Chapter 25
Sitting in the corner, Simon with gloomy eyes impatiently pulled out the medicine bottle on his waist, pulled out the bandage and was about to dip it in medicine powder to treat the wound, when strange and heavy footsteps suddenly stopped in front of him.
Loren lowered his black eyes, which had a hint of mechanicalness, and looked at Simon with a deep and quiet gaze, as if he was observing a tool.
"Are you okay?" Loren asked politely, then added, "Although it's a bit beyond your limits, this is the plan that suits you best."
Hearing this, Simon was so angry that he almost laughed.
His golden eyes instantly filled with a stinging rage. The blood-stained gauze was slowly clenched in his pale hands. He sarcastically asked, "...Oh? You pushed me right into the battle zone, and you still want me to say thank you?"
"If you want."
Loren adjusted his glasses politely. Although his expression rarely fluctuated, he believed that his attitude was always very easy-going.
“…”
The thin chest heaved deeply, and the gray-haired boy's eyes twitched. Then he lowered his expression gloomily, no longer looking at Loren, and focused on treating the knife wound on his arm.
The air was silent for a moment, and then, as if suddenly remembering something, Simon's hoarse voice couldn't help but reveal a hint of sarcasm: "Oh... Then my points are enough now. How about you guys?"
"Xia Feng is useless, and you didn't participate much in the battle. Don't forget about Xia Feng and yourself in the end, robot."
A faint flash of fluorescent green data flashed through Loren's monocle. He didn't answer Simon immediately, but simply pulled his combat boots back slightly. His cold, rational face and meticulously combed-back hair made him look like a motionless stone statue.
Loren turned his head and glanced silently at Xia Feng in the distance. Then, the boy's voice, which seemed to have a special texture, sounded dull and indifferent.
"Don't worry. According to the data analysis, Xia Feng and I should be ranked around twelfth in the final ranking, which is more than enough to enter the third round."
"Just based on your 'efforts' of hiding behind the cave these past two days?" Simon maliciously emphasized certain syllables and asked with a sneer, "Excuse me, what is your current ranking?"
Loren pushed his glasses up, his expression expression expressionless as he answered honestly, "...about fifty."
...It seemed like a long time had passed, and Shi Yu, who was unaware of anything and only focused on sleeping, moved his nose and finally smelled a hint of chili pepper.
This is the most effective awakening drug...! Shigure told herself to open her eyes quickly, otherwise Wayne would go out and be busy for several days. So she struggled to lift her heavy eyelids. Perhaps it was because she leaned against the rock for too long, her waist and back had become very sore in the past few days. Her body was swaying and teetering on the edge of the rock wall... When she weakly called out "Wayne", the girl's frail body seemed to lose strength and suddenly fell to the side.
The red-haired Alpha held her shoulders firmly, and Shi Yu was straightened up again under the other's irresistible strength. The boy narrowed his eyes slightly, and his green pupils like dormant shadows stayed on her sickly red face for a moment, then he frowned slightly, and his gloomy gaze moved to Xia Feng beside him.
Two days of fighting had left the Clemente lion with a fearful edge. He spoke in a low voice, "Explain."
On the fifth day, there were still three hours left before the third round of transmission began.
Xia Feng calmly met Wayne's gaze and said, "It started yesterday, or maybe it's the third day." She said, "She didn't suffer any injuries, and it's not the common fever that Beta has. It must be a problem with her mental strength. Hasn't she experienced this before?"
Shi Yu couldn't hear what Xia Feng said. She stared at Wayne's handsome and flamboyant face with somewhat distracted eyes, then rubbed Wayne's palm on the side of her face to attract his attention. Wayne didn't look at her, but still moved his fingers expressionlessly, moving the dirty part of the half black glove away from her hair.
Shi Yu felt aggrieved because he didn't get a response.
Wayne's expression was gloomy, his brows still furrowed. Perhaps he accepted Xia Feng's explanation, the boy's sharp lips were tightened into a straight line, and when his green eyes turned to Beta, they suddenly closed impatiently as if he was suppressing something.
"If you want to sleep, sleep a little longer." The red-haired Alpha finally said to her, "I'll go see Kanhara Xiao in a while."
...I don't know if he heard it clearly, Shi Yu raised his head and gave Wayne a weak smile that looked like he was in a trance.
"How many points are there?"
Wayne paused and asked calmly, his pair of sinister and beautiful green eyes leaving Shigure's face without any emotion. He put the Beta down, and the young Alpha immediately used his leg muscles to stand up, rotating the gun flexibly between his fingertips covered with a black leather holster.
Amid the sound of parts colliding, Wayne suddenly sneered, raised his eyelids, and glanced casually at Xia Feng.
"Oh, it seems like I shouldn't ask." He said, "It's just a minor injury, Xia Feng, you're becoming more and more useless."
“…”
Xia Feng's eyes were calm, and she didn't seem to care much about Wayne's ridicule. She thought about it and looked at Wayne, then asked, "How do we do it?"
The elimination system requires that the opponent be harmed first, and only when the opponent surrenders voluntarily can the winner obtain certain points.
However, there are some loopholes in the rules of this system - as long as the damage is effective, even if only a little damage is caused in the elimination system, if the opponent is willing to surrender, the transfer of points can be completed smoothly.
However, Alphas are more accustomed to using such loopholes as part of their strategy, such as giving up in time when the gap between the enemy and us is too large, or using it as a means to deceive others and hide their strength. Generally, no one is willing to give the opponent a big points gift package for no reason.
For Wayne, who currently ranks first in points, giving 50% of the points from the first failure to the Xiafeng team is just enough to ensure that they can enter the third round.
When Xia Feng was recuperating from his injuries, the young master of the Clement family proposed cooperation at this time. Loren had already anticipated this happening.
Based on his limited understanding of the Clement family, he couldn't rule out the possibility that Wayne's sudden offer of "cooperation" was due to the lingering bond between master and servant. However, Loren believed that even if such a factor existed, it would likely play a very small role in the young master's motivation.
The main reason may be that Xia Feng's ability is very suitable for survival in the third round. If Xia Feng has enough time to rest during the second round, it will also be of great help to the young master's goal of protecting Beta later.
Wayne lazily tossed the gun to his right hand and held it steadily, then stretched out his left arm with smooth and tight muscles. There were many small scratches and burns on the exposed wheat-colored skin.
"I don't need to teach you this, come here."
The red-haired Alpha raised his eyebrows and spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.
Xia Feng hummed, crossed her hands in front of her waist and abdomen, stretched them a little, and then walked towards Wayne in silence.
“…Tsk.”
Loren listed the data in his mind one by one based on the known information and completed the analysis without changing his expression. When the situation he had anticipated happened as expected, he heard Simon's disdainful voice beside him as expected.
It is indeed wrong to get something for nothing. Loren pushed his glasses and pretended that he was still calculating and didn't hear anything. He was very cautious and didn't make any sound.
…
After Wayne reset the dislocated joint and everything was done, after a while, Loren lowered his head and calculated in his mind.
After a while, he spoke in a voice that everyone in the cave could hear, "It's almost time to get ready. The third round will begin in fifteen minutes."
Faintly hearing Loren's voice, Shi Yu raised his hot cheeks and looked over there with hazy eyes.
However, after Loren finished speaking, no one spoke anymore. Shigure's brain was still reeling. She closed her eyes again with a confused and painful expression. Just as she was about to faint again, she was suddenly awakened by a familiar deep male voice.
"V-Veen!"
Shi Yu shouted in panic. At this time, she didn't even open her eyes. She looked like a cat that had a nightmare and was in a state of stress.
Shi Yu had a serious psychological trauma from that voice. She still remembered it! It was because of him—because of that man in the sky—that she was forced to separate from Wayne and almost had her neck bitten off by Xiu...!
Lei Yin did not have any void projection this time.
Unlike on the plains, the winding terrain inside the snow-capped mountains did not allow everyone to see the projection, so this time it was just a normal loudspeaker announcement.
The young and promising officers read out the list of the top 40 and the rules of the third round of training. The content and voice sounded formal and rigorous. Experienced Alphas knew very well that Rain would only have such a businesslike attitude when his superiors were doing routine supervision beside him.
The quiet and powerful male voice that seemed a little distorted because of the echo in the cave made Shi Yu tremble. She opened her unfocused eyes absentmindedly and her breathing began to quicken. Until the girl felt a hint of chili covering her head and the warm and heavy weight pressed down her fluffy hair a little, Shi Yu felt that her heart, which was about to jump out of her throat, calmed down a little.
...?
Shigure slowly realized... Wayne, was he touching his head?
Then Shi Yu suddenly became shy. She tried to calm her breathing and tried to calm herself down. Wayne had always been helping her, she thought... so, Wayne must not worry about her anymore -
The transmission time countdown is down to the last two minutes.
Xia Feng watched quietly as Wayne mentioned Beta, and Shigure was swaying and stuffed into the lion's arms. Perhaps the other party's pheromones were really unbearable. The girl coughed twice in pain, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and her slender legs hanging in the air struggled and shook.
Wayne bent his five fingers and held Shigure's legs tightly. The petite Beta's body stiffened, and he was half-forced to be subdued in the Alpha's arms. He looked as obedient as a wild rabbit about to be served on the table.
Beta then let out a soft sob.
Alpha, a girl with short black hair, had an indifferent expression, as if she didn't hear anything. She no longer paid attention to the movement over there, but rubbed her shoulders relaxedly, waiting for the time to be transferred.
…
No Alpha likes the smell of their own kind.
The bottom of the snow-capped mountain is a semi-enclosed space. The deep and winding tunnels are constantly fermenting the Alphas' unbridled pheromones. There are many Alphas who fight to the point of losing their minds, causing the pheromones to gush out.
After a moment of weightlessness, the cold mountain breeze finally blew away some of the mixed and disgusting smells that remained in his nasal cavity. The third round was in the mountain forest venue. The moment he stepped on the soft and thick ground, Phil first touched the bruise at the corner of his eye and took an exaggerated deep breath.
"Hiss..." The boy's delicate, baby-like face seemed to have received some special "treatment," and his mood was clearly affected. Phil brushed the dust off his white hair and complained to his companion, "You really just watch others do it."
There was a dull thud of military boots landing on the ground, and a burly, strong companion with short, hard, dark red hedgehog hair was teleported to Phil's side.
Herbert's training suit was practically ruined. The rips on both sleeves bore jagged marks, as if torn by a wild beast. The remaining fabric hung tattered and tattered on his hard, lumpy muscles. He twitched his lips, dismissing Phil's words as meaningless nonsense. With his broad, thick knuckles, the young man tore off the excess fabric from his sleeves with an expressionless face.
"You can't control your mouth, yet you have the nerve to blame others."
Herbert suppressed his anger and couldn't help but sneer. He could still vividly remember the scene where Phil was besieged by his red-eyed peers because of his unauthorized actions and remarks.
The spiky-haired Alpha's face was gloomy, and he clenched his fists again seemingly carelessly. The bulging veins and the painful sound of bones loosening made Phil roll his eyes quickly, and he had to interrupt him angrily.
"Hey, stop, stop, stop," he said. "Rather than settling the score now, it's better to save your energy for dealing with the beast tide later. How much rest do you think Lei Yin will give you?"
“…”
Herbert didn't say anything else. The long scar between his eyebrows made this Alpha look as ferocious as a beast that could burst out at any time.
One by one, his classmates were teleported to the training grounds. Fortunately, the training ground was located in a clearing in the mountains, so the smell wasn't too overwhelming. Phil refused to focus on Herbert anymore, and his gaze began to wander around his classmates. He placed his white fingertips at the tip of his nose, swaying them intermittently, idly passing the time.
"Um?"
As if he saw something, the white-haired Alpha paused for a moment, and the tail tone of his voice rose in interest.
He poked Herbert next to him playfully. Before Herbert could explode, he grinned and gestured to his companion to look at a corner: "Look over there, little Beta is here too. We really brought her to the third round. It's not easy~"
Herbert followed Phil's gaze and saw the black-haired girl, who he had intentionally caught his eye several times on the plain. Now she seemed to have lost consciousness and was quietly held in the arms of another Alpha. She looked surprisingly well-behaved, as if she was fast asleep.
Herbert was a type who was good at close combat and physical fitness. His eyesight was not that good compared to Phil, who had top talent in mecha. Even if he squinted his eyes and looked at the other person for a while, he could not get more information from the blurry face at a considerable distance.
“…Eh.”
Time paused for a moment, and Phil suddenly smiled, his light voice without any special emotion or malice.
Herbert seemed to be awakened, his muscles exposed to the air stiffened slightly, and the young man with short, hard red hair didn't even frown. He withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened, as if he had abandoned all his hunting instincts in an instant.
Phil couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips. He struggled to control himself from looking at Herbert. With a happy smile on his baby face, he continued to look around leisurely.
With careful attention, it was easy for Phil to find his eldest brother among more than forty peers.
However, when Phil saw Noah's current appearance, the laughter he had been trying hard to hold back finally broke. He tried to hold it back again and again, but finally he burst out in laughter and his shoulders began to shake.
The author has something to say:
The pace of the previous chapter was too fast. The overall pace of this article was slow at the beginning, but in order to quickly get to the copywriting, I messed up my rhythm QAQ. Suddenly, when a chapter entered the copywriting, it seemed particularly... rushed!
I will carefully consider the rhythm issue in the future before committing to certain plots qwq, I'm really sorry!
This chapter has been overhauled, and the plot should be written in the next chapter. Because I'm feeling unwell and am losing blood due to the debuff, I'm not sure if I can write an update tomorrow, so I'll put it up here for revision first——
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