Girls und War

Xia Shu, at the front, had already begun to cross the finish line. She gritted her teeth, switched from aerobic breathing to anaerobic breathing, and sprinted across the finish line at an explosive speed.

Cheers rang out in the stadium because Xia Shu's full-strength effort broke the stadium record and improved the record by about thirty seconds.

As for the Rabbit God who crossed the finish line later, although his speed was also very fast, he was still more than ten seconds away from the track record.

The most ironic thing is that the last competition record was set by her herself.

The third and fourth finishers did not receive as much attention.

However, the competition between Simon and Chunxiang is much more intense than expected.

The two refused to give in to each other, and their character models in the arena even overlapped.

At the moment of crossing the line, almost no one can tell who is first and who is second.

But the data on the leaderboard clearly showed that Chunxiang would cross the finish line ahead by a few tenths of a second.

So the final top three rankings are Natsuki, Usagi, and Haruka.

Soon, other contestants also passed the finish line one by one.

The ranking of the one hundred snipers temporarily appeared on the scoreboard.

It is worth mentioning that Elena was not the last one.

During her final sprint, it seemed as if her inner universe exploded, and she surpassed many non-active players who were invited to participate.

As a result, the puppy's ranking on the first day reached 89th place, even breaking through the 90th place!

What a joy.

At this time, the old friends who were watching the game also cheered in front of the screen.

“Yeah!!!!” Bai Nanhua threw herself into Feng Zheng’s arms, and her expression looked like she had won the championship.

"I told you, Xia Shu is sure to win. I'm an old champion, and you can tell at a glance." Feng Zheng said proudly.

There were also Xia Shu's old comrades from the recruit company, his sisters at home, the Red Dragon Squadron's spectator seats, and Xia Shu's fan club - all of them were jubilant.

The live broadcast room was also bustling with activity, with people congratulating Xia Shu for winning first place on the first day representing the Flower District.

Although Xu Dongdong was still wailing, one could tell from her brows that she was willing in her heart.

Brother Feng said a few more rude words to her, and then happily asked for a nap to talk.

After a moment of thought, Fake Sleep said, "Don't get too excited too soon. The first-place finisher on the first day might be pulled down in the following events. We must be patient and not overly expect too much from Xia Shu at this time. Otherwise, if Xia Shu doesn't win, the psychological gap will be even greater."

"Yeah, yeah," Xu Dongdong echoed, "It's only the first day, Rabbit God still has a chance—No! How could I doubt Rabbit God? As a Rabbit fan, I absolutely cannot doubt Rabbit God! Rabbit God will definitely win the championship!"

"Oh, forget it, you braggart. You said the same thing when Suicune reached the top before." Yifeng quickly interrupted.

"Hmph, you're still the same. Don't think I don't know that you've written love letters to the empress before." Xu Dongdong said with narrowed eyes.

"Oh, I'm so annoyed, meow, just watch the game!"

"The game is over!"

"And there's the post-match interview! Post-match interview! The director needs to cut to the screen!"

Xia Shu's post-match interview came quickly. As soon as she exited the holographic device, a group of war zone reporters surrounded her.

Xia Shu didn't want to say much, so he just perfunctorily said, "Thank you for your support. I will keep working hard."

Seeing that she was too lazy to talk more, the staff helped her to fend off the reporters' questions.

Xia Shu did not stay on the court for long, but returned to the player's lounge as soon as possible.

Because she was really too tired.

536. The little fan who has been waiting in the dormitory for a long time

The tiredness after the game is not physical, but mental.

Because the competition scenes are all in virtual space, the players' bodies will not produce any reactions.

But that doesn’t mean that physical movement in virtual space has no side effects.

However, the final feedback target of the physical changes at the spiritual level will be the central nervous system, and that’s all.

Will excessive mental exercise cause harm to athletes?

The answer is yes.

It can be said that any excessive exercise will cause harm to people.

In fact, many people don’t know that the physique of professional athletes is actually quite “fragile”.

Years of excessive training can lead to a large number of training injuries, and those parts of the body that are frequently used are sometimes more prone to accidents than ordinary people.

Just as track and field athletes are more likely to rupture their tendons and ligaments, shooters are more likely to become nearsighted.

Relatively speaking, the central nervous system feedback in the virtual arena is already the mildest physical injury.

So, after Xia Shu returned to the lounge, he just lay on the chair and rested for a while, and his spirit quickly recovered.

She lay on the chair and looked around. The other girls were in the same situation as her, resting with their eyes closed.

Haruka was sitting next to her. When she noticed Xia Shu's movements, she opened her eyes and looked over.

The two smiled at each other without any extra words.

However, Xia Shu felt a gaze on him at this moment, as if someone was staring at him.

She turned her head and looked around, and saw a small girl hurriedly lowering her head.

Natsuki recognized the girl.

It was she who blocked the way to the restroom before the game, and it was she who held on tightly to the end during the game.

After seeing the post-match rankings, Xia Shu already knew that this girl was the champion of the previous sniper competition, and was also ranked tenth on the sniper threat rankings, a super ace known as the Rabbit God.

Xia Shu is still very interested in this peculiar sniper who can still bring huge deterrence to the imaginary battlefield after withdrawing from the front line.

Seeing that she was about to get up and go over, Chunxiang asked casually, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to go see the Rabbit God. I think she's quite interesting." Xia Shu said truthfully.

"Don't," Chunxiang quickly pulled her back and said, "She's timid and can't help but be frightened."

"Huh?" Xia Shu was a little surprised, "Do I look scary?"

Chunxiang shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant. It's just that this girl is shy and will run away if someone she doesn't know talks to her."

Xia Shu nodded in understanding and said, "Rabbit? I understand."

Chunxiang also laughed and added, "It used to be called Rabbit, but after reaching the top, it was called Rabbit God."

As if to confirm Xia Shu's words, the little rabbit over there saw that Xia Shu was interested in him, and stood up without hesitation and ran away through the back door.

Xia Shu immediately showed a regretful expression.

"Want to get to know her?" Chunxiang asked with a teasing look in her eyes.

"Well, where is the last champion?" Xia Shu nodded affirmatively.

"It's okay, I'll introduce you." Seeing this, Chunxiang opened her friend interface and sent a friend recommendation to Xia Shu.

Xia Shu clicked on the application, and he didn't know what Haruka said to the other side, but the application was approved quickly.

So Xia Shu sent a few greetings to the Rabbit God as an opening remark, but the Rabbit God just responded with some staring expressions and didn't say anything.

As a result, Xia Shu was confused.

"What does this mean? Why does she only send emojis?" she asked Haruka.

Chunxiang smiled and said, "She's like that. You have to take it slow."

Seeing this, Xia Shu could only put aside all the doubts in his mind and prepare to talk about it later as there was still a long way to go.

The two then stayed in the rest area for a while and talked about the rankings.

After he had almost recovered, he stood up and walked towards the dormitory.

Now the first day's rankings are out, and the contestants' temporary points have also been given.

As a record-breaking contestant, Xia Shu's score was slightly higher than that of the previous top-placed contestant.

Because all subsequent ranking changes will be based on this score, with points accumulated and ranking changes made on top, the first day's ranking is often the most important in the entire competition.

In professional terms, this is called "grabbing rankings."

The subsequent ranking changes caused by various projects will generally not exceed ten places.

Therefore, as long as Xia Shu does not perform extremely poorly in the next games, he will basically be ranked in the top ten in skill confrontation.

But Xia Shu is already the number one now, so the most important thing now is, of course, to keep the number one spot until the end and not let others take it away.

If he could maintain the top spot until the final field competition, then even if Xia Shu died, his final ranking would not fall outside the top 20.

After all, the value of ranking first is greater than that of all the people ranked second to tenth combined.

Haruka and Natsuki were chatting about this as they walked out of the back door of the venue and headed towards the dormitory area at a leisurely pace.

At this time, the audience's attention is still on the field, so these players will not be harassed when they leave.

It would not be easy to leave quietly after all the games for the day were over.

Especially for someone like Xia Shu who is in the limelight, if there are no people around asking for her autograph, it means she is not popular enough.

But when the two entered the dormitory area, Xia Shu was still blocked at the door by a little "fan".

Juncao was leaning against the wall of the dormitory, holding her guide robot Xiaojie, waiting for Xia Shu's return.

Xia Shu had just walked out from the corner, and before he could say anything, Juncus showed an extremely surprised expression.

"Natsuki?" she asked tentatively.

Xia Shu knew that she recognized his footsteps, so he asked with a smile, "Why are you waiting here? Didn't you go to watch the game?"

Hearing this, Rush immediately shook his head and said, "It's too noisy over there. I can't hear clearly."

Xia Shu realized that Junco must be listening to the game on a channel dedicated to the blind. It really didn't make much difference whether he was in the stadium or not.

Chunxiang stood aside, a little puzzled. She noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Junco's eyesight, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Xia Shu then introduced her to Junco, "Junco, this is Chunxiang, the big shot in our flower district. She lives in the same dormitory with me."

Rush greeted Chunxiang, and Chunxiang quickly responded with a few humble words.

Then Natsuki introduced Haruka, "This one is Rush. My personal observer. As you can see, she can't see anything."

Xia Shu's words were very frank.

537. Haruka who is used to playing solo and Natsuki who likes playing in pairs

Haruka was also surprised when she heard Xia Shu's introduction to rush.

But the surprise only lasted for a moment and quickly faded away.

Are you kidding? Chunxiang is a veteran in the flower district. What kind of storms has she not seen?

He's just a blind soldier...

Blind active-duty soldiers...

This... I've never seen it before.

Haruka hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Can't see? Well... if we can't see, how can we fight?"

"Oh, don't worry about that." Xia Shu explained casually, "Although it can't be seen in reality, it can be seen in the imaginary battlefield."

"Huh? What's the principle behind this?" Chunxiang was immediately shocked.

"Hmm...you know what, this question has been bothering me for a long time." Xia Shu also frowned and said, "Maybe the imaginary world has some magical effect. What exactly is going on...who knows? It's like why girls have two lives and boys only have one. There's no explanation for this, right?"

Chunxiang thought about it and nodded, "That's true..."

Seeing that Haruka was no longer dwelling on these difficult questions, Xia Shu turned to Junco and asked, "Junco, what are you doing here? Are you waiting for me?"

"Yeah!" Rush nodded quickly, then said to Xia Shu, "I heard you won first place, so I wanted to come and congratulate you... but I don't know when you'll be back, so I can only wait in the corridor..."