Chapter 247

It was the early hours of the morning and everything should have been quiet.

Ninety percent of the students in the "big bunk beds" in the training hall were asleep. Only a very small number of people who had not yet fallen asleep would occasionally turn over carefully on the temporary beds made of training mats.

Zoe began to feel faintly sleepy from 1:30. This time was far beyond his usual sleep schedule, but the heavy burden of responsibility suppressed his sleepiness, keeping him on his toes. Jiang Yunu, who remained energetic beside him, was also a "human-shaped refresher."

Jiang Yunu looked tireless and tireless from beginning to end. She half leaned against the wall on one side of the training hall door. Her movements seemed relaxed, but she was not at all relaxed. Every once in a while, her eyes would sweep across the fan-shaped area outside with the door as the center, focusing her attention on every blade of grass and every tree outside, her eyes bright and terrifying.

Like a natural killer animal that hunts at night.

This thought inexplicably appeared in Zoe's mind.

When the unchanging and peaceful environment outside made her eyelids heavy, Zoe looked at Jiang Yunu to refresh herself.

Jiang Yunu's gaze suddenly turned to him.

“!”

Captain Romfei was startled, and almost thought that his unique way of refreshing himself was too presumptuous and finally offended others. He quickly looked away, and in a second the apology in his heart was on his lips.

But Jiang Yunu said first: "Listen."

"...What should I listen to?" Captain Romfei asked. There was an inconspicuous stuttering pause before his words, and he subconsciously lowered his voice - one reason was that in the early hours of the morning, people would consciously lower their voices to avoid disturbing others; the other reason was that Jiang Yunu's voice when he said "listen" was also very soft.

The white-haired girl did not respond immediately.

Jiang Yunu's gaze shifted from Zoe to the outside of the gate. She looked focused and listened attentively.

Then she did something that put Zoe on guard too—she straightened up from the wall she was leaning against.

Something is wrong outside

Jiang Yunu stopped talking and turned to look at Zoe again, mouthing the following words.

Jiang Yunu did possess abilities comparable to those of nocturnal killer animals. She had already sensed something from the dim environment outside. Zoe tried hard to keep up with her pace and had also gone on alert. However, in Captain Romfei's visual, auditory and physical senses, he only sensed something unusual from Jiang Yunu's words and reactions, but he himself did not catch any trace of the abnormality.

"Rustle, rustle."

It was the sound of a living thing moving as quietly as possible across the grass.

The sound is very subtle and regular, indicating that it is moving continuously.

Looking out from the stadium gate, there was no one on the avenue as far as the eye could see. The rustling sounds were only carried by the night wind and continuously sent into Jiang Yunu's extremely sensitive senses.

Zoe nudged Jiang Yunu gently with her elbow. He knew Jiang Yunu was staring outside and might not have time to turn around and read her lips, so he lowered his voice, leaned in and whispered in her ear, "I can't see anyone."

Jiang Yunu didn't even blink.

"Normal," she whispered, "they were walking through the landscape bushes."

A chill ran up Zoe's spine, making the hair on the back of his neck stand up.

Because Jiang Yunu said "they".

They hadn't seen any specific figures yet, the enemy was keeping a low profile, and there were more than one of them—what should they do now? Should they immediately go into battle mode and wake up everyone who was sleeping soundly in the training hall?

Jiang Yunu had become Zoe's support. He looked at her again, as if waiting for the white-haired girl's order.

Jiang Yunu did not immediately decide to wake up the people in the hall. She felt that the process from the time she noticed the unusual noise to the time she and Zoe both went on alert seemed a bit long and time-consuming.

None of the aliens they had encountered so far had been as patient as this.

If the alienated had acted collectively, it would have been difficult for them to move in the bushes for so long in such a rigorous and patient manner.

Another guess suddenly popped up in Jiang Yunu's mind. She whispered, "I'm fast. I'll go over and take a look."

This is a notification, not a discussion.

Almost as Zoe's ears made out these words clearly, his eyes blurred and Jiang Yunu had already slipped out of the gate quietly like a nocturnal creature.

——If she finds anything abnormal, she will immediately light up her special power light as a warning signal.

——This is the tacit understanding that everyone has developed during the daytime battle, and there is no need to elaborate on it now.

Jiang Yunu silently approached the bush area where rustling noises were heard.

In some ways, she looked more like a mutant than the others scattered around the camp—because it seemed humans shouldn't be able to move so gently and swiftly.

The stalkers in the bush area were startled by Jiang Yunu.

In order to prevent the training hall from becoming a big light bulb at night and a conspicuous target, the headlights around the venue and on the main roads were turned off early. The joint team adjusted the brightness of the surrounding lighting as soon as they arrived at the training hall. They also paid attention to turning off the external lighting in the front and back areas of the venue, leaving only a small number of low-power dimming lights, and turned off the circle of internal lights closest to the outer wall inside the venue.

At this time, the training hall only glowed faintly at night, making it difficult for people far away to see clearly and unsure of the situation inside.

The headlights on the main road were turned off, which meant that most of the main road was plunged into darkness.

Darkness is a protective color, but it is also the color of hidden unknown dangers. It blocks the vision of both the enemy and us equally, and makes it difficult for people to distinguish between friend and foe.

Vanessa from Duma College nearly had a heart attack when she suddenly looked up and saw a white shadow! She used all her strength to keep silent, controlling herself from shaking too violently. At the same time, she gripped her weapon tightly with both hands and stared intently at the "thing" in the gap between the leaves of the bush.

Thing greeted her: "Vanessa?"

Vanessa, who was on full alert: "..."

Oh no, this "thing" actually calls her name!

Jiang Yunu confirmed that the first lurker in the bushes was indeed an acquaintance. She did not rashly raise her hands to separate the leaves of the bushes to avoid irritating the man whose nerves were obviously stretched to the limit.

She stopped outside the bushes and said, "I'm Jiang Yunu. My teammates are just ahead. If you're still in 'normal' condition, we can talk."

Jiang Yunu didn't realize in advance that they were facing a joint team consisting of three school teams. What did the "normal" she mentioned mean in the current environment? I believe that anyone with normal and rational thinking would understand what she meant.

Her voice also sounds natural, her speech normal and her logic clear.

The people after Vanessa remained motionless, remaining silent in the bushes, like solidified stones.

Only Vanessa was named. After a brief silence, she slowly used the weapon in her hand to pry apart the two branches farthest from her position, revealing a gap through which she could see the outside world more clearly.

"Jiang Yunu?" Vanessa confirmed in a low voice.

Jiang Yunu slowly bent down and spread out her hands, showing the vigilant people in the bushes that she had no weapons in her hands - of course, she didn't need physical weapons to join the battle, as she was already familiar with the use of supernatural creations.

But it was a symbolic gesture, indicating that she was sane and non-threatening.

"It's me," she said. "I'm glad you sound alert, too."

“…”

The lurker in the depths of the bushes remained silent for a while, and the tip of the arrow with a faint supernatural light flashing on the top was retracted. Then, the bushes shook twice, and the red-haired female contestant from Duma Academy finally came out.

As soon as Vanessa revealed her full appearance in front of Jiang Yunu, the white-haired girl immediately frowned imperceptibly.

In the previous two team matches, even in the dusty Desert Eye map, the players from Duma paid relatively close attention to their image and maintained their demeanor even in the dusty environment. This may also be a code of conduct that some "people from the first district" adhere to.

But that code is no longer valid.

Vanessa's long red hair was casually tied with a rubber band. The braid was filled with leaves from the bushes, dust particles, and unknown small debris. It looked like she had rolled in a pile of junk. There were also mottled stains on her clothes, and the left hem looked like it had been burned, with the edges charred.

While Jiang Yunu was looking at Vanessa, Vanessa was also looking at her, and the more she looked, the more relieved the red-haired contestant looked.

Because Jiang Yunu does look normal.

Jiang Yunu asked, "Are your teammates with you?"

She was referring to the person hiding in the bushes, who was obviously more vigilant and defensive than Vanessa.

The red-haired player's expression turned tense again because of this question.

"My teammate is here," Vanessa said, "but I'm not sure if I should let you meet him now."

Jiang Yunu sensed something was wrong: "Why? Do you not believe me, or is there something else going on?"

Her voice was calm and her attitude was peaceful, as if she was asking in an equal tone, "Are there any difficulties? Feel free to tell me and we can discuss it."

Jiang Yunu had the impression that Vanessa had a straightforward, somewhat fiery personality. But at this moment, the fiery and forthright Miss of the First District hesitated. She whispered, "The other party's condition might not be that good."

It's amazing.

Although Vanessa was fooled by Jiang Yunu in the first team match, having the "most shameful" battle in her league record, and chased Jiang Yunu with supernatural arrows in the second team match, she felt that Jiang Yunu was safe and trustworthy outside the competition field.

...This might also have something to do with the fact that her own captain inexplicably trusts the other party.

Jiang Yunu knew that Vanessa had told him 50% of the truth.

Instead of asking her teammates what was wrong, she said, "If you need medical care, if you need food or water, if you need a safe place to stay for the night, you can come with me."

Vanessa paused, her eyes roaming over Jiang Yunu's face, trying hard to make out every expression on her face in the dim light. "...You trust us so much?"

"I trust my judgment," Jiang Yunu said. "You need to operate stealthily and be extremely vigilant of creatures approaching you. You're also in a normal state. When you discovered I was also normal, you immediately felt relieved. This indicates several things: first, in your perception, all normal people are still on the same side as you. Second, you're also avoiding mutants and may have even clashed with them. Third, even if the people you're with are 'unconventional' in some way, they're not a threat at the moment and can understand commands. They remained still after you emerged, allowing for coordinated actions."

A few minutes later, the lurker deep in the bushes also left the cover of the bushes and came to Jiang Yunu under the guidance of Vanessa.

As soon as Jiang Yunu saw them, he understood why Vanessa was so cautious and hesitated about whether he should let her see them.

——One of these two students had scales on his cheek, and the other had a bone spur on the back of his shoulder blade.