Outside the training ground, the lights in the viewing area were kept on all night, and countless people remained inside to watch the orienteering battle.
This was a 36-hour exercise, with the contestants constantly in the exercise field, constantly facing the challenge of crisis. Most of the audience outside the field also stayed up all night, watching the performances of the contestants with great interest through the multi-dimensional projection screen.
Of course, they were different from the contestants. They could take a break and come back to the practice field the next day to watch, and even review the show through the school network. But how could they miss such a wonderful live broadcast of the competition? Most of them did not leave, and they were excited to make it through the day and night. After all, everyone wanted to know which lucky person would get the enviable prizes in the end.
However, for the teachers, this is a "judgment game" that is not easy to miss.
These children are all new students who have just entered school and have just gone through a round of rough training. In fact, they cannot even be called students.
The reason why this competition is called orienteering instead of school competition is that there are no mechas or star beasts in this competition. It is almost entirely human, which is a test of personal ability. The same conditions have different performances, and the same situation has different ways of dealing with it... It is clear at a glance who is better and who is worse.
But it is precisely because of this that they can clearly see the most original qualities and potential of these students.
The purpose of the school setting up this competition is to understand the potential strengths and weaknesses of these children and their possible future development directions before the start of school. Because this orienteering competition is also called the first battle for freshmen, the teachers of each class will even record the performance of each student and file it as a reference for future employment development.
So naturally, the teachers stayed in the audience all the time.
As midnight approached, the school thoughtfully prepared nutritious meals for the spectators outside the venue to help them replenish their fatigue after a day of hard work.
The teaching staff is no exception. In fact, because many of these teachers are soldiers from the military and require a lot of nutrition to support their physical function on a daily basis, the meal standards are particularly high.
Teacher Tan ate some and then lost his appetite. Yes, he was old, even in the interstellar world, and his physical strength was declining as he approached retirement age. But he still volunteered to devote himself to the cause of education and worked hard to shine.
He shared the unopened high-quality energy-boosting drink with Stark and Zou Yi standing next to him.
The two probably didn't want to refuse the elder's kindness, so they accepted it silently and thanked him.
Teacher Tan looked at the embarrassed freshmen on the screen and sighed, "We can eat our fill, but these poor kids will probably only be able to fill their stomachs until the end of the game."
After all, everyone could see how miserable the situation was in the training ground. It was difficult to avoid being eliminated, so how could they think about finding food? Even if they did, they would just eat some dry nutrient solution to fill their stomachs.
Moreover, now that everyone has reached the critical turning point for the contestants, the teachers can hardly eat their meals just by watching, let alone the people inside? The thrilling degree is self-evident.
Therefore, human potential is truly endless. Even if there are no mechas, no useful guns, and even no instructions, and they can only fly around like headless flies, there are still people who can make it through difficult and dangerous situations.
Many people present had experienced such orienteering battles more than once. Even though the levels, scales and people were different, the spiritual core was very similar.
No matter how many times they watch it, they can't help but applaud the hard-working spirit of these young and energetic teenagers.
Zapp turned his eyes away from the screen and said to Teacher Tan with a smile, "I think you don't need to worry about these kids. They are very rough. Don't you see that the students in the general subjects are also working very hard? It would be a laughing stock if they can't compete with them."
"It's just a day of hunger. They won't die of starvation. It's good to let them have a taste of hardship. If they really join the army in the future, they will have to endure such hardships again."
"That being said..." Teacher Tan couldn't help laughing, "No wonder many parents wrote to me before the New Year hoping you would be a little more lenient when training their children. They were all so young that they could hardly recognize them when they got home."
"So many people were rushed away from this supply point. Most of them were gone in an instant, while there were nearly two-thirds of the people still here just now." A class teacher couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course, the sudden opening of the floodgates startled not only the children, but me as well. This segment is quite novel, and it seems that there has never been such a thing in previous competitions. I wonder who designed the training ground this time..."
"I heard it was Professor Denis."
"You mean that person? How could he be willing to do such a small project? We rarely see him on weekdays. We can only see him in large classes. The principal was able to invite him..."
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The other instructors were also discussing the performance of everyone at the supply point.
That flood was naturally one of the biggest tests for the supply point, as the great waves washed away the sand.
Shooting ability is only one aspect after all, and it can only be said to be a one-sided perspective, which cannot explore the depth and limit of a person. So there is this bug-like supply point, which seems to have no reason and logic, but in fact it also shows the character and way of dealing with things of these students from all aspects.
At a fork in the road where the direction ahead is invisible, some people choose to go with the flow, some insist on acting independently, and some take each step one by one... Different people have different ways of coping, and the characteristics they display are naturally different.
It's hard to say which one is better or stronger, but people who are willing to use their brains will never have a bad life no matter where they are. Of course, many things require a little bit of luck in addition to subjective initiative, which is another story.
Jiang Hui and his team reacted quickly. Although it was an accident and they didn't care about the consequences, their instinct drove them to try their best to stay where they were instead of being washed away by the current. Otherwise, they would probably be washed out of the supply point by the flood like hundreds of other people.
Those who left the supply point could no longer enter it. This meant that they could not recharge their energy, and since they did not obtain any supply resources, their trip to the supply point was in vain.
For those who managed to stay where they were, like Jiang Hui, they still had some time to find resources at the supply point. The box of bullets Zhou Xiuwen had found was one of them.