Chapter 34

Five hours later, Yinxing and Ye Binghua successfully integrated the two-star stage seed cores and are now resting for two hours, preparing to start the free-for-all team battle early. They didn’t ask much about Du Nan’s bold words. To 'strengthen' themselves, even the fiery-tempered Yinxing held back her curiosity. Whether Du Nan was boasting would be clear after a team match.

"Human or system?" Yinxing, without hesitation, stepped forward as the team leader. This was the first time she was 'seeking' others' opinions.

"System."

Du Nan replied, then added, "You don’t have to worry about the Dongyi Department knowing; you can also challenge human teams."

"Confirm system team challenge." Yinxing didn’t hesitate and gave the order: "Submit tactical map generation. Cancel all public broadcasts and retain recordings for the Silver Leaf Team’s exclusive viewing. Restrict data downloads, condition: the Silver Leaf Team leader is the only downloader. Restrict tactical activation, condition: for Silver Leaf Team members only, no non-Silver Leaf Team members can participate in this map training."

Yinxing issued commands one after another, and Du Nan didn’t know what to do.

Li Wenfu stepped closer: "Brother Du, this is a self-generated training map, like building your own map. To put it simply, our recording information will turn into system mechs. If your method works, we can repeatedly challenge and fight 'ourselves.' Sister Ling is locking it down for our exclusive use right now."

"Got it." Du Nan nodded.

It turned out that leaving a recording on the magic network could generate a 'self' map. Fighting 'ourselves' in training... this was too interesting. It was just unknown how much of 'ourselves' the magic network’s recording could mimic: fifty percent, seventy percent, or just a few percent?

"First match, how do we start?"

Yinxing immediately drew her dual swords, showing no intention of listening slowly. Her proud demeanor indicated: no matter how you train, I’ll take the close-combat position. Ye Binghua hesitated for a moment and picked up a sniper rifle. Li Yinzhu, looking detached, chose dual daggers and a scout combo.

The remaining Li Wenfu and Lu Sheng looked at each other... and finally, they both looked at Du Nan, waiting for instructions.

"Go as usual."

Du Nan chose to abandon his weapon and said, "You five handle the first battle. The system will have a targeted method in the next match; that’s when the real show begins."

"Alright." Li Wenfu quickly selected a shield.

He clung to it as if it were his face, feeling uncomfortable without it for a moment.

Lu Sheng didn’t hesitate either and chose a cannon defense assembly.

"Wait for me five minutes." Li Yinzhu went into stealth and retreated, disappearing in the sandy dunes. In this harsh, dusty environment, she seemed confident she could gather useful intelligence within five minutes.

After more than three minutes.

"They have similar equipment to us." Li Yinzhu returned and pointed at Du Nan: "One more with dual swords, the cannon defender is protecting the sniper. The other four are moving in, trying to outnumber us."

Everyone glanced at Du Nan, who had empty hands.

Yinxing frowned, turned her head, and pouted, signaling to Lu Sheng.

"Retreat."

Lu Sheng pretended to think, habitually pushing his glasses, though the mech helmet didn’t have them, and decisively said, "We’ll retreat while fighting. Sister Ling and Sister Hua are the sharp edges of our team. Without Brother Du’s help, the opponent has one more close-combat type. We need to use long-range sniping to gain an advantage."

"Then, we retreat." Yinxing was also decisive, giving the order as the team leader.

At this moment, they didn’t understand what Du Nan was thinking but no longer held the attitude of 'sister is invincible.' This was a Bronze-level team battle, with two White Iron soldiers on their side and one unarmed observer... a head-on fight would be foolish.

Two minutes later.

"Trouble, I need to jump out, Sister Hua, please hold on." Lu Sheng activated the jet propulsion and rushed to a prominent terrain.

A loud gunshot.

Hundreds of meters away, a heavy sniper shot penetrated Lu Sheng’s chest. Just before the mech exploded, Lu Sheng transmitted, "If the two close-combat types are too hard to handle, Brother Fat can also go, grab one of the close-combat types to hold them for a moment."

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, Ye Binghua fired two sniper shots, killing the sniper and the cannon defender hundreds of meters away. Lu Sheng could trade one for two... this was thanks to Ye Binghua’s 'ice fortress' prowess. If it were anyone else, they might have lost a member for nothing, and the opponent’s sniper would have already moved to an unknown location.

"Brother Three, go."

Li Yinzhu ignored the opponent’s scout and held one of the close-combat types with her daggers.

Yinxing saw the fat man rush forward to grab the other close-combat type. She immediately performed a rapid movement, slashing with her dual swords, and instantly killed the opponent’s scout. Then she leaped, ready to pounce on the close-combat type piercing the fat man, but heard Ye Binghua softly say, "Sister Ling, block the shield."

Instantly.

Ye Binghua raised her sniper and fired, piercing both the fat man and the close-combat enemy, finishing off another close-combat type.

The fat man, just before 'dying,' turned around and gave Ye Binghua a thumbs up.

Then he exploded into pieces.

By this point, the opponent had only one close-combat type and one shield defender left. The Silver Leaf Team still had close-combat Yinxing, sniper Ye Binghua, scout Li Yinzhu, and unarmed Du Nan, giving them a significant advantage. One and a half minutes later, two mechs exploded, and the Silver Leaf Team won with a two-for-six exchange.

"Next match, you stay the same."

Du Nan didn’t wait for anyone to speak and directly chose a titanium-armored close-combat sniper.

Everyone’s eyes were strange. As the tactical commander, Lu Sheng opened his mouth but couldn’t hold back: "Brother Du, in the last match, Sister Hua killed three people. The opponent will definitely use an assassin component next. If you also choose a sniper, it’s almost like..."

"I know, this is the key match." Du Nan smiled confidently.

"Go as usual." Yinxing didn’t hesitate, knowing this was Du Nan’s 'formal training.' Thinking the opponent would definitely have a team member use an assassin component, she also switched to a flexible ultra-long light sword. She signaled to Ye Binghua, who understood and chose a rapid-fire short sniper.

Li Yinzhu switched her dual daggers to an electric whip.

Lu Sheng switched to over a hundred miniature spider bombs, and Li Wenfu switched to a small dual shield.

Except for Du Nan.

The five made adjustments to counter the greatest threat, the assassin enemy. Lu Sheng was thinking: if Brother Du used a trap component, this battle wouldn’t be too difficult. Using a sniper rifle was almost like wasting a combat position, and the pressure on himself as the cannon defender would be even greater...

Seven minutes later.

"Sister Hua, shoot me, six assassins." Li Yinzhu transmitted from a distance, illuminating with electric light and binding herself and another assassin with her electric whip.

Through the strong light.

Everyone saw six assassins surrounding Li Yinzhu.

Boom!

Ye Binghua didn’t hesitate, firing a shot that killed Li Yinzhu and one of the assassins. At this moment, she showed no panic. She seemed like an emotionless ice block on the battlefield, existing only for victory. She might have known that any hesitation would mean losing the opportunity Li Yinzhu had fought for.

"Be careful, that might be an illusion..."

Lu Sheng didn’t believe the six assassins would simultaneously hunt a scout and was about to shout a warning when a sharp claw pierced his chest.

He turned in shock.

He found Li Wenfu in the same situation, already pierced through the heart by dual claws.

"Sister Ling, cut me." Ye Binghua, unable to dodge, had a claw pierce her waist. She turned and grabbed the assassin, signaling to Yinxing.

Yinxing swung her long sword, cutting Ye Binghua in half at the waist. At the same time, her neck mech shattered, blood gushing out like a fountain. Yinxing reacted quickly, also grabbing the assassin on her left and barely managing to say, "Du Nan, shoot..."

At this moment, the Du Nan she expected didn’t move.

The severed Ye Binghua raised her long sniper and fired, killing the assassin Yinxing had delayed.

By this point in the competition.

The opponent’s six assassins were down to three, and the Silver Leaf Team had only Du Nan left unharmed.

At this moment, the five who had 'died' looked at each other and smiled bitterly, opening the spectator options. They didn’t expect the opponent’s tactics to be so extreme, completely ignoring Du Nan, who hadn’t moved in the last match, and focusing on killing the most contributing Yinxing and Ye Binghua... now with only Du Nan left, even if he had new ideas, it would be too late to turn the tide.

On the battlefield.

Three assassins slowly appeared.

Facing Du Nan with only a short sniper rifle, they didn’t need to waste energy on stealth. With claw components, close-combat against a sniper rifle, and three against one... if they still needed to use stealth, they wouldn’t be map soldiers.

Bang!

One in the center, one on the left, and one on the right, the three assassins separated to hunt. They didn’t show any hesitation, maximizing their tactical effects.

Unfortunately, Du Nan was faster.

In a flash, he stepped three steps to the left, his armored sniper rifle spinning like a bat. The left assassin, surprised and unable to react, was instantly smashed in the head by Du Nan’s 'bat.' After a one-hit kill, Du Nan stepped closer to the center, throwing the armored sniper rifle high and sweeping the center assassin’s feet, making him kneel.

The right assassin rushed to support.

Du Nan stomped on the center assassin’s shoulder, leaped high, caught the airborne armored sniper rifle, and swung it like a bat, smashing down hard.

The right assassin’s head exploded.

The center assassin had already stood up and rapidly retreated dozens of meters, drawing a throwing poison blade.

The spectators were shocked.

They thought Du Nan had missed his chance, letting the opponent pull away, which was very disadvantageous for close-combat...

Boom!

Du Nan calmly raised his armored sniper rifle and fired a 'cannon' shot, blowing the last assassin’s head off. His expression was relaxed, indicating that an assassin throwing a knife at a sniper was a suicidal move. With the enemy all dead, Du Nan waved to the air, as if asking his teammates watching: with the enemy all dead, captain, how do we end this?

The five spectators were in a state of shock.