The delay stretched on for a week, and still no news came.
The competition's start date drew ever closer.
No news came from the front lines, nor from within the school. The higher-ups simply told the competitors to wait.
Gu Ming could only wait. During this time, he also made a trip back home.
After learning that his parents weren't being excessively harassed by outside corporations, he returned to school with peace of mind to continue studying for the competition.
Just yesterday, Teacher Zhang had made a special trip to the international competition venue to investigate the situation for Gu Ming.
When Gu Ming got back to school, he reviewed some practice questions with Lu You before glancing at the system's plot commentary for the day.
"Today's forecast: torrential rain and dark clouds. The international competition venue remains flooded."
If Gu Ming were to scroll up the feed, he would see that in the system's plot, every single day had been plagued by storms.
