Chapter 59: Tenth Place
In the end, Xu Dongdong chopped the three wild birds into pieces out of anger, added oil and seasonings, and cooked them in a pot. Although the appearance was not very good, the taste was surprisingly good, the meat was delicious and chewy. Although not as fat and tender as poultry, it felt quite fresh to eat such wild game occasionally.
After the meal, the roasted bird eggs were cooked. These bird eggs are similar to duck eggs. When roasting, a hole is drilled in the eggshell, seasoning is poured into it, and then it is roasted on the fire. It tastes unique.
Jin Cancan saw that everyone else had some but it didn't, and immediately got anxious. It howled at Wen Le and rubbed its big head against him. Wen Le had no choice but to break off a small piece of egg white and feed it to it: "You can't eat the rest, or you'll lose your hair if you eat too much salt."
It is not known whether Jin Cancan will be able to become a human in the future. Now it is still an animal, and a cub at that. The system also says that it cannot eat too much salt, so Wen Le dare not feed it a whole roasted bird egg, but only dare to break off a small piece for it to taste.
After finishing her meal and washing up, Lily began modifying the tracking devices they were wearing. She always carried these small parts with her, so they were very convenient to modify. This time, she modified the tracking devices mainly to locate others, wanting those closest to them to appear on the tracking devices so they could choose to attack or flee based on the team's situation. Otherwise, waiting for a head-on collision would be too passive. If they could win, it would be fine, but if they couldn't, they would be eliminated.
The game has just begun and they haven’t had enough fun yet, so they don’t want to leave now.
Xu Dongdong originally wanted to help, but Lily wanted to laugh when she saw his bruised face. In the end, she was afraid that her hands would shake from laughing so much that she would have trouble working, so she sent him aside to play.
Don’t even mention how depressed Xu Dongdong was.
After the locator was modified, it differentiated the detected people: those from rival schools were displayed in red, while those from Shaohua Academy were displayed in green. This made it easy to tell who was the rival and who was the friend.
Not to mention how shocked the netizens who watched the live broadcast were, it actually made things a lot easier for Wen Le and the others.
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"Everyone, pay attention, the fat sheep is coming." Lily, who was acting as a scout, hid in a tree and stared at the contestants from other schools walking towards them with a telescope.
This group consisted of two teams, totaling nine people. These two teams were clearly collaborating, having previously leveraged their numbers to rob several teams, and they possessed a considerable amount of points and supplies. Team 4+1 had noticed them two days prior, and because they hadn't found an opportunity to strike, they had been quietly following them, waiting for an opportunity to do so.
Now the opportunity has finally come. This group of people has just robbed another team. They are feeling proud and relaxed. The 4+1 team discussed and decided to seize this opportunity to catch these "fat sheep".
Now it is the late stage of the competition. All the teams that have not been eliminated have eliminated other teams to a greater or lesser extent. The points of these eliminated teams will be accumulated and added to the teams that eliminated them. If Wen Le and his team eliminate these two teams this time, then all the points of these two teams will be theirs.
As for supplies, they are happy if they can grab them, but it doesn’t matter if they can’t. In the later stages, supplies are not important to Wen Le and others, and points are the most important.
Although everyone didn't care about winning or losing at first, since they had the chance to get into the top ten, they had to seize the opportunity and give it their all. Otherwise, they would feel unwilling to give up.
Wen Le and his team nervously stared at the "fat sheep." The netizens watching the livestream were even more nervous, eager to see if they could pull off a comeback. The thought of outnumbered opponents, of challenging opponents of higher rank, and ultimately achieving a comeback—that kind of thing was thrilling. Even after these few days of "brainwashing," everyone had become accustomed to calling their opponents "fat sheep." Comments flooded the comment section with comments like, "This sheep is fat enough!" or, simply, "It's oozing with fat! Don't be so careless, my king!"
Of course, Wen Le and the other four did not have the ability to fight the nine people on the opposite side head-on, but they could set traps and lure prey into the bait.
This time, it was Wen Le who acted as bait. Seeing the men approaching, nearing the trap, he suddenly shouted, "Someone's coming! Run!" He ran towards the traps. The traps were interconnected, and unless they were touched, they had been rehearsed several times to catch Wen Le, the "fat sheep." He even sustained injuries from this, but fortunately, Wen Le was able to heal himself. Otherwise, he would have been incapacitated by the pain before this tactic even began.
As Wen Le shouted, the nine people on the opposite side also noticed him. They originally suspected that Wen Le was a liar who deliberately dug a trap to lure them into the trap, but when they saw that Wen Le even threw away the supplies and prey on his body in order to run faster to lighten the burden, they immediately became interested.
The leader immediately shouted, "Catch him!" If they caught this one, wouldn't their teammates be easy to capture? The thought of earning more points immediately filled the nine of them with excitement. They chased Wen Le even harder.
When netizens saw this, they all smiled in confusion, as if these nine people were nine stupid roe deer chasing a lion without knowing the consequences, thinking they were the best in the world at scaring off a lion. Little did they know that the lion had been dug a trap to lure them into jumping into.
Sure enough, these nine people were fooled.
Wen Le seemed to be running casually as he passed the trap area, but in fact, he cleverly avoided the switch that would trigger the trap. The nine people chasing him were unaware of this and just ran towards him foolishly, then stepped on the switch and triggered the trap.
"ah!"
“Plop!”
With a short cry, the first few people fell into the trap Wen Le and his team had dug in advance, like dumplings falling from a stream. The people behind them stopped in their tracks, staring at the huge pit that suddenly appeared before them in confusion. If they didn't realize they had been tricked at this moment, they would be really stupid. The leader's face flushed with anger. If he hadn't been concerned about the damage to his image during a live broadcast, he would probably have cursed Wen Le.
Wen Le was in high spirits and made a face at them. He was getting more and more fond of robbing fat sheep. He was happy to see these people's faces turn red with anger but not dare to get angry. Well, he had a bad taste again.
The two sides were in a stalemate. Suddenly, the leader thought of something, his face changed, and he said, "Retreat quickly!"
Obviously, he had considered the possibility of an ambush. But it was too late. Their path was blocked by the appearance of Jin Cancan. Then Lily dropped from the sky, holding a bottle of spray and sprayed them all. Within three seconds, the remaining few were also taken care of.
Xu Dongdong and Li Zhenzhen, who had been hiding in the dark, finally came out. Working in perfect harmony, they tied the men together with ropes. As for the men in the pit, it was even easier to deal with them. They could simply knock them unconscious and leave them in the pit.
The rest of the time is spent cleaning up the battlefield, collecting spoils and harvesting heads.
"How is it? How many points did you get this time?" After finishing cleaning up, Xu Dongdong couldn't help but ask Lily.
The captain of the 4+1 team is Lily, and only the captain can see the team's points, so he couldn't wait to ask her.
"23 points." Lily couldn't help but smile when she saw the result. "Not bad."
Including this gain, they have a total of 108 points, just one point more than the tenth place in the standings, barely making it into the top ten.
"There's still a day and a half left in the competition. Should we try one more time?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
We've already made it into the top ten. It would be really frustrating if we were pushed off the standings at the end.
"Forget it, let's use the remaining time to quickly gather supplies." Lily thought about it and decided that she couldn't take any more risks. Instead of wasting time looking for a target and risking elimination, it would be better to stock up on supplies. The rules of the competition clearly stated that supplies could be exchanged for points according to a certain ratio.
Although the maximum amount can be exchanged is three points, a difference of one point can make a difference in the outcome of this kind of game.
Wen Le said at the right moment, "We don't have to go out of our way to look for it. We can exchange our points for potions when the time comes." He pointed to the inconspicuous moss-like thing growing at the base of the tree and said, "This is a type of medicinal herb, exactly what I need right now. There are many other medicinal herbs that can be found in this area. As long as we gather them all, I will be able to make them into potions."
Wen Le's words made everyone's eyes light up. How could they have forgotten about this? Making potions was Wen Le's forte. They could safely dig herbs to make potions and exchange them for points, without having to go through the trouble of capturing animals for supplies like others.
So they got to work and, under Wen Le's command, several people began to focus on digging herbs.
As for the outsiders, the surviving teams were all buzzing with discussion about the origins of this suddenly appearing 4+1 team. They hadn't even seen them in the top 20, yet now they had suddenly pushed the tenth place down. Wasn't this upgrade rate too fast?
A few teams even considered taking advantage of Wen Le and his team to move their points higher, but when they saw their scores suddenly increase by over twenty points, they gave up their naive thoughts. With so many points added so quickly, it was clear that this 4+1 team was no pushover. Rather than fighting to the bitter end and letting the other team take advantage, it was better to cautiously hold on to their current results.
So Wen Le and his team escaped the disaster without knowing it. You have to know that luck played a big part in their ability to enter the top ten. If they had fought head-on with the teams on the list, they would definitely have been defeated miserably.
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