Chapter 338: Girl Took the Day Off

Uh, the player themselves cannot be seen in the video, only the operations.

However, the player named Jinmao Shiwan started off by mass-producing units for a rush, and looking at these familiar operations, it was clearly an imitation of how she used to play rushes.

But this tactic didn't seem to be of much use against Talitaluosi.

After the opponent's scouting mechanical dog noticed the movement of Jinmao Shiwan's unit massing, they immediately canceled the building under construction and then decisively massed units for defense.

By deploying Bunkers and Enforcers at the Gate, blocking all paths, Talitaluosi protected their own Mining Field while also keeping Jinmao Shiwan's Enforcers outside.

In this situation, a head-on charge clearly wouldn't break through and would only result in a waste of troops.

Anyway, since Talitaluosi had also chosen to mass units and build many Bunkers to defend against the rush, the economy of both sides was about the same at this moment.

Jinmao Shiwan then chose to Retreat the units and simultaneously began to shift toward development.

There was nothing much to say about the rest of the match.

With both sides having their development speeds affected by each other, they re-developed until the mid-to-late game, where Jinmao Shiwan, relying on superior late-game handling, successfully wiped out the opponent's main force in one engagement, destroyed the production buildings, and won the duel.

Could this be the method Yikeshi'er mentioned earlier for dealing with her rush?

Hmm. It's not that there isn't a way to deal with it.

But compared to insisting on a rush, at times like this, it would be better to just honestly manage the economy.

Or wait until the Tank Factory comes out and directly build a Flash Silver Tank to suppress... Time passed in a flash for another two days, and the equipment at the audition site had increased quite a bit.

It increased from the original one hundred units to two hundred and forty, and the duel mode was also replaced from one-on-one duels to multiplayer Chaos.

This was likely a change made to avoid aesthetic fatigue for the audience and because there were too many participants.

The main content was an eight-player melee, and only the person who survived to the end could advance.

Honestly, this mode is quite stressful.

After all, something like a melee is actually very dependent on luck; even Yun Mu wasn't sure she could definitely win.

Another thing is, she hadn't taught Brenna and the others how to play a melee.

I hope there won't be any issues with today's match.

Actually, thinking about it the other way, their opponents also have no experience playing a melee.

In this regard, everyone is actually about the same.

And in terms of skill... Brenna and the others should have an advantage.

The wristband buzzed with a vibration, signaling to Yun Mu that it was her turn to enter the arena.

Just like two days ago, it was still Duel Pod 001.

As the light screen gradually lit up, she quickly matched with several other opponents.

At the same time, the map and the players' names were displayed.

【Map: Prisoner Arena】

【Size: Small】

【Resources: Barren】

【Currently recruitable units: Repairman (Basic), Enforcer (Basic), Transport Vehicle (Basic)】

【Combatant: Yun Shu】 (Blue)

【Ten Years of Drinking Ice, Hot Blood Not Yet Cold】 (Orange)

【Yuyu】 (Purple)

【I Am the Chieftain】 (Red)

【Grey】 (Green)

【Old Days Front, Even Dogs Won't Play】 (Sky Blue) 【Hahahaha】 (Yellow)

【Will Win】 (Pink)

During a duel, in order to distinguish factions, the colors of different players' mechanical bodies are all different.

Therefore, when the number of duelists reaches eight, one can see all kinds of colorful buildings on the map.

What kind of ridiculous names are these? Looking at the names displayed on the light screen, Yun Mu complained in her heart.

However, compared to the participants' IDs, she was more concerned about the attributes of this map at this moment.

It was clearly an eight-player melee, yet the map was actually small, and the resources were only Barren.

Just after spawning, without needing to scout for vision at all, Yun Mu could see the positions of the other seven people.

Just as the map name suggested, their spawn point at this moment was inside a flat arena!

Everyone's Command Center was almost right next to each other!

And only the small area in the middle of the map had a few minerals that could be collected; the rest of the place was all open ground! Without any hesitation, the moment the game started, Yun Mu immediately clicked to produce one Repairman and dozens of Enforcers.

The next moment, the sound of chaotic gunfire mixed with the sound of mechanical bodies being constantly destroyed rang out.

While controlling the Enforcers to defend, Yun Mu had the Repairman build a Barracks and an Energy Plant.

The Barracks could strengthen the attack and defense of Repairmen and Enforcers, while the Energy Plant could speed up her unit production.

The guy right next to her seemed to have equipped the Enforcers with some kind of skill, causing both their attack power and range to be slightly stronger than her Enforcers.

But fortunately, Yun Mu's Enforcers also had the skill to Throw Grenade, so the two sides were trading blows back and forth.

With the help of the attributes provided after the Barracks was completed, and the Repairman temporarily abandoning construction to use a Flame Thrower to defeat the enemy's Enforcers.

Yun Mu immediately produced two mechanical dogs, letting one guard her own base while the other guarded the opponent's Command Center, directly killing the newly built Enforcers.

At the same time, she had her own Enforcers blow up the Command Center of the player she was fighting.

【【I Am the Chieftain】 has been eliminated.】

After dealing with the neighbor beside her, Yun Mu clicked to produce two more Repairmen to build an Ore Refinery and a Combat Bunker respectively.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one else had noticed her yet, Yun Mu hurriedly had the Command Center, Energy Plant, and Barracks transform and take flight, moving to a place further away from the other duelists but closer to the central mine.

When all this was done, the duels of the remaining few had also successfully been decided.

【【Hahahahahaha】】 has been eliminated.

【【Yuyu】】 has been eliminated.

Currently, three players have been eliminated, and five remain.

Yun Mu has already occupied the Mining Field at the very center of the map, but currently, only one Armed Mining Vehicle is working. The remaining four people are all in poor condition due to the previous skirmish.

There was no need for discussion; the remaining four immediately chose a truce, tacitly planning to take Yun Mu out first.

However, the starting funds for this duel were only 10,000, and the previous skirmish left everyone present severely weakened.

To take down Yun Mu, the four of them would have to go all-in on unit production and finish the battle quickly before she could process the Mining Field.

But the consequence of doing that would be that after taking out Yun Mu, their remaining savings would likely not even be enough to build an Ore Refinery.

Everyone wanted to win the game, so they once again tacitly chose to play it safe.

Build the Ore Refinery first, and then produce units to attack Yun Mu.

However, one player did not do this.

That was the Orange duelist named 【Ten Years of Drinking Ice, Hot Blood Yet to Cool】.

While everyone was tacitly uniting to attack Yun Mu, he suddenly launched an attack on the other three after producing a wave of units!

He caught the three who were building Ore Refineries completely off guard.

At the same time, three Jeeps quietly flanked them, drifting through the turn and sneaking up beside their Command Center.

The next second, a hacker wearing sunglasses stepped out of the Jeep and slipped directly into their Command Center.

He transferred the control of their Command Center to the Orange player.

Holy crap, these noobs.

Yun Mu, who was developing in the center of the map, was stunned; she hadn't even heard of such a thing, let alone seen someone steal three people's Command Centers at once.

She never expected that one day she would actually see this scene happen right in front of her.

【【Grey】】 has been eliminated.

【【Old Days Front Dog Won't Play】】 has been eliminated.

【【Will Win】】 has been eliminated.

Having little money left to begin with, and with their Command Center stolen, the remaining three saw the situation, knew there was no hope of winning, and decisively chose to surrender.

At this moment, only Yun Mu and the player 【Ten Years of Drinking Ice, Hot Blood Yet to Cool】 remained on the map.

She occupied the only Mining Field on the map, while the opponent possessed all the territory outside.

Yun Mu was not in a hurry at all; since the mines were on her side, the one who should be anxious was the opponent.

She consecutively placed a Tank Factory and a Radar, then began to accumulate a number of Flash Silver Tanks.

However, what Yun Mu did not expect was that the opponent also had the Sell skill, directly selling the two stolen Command Centers.

Then, he controlled the remaining two Command Centers to transform and take flight, landing at a location far away from her.

What is the opponent trying to do? Yun Mu indicated she could not understand.

But it didn't matter; anyway, no matter what the opponent wanted to do, it would be useless.

If you ask why, it's because her winning equation had already been written; as soon as her eight Flash Silver Tanks went out, everything would... Nani!? Accompanied by a roaring sound of transformation, two turrets of unbelievable size rose from the top of the opponent's two Command Centers.

"Boom!"

With just one shot, the Combat Bunker Yun Mu had placed on the front line was destroyed.

"Boom!!"

Another shell struck, and her Tank Factory was blown directly into a pile of scrap metal.

What the hell is this? A Planetary Fortress?

Yun Mu had a "seen a ghost" expression, hurriedly controlling her remaining buildings to transform, take flight, and retreat until they were out of the opponent's range.

During this process, her Barracks and Radar were destroyed, and the Command Center also took a hit, but it wasn't a big problem; it didn't lose much health.

It seems the sturdiness of the Command Center can still be trusted.

The only problem is that she now only has eight Flash Silver Tanks, and it is impossible to take down the opponent's two Planetary Fortresses.

Seeing 【Ten Years of Drinking Ice, Hot Blood Yet to Cool】 about to build an Ore Refinery on her Mining Field, Yun Mu knew that things could not continue to drag on like this.

Fortunately, after calming down, she discovered some details she hadn't noticed before.

The opponent built quite a few Energy Plants... Could it be that the cannons of the Planetary Fortress also need energy to operate?

One Energy Plant can provide 450KW of energy; when energy is abundant, buildings that require energy can all be used normally.

For example, functional buildings like Radar, Anti-aircraft Turret, and Laser Tower.

Besides that, when energy is sufficient, the speed of constructing units and buildings will significantly increase.

Why didn't the opponent let the Command Center land on her face earlier?

And why did he only do it after a period of time?

Because he couldn't mine, he definitely didn't have much money on hand, which is why he needed to sell the two stolen Command Centers.

Since that was the case, Yun Mu came up with a plan; after having the repairer fix the Command Center's health, she immediately let the Command Center take flight and fly toward the location of the opponent's Planetary Fortress.

Didn't expect that, did you? She directly sent the Command Center to be sold, to tank the damage!

While the Command Center was attracting fire, Yun Mu controlled the eight Flash Silver Tanks to directly raid the opponent's Energy Plants at home!

And after realizing her intention, 【Ten Years of Drinking Ice, Hot Blood Yet to Cool】 immediately manually controlled the cannons to attack Yun Mu's Flash Silver Tanks.

But at the same time, Yun Mu dispersed all the Flash Silver Tanks, and when attacking the Energy Plants, they were almost right next to the opponent's Energy Plants! "Boom!"

One Flash Silver Tank was blown to pieces on the spot, but at the same time, the Energy Plant next to the Flash Silver Tank was also blown into a pile of junk by the shell.

Kid, this is the consequence of having no units at home! The corners of Yun Mu's mouth lifted slightly.

Are you going to continue using the cannons to blast me, or leave it alone? Either way, it will lead to insufficient power supply for the Energy Plants.

The opponent definitely doesn't have much savings on hand, and because she had mined before, she still has plenty of money now.

Putting other things aside, there is still enough money to build thirty-some executors.

So even if the opponent sells one cannon to reduce energy demand, it is useless!

Because she truly cannot take down two cannons, that is correct, but if only one remains... Heh heh, then that is hard to say.

This match, she has won!

(End of chapter)