Chapter 45: Hundred-Medicine Cup (Part 3)

Wen Jie volunteered, "I'll vote for myself."

Lin Xiangshu also said, "I'll vote for myself too."

Gao Wei, Lu Jin, Bing Li, and Ouyang all voted for themselves as well; clearly, everyone knew the captain would receive a high-score reward.

The final decision fell into Su Xi's hands.

If she also chose herself, it would be a tie, requiring a different method to re-vote.

But, as long as she chose someone else, any one of them would be the captain.

Gao Wei curled her lip; she had just had a conflict with Su Xi and certainly wouldn't choose her.

Su Xi asked Xiao Mi behind her, "Who do you think is better to choose?"

"Big sister should be the captain herself," Xiao Mi replied while eating the snack in her hand.

Su Xi immediately looked at those people, "I choose myself."

This way, she wouldn't offend anyone.

Wen Jie smiled, "Then let's leave it to luck, how about a coin toss? No system skills."

He grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground and covered them with a jar.

This was purely a matter of luck, either odd or even.

Su Xi said, "I guess odd."

【It's even, 28 pieces.】 Er Miao said to Su Xi.

【Didn't we say no using system skills?】

【But they all used them.】

【...】

In this round, everyone except Su Xi guessed even.

Su Xi was out.

In the next round, Su Xi grabbed the pebbles; this time the others couldn't use scanning anymore and had to guess by luck.

After three rounds, Wen Jie finally won.

Wen Jie began to arrange everyone's division of labor, "Su Xi will stay behind for cleanup and support while carrying the child. Ouyang, Bing Li, and Gao Wei will be the main attackers, Lin Xiangshu and Lu Jin will be responsible for the vanguard, and I will handle command and support healing. This is the arrangement for now, but it can be flexibly adjusted according to the situation."

Everyone had no objections.

Su Xi had even fewer objections; her goal wasn't to get points but to survive as much as possible, waiting for Xiao Mi's family to come and pick her up.

Xiao Mi yawned and curled up on her back to sleep.

She was truly surprisingly well-behaved, neither crying nor making a fuss.

The group followed the System Map markers toward the Official Safe Zone.

When they arrived at the place, they found many people already queuing to accept missions.

"I'll go queue," Su Xi volunteered.

Wen Jie nodded, "Good, then thank you for your hard work, keep the number plate for now."

"Mm." Su Xi obediently put away the number plate on her shoulder, "My system ranking is the lowest, and my strength is the weakest, so these trivial errands should be left to me."

"At least you have self-awareness," Gao Wei sneered.

"Mm-hmm~ self-knowledge is a virtue!" Su Xi replied, then headed toward the end of the line.

Gao Wei's expression twisted slightly; there was nothing wrong with what was said, but it just made her want to beat her up!

After Su Xi got in line, she opened the system and entered the Hundred-Medicine Cup official platform. Seeing an entrance to an official chat area, she went straight in.

The messages in the chat room scrolled very quickly. It was Su Xi's first time seeing this kind of chat method, and she couldn't keep up at all, so she could only pause the screen to look at the content carefully.

【Hong Ping Guo Ding Dang: Circus is a team from the previous session, any inside information to share?】

【Dark Horse Team Monkey: The game rules for this Hundred-Medicine Cup have changed; being eliminated won't result in the system being reclaimed. When I participated last time, I had to at least be in the top 5000 to avoid being reclaimed.】

【Ci Ke Wu Ying Ji Wei Jiu: There are over 10 million participants in this session; the first and second stages are just raising pigs, and the third stage is slaughtering pigs.】

【Shi San Guai Dan: The person above is a pig!】

【Ci Ke Wu Ying Ji Wei Jiu: The person above is a pig!】

【Sheng Long Tian Tuan Long Ya: Everyone above is a pig!】

【Chang Er Mao Mao: Hahaha...】

【Official Chat Area Administrator Lion — Now issuing an emergency bounty notice, looking for a white mouse! Those who provide valid clues will be rewarded with points. Capturing is prohibited, any harmful behavior is prohibited. Anyone who violates this will be eliminated immediately!】

Soon, this message was pinned and marked in red.

【Although white mice are relatively rare, there's nothing special about them, right?】 Su Xi asked Er Miao.

Er Miao replied, 【That's right, Host.】

Su Xi suddenly thought of Da Miao, 【If Da Miao were here, I could have her transform into a white mouse, and we'd earn points for free.】

Er Miao, 【I'm afraid it's not that simple.】

Sure enough, while Su Xi and Er Miao were talking, the official side popped up a red warning — 【Team FJ209, provided false white mouse clues, 1st warning. If there is a 2nd time, the whole team will be eliminated!】

【You really called it right.】 Su Xi sighed.

"Hi~ it's your turn to go accept a mission." The person behind Su Xi reminded her softly.

Only then did Su Xi realize that the people in front were gone, and she hurriedly said to the person behind her, "Sorry, I was just busy looking at the official platform, I'll go now."

"It's okay." The other person was a girl with golden curly hair, some small freckles on her nose, and a green cloak draped over her.

Su Xi had seen this cloak in the System Store; it cost 20,000 points and could prevent scanning from other systems, as well as resist radiation, poison gas, and other damage.

"My name is Rui Xue Er, I am the captain of the Alliance."

"Hello, my name is Su Xi, a member of Angel Radiance. I'll go accept the mission first, so I don't delay everyone."

"Mm." Rui Xue Er nodded.

Su Xi sent a message in the group chat: "It's our turn."

"The task is randomly drawn by the officials; you just need to go and collect it," Wen Jie replied.

Su Xi received a green Task Scroll from the hands of an official staff member.

Seeing this, Rui Xue Er smiled and said, "It's a Level 1 task."

"You haven't even looked at it, and you already know?" Su Xi asked in surprise.

Rui Xue Er had also received a Task Scroll, which was a yellow scroll. "Official tasks are graded by color. Green is Level 1, blue is Level 2, yellow is Level 3, purple is Level 4, and black is Level 5. There are also some special tasks that aren't among the officially issued ones and require specific conditions to trigger."

"You know so much," Su Xi smiled. "I really don't know anything about this."

"Is this your first time participating in the Hundred Brilliance Cup?"

"Yes."

"No wonder. Shall we add each other as friends?"

"Sure." Su Xi opened the system and added Rui Xue Er.

Rui Xue Er also added Su Xi. "I'm going to find my teammates to prepare for the task. Let's stay in touch."

"Alright," Su Xi replied.

Er Miao said to Su Xi: "Host, be careful; you are in a competitive relationship."

"I know." Su Xi went back holding the green Task Scroll.

Wen Jie took the scroll and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's a Level 1 task," Su Xi said, feeling a bit sheepish.

Bing Li said, "It's perfect for cultivating our team's ability to cooperate."

The others had no objections, and even Gao Wei didn't say anything.

Wen Jie opened the Task Scroll: "Ying Hao Jie Di Tie Zhan, hunt 1,000 Snot Monsters. Completing the task will earn 10 points."

"What is a Snot Monster?" Su Xi had never heard of them and asked directly.

Wen Jie looked at her in surprise, "It's just the mutated version of a slug, right?"

Su Xi shook her head, "I don't know."

Bing Li asked, "Where are you from?"

Su Xi replied, "Yunze Dalu."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Lu Jin asked, "Which civilization level is Yunze Dalu located in within the system world?"