85: Adjusting quotas

The overwhelming victory in the arena battles brought Lin Ye unimaginable prestige.

Although Lin Ye found the easy wins boring.

The audience, however, loved watching one-sided matches.

.......

"What should we do? Too many of our contestants have died in battle." The representative of the Eka Clan seemed at a loss.

While the Eka Warriors' fearlessness in sacrificing themselves had preserved their honor, it had also significantly depleted their strength.

The Oka People hadn't prepared many contestants, roughly forty-something, similar to the Mohe Clan.

And contestants had to be registered before entering the arena; you couldn't just find someone and have them compete.

They had to verify identity to exclude wanted criminals in the universe; test strength to prevent disguised realms; and conduct pre-match physicals to prevent the use of potions.

These processes all took a lot of time.

So, finding temporary fillers was out of the question.

For the thirty participants in the second hunting competition, they couldn't even gather enough people.

The Oka People around him fell silent.

One of the Oka People tentatively suggested, "How about some of our Rank 6 contestants voluntarily lower their ranks?"

The representative said irritably, "That's against the rules. What if we get caught?"

"Now we only have twenty-three contestants, we're seven short, but where will these seven come from?"

Everyone fell silent again.

At this moment, an elderly Oka Person walked in from outside, "Everyone, pull yourselves together! The Oka People never give up. If we can't find contestants, then apply to reduce the quota of participating contestants."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Reducing the quota was an unconventional operation, and the Oka People present were too young and inexperienced.

But this old Oka Person was very shrewd and hit the nail on the head.

"Okay, Mr. Harms, we will execute it immediately."

......

There were three days of preparation time for the second match.

Lin Ye was currently practicing coordination with his chosen teammates.

Unexpectedly, the effect was quite good.

The Mohe Clan were indeed not strong individually, but their coordination was a bit beyond his expectations.

He didn't have much experience with rescue missions, but fortunately, when the Mohe Clan selected contestants, they considered not only strength but also experience.

Among them were many seasoned experts; one of the human contestants was a world police officer from Blue Star.

Lin Ye, as the strongest combatant, wasn't very experienced, so these past few days, those experts had been imparting their knowledge to him.

This greatly benefited Lin Ye.

These experiences, in normal times, were accumulated through countless bloody lessons; they were extremely precious.

"The Eka Clan applied to reduce their quota?" Lin Ye was a bit surprised.

Nio nodded, "That's right, you killed too many of them; they can't even gather enough contestants."

Thinking of Lin Ye's brutality, he also felt a lingering fear.

Now, in front of Lin Ye, he even felt a bit uncomfortable.

Although Nio was a Dragon, he had lived under the wing of humans since childhood and had never experienced the cruel and bloodthirsty law of the jungle, so he was still relatively naive.

"After the reduction, there will only be twenty people, so we'll have to reallocate." Fortunately, Lin Ye didn't need to worry about this; the Mohe Clan would naturally arrange it.

He just needed to focus on learning experience and preparing for the competition; cutting ten people wouldn't affect him.

Nio naturally didn't need to worry either; he was the second-in-command in terms of combat power.

"By the way, Nio, do you know the identity of that White Dragon, Alice?" Lin Ye asked, voicing his concern.

Killing a Dragon was satisfying in the moment, and although he couldn't get the spoils of war due to it being a competition, the reputational gain was simply too high.

Now, his reputation as Lin Ye, the Dragon-slaying hero, was widely spread among the audience.

"You don't need to worry about this. She's just a mere Evil Dragon. If you hadn't acted, I would have had to kill her myself." Nio stated that Evil Dragons should be dealt with this way.

"Oh? Don't your Dragon relatives care?" Lin Ye was very curious about Dragon civilization's consciousness, wondering if it would be like in novels where if you beat the young one, the old one comes, and if you beat the old one, an even older one comes.

Giants Dragons are a very strong race in the Star Realm, and such retaliation would be unbearable.

He only dared to kill her because he knew that Evil Dragons were universally condemned.

"Most Dragons don't have family ties. Even our Metal Dragons, who are hailed as righteous knights, don't have much family affection, let alone Evil Dragons," Nio explained.

From Nio's words, he learned some aspects of Dragon civilization.

The birth rate of Dragons was not high, but that was relative.

The estrus cycle of Giants Dragons was very mystical; some came once every few years, others once every ten years, but the hit rate was very high, and their reproductive capacity was astonishing.

Moreover, one estrus cycle lasted a long time, and there was no reproductive isolation; they could reproduce with anyone.

So, every time a male Dragon was in estrus, they would harm many female beasts, leading to creatures with Dragon bloodlines being spread throughout the Star Realm.

Female Dragons were similar, and when female Dragons were in estrus, they would produce an aura that attracted male Dragons, causing them to also go into estrus.

Therefore, although purebred female Dragons only gave birth to a litter of babies every few decades, each litter had three to five offspring, so in a female Dragon's life, the number of offspring born could reach dozens.

So, the Dragon Race was only relatively poor in reproduction; after all, giving birth to dozens in a thousand years was too few. But from an individual perspective, their birth rate was actually quite high, at least higher than humans.

However, what plagued the Dragon Race was not the birth rate, but the survival rate of their young.

Dragons were too irresponsible. Male Dragons were scoundrels; once the estrus period was over, they would just leave.

Female Dragons were also irresponsible; they were too lazy to even find food for their young, leaving them to fend for themselves, and some even drove their young out when they were only Rank 3 or 4.

Coupled with the Dragon Race's penchant for causing trouble, the Death rate remained high, which was the reason for the scarcity of Dragons.

The little White Dragon, Alice, was clearly also a young Dragon who had been driven from home before reaching adulthood.

Lin Ye was completely relieved after understanding this.

......

The day of the competition arrived.

The rescue mission was not held in the Star Realm but on a junk planet.

Junk planets were formed from abandoned planets used for dumping waste.

The setting was very interesting.

A Bok Clan interstellar travel spaceship was hijacked, and the hijackers were the space pirate group Red Skull. The contestants were asked to save as many hostages as possible.

Red Skull is hiding on the junk planet X526. Go and eliminate them quickly.

Lin Ye felt that the person who designed the script was very interesting; a few simple sentences instantly made everything clear.

The competition method was also relatively simple: throw two teams onto the junk planet, and ultimately, whoever was fastest and rescued the most hostages would win.

The information given about Red Skull was incomplete, only telling them some of Red Skull's behavioral characteristics: torture, cruelty, and taking pleasure from it.

"You must be careful of your opponents. The Three-Eyed Clan and the Long-Nosed Race are too good at gathering intelligence," Kawi warned them.

"Representative Kawi, we will do our best."

"Don't worry, we have rich search and rescue experience. As long as we find them, and then Senior Lin Ye makes his move, we will definitely win."

"That's right, don't worry."

Although the contestants were also unsure in their hearts, they couldn't lose their morale.