Chapter 346: Mechanical Gear VS Fierce Claw

"Truly astonishing! Blazing Sun, a duelist from rank 182 on the leaderboard, has successfully defeated the ninth-ranked XX, earning a spot in the finals. Let us congratulate him!"

Above the competition arena, a male and a female commentator sat in the commentary booth, describing the ongoing match in the arena with great passion.

Just a moment ago, the player Blazing Sun, ranked 182nd on the leaderboard, successfully defeated the ninth-ranked XX, kicking the opponent out of the ninth-place position.

Uh, did I repeat that part? Never mind, it's not important.

Yun Mu and Brenna sat together on the seats in the player preparation area, holding cups of fruit juice and biting on their straws with a "sip, sip, sip" sound.

"Looks like there's nothing for us to do today," she said, looking quite relaxed.

"After all, Miss Yun's ranking is very high," Brenna said with a soft smile upon hearing her words.

"But I still need to be prepared," she said. "My ranking isn't as high as Miss Yun's."

"It's fine, no matter who it is, I believe Brenna can defeat them!" Yun Mu clenched her fist to cheer her on.

"Mm-hmm, that goes without saying~" Brenna tilted her head, feigning a proud look.

No sooner had she finished speaking than the bracelet on her wrist began to vibrate; it seemed someone had come to challenge her.

"I'll be right back." Brenna stood up, waved lightly at Yun Mu, and walked toward the competition arena.

The duel still used a Duel Pod, but after entering, the upper bodies of the two players would appear as projections on both sides of the Magic Fountain.

And the sand table of the game map was, naturally, in the center of the two character projections.

The audience sitting in the stands could clearly see the character projections and the sand table, while the onlookers inside the Magic Fountain could only choose a suitable angle, or simply pick up their Personal Terminal and choose to watch on the Joyous Hule Company website.

"The players for the next round are... oh?"

The male commentator looked at the information on the screen with feigned surprise: "It's actually the 14th-ranked player, Wolf, and... the 6th-ranked player, Metal Gear!"

"That player's name is truly unique, Metal Gear," the female commentator beside him spoke up at this moment.

"It is quite unique." The male commentator nodded, then picked up Brenna's contestant profile: "Although the name sounds unique, this Metal Gear is actually a very beautiful young lady."

"Eh~ really?" The female commentator looked very surprised.

Are these two really here to commentate on the match? Yun Mu, sitting in the preparation area, felt the corners of her mouth twitch slightly.

Although she could understand the reason for them doing this, it was just... they could at least briefly explain the players' styles or something.

How did the two of you start discussing the players' gender and appearance?

Come to think of it, in the previous few matches, she had felt that these two weren't very professional.

But thinking about it carefully, there aren't many people who play Old Days Front now, let alone people who can play Old Days Front and are also good at commentary.

Perhaps her standards are just too high... The 14th-ranked player, Wolf, was a Jackal-kin; he wore a dark blue vest, a brownish-red felt hat on his head, and a pair of round-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.

He looked unexpectedly refined.

When Brenna and Wolf entered the Duel Pod together, their projections floated in mid-air, and the competition venue suddenly became a bit noisy.

"I thought Metal Gear was a greasy middle-aged man who spent all day holed up in a studio; I didn't expect her to be such a beautiful young girl!"

"This Wolf doesn't look fierce at all, but I like his style too~"

"Reminds me of being dragged into the late game and beaten to a pulp by Metal Gear; I didn't expect such a beautiful lady to enjoy playing 'bladder games' with people."

Yun Mu quietly listened to the reactions of other players and ordinary people, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, the match officially began, so she stopped being distracted and quietly watched the game. 【Map: Qiuling Shandi】

【Size: Neutral】

【Resources: Neutral】

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

【Combatants: Metal Gear (Blue) VS Wolf (Red)】

Yun Mu looked at the text floating above the sand table: "It's actually this map."

Qiuling Shandi is a very rugged map that tests building placement; besides that, it is very difficult for land units to attack the enemy without wall-climbing methods.

And this map has no water surface, so a Shipyard cannot be built; in other words, this is a map very suitable for air combat.

However, one cannot ignore the development of ground units because of this; if one only has an air force, it is very easy to be steamrolled by the enemy's land units.

Brenna started by clicking out four Repairmen, looking like she was preparing for rapid development.

Qiuling Shandi has a total of three spawn points, corresponding to the three highlands on the map, and she spawned in the bottom right corner of the map.

The top priority is to confirm Wolf's location as soon as possible... The Energy Plant and Barracks were built one after another, followed by sending out two mechanical dogs to scout for vision.

There isn't much space on the highland, so she let the Energy Plant take off and land in the low valley to the left of her spawn point, clearing space on the highland.

After the Ore Refinery was completed, she didn't choose to build a Tank Factory, but immediately placed the building, Radar.

At the same time, the mechanical dogs scouting for vision were killed by the opponent using an Executor riding a Jeep.

Although she failed to scout the situation inside the opponent's base, she already knew the location of the enemy's spawn point.

Without hesitation, Brenna immediately used the Radar's area scan to scout the situation inside the opponent's base.

Hm? What does this Jeep want to do?

Her luck was good; Brenna directly scouted the opponent's intention to sneakily attack her buildings.

However, although he was detected, that Wolf didn't give up, but immediately had the Jeep carry a hacker and rush toward Brenna's base.

And when facing a hacker, there are actually many ways to deal with it.

Brenna built a few mechanical dogs to guard important buildings, while simultaneously placing the second Ore Refinery, and then selling it.

This operation might look a bit confusing, but it is actually quite normal.

Because she didn't build a Tank Factory, she couldn't build an Armored Mining Vehicle, but after building an Ore Refinery, a Mining Vehicle is gifted, so she would have two Mining Vehicles to mine ore.

The cost of one Mining Vehicle is 1400, and the cost of an Ore Refinery is 2000, but after selling the building, only 300 is returned.

This shows that the Ore Refinery actually only costs 600; it is only because of the Armed Mining Vehicle that the cost is 2000.

Although this results in a loss of three hundred, it is not a big problem; with an extra Mining Vehicle, the speed of resource growth will accelerate.

A mere three hundred will be earned back very soon.

As for the Jeep sent by the Fierce Claw Faction, due to the terrain, it was blocked by Brenna right in front of the only slope leading up to the highland, and was blown to pieces by her Combat Bunker and Executors.

And even if the enemy could truly sneak in, she had the means to sell the buildings, or have the buildings perform an Ascension to avoid being stolen.

At the same time, those few mechanical dogs guarding the important buildings are not just for show, you know~ (End of this chapter)