"Isn't it just about getting to know each other and adjusting?" Liao Ning asked, puzzled.
Xia Chuhe laid it all out: "This is true for you, but Lu Xiaofeng is different. He harbors ill intentions towards Taotie City, and I have evidence of his unauthorized information transmission. Running the dungeon is not only about getting to know each other and building rapport, but also about giving him a chance to reform. I know Taotie City is a new city, far less powerful than the base and its upper echelons. Some people have joined Taotie City, but they lack confidence in it. Therefore, I will build everyone's confidence during the dungeon runs, and I hope everyone will open their hearts during this shared experience. If Lu Xiaofeng changes, I will choose to believe him after leaving the dungeon. But unfortunately, his stance hasn't changed; he is destined to die in the dungeon."
Liao Ning, being straightforward, didn't think much of it and said, "I see."
Bai Jiu asked, "How did the city lord figure that out?"
"Props," Xia Chuhe replied simply. In reality, discerning everyone's thoughts wasn't just about the Follower's Handbook; the more important channel was the Tianya Forum. For others, forum discussions were relatively private. But for the administrators who controlled the forum's backend, everyone's comments were laid bare before them.
Liao Ning and Bai Jiu had nothing to hide, so they naturally didn't understand the meaning behind Xia Chuhe's words.
Wang Mei was immediately alarmed, suspecting that Xia Chuhe was giving her a warning. Was he hinting at something? Had the city lord already discovered her actions? Was the city lord willing to give her another chance?
Wang Mei's mind raced, and she dared not speak rashly. She couldn't understand Xia Chuhe's methods; Xia Chuhe had displayed too many supernatural abilities and tools, and she was afraid that Xia Chuhe had even more trump cards up his sleeve.
03's thoughts were even simpler; like a single-threaded being, he was still agonizing over the dungeon: "What are you talking about, the item that decides the outcome of the battle?"
Xia Chuhe mysteriously took out a roll of paper. 03 took it and frowned as he looked at it: "A blank sheet of paper, what is this?"
"A blank sheet of paper is fine." After waiting quietly for a while and confirming that no one was waiting nearby to steal anything, Xia Chuhe took out the real Marauder's Map and showed it to everyone.
The red team was no longer nearby, but they hadn't gone far either.
The green team is currently heading north, and the newly refreshed supply point is located in the north.
One or two coincidences made Xia Chuhe somewhat doubt the Green Team's good luck.
"I can now conclude that the Red Team arrived earliest and has the best equipment. I suspect the Green Team obtained some items, perhaps to scout out supply points. Just like us, didn't you think the communication headset we found at the initial landing point came too easily?"
It's highly likely that the game gave each team a free item at the start.
"So what do we do now? Should we work on the green team or the red team first?" Liao Ning asked.
Judging from their equipment, the Red Team might have other trump cards up their sleeve, making them difficult to contend with. If the Green Team truly has a way to scout resource points, acquiring better equipment is only a matter of time.
Xia Chuhe said, "Let's get the supplies first, then fight the Green Team. We absolutely cannot let the other two teams grow stronger. By the way, the Green Team just joined this morning; they weren't there yesterday."
"Won't there be another team tomorrow?" Bai Jiusheng thought dejectedly.
"You jinx!" Liao Ning cursed him.
03 Grip the sword hilt tightly: "Quickly finish this."
Xia Chuhe smiled approvingly; that was exactly what she meant. If the battle ended today, wouldn't we have nothing to worry about tomorrow?
The five people found their way and headed towards the new supply point.
Compared to the newly joined Green Team, Xia Chuhe and his teammates still have some advantages, especially after acquiring the live map.
Xia Chuhe quickly planned the flattest route and arrived at the supply point before the Green Team.
The new supply point doesn't contain weapons, but it does have two identical items—megaphones. Just like the megaphones in the game, this item can broadcast messages across the entire map, ensuring that every participant in the game can hear it.
In addition to the megaphone and food and water, the supply box also contained two ropes with grappling hooks and two blood packs.
Xia Chuhe picked up the blood pack, his eyes lighting up. It could heal any injury in the game—a great item!
Put away the megaphone, rope, and blood pack; leave the rest in the supply box.
The group recreated the trap exactly as they had set up last time.
The green team was slow, and everyone waited a long time before they finally appeared.
Faced with the supply box, the Green Team did not immediately send someone to check it. Instead, they argued about it for a while before finally pushing one person out.
Although it was their first day participating in the game, the green team was very vigilant. The person who was pushed out was holding a stick and kept using it to probe the way ahead.
However, Liao Ning's trap was a dungeon item, so how could he possibly detect it with an ordinary stick?
So, the instant the Green Team member stepped into the trap, Wang Mei dodged and her dagger was already at the man's neck.
At the same time, Liao Ning and Bai Jiu pulled the trigger, killing one person with a single shot. 03 also selected one person to attack, taking one down with him.
In the blink of an eye, half of the Green Team was gone.
The man being held hostage by Wang Mei shouted, "I surrender! I surrender!"
The man frantically winked at the two surviving men, trying to get them to surrender as well.
The taller man cried out, "My brother is dead!"
The tall man was determined not to surrender. Just as he was about to use some means to escape, the short man suddenly sprang up, grabbed the tall man by the neck, and strangled him to death.
The man being held hostage by Wang Mei smiled ingratiatingly: "Alright, we all surrender, can you let me go now?"
A broadcast came from the sky—the Green Team has been wiped out. The remaining teams, please keep up the good work.
Attacking the enemy and attacking one's own people are two completely different things. Wang Mei gritted her teeth; these two were not people she could associate with.
Xia Chuhe and the others came out of their hiding place, and Liao Ning and Bai Jiu were the first to touch the corpse.
"Squat down and put your hands behind your head," 03 said coldly.
After scolding the two who had surrendered, 03 touched each of them one by one.
Liao Ning retrieved a device from the corpse: a detector. After selecting the item to be detected, the detector would vibrate as it approached the target; the closer it got to the target, the stronger the vibration.
Therefore, the detector is the key for the Green Team to find supply points.
03 Chongxia Chuhe shook his head and returned empty-handed.
"Should we tie them up and leave them here?" Bai Jiu suggested.
Although the two men had surrendered, Xia Chuhe and his men couldn't possibly spare them after killing their comrade. Even if they didn't kill them, they certainly wouldn't keep them by their side.
The shorter man said, "Tie us up then, be quick about it, we just want to live."
The two of them acted like true villains.
Xia Chuhe couldn't figure out what the two were thinking, but he felt that their surrender was too fast and strange.
Suspicious glances swept back and forth between the two. The shorter man met Xia Chuhe's gaze and stared back at her for a moment without flinching before reluctantly lowering his head.
Xia Chuhe said, "Take off your clothes and check again."
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