DHMB - Chapter 25
Chapter 25
Kai Yun didn't forget her main task. She ran back to her room, clicked on her personal account, logged into the backend, and checked the comments.
With the strong promotion from the Alliance Military Academy Tournament's central live broadcast, her verified account gained hundreds of thousands of followers overnight. This was just one preliminary match, and at this rate, she had the potential to become a celebrity among the military academies.
After the match ended last night, Kai Yun seized the momentum and posted a message:
"Rebuilt Barren Star is recruiting citizens!
"Recruitment requirements: Must be able to fight, be resilient, be tough, endure hardship, tolerate loneliness, preferably have a young physique (this condition can be relaxed), love pioneering, and have firm willpower.
"Recruitment types: Large demand for technical workers and fighters.
"Recruitment benefits: The little king's appreciation * N, the little king's help * N, the little king's sincere friendship."
Kai Yun was very satisfied.
With such a large platform and excellent promotion yesterday, revitalizing the planet was just around the corner!
However, when she scrolled through, she found that the comments were just a string of "hahaha". Some looked down on her rewards, some mocked her Rebuilt Barren Star for being poor and having no future prospects, saying they "poorly refused".
How could her Rebuilt Barren Star be poor? At most, others are rich and oily; they are rich with rare energy, the kind where even the king won't compete with you for it.
Some even mocked her, saying she was as brainless as Lei Kaiding. What kind of humiliation was this?!
None of them were sincerely trying to be her friends. Kai Yun closed the interface, her mood as calm as stagnant water. Sure enough, Master was right; friendship had to be fought for.
She decided to go out for a walk and "accidentally" run into her dear friend.
Before Kai Yun even stepped out of the dorm building, she looked through the glass door and saw the scene outside, realizing something was truly off today.
This dorm building was specifically for visiting students. Because of its remote location, there were few residents, and usually hardly anyone walking around. But now, a large group of boys was blocking the entrance to the dorm building, gathered in twos and threes, glaring at each other's (dog) heads with drawn swords, looking like they could erupt into a brawl with just a glance.
Several of the flat-haired boys had noticeable wrinkles and tears on their clothes, suggesting they had just finished a "friendly" exchange.
Why would they choose this place for a group fight?
Kai Yun finally came to her senses.
The smell she detected this morning wasn't the smell of good news at all... it was just the smell of sweat!
Ah... Kai Yun's heart was about to break. The Alliance Military University was truly deceptive.
She prepared to sneak away from the side. Just as she took two steps, the atmosphere around her suddenly changed. Everyone's gaze focused on her, and the talking stopped.
They were intense gazes, just like how she used to look at her little tomato.
Immediately, a group of people quickly surrounded her, pushing and shoving into a crowd around her.
"Wait a minute!" a boy blocked her path and requested loudly, "Please take a look at my swordplay!"
Kai Yun: "???"
The boy shouted and immediately began to seriously perform his sword dance.
Carrying weapons on campus required prior approval, so the "weapon" he held was a popsicle stick. Because he had waited at the entrance for too long, it was now in a semi-soft state.
But that originally listless "weapon," under his control, still managed to convey a sense of sharpness. A residual image flashed, and a splash of cold water hit Kai Yun's face.
The people around didn't expect this guy to be so bold, just starting like that. To avoid accidental injury, they quickly moved away, clearing an open space in the middle. Only Kai Yun remained standing directly in front, like she was reviewing them.
Kai Yun: "???"
The boy quickly finished a set of basic sword moves, lowered his hand to conclude, stood up straight, and looked at Kai Yun with excitement, waiting for her evaluation.
Kai Yun tentatively said, "Your footwork doesn't seem very good, maybe."
The boy's face turned red, immediately looking embarrassed.
The flat-haired boy next to him mocked mercilessly: "Hahaha, truly showing off before an expert! Little sister, come look at this set of palm techniques!"
The flat-haired guy pushed the boy in front away with a palm, bent his knees, took a horse stance, drew a semicircle with his hands, and internal energy subtly flowed between his palms, forming a barrier.
It was a very classic set of blocking and defensive techniques.
Looking at his movements, his lower body was quite stable, his legs barely moving.
"Sorry," Kai Yun said blankly, "I haven't learned this move of yours."
As soon as she finished speaking, another boy immediately squeezed in, pushing the previous one away, not forgetting to uphold the tradition of his predecessors with a sharp tongue: "Get out of here! What does the junior sister need defense for with such excellent Lightness Skill? By the time you start gathering internal energy, she's probably already run to the ends of the earth, what's the point? Move aside! Little sister, look at me!"
"Get lost! I was here first!"
"Stop trying to trick girls here, you couldn't even beat me just now, wait your turn!"
"Let her choose freely, okay? You guys are forcing a sale!"
Kai Yun watched them silently.
What were they doing? Asking her to give lessons? They weren't even paying first?
"Quiet, everyone!"
Amidst the endless arguing, the scene gradually devolved towards chaos. Suddenly, a high-pitched female voice rang out, extinguishing the spark of a large-scale violent incident. An energetic older sister with short hair stepped forward and stood beside Kai Yun.
She held Kai Yun's hand, blooming into a gentle smile, and said, "Oh, dear, I heard you're from Rebuilt Barren Star. You must be very lonely usually, right? And you often have to act alone during matches; the boys are just too unreliable. You must really need a friend you can talk and laugh with."
Kai Yun gasped.
Was she mocking her for not having friends?
How cruel!
The girl declared: "Our team warmly welcomes you! Don't worry, my teammates are all especially easy to get along with. Tough, resilient, expendable, high HP. You can blow them up or beat them up however you want. If you have anything unhappy, just tell me, and I'll immediately bring the brothers to help you smash their dog... life points!"
Kai Yun: "..."
She was silent for too long, and the scene gradually cooled down. Everyone finally saw the confusion she was desperately trying to convey with her eyes.
Someone quietly asked, "You don't know the rules for the next match's arena yet, do you?"
Kai Yun shrugged.
The crowd erupted again.
"I'll explain it to you!" a tall young man walked out from behind and said, "Second and third-year students, make way, let the fourth-year senior come first!"
The young man brusquely shoved everyone aside and said, "The rule for the next round is that qualified players first form teams freely. After submitting the roster to the system, arenas will be assigned based on total team points. Now our team is missing a little cutie—that's you, little sister! From now on, you're part of my family!"
In the previous matches, the arenas were randomly assigned to the participants first, and then they were allowed to find schoolmates from their respective arena lists to form teams. Teammates might not be able to smoothly coordinate, and individual strength was a more important factor. Sanyao would also deliberately assign the seeded players from each school to different matches to avoid "gods fighting and mortals suffering".
The next round was different. All qualified players could form teams freely. This would inevitably lead to dominant teams formed by multiple strong players. If a team's overall strength wasn't stable and strong enough, they could easily be crushed.
Generally speaking, every excellent student would form a fixed team in advance to prepare for the tournament. However, some members were unfortunately eliminated directly in the preliminary round, so the teams needed to find new "family" to fill in. It was at this time that Kai Yun suddenly appeared, entering everyone's field of vision.
Yes, was there a more suitable candidate than Kai Yun?
Her strength was beyond doubt; she wasn't even afraid to face Lu Que head-on.
Based on the previous matches, she was also a lone wolf and didn't have a suitable team yet. And she happened to be staying at the Alliance Military University for the exam, so it was a case of "the near water gets the moon first" – everything was the result of fate!
With her, they would have attention, they would have little money, and they would have a capable helper...
Kai Yun understood. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Will teaming up with me be fun?"
Everyone nodded vigorously to show their sincerity: "Fun!"
Kai Yun suddenly realized, "Then this is a benefit!" She would give this to the future members of Rebuilt Barren Star to win people over!
For a moment, everyone didn't react to what she meant. Kai Yun was already skipping away.
Dear friend! Here she comes!
"Wait, our team has two spots!"
The people behind shouted persistently.
"We have three! And we can also marry into your family! Think about it again!"
Kai Yun couldn't meet her dear friend smoothly. She heard that her dear friend had gone into seclusion in the laboratory. Thinking that her little tomato was being held in the other person's palm, moving towards a stronger life, she felt particularly comforted.
Jiang Tu was such a good kid, why did he have to resort to knives and guns?
She had just wandered around outside the boys' dorm building and was about to go back when she received an official message from the Alliance Military University on her optical computer.
"Dear examinee:
"To help the examinees borrowing facilities at the Alliance Military University better understand the tournament rules and maintain daily training, our school has recruited an experienced volunteer from society to serve as a special coach. Examinees who receive this message should gather promptly at the west open area (behind Building 3).
"—Alliance Military University"
Coach? Don't really need one, huh.
Kai Yun was about to put her optical computer away when the screen flashed, and another message popped up.
"This message is not a mass message. To Mobile University students: Kai Yun, Ye Sa."
As if afraid of being ignored, the other side urgently added another sentence.
"Please proceed promptly."
Kai Yun: "Who is this?"
Qin Linshan sat on the stone steps in the shade, lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, raising his hand to check the time.
"Tsk, why aren't those two brats here yet?"
Ouu an old friend of her master?
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