Chapter 1079 - 403 I Just Smile and Say Nothing_2

Chapter 1079: Chapter 403 I Just Smile and Say Nothing_2

"My suggestion is that the original Henry Thompson and Junior Henry Thompson each lead the attack and defense teams,"

Someone on the phone took the lead with a proposal.

Since everyone’s ID was the same, the only way to differentiate was to add a prefix.

After tracing back, Ree Shil, who was the first to use the code name Henry Thompson, became the original Henry Thompson.

The suggestion that the first and second place winners lead the teams was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

The skills of Junior were clear for all to see, and if it weren’t for Ree Shil, he would almost certainly have secured the top spot in the internal rankings.

"I personally don’t see a problem with it."

"Hey, hey, can you guys say who you are before you talk?"

"Uh, okay, I’m Junior Henry Thompson and I think it’s fine."

"Original Henry Thompson, which side do you want to lead?"

"I’ll stay on the defense team."

Ree Shil really couldn’t bring himself to say such an awkward name as "original Henry Thompson."

In the Breakthrough Zone, the use of Breakthrough Cards would definitely be higher than in other major districts.

And since he had recently played a lot of Breakthrough Cards, he should have a good handle on it.

After a discussion, everyone confirmed the team’s personnel allocation plan.

To keep the strength of both sides balanced, the defense team consisted of team members with odd-numbered rankings, and the attack team those with even numbers.

Once the two teams were staffed, everyone started to strategize and position their troops.

This time, the card game adopted a special alien-shaped game.

The card game mode was still the conventional 9+1.

Two card players compete, the loser exits, while the winner stays on.

The difference this time was that the winner would welcome their opponent in the state they were left in after the battle.

That is, if the winner ends up with only a single 100/200 King Card, then in the next game they must face the opponent’s full 9+1 card deck challenge with that 100/200 King Card.

And this King Card needs to be covered again with a 100/200 state, meaning everyone starts a new round with a fresh Reveal Card, but you cannot change your card, and must retain its immediate state.

The difference between the attack and defense teams was that the defense team had to reveal their player order a day in advance, allowing the attacking team to study them.

Winning a card game meant earning 1 point.

Which is to say, it’s not enough just to win; you have to win convincingly.

Because that’s the only way to beat the opposing 15 players with fewer than 15 appearances.

If both sides have 15 players each playing in 15 games, the winning team will only lead by 1 point in the end, which isn’t very significant.

The final score of the defensive and offensive sides combined was the score of this round’s district representative team.

So, following this tactical line of thinking, the attack side for the Balance Representative Team sent out Grace Spring first.

This guy’s deck was focused on endurance, with extremely strong self-recovery capabilities.

As long as he played steadily, there was a high probability he would preserve his combat power while winning.

The more combat power preserved, the greater the extent he could deplete the opponent in the second round.

Endurance would be the keyword of this round.

As for the defense, it goes without saying.

Even if Ree Shil declined, everyone would have insisted on him going first in the battle lineup.

Besides, he hadn’t declined.

Thus, the specific battle lineup was settled.

Half an hour after the meeting, Junior’s team received the Determination Representative Team’s defensive player order.

Then, the logistical intelligence department started to fully mobilize, gathering all sorts of information about their opponents for them.

Likewise, Ree Shil and his team would certainly be searched as well.

The next day, the competition officially began.

The offensive and defensive teams, each in separate rooms, started their matches simultaneously.

Ree Shil and several other players separated and each entered their own liquid pods.

As the liquid filled the pod, Ree Shil’s consciousness gradually sunk.

When he woke up, he was already standing in a spacious contestant lounge.

All of his fourteen teammates were there as well.

"This online competition’s tech support seems to have improved even further."

Ree Shil examined his virtual character, and it was almost indistinguishable from reality.

In previous online events, he would still feel a sense of virtuality more or less.

But today, there was none.

"All contestants, please take your positions. The competition will officially start in 30 minutes.

From now on, please do not log off.

If you do, it will be considered a forfeiture.

If there are any special circumstances, please report them promptly."

The system’s voice rang simultaneously in everyone’s ears.

No one who’s come here to compete would have any special circumstances.

So what followed was a wait.

In the last 5 minutes, a countdown began to appear above the room.

10, 9, 8...3,2,1,0

Amid the encouragement of his teammates, Ree Shil vanished with a whoosh.

Hum!

Afterward, he was transported to an arena with a blue light card table.

There are no audience seats here, nor will there be live broadcasts of audience reactions and comments.

The purpose is to make the players focus as much as possible on the card game.

"Hmm..."

Ree Shil closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

It was as if he could smell the Cube Cards.

Something seemed to be warming up slightly in his blood.

Such an occasion could be considered a grand event in the Cube Card Metaverse, right?

Nervousness, that seemed absent.

This feeling should be excitement.

Next, he was about to face his first opponent.

"Henry Thompson in his original version, it’s really you."

Just then, the arena was filled with a voice amplified through the sound system.

He saw his opponent, standing opposite him.

A big man, but with a woman’s voice.

The codename was "Little Vest."

Although they couldn’t know the order of appearance of the opposition in advance, they naturally got the data of all 30 people from the Breakthrough Zone a long time ago.

This codename should be the second-ranked of the Breakthrough Zone.

Their number one is on the defense team.

This guy is a woman, but creating such an online gaming persona without changing her voice tone obviously was to disgust people.

"Pleased to meet you, let’s begin."

Ree Shil had no intention of further interaction and was already laying out his cards.

This round, he was still going with the old trio of the Kung Fu Card Set.

The opposite side has Seal?

He wasn’t afraid. Could it be that they could Seal all three of his cards in one go and then knock him out in seconds?

"Hehe, is that really all the cards you have?"

From the tone of the other side, it seemed like they were prepared.

Sure enough, Little Vest revealed three attack cards right off the bat.

And indeed, she had a Seal effect with them.

If it weren’t for the fear of the opponent using reverse psychology and playing different cards to diminish the effect of Seal,

she could have dished out three Seal cards.

At this stage, who doesn’t have some depth?

Such an initial card face immediately sparked discussions among the offline audience.

"No good, this Kung Fu Henry Thompson, I don’t think his attitude is right."

"Little Vest’s three cards are all new cards that have not been shown before, while he’s still using the same old three. It really doesn’t feel like he’s trying very hard."

"Is he out of depth, or is he underestimating his opponent?"

"Let’s just keep watching; after all, I don’t think there’s necessarily a gap between the first and second of the major districts."

"Indeed, it wouldn’t be surprising if Kung Fu Henry Thompson lost."

So far, just from the first three revealed cards, Ree Shil is clearly at a disadvantage.

Therefore, everyone is not optimistic about his chances.

Subsequently, both sides revealed their Scene Cards.

The one Ree Shil revealed was naturally Martial Woods, which was suited to the Kung Fu Deck.

And Little Vest’s Scene Card once again proved that she came prepared.

"Swoosh..."

A lavish fountain began to rise slowly.

Forget Fountain

Scene

Stay of Forgetfulness—Fixed: Prevents external cards on one’s own side from recovering energy

Mysterious Baptism—Flexible: Continuously grants external cards on one’s own side a Coating effect

That the S-rank card could force an Exit was already common knowledge.

Since she anticipated facing Ree Shil, how could everyone not be prepared?

Little Vest’s Scene Card offered an ongoing Coating effect in exchange for paying a portion of the maximum Health Points.

Coating was indeed something valuable. It could not only withstand the "Kung Fu Sheep God" but also ward off various other Negative Effects.

Moreover, to minimize the impact of the negatives, the cards on her first row were all either Balanced Cards or Wisdom Cards.

The mission pressure given to her by her team wasn’t really heavy, just to weaken Ree Shil’s combat power as much as possible.

It would be best to get him down to only one King Card left.

But Little Vest was not satisfied.

She wondered why she should admit defeat to a man before the game even started.

So this game, she was not looking just to wear down her opponent, but to win!

"Wow~"

And upon seeing his opponent’s Scene Card, Ree Shil just smiled.