Realizing something, Xianting Huailuo’s pupils suddenly shrank, and at this moment, thousands of uncountable alpacas stampeded through his mind. He couldn’t help but blurt out loudly, "Damn! This is not how you play."
Ji You had already extended all her Spiritual Silk to the energy system and quickly ignited it, setting off an explosion that blasted the entire mech!
The massive explosion shook the entire battlefield.
The audience didn’t have time to clearly express their feelings; they just suddenly widened their eyes, with their mouths agape, a flurry of "holy shit" flashing through their minds.
Sparks flying, smoke billowing...
Then, a second system message popped up.
—Chasing Sun Driver ’Xianting Huailuo’ has died.]
System: [Both contestants died simultaneously, the match is a draw.]
Hearing the system’s notification, Ji You covered her mouth and chuckled in satisfaction. Then she slowly crawled out from the billowing smoke, looking disheveled like a peeled egg. The violent explosion had destroyed both mechs, it was impossible for the drivers to have survived, but this was a virtual battlefield, so neither Ji You nor ’Xianting Huailuo’ were actually dead.
Xianting Huailuo was dazed, and in fact, he still hadn’t figured out what had happened.
Antique mech self-destructed?
Blew up his own Chasing Sun?
While Xianting Huailuo was lost in his existential crisis, the audience who had been frozen in shock finally came to their senses: "Damn! You can play like that!"
"But—ahhh what kind of stupid move is this!!! Your self-destruction looks just like a scumbag!!!! Ahhh!! My 100 points are gone! Gone!!! All gone ahhh!!!"
The onlookers quickly reacted, all glaring fiercely at Ji You.
Every match had bets, and if the audience favored someone, they could directly bet on them. Winning would yield points according to the odds. Apart from betting on win or loss, one could bet on a draw, but with so many years of matches, there had never been a draw. Thus, no one would have thought of betting on a draw.
What’s the situation now?
Everyone lost, the house wins all!
Whether it was Ji You, ’Xianting Huailuo’, or any of the betting audience onsite, everyone lost, only the organizers of the race won.
"Damn! Nobody move! I’m going to beat this idiot!"
"Leave him! It’s my turn! I bet 1000 points, it’s my entire fortune ahhh..."
"Stop! If anyone dares to hit him, I’ll—I’ll give you a banner for bravery!"
The audience was indignant, Xianting Huailuo finally snapped back to reality, realizing not only did he lose, but he also blew up his Chasing Sun purchased for 500 points. He was furious—Ji You shrank her neck, realizing things weren’t good, and quickly dashed out of the battlefield.
Ji You exited the match, quickly found a corner, and secretly hid herself, curling up and facing the wall. After a while, unable to hold back her sadness, she covered her face and started sobbing~
One fifth of braised pork ribs.
Because she didn’t win, the deduction of 1 point was mandatory, but still, 1 point for a lesson learned and managing to even out her win rate, it was worth it.
In that critical moment, Ji You knew she couldn’t win, so she chose to Self-Destruct out of desperation. To advance to the next stage of the competition during the preliminary selection, one must win 10 matches and maintain a 70% win rate, which is very difficult. Once she knew that victory was out of reach, the only thing Ji You could think of was to maintain her win rate at all costs – she couldn’t afford a negative score! So, she decided to take the opponent down with her!
Xianting Huailuo, this fake tough girl, calling herself "Big Brother" so smoothly~
If you’re a "Big Brother," you should die together!
After all, Ji You’s principle in competition is that anyone can die, but she absolutely cannot lose.
Some relentless audience members started searching for Ji You’s whereabouts, quietly getting closer to her location unnoticed.
"Where is this idiot hiding?"
"Ahhhh!!! I really want to beat this idiot to death!"
"By the way, does anyone know what name this idiot goes by?"
"Seems like a string of numbers?"
"Initial system numbers?"
"Right, it’s too long, I didn’t remember it, let’s flip through the records later, by the way, what does she actually look like?"
"I didn’t get a good look, she just looks dark and not very clear, kind of ugly." The aftermath of the Mecha explosion blackened her face, so no one could see clearly what she actually looked like for a while.
The dark and unclear Ji You suddenly felt a chill on her neck and deeply believed that her heart couldn’t stand such frightening days any longer, so she quietly logged off.
Unable to find her, should they give up? Still furious and with no other choice, everyone decided to expose the incident by posting on the forum with a sensational title to attract attention. Suddenly, a post appeared on the Alliance University’s official website and rapidly trended red, exploding across the entire forum within a short period of time.
[[Hot]Is it human nature twisted, or morality decayed? First tie in the preliminary selection! It was an idiot driving an antique mech who Self-Destructed!!! And killed the opponent too!!!]
Below the post, the details of the incident were described, and a holographic video was attached.
Discussion gradually started:
"Rather die than lose?"
"Big Brother, shall we hold hands and sink into Hell together?"
"Did you see the idiot expressions on the Chasing Sun Driver and the audience at the scene? I don’t know why, but why do I feel like laughing?"
"Feel like laughing +1, hahaha..."
"This video seriously causes discomfort, I strongly suggest it be banned! Otherwise, my stomach is about to burst from laughing! Who will compensate? Who?"
"That one driving the crappy mech, is there another match tomorrow? What’s the session number? I want to go watch!"
"Right! Getting a close view on the idiot, kind of excited just thinking about it."
"Big Brother in front, take me with you! Let’s hold hands and watch the monkey show at the zoo together."
Of course, Ji You didn’t know any of this, nor did she want to know. After logging off, she checked the time and realized it was almost 11 PM, immediately turned off the lights and went to sleep, falling asleep in three seconds and sleeping remarkably well.
Early the next morning, Ji You continued wearing her tank top and ran a lap around the dormitory.
Huffing and puffing...
After sweating profusely, Ji You felt very satisfied, grabbed a towel to wipe off her sweat, then flung the small towel over her shoulder as she jogged back towards the dormitory to change into her uniform. As she approached the dorm building, Ji You suddenly heard the sound of countless windows opening—
She looked up, instantly locking eyes with countless brooding faces.
Among the self-funded students, one with a loud voice represented, shouted: "Hey! The one in the tank top at the stairway, how about we make a deal, can you not come running early in the morning? You’re making everyone feel awkward."
Loud voice: "Isn’t it good to live a carefree life?"
Not knowing whether living a carefree life was good, but when Ji You entered the Combat Department’s training ground today, she found the atmosphere very odd today, everyone’s faces filled with an uncontrollable sense of anticipation.