The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 445 Ranking (Part 2)

She didn't say it explicitly, but Xiao Li knew who she was referring to.

Xiao Li shook his head. He didn't care about others, but he couldn't lie and say he didn't care about Jiang Hui's situation.

Because he had never seen Holly suffer such a setback with anyone before.

If I hadn't witnessed that person's strength firsthand, I wouldn't have believed that someone of the same age could suppress Holly like that, even to the point of being evenly matched, or perhaps even... a cut above. If she were also vying for the rankings, things wouldn't be so quiet; at least the students from Class 2 and Class 3 certainly wouldn't be gathered here watching Holly break through the rankings.

He didn't think it was shameful for Holly to lose to Jiang Hui.

There are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. Even someone as strong as Holly can't be invincible forever. But Shore's following of Holly wasn't solely due to his number one position; there were other reasons as well, so his respect for Holly remained unchanged.

However, he also paid more attention to Jiang, a classmate from Class Two.

How did this person even appear? It's as if a dark horse suddenly emerged, galloping ahead unchallenged.

Xiao Li was just an ordinary person, and he admired such a powerful individual quite a bit. He wondered what kind of result that person would achieve if they tried out the mecha simulator training room today.

"Oh, it's broken! It just popped out all of a sudden..." A commotion came from the public area, as if someone was screaming.

"...What happened? It jumped to 473rd place in one go. That's incredible."

"It wasn't there a moment ago, how did it suddenly jump to 472? Could it be a system malfunction?"

The group exchanged bewildered glances, then immediately looked at the sign at the entrance of the simulation room, which showed that Holly was still in the twelfth round, and her ranking had risen to 507th.

Impossible, there's no way this number could be on the list, unless—

The people over there are...

A student from Class 1 went there, came back, and reported the news.

"It's Jiang Hui from Class 2. She just made it onto the list and is now ranked 473rd."

Once again. "Again..." Xiao Li murmured.

He couldn't imagine how Holly would react when she found out.

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Meanwhile, Jiang Hui, who had just broken through the rankings, encountered some problems. In fact, she had encountered some problems not long ago, and it was precisely because of these problems that she was able to break through and rise to more than 400th place.

When Jiang Hui arrived at the simulation site, he was stunned. This time, he had chosen a sandy area.

Upon waking, Jiang Hui was met with a face full of sand and dust. Everything in sight was a yellowish blur, and he couldn't see anything. Because his nerves were connected to the mecha, Jiang Hui also felt his eyes were sore and slightly stinging, and his vision was blurry.

What should we do...?

But that wasn't the worst of it. As if it had foreseen her arrival, the wind direction changed instantly and increased by several degrees.

Seriously, without even needing any star beasts or enemies, Jiang Hui and his machine were blown down by this sandstorm—literally blown down. Jiang Hui: ...

Undeterred, she tried again. But the wind seemed to be working against her, intensifying its force, and Jiang Hui went from kneeling to crawling on the ground.

What can she do in this situation? If a hidden enemy were to strike her like that, she would be crippled. It seems that this is truly the only way she can stop.

"It's been three hours already, I'm feeling a bit tired...bullshit!" She refused to believe it; this level was designed to make people pass it.

Are you suggesting we just let her lie there and wait for it to end?
Jiang Hui had a sudden inspiration and remembered the orienteering competition at the beginning of the semester. At that time, she had come up with a trick to avoid enemies from who-knows-where. It seemed to be suitable for the current situation as well!

Without hesitation, Jiang Hui pressed a combination key on the bottom plate, and the rear of the device suddenly vibrated. This vibration was slightly detached from the body structure and should have come from the drive of an external component.

Very good. It seems to be a very standard Class D armored vehicle. The buttons and structure are all in good condition, so she can operate it with peace of mind.

Jiang Hui rolled over to dodge two bullets that whizzed past her neck, deciding that there was no time to lose and she had to act immediately—dig! Hopefully, the rear drag system on this D-grade standard armor would work.

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Duty Room Backstage

The school has drastically upgraded its surveillance system, and the patrol system has also been overhauled. The two systems are now combined, operating from a 24-hour duty room to ensure student safety.

In addition to the usual patrol teams and regular teachers on duty, the duty room also has personnel responsible for special management and monitoring. There are several special management areas, including teaching buildings, dormitories, training fields, and simulated training fields.

The simulated training field is a frequently used area and involves issues related to the use of mental energy, so the school has a relatively strict supervision system for this area, with a group of dedicated technical personnel taking turns to supervise it.

If any abnormal mental activity occurs at any simulated training site, we will immediately check and dispatch the nearest on-duty teacher to provide assistance.

Today is the day when restrictions are lifted for first-grade students, and the school is taking it very seriously, with more than double the usual number of people on duty in the duty room.

Most of them are technicians related to psychomechanics or professionals related to mecha, so they are naturally adept at this kind of simple data testing.

After all, this system is pre-set, containing only raw data streams, and there won't be any unexpected events. Even if there are, they are caused by the variables involved. In other words, these levels are adaptively adjusted based on the data fluctuations of the participants, built upon their own mental strength. Therefore, outsiders only need to focus on the participants' access to the mental strength MDX model.

If these students experience a mental energy detachment from the MDX model during the connection process, it's not just a simple data change; it could very well be a precursor to mental energy loss of control, which is extremely dangerous. Therefore, they need to be extra careful... huh?

The team leader, who had just been explaining the importance of supervision to them, heard a member in the corner suddenly shout that a student's mental energy had broken out of the MDX model. They instinctively looked at a screen in the middle.

Nothing.

The team leader was somewhat incredulous and quickly got up to check the situation. This team was usually quite relaxed and rarely had any problems; how could something have suddenly gone wrong?

He had just instructed everyone to keep a close eye on the popular simulation training grounds to prevent the kids, who had just been released from restrictions and didn't know the consequences, from causing serious trouble. Unexpectedly, while they had been watching the training grounds closely without any problems, something went wrong quietly on the other side.

"Good heavens, send someone over there immediately, no... I'll lead the team myself." The team leader couldn't sit still any longer as he watched the lines on the screen suddenly rise two or three times their normal height.

(End of this chapter)