"Wrong, wrong, this line of code is wrong! You call yourself a student of Jiangnan University, and you make such a basic mistake?"
"Hey, Chen Feng? Your hand speed isn't cutting it. Did you get a girlfriend recently? By the time you finish typing, their defense will be ready, and you might as well throw in the towel!"
"Right, right, Captain Lu is impressive. Look, this data packet seems small, but once it attacks the node, it causes an exponential data explosion. Even if they react, it's hard to defend against!"
This competition had already been going on for more than half an hour, and the members of the East Kou nation's team were sweating profusely. From the start, the other three members of Jiangnan University had launched a relentless attack against them.
The initial attacks were incredibly crude, just as they said. They were merely learning new code from that player named Fang Jueyu, so their attacks were effortlessly resolved by the East Kou nation's contestants.
Naturally, the East Kou nation's players wouldn't pass up such a golden opportunity. If the Huaxia Team became too complacent, they could seize this chance to break through Huaxia's nodes and win the match.
However, just ten minutes in, their morale utterly collapsed. How was the Huaxia Team's defense constructed? They tried every method but faced what seemed like an impregnable fortress.
Even if the Huaxia Team could withstand their attacks, how was that player Fang Jueyu's hands not on the keyboard? Could his code automatically patch vulnerabilities?
Under Fang Jueyu's guidance, the three members of the Huaxia Team grew increasingly aggressive. Initially, the East Kou nation's players still had time to attack.
But gradually, they found the opponent's attacks more frequent and of exponentially greater data volume. Forget attacking, even their defense seemed barely adequate.
"Their data volume has increased by at least four times!"
"No way, I'm about to lose this node, can't keep up!"
"Otogiri, you must hold this node! Don't let them take it!"
Finally, the first player from East Kou nation, under prolonged high-intensity operation, could no longer endure the strain, resulting in severe finger cramps.
Unable to defend his node any longer, Lu Chao's junk data attack instantly broke through two of their nodes!
"Nice job!" Fang Jueyu said. Lu Chao lived up to being one of the top students in Huaxia's university rankings, quickly applying the code Fang Jueyu taught him in actual combat. Perhaps recruiting Lu Chao into the Super God Academy wouldn't be a bad idea.
"Alright, we've been playing long enough. It's time for dinner!" Fang Jueyu placed his hands back on the keyboard.
"What? Was he just messing with the East Kou nation's players this whole time?"
"Seems like it. After typing a few lines at the start, he only moved his mouth, not his hands!"
"How much longer do you think this match will last?"
"I give it five minutes at most!"
"I think two minutes will do, and the East Kou nation won't score a single point!"
"Bang-bang-bang..." Suddenly, Fang Jueyu operated like an impossibly precise machine, his hands moving so fast it was dazzling.
"Captain, their data volume just increased fiftyfold, I can't hold it!"
"I can't hold it either!"
"Damn it! Do you think I can?" The captain of the East Kou nation's team was also dumbfounded. They had never seen such terrifying operation, not even against the United States' representative team when facing Fei Ke'er, did they appear so weak and defenseless.
"Clang, clang, clang!" The remaining eight lights of the East Kou nation dimmed rapidly, one every ten seconds, until the last one went out without any delay.
"Sixty-six seconds! Damn, ruthless!"
"So brutal, can't even bear to watch. That whole half hour was just playing with them."
"Suddenly, I feel pity and dread for tomorrow's opponent, this is just too despairing!"
"Let's congratulate the Huaxia Team on defeating the East Kou nation team to avenge their past defeat and move to the semifinals!"
The host's voice rang out, but only sparse applause followed. The first half-hour was just too dull, and within one minute, many didn't even realize when the game ended.
"Tomorrow, just like today, I'll block the opponent's attacks, you just focus on practicing. Master the code I taught you, and you'll surely do well in individual matches!" Fang Jueyu said.
"Hahaha, thank you, Dean Fang, for your guidance!"
"Big shot, big shot, hand tea to the big shot!" Xie Yuzhi grinned, handing over a bottle of mineral water.
Competitions often refined people, but each contestant was swayed by wins and losses. Sometimes it was really hard to make some special choices or risky operations.
But with someone like Fang Jueyu in control of the overall situation, they didn't need to worry about winning or losing. They could do as they pleased. Those brief thirty-some minutes felt more rewarding than months of intense training!
"Let's go, let's go, time for dinner, tonight it's my treat!" Beating the East Kou nation's representative team so swiftly, Zhuo Shangke's mood was brighter than the sun.
"Please wait a moment!" Just as they were about to get into the car, a middle-aged man with glasses ran toward them.
For language convenience, the organizers assigned a translator to each team. Fang Jueyu remembered this was the German team's accompanying translator.
Behind this translator stood their team members, coach, and a well-dressed, very dignified middle-aged man, likely their leader.
"May I help you?" Zhuo Shangke asked.
"Hello, I represent the German team's leader and invite you all to dinner."
"Oh?" The group exchanged glances. The German team had also advanced to the semifinals in today's match. Tomorrow they'd meet on the field, and now their leader was inviting them to dinner, how intriguing.
"Oh, no thanks, please let them know we already have plans tonight."
The translator looked a bit awkward as he moved to communicate this to the man behind him.
"Let me," Fang Jueyu stepped forward, speaking flawlessly in native German, "Sir, what can we do for you?"
The man seemed mildly surprised by Fang Jueyu's German, which lacked any accent or grammatical errors discernible even to a native speaker.
"Here's the thing, I'm the German team's leader, Andri. I'm here to discuss a deal with you," Andri said, standing tall.
"Tomorrow's match, we hope you can lose to us, and we're willing to offer a million US dollars as compensation!"
Even the champion's prize money wasn't a million dollars, but as the team leader, if he returned with a champion or runner-up title, Andri's personal assets would skyrocket.
Given the Huaxia Team's current performance, their chances of winning were slim. So, he thought of this move, hoping that a group of students and a teacher with administrative positions would find this sum hard to refuse!
"Old Fang, what did he say?" Lu Chao and the others asked.
"He said he'd give us a million dollars to lose to them tomorrow." Fang Jueyu's expression was odd. Someone actually wanted to bribe him.
"Hahaha! A million dollars? Old Fang, he's insulting you!"
"Hahaha! Looks like he has no clue who you are, the world's richest man, and yet your fame is this low hahaha!"
"No laughing!" Fang Jueyu's face turned red, "I feel quite offended!"
"I'll give you ten million dollars, please disappear from my sight this instant!"