Girls und War

Fake sleep nodded and said, "I've heard a little bit about it."

"Everyone seems very interested in this up-and-coming Xia Shu," Xu Dongdong said with a questioning look on his face. He then asked the two, "In modern military history, has there ever been such a ruthless person who, in his first year of service, managed to top the sniper rankings?"

"Yes." Yifeng nodded beside him, "But it's not the sniper ranking, it's the scout ranking."

"That's not enough. It's not valuable enough." Xu Dongdong shook his head slightly.

"Indeed, as for the true ace, we still have to look at the sniper." Yifeng immediately agreed, "It seems that Xia Shu has created new history without even realizing it."

"So, we are witnessing a new chapter in history?"

"Isn't that right~"

The two of them sang in unison and livened up the atmosphere in the live broadcast room.

539. Advantages and Disadvantages of Concealed Armed Off-Roading

Xu Dongdong and Yi Feng chatted about past game history in the live broadcast room, and then took a nap to talk about the current ranking and future direction.

"So basically it can be understood that there will be no problem for Xia Shu to stay in the top three?" Xu Dongdong grasped the key point.

Fake Sleep nodded and said, "Based on my understanding of Xia Shu, once she gets the advantage at the start, she will definitely not give it up easily unless there is force majeure.

"But as for the competition events... there aren't many force majeure events, so this ranking should be stable."

Xu Dongdong tutted his words and couldn't help but sigh, "From the past two days' competition, we can probably see Xia Shu's character. His desire to dominate the field is so strong, no wonder he is called the 'Demon King'."

Yifeng also echoed, "Yes, an ace player who can lead the rhythm of the game throughout the whole process. It seems that the future of the Flower District Sniper lies in her."

"No, no, no, I think you're exaggerating." Xu Dongdong quickly retorted, "I admit that Xia Shu is very strong, but have you forgotten about Chunxiang?"

"What? When you picked the champion, you didn't pick Chunxiang? Now you bring her up again?"

"Oh, she must be the runner-up."

"Now that you mention it...it seems so..."

As they spoke, several people started laughing again, and the live broadcast room was filled with a happy atmosphere again.

After a while, the director of the stadium also sent them a message, it seemed that the game was ready.

So Xu Dongdong and Yifeng turned the topic back to the stadium, and the screen switched to the introduction of the stadium map.

"Everyone can see the competition map this time. There are some changes compared to last time." Xu Dongdong introduced to the audience.

In front of them, there was a three-dimensional map of a three-kilometer area similar to an armed off-road area.

From a bird's eye view, the map looks a bit like a mountain bike or off-road rally map.

This round of events is about concealed armed cross-country racing. Unlike regular cross-country racing, there will be many small robots on the field for site detection.

In the "danger zone" on the track, contestants must sneak past carefully, which is the origin of the word "stealth".

This is a regular competition. The maps used in the competition will not change much. The "danger zones" above are also designed to test the sniper's various concealed movement skills.

If you move in an irregular way, it's easy to commit a foul. The way fouls are determined here is slightly different from real-life combat, which is why Feng Kite once said that Xia Shu should get used to the on-field movements.

After all, many concealment methods that Xia Shu thought were very safe would be judged as fouls by the robot referee, and points would be deducted.

"The locations of the judging areas have been relocated this time, and several new penalty points have been added. I won't go into the details of the penalty points, as it would take too long to explain them all. For the exact rules, you can search the official website and search for 'Sniper Showdown'."

After Xu Dongdong finished speaking, he asked Jiamei, "Lieutenant Colonel, what do you think the ranking of this project will be? Is it possible for Xia Shu to get the first place in this project?"

After a moment of thought, Fake Sleep replied, "I can't really judge that. If I must say, Xia Shu is actually at a huge disadvantage."

"Oh? Why?" Xu Dongdong asked immediately.

"Actually, Xia Shu's combat habits—let's be frank—are not suited to the competition field." Fake Sleep gave a helpless smile. "You may have seen her combat records. Her fighting style is very—savage."

At this point, Yifeng nodded and said quickly, "I know this. Xia Shu's concealment method has always been rather gambled. Some analysts say that she likes to move in people's psychological blind spots rather than visual blind spots."

"Right." Fake Me nodded, then added, "We can't judge which is better right now, but the robot referees mostly make decisions based on visual field. If Xia Shu competes according to her old habits, she'll definitely lose a lot of points. In this respect, she's not as good as those veterans. This will be a disadvantage."

Xu Dongdong said he understood, then asked, "So, according to the Lieutenant Colonel, there's a high probability that Xia Shu won't get first place in today's match?"

"From a selfish point of view, I hope Natsuki wins. But in fact, I think veterans like Haruka or Usagi are more likely to take first place." Kakeme said very pertinently.

Xu Dongdong nodded, and then pulled up a list on the panel and said, "Okay, I've got the grouping information here. Let's take a look at the groups first, and then do the next analysis."

As she spoke, she passed the grouping form to the two people beside her.

It can also be seen from the big screen in the live broadcast room that the one hundred snipers who were secretly armed and cross-country have been randomly divided into ten groups.

Because the cross-country event takes a relatively short time, unlike the previous triathlon, which takes several hours.

Therefore, the event organizers can break down the entire game and broadcast it slowly to the audience.

If they wanted, they could even organize the competition into preliminaries, semi-finals and finals.

However, considering that the sniper competition involves many and diverse events, passing it in one go is the most efficient competition system.

The ten groups in this competition are randomly assigned and the order is fixed.

If we look at it from a fairness perspective, the further back you come, the greater the advantage.

Because latecomers can see the results of other players in advance and make tactical adjustments.

Previously, the rules of the competition have been used for rematches and promotion competitions - that is, round-robin points competitions; or the top three teams in each group will be selected and then a final round will be held.

However, the competition system of these competitions was too bloated, and some players' performances fluctuated greatly, making it difficult to keep statistics. Therefore, the organizers canceled this competition system.

The final compromise for a fair competition system is that when it comes to group competition, the groups will be completely reversed.

That is, the people who start in the first group in this game will be the last group to play in the next game.

This ensures the fairness of the competition to a certain extent.

After all, absolute fairness does not exist in this world. Rather, relative fairness is the greatest and ultimate ideal pursued by the human race.

"Okay, we can see from the grouping that Xia Shu is at a huge disadvantage in this match." Xu Dongdong said somewhat helplessly, "This round of grouping is too close, with Rabbit God and Simon both behind. It's probably not going to be easy to get first place."

Upon hearing this, Yifeng and Jiamei nodded subconsciously.

540. The Demon King’s ridicule

"But it doesn't matter. If I'm ahead in this round, I'll be behind in the next round, right?"

After Xu Dongdong finished speaking, Yifeng quickly said with a smile.

"That's true." Xu Dongdong also nodded, agreeing, "Having both strengths and weaknesses, and being able to avoid mistakes and falling behind when at a disadvantage, and not letting up and losing points when in an advantage—that's what a champion should have."

"But I still think that the competition system shouldn't be like this." Yifeng suddenly said, interjecting his hands.

"how?"

"I think... all events should be like triathlons, with everyone working simultaneously all the time—"

After hearing this, Xu Dongdong immediately shook his head.

"No," she explained to Yifeng, "In the sniper competition, several events are very short, like this round of concealed armed cross-country racing and the subsequent shooting competitions. If they were all carried out simultaneously, how could the audience see clearly? Are we going to show a two-hour replay?"

"What does this have to do with the audience? Aren't the contestants' opinions the most important?" Yifeng was very dissatisfied.

"Hey, Brother Feng, do you understand?" Xu Dongdong said, looking like a seasoned veteran. "Without viewers, how can we expect ratings? Without ratings, what's the point of the War Zone Competition?"

She didn't say anything else, but the audience understood what she wanted to say.

Want to eat...

Let's not even talk about their own regional competitions. Don't traditional sports face the same problem? Take weightlifting, for example. Are the organizers truly unable to synchronize all competitors?

Of course I am capable.

But how should the audience watch such a game? Who should they watch?

Each person did three lifts, and the competition was over in a flash. There was no sense of confrontation or competition.

What's so interesting about such a game?

If the audience doesn't watch, what's the point of the contestants competing?

So you can tell right away that this won’t work.

There is nothing worse than losing one thing while focusing on another, and losing the big because of the small.

Just as the two were discussing whether to prioritize the contestants or the audience, the girls in the contestant preparation room quickly got their groups.

"You are in the second group." Haruka looked at the list in front of her and said to Natsuki.

"Well, you're in the last group, that's good." Xia Shu looked at Haruka with a smile.

Chunxiang shook her head, sighed, and said, "What's good about it? Simon the Rabbit and I are in the same group. It's incredibly stressful, okay?"

Xia Shu smiled. In Haruka's situation, she didn't know whether her luck was good or bad.

At this time, the staff also ran to the preparation room and said to the girls, "The first group of players, please get ready. The competition will start in five minutes."

Upon hearing the notice to prepare for the competition, the ten people in the crowd immediately walked to the entrance and got ready.

Seeing this, Xia Shu said to Haruka, "I have to get ready too."

As he said this, he walked to the side and started stretching his legs.

The first group of contestants were quickly brought into the field by the staff, and other people in the lounge also opened the live broadcast room in twos and threes and started watching other people's games.

Xia Shu didn't watch the live broadcast. It seemed that for her, it didn't matter whether other people's performance was good or bad.

However, when she was stretching her legs, she felt that someone was watching her.

This feeling of being looked at is very strong, not just a casual glance.

But when she turned around, that feeling disappeared. She looked carefully in the crowd and found the little rabbit that was desperately avoiding Xia Shu's search.

Xia Shu immediately laughed.

The Rabbit God clearly didn't want to meet her eyes, so Xia Shu called out her friend panel and asked her, "Why are you looking at me?"

The little rabbit was silent for a long time before replying with a string of ellipsis and a dazed expression.

Xia Shu found it funny, so he responded with a laugh-filled, old-fashioned expression.

Not long after, there was a loli-like angry response from the other side.

The two of them went back and forth like this, competing with each other in drawing.

However, Xia Shu was quickly defeated because her collection of emoticons was too small, and they were all emoticons of middle-aged and elderly people, so she could never compete with the young people.

Basically, it takes ten cards for Xia Shu to come up with one.

The little rabbit in the corner soon felt bored.

But she rolled her eyes and seemed to have a new focus.

Xia Shu was looking for a picture with a smile on his face, so Rabbit quietly walked over and took a sneak shot of Xia Shu's expression under the cover of the crowd.

She slightly modified the picture, added the words "The Demon King's Laughter" below it, and then sent it to Xia Shu.

Xia Shu was obviously stunned when she saw her own expression, but when she looked up to find the source of all evil, the rabbit had already run away.

At this time, the first group's competition had ended, and the staff came over and said, "The second group of players, please get ready. The competition will start in five minutes."

Xia Shu was about to say something to this cunning rabbit, but when he saw that the game was about to begin, he temporarily put away the holographic panel and walked towards the entrance.

The little rabbit hid in the crowd and secretly glanced at Xia Shu again. When he looked at that expression again, he found it more and more interesting.

So she quickly added this "Devil's Laughter" to her frequently used expressions.

As for whether this picture will become popular on social platforms in the future, it is not something the initiator can know.

Xia Shu stood at the entrance for a while and moved his wrists and ankles.

Seeing that the staff were still waiting there and had no intention of taking them in, she turned around and looked at the girls in her group.

Coincidentally, there was an old acquaintance among this group of girls.

That little fighting dog in the sea area, his name is...what's it called?

Xia Shu forgot about it for a moment.

Looking at my friend’s comments, it was also a puppy.