"It's a sleep potion, probably good for a few hours?"
Meng Huai said vaguely, but Zheng Yiran pressed further, "A few hours, you say?"
Meng Huai pondered and replied, "Hmm, roughly until the Second Military Academy makes their entrance."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Yiran's eyes lit up. "I have a plan, see if you think it's suitable."
"Go ahead."
Zheng Yiran then shared her plan with the four of them. "Since the Second Military Academy will be entering then, why don't we set up an ambush for this creature?"
【Ahou!】
【6666】
【Finally, it's not just the Second Military Academy designing ambushes for others. I wonder if it will succeed.】
【Ah, let's just try! We don't lose anything.】
【How can we not lose anything? This is a 3S star beast, isn't it? It's unconscious now, the perfect time to deal with it. If it works out as the commander said, that's great, but what if it fails? We just give the points to the Second Military Academy for free?】
Zheng Yiran had clearly considered the issue of points as well, so she didn't act on her own.
"However, if we do this, we lose the points from an easily obtainable 3S star beast."
【Hurry up and decide! The military academies behind will be entering soon.】
【How can it be that soon? Only three minutes have passed.】
At this moment, Jing Yuancheng stated, "I approve. If we miss out on the points for this star beast, there will be others. To say something a bit narcissistic, our Imperial Military Academy isn't really concerned about the points from one star beast."
【Don't get arrogant!】
【Pride often leads to forgetting one's roots.】
Meng Huai also cast a vote of support and offered a suggestion. "I support it. If necessary, I can provide further assistance."
Zheng Yiran looked at her and said, "Tell me."
Meng Huai took out another vial. "A berserk potion. It can boost a star beast's abilities twofold for ten minutes."
"Then let's do it?"
The group was completely focused on this ambush, having calculated various possibilities.
Zheng Yiran instructed Hui Xingxiu to conceal the star beast, preventing the military academies that entered before the Second Military Academy from discovering it. They couldn't be setting up the Second Military Academy only to be making wedding dresses for others.
"Why do I have to do all the grunt work!"
Hui Xingxiu dragged one of the Whirlwind Rat's legs, pulling it towards the location Zheng Yiran had designated for the ambush.
Zheng Yiran kicked him from behind. "Hurry up! The military academies behind will be entering soon!"
Hui Xingxiu wasn't truly complaining; he was just talkative.
The audience saw Hui Xingxiu dragging the Whirlwind Rat across the ground, and the creature didn't even react.
【That sleep potion really works wonders.】
【Why does the Imperial Military Academy always have such strange things?】
Jing Yuancheng cleaned up the ground behind Hui Xingxiu, preventing any traces from being detected. Meng Huai saw that Hui Xingxiu had placed the Whirlwind Rat in the 'little pit' they had prepared for the ambush and stuffed a berserk potion into its mouth.
Then, Meng Huai clapped her hands. "Alright, this berserk potion will only take effect when the rat wakes up. Let's go."
However, before leaving, Meng Huai tossed a few pebbles onto the concealed area. No one noticed this action, or rather, even if they did, they would have assumed she was just playing.
After Meng Huai finished, she left. Meanwhile, the audience in the Imperial Military Academy's live stream set their alarms, fearing they might forget to watch the Second Military Academy's live stream later.
Some also worried that their ambush might be discovered by other military academies and set multiple alarms. As soon as it was time for a military academy to enter, they would rush to that live stream to observe the situation.
【No way, how can you know the Second Military Academy will definitely walk into the ambush spot?】
【Isn't the location unimportant? The time it wakes up is the key, right? With this Whirlwind Rat's strength, it could rush right in front of them in one step! (Exaggeration!)】
The audience's concern about the location wasn't entirely unfounded, but Zheng Yiran had already asked Meng Huai about it. Meng Huai had chosen the ambush location, so Zheng Yiran trusted that it was absolutely fine.
Don't ask. If you ask, it's just trust in teammates.
As these viewers busily went back and forth between each other's live streams, the military academies truly did not step into the ambush point.
【A sigh of relief.】
People in other live streams didn't know what these people were doing there; they came and left in a hurry. When it was time for the Second Military Academy to enter, these people flocked to the Second Military Academy's stream in large numbers.
The initially subdued Second Military Academy suddenly became lively with the influx of these viewers. After all, the Second Military Academy's performance in the previous match had made even their staunchest supporters feel a bit down. But seeing so many people watching, they no longer felt embarrassed.
【Oh, so many people are here to watch the Second Military Academy! I thought their supporters had all run away.】
【Seeing so many people still supporting the Second Military Academy puts my mind at ease. It seems there are many perverted people like me out there. Hahaha!】
【Speechless! Who supports the Second Military Academy? We're here to watch the Second Military Academy's downfall!】
【Exactly. A military academy as trashy and lacking in integrity as the Second Military Academy, who would support it?】
【Someone still supports them. Trash, you know, attracts like attracts like.】
【What kind of person comes to the Second Military Academy's live stream to curse people! Do you really think we're pushovers?】
Just as these supporters of the Second Military Academy were about to launch into a verbal attack, the situation took a turn.
After the Second Military Academy entered with high spirits, Murong Shuai surveyed the entire arena and then pointed in a direction.
They were indeed heading towards the spot Meng Huai had mentioned. Feita, walking at the forefront, stepped on a pebble on the ground, and Meng Huai, on her side, sensed something.
She thought: Good things are about to begin!
The casually thrown pebble was actually an illusion array, designed to prevent other military academies from detecting the Whirlwind Rat's traces.
The illusion array was also timed, losing its effect one minute after the Second Military Academy's entrance, which was now.
Feita sensed something was wrong when he stepped on that spot, but before he could even enter his mecha, he was kicked flying by the now-awake Whirlwind Rat below.
The Whirlwind Rat's speed was astonishing, and its kicking power was naturally no less.
Feita naturally became its first target. As for the fact that it hadn't dealt with these few people in its memory, it didn't care. In any case, since it was these people now, it would make them pay.
At this moment, the berserk potion also took effect. The Whirlwind Rat's eyes were scarlet, and it stared fixedly at Feita.