ushernet Chapter 162 The Miraculous Examination Hall ( )
Chapter 162 The Miraculous Examination Hall ( )
The morning's competitions have all ended. As expected, none of the remaining individual events in Dong Yinmiao's study group resulted in a top-three finish; they were all just bystanders.
After all, they were the study group with the highest total score, so it's normal for them to be targeted.
The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.
The only remaining hope is the badminton doubles in the afternoon and the team events on the last day.
"Just do your best in the badminton doubles this afternoon. Xiaoqin and A-Ling, you're still just decoys. Our main players are still Luo Shen and Yi Hua," Dong Yinmiao said calmly. "Don't be discouraged if you don't get a reward in the doubles. Our main task now is to continue to hide the true skills of the Wordless Book and A-Ling's prop—the Shared White Paper."
"If we're too dominant at the beginning, it's inevitable that we'll be targeted later. We can only take the initiative and win as many gold medals as possible as quickly as possible," Dong Yinmiao said calmly. "The opportunity we're waiting for is the final team competition."
In a sports meet with 3 to 6 participants, winning gold medals in every event is impossible. Furthermore, if a group wins more than two gold medals, it will inevitably be targeted by other groups. Since being targeted is unavoidable, the best course of action is to swiftly and decisively seize the gold medals first.
This is why Dong Yinmiao's study group's competitions are mostly concentrated on the first day. Few people can participate in competitions consecutively in one day, so even if others want to guard against members of Dong Yinmiao's group, they can't keep up with their speed of attack.
Just like the saying goes: speed is of the essence in war, and speed is the only way to win in martial arts.
The group members' participation on the second day was just a formality, and Dong Yinmiao didn't have high expectations.
Dong Yinmiao had originally considered having Situ Ling and Luo Yuheng team up for badminton doubles, but while this would greatly increase their chances of winning a gold medal, it would also expose Situ Ling's true weapon: the shared white paper.
Because Situ Ling used Dong Yinmiao's "Wordless Book" in both the 50-meter dash and weightlifting, and used "Lightning Speed" in the 50-meter dash, the other candidates couldn't tell what Situ Ling's prop skill was. During the weightlifting competition, Situ Ling also disguised herself like Dong Yinmiao, pretending to use "Economic Leverage."
If Situ Ling were to use He Yihua's skills, the shared white paper would be exposed. After all, students choosing politics courses wouldn't have the same coordinate system panel as students choosing physics courses.
Luo Yuheng, who had been quietly following orders, suddenly spoke up: "I'll be in a group with Situ Ling. We'll use the Wordless Heavenly Book."
“But the idiom skills from the wordless book must be written down first, making it difficult to adapt to changing circumstances. We also can’t use the creature summoning skill for the sake of disguise,” Dong Yinmiao said with some worry. “Otherwise, we won’t be able to compete in tomorrow’s team competition.”
“Controlling my Super Brain isn’t a problem. Situ Ling doesn’t need control; she just needs to be able to counter-control and interfere.” Luo Yuheng picked up a pen, wrote three idioms in his palm, and handed them to Situ Ling, saying, “Can you think of the corresponding political terms or tactics?”
Situ Ling looked at it for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Okay."
Luo Yuheng withdrew his hand and looked at Dong Yinmiao, saying, "Then there's no problem."
Dong Yinmiao nodded and said, "Alright, in badminton doubles, Luo Yuheng and Situ Ling will be one team, and He Yihua and Zeng Runqin will be the other. Good luck, everyone."
Dong Yinmiao didn't have time to watch their badminton doubles match; instead, she was carefully thinking about tomorrow's team competition.
Similar to the individual race, Dong Yinmiao and his team signed up for the 4x800 and kayaking events because they were the first and second events on the morning of the third day.
As the study group currently ranked first in total points, Dong Yinmiao and his team will inevitably face suppression from many aspects.
It would probably take an average high school senior 3 to complete the 800-meter race in 3-4 minutes, but with the help of skills, that time would definitely be greatly reduced.
For example, Situ Ling once used "speeding like lightning," He Yihua controlled the "acceleration" movement, English course students used "speed up," and history course students used "blitzkrieg," etc.
Therefore, to win in a team competition, you must take the initiative.
Candidates can activate their props or skills either by reading them aloud or by manually operating them.
Taking the wordless book as an example, summoning creatures requires reciting them aloud, and using idioms requires writing the idioms in advance. Both require actions to complete, and by locking these two actions, you can restrict other players' skills.
However, this kind of group control only works on everyone except the skill user, meaning it doesn't distinguish between friend and foe.
Therefore, Dong Yinmiao had to come up with a way to both block the skills of other study groups and unlock the skills blocked by members of his own school's study group.
Dong Yinmiao's initial plan was to use "Silence" and "Statue of a Feather" first, so that she could easily complete the first 800 meters during the skill's duration. However, her relay teammates would be unable to continue to the next 800 meters due to the skill's effect. Once the skill expired, the retaliation from other groups would come in overwhelmingly, and the advantage she had previously built would be completely wiped out.
Dong Yinmiao, who had just completed his first 800-meter run, also had to leave the testing site, unable to help his teammates behind him.
If it's just a brief pause in the skill's duration, waiting for teammates to leave the skill's control range before reactivating the skill, then sorry, Dong Yinmiao will have already left the field by then.
The exams at the exam center are very fair and just. No matter how good your control skills are, you can't win a team battle by yourself.
Dong Yinmiao's mind raced, and she finally decided to try out her method in the discussion room tonight.
Dong Yinmiao shuddered and slapped away Qiao Zishan's hand that was on her shoulder.
Qiao Zishan laughed and said, "I was just so lost in thought that I didn't hear what we were saying."
"Huh?" Dong Yinmiao then noticed that the badminton doubles match had ended and Luo Yuheng and the other three had returned to the stands.
Qiao Zishan said happily, "Sanshui, that's great! We can have an extra meal tonight!"
Zeng Runqin rolled her eyes at Qiao Zishan, annoyed: "Eat! Eat! Eat! All you know is how to eat!"
"I'm still growing!" Qiao Zishan said unhappily, "Just because you don't eat doesn't mean I can't eat either?!"
"Hmph, he's eighteen years old, what more could he possibly grow!"
Dong Yinmiao ignored the bickering duo and instead made a heart shape with her hands at Situ Ling, saying, "Awesome."
Situ Ling stared blankly at the gold medal in her hand, then stiffly turned to Dong Yinmiao and said, "Can I say that I had no idea what happened at all?"
In order to prevent the opponent from discovering what Situ Ling's interference skills were, Luo Yuheng gave the three idioms code names: "cough," "humph," and "hmm."
Anyway, Situ Ling felt that she was just as confused as her opponent throughout the whole event, except that Situ Ling was using her "reading between the lines" skill silently.
The opponents probably don't understand how they lost either.
At the 4x800m test site, Dong Yinmiao, as the first runner, was already on the track. As the starting gun fired, she immediately activated her "drowsy" skill.
Drowsiness: After using this skill in the examination room, candidates within a certain range (excluding the user) will fall asleep for five minutes and cannot be awakened except by external force. Cooldown time: 15 minutes.
After using the drowsy method, Dong Yinmiao did not start running immediately. Instead, he walked behind her and woke up his teammate, Qiao Zishan, who was waiting for him.
After Dong Yinmiao had run a certain distance, the sober Qiao Zishan immediately rushed to the baton exchange position.
Dong Yinmiao started running at full speed, and when he was 100 meters away from the handover point, which was the 800-meter starting point.
"Only the hollow tree harbors a bewitching fox. The serene nine-tailed fox, with its charm, bewitches all directions."
As Dong Yinmiao finished speaking, the Wordless Heavenly Book activated its creature summoning skill, and a pure white nine-tailed fox appeared beside Dong Yinmiao.
Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox: When it transforms into human form and sings, it possesses a bewitching ability that causes examinees who hear its song to fall into an illusion.
When they were 10 meters away from the handover point, Dong Yinmiao gave the order for the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox to transform and sing.
The pure white nine-tailed fox transformed into a beautiful woman in ancient costume, her red lips parted slightly as she sang a song that Dong Yinmiao could not understand.
Because they had planned to summon the Nine-Tailed Fox from the start, the teammates after the second runner all stuffed cotton balls in their ears beforehand and spent points to buy three pairs of headphones. This was all to avoid being seduced by the singing.
The instant Dong Yinmiao and Qiao Zishan completed the handover, Dong Yinmiao was teleported away from the arena, but the skills he had already used were unaffected.
After the drowsy skill ended, it was almost a seamless transition; they were once again under group control, this time for ten minutes.
In ten minutes, with Qiao Zishan's all-out sprint, He Yihua's accelerated movement, and Situ Ling's lightning speed, the regional first place was practically guaranteed. As for the champion, that was also highly likely.
After all, it's rare for a study group to have three teammates who can accelerate progress.
If Dong Yinmiao didn't possess the wordless book, then among their study group, only He Yihua could perform accelerated movements. Although Luo Yuheng's "Super Brain" skill also involves control, it couldn't achieve acceleration.
As a sports student, Qiao Zishan naturally completed the 800-meter race faster than candidates without acceleration skills.
Without interference, Qiao Zishan and He Yihua are already very fast, so what if you add two more like Lightning Speed?
It's safe to say that Dong Yinmiao's study group is a shoo-in for the championship in this competition.
Even if all four members of a study group possess skills that allow for acceleration, you still need to be able to use them, no matter how fast you are. It's rare to find a team like Dong Yinmiao's, which combines crowd control, three acceleration abilities, and a teammate who is already quite fast.
From the very beginning of the registration process, Dong Yinmiao knew exactly where their study group was positioned to score points, and they aimed to take the initiative and grab points first.
This is why Dong Yinmiao instructed Situ Ling to hide their true item skills with him in the early stages, so as to win the championship without revealing them.