Chapter 664: Chapter 683: New Competition Format, and Everyone Thinks: This Should Be Student Jiang’s Home Ground
Today, everyone noticed the training hall was very different.
Before, it was always a crowd of Heavy Armor with one Light Armor mixed in, like a beanpole standing in a group of big, fat men.
Now—
Among the group of big, fat men stood a normal person.
’She changed Mechas?!’
"What are you all staring at?" Teacher Mao began with the same opening line as yesterday. "She’s changed her Mecha, you see?"
"Now *this* is what a warrior is."
Teacher Mao projected an image of Jiang Qiuqiu standing beside her Mecha onto the main screen. "As a natural person fighting a Genetic Hybrid, is that fair? It’s not. But did she complain? No. What is she doing? Training hard."
"As A-level Spiritual Power Users fighting an S-Class spiritual power user, is that fair? It’s not. So what should you be doing? Training hard!"
"This galaxy, this universe, has no shortage of geniuses. But not every genius becomes a household name. Why? Because even a genius will fall if they’re lazy."
"Likewise, heroes aren’t always geniuses. If you look at the current generals in the Federation, you’ll find that many of them had less natural talent than you all here. But they still succeeded. Why?"
"Because this path to glory is paved with blood, courage, sweat, and perseverance. I probably won’t lecture you about this again this semester. I hope you all remember why you came here and what you’re meant to do now that you are."
"Alright, let’s begin!"
"We’re not doing the same thing as yesterday. That competition went on long enough. Today, we’re trying something new."
"Well, it’s not *entirely* new. I checked with your Teacher Ning earlier. During the final competition for top individual soldier in your basic training, you all had duels, correct?"
A resounding "Yes!" came from the students on the floor.
’Much louder than usual, too.’
’So, keeping these kids on their toes once in a while really gets them motivated.’
"Just like before, I’ll be setting up fifty dueling platforms. Each match will last one minute. You’ll go up and duel, but victory won’t be determined by knocking your opponent down or forcing them off the platform."
This time, he was using a point-based system.
Certain parts of the Mechas would light up: red for 3 points, yellow for 2, and green for 1. Within the one-minute time limit, whoever scored more points by striking their opponent would be the winner.
"And another thing: there are no ties today." Scenarios where one person runs and the other gives chase, leading to a draw, wouldn’t happen. Today, there was no escape. Teacher Mao smiled. "If neither side has scored after one minute, both of you will have 0.1 points deducted. These points will be pooled and given as a bonus to the student with the highest score in the class."
"We’ll probably run about forty matches this period, so do try your best not to get a draw, alright?"
"..."
’Alright, they were starting to get the picture.’
Today’s new lesson was a test of their precision in Mecha control.
’Hitting targets...’
’This... this was Jiang Qiuqiu’s specialty.’
Besides Huo Jia, no one else in the class could match her agility.
’It was Student Jiang’s time to shine again. I really hope I don’t get matched with her or Huo Jia. That would just be cruel.’
The AI matchmaking began. Everyone boarded their Mechas. Numerous round platforms rose up from the training ground. After receiving their assignments from the Master AI, the students made their way to their designated numbered positions.
Jiang Qiuqiu was matched with a student from the middle to lower ranks of the class.
He wasn’t very well-known in class, being one of the more mediocre students. In Teacher Mao’s previous point-deduction lessons, he was often one of the ones who lost points.
Getting matched with Jiang Qiuqiu this time, he was utterly devastated.
’Looks like I’m serving up another free win.’
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