When it came to information, that was the Olifir sisters' specialty.
Lin Feng wanted to pass the first ten stages quickly, and she was confident she could help.
Without any further delay, she took her communication terminal back from the table and quickly pulled out documents.
"This time, there will be a total of 105 participants, if nothing unexpected happens."
"But our group is missing one, and it's not impossible that other groups might be short of participants, but given the importance of this special selection, it's never been less than 100 in previous years."
Olifir explained while shuffling through the documents, looking very knowledgeable.
"Here is the information on all participants."
With a "snap," a thick stack of documents was placed on the table.
Lin Feng glanced at the pile of documents, which looked about half a meter thick.
"You might have misunderstood something."
"I don't need to look at these things. What I need is to reach the top ten as quickly as possible..."
As expected, her mind wasn't sharp enough, and she seemed to have misunderstood Lin Feng's words.
Olifir was silent for a moment, then silently pushed the documents closer to Lin Feng.
"The participants are all top-tier experts, handpicked and with all sorts of bizarre abilities. Are you sure you don't want to look?"
"Take this one, for example, the notorious Gray Triangle Fish – that's the nickname I gave him!"
"His abilities are incredibly strange, capable of plunging a person's mind into a marsh-like illusion, making them sluggish."
"Are you really not going to look... look?"
Olifir's voice grew softer, as Lin Feng's dead-fish-like glare made her scalp tingle.
Olifir grinned and sheepishly put away the stacks of documents.
She felt Lin Feng was being too overconfident, not even bothering to look at his opponents.
Among them were individuals who could contend with top-tier second-sequence combatants like Li Xieqian.
And she was the only one capable of collecting such comprehensive information. Yet, Lin Feng wouldn't even spare it a glance?
"Alright, reaching the top ten quickly is no problem, as long as your strength is sufficient."
Olifir took out another document, this one only a few pages long.
"The selection is divided into three stages."
"The first stage is a competition, as it were."
"Just as the name implies, everyone is placed on a designated life-bearing planet and has to fight."
"Then, the rankings are determined by points."
"Each person starts with one hundred points."
"When you defeat an opponent, you gain their points," Olifir explained continuously.
After their brief interaction, she had already realized Lin Feng preferred directness and getting to the point.
So, Olifir concisely conveyed the most crucial information.
"The second stage is a time-limited challenge, a mission within a projection world unique to the Black Robes. The more missions completed, and the shorter the time taken, the higher the points, which determines the ranking in the second stage."
"However, the points from the first and second stages are calculated separately."
Lin Feng waved his hand, interrupting her.
"Then what's the point of the points from the first stage?"
This was already the second stage. And they were calculated separately, so what was the significance of the first stage's points?
"The points from the first stage will determine the order of rankings, and based on that, you'll receive hint information for the missions in the time-limited stage."
"And, before the missions begin, you can preferentially select mission items of corresponding grades."
Olifir continued her explanation.
"For example, the top three ranked individuals will receive three, two, and one piece of special auxiliary information about the missions, respectively."
"Furthermore, the top three will be able to choose an S-grade weapon or item before the mission starts."
"From fourth to tenth place, you can choose A-grade items, and below that, every ten places will receive items of progressively lower grade."
Olifir finished speaking and paused, giving Lin Feng time to think and process the information.
Lin Feng stroked his chin.
To summarize, the first stage was a simple and brutal point-grabbing competition. The more points he grabbed, the greater the advantage for the second stage.
"I have a question."
"Are these rankings you mentioned based on teams, or on individuals?"
There were 35 teams in total, so if it was based on teams, then the top ten would mean thirty people advanced.
Olifir shook her head.
"It's based on individuals, judged by individual points."
"They call them teams only because they come from the same faction and are under the same group's jurisdiction. They form a team because it increases the probability of completing missions."
"Moreover, banding together can also defend against attacks from other factions."
"Wait a moment." Lin Feng interrupted again.
"Then, if that's the case, can I also take points from my teammates?"
Good heavens, what a perverse rule, where you could even take from your own teammates?
Olifir paused and chuckled sheepishly.
"Theoretically, that's correct, but people generally don't do that."
"First, if a team's points are taken, all three members will have their points stolen, leaving them with nothing."
"Besides, although competition is fierce, teammates are also very important, and no one attacks their own teammates; that's an unwritten rule."
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
"Unwritten? Meaning there's no explicit rule?"
Olifir gave a wry smile. "Yes, there's no explicit rule, but teammates are also useful in the later two stages. If you steal their points, it's bound to cause disagreements and rifts in later stages, which is detrimental to completing the mission objectives..."
Olifir spoke cautiously, occasionally glancing at Lin Feng as if afraid he might steal her points.
"What are you looking at? I won't steal your points, don't worry!"
Lin Feng scoffed, not taking Olifir's meager strength seriously at all.
With over a hundred participants, one more or one less wouldn't make a difference to Lin Feng.
He disdained the idea of stealing from teammates.
Olifir visibly relaxed after his words.
As long as he didn't steal from her.
"Based on your explanation, can I assume that the rankings in the second stage will affect the assistance for the third stage missions?"
Olifir nodded.
"That's correct. The third stage is a combat mission."
"You will need to select members from the out-of-group teams to challenge."
"In this stage, points are awarded based on the time it takes to defeat your opponent and the damage you sustain."
"Here is a detailed combat points table." Olifir produced another document.
Undoubtedly, as a supporting teammate, Olifir was absolutely competent. This saved Lin Feng a lot of time collecting information.
"The weakest members of the out-of-group teams joined a year ago."
"They have received significant resource allocation, and their combat power is not something ordinary people can match."
Olifir said, handing the document to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng took it and gave it a general glance.
Good heavens, it was extremely detailed, specifying the exact points awarded for different durations of combat and levels of damage sustained.