Chapter 73: Chapter 27: Command

What a difficult man, if we’re assigned training together, Wu Qingqing will crawl in shadows and scare him to death first.

“There will be agreements to sign then, confidentiality agreements.”

“No problem, remember to come by our boys’ dormitory later to install the game.” Hu Ping put his arms around two junior students’ shoulders and walked out of the school gates.

At the school gates, a sleek and cool hover car was waiting for them.

Seeing the car, Wu Qingqing turned green with envy. The newest version of the hover car, its top speed could exceed the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom, valued at thirty million.

Hu Ping actually used it as a transportation car.

“Master, can I custom order a Mecha from you this year? I’m so envious of him.”

“Dreams are meant to be.” Su Xiaocai added at the end, “Dreaming is good enough.”

Wu Qingqing whimpered.

The simulation pod was quickly installed with Feng Wansha’s technical support.

Su Xiaocai took out a square metal object, which was the main unit of Wisdom 02, and inserted a network cable, “02, transmit the command game to the two simulation pods before me.”

“Wisdom 02 received, transmitting, please wait two minutes.”

Just two minutes later, the game transmission was completed.

Xing Miao and Wu Qingqing were both very excited.

Su Xiaocai explained some precautions to them, “Without server support, Wisdom 02 can only support a maximum of 500 players simultaneously. Once inside, you must choose the beginner virtual mode. Do not select the real game mode, the sense of death in that mode is very intense, severely, it may cause psychological problems and lead to mental breakdown.”

“After choosing the beginner virtual mode, you can choose any difficulty. A key point is, this game is primarily for actual combat, so even the easy difficulty only means the scale of the command is small, all the war maps inside are randomly generated, even for the same map battle, character arrangements and enemy routes will change, you must adapt accordingly. Don’t trust companions too much, because they have independent personalities.”

After hearing this, Xing Miao couldn’t wait to try it. Her Command Department lacked experience, so after graduation, possibly only about twenty people could stand out.

Of these twenty or so, a large probability is that some will be eliminated.

After hearing Su Xiaocai’s words, Xing Miao immediately expressed her desire to enter first.

The other vacant slot was determined by rock-paper-scissors between Feng Wansha and Wu Qingqing. Wu Qingqing won and got the first trial rights.

They excitedly entered the game.

Once inside the game, they selected the beginner virtual mode, and the system prompted them to choose between easy, normal, and hard mode.

“You have chosen the easy mode in beginner mode, characters are being randomly generated.”

“You are the captain of a five-member team, with team members including a scout, a technician, and two Mecha Masters.” The distinct personality traits of each were also informed to the player.

“You are doing an underground exploration mission, this is the map given by the superior, you have three minutes to remember it.”

Counting down three minutes, Xing Miao focused on looking at the map, “Ten, nine, eight…”

“Players, please prepare, now entering the map.”

In a blink, Xing Miao found herself in the map, with four teammates whose faces all appeared different beside her.

In the information provided by the system, one of the two Mecha Masters was impulsive, while the other was more obedient. The scout was stable, the technician was a novice.

Wu Qingqing, on the other hand, faced a completely different situation from Xing Miao; she was also leading a five-person team, but when they landed from the air, three teammates were lost, and she must find a way to reunite with them within half a day.

Inside the game, the sensation of time flowing was inconsistent; an hour inside seemed like just five minutes outside.

Half an hour later, Xing Miao and Wu Qingqing came out at the same time. Wu Qingqing stumbled and fell to the ground, Xing Miao’s face was pale.

Both of them were doubting life.

Xing Miao played twice, each ending very tragically.

They hadn’t explored deep underground; first, the teammates had a conflict, and they started attacking each other, the bloody scenes frightened her enough.

Wu Qingqing, on a suicidal spree, chose the hard mode and was discovered by Alien Insect Men halfway through searching for teammates, captured into the nest.

Witnessing the internal scenes of the Insect Man Nest almost made her faint.

“How was it?” Su Xiaocai asked them about their experience playing.

Xing Miao: “I need to take it slow.”

Wu Qingqing: “Me too.”

From their looks of utter despair, Su Xiaocai realized that for her, the easy difficulty might be very unfriendly to Xing Miao and them.

But all these scenes were realistic, because in reality, the difficulty level really was such, most times when tasked, there’s just that bit of information.

If you don’t have enough experience, you’ll be eliminated, or even die.

Maybe they need an adaptation period.

“Wisdom 02, add a new difficulty level, called Friendly Beginner Mode, remove player teammate personality changes, reduce randomness by 50%, blur teammate death scenes by 50%.”

“Okay, generating mode, please wait a moment.” Wisdom 02 was changing the game data.

Xing Miao drank a sip of cool boiled water, feeling ready to battle again.

Wu Qingqing felt it wasn’t possible, the Insect Nest scenes were too real, the precision not inferior to those in the real world.

The human corpse piled into a mountain, blood flowing into rivers.

The vast Insect Mother continuously producing clone Insect Men.

Insect Men cut human flesh and chew it in their mouths, the delightful chewing sounds stimulated the nerves, even after leaving the game, the shadow couldn’t be eliminated.

Su Xiaocai: “I’ll go in with you, by the way, to see if there’s anything that needs further adjustment.”

Xing Miao immediately nodded in agreement, “I saw there’s a teammate mode inside, you can be an observer or a teammate, will you be the commander once?”

“Sure.” Su Xiaocai initially considered that some people couldn’t learn well without observing others, so there was the teammate mode.

The two teamed up to enter together, with Su Xiaocai acting as the commander, Xing Miao as the team member.

Still an underground exploration mission, but they rescued a survivor halfway through the mission, Xing Miao played this role.

When the dungeon door opened, Su Xiaocai assigned each team member their target mission.

Mechas couldn’t be driven underground, so Su Xiaocai dispatched the impulsive Mecha Master to protect the survivor, clearly issuing orders, “Number 5, you’re responsible for protecting the survivor. Ensure she’s well-protected, she’s an important member, there can be no mistakes. You’re one of the best fighters in the team, she’s dependent on you, understand?”

The impulsive person can easily lose their rational mind, but the captain’s trusting tone can help him remember commands well.

Number 5 nodded, indicating he understood, “I’ll definitely protect her, won’t leave her side.”

Once the troublemaker was settled, the command was basically steady.

Su Xiaocai took out the map and looked at it for several minutes, “We’ll go this way.”

Walking along, Su Xiaocai advised Xing Miao on how to read the map, “We’re in the mine cavity now, the environment is safe, the mission demands an underground exploration, so we can’t head towards the exit first, we can diverge a bit, search for informants.”

Even without survivors, if they’ve all hidden in secluded spots, it proves there’s danger ahead.

Su Xiaocai led Xing Miao along the way, teaching her how to think, commanding mustn’t be impulsive, once impulsive, there could be a total wipe-out.

“Of course, don’t be afraid to make mistakes, attempt to correct them if wrong, even if caught in a dire situation, there’s always a way to escape.” When Su Xiaocai became a squad leader, she made mistakes too, grinding through setbacks is a significant part of commanding.

No matter how helpless, one mustn’t let the mind collapse.

Xing Miao learned a lot following Su Xiaocai, much of it couldn’t be learned in command courses, as command is merely a theoretical course, combining theory with reality is evidently not an easy task.

Underground, encountering Insect Men eating miners, Su Xiaocai always remembered the mission, to investigate underground.

Knowing there were Insect Men underground, she immediately had the technician leave a mark and attempt to contact the outside, if unable, then write down what’s happening here.

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