Chapter 299: Get information

If there were media, it would be a free publicity channel.

Qiao Sang felt that the possibility of media coverage was as high as 99.99%.

After all, whenever there was news, the media would get as excited as flies smelling fresh dog poop. And if there wasn’t any hot news, the media would still report on trivial matters or write some obviously absurd news.

For example, “A school in Yuanhe lost power, and the teacher made the Magnetic Armored Rat Discharge to work overtime,” “A child was born 20 days ago, and his mother went to a secret realm to earn milk money,” “A one-armed Gravity Monkey delivers 3,000 packages daily, buying a house and a car to support a family! What reason do you have to dislike disabled Pets?”

Similar boring and absurd news is reported by the media every day, let alone a legitimate National Campus Pet Beast League.

Sure enough, the Vice Principal on the other end of the phone said:

“Of course. There might be fewer media outlets during the provincial campus Pet Beast preliminaries, but the official platform will live-stream the entire competition. For the provincial campus Pet Beast finals, it will even be broadcast live on two major satellite channels of our Zhehai Province TV station.”

“If you care about your image, make sure your hairstyle looks good then. But you can’t change your clothes; we have uniforms.”

Qiao Sang automatically ignored the last sentence.

Satellite channels are TV stations from various regions that can be seen across the country.

This means that the competition in the Yuhua region can also be seen in the Ancient Mist region.

Thinking about this, Qiao Sang felt that the Vice Principal’s reminder about her image wasn’t unreasonable after all…

…

The next day, Qiao Sang woke up from her sleep and picked up her phone to check the time.

October 11th, 6:45 AM.

Only 16 days remained until the National Campus Pet Beast League.

“Ya Bao! Time to get up!”

“Ya…”

Qiao Sang really wanted to ask for leave, but none of her classmates had taken a single day off since the beginning of school, and she had taken leave too frequently, making her hesitant to approach her homeroom teacher.

The bell for class break rang.

Students from other classes either excitedly ran to the corridor for fresh air or went to the restroom in pairs. Only the students in Class One remained motionless in the classroom, reading books, their bottoms seemingly glued to their chairs.

Qiao Sang couldn’t help but turn her head and ask, “Do you know when the National Campus Pet Beast League starts?”

“It seems to be October 27th,” Jin Feifan replied, putting down his book.

Qiao Sang nodded and said, “Exactly, it’s October 27th!”

Jin Feifan picked up his book again to read.

Qiao Sang pressed her hand firmly on his book.

“What’s wrong?” Jin Feifan looked up, bewildered.

“It’s already October 11th,” Qiao Sang said.

Jin Feifan was puzzled: “I know.”

Qiao Sang looked at him with expectant eyes and said, “There are only 16 days left until the National Campus Pet Beast League.”

Jin Feifan’s scalp tingled under Qiao Sang’s intense gaze. He thought for a long time and asked, “Are you nervous?”

Qiao Sang: “…”

You’re not even nervous, how could I be nervous… Seeing that her deskmate didn’t understand her meaning, Qiao Sang had no choice but to lead the topic again: “Do you want to ask for leave?”

Jin Feifan asked with a blank expression, “Why would I ask for leave?”

“Isn’t the National Campus Pet Beast League coming up soon? Asking for leave would give us more time to train,” Qiao Sang said.

Jin Feifan said, “Then I don’t want to.”

“Why not?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Because compared to getting first place in the entire province, I think it’s more reliable for me to get into Top Universities by relying on my cultural scores,” Jin Feifan honestly said.

Qiao Sang: “…”

She had thought her deskmate would say something about her academic performance declining, and then she would subtly mention her own grades.

Then her deskmate would comfort her, saying it was fine and she could rely on Pet Beast battles, and finally, she would naturally ask for leave.

But she never expected her deskmate to answer like that!

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, then decided to ask directly: “Do you think it’s appropriate for me to ask for leave?”

“Not appropriate,” Jin Feifan thought for a moment and said.

“Why?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Because your grades are too poor, it’s not good to ask for leave,” Jin Feifan replied.

Qiao Sang: “…”

That hit home, buddy…

Qiao Sang still ended up asking for leave.

She thought it through clearly: with her battle prowess, she had a chance to get into Top Universities, but relying solely on cultural scores to get into Top Universities among the tens of millions of test-takers each year was too difficult!

She was only in her first year of high school now. After participating in this National Campus Pet Beast League and obtaining the qualification for assessment to enter Top Universities, she would still have plenty of time to improve her cultural scores.

…

The School Team training still had to be done, after all, so many free Points every day were hard to come by.

For the next week, Qiao Sang stayed in three places: the third-year School Team, the Hongying Pet Battle Club, and home.

Ya Bao and the others’ Points and skill proficiency also increased diagonally every day.

Continuous effective training meant burning money. Qiao Sang felt a pang of pain as she watched the decreasing numbers in her bank account. She now only hoped that the National Campus Pet Beast League would arrive soon.

Hongying Pet Battle Club.

Qiao Sang read the data displayed on the energy tester: “51221…”

Energy testers are found in almost any Pet Beast battle club, allowing customers to more intuitively feel their Pet’s progress.

“Ya.”

Seeing that the test was complete, Ya Bao used its psychic power to remove the energy sensor from its head.

The normal energy value range for an intermediate Pet is 50000.

Logically, with Ya Bao’s current energy value, it could totally be arranged to evolve, but to have a higher upper limit after evolution, it would have to be arranged when the energy value at the current stage reaches saturation.

However, Ya Bao’s energy value was still steadily increasing with each test, showing no signs of saturation.

Since it was still improving, Qiao Sang never thought of directly adding Points to Ya Bao’s level.

The National Campus Pet Beast League was approaching, and almost all schools were researching information on other schools’ School Team members.

Qiao Sang wasn’t afraid of the provincial competition, but her goal was the first place in the third-year section of the final National competition. At this critical juncture, it was naturally wise to be cautious and keep a trump card in hand to be safe.

Leaving the Hongying Pet Battle Club, Qiao Sang rode on Ya Bao’s back and set off for school.

Her daily schedule was well-planned, and going now would allow her to arrive just in time for School Team training.

…

At the entrance of Saint Water Middle School.

Two boys were talking in hushed voices, looking sneaky.

“Are you sure it’s really okay?” the boy wearing a black baseball cap asked.

“Don’t worry,” the boy with the spiky hair said, “I’ve already made arrangements with her. She’ll find a way to come out after school later.”

“What if she can’t get out?” the boy wearing the black baseball cap worried, “I heard Saint Water Middle School is quite strict.”

The boy with the spiky hair shrugged: “Then we’ll just go home.”

The two looked at the gate of Saint Water Middle School and were silent for a while.

The boy wearing the baseball cap said uneasily, “Do you think the information this person gave is real? The third-year School Team changed members, and it was even changed to a first-year. This just feels too outrageous, could she be tricking you?”

“Impossible,” the boy with the spiky hair took out a dark blue crystal from his pocket and said confidently:

“She’s not on the School Team anyway. An information exchange for a blue dew crystal, even an idiot would know how to choose. If she tricks me, I’ll expose her on the Zhehai Province High School general forum!”

PS: My cousin suddenly had a baby last night, so I came back late. I originally wanted to post a chapter explanation so everyone could see it in the morning, but I felt like I was posting too many such explanations, so I thought it would be better to just post the text directly.