"Jiangnan University team members, are you feeling unwell? We have medical staff on site. If there's any emergency, we can adjust the timing of the competition."
The organizers feared that there might be a health issue with the students and didn't start the match immediately.
"No problem, referee, you can start right away. We're going to take a nap. We woke up too early today, a bit sleepy, and we're planning to win by lying down!" Lu Chao said as he pulled up his eye mask and then lay back down.
"What? Did I hear that wrong? Did he say he wants to win by lying down?"
"Oh my, isn't Lu Chao the best at Jiangnan University? If he doesn't intend to play, are they letting Fang Jueyu go it alone?"
"Are you joking? Did the organizers add some special segment to liven up the atmosphere? This joke isn't funny at all, 1 against 52 people from other schools? Does he think Fang Jueyu is CN?"
"Hahaha, maybe, I've heard CN and Dean Fang know each other! Otherwise, why would Dean Fang have lent his private jet to CN during the recent international currency market war?"
"Alright, let's just watch. We'll know soon enough whether it's a joke!"
"Mr. Zhuo, your students sure have a sense of humor! To crack such jokes in the middle of such a big competition, that's Jiangnan University for you!"
"What humor? This is arrogance! Are they ignoring the elite students from the thirteen schools?"
"Nonsense!" Zhuo Shangke mentally cursed Lu Chao and his companions. Even with Fang Jueyu, they shouldn't be so reckless. What if Fang doesn't perform well? That would make Jiangnan University the laughingstock of Huaxia Universities.
However, he showed no sign of his inner turmoil, "Hahaha, we really aren't putting you in our eyes!"
Other school teachers mocked and taunted, and Zhuo Shangke retorted indignantly, "He's more than enough alone. You'll see, 52 people, even if you double your numbers, it won't make a difference!"
"Jiangnan University team members, if there are no issues, we will start the match!" The referee checked one last time.
"Start it, referee!" Fang Jueyu said to the referee.
"Okay, then I announce, the first elimination match officially begins!"
With the referee's order, ten LED lights lit up immediately behind each team, each light representing the number of remaining nodes they had. Additionally, a scoreboard kept track of each team's scores.
"Hmph, they are too arrogant, thinking one person can compete against all of us from thirteen schools, even if Liu Yiren and Su Miao were here, they couldn't do that alone!"
"Exactly, does he think he's CN?"
"Two for defense, Shu Songyin, you and I will attack Jiangnan University's nodes!"
As the match started, nearly every team assigned at least two members to launch a fierce attack on Jiangnan University's nodes.
"Look quickly, what is Fang Jueyu from Jiangnan University doing? He's drinking water at a time !" The commentator incredulously looked at him, and the cameras on site zoomed in on Fang Jueyu for a close-up.
"Ding!" The first green light behind Fang Jueyu went out, which meant their first node had been breached.
But Fang Jueyu, unhurried, screwed the cap back on the bottle and then took a tissue to wipe his mouth.
"Ding ding ding!" Jiangnan University team lost another three nodes!
"Haha, turns out they're just making a show for attention, he can't do anything!" Previously tense team leaders from other schools immediately relaxed.
"Mr. Zhuo, what exactly is your student doing? Is this the one you said could fight against ten?"
"What's that brat thinking?" Zhuo Shangke kept silent, unable to figure out what Fang Jueyu was planning.
Finally, Jiangnan University had only one node left, while the other schools, despite some friction between each other, maintained relatively peaceful status, losing at most two or three nodes.
"Well, that's about enough!" Suddenly, Fang Jueyu's gaze changed from relaxed to indifferent, ignoring everything.
His fingers suddenly moved rapidly across the keyboard, inputting strings of code surpassing contemporary technology, turning the defense of the last node instantly into an impenetrable fortress.
"What's going on? Why can't we break the last node?"
"Damn, what kind of defense is this? Why can't I find any bugs?"
Schools one after another targeted the last node of Jiangnan University, only to find it like an absolute defense, with no breach in sight!
"Alright, you've played for long enough, my turn!" Fang Jueyu switched lines and immediately began a counterattack.
"Captain, our nodes are under attack!"
"Which school is doing it? Didn't we agree to focus on Jiangnan University first?"
"Captain, it seems to be Jiangnan University!"
"What? But they were surrounded by us thirteen schools, how could he still have energy to counterattack?"
"I don't know, oh no! His data attack is too massive, quickly, send someone to help me!"
"No use, what kind of data bomb is this? It's a hundred times larger than normal attacks!"
"It's over, I can't hold it, I'm going to lose my node!"
"I can't hold it either!"
From the moment Fang Jueyu counterattacked, the green lights behind the thirteen schools went out in a frenzy, much like the lights out on a dating show, filling the stadium with a series of "ding ding ding" sounds.
Fang Jueyu's fingers moved so quickly they were nearly invisible, each command executed with precision. To him, the school defenses were riddled with holes, just like a sieve, easily penetrable whenever he chose.
"Ding!" Zhejiang Business University, which attacked fiercest, lost all ten nodes, leaving four team members in despair. Their full defense only held for less than twenty seconds!
"Hahaha, sorry Mr. Zhou, my student's temperament is peculiar, likes to play for thrills, sorry for alarming you." Zhuo Shangke's confidence soared instantly.
Weren't you just loudly clamoring a moment ago? Didn't you say you'd unite to attack Jiangnan University? How come now you can't even make a sound?
"Huxi University lost all nodes, eliminated!"
"Xinfeng University lost ten nodes, eliminated!"
"Beichuan University eliminated!"
The counter on Fang Jueyu's back worked like clockwork, the numbers steadily rising, almost never halting.
"My God, it wasn't Jiangnan University surrounded by thirteen schools at all, it was him surrounding these thirteen schools' 52 people single-handedly!"
"Incredible, what can't Fang Jueyu do?"
"With this skill, even Liu Yiren and Su Miao can't compare, could he be some internet legend?"
"Doesn't he remind you of someone?"
"You felt it too? I think so too, he's like CN!"
Five minutes later, the last school's nodes also completely vanished, leaving the numbers on the scoring boards behind all schools either 0 or 1, at most 2, while Fang Jueyu's scoring board was 99!
This was because the scoreboard could only record two digits, even in previous competitions, no school's score had ever exceeded 50, let alone reaching triple digits.
"Match over!" The referee pressed the stop button, with Jiangnan University remaining as the only team with its lights still on.
The audience stared at the three Jiangnan University members still lying on their chairs, all wearing expressions of shock, "This darn... really was winning by lying down!"