Versatile Mage: Lord of Space

The nomination battle!

Mingzhu Academy holds ten invaluable nomination rights. Receiving a nomination is only the first step towards success. Two more rounds of extremely rigorous selection will be required before the lucky members are finally chosen.

While the rules for this nomination competition appear simple and straightforward on the surface, they actually conceal many intricacies. The academy has gathered the top 20 students from each department to engage in round after round of intense and fierce competition. It's worth noting that this nomination competition is not a traditional one-on-one contest, but rather an ingeniously designed 4v4 format with randomized shuffling. This novel approach adds considerable unpredictability and challenge to the competition.

Each participant vying for a nomination will be paired with three other participants who share the same dream, forming a temporary team. This temporary team will then face three intense matches against other teams. While the outcome of these matches will influence a participant's chances of securing a coveted nomination, even if the team loses, the participant is not entirely without hope, as other judging factors will also play a role.

The academy's overall rankings are not solely determined by sparring between students. There are subtle, mutually restraining relationships between different magic specializations, and everyone is currently at the intermediate-level mage stage, mastering only two magic specializations. As a result, specializations like defense and healing, which may be at a disadvantage in sparring, seem perpetually unlikely to achieve high rankings. However, in reality, defense and healing specializations play an indispensable and crucial role within the mage community.

Therefore, the academy meticulously prepared and organized this 4v4 nomination competition. Each match was judged by three professional and rigorous judges, each with 8 points to score. Regardless of the team's outcome, as long as the students performed exceptionally well and fully demonstrated their strength and style, they would receive high scores. Ultimately, those students with the highest total scores would be successfully nominated, and then an authoritative figure at the dean level would finalize the selection of 10 nominees from among these nominees.

Securing a nomination means a student has won a crucial vote on their path to a world-renowned university. However, securing a spot at a top-tier university generally requires four votes. As for how to obtain the other three votes, the methods are numerous. Whether it's strong support from aristocratic families, powerful backing from associations, or tacit approval from the military… it all depends on the student's exceptional abilities and unique personal charisma!

The school's vote didn't come from the nomination contest, but from a single college. So if Lin Lan wins the nomination contest, she'll have six votes.

The final members of the National Government have not yet been decided, and these votes are all transferable, so Lin Lan can sell these two votes to pay for Xiaolongji's baby formula.

Therefore, the nomination competition is something Lin Lan can participate in, as she is quite interested in challenging activities like group fights.

However, I'd rather not have someone else play for me. Putting aside the fact that it's bullying, given Mu Nujiao's personality, she definitely wouldn't agree to it.

……

Although Lin Lan rejected Ai Tutu, Ai Tutu had completely become Lin Lan's little shadow.

Having a knack for excitement, she instinctively felt that following Lin Lan would lead to many fun things, so she enthusiastically signed Lin Lan up and even volunteered to draw lots for him...

To prevent Ai Tutu from impersonating her, Lin Lan decisively refused her. If Ai Tutu were to secretly cause any unexpected trouble, it would bring a lot of problems.

However, Ai Tutu was naturally mischievous and loved to play around, so she still managed to discover Lin Lan's lottery results...

The draw was conducted independently, and only numbers were given, not names. Therefore, after the draw, most participants would proactively announce their assigned teams and arrange to meet immediately before the first match. Even without practicing, they needed to know which department they belonged to. Who they were wasn't important; the key was to assess each other's abilities, determine their department affiliations, and then practice together to hone team synergy and skills.

Ai Tutu wanted to sneak off to see Lin Lan's teammates, but Lin Lan found out in advance.

On the playground where the team was assembled, Lin Lan arrived before Ai Tutu. Two other people had already arrived, initially assuming the famous Lin Lan was their teammate, but it turned out she seemed to be waiting for someone...

Although they possessed some strength, they dared not easily ask questions in the face of a legendary figure like Lin Lan.

Lin Lan has been famous for a long time, and it is rumored that he is the captain of the National Team. If they become team members in the future, they will have to obey the captain's orders.

So the two of them didn't greet each other first, but instead quietly observed from the side...

One of them was Gu Jian from Lei Academy, the academy's undisputed leader. The moment he saw Lin Lan, he was incredibly excited. The heroic scene of Lin Lan single-handedly taking on top Lei Ranking experts was still vivid in his mind. The reason Gu Jian hadn't challenged Lin Lan was because his family had long heard of this god-like figure… If he were really on Lin Lan's team, this match would be practically a sure thing!
Not long after, Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao arrived here.

"Hahaha... Lin Lan, what are you doing here?" Ai Tutu looked at Lin Lan, who seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time, and said somewhat awkwardly with a guilty look on her face.

Ai Tutu looked at Lin Lan's draw results and was surprised to find that Mu Nujiao had actually been matched with Lin Lan in the same team.

Ai Tutu thought to herself that Lin Lan was already a pre-selected player, so this was her chance to fight alongside Sister Mu.

"Lin Lan, what are you doing here?" Mu Nujiao asked, somewhat surprised.

Mu Nujiao was stunned when she saw Lin Lan. She didn't know about Ai Tutu's little schemes; she only knew that Ai Tutu said she had a surprise for her...

"I'll play in the match." Lin Lan smiled slightly, her gaze sweeping lightly between Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu, finally settling on Ai Tutu's guilty little face.

Ai Tutu chuckled twice and quietly hid behind Mu Nujiao, like a child who had done something wrong.

"A competition?" Mu Nujiao sensed something was wrong and turned her head to ask in a low voice, "Rabbit, are you up to something again?"

"No, no!" Ai Tutu quickly waved her hands, her eyes darting around. "I just... I just happened to find out... you're on the same team as Lin Lan!"

Mu Nujiao instantly understood and sighed softly in resignation.

This mischievous behavior is very much in line with Ai Tutu's consistent personality...

Gu Jian and another teammate, who were standing nearby, finally couldn't contain their excitement when they saw Mu Nujiao, the goddess of the academy, and walked over.

"Lin Lan and Mu Nujiao, are we a team?" Gu Jian asked excitedly.

The voluptuous woman next to them seemed to know them, but Gu Jian didn't care.

They knew all the top 20 candidates from each college who were nominated, but Lin Lan and Mu Nujiao were completely unfamiliar with this voluptuous woman.

Gu Jian originally wanted to take a few more glances, but he had seen plenty of beautiful women, and he had no interest in them now... Oh, no, lately all he could think about was how to get a nomination. Even if a woman stripped naked and put her in his bed, he would still be focused on cultivating abstinence from meat!

Lin Lan nodded and said in a calm tone, "It seems so."

Teaming up with Mu Nujiao? That's interesting.

To showcase one's invincible prowess while also cultivating feelings—that would be truly wonderful. (End of Chapter)