"Alright, let's do it your way, fair competition, one person goes in once. We've already gone in once, now it's your turn!"

Wen Yue smiled playfully, turned around and pulled Wen Xue back a few steps, raising her chin to indicate that they should go in first.

"Let's go." Seeing this, Mu Qingyun exchanged a glance with Kazel, and the two walked into the cave together.

She doesn't believe that obtaining crucial rough stones relies on probability.

There are practically no bomb disposal experts here, so military academies would never arrange such a test.

We can't just rely on luck to eliminate some people, can we?

Mu Qingyun lowered her eyes. The reason she was so sure was thanks to the doctor.

Back when she was at military academy, the doctor once told her in a casual conversation that the trials at military academy could not be won or lost by luck.

If some trials seem to rely on luck on the surface, then there must be something more to them.

However, most candidates are unaware of the reasons behind this and often mistakenly believe that military academies actually select talent based on luck.

The two entered the cave, and Mu Qingyun looked around at the surroundings.

Aside from the bomb device, there's really nothing else to see.

With a slight twitch of her brow, she stepped forward and looked at the thirty-five threads.

Thirty-five threads, thirty-five colors, many of which are similar colors, it really is a dazzling display.

"Did you figure anything out?" Kazel lowered his eyes. Mu Qingyun had been carefully observing everything in the cave since they came in, so he was too lazy to look and simply asked directly.

"No." Mu Qingyun shook her head, rubbed her slightly sore legs, and was about to stand up when her gaze shifted upwards and she saw something strange.

Wait.

It seems to be a Taoist method.

It's surprising that while so much traditional culture has been lost in the future, some people still use Taoist traditions.

Mu Qingyun put her hands together, walked to a small, noticeably protruding rock, pointed to a few spots, and then sat down cross-legged.

Lingbao Tianzun, comfort my body. My soul, my five internal organs, are in profound darkness. Azure Dragon and White Tiger, in orderly ranks; Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise, guard my true self.

After silently reciting the purification incantation, she raised her hand and tapped the protruding pebble, drawing a circle around it.

Kazel, who witnessed all of this, frowned. What was going on? Was this some kind of ritual?

Mu Qingyun clenched her fist and gently tapped the small stone a few times. Instantly, the originally dark stone flashed with a bluish-green light for a moment.

It flashed for only a second before the small stone returned to its black color.

"Blueish-green." She muttered to herself the color she had just seen, and picked up the scissors that had been thrown on the ground.

She stared at the thirty-five colored lines for a long time before finding two cyan-blue lines. These two colors were similar, with only a tiny difference.

Wait a minute, she thought about it.

I closed my eyes, recalling the colors on the small stones, then opened them again and looked at the two lines.

No, both colors look so familiar.

However, Taoist formations can only be used once, and she no longer has the chance to see the color on the stone again.

“Kazeel,” she called softly, “which of these two colors do you choose?”

Upon hearing this, Kazel stepped forward and examined the two colors, which were very similar.

"The color that flashed on that little pebble just now?" he asked casually, reaching out to touch the two lines.

"Mmm," she replied.

Kazel looked closely at the two colors, but felt as if his eyes were blind; no matter how he looked, he couldn't see the difference between them.

It's a pity I should have learned to draw back then.

"This one." He pointed casually, since he couldn't tell the difference anyway, and with a one-in-five chance, he might as well give it a try.

Besides, running out of here in 4.5 seconds shouldn't be a problem.

"Okay." Mu Qingyun couldn't tell either, but after listening to Kazel, she cut the wire.

The line broke, and there was no sound from inside the hole for a long time.

"Success?" Kazel stared at the protective shield containing the primal stone, but the shield did not move at all.

"Countdown, 4.5, 4..."

The warning lights flashed bright red, and Mu Qingyun's heart skipped a beat. She instinctively pulled Kazel along, and the two rushed out of the cave as fast as they could.

Damn, their luck is really bad; they can still fail even with a 50% chance.

0.5.

As the final countdown began, Mu Qingyun and Kazel immediately lunged forward, covering their faces with their arms, and fell to the ground.

With a loud "boom," the cave behind them exploded, and some pieces of rubble were carried by the sound waves of the explosion and hit them.

Once she was sure the explosion behind her had stopped, Mu Qingyun finally raised her head from the ground.

She fell in a bad spot, right in front of a sharp piece of rubble.

The rubble had cut her cheek, leaving a faint, blood-red mark.

"Alright, it's our turn." Wen Yue and Wen Xue stepped forward. As Wen Yue passed by her, she couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark, "This is the first time I've ever seen Brother Mu look so disheveled."

Mu Qingyun ignored her words completely, letting them go in one ear and out the other.

He propped himself up on his arms and turned to look at Kazel.

Kazel seemed completely unharmed; the moment the bomb exploded, he immediately transformed into a fish tail.

The fish's tail was strong and shielded him from the attack.

"Are you alright?" Although she seemed fine, she still asked the question as a formality.

“It’s nothing.” Kazel shook his head, his fishtail transformed into human legs, and he stood up.

"I don't know which one they'll choose." Kazel dusted off the dirt on his clothes. They had already determined which line was correct. If Wenyue and the others chose the wrong one, the raw stone would fall into their hands.

However, if they are lucky and actually choose that line, and since they agreed to compete fairly, they will have to look for other rough stones.

Mu Qingyun was also quite nervous. The correct answer was right in front of her, but if Wen Yue and Wen Xue chose the right answer, then whether the correct answer existed or not would be the same.

Silently waiting for any movement inside the cave, Mu Qingyun and Kazel grew increasingly anxious, but neither showed any sign of it on their faces, only staring calmly at the cave entrance.

"boom--"

As they had hoped, an explosion rang out from inside the cave.

The two gray rabbits rolled on the spot, barely avoiding the explosion, but one of the rabbits was burned on the back by the explosion, revealing a bloody wound.

"Cough cough."

"Are you alright, Wen Yue?" Wen Xue transformed into human form and quickly walked to Wen Yue's side, her eyes filled with anxiety and worry.

"It's alright." Wen Yue gritted her teeth and transformed into human form. A piece of her clothes on her back was scorched, and the skin underneath was covered in blood.

Seeing this, Mu Qingyun did not walk directly towards the cave entrance.

She took out medicine and bandages from her storage bag, walked over to them, and handed them to Wenxue, saying, "Apply the medicine to her; this wound will become infected if it's not treated promptly."