He Could Really Fucking Boast!

Bai Xiaowen smiled, ignoring Chen Guowei's interruption, and explained the reason for her speculation.

In Crystal Destruction Mode, everyone starts at level 1, with their equipment and items sealed. Players need to develop their character to gradually regain their strength. Higher-level Awakened Ones have an advantage in the later stages of the game, as they can unseal their characters to their actual level, effectively giving them a level cap one or two levels higher than lower-level Awakened Ones.

In this mode, Qi Ruifeng's early advantage disappears, and his chances of winning will inevitably decrease.

As for the Boss Challenge Mode, it's the Yi-Yi mode where the two teams don't clash head-on. Defeating the BOSS is Bai Xiaowen's forte as Summoner Class, and his feat of single-handedly defeating the level 7 BOSS Ranger General is not to be underestimated by Jiangnan University.

After explaining the disadvantages of these two modes for Jiangnan University, Bai Xiaowen concluded. "I've dealt with Qi Ruifeng once, and my deepest impression of him is his pragmatism... He doesn't care about empty fame as long as it benefits him. Therefore, he will definitely choose to ban one of these two modes that are disadvantageous to him. If I had to say which is more likely, the Crystal Destruction Mode is 70% likely, and the Boss Challenge Mode is 30% likely."

The other team members nodded in agreement, including Liu Fei.

The only one who didn't nod was the team leader, Zhao Yuting. Lately, her attitude towards Bai Xiaowen had been extremely poor; she barely spoke a word to him, and when they met, she wouldn't even greet him, her face was icy cold, as if Bai Xiaowen owed her millions...

Most people would be heartbroken and upset if treated so coldly by a goddess, but Bai Xiaowen wasn't. Although he was a little puzzled as to when he had offended this young lady, he wouldn't shamelessly try to smooth things over. Maintaining a distance was fine.

Bai Xiaowen continued, "As for the remaining modes, we won't go into the individual competition. In the team competition, there's the True Kill Mode and the Resource Raid Mode. True Kill Mode tests teamwork, while Resource Raid Mode tests small-scale teamwork between two or three people, as well as the application and execution of strategies and tactics. Tonight, we'll have a intensive training session on small-scale teamwork."

Liu Fei, whose status on the University Team has recently become somewhat marginalized, seized the opportunity to assert his presence. "Practicing only small-scale teamwork, are we betting everything on the Resource Raid Mode? What if we bet wrong?"

Bai Xiaowen said, "If you practice small-scale teamwork well, it will still be useful even if you draw the True Kill Mode."

"Isn't there still King of the Hill Mode in the individual competition? Why did you say you weren't going to mention it anymore..." Liu Fei's voice was a little soft.

Bai Xiaowen smiled calmly, "If we draw the King of the Hill Mode, then Jiangnan University is just unlucky."

Chen Guowei chuckled and said, "Old Bai, you're really bragging. I don't believe you can take on five opponents at once."

"Want to make a bet?" Bai Xiaowen snapped his fingers. "If I draw the 'King of the Hill Mode '... then the bet will be in effect. I'm betting on whether I can defeat five opponents in one go."

"Okay, how do we decide the winner?" Chen Guowei said carelessly, "How about the loser washes the winner's smelly socks for a month..."

Everyone covered their faces in disgust; it was too vicious.

"You don't need to wash my socks," Bai Xiaowen waved her hand. "Let's make a bet... The loser has to grant the other person one request unconditionally."

Chen Guowei was a little wary. "What kind of requirements? I'm a respectable person."

"A reasonable request. To gamble or not?"

"I'm not gambling anymore," Chen Guowei decisively admitted defeat.

Bai Xiaowen shook her head. "So timid, I wouldn't trick you... Fine, everyone, follow the order I've arranged, two people per group, different groups practice against each other. Let's begin."

The following Saturday, the Jinghai University Team formed an off-road vehicle convoy and, accompanied by awakened experts dispatched by the university, headed to Jiangnan University.

The navigation route from Jinghai Base City to Jiangnan Base City is regularly cleared by the Jianghai Military Region government, which organizes awakened individuals to conduct clean-up operations. The official term for these regular clean-up operations is "stability maintenance." To elaborate further, the "shipping fees" attached to transactions in the Virtual Hall are basically handed over to the central treasury, and a portion of them are then allocated to the regular "stability maintenance" funds in various regions.

The navigation routes between the various base cities within a large region are relatively safe. The mutated beasts, with their rudimentary intelligence, seem to have realized that the area near this route is not a habitable place.

They arrived at Jiangnan Base City without any incidents.

As they got out of the car, Chen Guowei made another silly mistake. "Do you think we'll be surrounded by reporters?"

"What if you were a league star?" Xiang Hui retorted.

"The CUAA league is still a league, isn't it...?" Chen Guowei said.

"This is just the CUAA Jianghai Division qualifier..." Yan Xiaoxin laughed upon hearing this, "It's probably going to be difficult to attract a swarm of reporters. Only when the team makes it to the quarterfinals or even the semifinals will the level of attention rise to the point where reporters will surround them."

Xiang Hui added insult to injury, "However, only the captain and the main players will be surrounded, not you, a mere substitute."

"Old Xiang, aren't you a substitute too?" Chen Guowei retorted.

As Bai Xiaowen stepped into the gates of Jiangnan University, two flashes of camera lights suddenly went off, startling him.

"Hi!" Wei Xiaoxiao, a female reporter from Jinghai Daily, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, followed by a photographer wearing a hat. "Hello, Bai Xiaowen! I saw you enter the school gate and thought you looked very graceful, so I took a couple of pictures. You don't mind, do you?"

"I don't mind," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "Why would Sister Wei come to Jiangnan Base City to catch up on news?"

"Yeah, we're here to catch your story," Wei Xiaoxiao chuckled. "Today's match is touted as a clash of titans, and it's been getting a lot of public attention, so of course the newspaper needs to get the first-hand information. Luckily, I know you well, so the editor-in-chief sent me here to ambush you."

Chen Guowei: "..."

Yan Xiaoxin, standing beside him, said with a smile, "I forgot to mention, it's not surprising that a star player like Bai Xiaowen would attract a mob of reporters and interviews even during the qualifying rounds."

"The key is to be good-looking..." Xiang Hui added calmly, but there was a strong hint of sourness in his words...

Wei Xiaoxiao and Bai Xiaowen had already started chatting.

"Bai, what are your thoughts on this match? How much of a chance do you think you have of winning?"

"It's about 50/50, it depends a bit on luck." Bai Xiaowen felt it was better to keep a low profile when playing away from home.

"Really? But the Jiangnan University team doesn't think so. Their captain, Qi Ruifeng, has publicly declared that he will definitely defeat you... Look at this news..." Wei Xiaoxiao took out her phone, tapped a few times, and handed it to Bai Xiaowen.

The University Team members all gathered around, and after seeing the news, they were all dumbfounded.

"That's ridiculous!"