Chapter 97

"This... they actually put up a team?"

This phenomenon was not obvious at first, but as the number of people increased, from a few to dozens, and then easily broke through the hundreds.

As the college with the largest student population, out of ten students encountered on the field, seven were from Ocher Soil.

Wen Jing, who is always willing to help others, has people who choose to follow him wherever he goes.

Many people have noticed the changes in this year's Ocher Soil athletes.

Some passersby also started watching the live stream because of this unusual sight.

Then everyone discovered that not only were the students rescued by Wen Jing alright, but some of the Ocher Soil students who were fighting each other for resource points on the battlefield stopped fighting immediately after hearing that she was going to lead the team.

"What? Wen Jing is willing to protect us?"

"What's the point of fighting then? Hurry up and follow them."

"Let's go, let's go!"

Not only that, these people would also obediently hand over the resources they had fought over to her as a pledge of allegiance.

What's this new student's name?

It's amazing that those contestants from the Ocher Soil were willing to "pay tribute" to them, not only without any reluctance, but also with an expression of "getting a good deal".

This demonstrates immense prestige! Even the Student Council president might not be able to achieve this level of influence!

Many viewers, who were paying attention to the Freshman League in addition to the official Academy League, were surprised by this scene.

As mentioned before, although the Freshman League is naturally divided into camps based on academies, the most cohesive group is Azure Jade, which has a moderate number of students.

Because there were too many people in the Ocher Soil, it was difficult for them to unite.

After all, everyone has their own selfish motives. It's already difficult enough to focus on the immediate situation during a competition. In previous years, even if some players from Ocher Soil intended to team up, they would only form small groups at most, and it would never be possible to form a team on this scale.

Many people looked it up out of curiosity and finally understood the reason--

The reason why the Ocher Soil could not unite in the past was essentially because they lacked a leader who could be absolutely trusted.

Wen Jing, however, achieved this condition by overwhelming his strength.

Three months ago, during the grade-level ranking competition, she had already defeated the entire first-year class of the Red Earth Academy.

As an enemy, Wen Jing inspires fear; as an ally, he provides a profound sense of security!

Unbeknownst to them, the Ocher Soil team had grown to over four hundred people, and their initial panic gradually gave way to renewed confidence.

The sheer number of people creates a powerful force, and the sheer force they generate can significantly influence a person's mindset.

Not to mention the advantages of resource allocation and intelligence sharing that naturally arise once a team is formed.

There should be a total of five types of resource points...

Wen Jing looked at the resource package information projected onto his retina.

This is where the power of numbers comes in; her classmates gave her all the resource packs, allowing her to complete the compilation.

There are five types of initial resource points, each with a different color. They have no mass, no energy, and are hidden throughout the map. They can only be observed by sight and require a certain amount of luck to find.

The first Wen Jing received from a Azure Jade student was a blue-level enhancement item, Speed Enhancement.

The rest were obtained from classmates.

After all, this time she was recruiting people the whole way, unlike in the grade ranking competition where she spent time 'exploring the whole map'.

Times have changed. The competition star is spherical, unlike the flat surface of the active continent with its limited areas, making exploration much less efficient.

On the contrary, the team was able to not only gather intelligence, but also collect resources.

In addition to the blue enhanced type, there are four other types of resource points: green, white, purple, and gold.

The green item is a recovery-type 'medical kit', which increases recovery ability and energy recovery speed by 30% within three minutes.

White represents the 'Environmental Terrain Scan' intelligence-type skill, which obtains terrain information surrounding the terrain area where you are located.

Purple represents the 'Terrain Controller', a control-type controller. Its effect is to forcibly change the terrain type of an area, but it cannot be changed across different levels. That is, it can change the current extreme terrain to another extreme terrain, but it cannot change from extreme terrain to safe terrain.

As for the gold one, it is the only one among all resource points that has the ability to be directly attacked, and its extraordinary nature can be seen from its color.

' Decoy Beacon ': When used, it summons a horde of beasts at the target location. The maximum range is 800 meters.

Each person can only carry one of each type of resource pack, and all of them are one-time effects.

Even though Wen Jing had collected the offerings from a team of four hundred people, he only held one of each type; the rest were scattered among the original holders in the team.

This is a necessary setting; otherwise, if she stacked all the buffs herself, she would be invincible.

Furthermore, based on the collected intelligence, in terms of the number of holders, green recovery points are the most numerous among all resource points, followed by blue ones.

The remaining white, purple, and gold resources are all rare, with an estimated very low occurrence rate, as even with the combined efforts of a team of four hundred people, there is only one of each.

When the group reached a junction in the terrain, Wen Jing stopped.

As soon as she stopped, the rest of the group stopped as well.

"What's wrong? Are there enemies nearby?"

Yu Yang, who was standing next to him, immediately leaned over nervously and asked. He had managed to survive until now thanks to his exceptional connections, and he seized the opportunity to take on half of the job of relaying messages.

"The first six hours are almost up," Wen Jing said. "Let's wait and see how the terrain changes."

She chose this junction to observe whether it was merely a change in terrain or whether the location of the area would also change.

Yu Yang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized. "And there's also... a beast tide!"

It wasn't that he forgot the rules, but rather that he hadn't expected to survive to this point...

"Wen Jing, what do we do next?" Another girl next to him asked. Her name was Xia Yun, and she was Tan Wenshan's cousin.

After the initial awkwardness, she quickly adjusted her mindset and found her place in the team, becoming the other half of the messenger.

The group became somewhat agitated at this point.

Encountering Mimicry Wilderness Beast is a challenge even for Ocher Soil, so it's conceivable that a beast tide would become the dividing line between ordinary players and elites.

Past Freshman League also had a similar setup, which can be considered a kind of implicit 'shrinking circle' mechanism.

"With so many of them gathered together, won't they all be wiped out when the beast tide comes?"

"If they scatter, some people might survive, right?"

"The team has mostly disbanded, but they'll probably unite to resist, though... that will make things even more complicated!"

The audience commented.

The size of the Ocher Soil team has become a striking sight on the field. After all, the other two colleges cannot gather such a number, and for students of the other two colleges, it is not difficult to protect themselves in the beast tide, unless they are extremely unlucky.

At this moment, Wen Jing's gaze swept over the uneasy expressions of the students, and he spoke:

"Gather together and resist."

Xia Yun asked this question, but in reality, there were only two paths left to take: either scatter or gather together to resist.

"Wen Jing, we can fly!" someone in the group raised their hand and said.

Before Wen Jing speak, someone nearby immediately objected. "The beast tide must include both flying and terrestrial Wilderness Beast; otherwise, anyone who can fly could perfectly avoid it."

"But..."

Just as everyone was in a bit of confusion, Wen Jing's voice rang out.

"You can handle it, trust me."

Her expression was calm, and her tone was confident, as if she possessed a reassuring magic that instantly quieted the previously restless crowd.

Wen Jing was about to say something more, but the next moment, he suddenly looked in a certain direction, and his expression changed.

"Defense!"

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they immediately followed her gaze, but saw nothing. Only some of the more perceptive people vaguely sensed that something was amiss.

But very quickly, in the time it takes to breathe or two.

The faint tremors on the ground gradually became more noticeable, and a flock of birds began to flap their wings Extreme Speed on the horizon.

The group instinctively retreated in the opposite direction, but Wen Jing took long strides and rushed to the front of the group, facing the direction of the beast tide.

"Those with strong defenses should be at the front."

"Whoosh!"

As Wen Jing uttered these words, a gust of Wind Blade swept through, slicing the bison at the knees of the leading beast horde. Several bison tripped and fell to the ground, briefly disrupting the beast horde behind them and temporarily easing the momentum of the beast horde.

However, this was only a temporary respite. Soon, that slight obstacle was swept away, as if an endless stream of ferocious beasts were charging up from behind.

Faced with this scene, the others, who were initially unable to control their panic, instinctively followed Wen Jing's instructions.

One by one, they adopted their strongest defensive formations and spontaneously formed a 'V' shaped formation in her direction.

In the current situation, anyone who dares to disperse is courting death.

This terrifying deterrent force seemed imperceptible to Wen Jing, who was at the forefront. Instead of retreating, he charged head-on into the beast tide.

Her signature hair ends fluttered in the wind like a flag.

Chapter 97

Wen Jing's figure broke away from the main force. When viewed from a third-person perspective, he was like a bolt of lightning piercing into the surging tide of beasts, flashing back and forth.

"What terrifying movement technique!"

The audience watching from the sidelines was stunned.

During the first terrain change six hours later, a beast tide was generated in every area across the entire event continent where players were present.

Different contestants had different ways of dealing with the situation. Some were powerless to resist, some successfully evaded, and some used their powerful abilities to clear a path... But no one charged into the beast tide alone like Wen Jing.

In other words, with her abilities, she shouldn't have had to take such a risk.

At this moment, Wen Jing was the sharpest point at the top of the V-shaped formation, single-handedly withstanding the greatest pressure from the beast tide.