Beast Taming: Starting with Mythical Beasts from China, Who Else Can Compete?!

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43: Chapter 43 The Battle for First Place

In the cafeteria, Qin Ce had just finished listening to Wei Ming's explanation of the resource exchange module.

He was just about to ask for further information on resources.

Suddenly, a clear vibration came from the team badge on his wrist.

It wasn't a normal notification sound, but a warning vibration carrying a mental shock.

Qin Ce paused, put down the water cup in his hand, and immersed his spiritual power into the team badge.

A line of scarlet text jumped into his view:

[Prompt: The "One-Star Mission: Clear Swamp Rhinoceros Crocodiles" you accepted has been over-completed by six squads. According to the rules, your mission status has been changed to "Failed".]

[Point Deduction: 50 points (Base mission reward points)]

[Current total squad points: 1377]

Immediately after, on the team badge interface, the point total behind "Thunder Squad (Qin Ce)" jumped sharply, decreasing by 150. Meanwhile, on the "Squad Real-time Points Ranking," his rank plummeted like it was on a slide, instantly falling from seventh place, past eighth and ninth, and straight down to tenth!

Tenth place—just one step away from eleventh place, which was outside the reward range.

Qin Ce stared at that line of text for two seconds, then slowly raised his head.

Wei Ming noticed his abnormality: "What's wrong?"

Qin Ce showed the team badge prompt to Wei Ming.

Wei Ming's expression changed slightly: "So fast? It shouldn't be... Swamp Rhinoceros Crocodiles are not easy to deal with. It's only been two hours since the dismissal."

"Six squads reaching the swamp, finding and killing ten Black Iron High-grade fierce beasts with high defense and a knack for hiding... this speed has already exceeded the rhythm of a conventional mission."

"And it's not just fast." Wei Ming's brow furrowed tighter and tighter. "Swamp Rhinoceros Crocodiles are good at hiding. Even if the top three squads went all out, finding and killing ten of them within two hours would require extremely high coordination and resource support. Let alone six squads completing it together."

"Something's fishy!"

The two looked at each other, both seeing the same judgment in the other's eyes.

Just then, Qin Ce's team badge vibrated again—not a failure prompt, but a private communication request.

Sender: Jiang Ruowei.

There was no sound, only a line of concise text projected directly into Qin Ce's consciousness:

[The details of the three one-star missions and one two-star mission in your team badge have been leaked to all teams by the six original members of the Thunder Squad and Wu Zhou. Currently, all teams have the intel and are caught in passive competition—whoever doesn't finish first might be deducted points for falling behind in the rankings. This is an open scheme, forcing everyone to stand against you. The information is free; consider it an early investment on my part.]

At the end of the message, a tiny Star Brilliance insignia was attached—it was the team emblem of Jiang Ruowei's squad.

Qin Ce was silent for two seconds and replied with two words: [Thanks.]

With those two simple words, he accepted the favor.

Regardless of the other party's motives, this information was valuable to him at this moment.

The communication was cut off.

He looked up and gave a brief summary of the information from Jiang Ruowei to Wei Ming.

After hearing it, Wei Ming's face darkened.

"I see... Wu Zhou is unwilling to accept defeat and wants to drag everyone along to thoroughly suppress you. By forcing all squads to stand against you for their own points and prioritize completing your missions... this open scheme is quite ruthless. However, it doesn't seem like something Wu Zhou could come up with himself; he must have an expert advising him from behind."

Qin Ce nodded and was about to say something—

[Ding!]

A crisp notification sound, audible only to him, rang out deep in his mind.

A line of translucent golden text suddenly appeared before his eyes:

[System Mission Issued: Battle for the Lead]

[Mission Requirements: Achieve first place in total points for the Elite Class before graduation, complete your studies as the "Strongest Graduate," thwart the schemes against you, and make a name for yourself in Fengling City.]

[Mission Reward: mythic-grade talent]

[Failure Penalty: None]

Qin Ce's pupils contracted slightly.

Another system mission?

And a mythic-grade talent?

But why didn't it trigger when he first touched the team badge, but only appeared when he was being plotted against by others?

Qin Ce couldn't help but recall the series of previous missions.

It appeared when he was choosing a fierce beast egg and found the Cloud Emerald Bird, which had the highest current potential but was being overlooked.

Then, when he saved the child, a mission appeared.

It appeared when he killed the Wolf Spider King and saved Wang Xuan.

It also appeared when he defeated Wu Zhou and seized the team badge.

And now, when someone was stirring up trouble and changing the normal rules of behavior for everyone, it directly pointed towards competing for "Strongest Graduate."

Especially since taking first place already offered the immense benefit of changing one's social stratum.

It made Qin Ce vaguely perceive a pattern: these missions seemed to occur at moments when "certain lines of fate were having their course changed by him."

Each time, it was like seizing opportunities that originally belonged to others from some kind of "predetermined trajectory."

And the greater the change, the more generous the reward.

Like... seizing the destiny and fortune of others?

Before Qin Ce could think further, the team badge vibrated again:

[Prompt: The one-star mission "Collect Golden Claw Shadow Monkey Tails (50)" has been completed by two squads. Current progress: 2/6]

Qin Ce's eyes narrowed.

Just now, he had changed the team badge prompts to notify him of mission changes.

He didn't expect that even the second mission had been completed by someone.

At the same time, Wei Ming, who had been closely following the matter, also saw this change through his teacher permissions.

He looked at Qin Ce with apology in his eyes: "This was my oversight. I didn't expect them to use such a near-scoundrel method to conduct a hunt using loopholes in the rules. This has already exceeded the scope of normal competition and constitutes malicious interference."

Wei Ming pondered for a moment and said decisively: "I can intervene in this matter as your class teacher. I'll apply to the academy for 'Freshman Initial Mission Protection' for you, temporarily freezing all uncompleted missions in your team badge inherited from the original Thunder Squad, or directly applying to scrap them. Then you can pick up new, un-leaked missions to make up the points gap. Although it will take some time, it will at least ensure you have a relatively fair starting point."

This was undoubtedly a safe solution that could help Qin Ce escape his current predicament.

However, Qin Ce slowly shook his head.

He raised his head, his gaze passing through the cafeteria window, seemingly looking at the squads in the distance fiercely competing for missions. An indescribable curve curled at the corners of his mouth, and instead of anger or frustration at being besieged, a hint of... excitement ignited in his eyes?

"Teacher Wei, thank you for your kindness." Qin Ce's voice was calm, yet it carried a tone of absolute certainty. "But, it's not necessary."

"To struggle against heaven is infinite joy; to struggle against man is infinite joy." He repeated his previous words, his gaze growing sharper. "They want to use rules to pressure me, numbers to wear me down, and intel to plot against me... then I shall fight them within these very rules."

"It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious. I really want to see their expressions when, just as they think victory is within their grasp, they find that the prey has instead become the hunter."

Wei Ming was stunned. Looking at the boy before him with burning, fearless eyes, he seemed to see a long-lost sharp edge and wildness. That was not recklessness, but an absolute confidence based on his own strength, and a surging battle intent when facing a challenge.

"Are you... sure?" Wei Ming couldn't help but confirm again. "You're a one-man squad right now, your intel is outdated, your missions are being targeted, and your initial points are lagging behind. If not handled well, you might really be pushed out of the top ten, or even have your points cleared."

"I'm sure." Qin Ce nodded, then changed the subject. "However, before that, I have a few questions I need to ask you, Teacher. They're about... some 'details' in mission execution."

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