The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 118 - 117 League 3, Carrying the Pot and Seasonings

Chapter 118: Chapter 117 League 3, Carrying the Pot and Seasonings

Song Nuan’s team, aside from herself, consisted of academy students who were rather noteworthy.

Although Lan Weiying was part of the Pharmaceutical Department, she herself had an S-rank physique. Before coming to the school, she had studied with an instructor from the Mecha Single Soldier Department, which was why she enrolled two years late. Her strength was on par with Lan Xingye’s.

The remaining five members also had S-rank physiques, including one from the Mecha Design Department.

Of course, for these students, having a high physique did not necessarily mean they were strong, but generally, a high physique meant a higher level of spiritual power.

Lan Weiying was always the nation’s high and cold goddess. Only Lan Xingye looked at Qu Tong’s group with a sense of superiority, mocking and disdainful.

Qu Tong did not want to waste time. With a glance to signal, she led her group away.

Qu Tong, representing the team, collected their supplies: a Space Button with a preservation function, used for storing the hunted Star Beasts, a standard prop gun that had no substantial effect but came with 10 "bullets" that could be used to eliminate opponents.

Xu An also collected identity tags from their instructor.

The identity tag was a badge that recorded student information; each academy’s identity tag had a different color—First Military Academy’s was red, while the Second Military Academy’s was blue.

This badge, co-developed by several military academies, was very useful, and every student had to wear it on their chest.

It included a small Space Button with a space of only one cubic meter. During the competition period, all other belongings, aside from the mecha’s Space Button, had to be temporarily left with the instructor.

The badge had a mechanism that would emit white smoke when hit by the competition-specific prop gun, signifying elimination.

If one chose to forfeit or encountered danger, they could press the emergency button on the badge. The patrolling instructor and officers would receive the signal and promptly arrive. However, in any situation, pressing the button meant forfeiture.

Qu Tong crammed the needed items into the Space Button of her identity tag.

There were important items in her Space Button that she did not want to hand over to the instructor.

So she found an excuse to call over Wen You, then gave her the grapes and the Space Button.

When preparing the grapes, Qu Tong had specially prepared a portion for Si Yuting.

But she did not ask Wen You to give her Space Button to Si Yuting as well!!!

Having returned from Luyi Star in such a rush, she had not had the chance to transfer her possessions, and almost all of her belongings were in that Space Button.

Giving it to Si Yuting gave her the feeling that her lifeline was in his hands.

But the teachers were already urging them to board the spacecraft for inspection, so it was clearly not possible to take it back now.

All she could do was pray that Si Yuting was a gentleman who wouldn’t casually look through her Space Button.

Every student had to pass through a specific detection device to ensure they did not bring prohibited items to the competition.

Principal Wei and Ju Zhongyi from the Second Military Academy had strange expressions when they saw the Space Button Potion and food that Qu Tong brought.

"Principal Wei, your academy’s students really think of everything. Not only did they bring so many different flavors of Nutrient Solution, but they also brought a lot of Purified Meat and Energy Plants," Ju Zhongyi could not help but chuckle.

The netizens outside the live broadcast were going crazy with laughter.

[Help, she even brought seasonings and a pot.]

[She also brought a lot of Purification Liquid, is she planning to go in, kill Star Beasts and eat their meat right away? So funny.]

[Are you sure she’s going to a military competition and not camping? The Princess Consort is too cute.]

[Maybe she’s accepting defeat from the get-go, planning to enjoy the moment.]

[This mindset is spot on.]

Principal Wei was somewhat embarrassed by Ju Zhongyi’s teasing, but seeing Qu Tong’s matter-of-fact expression, he kindly reminded, "Qu Tong, the league only lasts for two weeks, so you only need to bring three or four vials of High-grade Energy Liquid."

Qu Tong glanced at the various unlabeled potions in her Space Button and earnestly replied, "I’m a bit picky about what I eat."

This left Principal Wei speechless, and the others cast amused glances at her. Qu Tong pretended not to notice and, after asking if she could leave, boarded the spaceship with Xu An and the others.

Once the students from other academies had also been checked, dozens of spaceships with students flew off to the designated competition area.

On the spaceship, as Qu Tong’s mentoring teacher, Han Song dutifully made plans for everyone.

"The competition is divided into two rounds, passing the first round means you’ve survived; then, the final scores will depend on the points scored if you make it to the second round."

"According to the data from the past league events, the first round only eliminates about 30% of the students. If you can’t hold on through the first round, no matter how good your end-of-term written exam scores are, you won’t be promoted."

"Of course, it’s much easier to earn points in the first round than in the second. While ensuring you don’t get eliminated, try to kill as many Star Beasts as possible and avoid conflicts with other teams."

"Both level one and level two Star Beasts give very few points, so unless you’re dealing with a group of them, try to avoid wasting time on them and focus on levels three and four Star Beasts. Those capable can also target level five Star Beasts."

"As for level six Star Beasts, considering the general gap between students’ physical capacities and strengths, it’s recommended not to attempt them unless there are more than five S-rank students in the team."

Killing a level one Star Beast yields 10 points

Level two Star Beast—50 points

Level three Star Beast—100 points

Level four Star Beast—500 points

Level five Star Beast—1000 points

Level six Star Beast—5000 points

Generally, the strength of a Star Beast at the same level is greater than that of students with little combat experience, barely manageable with Mecha. The average strength of first-year students is sufficient for level three and four Star Beasts.

The ten teams under Han Song’s guidance were not exceptionally outstanding, so his advice was particularly meaningful.

When Qu Tong heard that there weren’t even any high-level Star Beasts in the first round, her interest was instantly diminished.

Soon, the ten teams were sequentially dropped onto the ground. The drop locations were random, but evenly spread. What kind of Star Beasts they would encounter depended on luck and the team leader’s decisions.

As all the students entered the competition area, online netizens had already started their heated discussions.

A few teams that were particularly favored became the focus of the conversations.

The team led by Lan Xingye, an SS-rank from the First Military Academy; the team guided by Wen Qing, an SS-rank from the Second Military Academy; the team captained by Mi Nuo, an S-rank from the Third Military Academy; and several other strong teams caught the netizens’ keen interest, and the number of viewers in their live streams was significantly higher than in others.

Thanks to the various ingredients Qu Tong brought with her, many of her foodie fans and onlookers flooded into their live stream for entertainment.

Of course, the competing students couldn’t see the online discussions. Aside from instructors and mentors, other students were not permitted to use their neuro-computers within the competition area.

Upon reaching the ground, Qu Tong expanded her spiritual power to scout for Star Beasts within a five-mile radius.

In this competition, individuals with higher levels of spiritual power held an advantage, as they possessed sharper perceptual abilities which could lead the team to find Star Beasts quicker and earn points.

"Which level of Star Beasts would you guys like to start with?"

After scouting, Qu Tong asked for everyone’s opinion as she only knew their physical level, not their true strength.

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