Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Bai Yue left, Cao Xun remained standing there, unable to recover for a long time.
An S+ level alpha.
An S+ level alpha had made him the commander of the final round.
Although it was still the same person, once he realized the other party’s identity, everything became extraordinary.
Cao Xun calmed himself down and reconnected the communication device.
At this moment, his mood had become calm. He decided that even if some teammates didn’t listen to him, he would still calmly give commands.
Cao Xun: “Let me summarize the situation on each lane.”
Cao Xun: “Top lane, Mu Sihan; Middle lane, Shen Dali; Bottom lane, Xu Chengdong and Mr. Bai Yue.”
Bai Yue was rushing to the bottom lane when he heard this last address and almost stumbled.
Qin Fei’s address before was one thing, but this one was even more exaggerated.
Cao Xun: “The current basic strategy is to prioritize the attack from the bottom lane. If you encounter the enemy, please inform us as soon as possible to determine the number of people remaining in the camp.”
Everyone except Mu Sihan replied “Received.”
Now Cao Xun had completely calmed down. Even if their personalities clashed, at least their goals aligned. In any case, this person won’t do anything to hinder their progress, and that was enough.
“Enemy encountered!”
At this moment, the bearded man’s loud voice came through the headset.
“Two in the middle lane.”
At the same time, Mu Sihan finally spoke up: “Top lane, one.”
Xu Chengdong: “I see the enemy here too, one.”
In other words, the enemy team, like them, had chosen a strategy of four players clearing the path while one stayed behind.
Cao Xun composed himself and gave the order: “In short, try to entangle the enemy in the middle lane as much as possible, buying time for the bottom lane.”
Cao Xun: “Mr. Bai Yue, have you arrived yet?”
Bai Yue had set off about a minute later than the other three. He could now see Xu Chengdong’s figure in the distance, engaged in combat with the enemy.
“Just call me Bai Yue.” He couldn’t help but correct his form of address. “I see someone.”
Cao Xun: “There’s still one enemy left. So Bai Yue, first… uh, let’s take down the enemy on the bottom lane together before we continue.”
Bai Yue: “Understood.”
After that, Cao Xun went to check on the situation on the top lane. But that was no longer relevant to Bai Yue. Now he needed to concentrate and work with his companion to take down the enemy.
This enemy looked different from the one in the previous round. The only similarity was that his expression was still blank, showing no emotional fluctuation at all despite encountering two opponents.
Xu Chengdong was having some trouble. Compared to the enemy he encountered in the first round, this person’s attacks were much faster.
He almost couldn’t defend himself and was suddenly hit in the abdomen. Although he narrowly blocked the attack, before he could even turn his body, the other person leaped high into the air, and it looked like the fist was about to smash down—!
Oh no.
He crossed his arms to protect his forehead.
In short, he had to prioritize protecting his head from attacks.
At the critical moment, a dark figure suddenly darted out, kicking the enemy hard in the side, sending him flying.
Xu Chengdong stared in disbelief, only then realizing it was Bai Yue.
The man landed steadily before him, turning to look at him: “Are you alright?”
“N-no, I’m fine!” Xu Chengdong quickly straightened up.
After being kicked away, the enemy rolled on the ground and immediately stood up. But after sizing up the two, he didn’t immediately attack.
However, Bai Yue wouldn’t give the other party time to manoeuvre, charging forward: “Quickly finish this.”
Xu Chengdong nodded and hurriedly followed.
Although it was their first time cooperating, 2 against 1 clearly gave them a significant advantage. The enemy quickly succumbed to the pressure and was knocked unconscious.
Xu Chengdong was overjoyed and quickly reported the situation: “The enemy on the bottom lane is dealt with, we’re going to continue.”
He was about to move forward when he saw Bai Yue squat down, lift the unconscious enemy’s head, and snap his neck with a crack.
Xu Chengdong froze.
After Bai Yue got up, he noticed his teammates watching him and smiled sheepishly, “I was afraid he’d wake up halfway through.”
Xu Chengdong: “Oh, oh… that’s true. Anyway, it’s not a real person.”
These were just virtual data; so killing them wouldn’t hurt. However, Xu Chengdong had only ever killed people while playing games, and this was his first time actually doing it, so he hadn’t thought of this at all.
Bai Yue thought for a moment and said, “If it were a real person, it would actually be better to kill them.”
Xu Chengdong was stunned again.
Although he rationally knew that even if he killed someone in the virtual training ground, the other person would only log out of the scene and wouldn’t actually die, hearing Bai Yue say this so casually still sent a chill down his spine.
On the mid lane, the bearded man was being pushed back step by step. But remembering his heavy responsibility of stalling for time, he still gritted his teeth and charged forward.
He only breathed a slight sigh of relief when he heard Xu Chengdong’s voice saying that they had broken through the bottom lane.
Bearded man: “I can’t stall for too long, hurry up!”
On the top lane, Mu Sihan also encountered a troublesome enemy.
Although there was only one of them, their strength was greater than that of their opponents in the previous two rounds.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t be defeated.
It just needed some time.
He narrowed his eyes and charged forward again.
Although the situation in the top and mid lanes was currently precarious, Cao Xun believed their path to victory was still bright. Once the two in the bottom lane reached the enemy camp, victory would be within reach.
Suddenly, a cry of alarm came through the earpiece— it was the bearded man’s voice.
“What the hell is going on? These two suddenly retreated?!”
Hearing this, Cao Xun was stunned.
Could it be that they had seen through their plan and wanted to return to their camp to stop Bai Yue and the others?
But based on the previous two rounds, these virtual enemies weren’t very intelligent; once their action pattern was established, they wouldn’t change it. Now they actually knew how to use flanking manoeuvres?
The bearded man: “I’m catching up. But they’re too fast; I might not be able to catch up.”
Cao Xun snapped back to reality: “Where is the bottom lane now? Wait a moment, coordinate with the mid lane’s speed.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a static crackled through the earpiece. Immediately following was a piercing scream.
Even without the headset, from this distance, Cao Xun could vaguely hear the wail.
It was still the bearded man.
He hurriedly asked, “Mid lane? What happened on your end?”
But this time, there was no response. Then, with a click, the sound cut off, and there was no more sound.
Was he… killed?
Cao Xun was stunned.
Bai Yue was running. He connected to his headset and heard the strange noise from the middle lane.
“The bearded man was taken down?” Xu Chengdong wondered. “Should we turn back?”
Communication in the middle lane was currently cut off, so they couldn’t know the details.
Whether the two enemies had returned to their camp or continued forward after taking down the bearded man was unknown.
If it was the latter, their blue team only had one commander, their combat strength was weak, and their crystal was in danger.
A moment later, Cao Xun’s voice came through the headset again: “No, continue forward in the bottom lane. Now is the time to race against time.”
Since the commander had said so, although he was a little worried, Xu Chengdong didn’t say anything more.
Bai Yue: “Something’s strange.”
Hearing this, Xu Chengdong couldn’t help but turn his head to look, his heart tense: “What… what’s wrong now?”
Bai Yue glanced at him, then turned back to look: “The sound before the sound cut off was like the headset being crushed.”
Xu Chengdong also thought it was somewhat like that: “Is it because they don’t want us to communicate?”
The reason was easy to guess, but in Bai Yue’s opinion, this action was a little incongruous.
Because it was completely unnecessary.
Based on the previous two experiences, the virtual enemies were just data and didn’t require communication. Moreover, having already eliminated the bearded man, destroying the communicator again seemed redundant.
In other words, it was too human-like.
Xu Chengdong recalled Bai Yue’s earlier words: “You suspect the final round is going to pit us against other teams? But the enemies just now didn’t seem real.”
His expression was stiff, and their faces were unfamiliar.
Bai Yue didn’t speak.
That was precisely why he found it strange.
If the enemies they had encountered earlier had communication capabilities, he would naturally assume that these third-round enemies were other freshmen from the Imperial First Academy.
However, that wasn’t the case.
He shook his head.
Thinking about it now was pointless; he should focus on the current strategy.
A short while later, the two approached the enemy camp.
Not far away, a translucent crystal floated in mid-air, emitting a faint reddish glow. However, unlike what they had expected, the camp was empty.
But according to their previous deductions, there should have been at least one person there.
Bai Yue relayed the intelligence back, and Cao Xun immediately replied, “No one’s coming over yet either.”
The enemy might not have arrived yet, or they might be lurking near the mid lane.
Cao Xun pondered for a moment, then said, “We can’t waste time. Xu Chengdong, go scout ahead. It would be best if you could take down the crystal; if enemies appear, retreat to the bottom lane immediately.”
Once again entrusted with the crucial task of taking down the crystal, Xu Chengdong rubbed his hands together eagerly: “Leave it to me.”
This way, he would have taken down the crystal twice in three rounds of the competition, which would definitely be a huge advantage.
Bai Yue crouched in the bushes: “Be careful.”
“Don’t worry.”
Xu Chengdong stretched his limbs and then charged forward. Among the students of the Comprehensive Military Academy, his fighting ability might not be outstanding, but he was confident in his speed.
In just a few seconds, he had reached the red crystal, the prey within reach.
Success!
Xu Chengdong reached out.
But at that moment, a black shadow suddenly flew out, pounced down, and pinned Xu Chengdong to the ground.
Xu Chengdong was stunned.
What? Where did that person come from?
Those involved are often blinded. But Bai Yue, not far away, saw everything clearly.
The person had been hiding in the tree until Xu Chengdong was almost at the crystal, then leaped out.
The surrounding trees were actually some distance from the crystal, but the person’s jumping ability was astonishing, instantly knocking down the target.
Judging from the situation, it seemed they couldn’t wait for Xu Chengdong to retreat. Bai Yue got up, preparing to go forward to help.
“Ah!!!”
Then came a scream.
The dark figure acted swiftly, snapping Xu Chengdong’s neck. In the blink of an eye, the blue team’s numbers dwindled to three!
Cao Xun’s voice came through the earpiece, sounding somewhat anxious: “What happened? I heard a scream!”
Bai Yue was silent for a moment before replying, “Xu Chengdong is ‘dead.'”
“Wh-what?” Cao Xun couldn’t believe it.
The situation had been so good at the start, yet within minutes, it had been instantly reversed?
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