Chapter 89: Laughing Stock (2/2)

Carl wrenched his head up and locked his eyes onto Gansus's. He imagined himself rushing toward the old man and punching him in the face. The humiliation had taught him a valuable lesson that he will never forget: never let your guard down.

Gansus ignored Carl's searing gaze and said, ”Since Carl had demonstrated both the correct and the incorrect strategy, he saved me a lot of energy. Wang Tong, why don't you talk about what you think about this fight.”

Wang Tong always liked Gansus's class. Therefore he didn't hide his opinion and spilled out his thoughts: ”His overall strategy was correct: he had first acted like he was weaker than he really is and let the Zerg lowered his guard. That fake trip over was brilliant and didn't even raise the Zerg's suspicion. The last strike was very precise but wasn't strong enough, perhaps due to stress he couldn't hit hard. Therefore the Zerg only passed out but didn't die. He should have followed up with another punch to make sure that the Zerg would stay dead. I have learned a trick to tell if a Zerg is really dead: simply observe the tip of its legs. If the Zerg is really dead, the tip of its legs will spasm in a very regular beat, but if the Zerg is still half conscious, the spasm is rather irregular, like how it moved just earlier.”

A silence fell in the classroom as every student was amazed by Wang Tong's interpretation of the fight. He had explained things that did not even exist in the textbook.

Gansus paused for a second and then asked, ”How did you know about that trick? No textbook had mentioned that, what is it based off of?”

Wang Tong scratched his head and said, ”It was based on… nothing. It was just my experience.”

The other students suddenly let out an uproar.

”His experience, again!”

”Is he joking?”

”He can't just say that! It's a matter of life and death!”

”He must have watched too many movies; I saw something similar in the new film 'Five Days in the Hive'.”

”What an attention seeker!”

Gansus gestured everyone to be quiet and turned his head to Wang Ben, ”Wang Ben, what do you think about what he just said?”

”I can't speak on that topic, but my father had also said something similar. He stated that it was only his experience, and there is no scientific proof of it.”

Disbelieve were written on everyone's face.

”Wang Ben's father... General Hu Ben? And he said the same thing?”

”How did Wang Tong know about it? Is it luck?”