When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 523 - 394: Awakening System

At nine o'clock in the evening, Ye Changfeng gathered everyone together. He had received a copy of tomorrow's competition schedule and rules.

Elder Luo said, "We need to discuss tomorrow's situation first; everyone should be on high alert."

The rules were already clear to everyone. The freshman competition consisted of individual matches and team pioneering.

In the individual matches, nine schools would compete in a round-robin format, each school facing another only once, which meant each school would fight eight matches, totaling thirty-six matches over two days.

At that time, whether a participant in the Meridian Opening phase or the Qi-Controlling phase would be determined by rolling dice.

"Tomorrow's schedule, the first match pits Jizhou University against Yanzhou University. It's good that our matches are not first. Everyone can observe the strength of other schools first. However, the second match is Qingzhou University versus Liangzhou University."

Ye Changfeng handed out a flyer to everyone, who looked at the schedule with a solemn expression.

"Yuchi Shen, tell them about the current strength of each school this year," Elder Luo said.

Yuchi Shen glanced at Xiang Beifei expressionlessly before beginning his introduction.

"However, it's stipulated that a person can only participate in two matches max, so later I and the other teachers need to analyze the situation and decide how to distribute among you five the order and opponents for the matches."

This resembled cheating at horse racing, yet not exactly. In horse racing, there's room for play since they face off in three rounds, but schools face each other only once in this system, which is basically random. Thus, it's generally hoped that other schools will tackle the powerful students of other schools first, using up their two chances, and then face their own weaker students.

For instance, Qingzhou University and Liangzhou University—Qingzhou University has two SSR-rated students this year, each required in two matches, meaning their two SSRs can at most fight four rounds.

Then Ye Changfeng hoped that Qingzhou University would use these four rounds against the other seven schools, and by the time it was their turn, if the quotas were used up, only SR students would be available to fight, thus increasing their chance of winning.

However, as all are elite schools, the teachers in charge of the teams certainly understand this, so allocating who plays when ultimately becomes a psychological ploy. Until they play, no one can be sure whether the opponents will be strong or weak.

"You should also be aware that this year our school doesn't have any SSRs, which means our strength is a notch below other schools. In individual matches, you are unlikely to have an advantage." Yuchi Shen's gaze fixed on Xiang Beifei.

"Apart from Qingzhou University, Yanzhou University, and Jizhou University, the other schools also have only one SSR, which means only one in the Meridian Opening phase. We don't need to worry too much. At least we have student Xiang Beifei," Xi Keyao said timidly.

"The situation isn't that simple," Elder Luo said. "In individual matches, there are only eight rounds, each round worth one point. Total points are crucial. But have you considered that other schools, to achieve a higher score, will definitely try to ensure a win, so almost definitely the point will be taken from whom?"

Long Guocheng and the others realized, "From us at Liangzhou University?"

Now the other eight schools share a common understanding that Liangzhou University lacks any SSRs this year, meaning no students in the Meridian Opening phase.

Thus, to secure this guaranteed point, they will definitely send out an SSR in the Meridian Opening phase against Liangzhou University!

Because if an SSR is sent against another school, sometimes it could encounter an SSR opponent; both being in the Meridian Opening phase, one must lose.

If it happens to be our loss, it's not worth it.

But now, other schools assume all of Liangzhou University's students are only in the late Qi-Controlling phase, so sending an SSR in the Meridian Opening phase against Liangzhou University, which only has Qi-Controlling phase members, is nearly a guaranteed victory.

Everyone wants to pick the weakest for an easy point!

"Exactly, which means each of our match opponents could potentially be in the Meridian Opening phase as an SSR!" Elder Luo said meaningfully.

"This…"

Everyone's expressions grew increasingly grave.

Elder Luo said, "Alright, next, how to assign players to matches and how to break through this situation is something you five need to discuss."

"Really, why must a simple freshman competition be made so complicated?" Ma Ziqian muttered on the side.

For these martial artists, the most straightforward approach was to rush in and fight it out, which was the easiest.

"Because this is also a tactic."

Elder Luo said, "Facing opponents with unbalanced strengths, how to arrange your players to break through the deadlock and win more rounds is a type of command strategy. Elite university competitions are not just about martial strength but also about the ability to respond spontaneously, how to most effectively utilize limited manpower; it tests the teacher leading the team and also tests the freshmen. Developing this type of thinking can later be applied to battling desolate beasts waves."

In elite university Martial Arts Colleges, the fundamental teaching principle is to train pioneers and defenders, basing it on combat thinking.

When facing a wave of desolate beasts, their strengths are not equal, so schools must train students on how to make the most of effective manpower to maximize combat power.

This freshman competition's rules might seem unfair, with Meridian Opening phase facing Qi-Controlling phase, resulting in battles that are almost one-sided, hardly reflecting the true strength of the freshmen.

However, the fact was that when facing desolate beasts, there was never such a thing as fairness!

In battles against desolate beasts, most of the time the beasts were somewhat stronger.

Therefore, how to win and score the most points was actually a test of each university's tactical planning capabilities.

Which battle to give up on, and which to go all out for, who to send against different opponents, learning to make choices, engaging in psychological games with each other—it wasn't just about bravery but also about wits.

Although Elder Luo usually seemed idle and hardly serious, he had once served as the chief commander of the Jiuzhou Alliance during its campaign against the beast tide, and his grasp of the big picture in commanding battles was extremely formidable.

He was all too clear about the original intent of these competitions among the nine elite schools.

In other words, Elder Luo had an idea of how to break through the situation, but he didn't spell it out. Instead, he wanted Xiang Beifei and his team to think it through first, which was also a form of training.

If their ideas didn't work, Elder Luo would then provide guidance.

——

Hearing Elder Luo say this, no one else could complain further.

Ye Changfeng and Yuchi Shen sat aside, also remaining silent, watching Xiang Beifei and his group of five.

Xiang Beifei and the others maintained their silence.

After a long pause, Long Guocheng was the first to speak, "Tomorrow's contest, our first encounter is in the second round, facing Qingzhou University. We don't know who they will send against us."

Xiang Beifei said, "The person Qingzhou University will send tomorrow will definitely be Hou Chengwu, no surprises there."

Long Guocheng asked, "Are you so sure? Qingzhou University has two SSRs, one UR, and two SRs, they haven't confirmed their choice yet."

Xiang Beifei said, "It will be Hou Chengwu! He initially refused us at Liangzhou University and chose Qingzhou University instead. He must prove to others that not choosing Liangzhou University was the right decision, and the way to prove it is to beat us personally."

"That also makes sense," Li Zimu nodded thoughtfully, "I think he was embarrassed by you today, he has to seek revenge for that."

"Xiang Beifei, do you have the ability to defeat Hou Chengwu?" Xi Keyao asked.

Xiang Beifei paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.

The expression on the faces of Long Guocheng and the others slightly improved; they now recognized Xiang Beifei and knew his formidability.

This guy, although not an SSR, was exasperatingly strong.

With him, even if Liangzhou University couldn't match the overt strength of those three universities, it was still enough to be on par with other schools.

"But if other schools all send SSRs to face us, we are almost certain to lose. Xiang Beifei can only participate twice, meaning at most he could only score two points, but the four of us will almost certainly lose," Ma Ziqian said.

"Unless we find a way to prevent them from all sending SSRs against us," Li Zimu said.

"They now think we're easy targets, how can we change their minds?" Long Guocheng asked.

"It's simple: we must let them know that we aren't that weak," Xiang Beifei said.

Li Zimu caught on and said, "I understand, we must show them our school also has someone in the Meridian Opening stage. That way, they won't all send Meridian Openers against us. That means, Xiang Beifei, you must participate tomorrow against Qingzhou University."

A person could participate a maximum of two times, so after Xiang Beifei's first appearance, merely showing a hint of his strength would be enough to intimidate the other schools and make them cautious.

They would understand that they might not be able to crush the Liangzhou University "persimmon" so easily!

Because if their own SSRs faced Xiang Beifei, a tough opponent, and lost, it would be a significant loss, and then other schools wouldn't all send SSRs to confront Liangzhou University.

This ability was quite peculiar. Regardless of whether the target was a desolate beast or a human, once marked by him, a target gate would automatically form in his mind. Even if this gate was not originally the adversary's weak point.

Just like with the Triangular Thunder Krait, its original weak spot was its eyes, but if Yuchi Shen used "Seven Deadly Sins Kill," Yuchi could forcibly shift this weak spot to another location, such as moving the gate to the tail of the Triangular Thunder Krait.

Then if Yuchi Shen struck the tail of the Triangular Thunder Krait, it would surely die!

"This ability is powerful, forcibly changing an opponent's weak point?" Xiang Beifei spoke appreciatively.

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"Right, I heard there originally were two SSR Awakeners who wanted to come to our Liangzhou University, but since Liangzhou University admitted an N grade, those two SSRs looked down on our Liangzhou University and went to other elite schools instead,"