Chapter 24



A team of senior students entered the seventh level.

They were all wounded and looked very frightened. They looked at the wide and quiet street in front of them with caution.

The ground was paved with tiles neatly and stretched to the end. On both sides were low wooden houses. The walls and roofs were painted in bright colors. Large patches of roses bloomed on the windowsills, shading the alleys.

Except that there was no one, it looked like an ordinary town in the mainland of St. Robert.

Compared with the dangers of the previous levels, this level looked much more peaceful, but none of them dared to take it lightly.

Based on the experience of the previous levels, the difficulty of each level increases, and the seventh level, as the last level, cannot be as safe as it looks on the surface.

Team member A rubbed the goose bumps on his body: "Why does it look so scary..."

"Why is there no one?" Team member B carefully looked around, "Where are the people from other teams?"

The captain frowned: "There is something strange, everyone be alert, don't take it lightly."

"Yes."

The group walked carefully to the end of the street. Unexpectedly, they did not suffer any attacks along the way, and at the end of the street was a door exactly the same as the one they came in.

All the team members looked at the captain.

The captain was actually nervous, but he still bravely pushed the door open. Inside the door was a layer of shimmering water-like medium.

The captain put his hand on it and felt a slight resistance, but when he exerted a little force, his fingers were able to break through this layer of resistance and enter the space behind. However, he scratched around randomly and only felt air.

The captain tried to stick half of his body in again, and this time he finally saw what was behind.

This was a long passage, and the four sides of the passage seemed to be surrounded by a layer of shimmering white light. He stepped on it and found that it felt like normal ground.

He then stepped out again and told the other team members about his discovery.

After discussion, everyone decided to go over and give it a try.

However, when everyone passed through this layer of medium, they found that the layer of water light disappeared and turned into the same material as the passage. They reached out to try, but found that they could not go back.

"It seems that once we enter this passage, we can't turn back. We can only go forward." The captain said in a deep voice, "Everyone be careful."

The other team members nodded solemnly, took the auxiliary cards in their hands, and took a defensive posture with the God Card.

However, after they came out of this passage, they were shocked to find that they were back to the street they just came in.

"This...what's going on!"

The captain didn't believe it, so he asked all the members to stay where they were, and he walked again. After passing through the passage, he appeared behind the members.

The captain concluded: "It seems that the door is back to this street."

Team member A suggested: "How about we open the doors of the houses next to it?"

The others didn't have a better way, so they agreed to his suggestion and came to the nearest house together. The captain pushed open the door and found that the medium inside was exactly the same.

After passing through, the scenery in front of them finally changed.

What appeared in front of them was a scorched earth, with almost no plants to be seen. The sky was also dark red, and from time to time, a thick purple lightning flashed across, which was very scary.

"Captain, where is this place? We must have gone wrong..."

The captain tried to calm down: "I don't know either, let's go forward and see."

So, several people huddled together and walked forward in fear, like a group of quails huddled together for warmth.

Who knew that after just a few steps, they saw a giant lizard appeared in front of them. It was covered with dark red scales, and a pair of white slit pupils stared at them coldly.

Team members: "!!!"

"Be careful!" The captain pushed the stunned team member away, and the place where he had just been was left with a charred black mark and wisps of white smoke.

"This lizard can spit out lightning!"

The lizard slowly moved its body, and with its long tongue, it spit out several small arcs of electricity.

One team member failed to dodge in time, and his face immediately turned black and his hair turned into an afro. If it weren't for his strong physique, he would have fallen down.

"Run!"

The team members fled in panic.

The captain ran while shouting, "Go find the door!"

The team members complained in their hearts. There was scorched earth everywhere, where was the door!

At this moment, team member A suddenly saw a pale yellow refrigerator in front of him that was out of tune with this world.

Although he didn't know why there was a refrigerator in this place, team member A still ran towards the refrigerator desperately, then opened the refrigerator door, and then saw the familiar water ripples inside.

He was overjoyed: "Here! The door is here!!"

After much effort, the whole team finally escaped from the refrigerator door and returned to the familiar street.

Although they only passed through one door, their level of ferocity was even more serious than the previous six levels.

Everyone was still in shock, and it took a long time for them to calm down and discuss the current situation.

The captain said, "It seems that the key to this level is the doors, and not just the doors of the rooms. There are refrigerator doors, cabinet doors, and even oven doors. There may be a signal device behind the door, or there may be a powerful alien or something else..."

The team members looked at each other. There was no sign on these doors. If they wanted to know what was behind the door, they could only go in and see it themselves. If they were lucky, they could get the signal device. If they were unlucky, they would run into a powerful alien and have to escape, just like what happened just now.

There were hundreds of doors on this street, and it was easy to imagine how difficult it was to try their luck among them.

For a while, everyone was a little frustrated.

At this moment, a team member suddenly pointed to an alley and shouted, "What is that!"

The others looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a white dog staggering past, and then disappeared into an alley.

"Am I seeing things... That's, a dog?"

"Why is there a dog here? Is it a monster that ran out of a door, or is it someone's God Card?"

The captain felt vaguely that the dog looked familiar, but he couldn't really remember where it was. They

waited for a while, but the dog didn't come out of the alley, so they decided to follow it. However, when they walked into the alley, they found that there was only one door. "Is it really the alien in the door?" A team member couldn't help asking. But no one could answer his question. The captain estimated in his mind that the dog was not too strong. Whether it was an alien or someone else's God Card, their team should be able to deal with it, so he said, "Let's go through this door and take a look." But when they entered the door, their eyes were immediately attracted by the signal device in the center of the space. A team member ran over and picked up the signal device. The captain was about to reprimand him to be careful, but was interrupted by his surprised words. "It's a real signal transmitter!!" Everyone was stunned. This... we got the signal transmitter? So easy? ! When they returned to the street, they had not yet recovered from the shock. They saw with their own eyes that the dog entered the alley and disappeared in the alley. There was only that one door in the alley, and the signal transmitter was in the door... The captain had a vague guess in his mind, but he was not sure. They did not rush to open the next door, but looked around to make sure that no other teams were found. After a long time, another team member saw the dog. They followed the dog into another door with caution. This time, there was still no dog in the door, but there was still a signal transmitter. Before the captain could say his guess, a team member couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the dog is a signal device?" When they were on the first few floors, they encountered signal devices that turned into various strange creatures. It is reasonable for a dog to become a signal device... "We have been in this floor for such a long time, and no members of other teams have appeared. It seems that we are the first to arrive!" "We did not waste time on the first floor, but decided to go back early. Others may not be as decisive as us!" When the rules were announced before the game, it was said that the number of signal devices on each floor was different, but which floor had more and which floor had less, it was not clearly stated. Therefore, after Gu Xingmian said that there were 200 signal devices on the first floor, although some people were skeptical, some people believed it. According to the situation in previous years, the further the competition goes, the harder it will be. Therefore, many people hold the attitude of "better to believe it or not" and stay on the first floor to find the signal device. Their team is not the strongest among all the teams, and they can't compete with others, so they can only give up the first two floors. If it is really because of this that they are the first to come to the seventh floor, then it is really a blessing in disguise! A team member said excitedly: "We have found a way to find the signal device now. As long as we stay stable and search all the signal devices on this floor, we may be able to enter the top two!" The teams that enter the top two can get a place in the four-school league competition. Their team didn't dare to dream about it before, but they didn't expect that they were so lucky that they actually picked up a loophole! Compared to the excitement of his teammates, the captain still retained a bit of rationality, but the place in the four-school league was too attractive. After all, who doesn't want to participate in the four-school league when participating in the school selection! At this moment, the dog appeared again and disappeared again. This time, everyone rushed into the door without hesitation. ... Outside the screen, there were bursts of sighs. "Oh, the third team!" With their sighs, the team that entered the door fell into the trap in an instant. When they woke up again, they found that they and their teammates were tied tightly with ropes. The ropes were transformed by auxiliary cards and could not be escaped at all. Not only them, but even the God Cards were not spared, and were tied into a string of dumplings and thrown in the corner. In this corner, there were two more strings of dumplings besides them. "What's going on!" the captain asked in doubt. In another string of dumplings, someone answered weakly: "Another team of prospective high school students came to the seventh floor early, set up traps, and waited for us to jump in!" "Prospective high school students?!" "Trap?!" Everyone in the team was stunned. They knew every word he said, but why couldn't they understand it when he said it together? The captain murmured: "How could they come to the seventh floor early?" They gave up the first level and didn't waste time on the later levels. How could someone be so much faster than them and even have time to set so many traps? ! "Don't you understand yet?" the man said, "They didn't even stop at the previous checkpoints, but went directly from the first level to the seventh level!" "!!!" The story began when the school selection list was just released. Xiao Qiong thought that only their team of prospective high school students participated, and was stunned when he saw Song Nanting's name. Gu Xingmian came over to take a look: "It's Amu's card master, I remember her!" Fu Fenglin: "Her performance in this quiz was very eye-catching. Although her team did not get a particularly high ranking, she deserves most of the credit for the entire RN class to get such results." "That's right." Eric also nodded. He has always been arrogant and rarely convinced others, but he had to admit defeat to Song Nanting. Apart from anything else, there are so many people in the RN class, but she can manage them all so well. Even the eldest brother can't do this! But they didn't expect that on the way to the training room, they would see someone bullying Song Nanting. The ones bullying her were a few senior students, who surrounded Song Nanting in a corner. The girl in the lead was arrogant and controlled the auxiliary cards to throw water balls one after another at Song Nanting. The exploding water splashes quickly made Song Nanting's body wet. Although the damage was not great, it was extremely insulting. Song Nanting did not resist, but just endured it silently. The girl was still not satisfied: "Aren't you very capable? Why don't you say anything? I can't even make it to the school selection, but you, a prospective high school student, made it. Are you very proud? Are you laughing at me in your heart?" Song Nanting remained silent.

The girl looked at her with a hint of hatred in her eyes. She changed the auxiliary card in her hand into a fireball card. The fireball was about to hit Song Nanting, but was stopped by Xiao Qiong and others who came.

Xiao Qiong's face was still very recognizable. Although this group of people bullied Song Nanting, they were frightened when they met Xiao Qiong. Although the girl was unwilling, she was persuaded by her friends to leave.

Fu Fenglin handed the coat to Song Nanting.

"Thank you." Song Nanting thanked politely, but did not take it. Instead, he took the auxiliary card and blew it dry on himself.

Gu Xingmian couldn't help asking, "Who is she? Why did she bully you so much?"

Song Nanting paused, then said lightly, "She is my cousin."

Everyone was stunned.

Song Nanting thought for a while and said, "This is a long story, why don't we find a place to talk about it."

So the group came to the school's coffee shop. Song Nanting had restored her usual gentleness and friendliness. She chose a seat by the window and even had the mood to introduce them, saying, "The camellia latte in this coffee shop is delicious. Do you want to try it?"

The group ordered the coffee she recommended without thinking, and then listened to her story.

Song Nanting's parents were businessmen, but they died in an accident more than ten years ago, and Song Nanting was handed over to her uncle for adoption. Her uncle's daughter, the girl who bullied her today, was named Song Sitian.

Both her uncle and aunt were good to Song Nanting, but Song Sitian had always disliked her and had bullied her since she was a child.

Song Nanting casually said a few things, which made Gu Xingmian and others feel stiff.

Unexpectedly, Song Nanting changed the subject: "But I didn't let her off either. She tore up my homework, so I changed all her answers to wrong ones. She splashed paint on my school uniform, so I washed her favorite skirt with my school uniform..."

Several people: "..."

Song Nanting said nonchalantly: "Actually, if you hadn't come just now, I would have already held the reflex card in my hand..."

Several people: "..."

I thought it was a story of a little white flower being bullied under someone else's roof, but it turned out to be a queen flower.

But think about it, although Song Nanting looks gentle and kind, how could he be a poor little person who can be bullied by others if he can manage the entire RN class so well.

Song Sitian, on the other hand, could not compete with the other party in terms of ability or intelligence, but she could still bully Song Nanting day after day, and I didn't know what to say to her.

Song Nanting leaned back in his chair, raised his index finger, and tapped the table lightly: "I asked you to come here not because of this trivial matter at home, but for the upcoming school selection."

Gu Xingmian immediately became interested: "What do you think?"

Song Nanting's eyes swept over the faces of Xiao Qiong and the other two, and when he saw that they did not speak out to stop Gu Xingmian, he knew what was going on.

"You must be curious, why did I also enter the school selection?" She paused, but did not keep it a secret, "I found Principal Baker and signed a military warrant, I said I would make Mosca College the champion of this four-school league."

This is really a shocking statement. If it were someone else, Xiao Qiong and the other two would probably just think she was fanciful, but when it was Song Nanting, they suddenly became unsure.

After all, she just achieved a similar "fantastic" achievement.

Song Nanting looked for the information of the previous school selections. Although the content of each school selection was different, it was not completely impossible to find.

Song Nanting discovered that the content of each school selection was derived from the content of the previous four-school joint competition, so she analyzed the previous four-school joint competitions and finally deduced two possible competition modes for this school selection.

She said it lightly, but Xiao Qiong and the others knew how terrifying the workload was.

Gu Xingmian became more interested in her plan after hearing it: "What do you want to do?"

Song Nanting took a sip of coffee: "First, spread the rumor that you can control the God Card..."

Gu Xingmian: "!" ...

"

So, this rumor was spread by them themselves!!" Wright looked at Dai Baiyu in disbelief, "You knew it a long time ago?"

Dai Baiyu shook his head: "I just guessed."

He occasionally taught the RN class and was very impressed by Song Nanting. Her cards were not strong and her abilities were not top-notch, but every time she acted, she was amazing.

It seemed that she was seeking victory in danger, but in fact she carefully considered everything and thought a hundred steps ahead.

Dai Baiyu had even decided that after Song Nanting graduated, he would recommend her to enter the First Military Region.

After hearing what he said, Wright was even more shocked: "I didn't expect you to think so highly of her, and...you actually want to recommend her?"

Recommendation is a system unique to the First Military Region, and it is very demanding.

First of all, the recommender must be a major or above, and can only recommend one person. Once the recommended person makes a mistake in the army, the recommender will also be punished.

Wright murmured: "I thought you would choose to recommend Xiao Qiong..."

After all, Dai Baiyu has always admired Xiao Qiong.

Dai Baiyu snorted coldly: "That kid is very arrogant and won't be willing to be restrained by others... Well, except for his cards."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Wright brought the subject back, "So, Song Nanting cooperated with Xiao Qiong and the others, letting Xiao Qiong and the others hold the others back, and they went directly to the seventh floor, figuring out the mechanism of this level and the room where the signal device is located as quickly as possible, and then set up traps, using the projections made by the magic cards to attract the team to the seventh floor and lure them into the trap..."

"But there is a problem in this case," Wright said, "Three teams have been deceived already, but there are not many signal devices. They can't stop now. But people who come over again will definitely not believe that they are the first team to enter the seventh floor. I'm afraid it won't work to lure people in this way again. So what are they going to do?"

In a room on the seventh floor, Song Nanting's teammates were asking her the same question.

"No hurry, let's see who's coming first?" Song Nanting touched Ah Mu's head, with a gentle smile on his lips, "Don't worry, I prepared different sets of meals for them, this is just an appetizer!"

Soon, the next team entered the seventh floor. After pushing open a few doors, they quickly figured out the mechanism of this level and realized that something was wrong with this level.

"I remember we had at least one team before, but why is there no one on the seventh floor?"

"Did they finish the game early and leave?"

"Impossible! They were only one hour ahead of us, it's impossible for them to find all the doors so quickly."

"Be careful, there might be a scam!"

However, when they pushed open the next door, they saw a group of card masters and God Cards tied up with ropes in the room. Not only were they tied up, but their mouths were also sealed.

A figure rushed out of another door in the space quickly, and because of his haste, he dropped two signal devices.

Almost at the same time, a tied-up card master finally opened his sealed mouth and said anxiously: "Quick! Their team sneaked up on us and stole our signal device!!"

"!!!"

"Chase!"

When they chased to a familiar door, all the spectators seemed to see the familiar ending again, and sighed at the same time.

"Team 4!"

Song Nanting threw the signal device he had just obtained.

At this time, the card master who was locked in the room before walked in, tore off the mask on his face, and revealed his true appearance: "Boss Song, how was my acting just now! They didn't doubt it at all..."

Another team member who was responsible for "robbery" and "escape" was not to be outdone: "And me, and me! I definitely escaped that panic-stricken temperament!"

Song Nanting said "hmm" lightly.

The two of them were like they had won a compliment, and they were instantly happy, without the previous sense of superiority that SSRs had when facing R cards.

Song Nanting glanced at the God Cards that were holding people behind them: "Send them back first, we may have to change our strategy for the next team."

"Okay!"

The card masters who were being held were so angry that their faces turned red, but they were sealed and could not say a word.

It's really too much! !

Ambushing them and stealing their signal devices is fine, but now they are even using them as props to deceive people! This group of prospective high school students! Can they be more excessive! !

Facts have proved that Song Nanting can.

As she said, different packages were tailored for different teams, and their endings were all, without exception, falling into traps, having their signal devices stolen, and then being tied up like dumplings.

The things arranged by Song Nanting seemed simple, but the timing of each step, the control of people's hearts, and the judgment of the overall situation were absolutely top-notch.

Wright had mixed feelings: "Before, I didn't understand why the principal wanted Song Nanting's team to participate in the school selection. You once said, 'God's Cards don't represent everything. The most important thing is people.' I thought I understood, but now it seems that I was too superficial..."

Dai Baiyu sighed: "I also thought I knew Song Nanting, but she would break through my understanding of her every time, which surprised me even more."

The other students who watched the whole process of Song Nanting's tricking couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and were glad that they had not offended Song Nanting before.

"She's so scary! Right, Sitian... God! Why do you look so ugly?"

Song Sitian recalled that she bullied Song Nanting when she was a child, but every time he bullied her, she would become worse for no reason. When she was a child, she always thought that Song Nanting was a jinx, so he bullied her even more. But now it seems... Could this all be planned by Song Nanting? !

Mom! It's so scary here, I want to go home!!!

Julian smashed the stone in front of him with the long whip in his hand, revealing the signal device inside.

"109." A teammate counted, and then complained, "It's all because of that UR card. If it hadn't deceived us that there were 200 signal devices on the first floor, we would have wasted so much time and wouldn't have been so few now..."

When Julian heard Gu Xingmian's name, his face suddenly darkened.

It was all because of this damn UR card that his plan failed.

He hated it as much as Xiao Qiong.

"It doesn't matter. Several teams with similar levels to ours are also about the same." Another teammate avoided the surveillance and whispered, "After we finish this area, let's hurry to the seventh floor. I bought two teams and let them go to the back floors in advance. Calculating the time, they should have almost finished collecting. We can go there now and take their signal devices. With what we have, we can definitely guarantee first place..."

Julian glanced at Xiao Qiong and the others who were on the same floor as them, and sneered in his heart. Even if you escape the fate of being targeted, what does it matter? In the end, you still lose?

...

Gu Xingmian sighed again.

Xiao Qiong frowned: "Why is your condition getting worse?"

Gu Xingmian wiped the physiological tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and patted his chest, trying to suppress the anger: "It's okay, it's okay, let's talk about it after the game."

He was also a little worried.

It's all because of this broken mainland. There is no doctor who can treat cards! !

And this broken competition doesn't even allow the God Card to enter the spirit body. Otherwise, even if he admits defeat, he will feel better if he rests in Xiao Qiong's spirit body for a while.

Gu Gu rubbed his palm with an umbrella worriedly: "Gujigu?"

Gu Xingmian endured the discomfort: "It's okay... Xiao Qiong! What are you doing!"

"This will make you feel better." Xiao Qiong said seriously and honestly.

Gu Xingmian collapsed: "There's no need to carry me like a princess!! You can carry me on your back!"

Xiao Qiong lowered his head, looked at his embarrassed and angry face, and hesitated: "Are you sure?"

Gu Xingmian: "I'm sure... Tsk!"

In the end, he still chose to carry me like a princess.

He closed his eyes and hypnotized himself silently.

Well... As long as I'm not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

Xiao Qiong's team and Julian's team almost reached the seventh floor one after another.

Song Nanting weighed a bag of heavy signal devices and stood up with satisfaction: "Let's go and meet our allies!"

On the other side, the Julian team couldn't find the other two teams they bought out. When they were getting anxious, they heard a broadcast: [This school selection has ended, and the signal devices are being settled. All participating students are requested to leave the venue as soon as possible and submit the signal devices in their hands.]

[Repeat again, this school selection has ended, and the signal devices are being settled...]

Julian's team: "!!!"

Although they were very reluctant, they couldn't go against the rules in the end. They could only reluctantly hand over the transmitter to the settlement counter and leave the competition venue.

"They took my money but didn't abide by the agreement. If I catch them..." one person said angrily.

"We received so many transmitters, others shouldn't have as many as us. Anyway, Xiao Qiong and the others definitely don't have as many as us..."

The teammates were comforting each other, but Julian felt a little uneasy. He always felt that there was something he had overlooked.

When they walked into the lounge, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

Most of the teams angrily surrounded the two teams.

They looked at it carefully and laughed angrily: "Isn't that Xiao Qiong? What's wrong with them? They said they would fight Xiao Qiong together, but they backed off. Now that the competition is over, what are they doing now?"

"No, it seems they are not fighting Xiao Qiong, but the team behind Xiao Qiong!"

"???"

They saw the two teams they bribed in the crowd.

"That's right, let me do the math first."

However, after they caught the people and listened to their stories, the people in Julian's team almost couldn't believe their ears.

"You mean, a team of prospective high school students snatched all of you?!"

"Are you kidding me?!"

Julian listened to their words, his head "buzzed", and he finally remembered what he had overlooked.

At this moment, the broadcast above their heads came again: [The information device settlement has been completed. The winners of this school selection are Xiao Qiong team and Song Nanting team. Congratulations to the students of the two teams. After the award ceremony, please...]

Julian could no longer hear the rest of the words.

It turned out that he thought he was joining forces to deal with Xiao Qiong, but he was actually helping them to hold back all the contestants so that the other team of prospective high school students could calmly set up traps on the seventh floor.

It turned out that Xiao Qiong and his team deliberately dawdled in the first few floors to find the signal device, just to show them, just to prevent them from going to the seventh floor in advance and destroying the opponent's plan.

And he, every step just happened to provide the opponent with a perfect assist.

Big scapegoat, that's him! !

Julian's brain seemed to be placed in a struck copper bell, leaving only a "buzzing" sound.

In his sight, all the people were distorted, and all the eyes looking at him were full of pity and ridicule, as if to say that it was this stupid guy who let his opponent win so easily...

Not only did he not wash away his shame, but he took a big step deeper into shame.

Julian's eyes were red, and he looked at Xiao Qiong, who was triumphant in the crowd, with hatred, and pinched the cards in his palm like a neurotic.

His brain was invaded by strong anger, pain, and regret, and he fell into an extremely calm and selfless state.

He indifferently glanced at Xiao Qiong, Fu Fenglin, Eric... and finally fell on Gu Xingmian who ran to the door and wanted to vomit.

A cold light resolutely stabbed towards Gu Xingmian's vitals.

All this happened in a flash, and the others didn't even react. Only Xiao Qiong's face changed drastically, and he directly pushed through the crowd and rushed towards Gu Xingmian. He didn't have time to use any method to block this hidden weapon, and he put his body in front of Gu Xingmian without hesitation.

Gu Xingmian vomited and was about to stand up, but suddenly his heart trembled.

He raised his head, and in the dim light of tears, he saw something shooting towards him, and then saw Xiao Qiong rushing towards him.

Time seemed to slow down, and everything in front of him was filled with darkness. The only

thing left in the center of the field of vision was the oddly shaped hidden weapon.

But in Gu Xingmian's sight, the hidden weapon was slowly restored to a card, and then "swished" into a star map.

In the vast dark night sky, countless stars twinkled, and the stars seemed to be connected by thin silver threads. As the stars twinkled, the connected silver threads kept rising and falling, as if the star map was breathing.

Gu Xingmian's eyes were attracted by the star map, and he subconsciously reached out and gently moved one of the silver threads.

In an instant, a clear "clang" sounded in Gu Xingmian's mind.

Along with this sound, the air that had been pressing on his chest finally dissipated.

A sigh -


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