#14 - Chapter 14 Strange Stories
Eerie, chaotic, and insane.
These three words combined perfectly described everything Li Mengmeng had just witnessed.
"Why? Why is this happening?"
"How can this group of monsters, which was just an indescribably chaotic mob, form such an eerie encirclement in the blink of an eye?"
"They were so disorganized and weak before, being hunted by the centaur warriors..."
Suddenly, Li Mengmeng recalled a long-neglected name that she usually never thought about at school.
Wu Wei.
"Is it him?"
"Wu Wei!"
Li Mengmeng thought of Wu Wei not only because the tactics used by these monsters were somewhat unique but also because Wu Wei was a special existence in her high school.
His academic performance was consistently the worst in almost every subject.
Whether it was territory management courses, wonder design courses related to territory attributes, or history and culture courses of various civilizations, he failed them all and was always dead last.
Except for one subject.
War Chess!
Since the matching system for this course allowed the first-place student to only accept challenges from the second-place student, without having to start from scratch, Li Mengmeng, who was not ranked too high, had never been matched with Wu Wei in War Chess and had never seen his tactics.
However, as someone eager to climb to a higher rank in school, she had heard of Wu Wei.
First of all, it should be noted that Su Yingxue, as a top genius in the school, had only failed to achieve first place in one course: War Chess.
And the one who prevented her from becoming number one in this course was not the equally talented Li Qi, nor Zhang Xingyu, who had the inheritance of a war lord, but Wu Wei, the school's "worst student!"
According to students who were unfortunate enough to be matched with Wu Wei the first and only time he participated in course matching.
Wu Wei would use some "unorganized" and chillingly terrifying tactics.
These tactics wouldn't make you feel that Wu Wei was strong at first.
Initially, you would always feel that you were far ahead and even had a sure chance of winning when facing Wu Wei.
But as the simulation continued, you would slowly discover Wu Wei's terror.
It was a kind of absolute battlefield control, a feeling similar to slow suffocation.
Every step you simulated, he would follow.
Every conspiracy you planned, he would see through.
He would know what you were thinking....
In the end, all your plans would fail, and you would be forced to face Wu Wei head-on in an absolutely chaotic battlefield for a final showdown.
But the winner was always him.
Moreover, Wu Wei's method of using soldiers could be considered insane from any angle!
Those students who had the fortune to be matched with Wu Wei in the first War Chess simulation said that Wu Wei's tactics were very strange, and they often only understood part of his plan when they were about to lose at the end.
His chaotic and incomprehensible arrangements and advances made the effective information you could gather from the battlefield almost zero.
The reason for this was that so-called effective information refers to the information you understand and can use; only then can it be considered effective.
And the feeling Wu Wei gave people in War Chess was only endless chaos and madness.
People couldn't understand him, let alone figure out his thoughts and ideas.
However, although many people had said that Wu Wei's tactics were special, because Wu Wei's grades in other subjects were too poor, and coupled with the fact that very few people could be matched with Wu Wei.
Many people had absolute doubts about Wu Wei being able to become number one in the War Chess subject!
In addition, every subsequent person who challenged Wu Wei in War Chess was always Su Yingxue, who was ranked second.
So, after all this was added together, many people had a common view.
That was, the kind and benevolent campus goddess Su Yingxue had to give up this useless other first place to protect Wu Wei from being forced to drop out of school due to poor grades.
Every War Chess simulation, Su Yingxue would give Wu Wei a break to allow him to defend this useless "championship throne."
Therefore, Wu Wei's War Chess ranking as number one was just like his "mysterious" tactics.
Together, they became two of Linjiang First High School's...
Uh, campus ghost stories?
After becoming campus ghost stories, everyone usually stopped caring about Wu Wei's grades in this subject itself.
On the contrary, they were more willing to talk about Wu Wei's grades in other subjects.
After all, only in this way could they, whose rankings were not outstanding, gain a little bit of confidence from Wu Wei, the so-called "worst student in the school."
But now...
"If it's really him..."
Li Mengmeng flew in the air, overlooking the battlefield, and muttered to herself.
"No, no, no."
"If that so-called campus ghost story is true, then all of this makes sense!"
"Strange and chaotic tactics, madness that disregards the casualties of his subordinates, coupled with the fact that you can only know his plan at the last moment, this person is very likely to be Wu Wei."
"After all, only he would use such a...."
Li Mengmeng, who had originally thought it couldn't be Wu Wei, suddenly thought of a very important doubt.
"Wait, even if Wu Wei is really behind these monsters, how did Wu Wei, who has always been known for his slow operation and construction, arrive on the trial continent first?"
"How did he manage to establish and support such an army in the early stages of development when most lords are still reclaiming land?"
However, before Li Mengmeng could finish denying these, the call from Ursoc Windwalker pulled her back to reality.
"Spirit of Nature, help us!"
"Find the weakness in their formation for us and help us break through!"
At this time, Ursoc Windwalker and others below had not completely despaired, not even panicked.
Because at this moment, although there were demon armies more than five times their number surrounding them, and they were in a swamp that was not conducive to their maneuverability.
The physical fitness of these centaur warriors was still higher than these inferior demons!
Moreover, the encirclement formed by these demons was not thick enough!
If they gathered all their manpower together, they still had a very high probability of escaping from these demons with the scimitars in their hands.
As long as they acted fast enough and the casualties were not too great, it was not yet known who would win until the final moment!
As long as they could escape, then with their mobility and ranged abilities, these demons might once again become the hunted party.
Thinking of this, Li Mengmeng's desire to win was suddenly aroused.
Although the centaur warriors under her had not officially become her领民 (lǐngmín, subjects/citizens), she had already spent thousands of resource points and regarded these warriors as her future subjects, along with the grassland occupied by these centaur warriors as her own.
So...
[Hmph, so what if you are Wu Wei? I want to see if you can stop me when I have a higher viewing distance?]
Li Mengmeng thought to herself while shouting loudly to Ursoc Windwalker in the common language of nature.
"Ursoc Windwalker!"
"You and your warriors, follow my flight path to break through!"
The reason why Li Mengmeng said this so confidently was because the intelligent her had already seen through the "weakness" of Wu Wei's current formation.
As long as she reacted fast enough.
She could completely bring her "subjects" through the blockade of these despicable demons unscathed!
"It's not yet known who will win, Wu Wei!"
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Looking at these centaur warriors becoming active again.
In the endless abyss, the lord holding the Abyss Codex smiled even more happily.
"Interesting!"
