Silicon Invasion

No one pays attention to a loser except for those who care about them. Qiao Bin went through fear, regained confidence, and then experienced anxiety. Just as he was about to engage in the final showdown, he was suddenly taken down by an unknown figure.

Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. After all, the second seat of North Mountain Academy couldn't possibly be an unknown figure. His information had long been on the strategy tables of various school teams. Even if they didn't encounter him, understanding him would reveal the gap.

But like Luo Rui, Ji Ran's information was also well-protected. Outsiders could only see superficial things. His true background was hidden very, very deeply.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Ji Ran was just a student with some talent. Coupled with his personality, his presence was invisibly reduced.

This is also why everyone was so shocked when he suddenly defeated Qiao Bin.

"Luo Rui, the teachers all say you are very strong, freakishly strong. I wanted to fight you a long time ago to see how freakish you really are. But the teachers said that to avoid disturbing my state of mind, they strictly forbade me from fighting you in private." At the entrance of the room, Luo Rui looked at Ji Ran, who seemed like a different person.

This guy usually doesn't say a word, like a shy, unmarried girl, very timid. Tong Yue and the others especially liked to tease him, watching him blush.

Although Luo Rui wasn't that bored, he was sharp-eyed and quick-eared, and he considered himself to have understood some of Ji Ran's personality from these actions. But he didn't expect that Ji Ran, who was so shy and socially awkward, would actually take the initiative to stop him when he returned to his room and then tell a long story as if he were narrating a tale.

"My life has been arranged for me since I was little. I know my father and teachers are doing it for my own good, so I won't disobey them. But I think tomorrow's final doesn't fall under the category of 'private,' so I want to have a good fight with you. I hope you can also show all your strength and let me see the gap between us clearly."

After saying this, Ji Ran's imposing aura suddenly faltered. Luo Rui suddenly felt that this guy had returned to the person he was familiar with.

"I will." In any case, everyone deserves respect. Luo Rui solemnly agreed to Ji Ran's request.

Hearing Luo Rui's answer, Ji Ran was a little embarrassed. He squirmed for a moment before whispering, "Then you should rest early. I'm very strong, so don't underestimate me."

After saying that, he ran away in a puff of smoke.

If Luo Rui hadn't seen this guy once in the bathroom during a swimming class, he might have mistaken him for a girl.

"It's just that you must be very strong, but I'm even stronger. If you want to see all of my strength, you have to work hard too." Luo Rui thought silently as he watched Ji Ran's departing figure.

The final is the focus of attention in any competition, and this exchange match is naturally no exception. Except for the host, who was somewhat displeased, all the other participating schools and players were full of expectations for this peak showdown.

Everyone was looking forward to it until before the start of the match… …

"Why do I have a sense of familiarity?"

"Me too… …"

"So terrifying… …"

"Why is this happening… …?!"

The expectation slowly turned into fear, only because the match on the field, as time passed, made them feel exceptionally familiar with everything.

That's right, this final was almost identical to Luo Rui's previous matches, except that the opponent had changed.

But this time's opponent was not some nobody from a third-rate school, or even the third or fourth seat of South Ridge Academy, but the second seat of North Mountain Academy, and one who had defeated the chief of South Ridge!

In fact, it is very rare for the second seat to defeat the chief, because as that internet meme says, the second seat can score 100 points because that's all they can score, while the chief scores 100 points because that's all they need to score.

When there is no specific reference point, you never know the upper limit of a chief.

But in this match, people knew the upper limit of the South Ridge Academy chief.

Precisely because of this, people were even more shocked by the strength of the North Mountain Academy chief.

The two holy lands for mech pilot training, the chiefs shouldn't have such a big gap. Has South Ridge declined? Or is it… …

Comparing it to previous years' matches, people found that the strength Qiao Bin displayed when fighting Ji Ran was at a mid-to-upper level even among previous freshmen chiefs.

But all of this made Luo Rui's terribleness even more prominent.

Even Ji Ran, who defeated Qiao Bin, was like a puppet in Luo Rui's hands. Just how strong was Luo Rui's strength?

Luo Rui had indeed opened up a huge gap with his peers, and even among those who were a few grades above him, there were almost none who could match him.

The reason for this was that external intelligence about him only remained at the time when he passed the expert-level challenge.

And at that time, his attributes were only:

Strength: 1.2

Agility: 1.6

Endurance: 1.3

But now, his attributes have reached:

Strength: 1.4

Agility: 1.8

Endurance: 1.5

The average of each attribute is 0.2 points higher than it was then.

Luo Rui couldn't describe how much he had improved, because Agility 1.8 was only recently achieved a few days ago, followed immediately by participating in this exchange match. Lacking practice, he hadn't fully manifested the attributes.

But even so, he felt that the current sub-state of Concentration was stronger than the complete state of Concentration back then. In addition, the increase in Endurance had given his stamina an epic boost.

Simply put, the intensity of the expert-level challenge last time, he was so tired after just a few minutes that he collapsed in the simulation pod and needed help to crawl out. Now, he can maintain the sub-state of Concentration for four or five hours.

Ji Ran is indeed very strong. Relative to ordinary freshmen, he is an invincible existence. Even compared to previous chiefs, he ranks among the best.

But he still can't compare to a cheater, because with the existence of the attribute table, Luo Rui's strength growth is unreasonable.

Imagine that when other people's talent attributes are locked from the moment they are born, the effort they put in later is just constantly training to manifest those attributes.

But Luo Rui can continuously improve. Even his manifestation speed has not kept up with the speed of his attribute growth. His improvement has no bottlenecks. At least so far, he has not encountered any bottlenecks. As long as he practices, his strength will increase.

This kind of feeling may be what everyone dreams of.

Just like that, Luo Rui felt that the somewhat boring match ended amidst everyone's shock. If Ji Ran were a little stronger, even strong enough to be at Luo Rui's level when he first entered school, with the constraints of the third-generation mech, Luo Rui might have had to put in a little more effort.

Unfortunately, there weren't that many ifs.