1423: New rules and big surprise!!

After Wang Chen followed Lieutenant Colonel Li and others to the base's conference hall, he received the document detailing the specific process of this year's Military Region Martial Arts Competition.

This year's Military Region Martial Arts Competition was significantly different from previous ones.

According to the information provided by Zhao Yunxing earlier, the Military Region Martial Arts Competition preliminary round was a battle royale. All participating teams from the various garrisons in the Kangjin Star Region would enter the same virtual Secret Realm, undergo various battles, eliminate the vast majority of teams, and the preliminary round would end when only one hundred teams remained.

However, the latest document brought by Lieutenant Colonel Li indicated that this year's Military Region Martial Arts Competition preliminary round had changed its “competition venue.” The venue was no longer the usual virtual Secret Realm but would be held in a demi-plane owned by the Kangjin Star Region sub-military district.

This demi-plane was used by the sub-military district for training purposes, similar to the Forbidden Grounds on Yunhu Star, and housed a large number of Nightmare Ghosts.

Of course, the quantity and scale of Nightmare Ghosts in the demi-plane were far incomparable to those in the Forbidden Grounds on Yunhu Star, and the strength of the Nightmare Ghost powerhouses was also far inferior.

However, during the competition, Nightmare Ghosts whose strength exceeded a certain limit would be isolated to prevent contact with the contestants.

After all, the contestants in the Military Region Martial Arts Competition were young people. Their age dictated a limit to their strength, no matter how strong they were. If they encountered truly formidable Nightmare Ghosts, a moment of carelessness could lead to total annihilation.

In such matters, no one would attempt extreme maneuvers.

At the same time,

This year's Military Region Martial Arts Competition not only changed the venue for the preliminary round but also merged the preliminary round and the subsequent initial round, holding them simultaneously.

Accordingly, the competition rules were also completely different from before.

The entire preliminary and initial rounds would last for ten days. Every Nightmare Ghost killed by a contestant in the demi-plane would earn corresponding points based on its strength, which would be added to the total score of the contestant's team.

The higher the score, the greater the chance of qualifying to participate in the finals representing the Kangjin Star Region.

During these ten days, at exactly midnight every night, the points acquired by all teams would be tallied, and an “elimination value” would be calculated. Teams falling below this value would be directly eliminated.

In addition to the primary elimination rule of not meeting the point standard, if all five contestants in a participating team were “eliminated,” they would also be considered eliminated, and all accumulated points would be cleared.

After the ten days, only ten teams would qualify for the finals.

It was imaginable how fierce the competition would be, with the preliminary and initial rounds, originally held in two stages, forcibly combined...

And because the two competitions were combined, directly vying for the final ten spots, various uncontrollable factors would also increase.

Especially the rule that a team would be directly disqualified if all its members were “eliminated” would inevitably lead to some strong teams being targeted and jointly attacked by other teams.

However, after reviewing the information, Wang Chen had no worries about this; in fact, a smile even appeared in his eyes.

Placing the competition venue in a demi-plane that housed Nightmare Ghosts was definitely an unexpected surprise for him.

Originally, by accepting Zhao Yunxing's invitation to participate in the Military Region Martial Arts Competition, his strength improvement would surely stagnate for a period.

But there was no other way; the situation on Yunhu Star had changed, and to earn star coins, some compromises had to be made.

Now, this new rule allowed him to have his cake and eat it too; it was simply too thoughtful.

As for whether the competition would become more intense because of this?

Wang Chen didn't take it to heart at all.

During the competition, his strength would grow stronger and stronger through fighting, and he didn't feel that other contestants would pose a threat to him.

...

At this moment.

“Wang Lieutenant.”

Seeing that Wang Chen had finished reading the document about the Military Region Martial Arts Competition, Lieutenant Colonel Li suddenly spoke:

“The Military Region Martial Arts Competition is set to begin three days from now. At that time, you can directly use the small teleportation array within the base to teleport to the competition assembly point.”

“So, before the competition begins, we still have two days of preparation time.”

“You have already met Chang Ming and the other four, Wang Lieutenant. Although their strength is vastly different from yours, they should be able to share some of the pressure with you during the competition.”

“General Zhao's current intention is to open the base's small demi-plane during these two days of preparation time, allowing you to take Chang Ming and the other four inside to hone your teamwork.”

“Oh?”

Wang Chen, who had been listening quietly, suddenly raised an eyebrow at this, immediately becoming interested.

“Lieutenant Colonel Li, does the base also have a demi-plane that houses Nightmare Ghosts?”

“Of course, housing Nightmare Ghosts for training is a long-standing tradition of the military.”

“After all, currently, apart from the border with the Demon Court, other parts of the Empire are peaceful.”

“Under such circumstances, maintaining the combat effectiveness of the army through daily training alone is simply not enough, and the Vicious Beasts throughout the Empire are not enough to go around. Only Nightmare Ghosts can meet the demand for frequent training.”

“After all, these monsters, if properly controlled, are virtually inexhaustible as long as the Contamination Source remains.”

Lieutenant Colonel Li explained with a smile, seeing Wang Chen's curiosity.

“I see…”

Wang Chen's heart burned upon hearing this, and then he eagerly asked:

“Then, I wonder what level of strength the Nightmare Ghosts housed here at the base are?”

“The Nightmare Ghost Contamination Source in the demi-plane was personally captured by General Qifeng from the Chaotic Star Sea Starfield back then, possessing Peak Nine Realms strength.”

“However, over the years, under our intentional weakening, this Nightmare Ghost Contamination Source has always been controlled at Eight Realm, and has never recovered its Peak strength. The ordinary Nightmare Ghosts corroded and controlled by this Contamination Source are basically at Seven Realm and below.”

“Of course, before your arrival, Wang Lieutenant, I had already ordered a cleanup of the small demi-plane. Nightmare Ghosts at Six Realm and above have been driven to a designated area, so the risk inside is absolutely controllable now.”

Lieutenant Colonel Li thought Wang Chen was concerned about the risks in the demi-plane, and at the end of his explanation, he quickly patted his chest in assurance.

However, what he didn't know was that Wang Chen wasn't worried about the risks in the demi-plane at all; he was calculating how much experience he could gain.

“Heh!”

At this moment, after hearing Lieutenant Colonel Li's words, Wang Chen's eyes became fiery.

The reason he accepted Zhao Yunxing's invitation to participate in the Military Region Martial Arts Competition was that the danger of Nightmare Ghosts in the Yunshan Forbidden Area on Yunhu Star had become uncontrollable, so he decided to leave for a period to allow the Nightmare Ghosts' vigilance in the Yunshan Forbidden Area to slowly decrease.

If he had known earlier about such convenience in the military's demi-plane, he would never have chosen to go to the Chaotic Star Sea and Yunhu Star.

If he had stayed in the army, his strength would have increased much earlier.

“Fortunately, I accepted Zhao Yunxing's invitation, otherwise, who knows how much experience I would have missed out on!”

At this moment, Wang Chen turned to look at Zhao Yunxing, feeling as if the entire person was glowing.

Old Zhao truly was a good person!!