Early in the morning, when Huang Yan woke up, he found he was still holding half a sticky sweet potato in his hand...
He stepped out of the tent to find some water to wash his hands, only to be stunned by the sight before him!
The woods near the campsite were covered in dark red blood... yet it hadn't attracted any star beasts or animals. Someone must have sprayed a scent blocker.
"Sir Huang! You're awake!"
Jian Jingyu had changed into a school uniform and was currently helping heat up breakfast for everyone.
"...You guys worked hard last night."
"Hey! Don't mention it! Twelve wild boars are enough to feed us for a month! Sister Zebra definitely couldn't bear to throw them away. Who knows if we can bring food into the next match..."
"Ugh... morning, Sir Huang, Goldfish."
The two girls also emerged from their tent.
Wang Tianwei had only taken a quick sponge bath last night. Her white hair was dyed red, and after sleeping on it all night, it was now sticking straight up! It jutted out like a rooster's comb!
Huang Yan was speechless... He had a pretty good idea who was responsible for those massive bloodstains outside.
"Let's go find a water source first so everyone can wash up."
"We're in the central zone now, right? It's fine, I can still hold out!"
Wang Tianwei gathered her hair, but the few strands on top of her head seemed to have a mind of their own... Forget it, she'd just wear a hat to press it down later. Since they sprayed the scent blocker anyway, she couldn't smell anything.
"Once we get through today, we can leave tomorrow afternoon!"
"I can't wait until tomorrow afternoon... I have to wash today."
Hearing Sir Huang speak up, the half-beast girl felt a wave of relief. Thank goodness!
She really didn't want to travel with a rooster head... If it rained a little or she sweated, turning around suddenly to see that would be terrifying!
Jian Jingyu also chimed in,
"No matter how you look at it, walking around with a head full of pig blood for two days is just too inappropriate... Sister Zebra."
"...You guys are just too squeamish!"
Huang Yan's mental energy fluctuations were more intense today than yesterday, but he was already used to stretching his detection range as far as possible during peak times!
As long as they avoided the few threatening teams early on, those people couldn't just fly over to them anytime soon!
Under the cover of the others, Wang Tianwei quickly found a spot where the river was clear and gentle to wash herself clean. Her hair finally returned to its original color, hanging wet over her shoulders,
"Alright! Next!"
Fortunately, they were in a rainforest, so the temperature and humidity were already quite high! If this had been the temperature of the Tianshu Star or the Shuomo Star, she wouldn't have dared to get into the river no matter what!
Twenty minutes later, the four of them gathered together, feeling fresh and clean,
"Our points have already surpassed four hundred today."
"So far, we haven't heard any broadcasts of other military academies scoring points. If we find five more star beasts, we can overtake Greenfield in fourth place!"
"Let's do this!"
With twenty-eight hours left until the end of the survival competition,
"Greenfield's first squad and third squad have been eliminated. Points cleared."
Wang Tianwei immediately took out her notebook upon hearing the broadcast.
"Greenfield is completely wiped out... We're in fourth place now!"
The simultaneous elimination of the two squads made Huang Yan think,
"It must have been those eight people who chased us that day."
Zhang Lyra licked her lips,
"Our hopes of making it into the top three just got bigger!"
As long as they defeated any squad from the First Military Academy, Valk, or Santorini, or if those teams eliminated one or two of each other like just now, Qilin could effortlessly enter the top three!
Embracing such optimistic thoughts, the group continued to hunt for star beasts. They didn't spot any other squads along the way.
As the competition entered its final stage, it seemed everyone was playing it safe!
A day passed, and apart from the occasional point-scoring broadcasts, not a single team was eliminated.
The lower-ranked military academies hid as soon as they reached 200 points. Some even led their teams toward the outer perimeters just to avoid running into people from other academies!
However, there was still competition among the top three. After all, what Zhang Lyra could think of, they could think of too. So, these people were earning some points on the side while searching for their teammates.
Santorini had gained the most points. By the time they set up camp at night, their total score had reached six hundred!
But there was still a gap between them and Valk and the First Military Academy.
What surprised everyone was Qilin. With just one squad, they had actually secured four hundred and eighty points!
"I believe what you said now..."
Lucas, the mecha master of Wang Kaiyu's squad, couldn't help but curl his lips upon hearing the broadcast,
"Your sister and her team are really strong!"
If he remembered correctly, Qilin only had this one squad left!
One squad managed to get nearly five hundred points!?
What kind of luck... and what kind of strength was this!? Did they poke a hornet's nest of star beasts and mutant beasts?
Moreover, a team with three A-grades managed to survive until now!? There probably wasn't a lower-graded squad than them in the entire rainforest.
Xu Mo was also shocked,
"They actually earned more than we did!?"
Wang Kaiyu wore an I told you so expression,
"Qilin's freshman training is wilderness survival, which is similar to the format of this survival competition. They guard Jujiao Mountain, so they must practice often!
Besides, the people in their team might be the strongest among the A-grades! Jian Jingyu is definitely not an ordinary S-grade either..."
"You actually know about Qilin's freshman training?"
Ye Yingxuan couldn't help but smile.
Wang Kaiyu was never one to pay attention to people from other military academies. When he first arrived at the camp, he didn't even recognize the uniforms of other schools!
"It seems you still care about your sister a lot."
Wang Kaiyu's face instantly burned up,
"She's my sister... I just casually glanced at the forums a couple of times!"
Hearing this, Lucas immediately asked,
"Oh? Then quickly tell us what they are good at! We might run into them in the next match! We should have some idea beforehand!"
Wang Kaiyu thought for a moment,
"My sister is good at making mechas, but I've never seen her finished products. Huang Yan is good at commanding, I think? He seems to be the first in their grade!
Jian Jingyu is really skilled in combat. I can't beat him in close-quarters! Xu Mo, even you might have a hard time against him...
As for that Zhang Lyra, I've only met her once in the camp cafeteria. We're not close, but I heard she's a great fighter!"
Lucas couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this.
"Saying that is the same as saying nothing..."
He even knew a few pieces of gossip about Wang Tianwei and Huang Yan!
Ye Yingxuan patted Lucas on the shoulder,
"Alright, you know he's a single soldier. He's usually only interested in other single soldiers with good combat skills.
The Qilin forum keeps their participants' information tightly under wraps, and our academy's training is quite intensive. If he knew absolutely everything, I'd have to suspect if it was false information deliberately leaked by the other side."
"Tsk... true!"
"This is fine. We'll see Qilin's specific situation for ourselves so we won't be easily misled."
"...Alright! But to get five hundred points... Huang Yan and Wang Tianwei should have come to the First Military Academy back then!"
"Hahaha! If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. Those two used to be reserves for our First Military Academy!"
Countless eyes were fixed on the live broadcast of Qilin's fourth squad.
"Teacher, the juniors are doing us so proud!!"
Zhao Ling was able to get out of bed today. After his treatment, he sat in the conference room with his teammates to watch the live stream!
Fu Manli rubbed her temples,
"In the early stages, there were people everywhere, but in the later stages, you can run into star beasts just by walking a few hundred meters..."
Chao Hao suddenly realized something.
"During the freshman training, Jian Jingyu was constantly being chased, and there was never a shortage of star beasts along the way. Huang Yan's nineteen crazy rabbits also broke the record..."
"So it's just pure bad luck?"
Mecha engineer Gavin was the first to object.
"How can you call it bad luck!? This is clearly good luck!! We've got the upper hand over the First Military Academy right now!"
