When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 563 - 420: Sound Waves and Cloning (4000 words) _2

Chapter 563: Chapter 420: Sound Waves and Cloning (4000 words) _2

So when they encountered the green caterpillar, what exactly did they say? Did the green caterpillar remember it all?

Eating the brains of other desolate beasts to compensate for their deficiencies and to expand their knowledge, the more they consume, the higher the intelligence these types of desolate beasts will inevitably possess!

Powerful desolate beasts with simple minds are not to be feared, the most terrifying are those with high intelligence!

At present, the main question is what kind of impression that green caterpillar, which was squashed by Long Guocheng, had left about them.

Li Zimu’s stone huts had been stacked up into many compartments, everyone separated by one, with no beds, no blankets; although crude, such simplicity was the norm in the wilderness beyond the domain’s bounds.

When Xiang Beifei was heading back from his shift, Long Guocheng was standing with his arms crossed in front of him, leaning against the door, and asked, “Can I ask you a question?”

“What?” Xiang Beifei said.

“You’re not an N-level Awakener, right? You’re at least SR, aren’t you?”

“Is that very important to you?”

“It would make me feel a bit better,” Long Guocheng said reluctantly.

If he lost to an SR like Li Zimu, he wouldn’t feel too embarrassed, as the other’s talent was no weaker than his own; both being SR, he could just win back the loss next time.

But losing to an N-level Awakener left a knot in his heart.

“That’s your own problem, and it has nothing to do with me,” Xiang Beifei didn’t like explaining his system to others.

Because he fundamentally didn’t have a system.

“We are a team! I’ve told you all about my abilities! But we don’t know anything about yours! As a team, there should be mutual understanding,” Long Guocheng emphasized.

“You finally admit that you’re part of a team now? I thought you always liked to show off,” Xiang Beifei said.

Long Guocheng snorted but didn’t refute this point.

He did indeed like to show off; without doing so, he couldn’t collect system values.

“If you tell me you’re SR or SSR, then I can accept my defeat wholeheartedly,” Long Guocheng said.

“Do you look down on people with system levels lower than your own? What’s wrong with N-level? Or R-level? Or even S-level? Aside from cultivating their power, in what ways are their character, morality, personal conduct… any worse than yours? Do they need your disdain? Do you enjoy finding a sense of superiority over those with lower system levels so much?” Xiang Beifei said sternly.

“I…” Long Guocheng found himself at a loss for words.

He looked down on those with less talent than himself because in his view, they would never amount to much, especially the lower-level N-level Awakeners.

He would only show awe to the powerful ones.

But his pride was always crushed into pieces before Xiang Beifei.

He hoped that Xiang Beifei’s system would be at least SR-level, or even SSR; then, even if defeated by Xiang Beifei, he wouldn’t feel too crushed, and he could maintain the prideful principles he had always upheld.

But the one thing he couldn’t accept was the fact that Xiang Beifei was an N-level!

“I just can’t believe that N-level Awakeners have such potential, their systems are so faulty, they’d only achieve so much in a lifetime, they can’t possibly have such strength,” Long Guocheng gritted his teeth.

“Why can’t N-level Awakeners defeat SR? How many can surpass Shang Tianxiong, who is also N-level? Someone with strength can even kill an SSR while being SR! Everyone lives in this same world, we’re all human, you’re not nobler than anyone else. You just had a higher starting point, that doesn’t mean you’ll always be above others in the future, it’s best to remain humble,” Xiang Beifei said.

After saying this, Xiang Beifei went straight to his own compartment.

“Humble?”

Long Guocheng’s face alternated between shades, pondering over Xiang Beifei’s words.

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At around nine in the evening, Ye Changfeng gathered everyone together, as he had obtained a schedule and a set of rules for tomorrow’s competition.

Elder Luo said, “We need to first discuss the situation for tomorrow. Everyone must be more vigilant.”

The rules were actually already clear to everyone. The competition for new students was divided into individual matches and team pioneering.

For the individual matches, nine universities would compete in a round-robin tournament, facing each other only once, meaning each university would have to fight eight matches, for a total of thirty-six matches to be played over two days.

At that time, it would be decided by the roll of a dice whether the participant from each match would be from the Meridian Opening or Qi-Controlling stage.

“Tomorrow’s schedule, the first match, Jizhou University versus Yanzhou University. Our matches are not the first to take place, which is good. Everyone can observe the strength of the other universities first, but the second match is Qingzhou University versus Liangzhou University.”

Ye Changfeng distributed a flyer to everyone, all of whom looked at the schedule with grave expressions.

“Yuchi Shen, you tell them about the current strength of each university this year,” said Elder Luo.

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

“But there’s a rule that a person can only participate in a maximum of two matches, so when the time comes, I and the other teachers will need to analyze the situation and then decide how to distribute the order of appearance and opponents for the five of you.”

It was like the horse races of Tian Ji, yet not quite the same. In Tian Ji’s horse races, there was room for strategy over three matches, but when two universities competed, it was only for one match, essentially at random. Thus, it was generally preferable for other universities to first deal with the strong students from different universities, using up their two opportunities, and then when it was their own turn, they would only have weaker students to go against.

Take Qingzhou University and Liangzhou University, for example. Qingzhou University has two SSRs this year, and each person can participate in two matches, meaning the two SSRs could at most compete in four matches.

Therefore, Ye Changfeng hoped that Qingzhou University would use their two SSRs’ four opportunities to confront the other seven universities, and by the time they faced themselves, those opportunities would be exhausted, leaving only SRs to compete, thereby increasing their own chances of winning.

However, all were elite universities, and the teachers in charge of the teams certainly understood this principle, so the distribution of who would appear in the matches became a game of psychological tactics. Before actually stepping onto the field, no one could know whether the opponent would send their strong or weak students.

“You should all be clear by now. This year, our university doesn’t have an SSR, which means our strength is a notch below the other universities. In individual matches, it will be hard for you to gain the upper hand,” Yuchi Shen said, his gaze fixed on Xiang Beifei.

“Apart from Qingzhou University, Yanzhou University, and Jizhou University, the other schools also only have one SSR, which is just one in the Meridian Opening stage. We don’t need to worry too much; after all, we have Student Xiang Beifei,” Xi Keyao said timidly from the side.

“The situation is not that simple,” said Elder Luo. “In individual matches, you’ll fight eight rounds, and each round is worth one point. The total points are very important. But have you considered that for the sake of securing a higher total point score, the other universities will surely devise ways to secure a guaranteed point? And from whom that almost certain point will come?”

Long Guocheng and the others understood immediately: “From us, Liangzhou University?”

All eight other universities shared a common understanding: Liangzhou University had no SSRs this year, meaning no students in the Meridian Opening stage.

So, to ensure the easy point, they would certainly send out their Meridian Opening stage SSRs to face Liangzhou University!

Because if an SSR faced another university, sometimes they would encounter an opponent who was also an SSR, both in the Meridian Opening stage, and one was bound to lose.

If it ended up being a loss for them, it wouldn’t be worth it.

But now, other universities believed that all Liangzhou University students were only at the late stage of Qi-Controlling, so sending a Meridian Opening SSR to face the Qi-Controlling-only Liangzhou University was almost a sure victory.

Everyone wanted to pick on the weakest link first and clinch the easy point!

“Exactly, the opponents we’ll be facing in each match might all be SSRs in the Meridian Opening stage!” Elder Luo said meaningfully.

“This…”

Everyone’s expressions grew even more solemn.

Elder Luo said, “Right, now how to distribute the players for the matches and how to break this situation is something the five of you need to discuss on your own.”

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“Really, why make a simple competition for new students so complex?” Ma Ziqian grumbled to one side.

For these martial artists, the simplest solution would be to charge headfirst into a direct confrontation—saving time and effort.

“Because this is also a tactic.”