Lin Nai had already spotted them, and with an indifferent attitude, she said leisurely, "Forget it, let them follow if they want."
"What's the point of dragging them out? It'll just lead to another fight. This is a race, so let's not waste that time."
Hua Lingze smiled faintly: "That's true."
Hu Xiong and his companions, hiding in the shadows, stared at the backs of Lin Nai and Hua Lingze.
The group heard them talking, but couldn't make out what they were muttering.
"Brother Tiger, what are those two saying?" a student asked, puzzled.
"I don't know." Hu Xiong shook his head, while also trying his best to listen.
These two guys, even though it's just the two of them, are talking so softly!
The student next to him said regretfully, "It's a pity that Hua Lingze and Lin Nai didn't fight. Otherwise, we could have taken advantage of the situation when they were both exhausted."
Another student asked, "But why are those two just standing still? This is a speed race, aren't they afraid of running out of time?"
Hu Xiong reached out and slapped him on the head, scolding, "Idiot! Haven't you realized it yet?"
"We've been following Linnaeus the whole time, and we've been going in circles the whole time!"
"This mountain forest has clearly been set up with a maze, and the challenges that the competition organizers have set for us are obviously not as simple as they seem!"
The student then realized, "So...we and they...we're all lost in this mountain?"
“Yes.” Hu Xiong said in a deep voice, “But it’s perfect. Anyway, none of us are good at solving maze formations. Let these two solve this problem for us, and we can just follow them through.”
......
"What are these idiots doing?!"
Li, the head of the gene company, sat in the Sky Eye Room and looked quite angry when he saw this scene.
"That tiger dares to disobey my orders!" Brother Li gritted his teeth.
If it weren't for the fact that a match is currently in progress, I wouldn't be able to send him a message.
Otherwise, Brother Li would definitely give him a good scolding!
Brother Zhang sighed, "I knew it. It must have been your orders that provoked Hu Xiong and the others."
Brother Li said coldly, "These idiots! They clearly only have the strength of cannon fodder, yet they don't even know what cannon fodder is!"
"Hehe, that's why I never agreed with your orders from the beginning." Brother Zhang picked his nose and said quietly, "Actually, I can understand them. After all, we used to have the same mentality... If you were in their shoes, after being a lowly person for half your life, you suddenly got a chance to climb up, but then you were turned into cannon fodder, what would you do?"
Brother Li pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.
......
Fang Wu leaped forward through the woods for a while before finally realizing something was wrong.
Why haven't we arrived yet?
Normally, if we calculate the distance according to the map, he should have arrived long ago.
But fifteen minutes have already passed...
Fang Wu reopened the system map and carefully examined it.
He spotted the location marker on the map; he was still at his original starting point...
What on earth is going on? We shouldn't have gone the wrong way...
Fang Wu became somewhat worried.
The main issue is that this is a speed race, and more importantly, I have absolutely no idea what the current situation of the race is like.
Because we have no idea how many people have already reached the finish line!
If I really get eliminated, how am I going to face my parents when I go back?
How should I deal with my instructor?
How should I face my teachers and elders?
How should I deal with my classmates?
How should we deal with Sun Shuai?
How should he deal with the old man who always greets him at the school gate?
Fang Wu began to feel anxious.
"Whoosh—"
"Whoosh—"
At that moment, two figures quickly caught up with him.
They are Lin Nai and Hua Lingze.
"Oh, so you're still here." Lin Nai leaped onto the tree trunk next to him. "Were you waiting for us on purpose?"
Fang Wu: "......"
"Sure enough, we're all lost," Hua Lingze said. "This mountain forest must have been set up with a special maze formation, and we're all trapped here."
“A maze formation…” Fang Wu murmured a few times, then his eyes widened in realization: “So that’s how it is.”
"You didn't just realize this after running for so long, did you?" Hua Lingze looked at him suspiciously. "Speaking of which, shouldn't military strategists be the most skilled in these kinds of tactics and formations?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Wu felt his face flush and stammered, "I...I'm a combat-type soldier in the dimensional army. Strategizing is the commander's job...As a soldier, all I need to do is obey orders and carry them out..."
"Combat-oriented units should also have tactical exams in military science, right?" Lin Nai glanced at him: "How many points did you get on this exam?"
Fang Wu: "...The weather is quite nice today."
Lin Nai and Hua Lingze both looked up.
The sky is clouded over.
A few seconds later, raindrops began to fall in a downpour.
Linnaeus: "It's raining."
Fang Wu: "......"
Hua Lingze said thoughtfully, "I remember it was a clear, sunny day with not a cloud in the sky, and it suddenly started raining not long after."
Linnaeus said, "There's nothing strange about this. Just like the death illusion we experienced before, I guess the weather we're encountering now is deliberately arranged by the event organizers."
Fang Wu was very confused by their nonchalant expressions and was getting anxious.
"Seriously...aren't you guys even a little bit worried about being eliminated?! Twenty minutes have already passed!"
Hua Lingze blinked: "Why the rush? If you're eliminated, it just means you're not skilled enough or strong enough. So what if you're eliminated?"
Lin Nai shrugged nonchalantly: "Yeah, once you're eliminated, you can just go home and sleep soundly. How comfortable is that?"
Fang Wu was shocked, staring at them in disbelief: "You...aren't you afraid that if you're eliminated, you won't be able to face your parents, your instructors, your teachers, your classmates, or anything else..."
Linnaeus: "..."
Hua Lingze reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling slightly, "Alright, alright, we know you've been carrying a lot on your shoulders. But you don't need to worry too much. The competition organizers are definitely fair. Even with our strength, we still have no clue about this maze formation. I believe the other contestants are in a similar situation."
Upon hearing this, Fang Wu's expression relaxed slightly. He slowly exhaled and said, "That seems to make sense..."
Then he asked, "But we've been going in circles around here. How do we get out of here?"
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