Rated Infinity
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That night, the Mutant were allowed a day of rest, and a lottery for group assignments would be held on the evening of the 10th.
However, Xiao He was actually quite unhappy with this grouping. Since it was already assumed that the Dragon Country would be separated, why bother with drawing lots for the groupings? Wouldn't it have been better to just pre-determine the groupings?
To be fair, Xiao He really liked this lounge; everyone from the Special Response Department could sit here and speak freely. After complaining about the Mutant abroad, everyone went to rest.
However, Mutant don't necessarily have to stay in the arena; they can also go out and experience the customs and culture of other countries. As long as they don't cause trouble, it's fine.
If they cause trouble, Xiao He will have an excuse to deal with them.
Therefore, after resting during the day, Xiao He took Ye Wanqing home that evening.
As usual, Xiao He collapsed onto the sofa, followed closely by Ye Wanqing.
"Old Xiao, you've had a tough day," Ye Wanqing said with a smile, perched on Xiao He's back. "You fought against so many Mutant."
"Don't move, let me experience what it feels like to endure humiliation," Xiao He said with a satisfied sigh.
"You experience it, you experience it," Ye Wanqing said with a grin, then pecked him on the cheek. "Aren't you tired? You've been running around outside all day."
"It's alright," Xiao He replied. "After all, all the Trigger are still there."
"Hehe, it looks like we can win easily this time, that's great." Ye Wanqing said happily, leaning on his back.
"Yes." Xiao He turned around and patted her little head.
In fact, most of the Mutant he fought this time did not use their full strength.
Especially those five Mutant like Nash, they were just testing the waters before. After all, given their strength, if they used their full power in that situation, the restaurant would probably be completely destroyed. So it's inaccurate to judge the enemy's strength based on this battle.
This is what they call "a barking dog that bites doesn't bite." Xiao He thought to himself, then felt that this description seemed a bit inappropriate: wasn't this implying that he was the dog? Because he was the fiercest one.
Of course, this only made Xiao He look forward to it even more; he actually really wanted a battle where both sides were evenly matched.
Although there are still twenty days until the start of the competition, they cannot afford to be idle at all. As the competition draws near, Beichang City has become the center of the world, with tourists from all over the world and reporters from various TV stations and live streaming platforms flocking in, injecting new vitality into Beichang City's economy.
At the same time, the crime rate has increased, so the military, police and Special Response Department have all deployed a large number of people to maintain order in Beichang City. There are People's Armed Police and police cars patrolling almost every street.
For the locals of Beichang City, it was quite noticeable that the Beichang City had become more lively, with a foreigner appearing every few meters on the street. Considering the five-figure ticket prices, these tourists couldn't be that poor.
However, the Mutant who were to participate in the Mutant Competition behaved themselves during this time, quietly waiting in the arena for the group formation ceremony to begin.
On the evening of the 10th, the group assignment ceremony was also completed through a lottery.
The teams in Group A are Dragon Country, Our Team, National Team, India Team, National Team, and Continental Team, while the teams in Group B are National Team, Ross Team, Continental Alliance Team, Continental Alliance Team, Southern Alliance Team, and Asian United Team.
In fact, Xiao He was unsure whether the grouping was truly random or deliberately arranged, but the other five teams in the group, apart from Du, were all from countries with "close ties" to Guo. Moreover, judging from the members of these four teams, three-quarters of their Mutant came from "support" from Guo.
However, the group assignments aren't particularly important anymore, because regardless of whether it's a group or a subgroup, each team will play once, only the teams within the same group will play twice.
While upsets are interesting, what everyone really wants to see is the final match between Dragon Country and the other country.
The audience has two main mindsets: those who want to see the "Yinglong" myth broken, and those who want to see the myth become reality.
After the opening ceremony on the 10th, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing were about to start school, so they were quite busy during this time, tidying up the house and dealing with school-related chores. A week passed quickly.
One week until the start of the Mutant Competition Arena.
On this day, all the Mutant were summoned to the arena to participate in a competition: rating.
Because the Mutant possess diverse abilities, many require the use of weapons and tools, such as Xie Haining Mutant. Taking this into consideration, the organizers decided to rate the Mutant's attack and defense capabilities. Based on Mutant ratings, the firepower level of the weapons usable in the competition and whether additional security measures are needed will be determined.
For example, Xie Haining might be able to use heavy weapons like rocket launchers and grenades when facing Iron Man, but if Xie Haining were to face Mutant like Zhang Ming, he would only be able to use weapons like tranquilizer guns and bows and arrows.
This rule is not for the sake of "fairness," but rather to minimize the casualties caused by Mutant during the competition.
After all, the competition was just a gimmick; everyone's initial intention was to make money, perhaps with some ulterior motives, but definitely not to cause the deaths of the Mutant. That's why this process was set up.
To conduct this rating, the Mutant came to the arena for the first time.
In contrast to the exquisite interior decoration, the arena itself was completely unadorned, just rough earth without even grass or paving stones. This decision was made to facilitate the actions of certain Mutant control inorganic matter.
"But how will it be ranked? I'm so curious," Xiao He pondered, resting his chin on his hand. Mutant in the arena were also thinking about this question. Until a member of the Special Response Department brought a little girl onto the field.
The little girl was a foreigner, about six or seven years old, holding a pink teddy bear in her arms. Compared to chubby children her age, she looked quite slender, with fair skin and adorable clothes, looking like a cute doll.
Cui Man whispered a few words to the girl, who nodded and then tossed the teddy bear into the air.
The teddy bear quickly grew larger, transforming into a Cub Beast- like creature. However, instead of bandages, its belly was covered by a glass frame resembling a slot machine. Although it was over three meters tall, it looked fluffy and soft, utterly intimidating.
I have no idea what this thing is meant to be used for.
Cui Man turned to the crowd and explained, "In a moment, we'll have you attack this teddy bear, and then be attacked by it once. The teddy bear's chest will display your attack and defense stats. Don't worry, it will only test your stats and won't actually harm you. You see, it's soft and has no offensive power at all."
"There's such a bizarre Superpower?" Xiao He couldn't help but think to himself.
"Now, please come over and get your numbers, then go to the practice rooms next door in order. Use your abilities to attack the bear cub and defend against its attacks. We will record the data," Cui Man explained. "Your abilities will not be revealed, so please don't worry."
Xiao He was somewhat disappointed at that moment: he had been hoping to see everyone's Superpower.
However, at least everyone's rating data will be transparently recorded on the electronic scoreboard. Although it's just a numerical assessment and has no reference value for actual combat ability, a high number doesn't mean strong. In the battles of Mutant, the key is still skill.
So, the Mutant then began testing themselves in the practice room at the arena.
However, at least we now know the "titles" of the other Mutant. After all, there are eighty or ninety Mutant, so they have all sorts of titles.
Xiao He glanced around and discovered that someone was actually called "Ring Hero," which piqued his curiosity: What kind of Mutant ability does this person possess to have such a title? Can they create donuts out of thin air?
The first one to enter was the country's Mutant, the Balance Man Sebastian who had greeted Xiao He earlier. Xiao He was slightly expectant; Sebastian had sounded very impressive, and he wondered how high Sebastian's stats would be.
About a minute after he went inside, Sebastian came out, and his stats appeared on the electronic screen: attack rating 072 and defense rating 058.
"Is this number very high?" Xiao He wondered to himself, since it was the first one and therefore not a reliable reference.
The second person to go in was "Bomb Man" Shier Nash. After he went in, a loud bang was heard from inside, and then his rating appeared on the electronic screen: attack rating 682 and defense rating 054.
"What the hell?" Xiao He looked completely bewildered. "Isn't the Balance Man's stats supposed to be terrible? Or is it just that the Bomb Man's rating is so high that the Balance Man's stats seem so low?"
However, the third one to enter was the Werewolf Victor Rodlin, whose attack rating was 347 and defense rating was 258.
Now Xiao He was truly baffled. Whether in attack or defense, Sebastian's abilities were terrifyingly weak. How could he be so confident as to say such a thing? Or did this guy possess a special type of Superpower?
But using Superpower is allowed when attacking the Cub Beast, so it shouldn't have anything to do with Superpower, right?
Xiao He couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried, until Xie Haining patted him on the shoulder. "Yinglong, it's your turn."
"Oh, oh." Xiao He snapped out of his daze and went to the practice room for the test.
The little girl and Cui Man were waiting for him with the Cub Beast.
"Sister Man, is it possible for this test to be faked?" Xiao He asked curiously. Cui Man shook her head. "We'll ask you if you used your full strength. Xue Ting is listening over there. If you lie, she'll find out and make you retest. There are judges from various countries present, and they've signed Oathmark not to reveal information about the Mutant."
Xiao He nodded, then looked at the Cub Beast in front of him, somewhat hesitant.
"Hit it!" the little girl said in her childish voice. "Hit it with all your might!"
"Okay," Xiao He replied, then took a deep breath and threw a punch at the teddy bear with all his might.
He rarely uses his full strength because his physique is too strong; using it would kill someone. But since this is a competition rule, and we're not fighting living people, using his full strength shouldn't be a problem, right?
In this Mutant Competition, because he couldn't let foreigners discover that his Superpower were constantly changing, his Trigger were fixed to Yue Feng, Qin Weize, Jin Shaokang, and Chen Ting. These were the four Superpower he had already used in front of the outside world: "Physical Strength," "Kinetic Energy Control," "Psychokinesis," and "Perfect Cube."
With these four Superpower, he can basically handle the vast majority of situations.
Therefore, Xiao He mustered all his strength and punched the Cub Beast in the stomach, the punch sinking deep into the Cub Beast's body.
The Cub Beast took two steps back, and the numbers on its belly began to spin rapidly. Then it got stuck at 999. The numbers were still trembling, trying to increase, but it could only display three digits, so it got stuck and couldn't move.
After a while, smoke began to rise from the Cub Beast's belly. The next moment, with a "bang!", the Cub Beast exploded like a giant balloon, turning into a shower of cotton wool and tattered cloth.
The little girl paused, then pouted, her face flushed, and she hummed twice before tears streamed down her beautiful eyes. She glared at Xiao He and said fiercely, "I hate you!"
The impact of being told "I hate you" by such a cute little girl directly caused Xiao He to break down.
"No! I can fix it for you, look!" Xiao He said, raising his hand to activate Entropy Reduction.
So the little bear began to revert to its state before the explosion, as if time had reversed. Xiao He turned to the little girl and smiled, "Look, big brother fixed your little bear. Now you won't hate big brother anymore, right?"
"Mmm," the little girl pouted, looking aggrieved, but still nodded.
Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt immense pressure.
Cui Man then stepped forward to discuss the situation with the judges. After much deliberation, they decided to use the symbol for "Infinity" to represent the value, since it was impossible to represent it with a fixed value.
Next came the defense phase, and this time it was the Cub Beast's turn to attack Xiao He.
In terms of defense, one can use Superpower to defend, so Xiao He used the "Perfect Cube" for defense. When the Cub Beast raised its claws, Xiao He secretly thought that something was wrong.
The Cub Beast slapped him, then took two steps back. The numbers on his chest spun rapidly, reaching "999" in a second, and then, unsurprisingly, exploded with a "bang!"
Xiao He nervously swallowed, then turned to look at the Cub Beast's owner. The little girl glared at him, whimpered for a while, and then screamed, "I hate you the most! You broke my Cub Beast twice!"
"I can fix it! I can fix it! Look!" Xiao He activated Entropy Reduction again and repaired the little bear.
However, the sin of breaking someone's teddy bear twice is obviously not something that can be forgiven so easily.
"I hate you!" The little girl hugged her teddy bear tightly, turned her face away angrily, and refused to look at him.
Xiao He sighed, both amused and exasperated. "What is this if not a terrible mistake?"
Therefore, Xiao He's defense rating was also raised to "Infinity". Although there is no specific value, this is just a reference value used for rating, only to determine what level of weapon can be equipped in the game.
However, even so, when Xiao He came outside, the other Mutant looked at him with strange eyes.
"Tsk, a bunch of country bumpkins," Yue Feng said irritably. "Next up is me!"
In fact, by the end of the rating period, no one else had achieved an "Infinity" level in both offense and defense ratings like Xiao He. Yue Feng's attack rating was "Infinity," but his defense rating was only "500," probably due to his insufficient back defense.
However, besides the two of them, there are two other Mutant with "Infinity" values.
The Mutant who previously attacked Xiao He, Superpower is " to Can Cut Anything," has an attack rating of Infinity. The other Mutant can use a one-way "Perfect Cube," has a defense rating of Infinity.
Apart from those four, no other Mutant have a value of "Infinity".
That concludes today's rankings. The Mutant are now free to move around. The next few days will be the final preparations before the competition officially begins.
However, after the evaluation ended, when Xiao He and Ye Wanqing returned to the lounge, they saw Cui Man and that little girl.
Xiao He quickly stepped forward and greeted the little girl, "Little sister."
The little girl turned her face away, puffing out her cheeks and refusing to look at him, just like Ye Wanqing when she was throwing a tantrum.
"Her name is Alice, and she's a Mutant from New Zealand. Previously, the international Mutant rankings were all based on her abilities; when her attack and defense stats combined reached a certain threshold, she would be rated 5," Cui Man said with a smile. Then, looking down at Alice, she introduced, "This big brother is Yinglong, right? The one who saved so many people, you've seen him on TV, haven't you?"
"I hate that he ruined someone's teddy bear," Alice muttered unhappily.
"Yes, I apologize. Here you go," Xiao He said with a smile, squatting down in front of her and offering her a strawberry-flavored lollipop. The little girl looked at the lollipop in his hand, then glanced at him sideways and said, "My mom says that strangers who give me candy are always bad people."
"Pfft, cough cough." Ye Wanqing couldn't help but laugh out loud from behind, and quickly changed it into a cough.
"But the others must have damaged her bear too, right?" Xiao He said, unconvinced.
"So they're annoying too!" Alice stuck her tongue out at him and made a face.
"Actually," Cui Man explained softly, "If this child's teddy bear breaks, we can just replace it with another one. Her Superpower can be used on any doll, not just a specific one."
As she spoke, Cui Man winked at Xiao He and smiled, "A good start today! Double stats Infinity. Putting aside strength, at least in terms of stats, you've far surpassed 5. Now those foreign guests will have nothing to say."