"Whoosh—"
As a figure flashed through the woods, a gust of wind swept through the trees, bending the vegetation and causing leaves to fall.
The birds living in the trees were startled and took flight.
Linnaeus was incredibly fast, speeding and weaving through the forest.
After running for a while, Lin Nai suddenly began to feel that something was not right.
It seems like we've just been to this area...
The birds overhead were startled again, and the sounds of chirping and flapping wings filled the air.
Linnaeus decisively stopped in his tracks.
He opened the map panel and saw that something was indeed wrong.
He had been running for so long, but his location on the map hadn't changed at all.
Linnaeus glanced at the pine tree by the roadside again.
There was a scratch on it, left when he had just passed by.
But now I've seen it again.
Lin Nai sighed, "I knew it, the organizers would definitely come up with something else..."
"rustle"
At that moment, a soft rustling sound came from the bushes not far away.
Linnaeus keenly noticed it.
"Who is it?" Lin Nai revealed Bai Ye, and his soul energy dissipated.
The people in the bushes didn't hide; they came out directly.
It's that somewhat naive, short-haired young man from the military strategist group...
Oh, by the way, his name is Fang Wu...
"It's you." Lin Nai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that as long as it wasn't that lunatic Bai Liao, it was fine.
“It’s you, Lin Nai.” Fang Wu’s eyes turned serious when he saw Lin Nai. “Great! It seems that even God wants us to have a duel between men.”
Linnaeus: "???"
Fang Wu clenched his fists, assumed a driving stance resembling some kind of military combat technique, and said solemnly, "Come on, let me see your strength, whether you are really as powerful as the commander says."
"..." Lin Nai thought to herself, 'Well, another one who's not quite right in the head...'
Linnaeus asked, "Why are you so persistent with me? There are many players in this competition who are stronger than me on paper, aren't there?"
Fang Wu remained silent.
He recalled what his idol, Marshal Sun, had said to him in the rest and preparation room at the end of the previous round of the competition...
......
"Sun Shuai, I didn't expect you to take time out of your busy schedule to come to Yecheng to watch my match."
Fang Wu stood upright, his face solemn and serious: "I will definitely represent the Plane Army and give you a good performance!"
Sun Shuai was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Fang Wu looked at Sun Shuai's expression and his heart skipped a beat. He looked completely bewildered: "Is...isn't that right?"
"Oh, you misunderstood."
Sun Shuai waved his hand: "It was that guy Ji who insisted on dragging me to Yecheng, saying that there is a contestant this year who is very noteworthy, so I came here."
"Later I watched this player's previous match and the recording, and I thought he was really good, he had my style back in the day, hahaha..."
"!" Fang Wu's mouth gaped open, his expression blank, as if struck by lightning.
Sun Shuai... has never praised me like that before...
"Hehe, you'd better watch out." Sun Shuai laughed heartily and patted him on the shoulder: "That kid is one of the Night Watchmen. You represent our Dimensional Army, so you absolutely can't let our Dimensional Army lose too badly!"
"..." Fang Wu didn't speak, but secretly clenched his fist.
Has Sun Shuai already tacitly agreed that I will lose...?
"I will try my best to defeat him!" Fang Wu looked up at Sun Shuai's tall figure and solemnly promised.
"Okay." Sun Shuai patted him on the shoulder again: "But you should also do what you can and not hurt yourself."
Fang Wu: "......"
......
Fang Wu remained silent for a long time without saying a word.
Lin Nai looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"Of course I have reasons to defeat you."
Fang spoke in a deep, solemn voice, gathering his soul power.
Its strength at level 6.4 is undeniable!
"...You'd better figure out the situation first."
Lin Nai shrugged and said, "This is a speed race, and according to the route shown on the map, it should only take about ten minutes."
"Only 200 people will advance in this round. If we waste even two minutes here, we might be eliminated directly."
"I heard you're a top contender in the military. If you're eliminated here, how do you plan to explain it to your fellow students, teachers, instructors, and superiors?"
"This..." Fang Wu opened his mouth, but suddenly fell silent.
After a moment of contemplation and deliberation, Fang Wu's condensed soul power gradually dissipated, and his fists, which had been poised in a fighting stance, slowly lowered: "That's true..."
Lin Nai raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that this guy was really easy to fool.
Hasn't he realized there's a problem with this schedule?
"There's still one person left, so stop hiding."
Linna turned to look at the bushes on the other side: "Come out."
After these words were spoken, the grove of trees fell silent for a few seconds.
Then a figure appeared, jumped down from above a large tree, and landed gracefully.
Hua Lingze was dressed in a casual white suit and black leather shoes, looking quite elegant.
Linna felt that he didn't look like he was there to compete at all; he looked more like he was going to walk the runway at some fashion week.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation."
Hua Lingze still wore his standard polite smile: "I just happened to be teleported to this area and was just passing by."
Linna looked at him: "So you don't have any reason to defeat me, right?"
"Huh?" Hua Lingze was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled: "Of course not, I'm just here to participate in the competition, I won't target anyone, and I never like to make enemies."
Lin Nai breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I thought there weren't any normal people in this competition."
Fang Wu: "......"
"Time is limited. Since none of you want to compete here, I'll take my leave now."
As Fang Wu spoke, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Lin Nai and said solemnly, "Lin Nai, once we advance to the next round, we'll have another chance to settle this score."
After saying that, he leaped to the top of the tree and began running towards the finish line by jumping.
Hua Lingze and Lin Nai remained standing still.
Hua Lingze looked at Lin Nai: "You should have noticed by now, right? It seems like this mountain forest has been set up with some kind of formation. We've been running for a long time, but we've been going in circles the whole time."
“Yes,” Linna said, “but I’m not surprised at all. This is standard procedure for the competition organizers.”
Hua Lingze: "Have you found a clue to crack it?"
Linna shook her head: "Not yet."
Hua Lingze then glanced sideways at a direction behind Lin Nai.
"There are still a few people over there; it seems they've been following you the whole time," Hua Lingze said. "Shouldn't we find them?"
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