This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Ye Yang advanced to the school's internal competition, the "battle match".

three days later.

In the "Battle" mode, the top 128 players from the preliminary rounds will engage in one-on-one battles!

选手按海选得分，从高到低排序，第128名对战第64名，第127名对战第63名……第65名对战第1名！

This is the first round of matches.

Following this pattern, after four rounds of competition, the top eight will be determined. Then, each person will be paired up and each person will play against the other seven people once. The top eight will be ranked according to the number of wins and losses.

There are three levels: Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. Each school has three slots for each level to participate in the higher-level "Star Region High School Dao Evolution League".

Finally, there is the "All-Galaxy High School Daoist League". The contestants who can enter that competition are all exceptionally talented individuals, one in trillions!

"You're Ye Yang?"

The first-year student sitting in front of Ye Yang frowned.

This freshman ranked 71st in the preliminary selection, which is already quite high, but Ye Yang ranked 7th!

"A first-year student who ranked seventh in the preliminary rounds must have been well-prepared, starting training in deciphering the Dao Derivation Diagram immediately after reaching Foundation Establishment." — Ye Yang's opponent thought to himself.

He was very resentful:

"He's just a guy who got a head start. I participated this year and only studied for eight days, yet I ranked 71st in the preliminary rounds. Next year, I'll definitely surpass him!"

Ye Yang is quite a well-known figure among the freshmen of Ziteng University. After all, he is a useless dungeon master who shamelessly joined the most useless Immortal Martial Arts Department in order to get into a key university. Moreover, Ye Yang is also the top scorer in the college entrance examination of Ling Shu Star!

Then, it even caused a minor uproar on the school forum.

With so many buffs combined, it's hard not to become famous.

Most freshmen only know that there is a person named Ye Yang in their school, but they don't know what he looks like or what his spiritual aura is like.

Otherwise, Ye Yang would feel very awkward every time he left the dormitory.

"Hmm." Facing his opponent's unfriendly gaze, Ye Yang simply nodded and didn't say anything more.

The truth will be revealed in action.

"Begin!" As the referee announced the start of the battle, the Dao Evolution Diagram artifacts in the hands of both players displayed the initial diagram of "Tian Yuan Yan Yi".

This is the simplest Dao Derivation Diagram, yet it also holds infinite possibilities!

In theory, as long as one's skill level is high enough, any first-order Dao evolution diagram can be derived from it.

The two immediately began to perform forward deduction on their own Dao evolution diagrams.

This is the first step in Dao Yan's battle: "Putu".

Based on his understanding of the Dao, he deduced one of countless possibilities from the foundation of "Tian Yuan Yan Yi".

If your skill level isn't high enough, the deduction result might be very simple, perhaps taking less than 10 minutes, but it would certainly be easier to crack.

The higher the level, the closer the deduction results are to a set of real world laws!

It is said that a very small number of immortals are able to deduce the eighth-order Dao Evolution Diagram, and the result of the Dao Evolution is enough to support a real medium-sized world and become its world law!

If the laws governing the world are flawed, it will lead to the collapse and destruction of the world. The larger the world is, the easier it is to collapse and be destroyed.

A medium-sized world is roughly the size of a galaxy, so the world laws that can support a medium-sized world are already quite complete and powerful.

Two hours later, after much thought, Ye Yang finally completed the forward deduction.

His experience is still too limited. The experts who fight against Dao Yan all have their own established methods of deduction.

After forward deduction, the next step is to "hide the map".

Most of the derivation process and "Tian Yuan Yan Yi" were hidden, leaving only a fragmented Dao Derivation Diagram.

This is actually the problem of solving the "reverse path" problem.

After the map was hidden, the two sides exchanged topics and began to "decipher the map".

"Um……"

Ye Yang looked at the incomplete Dao Evolution Diagram in his hand and stroked his chin.

It seems...to be quite simple?

The difficulty level is around the 30th map.

He glanced at the classmate opposite him.

The other person's brows were furrowed, and cold sweat was already beading on their forehead.

"I had a special training session with my master for the past three days. I was repeatedly beaten, but I also learned a lot of techniques."

Ye Yang smiled slightly.

He had been tortured to the point of near death by Master Guo for the past three days, and he had lost countless brain cells. It was only with great difficulty that he finally learned these tricks.

I must let my opponent experience the despair I felt back then!

Withdrawing his gaze, Ye Yang began to reverse-engineer the Dao Evolution Diagram.

71 minutes later, he put down the Dao Derivation Diagram in his hand and raised his hand to call over a referee.

"What? You're done? That's impossible!"

The student opposite him immediately lost his composure. He was not stupid enough to think that Ye Yang had called the referee to surrender because he couldn't solve his Dao Evolution Diagram.

That can only mean that Ye Yang has already completed it.

According to the competition rules, as long as one side finishes first, the referee can come over and determine the final result.

"Your map has a difficulty level of around 30, and your map-solving skills should be above 34, which is already very good." Ye Yang was afraid that the other party would be too discouraged, so he gave a very fair evaluation.

Then the student on the other side really broke down, because Ye Yang was right, he just couldn't solve the 35th picture.

So he put down the Dao Evolution Diagram in his hand and watched how the referee would judge.

"Butu, Ye Yangsheng!"

"The hidden map, by Ye Yangsheng."

"Diagram interpretation by Ye Yangsheng."

A resounding victory, nothing more to say.

"You... I'll definitely surpass you next year!"

Ye Yang's opponent in the first round made this statement and had no choice but to leave the stage.

Two and a half hours later, the second round began.

Ye Yang's opponent this time is a senior student.

"Oh, it's a junior. You must have come in 7th in the preliminary rounds, right? That's amazing..."

This senior student has a sweet smile that makes you feel like you're in love.

However, she ranked 103rd in the preliminary rounds, and her opponent in the first round was ranked 39th.

She won. Why?

"What's going on? Senior, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Ye Yang's expression suddenly changed, and he leaned back, looking at the other person warily.

The senior student opposite her froze with a smile, then chuckled dryly, "Ahaha, sorry, sorry, you saw right through me~ Actually, I have a natural charm, I'm not cheating~"

Ye Yang's lips twitched, then his expression turned serious.

unacceptable!

That's outrageous!

This behavior, which seriously violated the spirit of sportsmanship, especially the act of daring to use charm on Ye Yang, made Ye Yang decide... he must thoroughly ravage this beautiful senior!

So he used all the skills he had learned from Master Guo.

Actually, Ye Yang held back a little in the first round.

result……

"Junior~ I can't solve this, you're so amazing~"

"Junior, you're quite handsome!"

"Junior, it's very rude of you not to look a girl in the eye when she's talking to you."

"Junior brother~"

"..."

After discovering that Ye Yang's Dao Evolution Fragment Diagram was extremely difficult, the senior student gave up struggling and began to tease Ye Yang with her hands on the table, supporting her face.

Ye Yang's eyelids twitched. After quickly deciphering the opponent's incomplete Dao Evolution Diagram, he immediately called the referee.

"Junior~ Can we exchange contact information? You're really amazing~"

The second round of the competition has ended, but the senior student is still pestering Ye Yang.

Ye Yang closed his eyes and entered the instance world.

When the senior discovered this, she stared wide-eyed in disbelief. How could there be a single man in the world who would avoid a beautiful girl like her?

"No, not necessarily. Maybe this junior already has someone he likes, but he's afraid he can't resist my temptation, which is why he looks so disgusted."

The senior student looked dejected, made up an excuse for herself, and left listlessly.

The third round, the fourth round...

Ye Yang fought his way through the competition, relying on his good comprehension and the few moves he learned from Master Guo, and successfully entered the top 8.

Then it's time to fight against the other 7 people individually.

"Rankings of 6th to 8th will earn 1 annual credit, while rankings of 5th and 4th will earn 2 annual credits. Ranking 3rd will qualify for the Star Region Tournament and will also earn 3 general credits. Rank 2nd will earn 4 credits, and 1st will earn 5 credits."

"I hope to rank 4th or 5th, but I'm not very confident about finishing in the top three."

Ye Yang sat in front of his opponent, quietly waiting for the match to begin.

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