Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar lay on the ground, finding it difficult to even twitch. The pain of her displaced internal organs was excruciating, and her limbs were completely numb. She couldn't even manage to take a healing card out of her backpack.
Seeing someone give up on this side, the burly man in Xie Shaoning's group also immediately called it quits.
He was genuinely terrified of losing his life; in less than ten short minutes, the burly man had already lost count of how many times he had been hit.
Almost every time they exchanged blows, he had to use his own body to tank the sea monster's damage. The navigator had absolutely no way to help Xie Shaoning dodge most of the attacks.
Although Xie Shaoning was dissatisfied, he wasn't as excessive as Cheese Milk Cap's teammates. He merely muttered under his breath about having teammates who dropped the ball.
The burly man was good-natured, actively apologizing and trying to make amends. Ash Kiss Starry Moon, being smart, saw the situation and also directly called it quits.
The best possible outcome was second place, so there was no need to waste energy trying to hold on.
It was impossible to defeat the monster in the 10th stage. Judging by the time it took to reach the 9th monster first, they wouldn't be able to surpass the Invincible Black Whirlwind group anyway.
It was better to give up early and conserve their stamina.
After all three groups had given up, Qi Xu closely followed suit and called it quits.
[The first stage, Riding the Waves, has ended. The group rankings are now announced. First place: Invincible Black Whirlwind group, 9 points. Second place: Ash Kiss Starry Moon group, 7 points. Third place: Happyending group, 5 points. Fourth place: Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar group, 2 points.]
[Thank you for your hard work. After the first team coordination and challenge, we believe everyone has gained a deeper understanding and knowledge of their teammates and opponents.
Now, everyone has 10 minutes to choose whether to swap groups. As long as the captains of both groups agree, the swap will be successful. Players who fail to form a team after 10 minutes will be unable to leave this stage.]
As soon as the light screen's broadcast ended, it was as if everyone was surrounded by seawater from all directions, forming a small rectangular prism.
On the cube, there were chat boxes for all the captains.
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar really wanted to join the Invincible Black Whirlwind's team and had decided to completely separate from her two teammates. Who would dare cooperate with people who only cared about their own interests and ignored their teammates' lives?
There was no need to mention any friendship prior to the survival game; it was no different from a joke.
However, she was also very clear that even if Invincible Black Whirlwind was willing to team up with her, she wouldn't abandon her current teammates at a time like this.
Just like in the previous treasure map instance, when the three of them had been so unreasonable, Invincible Black Whirlwind hadn't considered giving up on them. Thinking about it now, she really had it tough.
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar hesitated for a moment before directly clicking on "Happyending."
Xie Shaoning noticed the seawater patterns slowly diffusing outward. He was slightly taken aback but quickly realized someone wanted to join his team, and immediately grinned smugly.
My excellence is just that obvious.
But upon seeing that the person was Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar, Xie Shaoning suddenly couldn't smile anymore.
"Are you crazy? You screwed me over once, and now you want to do it a second time?"
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar scoffed coldly, "Do you think the two people beside you are any good? That burly man who looks so honest already came to me just now, saying he's willing to swap to my group.
And that girl, the moment she arrived at the treasure map instance, she slipped a small note to Threeking. What do you think was written on it? Only an idiot like you would know nothing and be kept completely in the dark."
Xie Shaoning said in surprise, "Impossible!"
"Xie Shaoning, either you and I team up with that burly man from your group to form a team of three, or I kick out one of my members and take your burly man. Choose for yourself."
A second ago, Xie Shaoning had felt that although his group hadn't taken the top two spots, at least their cooperative attitude was fine. He never expected that both of them had betrayed him!
Especially Taro Grape! She spoke so sweetly, yet the moment she arrived at the treasure map instance, she started looking for another way out! Players with names sounding like milk tea were truly untrustworthy.
"If you don't want to, forget it. I'm leaving. I'm taking the burly man from your group. Given our past relationship, giving you a heads-up about this is already me being generous enough."
"Wait, I'll team up with you, plus Burning Heart Liquor from our group."
"Alright."
After finishing the business, Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar directly cut off the communication. Fortunately, Little Xie wasn't very bright and could be tricked a little.
Burning Heart Liquor hadn't actually applied to join Cheese Milk Cap's side, nor had that girl slipped a note to Threeking.
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar had merely noticed that she wanted to go and talk to Threeking, but was afraid of being seen by Invincible Black Whirlwind, so she hadn't put it into action yet.
She could only say... sorry about that.
On his end, Xie Shaoning had already kicked Taro Grape out of the team and invited Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar to join.
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar agreed immediately.
Comrade Little Xie was still feeling quite smug. Although they had just discussed forming a three-person group, they hadn't specified who was joining whose group. Since I invited you in first, I'm still the captain.
Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar simply wanted to break away from her two teammates and, while at it, find two seemingly better partners to cooperate with.
Taro Grape was completely dumbfounded. Even if my commanding wasn't particularly spot-on just now, there was no need to kick me out of the team, right? Why act so impulsively?
Panicking for a moment, she quickly submitted applications to other teams; otherwise, she would be trapped in this stage forever.
The first team she applied to was naturally Invincible Black Whirlwind. Qi Xu took a rough guess and knew what was going on. It was eighty percent likely that Cheese Milk Cap, this little black-sesame-filled sweet bun, had gone to trick Little Xie again.
Qi Xu had noticed Taro Grape in Little Xie's team a long time ago. She obviously had ulterior motives and impure intentions, so there was absolutely no way he would agree to let her join the team.
Of course, even if there were no issues with her, he still wouldn't have agreed.
As soon as the 10 minutes were up, the seawater light curtain instantly dispersed, and Taro Grape was the first to step forward and furiously curse at Xie Shaoning.
"You bastard, what is the meaning of this? On what grounds did you kick me out of the team?"
Taro Grape had applied all around, but not a single person agreed. She could only go to Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Part Sugar's original team. She had given up the captain's position, and the current captain was Hand Covering the Sky.
Hand Covering the Sky also looked down on Taro Grape, but with the team missing members, they couldn't proceed. In the end, out of helplessness, he agreed.
Xie Shaoning was just about to curse back using the matter of her secretly contacting Threeking, but he was stopped by Cheese Milk Cap. "There's no point in saying more about this. Let's hurry up and move on. We absolutely must get high points in the next stage!"
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