Chapter 82: Breaking the Deadlock

8:50 am.

The guide team is ready.

Just before entering the simulation cabin, a medical testing team wearing white protective suits suddenly appeared at the venue.

"Sorry, Guide Ji Zi, the organizing committee has received an anonymous report and now needs to conduct a full-body examination on you. Please cooperate."

Ji Zi looked puzzled. She turned around, raised her hands high, and glanced coldly at Shen Xueying who was leading the team.

The latter quickly avoided sight.

After five minutes, the test was completed.

"Nothing unusual, thank you for your cooperation."

Ji Zi nodded, and finally sat in the simulator cabin. After fastening her seat belt, she used her mental power to transmit two words to Shen Xueying, "Waste."

[Game Start]

【Test passed】

【Neural link successful】

[Map loading progress: 89%]

【Welcome to the battlefield "Dark Forest Shadow"】

The final strategy of last night's meeting was to use a direct attack to capture the criminals while defeating the guide team in the east.

Although there are ten guides from the East participating in this competition, including the sentries they bring with them, there are a total of 60 people.

Although the number seems huge, there is only one S-level high-level guide.

The remaining 9 are all A to A+ grades.

Want to launch a frontal attack? They can wear them down here with just a wave of people.

I don’t know which brainless military advisor came up with this strategy.

Perhaps thanks to yesterday's game, Ji Zi adopted the tactic of capturing the leader first. Today's order is to gather the strength of four people to defeat the S-level guide in the eastern team first.

But if I use the same trick yesterday, will it still be effective if I use it again today?

The task of this map is to find 200 criminals. There is no time limit. The team that finds them first will enter the settlement screen.

So they had to find their exact location before the eastern team completed the capture.

Today's map search is three times more difficult than yesterday's.

Deep in the sea, the only things that are affected are speed and breathing.

Here, towering ancient trees have intertwined roots and twisted branches stretching towards the night sky, like countless skinny arms swaying in the wind.

The fallen leaves under my feet were in disarray. With every step I took, I would sink into a damp humus texture, making a rustling sound, as if some dark creature was crawling mysteriously and twisting in the dark.

A few rays of pale moonlight slanted through the gaps between the leaves, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

“Hiss—”

There were strange noises coming from all around.

Ji Zi looked at the people guarding beside her and warned them with her mental power, "There's an ambush, be alert."

After receiving the reminder, several people were surprised to find that her five senses had improved so quickly.

Even more perceptive than Wen Ye and Qi Yi who were promoted to SS level in the team.

Soon, Sean leaned forward and whispered, "There are snakes."

The air was filled with the mixed smell of earth and rotten wood, and as we got closer, we could occasionally smell a disgusting sweet and fishy smell.

"Hiss—" This time the sound was close to my ear.

"Be careful!" Lin Wen's sentinel Yuri spread his huge wings to block the attack of the black snake on the treetop.

A black wound was bitten on the wing.

"It's poisonous." Lin Wen immediately released her mental power to heal him.

Shen Xueying, who was walking in front, turned around, stopped, and looked around.

"We can't stay here any longer, let's go."

As soon as the voice fell.

A violent gust of wind blew all around.

As danger approached, all the sentinels transformed into beast forms in an instant to protect the guides around them.

"Are your legs short? Why are you walking so slowly?" A mocking voice came from the treetops.

"Shen Xueying, let's finish this quickly." It was the short-haired guide who greeted Ji Zi yesterday.

Then, all the guides on the east side appeared together with their sentries, walking out from behind the treetops where they had been hiding.

Twenty-three people versus sixty people.

You can tell which side has a higher chance of winning just by thinking with your toes.

Shen Xueying gritted her teeth, as if she had never expected that the guide team in the east would choose to lie in ambush in the depths of the dense forest.

The number difference is almost twice as large, they have no advantage and a head-on confrontation is impossible.

Her individual competition score was only 30, so she had to find a way to defeat at least three more guides.

"Come on, let's fight! Who's afraid of who?"

At Shen Xueying's command, she simply threw away the protective shield and led her five sentries to rush towards the treetops.

However, the guide team in the east was extremely united.

The ten guides instantly formed a huge transparent protective shield to block all attacks.

The spiritual power of the ten guides gathered together, and the thickness was more than ten centimeters. The attack of Shen Xueying's team alone could only consume the outer layer of light circle.

Ji Zi sneered: "What a fool."

But in this competition, she was given a strict order not to act alone or leave the team without permission.

Now you've walked into a trap.

Lin Wen looked at her unconsciously, "What should I do now?"

Ji Zi: "Just surrender."

"Don't you have any other ideas?" Xin Yue asked anxiously, "Aren't you usually the one with the most ideas?"

"Shut up! Many hands make light work, haven't you heard? With ten people working together, even if the four of us exhaust our mental strength, we might not be able to break through this barrier."

Lin Wen pondered, "But they can't just defend and not attack, right?"

Ji Zi glanced at her and said, "Yes, so we can only wait."

As she spoke, there were several annoying pairs of eyes staring at her from above.

Ji Zi simply sat down on the spot and took out a few bags of nutrient solution from the virtual storage to replenish his strength.

Seeing this, Xin Yue was furious. "It's already this late, and you're still eating?"

Shen Xueying's attack was ineffective, and she led the sentries back to the ground.

He turned around and glared at Ji Zi angrily, "Did you know this a long time ago?"

She smiled and said, "I knew you were an idiot, but I didn't expect you to be this stupid."

Shen Xueying couldn't bear it any longer, so she simply turned around and attacked Ji Zi.

"I kill you!"

Ji Zi watched her sentinel attacking her, her expression unchanged, and even her eyes were filled with contempt.

"Don't take on a job you don't have the skills to do. Haven't you heard that?"

Shen Xueying laughed out of anger, "Your mouth is the most powerful thing in my body. If you really have the ability, you should go and break through their protective shield!"

I knew that she was trying to provoke me to take action so that I could be her stepping stone.

Ji Zi slapped her suddenly, catching her off guard.

The sentries charged at her in anger, but were blocked by the four behind them who moved at a much faster speed.

"If you want to fight, then fight. So much nonsense."

It seemed that the team on the ground was in internal strife and fighting fiercely.

The people in the tree couldn't help but whisper.

"What are they doing?"

"Don't act rashly. What if you want to lure us down?"

"This Ji Zi's strength is unknown, let's observe first and then defeat him head-on."

"No, Commander, I don't understand. With so many of us, can't we just take them down directly? What are we afraid of? Is it really necessary to be so cautious?"

The short-haired guide who was being questioned glanced away indifferently, "She can kill Chen Mengjie alone, can you?"