The scene was at a stalemate for a moment.
"Don't worry, we're all classmates. We won't hurt him."
After saying this, the Class B leader raised his laser gun for the second time and aimed it at Huang Yan.
"We aren't outlaws, and besides, this is being broadcast live."
While the members of Lu Xiao's squad were still hesitating, the Class B leader pulled the trigger.
"Hum!"
Huang Yan was only a little bit away from climbing the rock wall, never expecting the people below to shoot just above the rock he was gripping.
The cliff face fractured, and the exhausted young man slid down a distance until his hands managed to grab onto another protruding rock he had just climbed past...
Many new scrapes appeared on his palms and arms. The place he had grabbed in his panic must have had loose gravel, digging painfully into his skin...
His head, shoulders, and the backpack behind him were covered in rubble and mud. The Eldest Young Master Huang, who had always been pampered on the Tianshu Star, had never been in such a wretched state.
"*!"
Huang Yan finally couldn't help but curse out loud.
"Hey! Just come down on your own! We don't want to hurt anyone either."
A Class B team member shouted at Huang Yan on the rock wall.
The leader, Wu Xinshui, also spoke up,
"Anyone with half a brain would know that stubborn resistance is completely pointless right now. It won't change anything except get you more hurt."
The members of Lu Xiao's team watched all this from the sidelines, their minds going blank.
They had just been chasing Huang Yan too... so did they have this same ugly look on their faces? Wasn't this too much like a villain!?
But the people from Class B were right. They were only halfway through the journey and hadn't even reached the desert ahead...
Their main mission was to survive the seven days safely and simply walk out the exit. There was no need for a firefight... otherwise, the other side wouldn't suffer any losses, while they would end up owing dozens of credits.
But seeing the Class B people bully a Class S classmate right in front of them... everyone felt a bit stifled and cowardly!
The three people opposite them opportunely raised their laser guns, looking as if they would fight to the death if the Class S team dared to make a move.
"..."
The atmosphere below was tense. On the rock wall, Huang Yan glanced down, already feeling a bit desperate.
Two teams were fighting over his ownership; neither side was treating him like a human being!
He had been forced to free-climb this cliff, so was he supposed to obediently go down and let them press his alarm?
He was unwilling to accept this... He had never been this miserable in his entire life!
While he was thinking, the laser gun swept a circle directly above him again.
It was still just a deterrent, but the falling gravel and sand forced Huang Yan to lower his head again.
"Hurry up and come down, stop holding on! There's no need!
Look at you, you're soaked through. Hurry back, take a hot shower, and get a good rest!
It's just twenty credits. When this is over, we'll help you figure something out!"
As soon as these words came out, the several people from Class S completely gave up... He was right. If Huang Yan kept insisting like this, even they would feel sorry for him...
The seniors and teachers in the live broadcast room were much more familiar with this kind of tactic.
"He sounds so sincere... If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to hold out!"
"This kid from Class B is pretty good! Using both the carrot and the stick!? I wonder if Young Master Huang can hold on."
"Wu Xinshui, Command major. I heard his mental power is just one step away from reaching A-rank! It seems his ability to grasp human psychology is very strong!!"
"This is a required course for commanders, right!?"
"Ah? This is grasping human psychology!? My captain says these things to me all the time?"
"The commenter above must be a single-soldier major! Definitely a single-soldier."
Huang Yan naturally knew that the Class B leader was playing psychological warfare.
If it were normal times, he would definitely find a way to make the other party understand they messed with the wrong person!
But his current situation... his hands were almost out of strength, and if he moved, he would be attacked again. What could he do? Did he have to just give up?
"Pfft! Pfft!"
What is that!?
Hearing the noise, Huang Yan looked up, only to get a face full of some unknown misty substance. He accidentally inhaled some through his nose and mouth.
"Cough... Patooey! Patooey!"
So bitter! He quickly lowered his head and spat twice!
It was really over now; there was actually someone up above too!
"Grab hold."
Wait? This voice?
Huang Yan tilted his head back up, just in time to see a person above who was wrapped up tightly, revealing only a pair of eyes.
...Wang Tianwei!?
Two green vines suddenly appeared by his side. Huang Yan hesitated for a moment before reaching out to grab them; there seemed to be no reason for this person to eliminate him...
Seeing this, the people on the ground were about to shoot the two vines, but Wang Tianwei preemptively raised her gun and fired a volley at them. The lasers swept almost directly against Wu Xinshui's shoes.
The Class B squad, terrified of getting their toes shot off, hurriedly retreated to find cover...
The other members of Class S were already dumbfounded.
"Who... is that?"
Lu Bai asked blankly, his mouth hanging open.
"I don't know..."
Huang Yan's adrenaline surged, and he climbed up the vines.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Wang Tianwei threw out something the size of a watermelon. Before the people below could clearly see what it was, she fired another shot and blew it up!
"Dodge!!"
The exploded object scattered and fell. The people from Class B thought it was some kind of secret weapon and scrambled to avoid it!
Just one more meter to the top!
Huang Yan gripped the vines, but his forearms unconsciously began to cramp! He had consumed too much physical energy today...
"I can't... you should run..."
Wang Tianwei quickly noticed his abnormal condition, but the people at the bottom of the rock wall seemed to have realized that the thing she blew up had no lethality of its own. They raised their guns toward them through the gaps in their cover.
"You up there, surrender immediately!"
Wang Tianwei could only keep shooting to ensure they stayed hiding behind their cover and didn't dare to poke their heads out for the time being.
She raised her voice,
"Everyone hide well!! I won't be responsible if anyone gets hurt!!"
Huang Yan tried two more times, but he simply couldn't exert any strength.
"Heh... still can't do it... you hurry...!"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was pulled entirely upward by the vines!
Discovering this scene, Wu Xinshui gritted his teeth and shouted,
"She doesn't dare to hurt us!! Focus fire on the vines!"
"It's coming! Dodge!"
A reminder came from behind, and Wang Tianwei suddenly stopped shooting.
"You guessed right. I indeed cannot hurt you."
While the Class B people were stunned, Wang Tianwei dropped to the ground, grabbed Huang Yan's arm, and pulled him up, gritting her teeth to squeeze out one last piece of advice.
"But I suggest you all take cover first!"
Half of Huang Yan's body had already been pulled up, with the vines hanging idly by the side.
Losing their target and not daring to actually shoot at a person, the Class B team could only watch helplessly as he was pulled up.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
"Oh no!"
Wu Xinshui's eyes widened when he heard the buzzing sound. Upon seeing the swarm of bees with yellow and black stripes, he turned and shouted at his team members,
"Run!!"
Mutant bees couldn't be dealt with using laser guns, and getting stung by one would hurt to death!
By the time the Class B squad reacted and looked back, they found that the people from Class S had long since run out of sight!
"Damn it! They noticed earlier!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!! That swarm of bees is furious!"
"We weren't the ones who shot it!"
"She definitely has scent blockers on her!"
"So sinister!!!"
Actually, the first person to realize that the mysterious person had shattered a beehive was Sun Ye from Class S.
Because a small fragment had landed right by his feet.
Seeing the honey oozing out and even a larva wriggling inside, Sun Ye's scalp went numb!
He dragged his team members and ran, explaining as they fled!
Once Lu Xiao and the others grasped the situation, they didn't need any more urging; they ran even faster than he did!
Why had they wanted to capture Huang Yan or Wang Tianwei in the first place?
Wasn't it simply because taking down the mutated beasts or star beasts was far too difficult?
How were they supposed to deal with those bees!?
There were people everywhere, so they couldn't just start shooting blindly!
Still, Huang Yan would probably make a clean getaway now, and the group felt an inexplicable hint of relief.
At least he hadn't been eliminated by another class...
How had they let that Class B squad leader get into their heads just now? Why hadn't they snapped back at him!?
