Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 43: Depressed
The square gradually became lively in the afternoon as more and more parents brought their children to the competition venue.

Yuanqiao thought it was already very lively, but Pipi said that many classmates still hadn't come.

On stage, it seemed to be the principal of a small town school giving a speech, mostly encouraging the children. Yuanqiao didn't listen carefully; instead, she was studying the rounds and competition rules, as there was a segment later that required her to go on stage.

To the rhythm of cheerful music, Pipi and the other children walked onto the competition stage.

The first round tested the children's mental strength. When the host announced the start of the competition, all the children on the field exerted their strength together.

Each cub will be given a special little colored ball. The cub has 20 minutes to use its mental power to guide the ball into the flower basket in the air to win.

The flower baskets in the air weren't set very high, and many children said they told their parents it was no problem and very simple.

"Go Pipi!" Yuanqiao herself didn't have a concept of how to use mental power, so this competition was a good opportunity for her to learn about it.

"Okay, Sister Yuanqiao, I have the highest mental strength in our class, this level won't be difficult~"

Pipi was very confident, holding her head high with an air of arrogance, looking adorable.

A child next to Pipi, wearing the same style but a different color, snorted after hearing what Pipi said.

"Uh, can it be used to knock other people's balls away?"

Yuanqiao suddenly realized this and spoke familiarly to the unfamiliar male player next to him.

He was the player who played with Pipi's classmate, Xina. The two little ones played for a long time at noon, and they were there with him, so they became somewhat familiar with each other and started talking.

The other party rarely spoke, but did not disrespect Yuan Qiao and replied, "The fact that such young cubs are competing in mental strength suggests that this race values ​​its own strength quite a bit, so the competition rules are not so simple."

On stage, specially made small colored balls were handed to Pipi. She quickly marked them with her mental energy and aimed at the flower basket in the air. The other friends did the same.

Yuanqiao watched carefully and attentively, thinking that he would ask Pipi how she used her mental power to mark the marks after the competition.

Pipi puffed out her little face. Only when she injected her mental energy into the little colored ball did she realize how difficult it was to control. It moved very slowly, and especially when it was rising, if she injected less mental energy, the ball would fall back down.

The children on stage are all infants with relatively weak mental strength; it was quite difficult for two of them to even float the small colored balls.

Maintaining a slow mental output to fly the ball into the air basket is manageable, but if someone else interferes, it's easy for it to fall.

Because of her good genes, Pipi had a higher mental strength than other cubs from birth. Yuanqiao not only paid attention to Pipi, but also to the other children, seeing it as a good opportunity to learn from her.

My mental value is 160. Every time I communicate with the group through a contract using mental power, I can feel the operation of mental power, but I have never learned how to do it and I don't know any rules.

"I'm definitely going to be first in this competition," the orange-clad boy next to Pipi said to the others.

Yuanqiao looked at him curiously from the sidelines, and was charmed by his sassy little expression, so she smiled.

However, he seemed to dislike Pipi, and it's unclear what grudge the two children had against each other.

He glared at Pipi and channeled more mental energy into the little colorful ball. Currently, his ball was flying the highest on the field, getting closer and closer to the flower basket.

For the past 10 minutes, the children have been getting along well, trying their best to get their little colorful balls closer to the flower basket.

Pipi looked up at the flower basket. Shena and the little colorful ball of Naen that she didn't like were closest to each other, while she was a little behind them.

Time ticked by, and with five minutes left on the countdown, a staff member near the Nahn stand zoomed in on the time to remind everyone. He turned back and gave Pippi a disdainful smile.

Suddenly, Nahn's little colorful ball plummeted from mid-air and collided with Pipi's little colorful ball. He poured more spiritual energy into it, and the rebound force of the impact propelled his ball forward, about to enter the flower basket.

As Nunn's ball began to fall, Pipi calmly steered her small ball to the right, causing the impact to knock another child's ball off. She managed to keep it steady, preventing it from falling, though it was now a little further from the flower basket. Pipi's face was tense with worry.

The child whose ball fell glared angrily at Nunn, then followed the staff off the stage with a pitiful expression. He had exhausted his mental energy and was unable to make the little ball float up again.

Yuanqiao looked at the orange-clad Nunn and shook his head. It wasn't cute anymore, but there was nothing wrong with this kind of behavior in a competition.

In the last few minutes, only four of them remained on the field. Pipi observed the condition of the other teammates and felt that they could try their best to compete.

Immediately increasing his mental output, the little ball moved a short distance to the right, getting closer to Sheena's ball. Pipi suddenly paused.

Yuanqiao guessed that Pipi was going to attack Xina's ball. Although the two children played very well, Pipi was still quite competitive.

Pipi watched in surprise as his little colorful ball hurtled towards the ball next to him, causing it to fall out of the game.

Is it Nunn?
She glanced apologetically, trying to steady her mental energy output; she was also struggling a bit.

Only three children remained on the field: Pipi, Sheena, and Nahn.

Pipi's little colorful ball was the furthest from the flower basket. Just now, the connection between Pipi's mental control and the ball was interrupted by someone else, causing it to suddenly stop and fall, hitting the person next to it and eliminating them from the game.

Surprisingly, Sheena persevered until now. Seeing that time was running out, she focused all her mental energy on the small colorful ball, trying to rush into the flower basket.

Nunn controlled the ball to block, and Pippi followed suit.

A small colorful ball was suddenly thrown into the flower basket.

"Hahaha, you naughty Naun, you'll get what you deserve for bullying Pippi!"

Sheena had originally intended to throw the ball into the basket in one go, but when she saw Nunn's ball blocking her way, she couldn't hold on any longer and felt a little dizzy.

They simply disconnected the ball, causing it to collide with Nunn's ball and deflect it a short distance.

Pipi seized the opportunity to control the little colorful ball and put it into the flower basket.

"Hmph, lucky me." Nahn drank an expensive dose of mental energy replenishment potion and sullenly walked towards the resurrection match.

This group of friends won the competition and advanced. The second round will start after the other batches of competitions are completed.

"That's great, Pipi!" Yuanqiao greeted Pipi as she stepped off the stage.

The child shyly covered his face, but said weakly to Yuanqiao:
"Sister Yuanqiao, Pipi's mental energy is depleted, she needs to rest."

Yuanqiao and the male player led Pipi and Xina to the rest room. Pipi took out a small purple fruit from the spatial button and ate it.

"These are fruits that Mom bought for Pipi from a very far place to boost her energy, so that Pipi can get first place."

"Pipi just did a really great job, much better than the other kids!"

After praising him, Motohashi continued:
"You were in first place just now, you've advanced! Are you happy, Pipi?"

Pipi, who was just being praised, paused for a moment. She wanted to say she was happy, but then she seemed to remember something and lowered her head, looking sullen.

Thank you so much for the reading points and coins, my darlings! I love you all!

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