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Chapter 129 You're Playing a Scheme! Starry Sky Outlook

[Dear viewers, since the Blue Team achieved a nine-game winning streak, we've seen a new player step onto the Red Team's stage. Let's see if this young player can end the Blue Team's winning streak, or if the Blue Team player can achieve a ten-game winning streak!]

[Friendly reminder: The players who are able to compete on stage today are all players who are among the top 500 in their respective provinces in "Aircraft: Swarm". There are players from Sichuan province and top 500 players who have come from other provinces.]

This ranking also represents superb skills, brilliant tactics, and the exciting performance to come.

[The staff is currently resetting the battlefield. The match will officially begin in two minutes!]

Accompanied by the host's voice.

The drones on site also automatically returned to their positions.

The staff replaced the batteries of some drones whose battery levels had dropped significantly. After checking and finding no problems, the countdown to the competition began.

[30 seconds, the competition officially begins!]

Thirty seconds passed in the blink of an eye, the match began, and both teams' drones remained motionless in place.

About three seconds later, suddenly, with a buzzing sound, the blue team's drone moved first, and less than a second later, Xu Qingling's drone also moved.

"Our flight was delayed—"

Zhang Yihao shouted nervously, "But the score is close, the start is even, there's hope!"

"wrong!"

At this moment, Li Tao seemed to notice something, and his expression changed drastically as he said, "Why are Xu Qingling launching suicide drones?"

On the competition field, thirty laser drones were launched by the blue team.

Xu Qingling's 20 self-destructing drones also took off all at once, transforming into a swarm of bees, flying towards the blue team's laser drones.

"A self-destructing drone attacking a laser drone—this is a freebie!" Li Tao couldn't help but cry out in despair.

"It's safe."

Lin Dong smiled slightly upon seeing this.

"This is"

Blue team.

The girl in the sportswear who was operating the drones paused for a moment when she saw that Xu Qingling's first batch of drones were all self-destructing drones. The next moment, she seemed to realize something, her expression changed, and she quickly changed the command to launch all the remaining drones.

But then, a loud buzzing sound filled the field.

Xu Qingling's remaining 60 laser drones took off in two waves, following behind the self-destructing drones, and pressed directly towards the blue team's camp.

"They're plotting something!"

Seeing this, the girl in the sportswear gritted her teeth, pressed the enter key, and launched all the drones on her side.

But after doing all that, she entered an automatic attack command for all units and then stopped operating.

Instead, he stood up, looking angrily at Xu Qingling of the red team, then clenched his fist and looked at the competition field not far away.

One hundred and sixty drones took off and clashed together, filling the entire competition venue with their buzzing sound.

Within seconds, both sides entered the firing range, and microlasers automatically locked on and launched, causing a rain of drones to fall on the field.

Dozens, even hundreds, of drones were quickly hit and shot down.

In less than 10 seconds, only a handful of less than 30 drones remained in the sky.

Among them were 13 laser drones belonging to Xu Qingling and 16 self-destructing drones belonging to a girl in sportswear.

"My God! You can do this?" Li Tao exclaimed in disbelief.

"This strategy uses suicide drones as a shield, prioritizing attacks on the opponent's laser drones, directly exchanging pieces. In the end, Xu Qingling is left with only laser drones, while the opponent is left with only suicide drones."

Zhang Yihao's eyes widened as well: "We won!"

Buzz—

As soon as Zhang Yihao finished speaking, Xu Qingling's drones launched an attack across the competition field. The Blue Team's self-destructing drones, which lacked long-range lasers, were quickly shot down despite having three more drones than the Blue Team.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qingling's laser drone flew to the white circle and began targeted laser irradiation.

beep!

Ten seconds later, all the white circles on the blue team lit up with red lights.

[Blue team lost]

The results of the match were announced simultaneously via loudspeaker.

"Wow, we won! We actually won!"

"They took off from behind and won in one fell swoop! Qingling, you're amazing!"

Upon hearing the broadcast, Huang Qingling and Su Yue jumped up simultaneously, immediately reaching out to hug Xu Qingling, who had just stood up, their faces beaming with triumphant joy.

"Alright, Lin Dong and the others are still waiting for us."

Hearing the incredulous exclamation from the radio host, Xu Qingling smiled, broke free from their embrace, and walked towards Lin Dong.

The two exchanged a glance, and Lin Dong smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Well done."

"Uh-huh.

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Xu Qingling smiled and nodded, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons.

"You're plotting something!"

At this moment, the girl in the blue team's tracksuit rushed over, swinging her ponytail, looking at Xu Qingling angrily with a defiant glint in her eyes.

"this----"

This was the first time Xu Qingling had encountered such a situation, and she was stunned for a moment, unsure how to respond.

"Drone games are all about strategy. If you call this a conspiracy, then you've misunderstood."

At this moment, Lin Dong stepped forward, glanced at the girl in the sportswear, and gave a nonchalant reply.

After speaking, he looked up at the foreign affairs personnel in the audience, reached out and picked up Xu Qingling's backpack, and called out to everyone, "Let's go out and get something to eat, there are too many people here."

"Wait, Lin Dong, aren't you participating in the competition?"

Seeing Lin Dong about to leave, Huang Qingyao glanced at the girl in the sportswear and couldn't help but ask.

Goodbye————

Xu Qingling smiled happily when she saw Lin Dong protect her: "He taught me how to use drones, and I've never beaten him. If he goes up there, my victory will be gone."

"Xu Qingling, shut up! I didn't ask you anything!"

Huang Qingyao suddenly grabbed Xu Qingling's shoulders, crying out in unbearable pain, "Can you please stop protecting him like this every day—"

Li Tao and the others around him smiled but didn't say anything, and left with Lin Dong.

Behind him, the girl in the sportswear listened to the conversation, her shoulders twitched, her gaze lingered on Lin Dong's back for three seconds, and finally she gritted her teeth, turned around, and went back to the competition area.

"Dear students, is it convenient for us to conduct an interview?"

Just as Lin Dong and the others stepped out of the competition area, a shout suddenly rang out from ahead.

Several staff members, carrying microphones, cameras, and wearing name tags for "Station One" around their necks, waved politely and warmly to Lin Dong and his group.

"Convenient! Convenient!"

Before Lin Dong could answer, Li Tao jumped out with his eyes shining.

;

Lin Dong's lips twitched, and he had no choice but to stop and see what questions to ask.

Hello, classmate.

The reporter walked up and said with a smile, "I see you just came from this offline competition area. You should all be among the top 500 players in the province."

I just watched your match, it was very exciting. I'd like to ask what your thoughts are on this game?

"There are many perspectives, but the key point is that this can cultivate our combat thinking —"

Li Tao answered very seriously, and the reporter listened very attentively.

But after he finished rambling on, he turned the microphone towards Lin Dong.

"What's your opinion, student?"

"I think this is a vision for the future. Through real algorithms and instructions, we can become familiar with the operation and remote control of various devices in a game-like way, so that we can adapt to and meet the needs of various fields of work in the future."

Lin Dong thought for a moment and then simply pulled out Comrade Lin Weiliang: "My father once said that humanity will eventually go to the stars."

However, in the early stages of space construction, the harsh environment is not suitable for human survival, so we will rely more on intelligent machinery for various construction tasks.

This would require numerous operators to remotely control the system. Perhaps by using a game, we could pre-select the appropriate operators.

"Heading towards the stars, controlling intelligent machinery for construction — it seems the student is very optimistic about the future."

The reporter nodded and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, but what does your father do for a living?"

"He was an ordinary engineer."

"Okay, thank you for the interview. We won't disturb your event any longer."

Having received a satisfactory answer, the reporter didn't ask any more questions and gestured to the cameraman to move on to the next location.

Lin Dong and the others didn't linger after the reporters left. They went to the food street on the other side of the park, where they ate various delicacies.

In China, whether it's an official event or a grassroots event, as long as the flow of people and the scale reach a certain level, there will inevitably be a food street planned by the local authorities nearby, filled with all kinds of local delicacies.

Maocai (a type of Sichuan hot pot), rabbit heads, pig's trotters, steamed pork in lotus leaves, various barbecued potstickers, a serving of Zhongshui dumplings, and a takeaway of ice jelly—eat and stroll around while enjoying all kinds of delicious food.

It was a little after 3 p.m.

Sunlight slanted through the sunshade of the food street, and the air was filled with the aroma of chili oil and Sichuan peppercorn powder, constantly tempting the taste buds and appetites of the crowd.

Xu Qingling walked beside Lin Dong with a bowl of ice jelly in her hand, stirring the crushed ice and brown sugar water in the bowl with a plastic spoon. Occasionally, she would look up at Lin Dong and then quietly put her selfie away.

Huang Qingyao, who was not far away, had just bought a rabbit head. She turned around and caught a glimpse of this scene, and rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Su Yue touched her stomach and cried out, "Oh no, I overate today—I'm going to gain ten pounds when I get back!"

"well enough."

Zhang Yihao casually finished half as many dumplings as everyone else, then said with a hint of seriousness, "The rabbit heads from that stall were pretty good. I'll pack a few to take home later."

"Brother Hao's appetite is still as good as ever."

Li Tao gave a thumbs up, let out a burp, and then, as if remembering something, turned to look at Lin Dong.

"Lin Dong, what you said in the interview was true? Uncle Lin really said that this game is for developing a space program—"

As soon as he said this, the surrounding friends all looked over, seemingly to confirm whether Lin Weiliang really said that.

They had heard Lin Dong say that the core algorithm of the game was written by Lin Weiliang, and then Lin Dong's uncle's company improved the external voice-over and functions, and was responsible for the operation.

This undoubtedly made them curious whether Lin Weiliang's plan for the game really had such a grand goal.

After all, a deputy chief engineer who's not even forty years old is number one in their parents' circle; in their eyes, he's an absolute big shot.

"That's fake. How could my dad tell me that?"

Lin Dong smiled and said, "For an interview with Channel 1, the answers must be high-class."

Unlike Li Tao, who speaks with a purely operational mindset. This isn't a military interview; if you say something like that, it'll be cut.

"All right."

The expectant expressions on Huang Qingyao and the others' faces suddenly turned to disappointment: "We thought we'd actually be able to go to space and Mars in our lifetime."

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"Waaaaah, does that mean my impassioned speech back then won't even get a single shot on CCTV?" Li Tao cried out in anguish.

"rest assured."

Lin Dong patted Li Tao on the shoulder: "If I were on CCTV, and you were standing next to me, you'd definitely get half your face shown—"

""

"Go away, then I'll become a supporting character," Li Tao replied irritably.

"It's good enough to have green leaves."

Lin Dong smiled and said that his phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated twice.

[Lin Weiliang]: Your game friend is looking for you, saying there's an urgent matter at 5 PM!

Lin Dong took out his phone and saw the message. His expression changed, realizing that something urgent had happened. He turned to everyone and said, "It's about time to go back. Anyway, you guys don't want to participate in offline competitions anymore. You'll just get crushed if you go."

"Lin Dong, can you please not bring up this painful topic?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Qingyao couldn't help but stand up angrily: "You think your talent is so great? You think you're so high and mighty? Now you can laugh at us—"

"You're playing Zhao Gao, right? You have such a perfect repertoire of lines."

Lin Dong replied, then looked at Xu Qingling, who was holding the iced jelly and staring at him without moving, and couldn't help but laugh, "Why are you staring at me without saying anything?"

"No, I'm eating. Just listen to what you have to say."

Xu Qingling finished the last bite of the ice jelly and revealed a bright smile.

As she spoke, sunlight streamed through the gaps in the awning, casting a bright glow in her eyes.

"I can't stand it, I have goosebumps."

Huang Qingyao shivered and rubbed her arm violently. She pulled Su Yue and Jiang Caiping aside and said, "The three of us will take a taxi back. Let's leave her alone and let her stick to Lin Dong."