Chapter 213

"Vanessa?" Duma's player called out his teammate's name.

His first reaction was to think that someone outside was trying to steal his points. He determined from the hand poking out from the rock surface that it belonged to a woman, with skeletal features more slender than those of a man of the same age. Since there was only one female teammate remaining with him at "base camp" at the same time, he naturally called out her name.

He was also very curious about how his "teammates" got under the rock and wanted to know what new exploration path they had opened up.

The disadvantages of the Duma school team's habit of fighting in a dispersed manner became apparent.

They are all very confident and have full confidence in their teammates. When exploring separately, unless they are really at a disadvantage and need to grab vital resources, they rarely use the team channel to contact each other, and they will not report the location to teammates in the same area in real time.

Anyway, everyone's pretty good, and can handle over 75% of the unexpected situations. All you have to do is explore your own route, sweep the flags, and score points. Your teammates will surely do just as well.

Not only did the Duma player continue forward without any suspicion, without even opening the terminal to confirm whether the school had scored, he also asked in the direction where the hand was extended, "I remember you were heading east at first. Have you marked the flags there?"

Jiang Yunu: "..."

Jiang Yunu actually planned to leave after touching the flag. She was mentally prepared that she would trigger a battle, and she also planned a "one-hit escape" route in advance. She was ready to sneak to the next area in the blink of an eye and see if she could steal some points.

As a result, the people in Duma seemed to have not noticed that their points had been stolen at all.

Duma's team members shouted "Vanessa"'s name while standing on the rock formation and trying to talk to her. Their attitude was as relaxed as a person who got up at night without wearing glasses and chatted with a thief standing in the living room.

This experience was so rare that the thief couldn't help but stop and listen to him talk a few more words.

But when the man half-crouched down, pressed his knees against the rock surface, and tried to bend down to check the space below, he continued to shout: "Vanessa? Are you still down there?"

Jiang Yunu: "..."

The ginger gecko slid away quietly and swiftly along the cracks in the rock formation.

The students at Duma only saw an empty mezzanine.

No teammate Vanessa.

Even the most obtuse person would have noticed something was amiss. Five minutes later, this player, feeling a strange emotion, finally opened the team communication channel, which he usually used only to receive instructions from the captain, and contacted Vanessa.

Teammate Vanessa quickly joined the channel: "Speak."

The contestant asked, "Were you near me just now?"

Teammate Vanessa: "Will that do me any good?"

The player immediately realized that this was a denial and Vanessa was not near him just now.

That hand just now was not Vanessa!

If it's not Vanessa, then who else could it be?

A huge question mark hung over the head of this Duma player, but until this moment, he still didn't think directly in the direction of "someone stealing points".

He thought seriously: Did I just see a ghost?

This person actually remembered to check the player panel at this time, and the score of the Duma school team continued to rise. The members scattered everywhere were actively marking flags to get points. The change in the score just now was already drowned out by the continuously updated data stream.

Jiang Yunu has successfully entered the next area thanks to his strong stealth ability and Duma's "assumption".

She never left the hills, but only climbed over the rock formations and walls to avoid entering the flat areas. She became a moving target because of her combat uniform that was obviously from another school.

Jiang Yunu scored two more points in the narrow rift between two hills.

The locations of these two flags are quite tricky. It seems that if the people of Duma were to explore on their own, they would probably not find them until they searched for gaps at the end.

This was a "safety point" and did not alarm the "local players" stationed in the sector at all.

But after earning three points in a row, Jiang Yunu finally ushered in the end of her "novice theft protection period".

"stop!"

A red supernatural light split the air, like a sharp sword of light, and slashed in front of Jiang Yunu with a strong momentum.

Jiang Yunu dodged and hid in the shelter on the hill where she had only taken two steps away.

——I encountered a fire-type mutant with perception skills.

It seems that the Duma school team placed those with perception skills in their "hometown" so that they could explore the largest "base" with the least number of people.

Jiang Yunu actually did not make any sound of movement, and her stealth was still perfect, but the opponent relied on the fully deployed perception network to detect the unusual movements of her as an outsider.

"Are you coming to our school's territory to grab points?"

The one who finally realized that there was a thief in her territory was none other than Vanessa, who had been mistakenly identified before.

She is the only female member of the Duma school team left in the link sector and also possesses the perception skill.

In other school teams, generally speaking, people with perception skills would be positioned as "vanguard reconnaissance". Things like going deep into the center of the circle in advance to gain points in the competition area in advance would be inevitable for other teams to take out reconnaissance.

However, the Duma school team had no such "tradition." Their perception skills were limited in attack power, lacking an advantage in solo combat. However, exploring the "safe zone" alone allowed them to maximize their strengths.

Vanessa's brain worked faster than the previous Duma team member. She used her fire attack skills one after another to attack Jiang Yunu. At the same time, she judged that Jiang Yunu was a team member from another school. The combat uniform on his body even looked unfamiliar to her. She couldn't remember which school he was from at first glance.

Which school's contestant was so bold as to come to their Duma Academy's territory and steal points?

But no matter which school it was, it didn't stop Vanessa from reacting quickly: "It was you before too?"

She was referring to the contact she received.

Jiang Yunu was forced out of cover by three consecutive supernatural arrows that hit her feet. She dodged flexibly and moved agilely.

"Have you seen me before?" Jiang Yunu deliberately confused the information.

"Don't play dumb!" Vanessa scolded. "My teammate suddenly asked me if I was near him. So, you've already infiltrated, right?"

"Are you sure?" Jiang Yunu's tone was calm, with a hint of mystery. "Are you sure it was really me your teammates met? Why do you think I came alone?"

Vanessa attacked relentlessly, her supernatural arrows unleashing a hail of arrows with a single wave of her hand, capable of both group and single strikes. When Jiang Yunu's movements became apparent, she would follow the strange white-haired girl's path with a hail of arrows. When Jiang Yunu retreated into cover, a single fiery red supernatural arrow would charge through the stone, forcing the white-haired girl out.

"Do you have any accomplices?" Vanessa said.

Although Jiang Yunu was temporarily under her attack, he remained calm and seemed to be in control.

"This is the connection area of ​​Duma Academy," the white-haired girl exclaimed, as if announcing a well-known secret. "Would I come to Duma's territory alone?"

She looked like she was temporarily suppressed by Vanessa's attack and was being chased and beaten, but she still had a smile on her face.

What's worse is that Vanessa had previously firmly believed that she and her teammates were talking about the same person, but after hearing what she said, Vanessa became uncertain.

What people at Duma College lack the least is confidence.

It sounds far-fetched that someone broke into Duma's scoring territory alone, but if it was a group crime, with teamwork and long-planned planning, and they came specifically to "rob" them, it would sound much more reasonable.

"..." Vanessa hesitated, then she pursed her lips tightly, her eyes moving back and forth over Jiang Yunu's body, face, and body movements.

Jiang Yunu knew at a glance that his opponent was wavering.

"Guess." Jiang Yunu lowered his voice, "Why did I come to you?"

It was obvious that she was discovered by the opponent with perception skills, but Jiang Yunu opened his mouth and said that she was the one who came to find him.

She remained mysterious and her tone became more profound.

"You're the only one left in the Duma team with the Perception skill, right?" Jiang Yunu continued. "Now that you're entangled with me, without your range perception, the others can explore freely and feast on your territory."

The white-haired girl smiled, her tone of satisfaction as if she was celebrating the success of her plan.

Vanessa was silent for a while, and she didn't respond when Jiang Yunu spoke. But when she heard the last part, she said, "Don't even think about it."

Jiang Yunu said in his heart: Wuhu!

Jiang Yunu said superficially: "Is there anything else you can do now?"

Her answer was a hail of arrows.

This rain of arrows was more of a warning and deterrent than actually causing damage.

"Duma will never let you take away a single cent of his territory in his rear area." Vanessa said harshly.

She opened the team's internal communication: "Those of you who are staying in the rear area, gather at my point immediately!"

When Vanessa opened the team's communication to gather the rear personnel and form a three-person team with range perception, Jiang Yunu found a gap and slipped away like a slippery loach.

Vanessa said, "Just run, we will catch you again, along with your accomplices."

Jiang Yunu ran away happily.

The three members of Duma's team who stayed behind all gathered together to form a team. Doesn't this mean that as long as we avoid this three-person team, the rest of Duma's entire link area will be unguarded - what's the difference between this and eating a flag buffet in Duma?

Time is scoring.

We have to make a fortune from them before there is a real smart person in Duma College who is not blinded by self-confidence and reacts.

Jiang Yunu increased her speed to the maximum under the "exploration" standard. She rushed all the way, capturing all the unmarked flag points along the way.

Something was suspected to have happened in his own "back garden", and this change was finally noticed by Shen Yijing.

Chen Yijing is in the center of the circle.

He had been very confident in his team's rear, not believing the three remaining behind would make any mistakes. However, after discovering through the team channel that the three remaining members had gathered and were forming a small team, Shen Yijing sensed something was amiss.

"Reporting from the rear." Shen Yijing said in the team channel, "Why are we gathering so early? Have you finished exploring the flags behind?"

"Captain, there are intruders!" Vanessa reported the situation to Shen Yijing and told him about her considerations of "teamwork", "premeditated invasion" and "multi-directional infiltration".

After Shen Yijing heard this, he was silent for only two seconds.

Then he said, "You've been fooled."