Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 464 - 459: Grand Finals (Part 5)

The organizers are truly awful.

This is the sentiment shared by all the teachers and students.

Huang Ying looked at the students being randomly divided into two groups on the big screen, as well as the competition rules, feeling so angry inside but maintaining a calm demeanor on the surface.

"Although this competition requires you to attack your teammates, you can treat it as normal combat training, give it your all without regret."

Bai Xiaotang raised her hand: "Instructor, I’m a bit confused about the competition mechanism."

Huang Ying explained: "See those obstacles ahead?"

Everyone looked and saw six large obstacles of different types arranged on the playground in an S-shaped formation.

"The competition rules are simple. Students are divided into Group A and Group B. When Group A is the attacker, they need to pass through these obstacles while avoiding artificial barriers created by Group B. They must reach Group B’s camp and plant a small flag representing their identity."

Huang Ying pointed to the many water guns, buckets, water balloons, and other items placed beside the large obstacles, "Meanwhile, Group B, as the defender, needs to use these tools to hinder their progress and remove the small flags planted by Group A members. If a Group A member successfully plants a flag, they earn 1 point, and the flag belongs to a specific student, earning them an additional 1 point individually. Group B, as the defender, earns 1 point for successfully blocking a Group A member’s advancement, and 1 point personally for successfully removing a flag. However, students whose flags are removed will have 1 point deducted personally and 1 point deducted from the entire group."

In other words: this competition is both a team and individual competition. Let’s see how you choose within your group to earn more points."

What Huang Ying didn’t say was that this competition also implicitly tested the students’ personal moral standards.

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This time, Anhe Middle School once again sent all 12 participants.

To gain more points, they could only compete against other schools in terms of numbers.

Unfortunately, the 12 were split into Group A with 8 members, and Group B with 4 members; the solo four were Yao Meng, Wang Hao, You Le, and Lin Yuanyang.

Three superpower users and a budding superpower user were placed on one side separately.

This randomness doesn’t seem all that random.

Teachers who seriously analyzed the situation across schools still could see that the students in the two groups were fairly balanced in strength, but the students from the same school were split with the strongest on one side, and the rest on the other.

This also hinted at internal school competition.

Huang Ying noticed the organizer’s intentions and encouraged the participating students.

Just before the competition was about to start, she went to the spectator seats with Ji Ning.

Principal Zhang had early secured three of the best seats in the middle with the best view.

But having so many teachers sitting next to them made him quite uneasy, fearing these school teachers might secretly poach his students.

Principal Zhang shamelessly sat in the very middle of the three seats.

"Ji Ning and Instructor Ying, come quickly, I’ve already saved spots for you. There are also drinks and snacks..."

Principal Zhang feared the two "rebels" might dislike the crowd and choose to sit in the corner.

Ji Ning loves eating, and Instructor Ying is used to following Ji Ning.

As long as Ji Ning stays, Instructor Ying definitely won’t leave.

Principal Zhang didn’t rest at noon and paid a large runner’s fee to buy those snacks.

Ji Ning didn’t mind his tricks and went over graciously.

Principal Zhang’s smile added several layers of wrinkles to his face.

Huang Ying chuckled, glancing at Principal Zhang’s big bag on the chair.

Inside were not only snacks and drinks but also many cheering little horns and hands.

Clearly, he got the purchase address from Bai Xiaotang.

Have to admit, this old guy’s mindset is quite trendy.

Huang Ying took a little hand and sat in the vacant seat.

The teacher next to her took the opportunity to chat, "Are all twelve of your students participating again?"

"Yes, they’re all getting some exercise."

That teacher wasn’t convinced but didn’t expose it, continuing to chat idly, "I saw that after your previous training, you added more for the students. Can their bodies handle it? Will they develop resistance?"

Huang Ying glanced at her without replying, then Principal Zhang took over, "No, our students are very obedient, they understand it’s for their good, during training they never complain. Our two instructors are very professional, scientifically training the students, without injuring them."

The official statement made the teacher’s inquiry hit a dead end.

She could only smile and stopped probing for more.

Huang Ying secretly gave Principal Zhang a thumbs up, he returned with an emoji saying "Leave it to me".

Under Principal Zhang’s strict external prevention policy, the surrounding teachers tacitly stopped trying to pry and focused on watching the competition.

On the competition field, as a loud whistle sounded.

Group A’s attacking students, using a strategy of two per row and five steps apart, charged towards the first obstacle in batches.

Each row ideally consisted of students from the same school, with schools interspersed. If alone, they’d join another lone student to form a row.

They made this strategy after a brief pre-game discussion.

Group B’s defending students arranged people to block according to each obstacle’s difficulty level and characteristics.

The first obstacle was an S-shaped balance beam, with sponge balls spinning around the sides. If hit, the person would fall off the beam.

Falling students need to begin again from the starting point.

Group B students at this point need to create greater obstacles for Group A students near the balance beam.

But their bodies couldn’t touch Group A students, relying solely on the provided props.

Superpower students could use their abilities, but these couldn’t touch students, training their precision control.

To increase safety, each obstacle was guarded by high-level superpower users, ready to break off uncontrolled abilities or accidental harm.

Among these high-level superpower users was Ji Ning from the stands.

She was specially requested by the organizer.

They hoped she’d also help with defense.

Despite Ji Ning leisurely snacking in the stands, her spiritual power already covered the entire competition field.

She saw everyone’s moves clearly, even predicting superpower students’ abilities in advance.

That’s the mastery of multiple-element high-level superpower users over surrounding energy fluctuations.

As the defensive side of the first obstacle, Yao Meng and another Water Ability User felt immense pressure.

The reason Lin Yuanyang placed them together was mainly because their powers could be used in combination.

For instance, Water Ability turning into a water wall, Yao Meng could transform it into an ice wall.

Their cooperation could bring tremendous advantages.

The first two students rushing up were also superpower students, their speed swift, first using abilities to stop the sponge balls’ motion, then halting to let eight trailing normal students hurry past.

The strategy was good, but they overlooked Group B’s ability students using powers to block them.

Suddenly, an ice wall appeared on the balance beam, blocking Group A students’ path forward.

To pass, they had to break the ice wall first.

"I’ll go, you guys step back."

A strong boy happened to be at the front.

He intended to use his fists to shatter the ice wall but didn’t expect it to transform.

Suddenly, a crystalline ice spike grew outwards.