The enormous prize money set everyone's nerves tingling, sending dopamine surging through their systems.
Everyone felt like they were suddenly standing tall! The expedition team's public communication channel buzzed with chatter.
"Holy shit! First place really gets a prize of twenty million Beichen Coins?!"
"I regret it! I shouldn't have thought that more people would be better!"
"A twenty-person team gets half the prize money of a ten-person team!"
"Don't put it that way. A twenty-person team will score higher and have an easier time ranking near the top."
"...That makes sense too."
"But the difference between first and second place is huge! A full three times!"
"The prize money is really that high?! Why are only the top three rewarded?!"
"We have over twenty teams!"
"There are only a little over twenty teams in total, and they're rewarding the top three. Those odds are already pretty good, so don't be greedy!"
Everyone was loudly arguing, utterly excited.
Xia Chujian, however, was not so optimistic.
She thought, did these people really believe that the danger from nineteen years ago would not happen to them?
And what kind of mission objectives had the school assigned them?!
Shouldn't they first survey the condition of this planet?! Xia Chujian was suspicious, but of course she would not foolishly ask outright.
Besides, once Zong Ruoning announced the prize money, she had already considered first place hers for the taking.
No matter what, she intended to work well with Seven Lù and seize this grand prize!
Unfortunately, awards could only be claimed by teams. Otherwise, she could have found a way for her own people to sweep the top three! She sighed regretfully, then saw the doors to the Starry Sky Exploration Ship's Bottom Cabin open.
The Flying Vehicles shot out like arrows leaving their