When Ji Chen was debating whether to keep silent or remind his brother that the apple juice had been drunk, Lin Zimao suddenly stops writing his homework, raised his head and asked him about the lineup for the Command Competition.
“I’m done with my homework. Senior, can you help me see how this lineup is arranged?”
In the end, the balance in Ji Chen’s heart eventually tilted towards Lin Zimao, pretending that he didn’t see is good for all three of them, neither blocking their hearts nor embarrassing them.
Besides, what’s more important than developing a relationship with his junior now, he usually drinks a bottle of water with other brothers, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, as long as he ignores Jiang Xuan’s obsession with cleanliness, it will save his junior from embarrassment.
“This lineup is like this, first send out the right-wing mecha to harass the opponent, and then concentrate the forces to attack from the left-wing, catching the opponent by surprise…”
Halfway through Ji Chen’s speech, Jiang Xuan raised his head to look at them, and began to pack his personal belongings.
He asked towards Ji Chen: “Going back or not?”
Ji Chen thought he was asking himself: “You go back first, I’ll say a few words to my junior, I drove here today, I’ll go back soon.”
Jiang Xian’s eyes swept over Lin Zimao’s face, he didn’t speak again, took his own apple juice and left, there was not much left in it.
After Jiang Xuan left, Lin Zimao didn’t ask Ji Chen any more questions, he said: “Senior, it’s getting late, I should go back too.”
Ji Chen was slightly taken aback, his brother just left a few minutes ago, he thought he could stay with Lin Zimao for a while, who knew that the other party would also go back to rest, but there is indeed class tomorrow, then don’t delay anymore.
Ji Chen: “Do you live far from here? I’ll send you back.”
Lin Zimao refused: “No, thank you, I live near the school, within walking distance.”
Ji Chen: “It’s the middle of the night, it’s dangerous to go back, don’t you really need me to send you?”
Lin Zimao told him a fact: “Senior, the first place in your second-year can’t beat me, don’t worry.”
Ji Chen remembered that Chu Liming’s front teeth were knocked out: “…” Fine, I get it.
The two parted ways downstairs at the library, Ji Chen went to the parking lot with great regret.
Lin Zimao walked in another direction, but he didn’t go home immediately, but went to the school grounds, it was only around nine o’clock now, recently, after he came out of the library, he would go to the school grounds and run for an hour before going home.
At this time in the parking lot, Ji Chen found that Jiang Xuan’s car was still there, he went over and knocked on his car window.
Ji Chen asked him: “Why aren’t you leaving yet?”
Jiang Xuan looked behind him: “Just came in, about to leave, you’re alone?”
Ji Chen shrugged: “Junior Brother didn’t let me take him home, so I left by myself. I said I’d take him home, but he said something that almost made me choke.”
It was rare for Jiang Xuan to be curious: “Said what?”
Ji Chen: “When I told him I worried about him going back alone, he said that he beat the first place of the Combat Department second-year, looking down on me!”
Jiang Xuan hooked up the corner of his mouth: “This is the truth, so what’s the point of you chasing him? The value of force is not as good as people.”
Ji Chen: “Hey, you can’t say that, when I take the first place in the Command Competition, it will prove that I am better than him, after all, I’m majoring in the Command Department, I shouldn’t lose to him, right?”
Jiang Xuan didn’t immediately affirm Ji Chen’s ability, he hoped that Lin Zimao would win: “Go back, the place you live is not considered close.”
“Okay, I’m leaving.” In order to live in a river view room, Ji Chen had to run back and forth for an hour every day, before leaving, he worriedly asked one more question: “Hey, you’re not really going to stop me from pursuing Lin Zimao, are you?”
Jiang Xuan didn’t hesitate at all: “Anyway, I don’t agree with you being together, it’s better if you don’t cross paths.”
Ji Chen: “Then I’ve decided to give you up for him.”
Jiang Xuan: “Okay.” He closed the window.
Ji Chen quickly added another sentence: “I’m just kidding!” He’s afraid that Jiang Xuan would take it seriously.
Jiang Xuan nodded, the place he went back to is closer, and after seeing Ji Chen get into the car, he also followed him and go home.
He thought that when he got home, Lin Zimao had already gone back, but looking at the dark room with only the sound of meows greeted him, it was obvious that he hadn’t come back yet.
When he finished washing and went downstairs to drink water, he heard the door open, Lin Zimao was covered in sweat again.
Jiang Xuan asked him: “You ran back?”
Lin Zimao: “No.” He changed his shoes and went straight upstairs, Jiaoyan actually followed him up tonight.
In fact, it’s not that he can’t tell the difference between milk tea and apple juice, it’s just…
He glanced at Jiang Xuan, who lowered his head to wash the cup, turned his head and continued to go upstairs.
Forget it, don’t ask.
Apple juice tastes better than milk tea anyway.
The Command Competition was held on Wednesday night, many people from Lin Zimao’s class had signed up for it, Wang Yi also signed up, but the top student group decided not to be cannon fodder this time, so they didn’t participate anymore, instead, they wondered when their department would have a large-scale competition of this kind, but after some thought, it seemed that no one would participate in the mecha maintenance competition either, right?
This major is hard, tiring and also dirty! It’s really fucking unpopular!
Lin Zimao’s registration this time is not clear to others except for Jiang Xuan and Ji Chen, he plays at home and doesn’t affect other people, on the contrary, there is no need to say, if he lose, he lose, the less trouble, the better.
Of course, he won’t lose.
There was a game that night, he went straight home after a hasty dinner at school, as soon as he got back, he got into the room, entered the holographic network, to find Feige University Command Competition area.
There are too many people, one night is more than one game, the command competition is more cruel than the simulation cabin, the outcome is determined in one game, if you lose, you lose, there is no chance of a comeback, however, the rewards are also very generous, there is no department in Feige University that is short of money.
However, Lin Zimao’s goal is not to the first place, but the man-machine war.
After he entered the competition area, he found his own competition room.
The preliminary round is also the knockout round, there are too many competition rooms, the number of spectators is very small.
In such a simple atmosphere, Lin Zimao appeared to be more relaxed and at ease, besides, he was still using an anonymous vest.
The first game begins.
The one who came in was not anonymous, it was a first-year student of the Command Department.
Lin Zimao completely didn’t give his opponent a chance, directly summoned his mecha army to deal a heavy blow to the opponent’s vanguard mecha team, and then outflanked it and went directly into the opponent’s base camp.
Lin Zimao had a great time, as soon as he was happy, the other party cried.
Wasn’t commanding battles supposed to be a great experience? It’s a bullshit experience, his mecha team was completely wiped out within ten minutes!
The contestant’s roommates comforted him, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, brothers will come back to avenge you!
Later, there was no later, they continued to pay attention to ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’, who turned on the anonymous vest function.
Fuck, who is this big boss who wear the vest as ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’, it’s too much!
After that, they watched ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ advance directly to the quarterfinals in one breath, revenge or something, just think about it, don’t take it too seriously.
As for ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ himself, he only thinks that the command competition is much simpler than he imagined.
In Mecha Academy, the top three most popular majors are Combat Department, Command Department, and Design Department, The popularity of the Command Department is no less than that of the Combat Department, other than that the Design Department is a test of people’s design talent, and the degree of difficulty in entering this department is extremely high, meanwhile, the Combat Department and the Command Department rely on their own military talents, of course the requirements are naturally not low.
Therefore, when the Command Department came out with a big boss who solved the battle in ten minutes, everyone speculated in the forum that this ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ was the vest of a big boss in the third- or fourth-year.
They asked several big bosses, they all said that they did not participate in the Command Department competition.
That means this big boss may be a second-year student?
But the top four in the second-year all used their real names to squeeze into the top eight, there is no such thing as using vest.
Among the remaining four people, one vest was stripped out, he is Jiang Man, a first-year student in the Mecha Combat Department, now there are only three other people left, who is the one who solves the battle within ten minutes, we just want to know the identity of the boss, and then beat him up.
What is the concept of ten minutes?
Mecha combat is one-on-one, while command warfare is group-on-group, it also takes a certain amount of time in the process of arranging the battle, it is not easy to eat up the opponent’s troops, besides, ten minutes is only enough for them to set up a situation, don’t they need to send potential scouts to investigate the military situation?
‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ is completely different, no one knows how he predicted the opponent’s moves, he strikes accurately in every round, can surround the opponent in every round, the opponent has no power to fight back, and can only watch their own strength being eroded little by little, and experience the powerlessness of a crushing defeat in every way.
The forums are going crazy.
【Tell me, who the hell is ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’!? Who the hell is it!?】
1st Floor: I went back and watched the game replay, the strategy of ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ was impeccable1無懈可擊 (wú xiè kě jī): lit. having no weakness/undefended area that can be assaulted; invulnerable; there is no weakness to attack; unassailable; unbeatable; incontrovertible; unimpeachable; with no chink in one’s armour; with no weakness to exploit; describe very strict and found a little loophole.!
2nd Floor: I want all the information about ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’ in three minutes!
3rd Floor: Tomorrow will be the quarter-finals of the command competition, right, I’m going to take a seat and see how he holds up!
…
122nd Floor: To be honest, do you think this ten-minute curse routine is a bit familiar?
123rd Floor: That’s kind of like it.
Original poster: 122L 123L, what are you talking about?
Although no one guessed Lin Zimao’s identity, or someone guessed it but no one believed it, Lin Zimao was still the way he was.
Jiang Xuan is probably the only one who knows the process best.
Today is the weekend, and it is also a game of eight to four in the command battle.
Jiang Xuan has been paying attention to the command competition, who is ‘Jiaoyan’s Dad’, it goes without saying2不言而喻 (bù yán ér yù): it goes without saying; to be self-evident; it speaks for itself; as a matter of course; You can understand without speaking; The description is obvious., on one knows the identity of the other party better than him.
At some point, he ditched the steak and changed his menu to something more hearty.
As long as he and Lin Zimao are at home, the number of takeout orders is getting less and less.
As long as Jiang Xuan cooks, Lin Zimao has to wash the dishes after eating.
Jiang Xuan asked Lin Zimao: “What time does it start tonight?”
Lin Zimao bit off the still warm vegetable: “Seven o’clock.”
Jiang Xuan: “Who is your opponent?”
Lin Zimao asks back: “Don’t you know?” Asking a question despite knowing the answer3明知故問 (míng zhī gù wèn): to ask a question, already knowing the answer; to ask intentionally a question one already knows the answer to; ask while knowing the answer; knowingly ask the question..
Jiang Xuan very naturally says: “Um, don’t know.”
Lin Zimao: “Do you think Ji Chen will cry when I block him out of the top four?”
Jang Xuan: “No, probably want to die, he said he wants to win you.”
Lin Zimao smiled: “I’ll fight with him for ten minutes, give him some face.”
Jang Xuan: “Fine.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xian received a video request from his friend, he was rejected and switched to voice chat instead.
Jiang Xuan asked him what he want.
Ji Chen: “Come watch my game tonight!”
Jang Xuan: “Um.”
Ji Chen: “They just said you were definitely not interested, hahaha, I won the bet!”
Jang Xuan: “Don’t get too excited yet, ask them if they’re betting on you to win or lose tonight.”
Ji Chen: “Fuck, I knew you guys wouldn’t leave me alone.”
He asked his other friends on the other end, and then said, “They bet on me to win!”
Jang Xuan: “Then I’ll bet you lose.”
Ji Chen said angrily: “Are we still friends!”
Jiang Xuan looked at Lin Zimao, who was protecting the food in the bowl from Jiaoyan, and said: “Sometimes yes, sometimes no.”
Ji Chen: “…”
RIP JC…