Chapter 337: Don't You Expect It, This Is Actually My Attack Route!

"Looking at you, could it be that you find this very boring?" Airui Laya asked her with great interest.

"Yeah." After a moment of hesitation, Yun Mu spoke the truth: "The contestants' skills are too trashy; I can't get interested."

"Is that so?" Airui Laya thought for a moment and suggested: "Then why not let Miss Yun teach them how to play more brilliantly?"

"This... let's just forget it."

She was aiming for the show's Champion title, so how could she engage in such behavior that would aid the enemy?

Besides, "There will always be formidable guys who appear," she said.

Games related to competition usually place great importance on talent and hand speed, and because she was a Transcendental, she had the advantage in both operation and reaction speed.

Besides that, her thinking time was also much shorter than a normal person's.

However, how should she put it? Her gaming talent wasn't actually that strong.

Being able to form an overwhelming advantage was only due to the experience she had accumulated before transmigrating.

For many things, if she hadn't seen them before, it would be hard for her to think of them.

Furthermore, she wasn't the only Transcendental participating in the show. Although this was within the Federation, among the many contestants, Yun Mu still managed to sense a few.

Besides them, there were also some guys who had Magic Runes inscribed on their bodies or had undergone Mechanical Modification.

Hiss, speaking of Mechanical Modification.

Those guys wouldn't have some kind of Chip implanted in their bodies to help with calculations and processing, would they?

Wouldn't that be dueling against an AI?

Does this count as a form of cheating?

She was very curious!

If it counts as cheating, could a Transcendental's abilities also be considered cheating? No, it feels like my CPU is about to burn out.

Such matters should be left for Airui Laya and the others to consider.

Thinking of this, Yun Mu asked the Young Girl beside her: "Those people whose bodies have undergone Mechanical Modification, won't they use the computing power of a Chip to cheat?"

"That's a good question." Airui Laya raised her hand and snapped her fingers.

"The answer is no, because while the duel is in effect, the Duel Pod will shield the Chips inside the contestants' bodies."

"This is the company's technology; they don't have the ability to crack it."

"Hehe." Airui Laya said this and smiled at Yun Mu: "Competitive games must emphasize fairness, right?"

"That's right." Yun Mu nodded in agreement, then she asked again: "Is it the same when using a wristband?"

"No." Airui Laya shook her head this time and said: "Unfortunately, it is possible to cheat when using a wristband for a duel."

"Is that why one can obtain Research Points regardless of victory or defeat?"

"You can understand it that way."

The two chatted casually, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

It wasn't until the first round of matches had completely ended that Airui Laya stated she still had some things to do, and she turned to bid her farewell.

After seeing Airui Laya off, and before the second round of matches began, Brenna's wristband vibrated, and at the same time, it displayed that her location was Duel Pod 001.

"... They aren't even pretending anymore, are they?" Yun Mu muttered, feeling somewhat speechless.

Could it be that they would occupy Duel Pod 001 for the third round as well? Although it wasn't great to say, she felt it was pretty good; at least she didn't have to worry about the people who used the Duel Pod before leaving behind anything dirty.

"Then I'll head over first." Brenna waved at her with a smile.

"Mm, go ahead." Yun Mu nodded, feeling reassured.

She hadn't spent these days training Brenna and the others for nothing; in terms of skill, it was absolutely impossible for her to lose to those novices.

The facts were indeed so; after Brenna slipped into the Duel Pod, the match ended in less than six minutes.

After all, the levels were low right now, and the duel maps were not large.

Furthermore, Level 2 contestants could not build Neutral buildings, so the game had no mid-to-late stage to speak of.

Even with a personality like Brenna's, who didn't like to play rush tactics, she could end the battle in ten minutes at most.

"It went very smoothly." After stepping out of the Duel Pod, Brenna said to Yun Mu with a smile.

"Heh heh, under my personal guidance, dealing with those rookies is naturally a breeze." Yun Mu crossed her arms over her chest and boasted quite smugly.

Anyway, bragging doesn't cost money.

"Hehehe, I know you're the best." Seeing her like this, Brenna couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

"Is it my turn in the next round?" Lita, who was to the side, rubbed her hands together with anticipation.

"It should be Sister Lita, and if nothing goes wrong, it will still be Duel Pod 001." Hearing her words, Yun Mu said in a low voice: "Doing this is really a bit too conspicuous, isn't it?"

"No one will notice." Yikeshi'er appeared beside them at some point: "There are so many people participating in the auditions, who would notice such a small thing?"

"Even if they notice, so what? Our competition only looks at strength; there is no Black Curtain!" she said.

"Is there really no Black Curtain?" Hearing this, Yun Mu looked at her teasingly: "Someone must have secretly played many matches of the internal test version, right?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The blonde cat-patterned Young Girl's face turned red as she defended herself: "Th-th-th-that, those were all tests, and they are very different from the official version, so how can that count as playing secretly?"

The Young Girl began to talk about things like test balance, different versions, and how there was no competitive nature at all.

The air was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Soon, the third round of matches began. Just as Yun Mu and the others expected, Lita was indeed chosen as the user for Duel Pod 001. Then, after experiencing a sweat-inducing duel, Lita managed to win by a narrow margin after nearly being turned around despite a huge advantage, taking the match.

"Phew, that scared me to death." After stepping out of the Duel Pod, Lita let out a long sigh.

Yun Mu didn't even know how she almost got turned around when she had a total economic lead of eight thousand over her opponent and had also destroyed one of the opponent's Armed Mining Vehicles; it was just absurd.

It seems that after today ends, she will have to practice more. Back to the main topic, after the third round of matches ended, Xiliya and Iliyasi were soon chosen as the contestants for the fourth and fifth rounds respectively.

However, to Yun Mu's surprise, Iliyasi actually didn't beat her opponent.

"That guy is a bit formidable." Looking at the match record playing on the screen, Yun Mu was somewhat surprised.

Iliyasi's operations were flawless, and she even maintained a lead in economy the entire time.

It was just that the guy on the other side was being too unreasonable, actually managing units on three fronts simultaneously, which caused Iliyasi to be unable to attend to both ends, ultimately resulting in her Flash Silver Tanks being eaten up, leaving her with no choice but to surrender.

And that guy's ID was... huh!?

Yun Mu blinked, doubting if she had misread it.

【Vivian】

Good grief, if this Vivian really was the one she knew, things were about to get interesting.

Why would a councilor's daughter come to participate in this program? Was it simply because she thought it was fun, or did she have some objective in mind?

Yun Mu leaned toward the latter, because the last time she met Vivian, wasn't there a follower of Joy following by her side? And the Old Days Front was something created by the Joy Company.

If anyone said there was no connection between these things, she absolutely would not believe it.

Unfortunately, because she discovered it too late, Yun Mu expanded her Blood Perception detection ability, but ultimately failed to find the location of that Miss Vivian.

She didn't know if it was because there were too many people at the scene, or if the other party had already left this place by now.

"Haa~"

Yun Mu yawned a bit boredly.

"Our matches are all over, so since that's the case, can we leave already?" she suggested to the group.

Excellent matches and noteworthy contestants were things she could look up and watch online after today ended.

There was no need to keep watching the whole process on-site.

With this time, she might as well go back and paint a few more Spiritual Paintings.

"Then let's go back." Lita couldn't help but complain upon hearing her words: "Staying here, I feel like I'm going to be melted by the heat."

Even though it was the coldest season of the year, because of the heating and air conditioning at the venue, plus the crowded flow of people, she was almost sweating from the heat! "It really is a bit..." Hearing her say this, Brenna also felt a bit hot, and she said: "Let's leave here."

"Mm-hmm."

The group hurried to leave the scene; in any case, their matches were all over, and when they came back next time, it would be for the new round of auditions two days later.

Leaving the venue, the cold Wind blowing in their faces made everyone feel refreshed. Yun Mu suddenly remembered something at this moment; she took out her Personal Terminal from her bosom and said: "Speaking of which, how is the program's popularity?"

The battle process of the Old Days Front would be broadcast live on the internet, and anyone could switch to watch their favorite matches at will.

However, because it was the audition phase, there was no commentary.

If Yun Mu were to evaluate it, it would be that the people of this other world didn't have enough experience yet.

If she were making the decisions, she would definitely have several streamers from the same platform split up to broadcast the matches, which would be equivalent to getting several commentators for free.

Anyway, the money earned in the streamers' broadcast rooms would eventually go to the platform's internal accounts anyway.

Of course, this was all her talking nonsense; in reality, she didn't understand operations at all.

"Popularity is five hundred million... does that mean five hundred million people are watching the live stream at the same time!?" Brenna was very surprised when she saw the number in the top left corner of the broadcast room.

"Uh, that's not it, popularity isn't the same as the number of concurrent viewers," Yun Mu explained to her.

Although she wasn't clear on the comparison between the popularity on the video website under the Joyous Hule Company and the real number of people, the number five hundred million was still a bit exaggerated.

Fifty million would be more like it.

She reached out and tapped the sidebar on the right side of the screen, and countless bullet comments began to refresh on her Personal Terminal.

【Isn't this thing just for kids to play with? What's the point?】

【Is there no commentary? I can't understand what they're doing at all.】

【Looks pretty interesting.】

【I heard the Champion can make one request to Joyous Hule at will, is that true?】

【I want to play too.】

【Please, just go play two rounds of Old Days Front, registration is free!】

【Everything big companies say is bullshit, whoever believes it is a **】

【User XXXX has been muted】

Haha, it seems that even in another world, the online environment isn't much better.

Yun Mu closed the broadcast room and directly started browsing through match videos with high view counts.

However, at this moment, a video happened to refresh onto her face.

【Didn't expect that, this is my attack route! 【Talitaluosi VS Jinmao Shiwan】】

Talitaluosi? Jinmao Shiwan?

Could this be... Yun Mu looked at the video's upload time with a somewhat strange expression and discovered that the video was uploaded yesterday morning.

In other words, this was not a match video.

She knew Talitaluosi; since Vivian would appear here, there was no reason he wouldn't.

And this Jinmao Shiwan.

That shouldn't be, right?

Harboring such doubts, Yun Mu reached out and tapped to start the video.

(End of this chapter)