Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 132 First Day Settlement: How Many Points are 10,000 Insects?!
Occupied area, temporary camp in the southern suburbs.

Within this safe zone controlled by the Ninghai military, countless figures dressed in white rushed to and fro.

The atmosphere inside the makeshift medical area was so oppressive it was suffocating.

Lying on the hospital bed is a selected individual who narrowly escaped from the Linchuan Ruins.

They were lucky; at least they survived the overwhelming swarm of insects.

But everyone's body was covered with hideous bite marks, large chunks of flesh had been gnawed away to reveal stark white bones, and some wounds had eerie blackish-purple edges, clearly indicating the presence of toxins.

Three of the most seriously injured, who were in a deep coma, were carefully lifted onto stretchers after emergency treatment, and were prepared to be rushed to a major hospital in the rear by military helicopter for further treatment.

Others with minor injuries were left in the observation area; their eyes were vacant, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably from the intense pain and fear.

The psychological trauma caused by insect swarms is far more terrifying than physical wounds.

But at least they didn't die.

Because of this insect swarm, some of the chosen ones, geniuses from other families, actually perished in it!
at the same time.

The atmosphere was heavy in the meeting room of the temporary command post.

At the head of the long conference table sat Wang Lingchuan, a military officer with two bars and three stars.

"The initial scale we detected was a secondary insect swarm."

"But what actually broke out was a level one insect swarm, far exceeding the warning scale, which none of us expected."

Wang Lingchuan's voice was deep as his gaze slowly swept over each of the officers present.

"The compensation for the three deceased contestants will be paid at the highest standard. We should try to appease their families."

"For those who are seriously injured and unconscious, we will do everything possible to save them. All expenses and costs will be temporarily recorded in our account, and we will find a way to claim reimbursement later."

Wang Lingchuan's instructions were clear and unambiguous.

Once the orders were issued, someone would immediately carry them out.

But then, he changed the subject.

"But the selection process must continue."

"On the battlefield, accidents can happen at any time. A level one insect swarm is a low-probability event, but if you encounter one and don't survive, you can only blame your bad luck."

The officers present remained solemn, and none of them objected.

They all knew that this selection process was a brutal elimination.

Unexpected events always occur during the selection process.

This time, however, the accident came earlier and was even more unexpected.

Wang Lingchuan's gaze shifted to a major sitting to his left, the very same one who had brought Lin Ye to participate in the selection.

"Xiao Shi, judging by the time, almost a day has passed. Have the first day's points statistics been released yet?"

dong dong!

No sooner had he finished speaking than there was a knock on the conference room door.

The door was pushed open, and Cheng Tianhao's tall figure appeared in the doorway.

He came to report to the military on the specific damage to the camp and to apply for supplies for the subsequent reconstruction work.

Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon a meeting that was in progress as soon as I walked in.

Looking at the officers with star insignia on their shoulders in the conference room and the tense atmosphere, Cheng Tianhao's expression immediately became somewhat awkward.

He immediately stopped and gave a somewhat awkward military salute.

"I'm sorry, sirs, I didn't know you were in a meeting..."

Wang Lingchuan merely glanced at him indifferently, without reprimanding him, but simply nodded slightly, indicating that he should stand aside and wait quietly.

Cheng Tianhao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated to the wall, keeping his eyes down and trying to minimize his presence.

Wang Lingchuan's gaze returned to the major, only to find him sitting upright with a troubled expression on his face, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Speak your mind," Wang Lingchuan said bluntly.

The major stood up, took a deep breath, and reported: "Report! The scores of most of the contestants have been automatically tallied by the system, but... there is only one person's score that is highly controversial and requires manual review, which is why the final score list has not been released yet."

The military's selection process uses a hybrid human-machine review model for point calculation.

The wristwatch worn by each selector is not only a positioning and distress signaling device, but also a sophisticated recorder of vital signs and combat data.

The watch will monitor the wearer's heart rate, electromyography signals, and blood flow fluctuations in real time.

When the system determines that the wearer has entered combat mode, and combines their movement trajectory with the surrounding environment, it can roughly determine the type of mutated beast and record it.

Then, the selectors upload the biological information of the targets they kill, and the comparison is completed.

For kill records with clear and unambiguous data, the computer system will directly enter them and then calculate the points.

However, for some results that the watch cannot confirm with 100% certainty, such as multiple people hunting together or abnormal data, they will be marked and submitted to a human for secondary review.

"What controversy?" Wang Lingchuan frowned.

The major's expression grew even stranger. He pulled up the tactical tablet in front of him and said:

"This morning, we received a points verification application submitted by Lin Ye, the 37th contestant."

"He claimed that he killed a total of 10887 iron-eating beetles by himself during the insect swarm at the Linchuan site."

The moment the words fell.

The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

A few seconds later, someone broke the silence.

"Nonsense!"

An officer of the same rank as a major had a face full of absurdity and disdain.

"More than ten thousand? What does he think iron-eating beetles are? Chickens lining up for him to kill? Or is he taking the blame for all the beetle corpses that died in the swarm?"

"This is a blatant provocation against the selection rules and a mockery of our reviewers!"

His words immediately drew a chorus of agreement.

"That's really outrageous. How could one person kill tens of thousands of beetles in one night?"

"It's already a miracle for ordinary people to survive an insect swarm; he's exaggerating his achievements!"

Questions and criticisms arose one after another.

When Cheng Tianhao, who was standing in the corner, heard the name Lin Ye and the unbelievable number of kills, his pupils suddenly contracted and his heart pounded.

He instinctively wanted to say something, but seeing the scene, he swallowed his words back.

Wang Lingchuan ignored the crowd's discussions, his right hand tapping lightly on the table, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

After a moment's thought, Wang Lingchuan spoke again.

His voice wasn't loud, but it instantly silenced the murmurs in the entire conference room.

“Retrieve his movements for that day.”

"Yes!"

The major immediately took action.

On the main screen of the conference room, a huge 3D aerial view of the occupied area of ​​Linchuan lit up.

A striking, bright trajectory line starts from the drop point in the southern suburbs, heads north, and pierces straight into the ruins of the Linchuan site.

Subsequently, this trajectory line abruptly stopped moving in the core area of ​​the Linchuan site.

Instead, a battle hotspot that was constantly expanding and flashing a blinding red light appeared.

The watch determines the duration of combat based on the wearer's heart rate fluctuations and the time of intense electromyography changes.

At this moment, the hot topic representing Lin Ye on the screen is no longer just a single dot.

As the battle duration was determined, it transformed into a terrifying orb of light that covered almost half of the Linchuan city area!
Next to the ball of light, a line of data is clearly displayed—

[Duration of high-intensity, sustained combat: 12 hours and 27 minutes.]

Upon seeing this data, everyone in the meeting room who had just questioned Lin Ye's performance froze.

The major, who had been somewhat agitated, stood there with his mouth agape, his expression frozen, unable to utter a single word.

Twelve and a half hours!

Non-stop, high-intensity combat!
Everyone present knew perfectly well what this meant.

This means that this 37th really did hold out for a whole night in the very heart of the insect swarm!

This data is absolutely genuine!
The major, whom Wang Lingchuan called Xiao Shi, continued.

"Battalion Commander, this is where we're having trouble."

"Judging from the battle hotspot trajectory map, he did indeed encounter an extremely long and intense battle within the Linchuan Ruins. His location was precisely at the core of this Level 1 insect swarm outbreak." "Furthermore, until now, his vital signs are all good, and we have not received any distress signals from our back-end system."

"These objectively collected data all indirectly prove that his submitted record may not be entirely unfounded."

These words plunged the meeting room into an eerie silence once again.

Everyone was stumped.

Tens of thousands of iron-eating beetles, if converted according to the selection points rules, would be an astronomical number.

Each individual mutated beast scores 10 points or more.

How many points would you get from 10,000 iron-eating beetles?!
This is enough for Lin Ye's points to directly crush all the other contestants, and even far exceed the highest record in previous selections!
This is an exaggeration.

"Battalion Commander, colleagues, I still think there are some doubts."

"Even if he survived the insect swarm, it only means that he had a strong ability to survive, or that he was lucky enough to find an excellent hiding place."

After a moment of silence, someone raised a new question.

"In a natural disaster of that scale, countless beetles would die in the chaos. He might have just been fighting, but to say that he killed all ten thousand of them is something that can't be proven!"

"That's right, the data can only prove that he fought for a long time, but it can't confirm his kill count! Who can prove it?"

That's a very good question.

There is no basis for what you say.

Even if they send people into the Linchuan ruins now, which are full of wreckage and insect corpses, to conduct on-site investigation and evidence collection.

It is undoubtedly a massive undertaking, and there is no guarantee that it will yield accurate results.

Furthermore, it cannot be proven that the data reported by Lin Ye is accurate.

Wang Lingchuan fell into deep thought, his fingers tapping incessantly on the table, yet he hesitated to make a decision.

As the commander in charge of the trial, he had to ensure fairness for everyone else, but he also didn't want to wrong any genuine battle record.

This is indeed a difficult matter.

Just when the entire conference room was at a standstill.

A slightly hesitant but incredibly clear voice rang out from the corner.

"Um... officers."

Cheng Tianhao took a deep breath and stepped out from behind the wall.

“I think I can attest that he… really did kill so many insects.”

Swish-!
In an instant, everyone's eyes in the conference room were focused on this "outsider".

Wang Lingchuan's sharp eyes instantly locked onto Cheng Tianhao, his expression serious, exuding an invisible sense of pressure.

"You were there? Why do you say that?"

A fine bead of sweat appeared on Cheng Tianhao's forehead.

He was well aware of his own identity; he was merely the leader of a civilian martial arts organization recruited by the military in the occupied area, an unofficial member.

In such situations, others have little influence and have no right to interrupt.

However, when he thought of the kindness of saving his younger brother, and the fact that he couldn't offer Lin Ye anything, a surge of passion rushed to his head.

He gave it all!
"After receiving the insect swarm warning yesterday, I immediately sent my younger brother Cheng Jiale with people into the city to broadcast through loudspeakers, notifying all idle martial artists to evacuate."

"But this insect swarm has undergone a terrifying mutation. Its scale has increased from the level two warning to the highest level one, and a large number of beetles capable of long-distance flight have even appeared!"

"The insect swarm came too fast. My brother and his companions were trapped in the city center and completely lost contact with me..."

"At that time... I already thought he was dead."

"But this morning, he miraculously returned alive, and the four team members who were trapped with him also survived!"

"The one who saved them is the selector named Lin Ye, whom the officers have been talking about!"

These words caused a subtle shift in the atmosphere of the meeting room once again.

Wang Lingchuan's eyes flashed.

"You mean, your brother witnessed Lin Ye's battle against the insect swarm?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Tianhao's voice suddenly rose, and he excitedly pulled out a military-grade encrypted communicator from his pocket.

“My brother not only witnessed it with his own eyes, but he also used the video recording function of his watch to capture some of the battle scenes!”

These words, like a thunderclap, exploded in everyone's minds!

seeing is believing!

The biggest point of contention now is the lack of direct evidence that Lin Ye killed tens of thousands of beetles.

Video evidence is undoubtedly the most direct, convincing, and irrefutable proof available at the moment!

Play it now!

Wang Lingchuan gave the order in a deep voice, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible urgency.

"Yes!"

Cheng Tianhao quickly stepped forward and connected the communicator to the main control system in the conference room.

Soon, several slightly shaky but extremely clear videos began playing on the main screen.

The first video footage was shot through a gap in a blocked subway passage.

As far as the eye can see, there are endless, surging iron-eating beetles like a black tide!

They gnawed at the subway car blocking the entrance, making a teeth-grinding sound. The hard alloy shell was rapidly disintegrated like a biscuit under their ferocious mouthparts!
Just by looking at the screen, the overwhelming sense of despair sent chills down the spines of all the battle-hardened officers in the conference room!
Many of them had personally experienced insect swarms and knew all too well the terror of these monsters.

But this was the first time they had ever seen an insect swarm of this size and density!
The scene shifts, and the camera focuses on the interior of the subway platform.

On the walls, ceiling, and railway tracks...

From all directions, there were countless beetles swarming in!

The road ahead is blocked, the road behind is cut off, and enemies are everywhere!

This is a deadly trap where certain death is certain!

"My God... they actually encountered a swarm of insects in a place like this! Under these circumstances, there's no way they could have survived..."

An officer's expression changed drastically; he was incredulous.

However, in this suffocating scene...

A figure suddenly appeared in the center of the screen.

He was alone, with only one gun.

Like an unshakeable black reef, it faces alone the endless swarm of insects surging in from all directions!
Judging from his face and the number on the bracelet on his wrist, it is indeed Lin Ye!
next second.

A scene that would be unforgettable for everyone in the conference room, and even completely overturned their understanding of martial arts, unfolded.

In the scene, Lin Ye's figure left blurry afterimages in the swarm of insects, and the spear in his hand transformed into a streak of black lightning.

With a single thrust of the spear, several beetles were skewered like candied hawthorns.

With a single sweeping shot, a large swarm of beetles was cut in half, their dark green fluids splattering everywhere.

His movements were extremely fast and extremely precise.

Even more bizarrely, those ferocious and violent iron-eating beetles instantly lost all their aggression and became incredibly docile, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, once they got close to his body within a certain range!

This is not a stubborn resistance.

This is a one-sided massacre!

A collective gasp filled the conference room.

Everyone was stunned by the figure on the screen, who seemed like a god of war descending to earth.

They watched as Lin Ye skillfully maneuvered through the endless swarm of insects, reaping lives with efficiency and ruthlessness.

They watched as the insect corpses at his feet slowly piled up from a thin layer into a small mountain.

They looked at the entire underground space, from being filled with swarms of insects to having patches of vacuum areas forcibly carved out.

Time flew by as the video fast-forwarded.

A night of bloody battle was condensed into just a few minutes.

As the video ends, dawn breaks and the swarm of insects recedes like the tide, leaving only a mess on the ground and that still upright figure.

The entire conference room fell into a deathly silence!

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