Chapter 750: Chapter 749: Compass Technique
Two loners forming an alliance?
Li Yang looked back at her, "Haven’t we already allied, Sister Shu Ran?"
Shu Ran furrowed her brows, "When?"
"Well, right from the start when we kicked Mu Qiu out. It was just the two of us left, so we automatically formed an alliance."
"..." Shu Ran was speechless at his presumptuousness, "Let’s just assume we’ve always been in an alliance. This round, we need to assist each other and try to grab as many transparent balls as possible. They have more people and a better advantage."
Li Yang, "Actually, we also have a pretty good advantage. The scores from the last round apply to the team, not individuals. They have to divide their points, while we can directly take the entire score ourselves. Plus, our scores are quite high."
"They are quite high," Shu Ran responded nonchalantly, "but I just want to remove my makeup first, you understand?"
"...Understood, I will do my best."
The game rules were introduced very clearly and vividly, and everyone understood them, so this round of the game quickly started officially.
Guan Yu charged to the front and grabbed a hanging rope, struggling to climb onto the inflatable pool. On the opposite side, Li Yang refused to lag, climbing up even faster than her, holding two ropes and slowly standing up.
But after all, the inflatable pool couldn’t compare to a real pool in terms of sturdiness and stability; when standing, the bottom was soft, and the water inside created a wave-like effect, making it easy to sway.
He could only tightly grip the ropes with both hands, tentatively finding a more stable spot to plant his feet.
Guan Yu still hadn’t managed to stand up at this point. The poolside was swaying quite a bit, so she tried to slide towards the center to occupy a crossing point beforehand.
But as soon as her weight shifted onto the fabric, she suddenly couldn’t keep her balance and leaned to one side, quickly grabbing another rope.
"Oh my goodness! This thing won’t stay steady!"
Before she finished speaking, the force of pulling the ropes brought her to fall to the other side, and she fell into a cycle of wobbling.
Grabbing two ropes slightly further apart, swinging left and right, creating a spinning top feeling, unable to control it, her toes straightened untenably, still swaying, as if she were a mysterious martial arts grandma exercising in the park.
Li Yang on the opposite side barely stood steady, throwing his head back in laughter.
"Sister Guan Yu, you are so funny hahaha!"
Mu Qiu squeezed the pink pig she carried, which let out a resonant sound.
"Oh my gosh!"
"So yesterday’s news about the mysterious fitness grandma was you? Surely this is some unparalleled martial art, right? Is it called the Compass Technique?"
Li Yang also asked, "What news yesterday? Why didn’t I see it?"
Can someone who has long lived online also miss the news?
"It’s normal not to see it," Mu Qiu didn’t want to say much about this silly sweet-talk, calmly replying, "Because I just made it up."
"...I don’t want to hear you speak anymore."
She shrugged indifferently.
Guan Yu continued struggling, gripping the rope tightly, stepping out with her right foot, staggering her stance, finally stabilizing her position.
Then she rolled her eyes and turned to call Zhang Li and Chuchu.
"Quick, quick, come up from the other sides!"
"Alright!"
They hurriedly climbed up to take good positions, while Mu Qiu didn’t feel rushed at all.
The rules didn’t say you couldn’t grab someone else’s spot. Anyway, everyone is going to fall into the water at some point; the reason for falling doesn’t seem so important.
Lin Lian tilted her head to ask, "Sister Mu Qiu, should we go up now?"
Mu Qiu squeezed the pig toy, shaking her head, "No rush. We’ll wait for Brother Cheng’s team to go up first."
It was like driving ducks to climb hard, not to mention you have to be careful to stagger your stance.
Once Cheng Zhirang’s team went up, she could use his strength to climb up in one kick, then conveniently stand on a critical spot for Five-in-a-Row, immediately starting the transparent ball toss.
If there’s no suitable spot, then directly knocking someone off isn’t impossible either.
She held the pig toy with one hand, supporting her chin with the other, her gaze continually surveying the pool.
Cheng Zhirang gazed down at her, getting a general idea of her plan.
"Let’s go up first and stand in three different places, creating a better advantage for grabbing the transparent balls," he told Bai Shu and Xu Cheng, readying himself for the pool.
Reaching the poolside, he wrapped a rope around his arm several times and suddenly turned back to ask:
"It’s Iron Alliance, right?"
"Of course!" She squeezed the pig toy hard, righteously replying, "I’m a good person who respects alliances!"
Cheng Zhirang didn’t comment on this, just said, "That’s good."
After speaking, he leapt forward onto the pool edge.
Standing at first had a little wobble, but with enough people above pressing down the inflatable pool, it stabilized quickly after a few slight wobbles.
Immediately, he lifted his hand over Zhang Li’s team, forcefully grabbing another rope, reaching a hand toward Mu Qiu, "Come."
Mu Qiu spoke to Lin Lian first, then put the pig toy into her pocket and sprinted towards Cheng Zhirang.
Reaching the pool, she grabbed Cheng Zhirang’s hand, borrowing his pull strength to push with her foot against the pool wall, successfully reaching the top.
Only to end up falling into Cheng Zhirang’s arms.
The collision pushed Cheng Zhirang into a wobble, but he firmly braced against her momentum, handing one of the ropes he grabbed to her.
"Hold tight; if it’s difficult, wrap it twice on your arm."
"Alright."
She neatly wrapped it once, then looked up to see Lin Lian had climbed up, standing beside Shi Yuhuai.
That was their strategy, standing by the tallest person to catch more opportunities.
Everyone had already tied their belts, standing on the pool, with some stepping on crossing points, ready for Five-in-a-Row, while others, afraid to step on the fabric, remained at the pool’s edge.
Mu Qiu stood at the edge, standing with upright posture, her legs encased in black quick-dry pants, the two silver stripes on the sides visually elongating the leg lines, making them appear long and straight.
Facing sideways toward the camera, focused, she listened to the director’s signal, while simultaneously observing everyone else’s positions.
Looking at these placements, everyone seemed not to want to form Five-in-a-Row right from the start, likely planning to unify once ready.
Currently, there were merely a few bold newcomers at the middle fabric crossings, alongside Li Yang and Shu Ran, while Guan Yu stood at a crossing point near the edge, similar to those at the border.
The formation was chaotic; no more than three were on one line, and some were still adjusting positions, matched with the trajectory of the four outer pillars’ moving throw-pods.
The game hadn’t started yet, but Mu Qiu couldn’t resist taking a deep breath—this game was definitely intense and thrilling.
Simultaneously testing eyesight, reflex, judgment, and physical strength, while falling into the water needed to be considered. Your spirit must stay constantly alert. It was far more exciting than the first game.
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