Arknights Welcome to Terra Continent

"It's almost time."

Beichen, who was slumped on a bench in the park, stood up and walked towards the competition venue.

It's a very small place, which can be considered a stadium, but the track looks to be of good quality.

At least it is much better than the cheap and even faded running track in the school playground when Beichen was in high school.

There were not many spectators in this kind of competition. There was only one staff member sitting in the audience, wearing formal clothes and holding a folder in his hand.

Although it was just a formality, it proved that this game was indeed real and effective.

To be honest, Beichen could understand everything else. It was actually no different from a running competition. There was only one thing he didn't understand. No, he didn't understand it at all.

Except for himself who wore casual clothes to participate in the competition, the rest of the contestants were all wearing armor that looked very heavy.

Whether new or worn out, they were all wearing armor and even helmets.

That's not right. I don't see that the rules of the competition say that I have to wear this kind of thing. I won't be disqualified because of this. Is it too late to go back and change it now?

Beichen was dumbfounded when he saw his opponents who had already started warming up. The knights in armor also looked at Beichen with strange eyes, full of surprise. Of course, some people also had joy and ridicule in their eyes.

The staff in the audience also noticed this. He stood up and walked towards Beichen, then asked.

"Sir, are you a knight participating in this competition?"

Beichen nodded.

The staff member frowned suddenly, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued to ask.

"Excuse me, are you sure you don't want to wear any knight armor in this competition?"

After hearing this question, Beichen felt a lot more relaxed. It seemed that he could participate in the competition without wearing armor.

As long as I can participate in the competition, it’s fine. Even if there are any additional restrictions, that’s not a problem.

"Okay, I wish you good luck in the competition."

The staff nodded and left.

It seems like he just came here to remind me that it’s better to put on armor?

Beichen was a little confused. Could it be that wearing that thing would really provide some kind of buff?

Forget it, forget it. I'll just control my speed a bit and take the first place steadily.

While other knights were doing warm-up exercises, Beichen ran to the side and sat down to rest, and soon it was time for the game.

After confirming each person's identity information, the contestants take their positions one by one... So is this running or horse racing?

Beichen really stood out among the knights in armor.

The words "Please be ready" appeared on the electronic screen at the starting point, and a fifteen-second countdown appeared.

Why is there a 15-second countdown before the race? Shouldn't it be three, two, one, go!?

However, Beichen soon understood why these fifteen seconds were reserved.

When he noticed a strange noise coming from the armor of a player on his right, he finally realized that something was wrong with the game.

He began to recall the conversation in the plot, what Zofia said to Maria.

"Speed ​​racing is essentially a game that relies on equipment. Apart from physical fitness, we don't have that much money to spend."

Equipment dependent...

Beichen looked at the armor of the people around him, and at this moment he finally understood why the staff had to remind him in advance whether he was sure not to wear armor in the competition.

Ten seconds countdown.

Suddenly, many grooves appeared on the runway, and then different obstacles appeared on the runway.

It turned out to be off-road... No, no, this height difference is clearly parkour!

Ten kilometers of parkour?!

Apart from the fact that the audience enjoyed the game, the Cavaliers on the field must have been really exhausted.

Five seconds countdown.

Beichen had already seen that the armor of the player on his left had opened up and started to dissipate heat.

Whose mobile armor is this?

"start!"

From the very beginning, every contestant tried his best, as if this was not a long-distance race but a 100-meter sprint.

But at their speed, it will probably only take about four or five minutes to complete.

Beichen's start was much slower than the other players, but he then quietly accelerated, while being careful not to fly up accidentally.

Flying is probably cheating.

Very good, let’s control the fifth place first and see how the people in front run.

Even though they were wearing armor, their movements were still very agile, and through that black technology, the ones in front could even adjust their bodies in the air through the jets of air to avoid obstacles.

This undoubtedly made them much faster.

Increase jumping ability, increase body flexibility, and even more simply accelerate through the propulsion of air flow.

But something unexpected soon occurred.

The contestant who was originally ranked second suddenly had flames spurting out from the sides of his armor where air was originally spurting out.

Originally, Beichen thought that this was an attempt to catch up with the first place and then add some explosive stuff, but he didn't expect that the self-modified armor suddenly malfunctioned.

Fortunately, he took it off quickly. Not long after he threw the armor away, it suddenly caught fire.

It may be caused by high load operation.

The man lowered his head in annoyance and muttered to himself.

"Is it still a design flaw? Try a different type next time."

After the current second-ranked person withdrew due to an unexpected situation, the competition will of course continue as usual.

Beichen also deliberately controlled his speed, slowly approaching the first position. Finally, just before touching the finish line, Beichen suddenly accelerated and successfully won the first place.

The staff also came over quickly and announced the top five rankings.

Of course, there was still a little disturbance at this time.

The second place was the guy who had been in the leading position but was eventually overtaken by Beichen.

An indignant expression appeared on his face, and he pointed at Beichen and cursed.

"This guy must be cheating. How could he be so fast without wearing any armor?"

"Bullshit! You throw mud at me when you can't run away? Get the hell out of here!"

Beichen didn't tolerate him and started to curse him.

I'm wearing brand new armor, and you're still saying I'm cheating? The rules don't say you can't use this or that. If you can use this, I can certainly use something else.

"You..............! I request to examine him and watch the game video!"