Chapter 262: Interuniversity Tournant
The New Year celebration was just around the corner. It was only one month away.
Even though the rotation and orbital period of the Other World was slightly different than that of Earth so the sa calendar system could not be used, once the societal order recovered, the transmigrators soon rembered their traditional holidays.
It was one of the few connections they still had with their ho planet.
The New Year celebration was incredibly lively and grand.
Red lanterns were hung all over the streets weeks away, and banners filled with words [Welco to a New Year] were all over the place as well. Fireworks and crackers made of all sorts of monster powder were released into the night sky to light it up with their brilliant colors.
Since the shops had a lot of resources, all hos had a thick aroma of at. The culture of eating that had lasted for thousands of years in Dragon City created an amazing chemical reaction when the people ran into ingredients from monsters.
One family made Demonic Halberd Pig sausages, while another family used the thod to make roasted ducts to cook incredibly juicy reptile-type monsters. There were even shops that created a hotpot with a diater of more than two ters so that the people could cook Iron-armored Rhinoceros at in it.
As news of victory from the frontlines was sent back along with all sorts of frozen superbeast at, the normal citizens gained benefits too, because as the developnt of the new area went well, their pockets also beca full of money. They saw hope and believed that they could now have a taste of the legendary Nightmarish Beasts.
It was the sa for the ng family.
Ever since Bai Suxin began receiving treatnt and could walk around smoothly, she fell in love with going out to shop. She did not like buying clothes or beauty products, but she enjoyed going to markets in the corners, which sold items at fair prices, or suppliers. She had all sorts of ways to cook good food for the family.
When she heard that her son was about to return ho victorious in a few days, she prepared a whole balcony of pickled snakes, dried lizards, Demonic Halberd Pig sausages, and Iron-armored Rhinoceros jerky to replenish all the nutrients her son had lost over the months.
She also used spices unique to the Other World to prepare around twenty types of flavors and had her daughter taste test her food, which resulted in her gaining eight kilograms. The girl grew so terrified of it that she ran off whenever she slled the aroma of at.
But while she could usually run away, she could not on that day. When it was ti to eat, Bai Jiacao obediently sat at the dining table. Even ng Yishan, who was really busy because the company’s business had been growing, ca ho on ti. The family turned on their television and watched the latest news report from the frontlines with wide eyes.
“Little Cao, will your brother really be on television today?” Bai Suxin handed her daughter a dried lizard.
“Of course, the sports channel will be livestreaming the freshn tournant between the alliance of the five universities and the freshn from Dragon City University. I heard that the situation this year is going to be different. Since a lot of freshn reached a breakthrough during the battle, the five-n tournant can no longer fully display the strength of both sides.
“So, they changed it to a 100 vs 100 super tournant. They’re even going to livestream the entire thing! ng Chao is on the list of the alliance of the five universities, so we’ll definitely be able to see him later!” Bai Jiacao handed the dried lizard to her father.
ng Yishan looked troubled. He glanced at his daughter, then at his wife.
The two of them stared at him expressionlessly.
He could only take a bite of the lizard and force a smile. “Dear, your cooking is pretty good. It tastes great. Since this tastes so good, when A’chao cos back, he’ll be letting you down if he doesn’t eat all of the food in the balcony!”
As he spoke, overhead shots from Shattered Starlake and Graveyard Forest were displayed on the screen. They were all shots taken by the drones.
At that mont, the northern frontlines had already done a 180 degrees turn compared to when ng Chao had gone over a few months ago.
Two railroads and a six-vehicle highway had been built. They stretched from the main city to Shattered Starlake and went through Graveyard Forest to under Raging Waves.
Every day, tons of resources were sent to the depths of the wild by the main road.
Automatic steel construction machines weighing nearly one thousand tons dug out intersecting drains and canals in Shattered Starlake. Then, water pumps with high horsepower worked day and night to extract the accumulated water in the swamps, which then shrank in size and revealed black mud underneath.
The mud contained nutrients that had accumulated from various living beings and microorganisms at the bottom of the swamp for thousands of years. As long as it was mixed with monster blood, flesh, or bone powder as well as fertilizer, it would beco an endless mass of fertile land.
The first batch of dried and modified swamps had rows of silver tents. The etherealized plant botanists and agricultural scientists planted the seeds of genetically modified etherealized plants on the land, so when sumr and autumn arrived, they would bear fruit containing vast amounts of spirit energy.
The originally dark Graveyard Forest was surrounded and attacked by superhumans and the Red Dragon Army multiple tis, so almost all of the superbeasts as well as carnivorous etherealized plants that posed a threat were killed or chased into Raging Waves or further into the wild.
A few sections of the forest had already been smoothed out. The mining and slting factories, spirit energy transportation stations, and the various other heavy industries centered around crystals and tals from the Other World began to be built rapidly once the pile drivers, cranes, drills, modularized assembly machines and various construction machines were brought in. The beginnings of the industrial area were just set up.
As for Raging Waves, even though Dragon City was unable to develop it for the ti being, hundreds of armored airships flew over it every day. One of the reasons was to monitor whether there were still high-grade superbeasts wandering in the mountains, and the other reason was to gather the spirit energy that was still gushing out from underground. They also used the environnt above Raging Waves to conduct various scientific experints, because the air above Raging Waves contained a lot of spirit energy.
Over the month after the spirit energy magnetic field beca stable and the communications between the frontlines and the rear smoothed out, many dia outlets and websites started livestreaming the northern offense all day without stop.
Only certain core secrets were not shown. Since all Dragon Citizens were soldiers, the livestreams of the war effort could give them pride, and the belief that they were bound to win gave them motivation to cultivate and fight.
As they watched how the land turned from an uncultivated area that had nothing but danger into a paradise for Earthlings, the pride they had for overcoming difficulties and opening up the land beca the most valuable wealth and fighting power.
This was especially so for families like the ng family. Since they had family mbers fighting at the frontlines, they felt incredibly proud.
“One month ago, we encountered an extrely rare spirit energy geyser at the northern offense, and the entire battlefield turned into a blessed ground filled with spirit energy. The superhumans who had been working in the battlefield, especially the new superhumans who had just started showing their splendour, welcod a tactical blessing that only appears once in a blue moon.
“Based on incomplete data, thousands of one-star superhumans below thirty have gained various degrees of improvent from the spirit energy geyser.
“Then, the freshn from the six universities started fighting fiercely with victory at hand while led by the freshn of Dragon City University. They fought fiercely and broke through the limits of their lives ti and again, fully displaying the spirit of Dragon City, Earth, and humans!
“Today, we’ve gained a firm hold over hundreds of kiloters of fertile land from Raging Waves to Shattered Starlake. Dragon City has taken a firm step forward on its path to conquering the Other World. Our youngsters are bound to arrive at the top of the Other World. How great is their strength currently? Now, let us bear witness to it...”
The comntator’s voice ca from the television.
ng Yisha, Bai Suxin, and Bai Jiacao held their breaths and watched with wide eyes.
The cara lens on the drone suddenly zood in. The scene was continuously magnified, and it stopped at a corner of Graveyard Forest, where a huge arena had been set up.
There were two preparation areas set at two sides of the forest. Two hundred students from Dragon City University and the alliance of the five universities were warming up over there. The cara swept past them.
“Over the past month, we have livestread a few of the fights of these new superhumans on our platform, and we have also interviewed so of the outstanding new superhumans. I believe that you are not unfamiliar with so of them.”
As the comntator said this, the cara stopped for a brief ti on a few students.
All of them had outstanding battle achievents, and their strength was above that of others. They were all the outstanding people among the new superhumans.
ng Chao was among them.
As if he had noticed the drone, he smiled brilliantly and waved at the cara
“Look, it’s Big Brother! He looks to have grown taller over the last few days. Ah, seriously, now, I’m at most only up to his chest!” Bai Jiacao cried out.
“It’s really A’chao!” ng Yishan and Bai Jiacao were shocked and delighted.
Almost a year ago, their son had been rolling about on his bed, wondering whether he could get into a better postsecondary specialized college. Who could have expected that after so ti, he would be able to shine brilliantly on the battlefield and stand out among thousands of new superhumans.
This change caused them, as parents, to feel gratified and delighted, but their hearts also ached because their son had been training and fighting madly.
“The freshn tournant between Dragon City University and the alliance of the five universities comprising the University of Technology, Agricultural University, dical University, and the University of Science is a traditional tournant that has a long history. In the past, we had a five versus five group battle, but this year, the youngsters of Dragon City have risen to power, and we can say to have entered the golden era. Hundreds of people have reached the standards of the outstanding people in the past.
“Hence, the tournant this year is an unprecedented 100 vs 100, and no other tournant will be like it. The rules are very simple. Both sides will each send out one hundred candidates, and they will enter the dangerous Graveyard Forest at the sa ti. The sensory chips implanted in the defensive suits will monitor the students’ physiological paraters. They will produce simulations and analyze the students’ injuries to judge whether they have been defeated.
“Before either side’s last contestant is determined to have lost, they will have the chance to fight one against ten and turn the tides despite being in a desperate situation. Graveyard Forest has a complicated environnt, which adds quite a lot of variables to the tournant. We will wait and see just which is the stronger, Dragon City University or the alliance of the five universities.
“Alright, the contestants from both sides have entered Graveyard Forest. We will talk in detail about the star contestants and the analysis of their fighting strengths during the exciting battles later. Now, let the tournant officially begin!”
“Mom!” Bai Jiacao was so excited that she slapped the table. “The tournant has started! What are you doing?! Hurry up and look for where Big Brother is!”
“Wait, let send a ssage,” Bai Suxin said calmly. “I have to make all our relatives watch A’chao’s match.”
She pressed send and opened another group chat.
“Are you done?” Bai Jiacao was getting really worked up.
“Yeah, I’m sending a ssage to our neighbors now,” Bai Suxin said. “A’chao is the pride of Blessed Heavenly Garden. If our neighbors know that he’s on TV, they’ll definitely co to cheer for him.”
She sent another ssage.
“What about now?” Bai Jiacao wiped off her sweat. It was from how worked up and excited she was.
“I also joined a few grocery shopping groups and the patient group in the dical center...”
Bai Suxin sent the ssage about the tournant to more than ten groups, and she deliberately attached the picture of ng Chao smiling at the cara just now. She added the caption “My Son” to the picture and sent it to all groups.
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