Chapter 449 - 138: Swift Victory

One blob, two blobs, three blobs... Mud clumps visible to the naked eye fell from the sky.

My red shorts quickly activated the energy shield, and a huge clump, truly gigantic, fell directly onto the energy shield.

Upon contact, it spread out, the mush slid down, particularly challenging to human vision.

Are they daring to use this trick again?

"Xiang Cha, they’re throwing poop again."

"Where’s there so much poop, it’s mud. Stop being pretentious, let’s see what they intend to do."

"Can’t see, the sensor can’t detect, we need to calculate the trajectory," Jasmine replied.

Both sides’ mechas were just to distract their attention.

Not using any advanced weapons, they are fooled thoroughly, what’s wrong with the Vegetable Farmers?

Why use such a sleazy tactic? What’s the point of disgusting them?

Soon enough, they’ll know what it’s for.

When the drones entered Miracle Patchi’s defense net, they dropped many crude jammers that worked for a while before being ineffective.

Feng Xuezhi said urgently, "Xiang Cha, for some reason, they created a low-frequency sound that lasted a while. Most of the drones have been downed."

Xiang Cha: "Can you guess their intention?"

"Can’t guess. This fixed low frequency seems to summon something."

Xiang Cha’s face changed drastically, recalling the previous monsters, "Are they still human? They’re calling for external assistance."

No sooner said than done, a rumbling came from all directions, and ten monsters broke through the walls.

The targets of these monsters were super clear—where the mud clumps were. Despite their menacing appearance, they were blind, but their antennae were acute, and where there was food suitable for them, they could pinpoint it precisely.

The soil full of nutrition pills was their best food, and on such a barren planet, as the overlords, they didn’t eat fresh meat.

The so-called "nutritious soil," they devoured in one gulp half a wall plastered with it, and since this nutritious soil was extremely scattered, the monsters rampaged, genuine bulldozers.

The walls, partially eroded over time, fell like dominoes, one section collapsing after another.

But Xiang Cha couldn’t stop it. Originally the weapons meant for dealing with monsters had already been used to attack the drones.

They could only watch helplessly as the camp was destroyed.

The system declared the Vegetable Farmers’ victory.

Seeing this result, not only Xiang Cha was dumbfounded, but even the coach was.

It ended too quickly.

The host couldn’t help but voice the soul-deep question of all on-site spectators.

"Can it be operated like this?"

Then artificial intelligence came out to explain, "Make good use of everything you can, and you’ll achieve unexpected effects. If you’ve heard of the Pingxing Star Insect Man War, you can be inspired by it."

A leader of Pingxing Star used the planet’s beasts to deal a fatal blow to the invading Insect Men, creating time for troop support and the evacuation of civilians.

This war is known by few since it took place on a remote and impoverished planet.

Yet each battle actually records history; it is seldom that people delve into them.

Beasts can delay the Insect Men for a time, and naturally, it would be just as easy for them to destroy a quickly eroding city.

These beasts belong to mutant species, which survive to this day on Pingxing Star, known locally as the Guardian Gods.

Upon hearing the AI’s explanation, the host had an epiphany, revealing the battle to encourage people to search for it. Hence, everything provided by the arena can be utilized.

"So shocking, it ended so fast. Beasts like this really exist in the world."

"I suspect that Su Xiaocai knew of such a scenario, which led to the Vegetable Farmers’ victory."

"Don’t doubt, it’s just so."

"But no, Yun Ji had a similar model competition, and they also used environmental advantages to win. If you’re allowed a city’s backing, why can’t the Vegetable Farmers use wild advantages?"

"Even if you’re given it, you might not discover it. But you can’t say the Vegetable Farmers gave a hint just because you didn’t find it."

"You want to say the Vegetable Farmers cheated."

"The military had already sent professors to their grounds, with the Vegetable Farmers’ strength, do they need to cheat?"

"No need to cheat, the third round is actual practice, if there’s cheating, it would be obvious."

"Why tarnish their reputation. Their performance must be noticed by the authorities."

"The Law Enforcement Department’s AI is here, I don’t believe no one would complain."

"Alright, the committee has come out to clarify, stating the arena setup is compliant, and the Vegetable Farmers’ approach is fine."

"Before, some drew a similar map, but they didn’t comprehend using geographic advantages, so they blamed others for being able to use it?"

Many were righteously indignant for Miracle Patchi, but Xiang Cha accepted the result with closed eyes.

Losing is losing, there’s nothing more to say.

Someone summed it up.

The Vegetable Farmers’ tactic of adapting to local conditions was brilliant, down-to-earth, creating a new mode of battle, likely leading to many teams understanding the need to utilize the environment in the next stage.

"We won." After exiting the cabin, Hu Ping boasted about his excellent leadership skills this time. He boasted not only to his teammates, but he also logged into his own account to write a very pretentious sentence.

"So simple."

The teammates, upon hearing this, wanted to bash his head, what simple? Without Li Leilei’s contributions, Li Shanchun triggering the feeding, and Ji Heng eliminating Peony to erase the numerical advantage—

He’s nothing.

Every step involved elements of luck.

However, Su Xiaocai did not blame him, quietly increasing the training difficulty by a touch more.

Hu Ping lamented endlessly, weeping, Coach Su is heartless.

The next day, the team elimination list was released.

In one fell swoop, a quarter was eliminated, nearly a hundred thousand teams.

As for performance analysis.

The ones at the bottom need no mention, almost never winning.

Those just marginally eliminated were pretty helpless, having won over five matches.

But they couldn’t complain as the top-ranked teams were really exceptional.

Yun Ji shone the brightest, undefeated in both solo and team matches. The only frustration was in the match with Squirrel and Feng Wansha, not won easily and their mecha intelligence was extracted.

Jun Yue Dream Academy’s team quickly adapted, starting to engage in coordinated battles, with individual strength able to crush many opponents below.

Huiya’s Staff’s performance was commendable.

Yet the most popular and anticipated was still the Vegetable Farmer Team. Their team was never fully present in any of their battles.

In ten matches, the Divine Woman competed four times, while Ji Heng, Hu Ping, Wu Qingqing, Feng Wansha, Li Leilei, and Liu Xun took turns commanding.

The variability in command won overwhelming admiration.

Each member was a polymath.

Other teams couldn’t fathom who would command the Vegetable Farmers in subsequent matches.

Moreover, their mechas were standard, not yet modified.

One can imagine how much strength they have retained.

Every spectator felt this week passed exceptionally fast, feeling unsatisfied. Each event was outstanding, crucially after watching, one could rent mechas at the adjacent field to play for a bit.

After playing, one realizes what being taken by surprise means and understands the gap between amateurs and professional Mecha Masters more deeply.

People discussed the competition everywhere they went.

The more they mentioned the Vegetable Farmers, the more teams from the Military Training School garnered attention.

In the second round of the team competition, only nine teams from the Military Training School advanced, one of them being the Vegetable Farmers.

Other schools, like the often-compared Jun Hui, had over twenty-five teams enter, with the top-ranked Jun Yue Dream Academy last year having entered thirty-eight teams.

This was unimaginable for a traditionally high-ranking military school.

Someone, with interest, did a statistic. Among the places in the two-figure range, the Military Training School had the only single-digit count.

At other schools, teachers would specifically help with some training, but only the Military Training School seemed like an orphan.

School coaches only cared for their own teams, while the Vegetable Farmers had Su Xiaocai.

The other teams could only explore and advance on their own.