Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Seeing that no one had any new questions, Meng Huai brought up the second competition: "Next, let’s talk about the team battle. The team battle allows groups of three to six people to form freely, but the team must include students from at least two different classes. One important thing to note is that at least one student from Class A must team up with one student from Class F. You can’t exploit the rules by having two Class A students team up with just one Class F student."

Everyone burst into laughter. When they heard the first part, some quick thinkers had already come up with ways to get around the rule by teaming up Class A and Class F students just for show. But to their surprise, the school had anticipated this and banned it, which was good news for the students in Class F.

"The final score for the team battle will be calculated by dividing the total team score by the number of members to get an individual average score, which will then be compared. So, a team of three won’t be at a disadvantage compared to a team of six."

"That’s not right," a student immediately questioned, "no matter how you look at it, having more members is clearly an advantage."

Upon hearing this, Meng Huai sneered, "Speaking without raising your hand? Go stand in the back!"

After the unfortunate student dejectedly moved to the back, Meng Huai explained the issue: "There are advantages to having more members, but there are also advantages to having fewer members. If you have more people on your team, there's a good chance one or two of them will drag the rest down. When the scores are calculated, the average score per person might end up being lower than that of a three-person team."

After finishing, Meng Huai seemed a bit irritated and casually sat on a chair next to the lecture desk: "The specific details of the competition should be posted on the school website tonight. You can check it yourselves. I only have one requirement—"

He deliberately paused for two seconds to capture everyone’s attention before continuing, "I’ll allow you to fail in the individual battles, even if it’s in the first round. But if any of you end up in the bottom five teams in the team battle, after the monthly exam, you’ll receive my personal attention in training."

"How touching, isn’t it?"

No one dared to move or speak.

Seeing the crowd’s silence, Meng Huai smiled in satisfaction: "Alright, you have a week to form your teams. On Friday, the team captains need to submit the list to the grade director. If you haven’t formed a team by then, you’ll be randomly assigned to a team with others who haven’t. Meeting adjourned!"

Just as he finished speaking, the "Manga Awareness" voice sounded: " 'King of Superpower' has been updated. Please check it out."

Upon hearing the update, a flash of joy appeared in Su Bei’s eyes. He was worried that the manga would update only after the competition started, which would delay his plans. If that happened, his mental power wouldn’t improve until the team battle, and his character would risk collapsing in the individual battle.

Fortunately, the author updated the manga early enough. Now, the only concern was whether the author included the scene he wanted.

As Su Bei worried, Jiang Tianming approached him: "As we discussed earlier, let’s team up for the monthly exam. I’m planning to form a six-person team with you, me, Lan Subing, Wu Mingbai, Mu Tieren, and the last one, I’ll ask if Mo Xiaotian wants to join. What do you think?"

"Sure, just let me know when you’ve finalized the team," Su Bei nodded on the surface but was secretly asking "Manga Awareness," "If I wasn’t part of the team, who would have been the sixth member?"

Honestly, he was worried about taking someone else’s place. He didn’t feel right about depriving another character of an important appearance opportunity, which could even prevent them from appearing in future episodes.

If there really was a character whose place he had taken, Su Bei might consider teaming up with the protagonist’s group. He was clear-headed about this—teaming up with them wouldn’t be a big deal; he could always team up with Feng Lan.

As expected, Feng Lan would likely join Si Zhaohua’s team. He could then join a villain’s team, which wasn’t a bad option either.

Unaware that Su Bei was considering giving up teaming up with the protagonist’s group, "Manga Awareness" replied honestly, "Originally, the manga’s setting for this monthly exam was a team of 3 to 5 people, but because you were added, it became a team of 3 to 6 people."

"Huh?!" This was an unexpected answer for Su Bei. "Did I change the manga's setting?"

"Not really," "Manga Awareness" denied this notion. "The original setting for this part was that those who participated in the previous ‘Find the Culprit’ event would team up, which involved five people. So the team size was set to 3 to 5 people. Now, since it’s six people, the setting has changed to 3 to 6 people."

I see, Su Bei suddenly understood. If that’s the case, he could relax. Although joining the villain's team was appealing, it wouldn’t get as much screen time as being part of the protagonist's team.

After clarifying, he wasted no time and quickly returned to the dormitory.

[The team battle is secure!]

Flying Cockroach no.0: "One has the 'Death Summon' ability, another has 'Word Spirit,' Wu Mingbai's 'Earth Element' and Mo Xiaotian's air block are both great for surprise attacks, and now, with Su Bei's mysterious high mental power, the team battle is locked in!

I feel like this monthly exam might be hinting at revealing some secrets about Mu Tieren. From what we’ve seen, his physical enhancement ability doesn’t seem to fit well with the rest of the team. (No hate towards him.)"

no.1: "Hahaha, love the username!"

no.2: "I didn’t even notice until you pointed it out, hahaha!"

no.3: "The main characters will definitely win the team battle. I think the main purpose is for us to learn more about the team members' abilities. Not just Mu Tieren—we still don’t even know what Su Bei and Mo Xiaotian's abilities are called!"

no.4 replies to no.3: "Right, I completely forgot!"

no.5: "I thought they were going to team up with Feng Lan. Sigh, no chance to see that handsome white-haired guy."

no.6: "Those three from Class A (Si Zhaohua, Ai Baozhu, and Zhou Kaixuan) will definitely go up against Jiang Tianming and the others. They're all from Class A, so they still need to pair with three from Class F. I’m betting Feng Lan will join their team."

no.7 replies to no.6: "!!!!!!!!!"

no.8 replies to no.6: "Wow, I hadn’t even thought of that. Feng Lan will definitely join that team."

no.9: "I wonder which other two from Class F will team up with them."

no.10: "Looking at it this way, it's likely that Jiang Tianming will go up against Si Zhaohua, Lan Subing against Ai Baozhu, Wu Mingbai against Zhou Kaixuan, Su Bei against Feng Lan, and the other two will face unknown opponents. Sounds exciting!"

no.11 replies to no.10: "Already looking forward to it!"

(...)

After reading the post, especially the part on the sixth floor, Su Bei raised an eyebrow. He hadn’t thought about this before. But now, after the reminder, he began to think.

Yes, the post was right. According to the rules, three from Class A must team up with three from Class F to keep things fair. So, aside from Feng Lan, who were the other two people from Class F likely to join Si Zhaohua’s team?

Suddenly, two names popped into his mind—Zhao Xiaoyu and Wu Jin.

It wasn’t surprising that he thought of them, as they were highly likely candidates to join Si Zhaohua's team.

Si Zhaohua and his group were proud individuals. Though they were forced by the rules to accept three members from Class F, besides the familiar Feng Lan, they wouldn't care much for the others from Class F.

Given that, it wouldn’t matter who joined them.

Zhao Xiaoyu was a smart person. If she noticed Si Zhaohua recruiting Feng Lan, she might take the initiative to bring someone along and recommend themselves. Naturally, she would bring someone to make things easier for Si Zhaohua’s group by completing the roster in one go.

In this case, the choice of companion would also be crucial. Zhao Xiaoyu wasn’t someone content with merely following others; she would choose someone who wouldn’t steal her spotlight.