Mo Shuwan was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening. She hid behind the elemental giant and took out a stack of defensive talismans, handing them to Yang Zhou. "Sorry, I lost control of my emotions just now and forgot to give them to you."

"team leader--"

Mo Shuwan interrupted him, "Let's hurry up and divide them up, we still have a long way to go."

Yang Zhou, who was about to ask her what was wrong, had to swallow his words. He didn't dare to delay and quickly replaced the usable defensive talismans with the ones that the passengers couldn't use. He put the unusable ones into his storage space and immediately grabbed his weapon and threw himself into the battle. He only had one chance to summon the water elemental today, so he was basically charging in with his weapon and fighting the monsters head-on.

Fortunately, with the protection of the defensive talisman, he wouldn't be injured even if he went head-to-head with it. However, doing so would consume a lot of the defensive talisman. After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhou wanted to step back, but suddenly a force pushed him from behind.

He immediately turned his head and looked at Mo Shuwan, who had somehow appeared behind him. "Captain..."

Mo Shuwan didn't look at Yang Zhou; her gaze remained fixed on the monster in front of her. "Only through constant battles can you hone yourself. You shouldn't give up."

"I..." Yang Zhou hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

Mo Shuwan noticed his expression out of the corner of her eye and sighed helplessly, "Don't be afraid. I'm here with you and I won't let anything happen to you easily. At the beginning—the first world of non-natural forces I came into contact with was the zombie world. At that time, although I had already experienced one world, the first mission was still within my understanding and acceptance. How could I have imagined that the second world would be a zombie world that only existed in my imagination?"

Although Yang Zhou wasn't actually scared, he was immediately moved to tears by Mo Shuwan's words. He knew that the captain had shared her own emotional journey with him so that he could bravely face these monsters.

"Captain, I—"

Before he could finish speaking, Mo Shuwan patted him on the shoulder again, saying, "Keep an eye on the monster. Even though I'm right next to you, you can't let your guard down."

Yang Zhou quickly focused his mind.

Mo Shuwan glanced at Yang Zhou, who was intently killing monsters, with satisfaction. While killing the monsters, she continued to tell him, "Back then, I was just an ordinary person who had never seen the world. I was so frightened by those disgusting, brutal, and irrational zombies that I had an emotional breakdown. I was one of the first passengers, and I was the only one who survived. So no one told me what I would encounter in the zombie world."

"Captain...you must have been very scared back then, right?"

Yes, an ordinary girl, who is completely unprepared, suddenly finds herself in a world where zombies eat people and people eat people. How could she possibly remain calm? But these people, no matter what, always have their captain and others telling them about the dangers of the next world.

Relatively speaking, they are lucky.

"Yes, I was really scared, but luckily, I was very fortunate to have Wen Zuo with me in that world. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't have survived." Mo Shuwan smiled, her eyes softening.

Suddenly she changed the subject, "Back then, I had Wen Zuo protecting me. He protected me but didn't let me stay behind him, which is why I was able to get through it. Now it's the same for you. Now that I've become your captain, I will treat you the same way Wen Zuo treated me. I will protect you, but I won't let you hide safely behind me."

The other passengers around them, who were eavesdropping, barely caught the gist of their conversation, and they couldn't help but look on with envy.

It's great to have a captain like this.

At this moment, Chen Jiaxu, who was hiding behind Mo Shuwan, felt ashamed and gritted his teeth to rush to the front line.

Yu Guang noticed that Mo Shuwan smiled.

"I understand, I will try my best."

Yang Zhou quickly felt that the effect of the defensive talisman was about to wear off, so he hurriedly added another one. Then, he turned to look at Mo Shuwan, who was still standing beside him, and said cautiously, "Captain, I used up my defensive talisman too quickly up ahead."

Mo Shuwan was stunned for a moment, noticing Yang Zhou's cautious expression. She suddenly realized why Yang Zhou wanted to retreat earlier, and felt a little embarrassed when she thought of the pep talk she had just given him.

"Cough... It's alright, use it as you like, consider it my reward for you." After saying that, Mo Shuwan looked at Chen Jiaxu, "You too."

"Thank you, Captain!"

Feeling a little awkward, Mo Shuwan felt embarrassed to stay next to Yang Zhou any longer and charged further into the monster horde.

She focused intently on slaying the monster, while the other passengers slowly approached Yang Zhou from within the elemental giant's protective circle. Someone asked curiously, "Is your captain always like this?"

Yang Zhou puffed out his chest with some pride. "Mm."

"That's great."

Chen Jiaxu, standing nearby, couldn't help but boast, "Our captain said before that as long as we are united, friendly, and help each other, she will reward us." He paused, then said somewhat dejectedly, "Unfortunately, we were forced to separate as soon as we entered this mission world, and most of us died before we could even see our captain again."

"Unity, friendship, and mutual help..." someone whispered, "If we help you, will we get a reward?"

"I don't know either, the captain didn't say anything."

Several passengers panicked upon hearing this. Although they still had a lot of defensive talismans left after fighting so far, this was only the first major hurdle! There were still about ten days left until the mission ended, and they couldn't afford to use up all their resources on this hurdle.

"Why don't you go and ask?"

Chen Jiaxu glanced at Mo Shuwan not far away, then shrank back somewhat intimidatingly. He freed his hand and nudged Yang Zhou, who was intently killing monsters, "Go ahead."

Urged on by the passengers, Yang Zhou went to find Mo Shuwan, and then quickly retreated from the dense horde of monsters to the side of the elemental giant. The pressure eased, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"So, what did your captain say?"

"The team leader said that as long as you help the passengers on our bus, she will reward you depending on the situation."

The passengers were immediately excited, racking their brains for ways to help Yang Zhou and Chen Jiaxu. But after thinking it over, a wave of envy for Yang Zhou and Chen Jiaxu surged up in their hearts. A group of people looked at the two of them with resentment and muttered, "You guys are so lucky to have met such a good captain."

At this moment, Yang Zhou was already engrossed in the battle and naturally did not hear those words. Although Chen Jiaxu heard them, he felt more pride and a sense of urgency that he must strengthen his own abilities as soon as possible.

Apart from Mo Shuwan, all passengers at the current third test point have received the message that a team only has one task left to complete the test, including Wen Zuo and others whose identities have been replaced, as well as the passengers from the previous bus who are still looking for a scapegoat.