"Oh." Kazel responded expressionlessly, quickly stepped forward, grabbed Sue, and picked her up.

Su frowned, leaning against Kazel. No, his legs were so numb he couldn't move at all.

Seeing his expression, Kazel raised an eyebrow with amusement, then suddenly leaned close to his ear and whispered, "General, you can use your light powers to relieve the pain."

"I know," Su replied calmly, clenching her left hand into a fist, golden light shimmering in her palm as she tried to relieve the soreness in her legs.

With the person no longer pressing down on her, Mu Qingyun nimbly got up and calmly rubbed her tailbone.

It really hurts when you fall down there!

Looking up at the two people snuggling together, she raised an eyebrow and suddenly realized that the two of them standing together actually had a certain charm.

"Kazeel, you can stay here with Su this morning and rest. You don't need to hunt virtual creatures; I'll go." She felt a little embarrassed seeing Su's furrowed brows.

She fell asleep right away last night, and Su didn't wake her up. As a result, she slept with her head on Su's lap all night.

She thought her head was still pretty heavy, so it's no wonder her legs were numb after a whole night.

"You two go ahead, we'll see how things go." Kazel smiled at her and helped Su back to her room.

Seeing this, Mu Qingyun didn't say much. She sat in the room and cultivated for a while longer. When she felt that the two should be waking up soon, she went to call someone to prepare to leave.

For the next few days, Mu Qingyun and her team lived like this. After six days, they were all exhausted, with dark circles under their eyes.

Xiong Ruoyou couldn't even lift her arms. She lay back like a corpse, staring at the ceiling, looking utterly hopeless.

Ha, look at her in such a sorry state. Anyone who knows her would think she's in a survival game, but someone who doesn't would think she's participating in a battle royale.

Fan Xuanye wasn't much better off. Although their virtual points had surged to 920, he was completely devastated.

He thought the military academy was insane; the difficulty of killing virtual creatures was different, and they could only kill virtual creatures they could defeat.

Seriously, can't they just find an average value?

Mu Qingyun specially lit a bonfire today, caught some rabbits, and made them some water with orange juice.

She felt quite guilty seeing Xiong Ruoyou and Fan Xuanye's devastated expressions every morning.

If she were on her own team, such an intense hunting activity would be fine. Even if she were exhausted to death, it would only be her problem. If she were eliminated, it wouldn't matter.

However, due to the team's problems, she couldn't drag her teammates down, so she could only force them to join her in high-intensity hunting.

"Phew—I really want to know what the rules are for the second level." Xiong Ruoyou transformed into her bear form, lay sprawled on the ground, stared at the campfire in front of her, and spoke softly.

"The second challenge will take place in the ruins cultivated by the military academy itself," Su glanced at Mu Qingyun, who was carefully cleaning up rabbits. "Each team will be on its own, and the ruins cover a large area. We might not be able to find each other by the time it's over."

"Isn't there a live stream?" Kazel rested his head on his arm, his tail gently tapping the ground, looking quite content.

Compared to him, Xiong Ruoyou and Fan Xuanye were simply two pathetic figures, no, they were more like a bear and a snake.

“Then the live stream will be just for show,” Su said seriously, lowering his gaze. “The ruins will be shrouded in smoke, which will only dissipate at night, but at night…”

Realizing he had said too much, he immediately stopped talking and didn't continue.

"What's it like at night?" Xiong Ruoyou asked curiously.

But Sue shook her head. "I don't know."

"..." I'm speechless.

Why do you only say half of what you mean? What happens at night?

[Who knows? But he's right, the live stream is indeed practically useless. It's shut down every night, only open during the day. During the day, just like Su said, it's shrouded in smoke, so you can't see anything at all. Most importantly, you can't hear any of their voices during the live stream.]

【Huh? What's so interesting about that?】

[There's really nothing to see here. Otherwise, why would almost no one watch the live stream when the military academy conducts the second stage of the test? It's pointless to watch anyway; you can't see or hear anything.]

How did they operate inside?

Who knows?

...

"Two more days, everyone hang in there." Mu Qingyun took a small stick and drew a few numbers on the ground. "However, even if we don't see the second level, it's okay. With the combat abilities we've accumulated and improved over the past few days, we should be fine."

That made some sense, and Xiong Ruoyou's mood improved slightly.

Actually, although they usually go out to hunt virtual creatures together, it's mostly Fan Xuan Ye and Mu Ge who are the main force, with Die Wu sometimes coming and taking the lead.

She's the type who steps up when facing a weak opponent, but has to back down when facing a strong one.

Although she knew she was being pretty useless, she wasn't discouraged. After all, there was still a long time before the second stage, and she could always ask her dad and uncles to help her with extra practice.

After eating and resting, they set off again the next morning to hunt virtual creatures.

Today went surprisingly smoothly. By the time they gathered back at the house in the evening, their virtual bio points had reached 980!

One more day, twenty more to go.

Everyone was full of confidence for the remaining twenty.

Xiong Ruoyou looked at the live stream with a smile and turned off the comments. "Dad, did you see that? Look at my head, it's already 980! You have to cook something delicious for me tomorrow and come pick me up here."

As she spoke, she turned to Mu Qingyun and grabbed her arm. "Dad, this is Brother Mu. I'll take him back with me when we get out. You can get to know him first."

"Is your dad watching the live stream?" Mu Qingyun glanced at the live stream device and asked Xiong Ruoyou.

"Probably, oh well, even if he doesn't watch it, my uncles will."

Xiong Ruoyou chattered on and on into the live stream for a long time. Mu Qingyun watched her, not finding it noisy, but rather feeling warm and cozy.

Although Xiong Ruoyou's family members were not by her side, they were still communicating through the live broadcast device. Perhaps Xiong Ruoyou's family members were watching her at this moment, feeling worried but also a little proud.

Fan Xuanye, Su He, and Kazel also looked at Xiong Ruoyou with smiles on their faces, all showing envy.

The reason why Xiong Ruoyou is so innocent and kind is probably because her family protects her and spoils her like a little princess.

The flames burned, illuminating everyone's faces.

Tomorrow, we can leave from here.

However, things are never so smooth sailing. It's like a ship floating on the sea. On the surface, the sea is calm, but underneath, the waves are already turbulent.