obtained through the performance of the team members in the game, such as effective responses, brilliant kills, and the completion of the final map, all of which are key to scoring.

Since the level of the top teams is actually not much different, in the end, they will all be stopped on the same map. In order to make the participating teams lose convincingly and without regrets, the competition also introduced a very interesting setting.

That is the resurrection system.

Each team has a total of two resurrection opportunities from the start of the final challenge. This means that if they play steadily and do not waste these opportunities in the early stages, then they can challenge the final map a total of three times.

With three chances, they can use the first two challenges to learn as much information as possible about the map, such as the terrain, types of monsters, quantity, attack methods, directions, etc., and then make targeted deployments.

Although they often still cannot clear the level in the end, the minor scores can be greatly improved, which may also be a test of the team members' strategy and tactics.

The person who nicknamed Niu Wei and his team the Moron Knights came from a team called the Elemental Casters. With a similarly chuunibyou name, Luo Rui initially thought it was because knights and mages were naturally incompatible, and the relationship between the two teams was not very good, with a round of sarcastic remarks whenever they met.

Later, after Tong Yue's explanation, he learned that the grudges between the two teams had a long history, going back many years. Legend has it that it was due to the grudges of the founders, anyway, it was the kind of bloody drama between men and women, with one side creating the Knights and the other creating the Casters to compete against each other.

Then this grudge was passed down like a tradition, generation after generation, until now.

Luo Rui was a little speechless. The original owners probably graduated many years ago. How could anyone be so brain-dead as to maintain this kind of thing until now? The Elemental Casters team took fourth place last year, behind the Shining Knights. Although this result was not bad, since ancient times, the top three have had some extra titles, such as champion, second place, and third place, or gold, silver, and bronze. The fourth place is relatively bleak.

In addition, the two sides already had grudges, so they were particularly displeased with Niu Wei and his team.

What's even more speechless is that Luo Rui learned that in last year's competition, the main players were actually seniors in their fourth year, which meant that on the Shining Knights side, only Niu Wei played, and the others were all substitutes who watched from the sidelines.

Although it is not known what the situation was on the Elemental Casters team, it was probably similar.

The main players of last year's grudges are all gone. How did these substitutes inherit the grudges? Is it really the curse of knights and mages?

"Oh, isn't this Team Leader Xu of the Fourth Place Team?" Niu Wei greeted him with a smile. Luo Rui found that these senior students were all very strong in the art of sarcasm.

Team Leader Xu was 1.7 meters tall, which is the standard height for a mecha pilot. His appearance was fair and delicate, and he looked like an ordinary boy next door, without the hateful face of a villain.

"Hmph, maybe some team won't even get fourth place this time." Team Leader Xu crossed his arms and raised his head hard, trying to show his disdain with his chin. But with nearly ten centimeters difference in height between him and Niu Wei, it was quite a difficult action to point his chin at Niu Wei.

"Ah? You can't even keep fourth place?" Niu Wei looked shocked. Luo Rui secretly applauded. This demeanor, this expression, was not at all pretentious, much better than some young and fresh actors.

But then he thought again, could it be that Niu Wei really thought so? But Luo Rui always felt that his naivety was pretended, and it shouldn't be.

Probably.

"Hmph, do you have no brains? Can't you hear that I'm talking about you?" Team Leader Xu looked disdainful, his expression very artificial, and his acting skills were much worse than Niu Wei's.

"Us? I see. But let's leave the fourth place to you. You can even try to take third place, so as not to be like last year, where you only had a ranking but no medal, which is quite pitiful. At least the third place can get a bronze medal. The design of last year's model was okay, but I don't know what today's will be like."

Niu Wei pretended to be crazy and acted stupid, rambling on and on, with his words implying that Team Leader Xu had never seen a medal before.

"Hmph, do you think I'll be angry if you say that? We will naturally work hard this year. It's you who shouldn't see what a medal looks like by then."

It is estimated that the two sides usually speak in this sarcastic way, so they are already immune to the content. Although Niu Wei's words were very annoying, the other party was still calm and composed.

"In that case, I won't bother Team Leader Xu to worry about it. This year, we plan to go up a bit. Maybe we can see the design of the silver or even gold medal." Niu Wei smiled and didn't take Team Leader Xu's words seriously, treating them as farting.

The latest novels are available at Liu 9 Shu Ba!

"Oh? Just based on your castrated version of the Expert level?" Although Team Leader Xu said it carelessly, Luo Rui still keenly noticed that the other party's words were insincere. Even a castrated version of the Expert level is still the Expert level, which cannot be compared to the low-level difficulty.

"Hehe, just say you're envious, we all understand." Niu Wei continued to release taunts, and his smug face made Luo Rui want to throw a few punches.

"Yes, I'm so envious. Not only me, but everyone else is very envious. Everyone hopes to have the honor of seeing the style of the team that cleared the Expert level. Don't disappoint everyone."

After saying that, without waiting for Niu Wei to answer, Team Leader Xu led his team members and turned to leave.

The team members could easily make a fool of themselves by interjecting in the conversation between the captains. At this time, when they separated, Tong Yue and others immediately surrounded them.

"This is going to be a little difficult." Zuo Kun rarely spoke.

"Yes, these guys are definitely waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves." Niu Wei nodded in agreement.

"Our Expert level is very watered down, and many people know it. Is it that troublesome?" Lin Xin Xin was a little puzzled.