"Want to form an alliance with us?"

Mu Zhiqing was stunned when he heard this. It was obvious that Zhou Lin's answer was beyond her expectations.

On the other hand, Chen Shi was also a little surprised.

"Roushui Academy wants to form an alliance with us?" He still clearly remembered that Nan Fei, the leader of Tianhai Academy, had such an idea.

"Why?" Mu Zhiqing asked Chen Shi's doubts.

Nan Fei of Tianhai Academy hopes to use the help of fighting against the common enemies to tie Rou Shui Academy to its own battlefield, but it seems that it has not been successful. So why is Zhou Lin taking the initiative to run over and talking about forming an alliance?

What is the reason for supporting her to do this?

Chen Shi didn't believe that the other party would come over for no reason, nor did he think that the other party was trying to repay his previous actions on the auxiliary ship.

Suddenly, Chen Shi and Mu Zhiqing both held their breath and prepared to listen to Zhou Lin's answer.

"Don't get me wrong, what I'm talking about is a temporary alliance." Zhou Lin began to tell her thoughts, "There is a prerequisite for this so-called alliance."

"What conditions?" Mu Zhiqing asked.

"This condition is the following assessments, which are still unconventional." Zhou Lin responded.

"Unconventional?" Chen Shi slowly chewed on the word, feeling a little strange in his heart.

"Yes, it's unconventional," Zhou Lin seemed to see Chen Shi's doubts, so she explained with a smile, "My statement is compared to regular competitions."

Then, without waiting for Chen Shi and others to continue asking questions, she revealed her views.

"The so-called regular competition means that the participants either compete, compete, race, or strive to advance and eliminate others according to the normal competition rules," Zhou Lin said clearly, "In short, conventional competitions reflect various interactions between participants. The winner advances and the loser is eliminated. Although the form is different, it is always a process of mutual competition."

"I understand." Chen Shi grabbed his hair, "What you mean is that the selection we are participating in now is likely not a competition among the contestants, but more likely to complete certain tasks under the constraints of rules."

"It seems that's the case now," Zhou Lin nodded with a smile, "In the previous Tianzi assessment, didn't we just do it under the constraints of rules? But..."

Then she changed her mind and continued.

"In terms of rules, there are several lines marked with authorization. As I guess, there should be confrontational links in this selection competition, so..."

"That's why you put forward the idea of ​​temporary alliance, right?" Mu Zhiqing took over the topic, "If it is an assessment similar to the previous form of completing tasks, then we are allies, and if it is an assessment of confrontation, we are still enemies and compete with each other, right?"

"Yes," Zhou Lin laughed, "As long as it is not a confrontational stage, we are allies, which will undoubtedly improve the survival ability of both of us. Even if we are enemies for a while, we can continue to be allies as soon as we enter a new stage. And, even in a confrontational situation, we can first unite against others, and then turn to hostile."

"This Zhou Lin..." Chen Shi looked at the woman talking in front of him, and felt a sigh in his heart.

In fact, the meaning of Zhou Lin’s words is very simple - she divides the possible contents in the selection competition into two parts, cooperation and confrontation!

Cooperation means working together to complete the task, and those who cannot complete it will be eliminated.

Confrontation is a zero-sum game between contestants, the winner advances and the loser is eliminated.

Zhou Lin’s proposal means that when cooperation is needed, Rou Shui Academy and Chen Shi and others face it together as allies, and when confrontation is needed, this ally relationship will automatically end.

Repeat!

Her words were open and unpretentious, giving Chen Shi a feeling of being a hero among women.

Of course, the word "hero" is naturally a bit out of character when used in young women like Zhou Lin, so Chen Shi quickly put this absurd feeling behind his mind and thought about Zhou Lin's proposal seriously.

It has to be said that Zhou Lin’s proposal is very tempting and practical. The reason why the group was able to safely separate on the auxiliary ship was, on the one hand, because of Chen Shi, and on the other hand, the help of Su Yan and Zhao Nan could not be ignored.

Here, Su Yan is from Rou Shui Academy.

but……

There are still some questions that Chen Shi did not think clearly.

"Why choose us?" He finally decided to raise his questions directly, "Nan Fei and his Tianhai Academy are stronger than us no matter how you look at it. At least they have a unified leader."

Chen Shi’s implication is undoubtedly telling Zhou Lin that there is still danger of internal strife in Lingu Academy.

This is actually easy to see. Not long ago, when the three colleges were still struggling on the shuttle, two "alumni" Chen Shi and Li Xian broke out in an obvious conflict.

And these words made Mu Zhiqing feel uncomfortable - at least in name, she was also the leader of Lingu Academy, but she also knew that what Chen Shi said was a fact.

"There are two reasons why we chose to cooperate with you rather than Tianhai Academy."

Zhou Lin smiled and then answered Chen Shi's question.

"First, Nanfei is definitely not a good partner. Working with him is tantamount to seeking a skin with a tiger. He is more concerned about how to use us than working together to solve problems. What he needs is subordinates, not partners."

"Hmm?" Chen Shi looked at the girl in front of him in surprise. Unexpectedly, she could see through all the plans of Nan Fei.

"Second, Nanfei's Tianhai Academy has certain advantages compared to you, but its disadvantages are also obvious."

"Strengths? Disadvantages?"

"Well," Zhou Lin nodded and continued, "The advantages of Tianhai Academy are more reflected in combat effectiveness. If this is really normal, it will naturally have an advantage. However, in this selection competition, I am not optimistic about this. On the contrary, the reason why we were able to pass the Tianzi assessment before was not combat effectiveness, but... comprehensive ability."

"What do you mean?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Mu Zhiqing's face.

"There is a high degree of complementarity between the two academies!" Zhou Lin said, looking at Su Yan beside her, and then turned her eyes to Chen Shi and Zhao Nan. "Su Yan in our team is a mechanical genius, and I believe you already have some understanding of this..."

"Hmph!" Zhao Nan snorted coldly.

Chen Shi and Mu Zhiqing nodded involuntarily, and they did have a deep understanding of this.

"... And Zhao Nan in your team has excellent network technology!"

Zhou Lin's words immediately made Zhao Nan smile, and the latter suddenly felt that Zhou Lin was quite pleasing to her eyes.

Zhou Lin didn't finish her words.

"In addition, I think Chen Shi in your team also has important advantages, and he has outstanding experience in some aspects. All of this will become the basis for our cooperation."

Zhou Lin said, looking at Mu Zhiqing and said, "How is it, you have not lost this matter, and it will benefit both sides of the relationship."

Mu Zhiqing lowered his head and pondered.

She is weighing the gains and losses.

After coming over for a while, she raised her head again: "It's no point to say it, we won't agree just by what you say. If you regret it in the future..."

"We don't have to sign an agreement for this, right?" Zhou Lin seemed helpless, "We came with sincerity."

“…”

Mu Zhiqing fell silent again. She also knew that this agreement similar to that outside the field was definitely not suitable to leave any evidence, but... if you agree with Zhou Lin's one-sided statement, it would seem a bit hasty.

"I can't give you a reply yet, because we still have two members who are not present, and we will give you a reply after the discussion."

In the end, Mu Zhiqing had to answer this.

Zhou Lin nodded, and it seemed that she didn't expect to say that simple, so she asked Mu Zhiqing to agree.

"I hope you can give an answer as soon as possible so that we can make the next plan easier." She said, standing up from the chair and preparing to say goodbye.

And beside her, Su Yan, who had been shyly and without saying a word since she entered the room, looked at Chen Shi, opened her cherry mouth, and stopped talking, but finally stood up with Zhou Lin and walked towards the door.

"Wait a minute, I still have a question," Mu Zhiqing suddenly said, "Why are you coming to find Chen Shi?"

"Because, he looks more trustworthy." After leaving such a sentence, Zhou Lin and Su Yan left the room.

"Huh..." Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and looked at Mu Zhiqing and Zhao Nan. The meaning was very obvious - those two of you have left, and you two have nothing to do, should you leave too?

Chen Shi still kept in mind about "mental meditation".

But Mu Zhiqing obviously had no intention of leaving quickly. She turned around and looked at Chen Shi.

"Hmm? Is there anything else?" Chen Shi asked in confusion. In his opinion, the original intention of these two people coming here should be to come and tell him about the failure of the photon network.

Now that all the agreement has been made, it is natural to leave.

"Of course," Mu Zhiqing nodded in response to Chen Shi's question and said, "Since Zhou Lin and the others have finished their business, it's my turn to do it."

"What? Didn't you come here to tell me about Photon.com?" Chen Shi became even more confused.

"This is just one of them, and there is another thing?" Mu Zhiqing chuckled and stood up.

"What's the matter?" Chen Shi's doubts continued to increase.

"Go to the business street below with me." Mu Zhiqing sorted out his clothes.

"What?" Chen Shi thought he had heard it wrong.

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Chapter completed!