Under the meritocracy system, the students of Mystic Radiance and Azure Jade are not only more promising, but also more competitive!
The main force of each Freshman League basically comes from the spring classes of Mystic Radiance and Azure Jade.
Wen Jing, whose compatibility with the freshmen of the Red Earth Academy is far ahead of others, would only be considered an excellent student in the other two academies.
The Awakened entered the spring semester earlier in both academies, due to their high potential, signed agreements with the consortium early on to receive training investment, ensuring that they could maximize their compatibility each time they traversed the Ancient Wilderness at high intensity.
Unlike lower-level Awakened who need to bring resources back from the Ancient Wilderness Wasteland to the Material Universe to make money, higher-level Awakened do not lack resources during their growth stage and can even bring rare treasures from the Material Universe to the Ancient Wilderness for use.
The winter semester freshmen who were at the most disadvantaged in the Mystic Radiance Academy are now almost as compatible as the top students in the spring semester of Ocher Soil.
The people at the top of the list have intentionally kept their compatibility at 59% for the Freshman League, so they can break through after participating in the competition.
Therefore, when Wen Jing's ranking was revealed, not only the students of the Red Earth Academy, but also the students of the other two academies were astonished.
Compatibility does not equal the final league ranking, but it can roughly assess strength. Players who rank in the top 10% will attract a lot of attention from both inside and outside the competition.
Especially since most of the top 1,000 are high-level Awakened, Wen Jing's 'F' rating in the Wilderness Body is particularly eye-catching.
"So this is the guy who breaks the Trial Tower record every month..."
"Only she could see the Ocher Soil."
In previous years, Ocher Soil was just a background figure that no one paid attention to, but this year, he became a landmark figure in the eyes of students from the other two colleges.
After all, Wen Jing breaks the Trial Tower record every month without fail, making it hard to ignore.
There was a month when someone in the Mystic Radiance Academy came very close to the historical record, but ultimately fell short by a hair's breadth. In the end, Wen Jing shortened the challenge time by a full 2 seconds.
Among the students of Mystic Radiance, Luosi looked at Wen Jing's compatibility score, which was one place lower than his own, and a complex and surprised look flashed in his eyes.
What resources does he have, and what resources does the Red Earth Academy have?
Given such a disparity, it's truly remarkable that the other person's compatibility score was only one place lower than his.
However, this only made Luosi feel somewhat emotional.
Geometry, when he saw Wen Jing's performance in the unified examination, he thought that the other party would be a strong competitor. Even on the newly awakened spaceship, he had to avoid his sharp edge.
However, after entering the academy and witnessing the vast differences between Awakened of different ranks, even though Wen Jing strong comprehension and combat skills, he was only worthy of Wen Jing's slight attention.
Soon, Luosi's gaze shifted to the top-ranked list.
As the only A-level student among the three colleges in this year's freshmen, his real rivals are the top-ranked players with a 59% compatibility rate.
"Even with a 47% compatibility rate, how high can an F-rank be...?"
In the Azure Jade Academy team, ■■■ looked at Wen Jing's ranking of 472 and his own ranking of 1723, and gritted his teeth.
As a student born in winter, he was indeed quite hardworking in Azure Jade, but surprisingly, his compatibility with Wen Jing was still much lower.
However, compatibility is just compatibility. If compatibility could represent the level of ability, there would be no such thing as potential rating.
Remembering his six-month agreement with the other party, ■■■ felt a surge of fighting spirit. Deep down, his ranking in the Freshman League was not even as important as defeating Wen Jing in the competition. He was determined to get back the face he had lost on the spaceship!
"Young Master, we must not be careless. Wen Jing may seem arrogant, but she is actually meticulous and very cautious. You can disregard her strategically, but you must be tactically careful!"
The tactical Analysis on the communication channel quickly spoke up to remind them. As a professional team, they had already carefully Analysis and reviewed Wen Jing's performance in the Ocher Soil grade ranking competition, as well as information about her special abilities, combat skills, and so on.
"I understand," said the man, frowning.
He knew he had to be serious with Wen Jing, but it was really unpleasant for a D-level Awakened to have to treat an F-level as if he were facing a formidable enemy.
The scene wasn't just filled with Analysis team; some chaebol heirs and high-potential Awakened had signed contracts with the group also had their tactical teams operating behind them after registration, providing final battlefield guidance.
Although this pre-match registration information only shows the degree of compatibility, it is the most accurate data for assessing the opponent's strength.
The last valid document was from the college ranking competition three months ago.
But everyone knows that the last three months of sprint are the most crucial. Learning more and more advanced combat skills and improving compatibility will allow more innate talents and abilities to emerge.
The latter, in particular, can bring about a dramatic change in strength for high-level Awakened who possess multiple innate abilities.
Moreover, in the grade ranking competitions three months ago, apart from Wen Jing's sudden emergence from the Red Earth Academy, the final rounds of the grade competitions of the other two colleges were played very harmoniously and restrainedly.
It can be said that the rankings were determined before the competition, fully and objectively demonstrating the exchange of interests between the conglomerates.
Players who truly want to make a name for themselves in the league are well-prepared and haven't revealed much personal information.
Those truly secret techniques, kept hidden away, will not be revealed; one can only roughly know the type of ability they possess.
Wen Jing had taken some time on the spaceship to review this information, and now, comparing it with the registration and ranking data, he indeed discovered that many people had intentionally concealed their strength, while some high-potential individuals had definitely awakened other talents.
Rich people can hire teams; those without money have to do the Analysis themselves.
However, for Wen Jing, truly accurate intelligence still had to be obtained on the battlefield.
The StarCraft era is very efficient; it only took half an hour to complete the registration of all the contestants.
The three academies each allocated their own areas, naturally forming three camps, a standard pyramid structure.
The Red Earth Academy has the largest number of students, with over 11,000 participants in this year's Freshman League. Azure Jade is second with over 4,000 students, while the entire first year of the Mystic Radiance Academy... has only over 700 students.
Suddenly, a soft notification sound rang out across the field.
The next moment, the projection equipment projected a circular holographic continental sand table into the sky, where the natural clouds and mist formed by the atmosphere served as the best backdrop, creating a beautiful combination of technology and nature.
"Welcome, Awakened Ones! The following is an introduction to the battlefield map for this year's Freshman League..."
"The terrain is a newly formed active continent simulating Ancient Wilderness structures, with 80% of the area being a highly extreme environment, 10% a sub-extreme environment, and 10% a safe environment. The gravitational reference is the Mystic Radiance Star."
As the voice broadcast played, areas marked with colors appeared on the map, almost all of them red, representing extreme environments, with only a few yellow and white, relatively stable areas.
"The edge of the continent is the extreme zone; crossing this zone means elimination."
Then, a black warning line appeared around the edge of the map.
Upon seeing the new map, a stir broke out among the crowd.
The map for each Freshman League is randomly selected and chosen by the Mastermind based on big data, and even conglomerates cannot know it in advance.
However, the base maps are mostly planets, but this time it's an event continent. It's been decades since a non-planet type competition appeared, so the chance of it happening is extremely small.
Many people are seeing their match Analysis teams frantically updating their feeds. The schedule on the continental map will be more compact than on the planets because there is a natural 'limit zone' that cannot be crossed, which means there is a poison circle right from the start, requiring a change in gameplay and rhythm.
The edge of the continent will be a high-risk zone for elimination, while the safe hinterland will be a battleground for top powerhouses.
"And this time it's a new type of event on the mainland..." someone in the crowd muttered to themselves.
Sure enough, a soft electronic voice began to introduce the 'new' part.
"Every 6 hours, the terrain of the active continent will undergo a random change, while the overall proportion of terrain types remains unchanged."
"Each time the terrain changes, a resource point of one type will be deployed in each high-risk terrain area."
"Three Mimicry Wilderness Beast —land-dwelling, flying, and aquatic—are randomly distributed across the continent. Furthermore, each change in terrain triggers a beast tide."
Wild monsters and resource points on the map refresh with each change in the geographical environment.
Wen Jing listened to these extensive rules, he couldn't help but recall the last ranking competition in Ocher Soil, where even stars were 'fake light sources'...
As expected of a league hosted by the Federation, the resource allocation is top-notch.
The gentle voice continued explaining the rules of the shrinking zone, "Starting from the second day, the ' Ancient Wilderness Night, ' represented by the extreme zone, will erode the continent every 6 hours, with the intensity of the erosion increasing from 'nightfall' to 'late night.'"
"Contestants will not be eliminated by entering the night zone, but the strength of the Mimicry Wilderness Beast in the night zone will be ten times that of the normal zone, and they will gather in large numbers, often appearing in the form of beast tides."
"The Night Zone will gradually transform into the Late Night Zone. Players who enter the Late Night Zone will be continuously affected by negative status effects, and if they remain in the Late Night Zone for more than ten seconds, they will be directly eliminated."
"The competition is ranked according to survival time. Those eliminated within the same microsecond are ranked according to their suitability for the skill level."
"... That concludes the introduction to the Freshman League. We wish all players the best of luck!"
After the competition introduction session concluded, written information was simultaneously sent to the smart devices of each participant present.
The entire Freshman League format does not calculate kill points; it only considers the final survival time.
At that time, Ocher Soil's grade ranking competition was based on scores, entirely because he couldn't afford to buy the shrinking circle rule.
Compared to the grade-level ranking competition, the Freshman League truly simulates the threat environment of the Ancient Wilderness to the greatest extent.
The difference is that players will still voluntarily eliminate their opponents, because the more players they eliminate, the higher their base ranking will be.
After the rules were announced, all the participants were taken to the nearby competition venue.