Chapter Two Thousand Ninety-Three: Night Song's Outstanding Construction

“Like the previous two semifinal matches, this match is also set in a sparsely populated composite map. From a bird's eye view, we can see that the players are quite far apart, and the surrounding environment shows noticeable differences.”
很清楚某人因为自家两个闺女都在场上的原因很难正常解说，正太只得无奈地肩负起c位大任，在季家姐妹成功载入地图后正色道：“从两位选手之前的比赛分析，看得出来夜歌选手的优势在于各种工程学造物，比起战士、法师、游侠、盗贼、武僧这种常规战斗职业系，她是本届比赛中罕见以工程师这种被人们称之为‘辅助职业’或‘制造业’为主的参战选手，而事实也证明了，在【无罪之界】中只要有心，就算是夜歌选手这种工程师一样能够在战斗中大放异彩。”
The smiling figure next to him immediately clenched his fist and waved his hand, sneering, "The power of science, kid! Energy equals art! Truth lies only within the range of the cannon!"
"As for the anonymous contestant, he possesses truly astonishing individual combat capabilities."
Ignoring the taunts of the smiley face, the young man continued to introduce, "Whether it was the previous highlight match or the performances in the last two rounds, the anonymous player has shown us a breathtaking sense of pressure. Whether it’s speed, strength, or skill, everything is impeccable. Although they haven't faced renowned experts like Cordova or Awakening Dragon, being able to eliminate players ranked in the top twenty and defeat the seasoned player Sakamoto's Kei Yi in record time is already enough to prove the strength of the anonymous player."
With a proud smile, he said in a strangely arrogant tone, “When autumn comes on the eighth of September, my flowers will bloom and kill all the others!”
"Ahem."
Seeing that he had begun to speak without thinking, the wise wife could only cough slightly, reminding her husband to tone it down a bit.
Although the smile is usually quite shameless in front of anyone, when it comes to his wife, he is utterly obedient. So, despite being overly excited to the point of confusion at this moment, he still managed to force himself to calm down after that light cough, leaning back in his chair in a composed manner without saying a word.
“This is destined to be no ordinary match; the outcome may very well hinge on a single thought.”
As long as we don’t discuss the big flower morning glory, the always objective and reliable Xiao Xiao Bai squinted his eyes and said seriously: “In the last round of the competition, the Night Song player demonstrated a terrifying destructive power. Although even she herself cannot withstand that level of force, if that method can be used repeatedly, I believe that even strong opponents like Wake Dragon and Cordova, who have a clear gap in strength, would find it difficult to take it head-on. While the anonymous player has not shown her full power, from an objective analysis, I do not think she is tougher than the Cordova player.”
The virtuous wife pursed her lips and asked with some uncertainty, “But the Cordova player is at the epic tier, are you sure that even he can’t deal with the Nightingale player?”
“It's not that we have no way to deal with the Night Song player, but rather we have no way to handle the terrifying means by which the Night Song player took out both themselves and the Muxue Sword player in the last match.”
Little White shook their head and explained, “Don't forget, our 【Guilt Indictment Debate】 has never prohibited players from using 'external force'. As long as it's within the rules, everyone can fight however they want and use whatever they want. And we all know that, given equal quality, the direct power of those 【one-time consumables】 usually far exceeds that of 'equipment'.”
Shota nodded slightly and agreed, saying, “To give an imperfect example, let's take a high-tier epic quality long sword with a high usage threshold and a vial of high-tier epic quality poison with a high usage threshold. If we set aside the user’s strength, the former can kill a mid-tier monster with a single strike, while the latter might not be able to take down even ten high-tier monsters.”
“That's right, the night song player's tool used to eliminate the snow sword player earlier clearly has power that exceeds the limits of what a normal player can exert.”
Little White shrugged and complained, "I had considered before whether I could buy something in the game that is far more powerful than the average strength of others by throwing money at it without counting the cost, like spending hundreds of thousands of gold coins to buy an epic-level spell scroll that anyone can use, there should be plenty of maneuvering space for such things, right?"
“The operation space is one thing, but the cost-performance ratio is another.”
Sheng Tai shook his head and refuted, “Ultimately, even if everyone takes the competition seriously, such an extreme utilitarian approach may not be worthwhile. Setting aside competitors who lack the financial resources to implement such a drain, for studios or clubs with sufficient funding, enhancing their visibility, popularity, and public reputation through competitions is what truly matters. Spending a large amount of money on consumables to win a match not only fails to yield positive results but may also leave the impression of 'bullying', which can be counterproductive.”
With her delicate white brows slightly furrowed, Xiao Xiao asked again, "What if it's for the sake of earning rewards?"
“It would still be not worth the cost.”
正太继续摇头，淡淡地道：“能在比赛中发挥奇效的东西肯定很贵，硬实力不够或专业不对口的话，一路靠消耗品砸上来的开销恐怕是天文数字，而我们的奖励虽然不错，但伴随着大家实力的变强，这些奖励的价值也会不断降低，怎么算都是亏的。”
Little White rubbed his chin and pondered, "What if someone just wants to spend money to crush the opponent?"
“You're just being argumentative.”
The little boy rolled his eyes in annoyance, then cleared his throat and said seriously, “Well then, the preparation time is about to end, and I hope both contestants will perform well.”
```html“Little clever ghost, changes because of you.”
“Little clever ghost, desires the infinite.”
“Little clever ghost, works tirelessly and selflessly.”
“Little clever ghost, why must we harm each other...”
“The competition begins —”```
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Game Time: pm 18:31
[Trial Debate · Personal Battle] Match-specific Map s5609-7725
Southwest Continent, Nismont Lake Area
At the moment the match began, Ji Xiaogao suddenly made a difficult decision.
She decided to stop thinking—
The reason was simple. Because she wanted to get a good grade and her sister had specifically messaged her to encourage her, she didn’t want to lose. However, she had seen the other person overwhelm Ke Yi, and she didn’t know how to win, so she simply chose not to think about anything.
Of course, not thinking about anything doesn't mean she would simply daze off and wait for death; on the contrary, after regaining control of her body, the girl immediately began to take action. First, she rummaged through her bag and pulled out a large pile of materials resembling a small mountain. Then she took out tools like a power hammer and a charged drill, fluttering her wings as she got to work with a clatter of sounds.
That's right, instead of thinking about how to win against the opponent, Ji Xiao Ge directly entered her own rhythm as a 'Battlefield Engineer' and began constructing her position. This was not the kind of position that spellcasters create with complicated formations and spells, but literally, a position with trenches, fortifications, bunkers, and traps!
Mechanization!
Although during the time at Tianzhushan, her biggest hobby was sneaking into the kitchen to do some work when Lu Wei wasn't paying attention, as Lu's favorite apprentice, Ji Xiaoge is definitely not the type to let information go in one ear and out the other. On the contrary, thanks to her somewhat single-threaded but logically excellent mind, she basically understands everything that Master Lu teaches in engineering!
Indeed, while a teacher's high level of teaching ability is one aspect, it is only the continuous and even escalating positive feedback that can maintain a teacher's enthusiasm for teaching. In other words, ever since Qi Xiaoge became a disciple of Master Lu, he has almost never let the latter down, and the same goes for the teaching related to the 'battlefield.'
Although the profession of an engineer is never suited for directly confronting others on the battlefield, even the so-called "combat engineers" are more oriented towards 'support' and 'assistance' in the theater of war. Nevertheless, Ru Wei still explained to Ji Xiao Ge a large number of techniques on how to ensure one's own safety and win battles when unavoidable confrontations occur.
Firstly, the key is to clear the fog of war in specific locations and build a position in an area that one knows very well, after all, engineers are inherently vulnerable. Even though there are some emergency defensive measures, it is essential to avoid encounters as much as possible. This is the most fundamental strategy of maximizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses.
In the previous match against Mu Xuejian, due to being in a bad mood and a lack of desire for victory, Ji Xiaogei did not bother with the defensive position. Instead, she took a proactive approach with Katerin to search for the opponent, aiming to finish the match quickly for a sense of relief. This was quite unwise at the time. However, at this moment, without thinking about how to defeat the terrifying enemy, focusing wholeheartedly on practicing what she has learned, Ji Xiaogei is undoubtedly doing the right thing.
Thanks to the good habits developed during her adventures, Ji Xiaoge's backpack is almost filled with various semi-finished products. Among them, a portion consists of food-oriented semi-finished items, such as cured meats, frozen fish, vacuum-packed soup, and minced meat with fruits. The other portion contains practical semi-finished products, including fire starters, cannon mounts, pressure components, charging kits, blank rounds, and rune armor plates. At this moment, what Ji Xiaoge is doing is transforming the latter from semi-finished products into finished products.
This process is not simple, but for the chief engineer's highly knowledgeable and practically experienced apprentice from Tianzhushan, it's not too difficult to complete a well-equipped advanced technology base in a short time, especially with the foundation materials made entirely of luxurious rune alloy and tools that are uniquely epic-quality 'supply items.'
Over thirty rune cannons with iridescent coatings and a range of about fifty meters have been meticulously positioned by Ji Xiaoge in various corners within a five hundred meter radius centered around the main fortification. These weapons, equivalent in power to high-level rangers' low-consumption direct-fire armaments, have limited firepower but excel in high attack frequency and responsiveness. They can not only be remotely controlled but also automatically fire in conjunction with numerous nearby biological scanning devices. In addition to 'energy shells,' each cannon is also equipped with ten armor-piercing rounds, ten high-explosive rounds, and ten scatter rounds. Although expensive, this setup effectively compensates for the relatively weak conventional firepower.
In addition to the 【rune cannon】 and 【biological scanning device】, Ji Xiao Ge also deployed a large number of 【kvii-type magnetometers】. This is a heavy device that only has 'attractive' and 'repulsive' functions, with an effective range of about three meters. Its characteristic is that the target of its effect is not conventional metals, but rather the units it has 'marked'. In other words, if the 【kvii-type magnetometer】 marks a Mud Kachoo A, its effect target is solely Mud Kachoo A, while metals, Mud Kachoo B, and Big Flower Morning Glory will not be affected. Additionally, these magnetometers can synchronize and download data on the 'marked' units within a certain range, making it a very flexible special device.
不过因为这些装置触及到了四位解说的知识盲区，所以他们虽然又在努力地推测季晓鸽的布置，但除了【符文机炮】这种比较明显的东西之外，能被猜中功能的基本没有几件，而伴随着时间的推移，方圆半里内的几乎被季晓鸽铺满了类似东西，从能够发射激光和脉冲的【符文棱晶塔】到能够检测敌对目标的【感应式遥控火雷】应有尽有。
On the other hand, the anonymous figure, whose face was once again concealed by equipment and cloaked in a black robe, immediately initiated a carpet search of the current map at the start of the match, displaying an astonishing speed, clearly aiming to find the opponent and end the battle as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, while the anonymous tactical approach was completely correct, her luck was not quite as good. Despite the high search efficiency, she could not capture the theoretically most vulnerable Yegao for the first ten minutes. When she finally located Yegao nearby, she was momentarily confused by some kind of engineering device that could mask its presence and apply slight interference, preventing her from breaking in immediately.
Until nearly twenty minutes into the match, Ye Ge had armed himself to the teeth, expanding the terrain by a full three circles before the anonymous player finally pinpointed his location.
And then--
It burst in like a fierce storm.
In the next moment, almost able to shatter eardrums, a piercing alarm echoed through the skies, accompanied by the thunderous roar of countless dazzling engineering devices, including but not limited to energy shocks, rune pulses, cluster bombs, tea eggs, and deceptive mines, all raining down like a torrential downpour. Among these was also a blue armor-piercing round personally fired by Ji Xiao Ge using the 【Valkyrie Catherine's Sniper Mode】.
"Huh…" Kyle looked up at the elderly professor, it seemed like he had just heard his teacher's laughter. "Is everything alright, professor?"
However, as the anonymous figure approached the Night Singing Array, they merely emitted a processed laugh that was indistinguishable in gender and tone. Immediately, they simultaneously extended their hands behind them, and in the moment of drawing out two swords of different lengths, they took a misstep and twisted their body—
【Normal Attack】*57!
Chapter 2093: The End