A Young Woman's Heart

As for Ye Ran on the other side, although he was also a melee fighter, strangely, he had almost no means of launching an attack.

All skills are based on countering moves.

That's right, his fighting method is to use different skills to block different skills.

Ranged combat, melee combat, fist combat, kicking combat, knife combat...

It can even use hidden skills to block the opponent's ultimate move.

'Quiet Butterfly's' ultimate move is to make black lines appear on the opponent's body, and then every hit she lands within ten seconds will deal more than double the damage.

The most outrageous time was when a single twisting throw took away a whole bar of the opponent's health.

So the scene was very strange for a moment. One side was losing health, while the other side was still at full health, but it looked like they were locked in a fierce battle.

Ye Ran's only offensive skill is his ultimate move after activating his ultimate ability.

He simply brought his index and middle fingers together, pointed forward with a nonchalant and calm gesture, and a light blue flying sword flew out of the air, stabbing fiercely at his opponent.

It also has a built-in locking function.

Gao Yuan was on guard against Ye Ran's attack for the first time, but he still fell into her trap.

Then, all three health bars were instantly wiped out.

"Holy crap, this is insane!" Gao Yuan couldn't help but tap the game console. "Teacher, isn't this character unbalanced?"

"Hmm? The characters we designed won't be unbalanced. If you think they're unbalanced, it's because you haven't discovered their weaknesses," Ye Yu said smugly.

In the next round, Gao Yuan directly snatched the character 'Ye Ran', leaving Zhou Yong on the other side with no choice but to select 'Tai Yin'.

During the battle, Gao Yuan found a trick and quickly accumulated enough rage. Then he smiled slightly, feeling that he had already won.

"Let's start the next round!" he shouted lightly, prompting 'Ye Ran' to unleash his ultimate move.

However, the opponent only lost one health bar.

This startled him, and before he could react, he was caught off guard and launched into the air by the opponent's 'Taiyin' combo.

"Idiot, his ultimate skill is calculated by doubling the amount of health lost. You used your ultimate skill when you were down to half health, which is why you took away a whole bar of the opponent's health." Mo Xueyao muttered softly, not knowing if Gao Yuan heard her.

However, he seemed to have realized something and was trying hard to build up another powerful move.

But it failed.

The second time, the rate at which rage spikes is very slow, making it difficult to accumulate enough.

He lost the first game outright.

In the second round, he felt he had found Ye Ran's weakness, but he still felt Ye Ran was very strong, so he won the round again.

On the other side, Zhou Yong chose 'Medicine Gugu'.

In terms of playing games, Zhou Yong seems to have more talent than Gao Yuan.

At the very least, he's good at more roles than I am—we all started from the same point.

In the first round of the second game, Gao Yuan finally accumulated enough rage and only had one health bar left. Feeling confident of victory, he unleashed his ultimate move, only to be interrupted by the splash damage from a bunch of ranged potions thrown by 'Yao Gu Gu'.

He then realized that 'Ye Ran's' ultimate move had a one-second longer recovery time than that of a normal character.

In the second round of the second game, he chose 'Silent Butterfly' again.

Zhou Yong, on the other side, used the same trick again and chose 'Ye Ran'.

Gao Yuan... lost again.

"Damn, this is disgusting!" Gao Yuan made a vomiting gesture. "I can't stand it!"

"Hey, that's real skill." Zhou Yong laughed smugly. "You're just too confident. If you wanted to interrupt me, why did you choose the role of 'Jingdie'? She doesn't have any ranged abilities."

"I'm not very good at anything else... Damn, it's disgusting, it's just disgusting." Gao Yuan shook his head vigorously, as if trying to shake something uncomfortable out of his head.

"Alright, everyone else, please step down from the stage. We'd like to invite three students to come up and receive their awards: Zhou Yong, the champion; Gao Yuan, the runner-up; and Liu Xiaowei, the third-place winner! They are all students from Class 2, Grade 11," Qiu Yi shouted into the microphone.

"Teacher Ye Yu, what's the prize?" Zhou Yong asked excitedly.

Ye Yu could no longer hide his smile. He couldn't help but lower his head and cough a few times before pointing towards the backstage area.

So all the students watching watched as the psychology teacher, Taiyin, walked up with the prize.

The eyelids of the three award winners twitched.

The students below the stage burst into laughter.

……

Chapter 203 Generous 'Prizes'

Taiyin, who was only about 1.4 meters tall, came up carrying a pile of exam papers rolled into tubes.

The reason I could recognize this as an exam paper was because the cover had large print that read, "A Collection of Selected Exam Questions for Grade 11".

Gao Yuan's face turned pale instantly.

Zhou Yong looked around as if he wanted to run away, while Liu Xiaowei had already taken several steps back without making a sound.

"Come on, one for everyone, the first place winner gets the most, take your prizes!" Qiu Yi shouted into the microphone, trying not to laugh, while Ye Yu next to him burst out laughing.

Teacher Taiyin walked up to the three students with a blank expression and distributed the test papers according to their rankings. The first place student received three of the three bamboo tubes, the second place student received two bamboo tubes, and the third place student received 'only' one bamboo tube.

Judging from the colors, they should be different test questions.

Zhou Yong's face fell as if it were a bitter gourd: "If I had known, I wouldn't have participated..."

The other boys who didn't win in the end suddenly didn't feel regretful anymore; instead, they were glad they lost early.

Those who lose early only receive a different amount of game coins.

“You can earn one credit for each correct answer on these three test papers. Starting next week, you can exchange those credits for game tokens to play video games at school on weekends.” Ye Yu coughed twice, stopped laughing, and tried to look serious as he said, “If you can complete them all, you can also get an absolutely amazing reward.”

"Another test paper as a reward?" Gao Yuan muttered, his eyelids drooping.

"Hehe, of course not." Ye Yu chuckled lightly, "We will reward you with a Little Tyrant game... learning machine, along with a cartridge, which can play 'Rain Sky Brawl,' a game jointly developed by several teachers from our Rain Sky High School."

"I have a game console, I just need the cartridges!" Gao Yuan said shamelessly, leaning closer. "Can I make fewer?"

“Well, theoretically speaking, you’ve already done less than Zhou Yong,” Ye Yu said, glancing at him sideways.

"Wow, so I'm the most miserable one after all!"

"Hehe, luckily I'm third." Liu Xiaowei laughed smugly, as if he had deliberately lost to someone else and stuck in third place. "I'm still the most cunning one."

"Of course, in addition to this reward, the second place winner will also receive a handheld game console after completing the test—of course, it won't be able to play 'Rainy Sky Brawl'."

"And what about me?" Zhou Yong pointed to himself.

"Are you free during summer vacation?"

"Summer vacation...it's still early, but there shouldn't be anything going on."

"Yeah, you can participate in the summer trip organized by the school—normally only students with good grades are eligible to participate, but this time, you're lucky." Ye Yu patted Zhou Yong's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "A few girls will also be invited."

"Oh—!" Zhou Yong immediately thought of the girl with sky-blue eyes.

Mo Xueyao, who was standing by watching, suddenly felt a chill.

"Alright, that concludes this mixed video game competition." Qiu Yi stepped aside with the microphone. "There are no other activities on stage for the remaining time, so students who want to play 'Rainy Sky Mayhem' can come up and try it out. Each person can only play one game. Those who want to play more can continue to line up."

Now, the stage was even more lively than when the game was being played. Many students rushed up, and Ye Yu and Qiu Yi almost couldn't maintain order. It was only thanks to the help of the two physical education teachers that these restless guys were able to line up and try out the game one by one.

The three who came in the top three didn't rush to finish their exams; they wanted to play a few more rounds, so they lined up on the side.

As time went by, fewer and fewer people came to buy Huayinyin comics.

After all, most people came just to join in the fun at the beginning, and not many actually wanted to buy anything.

However, after the busy period just now, Hua Yinyin only needs one customer to come from time to time. The swarming of customers is really unbearable.

Cha Li and Ye Banxia went back to help out at their club's booth, while Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan also said goodbye and left temporarily.

"Wanyan, where to go next?"

"Back to the classroom."

"Hmm... Shall we continue working?"

"Hmm." Li Wanyan nodded gently, then hesitated for a moment in front of the vending machine not far away.

This vending machine was recently installed and looks brand new.

Actually, if there was already a convenience store, there wasn't much need for vending machines. But the convenience store was only so big, while there were so many students in the whole school. When get out of class ended, a large number of people would go to buy things, and the school couldn't keep up. Many people might queue for a long time but end up not buying anything.

Then, whether it was the boss's suggestion or the school leaders' idea, vending machines were installed all over the school: two on the playground, two next to the frequently used teaching buildings, and one in the teaching building where fewer people went and the classrooms were used by clubs.

The vending machines only sell beverages, which has relieved most of the pressure on the convenience stores.

After all, most students only buy a drink when they go to the convenience store, especially after PE class.

"what happened?"

Would you like a drink?

"Huh? I'm not that thirsty." In order to avoid wasting money, Mo Xueyao, although she liked drinking cola, still restrained herself from drinking it.

Besides, this stuff can easily make you gain weight, so it's best to drink less of it...

"Hmm." Li Wanyan nodded slightly, then pointed to the drinks in the vending machine, "Hot coffee?"

"Ah, they have hot coffee... but it's so expensive, three yuan and fifty cents a can."

“I still have a lot of the scholarship money from last time.” Li Wanyan’s lips curled up slightly. “Let’s have a drink together, since it’s a rare treat.”

"Hmm, okay... I'll do it, I have some change."

"No need, I'll do it." She gently shook her head, stuffed a ten-yuan bill into the coin slot, pressed the hot coffee button twice, and then the vending machine spit out three one-yuan coins with a 'whoosh'.

"Glug! Glug!" After a slight delay, the two cans of coffee rolled out.

Mo Xueyao, who hadn't drunk much coffee, had certainly never drunk canned coffee before. The label was in English, which she hadn't seen before, but she noticed a line of small Chinese characters on the back that read "Mo's Group Limited".

"The Mo Group...? I don't think I've ever heard of it." Mo Xueyao muttered, bending down to take out another can of coffee and handing it to Li Wanyan. "It's quite warm today, wouldn't it be strange to drink hot coffee?"