Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 292 International Tournament 2
While Chi Lili and Chi Li were discussing the taste of the nutritional supplements, teams from various countries were encountering interstellar monsters and Zerg one after another while on the march.

The first team they encountered was the Empire. Not long after they came out of the spherical aircraft, they ran into a lone Zerg that was huge, round, and covered with a hard dark-brown shell.

This is a round beetle, one of the lowest-level Zerg species. Its general level is only F, and the most powerful round beetle can only reach E level. It is very dangerous. Its only advantage is its indestructible outer armor, but this outer armor can even withstand B-level attacks, which shows how strong it is.

But even so, it can only exist as cannon fodder on the battlefield. Its only means of attack is to use its relatively hard mouthparts to bite the enemy, but often only a few people can be killed by it.

Generally speaking, even if an ordinary person who has never been trained encounters them, it would be easy to kill them as long as he has a powerful enough weapon.

As the lowest level of Zerg, the round beetle only has the instinctive desire to eat everything and has no intelligence. When it encountered the Imperial team, it immediately opened its mouth and roared, then rushed forward.

The huge round body covered with hard armor moving at high speed is still very intimidating, just like a car rushing towards you, creating a rumbling sound.

When it ran at full speed, its speed was almost the same as the ancient land cars stored in museums, but in the eyes of the imperial team, it was not good enough.

Margaretha, the leader, didn't move, but called out one name: "Jeroke."

A tall and strong figure responded. He took a few steps forward and stood at the front of the team, facing the route of the round beetle. He raised his hands and grabbed the mouthparts on both sides of the round beetle with his bare hands, blocking its attack.

The round beetle screamed and tried to struggle, but was held tightly.

Jeroke had an indifferent expression. He exerted force with his hands, and the hard mouthparts of the round beetle were broken off. A round beetle without mouthparts was equivalent to being without weapons, and it could not pose any threat at all.

Jeroke then used his backhand to take the mouthparts that he had broken off from the round beetle and pierced it into its body through the weak and fatal part, killing it easily.

The dead round beetle lay on the ground, but its legs were still able to struggle and move. This was an instinct from the insect race's strong vitality. However, the body was dead, so the remaining instinct was of no use.

Jeroke searched the beetle's body and finally found a spherical object in the gap of the round shell on its back. It was stuck so tightly that he had to use some effort to take it out.

As expected, this was the integrating sphere placed on the round beetle. When it was turned over to the front, a number '2' was clearly written on it.

"Captain." Jeroke turned around and handed the scoring ball to Margaretha. Margaretha took the scoring ball and touched it against one of the scoring balls on her body.

With a slight sound, the integration ball on the round beetle suddenly dimmed and the numbers on it disappeared. However, the integration ball on Margaretha's other hand suddenly became a little brighter, and the number on it jumped from '1' to '3'.

This was specially set up by the organizer.

The points in the scoring balls that each team gets at the beginning cannot be added together. They can only carry those ten scoring balls with them. However, in order not to add too much burden to the participating teams and affect the competition, the points in other scoring balls they get in the venue can be transferred. As long as two scoring balls collide with each other, the points in the extra scoring balls will automatically be added to their scoring balls.

It is worth noting that the "point balls obtained in the venue" include not only the point balls obtained from Zerg and Star Monsters, but also the point balls snatched from other teams.

This also shows how competitive this game is.

As the first battle since the start of the competition, no matter how small it was, it attracted the audience on site and online to continue commenting in the official live broadcast room.

[That's enough. Killing a lowest-level Zerg gave me two points, so it's still a profit.]

[The low-level Zerg are still not good enough. 】

[Jerok is an S-class fighter against low-level Zerg, without even using a micro mecha. ]

[Is this the strength of S-level? ]

[I am a C-class. Unfortunately, I once encountered an F-class Zerg when I was on a business trip to an alien star system. I was so scared. Fortunately, the flight attendant on the spacecraft was very capable and killed the Zerg.]

[For ordinary people like us who have not received any training, even the lowest level of Zerg are dangerous.]

[You went abroad, right? How is it possible to encounter Zerg in the Federation? ]

[You can still encounter Zerg in the Federation, refer to our little sister. ]

[The Zerg that Xiaohai encountered was a B-level Zerg, which can be considered a mid-level Zerg. She was really unlucky.]

[Although the Zerg forces were blocked outside the front battlefield, due to the existence of the black hole, some scattered Zerg still invaded our rear area. Therefore, each country, each planet, and each region will set up armed patrols to clean up these escaped Zerg. However, no one cares about the gaps between countries. Therefore, when traveling through these areas, the chance of encountering Zerg is a little higher than other places, but not much higher. After all, the universe is too big, so sister, you are more unlucky.]

[You didn't let her go either.]

[Look, the Federation team has encountered an interstellar monster! ]

[Wow, we encountered two A-level interstellar monsters. ]

What happened to the federal team immediately shifted the audience's attention to them.

Compared to the round beetles that pose no threat, the interstellar monsters are indeed more interesting.

The two interstellar monsters encountered by the Federation team were Green Smoke Beasts.

As the name suggests, they are a kind of interstellar monsters that emit green smoke all over their bodies. Their levels are generally between A and C. So far, no one has discovered an S-level green smoke beast.

Perhaps because there are no powerful individuals, this kind of interstellar monster likes to appear in groups. Every time it appears, it creates huge billowing smoke and emits a strange green color, which brings great visual fear to people.

This green smoke is not only poisonous, but also highly corrosive. If people below their level come into contact with the smoke from the green smoke beast, they will be poisoned immediately, and their bodies will be gradually corroded, and finally become part of the green smoke.

As outstanding students from various schools, Zhong Shaoqi and his classmates had naturally learned all kinds of knowledge about interstellar monsters, including the Green Smoke Beast.

Therefore, as soon as he spotted the two clouds of green smoke rolling in from a distance, Zhong Shaoqi immediately gave the order: "Everyone equip themselves with micro mechas."

The federal team moved in response, and everyone was covered with a layer of cool metal armor.

This scene was quite handsome, causing the audience to exclaim in amazement.

[Wow! So handsome! ]

【cool! 】

【Screenshot taken】

【Collective transformation.】

[Lots of high-level micro mechas. ]

……
Amidst the praises from the crowd, only Chi Xinxin, wrapped in a mecha helmet, looked a little unhappy.

Because in the entire team, her micro-mech was the lowest level, only A-level. This mech was bought for her by her parents several years ago. Although she took good care of it, she still felt the gap with others.

Look at her teammates, the worst of them have S-class micro-mechs. She has obviously upgraded to S-class, so why don’t her parents buy her an S-class micro-mech?

Chi Xinxin completely forgot that in order to help her pass the national selection competition, her parents had sold one of their houses and used up all their savings, plus the federal subsidy for S-class therapists, to barely buy her an S-class mecha.

Although the master who was invited to customize the mecha for her was not very famous, it was an S-class mecha. Given its level, the price was naturally ridiculously high.

It was also thanks to the federal subsidy that nearly 80% of the costs were waived. Otherwise, with their family's financial resources, even if they took out a loan and borrowed money from everyone who could lend them money, they still could not afford an S-class mecha.

Even so, Chi Xinxin still wanted her parents to buy her an S-class micro-mech, which was naturally impossible.

So now she can only use her old mecha reluctantly.

In fact, after successfully advancing to S-level, Chi Xinxin could, with her identity as a therapist, accept the recruitment of the Federation like Chi Lili did, so that she could enjoy the same treatment as Chi Lili before.

In that case, there would be no need for the Chi family's parents to spend all their money to buy a mecha for their youngest daughter, but Chi Xinxin had her own plans.

She thought that if she could participate in the International Senior Colleges Federation Competition and perform well in the competition, her personal value would naturally increase, and then she would be able to get better treatment when negotiating with the federation.

It is impossible to be on par with Chi Lili for the time being. After all, the two sisters have a mental power level difference of a whole level, and it is extremely difficult to cross this level. Chi Xinxin knows that she will not have the opportunity to advance again for at least ten years. But she must be higher than other S-level therapists, right?

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At this time, Chi Xinxin didn't know that she had another chance, and the two princes of the empire who were watching the battle above their heads had already secretly set their sights on her.

With the obstruction of the mechas, the green smoke of the Green Smoke Beast cannot corrode the members of the federal team, and everyone's mechas are equipped with air purification functions, so there is no need to worry about being affected by the poisonous gas of the Green Smoke Beast.

However, it is an A-level interstellar monster after all. Even if the most useful green smoke on its body has lost its effect, the attack power of the Green Smoke Beast itself cannot be underestimated.

They are much smarter than round beetles.

When he spotted the federal team from afar, he stopped cautiously and looked at them scrutinizingly with his eyes hidden in the thick smoke, as if he was assessing the strength gap between the two sides.

If the Green Smoke Beast finds that the enemy is too powerful, it may choose to escape.

Zhong Shaoqi knew this very well and did not hesitate. He immediately gave another instruction after the first one: "Xue Baimiao and I will stay here to protect the healer. The others will follow Nas to surround and kill the green smoke beast."

As the captain and commander-in-chief of the team, Zhong Shaoqi had to participate in the battle, lest he lose sight of the overall situation and fail to give timely instructions to his teammates. The two healers were the key protected targets of the team and were most afraid of being ambushed by the opponent, so he simply left himself and another 3S-level teammate in the team to protect them.

With the two of them around, the healer's safety can be greatly guaranteed, and the other teammates will have no worries when besieging the Green Smoke Beast.

Nas moved extremely quickly. The next second after receiving the command, she leaped, turned on the mecha's assisted flight function, and flew in front of the two green smoke beasts, blocking their escape route.

At this time, the two green smoke beasts sensed the 3S-level aura on Nas and wanted to escape, but they were stopped. Then the large army caught up, but the two S-level ones did not take action. They just surrounded the green smoke beasts from outside to prevent them from escaping, and let the S-level warriors in the team fight with the green smoke beasts.

It was obvious that they were using the Green Smoke Beast to practice with their teammates.

Although all of them are outstanding talents carefully selected, only a few of them have real combat experience. This opportunity is rare, so of course they must practice more, so as to avoid losing their lives due to lack of experience when they really go to the battlefield in the future.

Having said that, we still remember that this is a time-sensitive match, so the members fighting against Green Smoke Beast should try to end the battle in the shortest time possible.

The two green smoke beasts eventually died from their serious injuries, and the points balls on their bodies were taken away. Zhong Shaoqi and his team did not want their bodies because the meat of the green smoke beast is poisonous and cannot be eaten without special cooking.

Obviously, the federal team did not have the cooking facilities.

"What a pity." With a sigh of regret, the bodies of the two green smoke beasts were eventually left behind.

[What a pity! The meat of the Green Smoke Beast is delicious when processed.]

[It's still very expensive. A-level interstellar monster meat costs at least 500 star coins per pound.]

[A green smoke beast weighs at least several hundred kilograms. ]

[You don’t want it anymore? If you don’t want it, give it to me! ]

【Give it to me, if you don’t want it, I will. 】

[The green smoke beast meat is the best. 】

[Braised food is also delicious. 】

【It’s poisonous.】

【It will be non-toxic if processed with a molecular food processor. 】

[Someone from the organizer will probably collect these bodies later. They can’t be wasted.]

[Does no one care about the heroic performance of the Federation team in killing beasts? ]

[What do you care about? A group of S-class besieged two A-class, and there were a bunch of double S-class and a 3S-class to help block them. If they still couldn't kill them, it means they are incompetent. ]

[Zhong Shaoqi is pretty good. He also knows how to train his teammates' combat abilities for the sake of long-term considerations.]

……

Watching the scene of the federal team fighting against the green smoke beast, the comment section was still very active, but everyone's focus was on the pity of the green smoke beast meat being abandoned, and they were not worried about the battle situation of the federal team.

Just as one netizen said, if a group of people besieged two interstellar monsters of a lower level than them and still couldn't kill them, they might as well admit defeat and withdraw from the competition as soon as possible.

So as to avoid being embarrassed in the competition.

[Stop arguing, let's see how many points they got? ]

[What? Two point balls add up to only two points. Isn't that a big loss? ]

[This is the rules of the game, and this is also part of the fun. ]

[Compared to the Empire team, the Federation team suffered a huge loss. ]

The live camera clearly showed the two score balls in Zhong Shaoqi's hand, each showing '1' on the surface. Both of these score balls were obtained from the Green Smoke Beast. He added the points in them to their team's score balls, leaving two gray empty balls and throwing them back next to the Green Smoke Beast's corpse. This way, when the logistics robot came to recycle the Green Smoke Beast's corpse, it could also take the empty score balls back and not create extra garbage.