The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 272 Confrontation
"What's going on? Where did they get so many bullets? And there are only five of them, how can they launch such a concentrated attack?" Tader said, slightly agitated.

She had been calm and collected all the way and finally managed to shake off the group ahead of her and enter the top ten, but she didn't expect that the series of opponents above her would be so difficult to deal with.

Not to mention R186 and R256, whom she has never faced head-on, even R197 and R87, who she cooperates with, are no pushovers. The top ten are basically concentrated in these few teams.

However, she couldn't do anything about these people in a short period of time, which once added many obstacles to Tader's idea of ​​entering the top five, and now it has become an impossible reality.

However, having come this far, she should at least produce some results, shouldn't she? Even if she can't achieve a dazzling result on the overall leaderboard, she should at least have some tangible achievements. And achievements like shooting down the top three on the leaderboard would sound very convincing.

As a classmate of top-ranked Jiang Hui and third-ranked Clarence, Tadel doesn't think he'll lose to them by much.

As for the method used, that doesn't matter. After all, military competition is often not just about strength. Victory achieved through effective strategies is equally admirable.

Lin Maowu's suggestion served as a catalyst. The benefits of a united front they mentioned didn't really appeal to her. Those were all empty promises. The top ten positions were already difficult to break, and the remaining few could be dealt with independently without a united front, without risking their lives. After all, a powerful group is easily manipulated and its members are often divided; even the strongest group can easily attract trouble.

Putting aside all the sweet talk, they didn't really gain much—if they actually chose to cooperate this way.

However, one point mentioned by the other party convinced Tadel.

Since she started participating in this competition, Dalia Tader's biggest regret is that she has never actually faced the top players on the field. She has always just missed them, and all she has seen is the ups and downs of the leaderboard.

For the Lava siblings, who are pursuing maximum benefit, it would be best not to clash with the top figures, as this would allow them to preserve their strength as much as possible.

But for the ambitious Tader, it was a different story. Seeing her classmates Jiang Hui and Clarence rising to prominence and achieving results that all the contestants envied, she naturally had other ideas.

Tader is calm and rarely acts rashly, maintaining an exceptionally low profile in both rankings and actions. Yet, it is this very person who has led a team with a mediocre overall skill level to break through the encirclement and survive until now, even securing a top-ten position with another teammate.

If we're really talking about top-tier combat power, teams R197 and R87 are not as good as them. None of R197's five members even made it into the top ten, while only Lin Maowu from R87 is somewhat presentable.

Although individual points and rankings do not represent absolute ability, they are undoubtedly the most direct manifestation of individual ability.

Having come this far, how could Tadel be content to remain holed up until the end of the competition? Since there was no hope of advancing further in the rankings, she desperately wanted to face the top players.

The recent pursuit of Holly's team gave them a lot of confidence, and Tadel even felt that perhaps those guys weren't as invincible as she had imagined...

But can someone tell her what's going on with this R186 squad?
After sensing that their target had stopped, the three teams gradually converged, surrounding the target at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, forming a pincer movement.

The plan is to fire in stages when the time comes, blocking their movements from all angles and directions, forcing these desperate prey to risk an advance and expose their weaknesses. Then, highly skilled snipers can score the points. In essence, it's a siege warfare tactic, just a numbers game; it doesn't require much skill.

Yet, this very simple tactic proved highly effective in a match with such a simple personnel structure. Because there are very few external factors that can truly influence the outcome, it all comes down to individual skill. If everyone's abilities are roughly equal or not significantly different, then it naturally comes down to individual kills.

How could they not win if they ganged up on each other?

That's how R256 was taken down. Even someone as strong as Holly had to back down, forced to flee the battle to preserve one last chance to survive. So, even if R186 faces slightly more difficulties, it shouldn't be... too far off, right?

But who knew it would be so different? It was completely unlike what they had imagined—

They were a dozen against five, exchanging fire from a distance of more than a mile. The one with more people was actually unable to do anything to the one with fewer people... Can anyone tell them how the other five people managed to create the effect of a dozen people firing at once?
Do they have so much equipment and so many bullets? Don't they need to dodge bullets?
Sometimes the other side would fire so fast they wouldn't even need to catch their breath, just firing straight at the target, making them wonder if the other side had installed a camera there. Otherwise, how could they accurately aim at people who had just emerged from behind the rocks from such a distance?

If Lin Maowu hadn't reminded them in advance to find a high, rocky area for cover, all three teams would probably have been wiped out by now, given the enemy's attack method.

That's terrifying!

They finally understood why Team R186 had been able to dominate the competition so far. If this was their skill, then it was truly not surprising.

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"Is this the skill of the person you were talking about?" Nancy, who had just recovered from the shock of almost being hit in the face by a bullet, leaned against the rock and asked Lin Maowu, who had somehow returned to the rock.

The silent boy nodded almost imperceptibly, but didn't seem to be listening very attentively.

Nancy was already used to this kind of behavior from the other party. Although she seemed to be making conversation, she was actually still immersed in the moment when she was targeted, like a small animal being stared at by some kind of natural enemy, a chill ran down her spine.

A tremendous sense of crisis washed over Nancy, her mind screaming for cover. Instinctively, she abandoned her weapon and retreated behind a rock for cover. Though it was a humiliating decision, it saved her from a fatal blow.

If she hadn't dodged, their team would probably have lost their second chance to survive by now.

That's absolutely terrifying—

Even after so much time had passed, Nancy knew that the other person couldn't see her through the rocks, but she could still feel the terrifying sensation of being completely immobilized.

(End of this chapter)