Chapter 967
“Wow, that roster is insane! With those two teaming up, funding won’t be an issue at all p>
“And it’s not just them—everyone on that team is top ten in the entire year p>
“Holy crap, there’s a Dreamscape Beta and Dreamscape Gamma too! Isabella and Bianca practically monopolized the whole competition p>
“I heard the Doyle family poured millions of dollars into this, equipping every member of Dreamscape with state-of-the-art tech p>
“Wait, isn’t Isabella on Dreamscape too? Why is the Doyle family footing the whole bill? Isn’t the Lancaster family stepping up to support Isabella p>
II
The gossip buzzed through the crowd.
Bianca stood near the front, arms crossed, basking in the envious stares of her peers.
She tilted her chin up, her gaze casually sweeping the board.
Before locking onto a specific entry at the very bottom.
She let out a sharp, mocking laugh.
“Oh, please. Look at this joke of a team. I can’t believe Mr. Ashwell actually approved this garbage p>
She pointed a manicured finger at the bottom line.
Team Name: The Hope Initiative
Captain: Serena
Members: Caleb, Lydia, Vanessa Vance, Jasper Sterling.
“The Hope Initiative p>
Bianca scoffed loudly. “More like The Despair Squad p>
“Look at this lineup. A high school dropout from the country playing captain p>
“A nerdy, traitorous bookworm p>
“And a spineless weed who can’t do anything right p>
“And who are these last two? Vanessa? Jasper p>
Bianca’s tone dripped with exaggerated disgust. “Aren’t those the two losers who
failed the Vanguard Honors Program exam p>
They weren’t just losers.
They were desperately poor.
Seeing this pathetic roster completely erased the lingering anger Bianca felt over Caleb and Lydia’s betrayal.
Now, she was just highly amused.
“Birds of a feather really do flock together. A country bumpkin leading four beggars who can barely afford lunch This lineup it’s just a bunch of broke losers huddling together för warmth. They definitely need ‘hope p>
Bianca sneered. “Are you guys representing the school in the Elite Challenge, or are you setting up Ã
chary drive to show the judges how you survive on permies Conten
The crowd erupted in laughter.
The elite students who had fought tooth and nail to join Isabella and Bianca’s teams
felt a massive surge of superiority.
In their world, high-level research required mountains of cash.
A single piece of precision equipment cost hundreds of thousands, and lab materials weren’t cheap either.
The Hope Initiative looked utterly pathetic.
Compared to their all-star, heavily funded teams, Serena’s squad looked like a dumpster fire.
These broke students would be forced to rely on the school’s basic, outdated equipment.
How could they possibly compete?
It was a complete joke!
Serena had actually picked up two
rejects who failed the vanguard and she was dragging them into a global competition?
Was she out of her mind?
The mocking laughter echoed through the hall.
On the outskirts of the crowd.
Lydia, Caleb, and their two new recruits stood in silence.
Vanessa and Jasper were painfully thin, clearly malnourished.
They wore faded, ill-fitting clothes with frayed cuffs.