Chapter 116 - - 116 If rich or noble, do not forget each other_1

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The students hadn’t even finished their test papers when they decided for the teacher, settling the rankings themselves.

Moreover,

it was through trade. This wasn’t just breaking exam discipline, it was outright trampling over the rules.

Yao Tong and his partner were still amazed that skills could be traded for rankings—such an absurdity.

The next thing Duge said stunned them again, “Yao Tong, give me five points of strength, and I’ll sell you first place in the simulation.”

At that moment,

the air seemed to stop flowing again.

“Sell to me… me, first place?” It took quite a while for Yao Tong to regain his composure, as he stuttered and struggled to speak clearly while looking at Duge, “Brother Hu… you’re not joking, are you?”

“What joke would I make with you?” Duge gave him a disdainful look. “So indecisive, do you want to buy it or not?”

“Can I really?” Overwhelmed by the immense surprise, Yao Tong’s body swayed, and he had to steady himself with the desk behind him. He licked his lips and said, “Brother Hu, if you sell first place to me, what will you do?”

“Why do you care what I do?” Duge replied. “If I find it unsuitable, I’ll buy it back. If you don’t sell it to me, I’ll beat you to death and reset your attributes.”

Duge had no idea how many attributes the various agents were feeding back to him, but his attributes had already surpassed those from the last simulation.

Even ten Yao Tongs wouldn’t be a match for him; he had ample confidence to speak such words.

He needed to be clear, could first place be sold?

Yao Tong choked up a little and finally calmed down. He gave a forced laugh and grumbled, “I’ll buy, okay? Anyway, the strength is what you gave me…”

As soon as his words fell,

the deal was struck.

Duge’s ranking in the personal list turned into a question mark, and 287’s ranking remained in a tradeable position. Duge was startled—what the heck, a BUG?

But his skills were still present, and Duge turned to the dazed Bao Benwei. “Five points of strength, sell me your ranking.”

Once Bao Benwei came back to his senses, he nodded eagerly, “Deal.”

The instant the deal was done, Duge’s personal ranking displayed the numbers: 449449. In just half a day, four more people had been eliminated from the simulation.

Seeing the newly updated ranking, Duge breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to Yao Tong, who was still staring blankly at his own panel, and asked, “Little Yao, is being number one satisfying?”

“It’s golden,” responded Yao Tong vacantly.

“Anything else change?” Duge inquired.

“I was awarded thirty points of spiritual power,” Yao Tong shifted his stiff neck to look at Duge, and gave a silly grin, “the reward for first place is really high.”

“…” Duge froze. Was spiritual power awarded just for being first?

“30 spiritual power?” Bao Benwei exclaimed in shock. He realized what was happening and quickly scurried up to Duge, with a fawning smile, “Mr. Du, Brother Hu, Brother Qi, lend me the first place for a bit. I want spiritual power too.”

Before Duge could speak,

Yao Tong’s complexion changed again, “Brother Hu, my ranking is dropping.”

“I see it,” Duge’s own panel was still open. His original ranking was 452, but after a two-minute pause, the numbers began to climb up: 451, 450…

In less than twenty seconds, it had changed back to the glittering gold of first place.

However, this time the spiritual power did not increase.

“Two minutes.”

Duge looked at his ranking, which had returned to first place, and estimated the system refresh time.

The system’s rankings were constantly refreshing, and it wouldn’t maintain someone at first place just because they traded for it. If their attributes and influence were not enough, the ranking would drop back down.

“288 now,” said Yao Tong with a bitter smile. “Sure enough, without real strength, a bought rank can’t be maintained.”

“What about the spiritual power?” Duge asked.

“…” Yao Tong was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at his personal panel. He blinked and then joyfully said, “The reward of spiritual power is still there.”

Bao Benwei was dumbstruck.

Duge had an expression as if he had expected this, curling his lips and saying, “As I thought, rewards given by the simulation won’t be taken back. This must be a data overflow, right!”

“Brother Hu, you’re back to number one, did your spiritual power increase?” Yao Tong asked.

“No, it’s still the same as the rewards I got before,” Duge said.

“There’s a loophole,” Bao Benwei rubbed his hands and said, “Alien technology actually has loopholes, Brother Hu, you’ve found a bug in alien technology, that’s freaking awesome.”

“Brother Hu, I now have 62 spiritual power, if I trade it to you, couldn’t we just keep stacking your spiritual power indefinitely?” Yao Tong said, “If we find a few more candidates to trade with, we could boost your spiritual power to the hundreds, or even thousands, right? With hundreds or thousands of spiritual power on the Alien Battlefield, wouldn’t you be invincible? Maybe after this simulation ends, you’ll be directly promoted to a warrior.”

“Exactly, Brother Hu, let’s do this!” Bao Benwei said, “At this point, the ranking doesn’t matter anymore. We use this skill to stack a warrior with super high spiritual power, the country has to give us some special treatment, right?”

“Even without special treatment, if Brother Hu becomes a warrior and promotes us to be stewards or something, we wouldn’t have to worry for the rest of our lives!” Yao Tong said excitedly, “Brother Hu, let’s do this, I am Wang Yunwei from class five, first grade at Number 43 Middle School. You have to remember me when you become a warrior!”

“Brother Hu, I am Xu Sheng from class seven, first grade at Number 41 Middle School.” Bao Benwei also immediately reported his own name. After finding the BUG, their minds were completely off the simulation; they were only thinking about pulling strings and finding a backdoor.

NMB!

I tried everything to get rid of this number one ranking because I didn’t want to go back to the simulation, and you two are insisting on forcing me to go, huh!

Damn bastards!

I backed off on something that would benefit our nation, what would people outside watching the replay think?

I could pass for a native from your planet, but I’m just a visitor here, at most a hired mercenary. I don’t share all these national sentiments with you!

Watching the two excited individuals, Duge’s teeth itched with frustration, but he dared not show it too much. He seriously said, “Dream on. If Qiyuan Star’s simulation could have a BUG, why couldn’t alien civilizations have one too? Perhaps others have already done this before.

And on top of that, can victory on the Alien Battlefield be achieved by one person alone? The Alien Battlefield always relies on the power of a team. Rather than trading all the spiritual power to me, it would be better to use this loophole to train several warriors with high spiritual power for our country.”

“But I feel like Brother Hu alone can control the field!” Yao Tong said.

And you’re still talking!

I’ve been so good to you, and you’re trying to push me into the fire pit, aren’t you?

You guys just want to climb up over my dead body and enjoy the good life, huh!

What a clever plan you’ve made.

Duge glared at him and threw the blame his way: “Yao Tong, I know what you’re trying to do. You just want me to become a warrior so you can climb up the ranks, don’t you?”

“…” Yao Tong gave an embarrassed smile and fell silent.

“Have you considered that if I die on the Alien Battlefield, even if I pulled you up at that time, could you keep the wealth I left behind?” Duge asked.

“With Brother Hu being so strong, how could you die?” Yao Tong scratched his head and said.

“I got first place in the last simulation because I randomly got a good keyword. This time I got first because there was a BUG. You don’t really think it’s because I’m that good, do you?

In the end, I’m just a first-grade freshman like the rest of you. If there’s anything that sets me apart, it could just be that I’ve been incredibly lucky. Give me a useless keyword, and I still wouldn’t be able to play. The country wouldn’t trust an eighteen-year-old kid to go to battle, right?”

Duge gave a wry smile and smeared his own reputation, “The same goes for this saying: if the simulation can have loopholes on Qiyuan Star, couldn’t they appear on other planets? Who can be sure about things on the Alien Battlefield?

Only by training more talent can we have a higher chance of winning on the Alien Battlefield. After all, more people mean more keywords, rather than banking all hopes on me alone. Besides, with the simulation having a BUG this time, if the results are invalidated and they retract the boosted spiritual power…”

Yao Tong and Bao Benwei’s excitement was subdued by Duge’s words. They looked at each other and sighed in unison, “Brother Hu always thinks things through.”

“So, we can’t put all our eggs in one basket. Since we’ve discovered the BUG, the best thing to do is to let more people benefit from it.” Duge looked at the two and smiled, “Wang Yunwei, Xu Sheng, since fate has brought us together, why don’t we form a new alliance? In the future, no matter who becomes a warrior, we must think of uplifting each other. How does that sound?”

“Of course, there’s no problem, Brother Hu, you’re righteous.” The invitation from the number one of the simulation was naturally met with no objections from them; after all, Duge had a much higher chance of becoming a warrior than they did.

“Good.” Duge stretched out his hand and smiled, “In wealth and honor, do not forget each other.”

Slap!

Slap!

Two hands landed on the back of Duge’s hand: “In wealth and honor, do not forget each other.”

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