Chapter 250

Chapter 250

Faced with Shen Geng’s somewhat uncertain question, Bai Xingshu shot back, “Do I look like I have nothing better to do?”

“True,” Shen Geng replied. As the dominant side, the chances of pulling off an empty fort strategy were slim. He quickly followed up with another idea, “Then let’s fake them out instead?”

Bai Xingshu thought for a second before answering, “Then we’ll have Lin Lie handle it again?”

He stuck out like a sore thumb—Changying would just zero in on him during the feint, no matter how well they executed the real strike.

Listening to the back-and-forth between the two, the rest of the students went dead silent.

Wait—what just happened?

Why did Bai Xingshu instantly get every sneaky move Shen Geng made without needing any explanation?

Baffled, it hit them—this always happened.

Every time Shen Geng pulled some sneaky move, Bai Xingshu saw right through it and called them out on it.

—Ever since the two had gone public with their relationship, Bai Xingshu had done this constantly.

Back then, the students felt like they were drowning in PDA. Now… they felt like they were being force-fed even more.

Whether single or not, no one really enjoyed watching couples flaunt their affection.

So after just a few exchanges, Shen Geng immediately got booted back to his command post with the excuse, “Tactics are for officers to discuss.”

Shen Geng blinked. Hold up—

Wasn’t this topic started because *they* were curious in the first place?

Faced with their eye-rolling, Shen Geng rubbed his nose and just rallied his squad, getting down to discussing how to handle Changying this round.

Eventually, both sides arrived at the battlefield in United’s arena.

This time, Bai Xingshu was assigned to the backup squad.

Same three-tier setup: combat, standby, reserve. Bai Xingshu would be the closer—the last line of defense.

—Sending him out early to build momentum didn’t work against Changying anymore. If he went first, he’d only face an all-out hunt from the enemy at full strength.

But as the final wave, ready to strike like an ace in the hole when needed? That worked.

His teammates this round were the same as last time—Lin Lie wasn’t among them.

Lin Lie led his own team as part of the vanguard.

Bai Xingshu watched them leave, leaning against the railing as he observed the atmosphere within Shoujun.

They were amped and ready.

Everyone looked fired up, spirits high.

Bai Xingshu smirked.

In the end, the battle plan Shen Geng and his officers came up with for this round was no-nonsense and effective.

That is head-on battle.

The core idea is simple: to prove to everyone that they are not helpless without those tactics.

After Shen Geng recounted to his fellow combat command classmates the words of the United Representative—"If it weren’t for Bai Xingshu’s involvement, I definitely wouldn’t have lost to your school in the match"—it still made an impression.

It also left a mark in the hearts of the other students.

They wanted to prove that even in a fair head-on fight, they were the stronger ones!

After the combat command center issued this declaration, it undoubtedly set their blood boiling.

Yes! Without schemes, even without Bai Xingshu, their efforts and struggles over the past two years would not be weaker than any other team!!

Thus, after announcing the combat plan, all the students of Shoujun roared to life.

Even their strides seemed more energetic.

However...

Seeing Bai Xingshu gazing at everyone, the other members of the squad quickly spoke up to comfort him: "What everyone means isn’t that we don’t need you, Ban Fu."

After saying this, the comforting squad member immediately regretted his words.

He felt like he was only digging himself deeper.

Bai Xingshu turned to look at him, his eyes crinkled in a smile, his voice relaxed and completely free of displeasure: "Mm, I understand. And I also believe you’d be fine without me."

This was confirmed.

It was the result he had obtained from his past self.

Without someone like him—a pilot far above standard specs—Shoujun still managed to win the championship in this University League.

Everyone could hear the certainty and sincerity in Bai Xingshu’s voice.

It was a confidence even greater than their own.

The members of Squad A01 froze for a moment, then saw Bai Xingshu slightly raise his chin: "But I alone can wipe the floor with all of you."

The squad members: "..."

Instantly, they flinched at the memory and felt phantom pains in the places where Bai Xingshu had beaten them before.

Ban Fu, you ruined the moment!

Meanwhile, over at Changying, they were racking their brains for Shoujun’s strategy.

Fully prepared, they were met with a relentless assault from Shoujun.

Their ferocity matched that of the second match during the tournament, where their morale burned with the fury of a cornered beast.

Changying scrambled to respond, and the two sides engaged in an all-out firefight.

After a round of battle, Changying still hadn’t located Bai Xingshu.

This made them tense up—who wouldn’t feel wary of an ace up their sleeve like Bai Xingshu?

Nothing scares people more than the unknown.

Without needing any singing, the people on Changying's side inexplicably felt as if they were facing a psychological battle akin to the enemy's Empty Fort Strategy.

They even began to wonder if Bai Xingshu was planning a lone-wolf strike deep into their base this time.

This was entirely possible.

After all, they had heard about the previous match, where Bai Xingshu slipped through United's barrage completely unharmed.

If he could escape then, he could certainly do it again to Changying.

In fact, to achieve such an effect, Bai Xingshu wouldn’t even need another mech infiltration gambit.

Changying wasn’t entirely confident whether their strategy—pre-charging all their artillery emplacements and launching the instant they pinned down Bai Xingshu—would be effective enough.

And if that failed...

Everyone in Changying’s command center recalled what their Combat Department comrades had suggested.

They could have an entire squad go balls-to-the-wall, no holds barred to lock down Xingze Jiangzhi, keeping both themselves and him in place.

The thought of such a sacrificial tactic sat like lead in everyone's gut.

But in reality, when the first round of confrontation ended, they still hadn’t located Xingze Jiangzhi.

By the end of the second round, he was still MIA.

Just as their unease grew, Xingze Jiangzhi finally appeared in the third round of battle—his signature combat moves left no doubt it was him, impossible for anyone to imitate.

Yet, contrary to their expectations of a bloody, no-quarter battle, Xingze Jiangzhi’s squad acted just like any other Shoujun squad, by-the-book executing their push.

They did no more, no less.

After mopping up enemy contacts and completing their mission, they simply rotated out in a routine changeover.

This completely unexpected reaction had Changying's forces gaping.

It dawned on them belatedly that Shoujun’s battle plan was barebones, no-frills, straight-up fair combat.