Girls und War

After a while, Haruka came out of the bathroom and said a few words to Natsuki.

Xia Shu looked up and saw that she was barefoot and wrapped in a bath towel with nothing underneath. She looked even more erotic than being naked.

Both of them blushed as if nothing had happened, and Haruka took her clothes back to the bathroom. After a while, she put on her clothes and walked out of the bathroom, seemingly chatting with Xia Shu normally.

While the two were chatting, Haruka mentioned that Xia Shu did not participate in the war zone competition this time. Many snipers were very surprised and asked Haruka if something had happened.

Haruka had no choice but to explain that Natsuki was extremely busy and had no time or energy to participate in the competition.

But Xia Shu was really just too lazy to participate in the competition, there was no special reason.

Haruka was naturally aware of this, so she complained about Natsuki, blaming her for letting her be a target and drawing fire.

Xia Shu laughed when he heard that, looking heartless.

Chunxiang was so excited that she pounced on her and started tickling her.

The two of them played together until very late, and then they reluctantly went to bed.

The next day was the first day of the war zone competition.

All the contestants got up early and came to the competition venue, waiting for the venue controller to arrange their competition subjects.

The audience was very excited today, and the area around the stadium was packed with people, ready to watch the next game.

Xia Shu had experienced such a scene once before, so he was quite familiar with the atmosphere of the stadium.

However, she did not sit in the audience today. Instead, she was pulled into the live broadcast room of the event by Jiamei, and was ready to chat with the two commentators while bragging and talking about their views and analysis of the game.

Although Xia Shu felt a little forced to do the job, since the audience liked it, she just let it go.

There are many events to be competed today, and most of them are group matches for unpopular events.

Xia Shu was not interested in those competitions, but the group stage of the hot weapon team competition would start today.

So at her request, the director cut the camera from the main stage to the preparation seats for the team competition.

After looking at the roster of participants, Xu Dongdong said to Xia Shu, "Speaking of which, one of our participating teams is Xia Shu's combat team, right? Could you give us a brief introduction to the team's preparations for the competition?"

Xia Shu nodded and then said to the camera, "Our team is the 'Unknown Team Three.' Their pre-match preparation wasn't very good, so I'm not optimistic about their final result."

Hearing such a blunt assessment, Xu Dongdong felt a little embarrassed. He then tried to smooth things over by saying, "That's a very modest assessment. So, Lieutenant Colonel Jiamei, what's your assessment of their chances of qualifying from the group stage?"

"Just fight casually." Jiamei said indifferently.

When Xu Dongdong heard this, he didn't know how to respond.

These two captains were also very strange. Everyone else was cheering for their team, but when it came to them, one said they were not optimistic, and the other said they had no interest at all.

Seeing that the situation was about to become stagnant again, Yifeng Miao quickly intervened, "Actually, we have more than one team participating in the team competition. According to the rules, each battle zone can have three teams participating in the ten-person team competition, right?"

"That's right." Xu Dongdong nodded and said quickly, "In addition to Xia Shu's 'Unknown Team Three', there are two other teams from the Flower District who are also participating in the competition."

As he spoke, he introduced the rules of the group stage to the audience.

851. They are the weakest team

The team competition for ten-person teams is divided into a group round-robin competition in the first half and a championship competition in the second half according to the rules.

There are a total of 128 teams participating in this competition.

These 128 teams will be divided into 8 groups according to the rule that teams in the same zone cannot meet each other.

Each group has 16 teams.

In the group round-robin tournament, the teams in each group will go through a four-day round-robin tournament, playing two full rounds against other teams.

After two rounds, the top four teams in each group will qualify.

Afterwards, the 32 teams from the eight groups will compete in a single-elimination tournament until a single champion is crowned.

This competition system looks very complicated, but in fact, the competition efficiency is quite high.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are more than a hundred participating teams, but each game in the group stage lasts less than ten minutes.

In an arena where multiple teams compete simultaneously, a group can complete all the games in about half a day.

The three unknown teams were placed in Group A, which was the first to compete, so their qualifying results would be revealed on the morning of the first day.

After the list of participating teams in Group A came out, the two anchors analyzed the combat strength of each team member according to the information provided by the director.

Xia Shu had never studied this before, so he had no say in their analysis.

She became interested in the names of the various teams.

Judging from the list, all the team names were chosen by themselves.

There are many team names with strong personal colors - such as "Sniper Must Die Team", "No Ginger Team", "Horse Hunter Team", "Voldemort Team", etc.

From this point of view, the nameless team should still be the most normal one among them.

As for the battle zones participating in the competition within the group, except for the Flower Zone, there is one team each from the fifteen battle zones, namely Sea, Sakura, Mixed, Good, Dai, Poor, and Stupid.

Coincidentally, Xia Shu also saw two familiar faces in the starting teams of their other battle zones.

One is the wild dog in the sea area, the one who was with Elena in the recruit company.

There is also Miss Himiko from the Sakura District, and judging from her position, she should be the commander of the team.

La reported her rank as corporal, and Himiko's as second lieutenant. It seems these two girls have been through a lot during this period.

But compared to Xia Shu, the two of them are far from good enough.

The two anchors were clearly unaware of Xia Shu's conflict with the other girls from the other battle zones. However, after analyzing the strengths of each team, they said to Xia Shu, "Speaking of which, the name 'Unknown Team Three' is quite interesting. Miss Xia Shu, what's the meaning of this name? Does it mean that this is the third team from the Flower Zone participating in the competition?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Shu immediately replied, "No, actually they are the third team in our special forces unit, so they are called the Nameless Team 3."

Yifeng Miao was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Does that mean there are many such combat teams? Then their strength should be the best among all the teams, right?"

"No, they are the weakest team." Xia Shu quickly replied, "The best should be the Wuming team."

The two commentators were puzzled upon hearing this, and then asked, "So why not send the top-ranked team to participate? Because they have other more important tasks?"

Xia Shu nodded and answered simply, "Because they want to watch the game."

"This..." The two commentators looked at each other, seemingly not knowing how to respond.

The audience was amused and the director cut the camera to the audience seats at the right time, specifically shooting the seats of the spectator team inside the flower area.

The various members of the nameless team appeared in the camera, all lying in a mess, some eating, some playing games, and it seemed that they had no fighting ability at all.

Xia Shu added at the right moment, "Well, they are the nameless team."

The two commentators were silent for a while. The team members over there seemed to have noticed that they were on camera, and they quickly greeted each other and waved to the camera.

However, this scene did not last long, and soon the scene switched to the group stage.

According to the schedule, the round-robin tournament of Group A of ten-man teams is about to begin.

"Okay, let's focus on the competition field. The matchups here have been announced. The first team that Team Wuming Three will play against is the 'Nadeko-sama I Love You Team'. It's a team from the Sakura District. Xia Shu, what do you think of this matchup?" Xu Dongdong quickly said to Xia Shu.

Xia Shu thought about it and replied, "There shouldn't be any suspense."

Xu Dongdong gave a bitter smile when he heard this.

It's one thing that there's no suspense, but you should at least brag a little about your own team, right?

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing to lose the first game like this?

Xu Dongdong had already started thinking about his excuses, like how he was not in good shape, or that it was his first time competing.

Yifeng Miao seemed to be at a loss for words, so she looked at the matchup information between the two sides and said, "Well... the overall rank of the Nameless Team 3 seems to be higher. Is there any reason for this?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Dongdong quickly winked at Yi Feng Miao.

Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if I lost after saying this?

Xia Shu didn't seem to notice this and said directly, "Because the requirements for joining the special forces are very high, no one is allowed to join unless they are a sergeant."

Then, seemingly noticing that several girls on the team still held the rank of corporal, he continued, "As for them, they are indeed the worst performing members of the team. If they are not promoted to sergeant next year, I will have to make other arrangements for them."

After hearing this, Xu Dongdong and Yi Fengmiao fell silent for a while.

Then Xu Dongdong asked carefully, "So, how do their strengths compare to the other participating teams?"

Natsuki hesitated, as if making a comparison.

However, before the formal analysis began, the director signaled to them.

Xu Dongdong quickly said, "Okay, the game has started now. Let's switch the screen to the stadium first, and then analyze it for everyone."

As he spoke, the screen on the main stage switched to the footage of the competition.

In the camera, the sixteen participating teams had just changed into their infiltration suits and walked out of the preparation room.

Their respective coaches are making tactical arrangements for them before the game.

Because there were so many participants in the ten-person group stage, their competition was not arranged in the main arena, but in another independent competition area.

After completing all preparations, the sixteen competition teams entered their diving cabins under the arrangement of the staff.

Eight battle groups soon appeared on the big screen.

Soon, they entered the battlefield map and started the group round-robin competition.

852. Melt Instantly

The round-robin tournament maps are fixed, with a total of four maps: forest, snow, mountains, and city.

Although these four maps are used in the group stage every year, the maps will undergo slight changes every year based on adjustments made by the event organizers.

The organizers will inform them of these changes one day in advance and send the physical map to each participating team so that they have enough time to adapt before the game.

Xia Shu wondered if Wuming Team 3 had adapted to this year's map changes, but with Feng Kite around, they didn't have to worry too much about that.

After the players of each team entered the stadium, a 60-second pre-match countdown quickly appeared on the field.

At the same time, the match list for the first round of round-robin matches was quickly arranged.

During the entire round-robin tournament, there will be a five-minute break between each game, but they cannot leave the battlefield during this time.

A round must be completed before there will be a longer intermission.

If the coach feels that the team's tactical response is not right in the first half, she can change the tactical strategy for the second half during this time.

However, if you want to change the combat method during the game, the commander must make temporary adjustments.

Seeing that the game was about to begin, the captains of each team also arranged their own combat tasks for the players.

The first match map for the Nameless Team and the Nadeshiko Team was the snow.

They had practiced the snow map enough times recently, so Xia Shu wasn't too worried.

After the game started, the team members, under the command of Viper, rushed to various parts of the battlefield quickly.

Xia Shu saw their combat status and nodded slightly.

It seems that the work of the Kite Team during this period was not in vain. At least on the surface, they have completely adjusted their mindset.

As for the core situation of each player, it may take more games to fully test it.

At this time, Xu Dongdong was reading out from the side, "We can see here that the Sakura District's combat team is using the 334 division. And the Flower District's Nameless 3rd Division, they... huh? Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! What the hell is going on?"

It’s no wonder that she reacted so strongly, because the scene before her was too shocking.

The ten members of the Nameless Team 3 actually split up at the beginning and rushed to the battlefield's exchange of fire at the fastest speed.

At this time, the combat team in the Sakura District had just arranged their defenses, but they started a firefight with the Nameless Team 3 without any psychological preparation.

The combat style of the Nameless Team 3 was like a free-for-all in the game mode, with all personnel rushing to the front line without showing any on-the-spot tactics at all.

But before the audience could even laugh, they instantly broke the enemy's defense.

The three paths on the map collapsed almost at the same time.

Before Himiko could issue any orders, the nameless team had already broken through the defense line she had just set up.

Until the moment before she was riddled with bullets, she still didn't understand why her team disappeared in an instant.

Team Wuming 3 reported their kill counts one by one. The numbers skyrocketed, quickly reaching ten.