"What's wrong with me?" Duan Yu felt dizzy and found himself tied up. He asked in confusion.
Zhou Zhou had already eaten a large piece of meat. Because he couldn't eat too much, he had to reluctantly stay away from the barbecue. At this time, he happened to be standing next to Duan Yu.
"You're awake." Zhou Zhou squatted down and found that Duan Yu was indeed awake, so he untied the rope for him.
"You caught magic mushrooms with your bare hands, and then you fell into hallucinations. Don't you remember that?"
Duan Yu shook his head. He only remembered that he picked the magic mushrooms, but he couldn't remember what happened afterwards.
"If you can't remember, forget it and go eat something."
Duan Yu stood up, still feeling a little dizzy. No other thoughts came to his mind at this moment. He obediently walked towards his companions and sat down by the fire.
Meng Ziye handed him a piece of barbecue in silence. Duan Yu took a bite subconsciously and immediately asked in surprise: "Is this a zero-horn beast?"
"Yeah." The others lowered their heads to eat the barbecue and responded vaguely.
Although the barbecue was delicious, Duan Yu couldn't figure out how they caught the Zero-horned Beast, and when he was not around. Thinking of this, even the delicious barbecue became difficult to swallow. Duan Yu was silent for a moment, but couldn't help asking: "How did you catch it?"
Zhou Zhou walked by with a fruit in his hand: "Thanks to you today we were able to catch the Zero-horned Beast."
"Me?" Duan Yu was puzzled.
Zhou Zhou was eating fruit when he smelled the aroma of barbecue. He immediately stood further away and said, "Yeah, if you weren't here today, we might not be able to eat the zero-horned beast now." It might take a little more time.
Duan Yu tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember what he had done, so he could only ask others: "Did I also help catch the Zero-Horned Beast?"
The scene of Duan Yu being tied under a tree instantly appeared in front of everyone else's eyes. They felt that he might be angry if they told him the truth, so they could only nod silently.
Zhou Zhou said seriously: "Of course, you put in the most effort to catch the Zero-horned Beast."
After all, they just set a trap, and Duan Yu personally went into battle as bait. If he had not been poisoned and unconscious, the Zero-Horned Beast might not have been so easily fooled, so he was indeed the one who made the first contribution.
"Really? Looks like I have to take action." Duan Yu ate the barbecue proudly without doubting Zhou Zhou's words. In his opinion, he had the highest martial arts value in the entire team, so there was no doubt that he could catch the Zero-Horned Beast, although he could not remember the whole process.
In addition, Zhou Zhou's tone and expression were very sincere, which made Duan Yu more confident in his abilities.
The others looked at Zhou Zhou, who was staring at the barbecue and eating fruits in the distance, and then looked at Duan Yu, whose nose was almost upturned to the sky, and they all lowered their heads.
No, you can’t laugh out loud, you have to hold it in.
The meal was unusually harmonious. Since he thought he was the most meritorious, Duan Yu looked at the others more favorably.
Especially in the afternoon, Zhou Zhou would praise him from time to time along the way, with a sincere tone and pure eyes, which made Duan Yu feel a little elated.
"Don't worry, I will definitely make our team first." Duan Yu patted his chest and promised.
"That's great. I need your help with something." Zhou Zhou smiled happily, his amber eyes full of anticipation.
At first Duan Yu didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but after they encountered various ferocious prey, he gradually understood it.
"Duan Yu, be careful! Run to the left!"
"Duan Yu, lead it into the trap."
"Duan Yu, run, it's coming!"
Duan Yu, who was in a trance after being chased by various ferocious animals, finally realized what Zhou Zhou meant by "help". He wanted him to be the bait!
Every time they found traces of prey, Zhou Zhou would lead others to set traps in advance so that he could lure the prey into the trap.
Why should he listen to Zhou Zhou? Zhou Zhou is not the captain and his fighting skills don’t seem to be that good. Shouldn’t he listen to him? And why is he running around here?
Duan Yu was thinking in a trance while luring the animal chasing him into the trap.
The enraged animal's eyes turned bloodshot, and it only focused on the person running away in front of it. As a result, it stepped into the trap, and its short limbs made it impossible for it to climb out.
Duan Yu leaned against the tree and gasped for breath, his eyes gradually becoming clearer.
"Duan Yu, we caught another one." Zhou Zhou looked at Duan Yu with a smile.
Duan Yu was dazzled by the other party's brilliant smile, but he was not fooled by her beauty. He asked in a rough voice: "Why do I have to be the bait every time?"
Zhou Zhou blinked: "Didn't you say you would lead everyone to win first place?"
"But I didn't say I wanted to use this form, did I?"
Zhou Zhou frowned and thought deeply, then suddenly realized, "You don't like being bait, so let's dig a trap together next time."
Duan Yu sneered: "I mean, why should I listen to you."
Zhou Zhou looked puzzled: "We are a team. As long as we can catch the prey, it doesn't matter who we listen to, right?"
Duan Yu glanced at Zhao Yijie who was not far away and sneered: "The captain of our team is incompetent, but it is not your turn to point fingers. Who do you think you are?"
Zhao Yijie was also shot while lying down, frowning: "Stop arguing, as long as we can catch the prey, we cooperated well just now."
They didn't have any weapons, and they couldn't fight large beasts head-on. Although setting traps was a bit troublesome, it was very safe. With everyone working together, they had already earned several hundred points today alone.
Others also thought that this method was good and looked at Duan Yu with disapproval.
It was the first time that Duan Yu felt isolated. He had a good family background and had a few followers who flattered him in the past. People would agree with him no matter what he said. But being looked at like that by everyone, he immediately became furious.
"Let's duel. Whoever wins will be the captain, and we'll listen to him in the next few days." Duan Yu looked at Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou seemed to be in a trance. When he noticed Duan Yu's angry gaze focused on him, he turned around and said, "But I'm not the captain."
What's the point of fighting him?
Besides, their mission is to earn points, and there are no points to be gained from fighting among team members. Zhou Zhou really couldn't understand why they should waste their energy on such a meaningless thing.
"You dare not?" Duan Yu asked provocatively. He seemed to be focusing on Zhou Zhou and ignored the consolations of others.
The data of Zhou Zhou's body is exactly the same as that presented in the virtual world, and it had perfect proportions in the past, but in the interstellar era, most people have undergone genetic optimization, especially those who can go to military academies, who are the best of the best. So Zhou Zhou looks a little thin among this group of people, and his white and glowing skin makes him look even more out of place.
In short, I give off a feeling that I am weak and easy to bully.
Zhou Zhou looked up at the sky from time to time. The blue sky was boundless and extremely clear, but Zhou Zhou smelled a damp vapor in the air.
Things are going to change.
Zhou Zhou's mind was all on the impending change in weather, and he didn't take Duan Yu's provocation seriously at all. Duan Yu became furious at being ignored, and suddenly attacked Zhou Zhou.
The two were very close to each other. The others were either far away or had not yet reacted. Duan Yu had already approached Zhou Zhou.
The fierce fist came whistling with the wind. Duan Yu was also proud of his ability. He had never met an opponent among his peers.
Zhou Zhou noticed it the moment his opponent attacked. After all, he was forced to train with Elvia every day some time ago. Elvia never let Zhou Zhou off, and every training session was very solid.
So when facing Duan Yu's attack, Zhou Zhou subconsciously used all his strength to fight back.
“Ahhhhhh!”
Only a scream was heard, and the birds and animals in the surrounding woods were startled.
Everyone stared in amazement at Duan Yu, who was half-kneeling with his arms folded and sweating, and Zhou Zhou, who was standing aside and was a little dazed himself.
No one expected that Zhou Zhou could defeat the enemy with just one move.
It is estimated that other people, including Zhao Yiji, would not be able to take Duan Yu's punch. Even if they could dodge it, they would be in a very embarrassing situation. Just now, they thought Zhou Zhou was dead this time. If Duan Yu hit him harder, he might even be injured. But the next second, it turned out that Duan Yu himself was the one who was injured.
Zhou Zhou seemed to catch Duan Yu's fist very easily, and even used the opponent's force to counter attack, holding the opponent's fist with his hand and turning it half a circle. With a crisp sound, Duan Yu's arm was dislocated.
It's so relaxing that it's unbelievable.
Zhou Zhou looked at his palms, and even he couldn't believe it. When he and Alvia were training, no matter how hard they tried or what moves they used, he never won. On the other hand, Alvia always looked very relaxed, and didn't even sweat after training for several hours. As a result, Zhou Zhou always felt that he had not learned Kung Fu well enough.
But now, looking at the incredulous eyes of Duan Yu and other teammates, Zhou Zhou suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his cognition.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Zhou Zhou really didn't expect Duan Yu to be so fragile. Normally, this amount of force wouldn't even allow Elvia's arm to move at all. He never expected that the same amount of force would dislocate his teammate's arm.
Duan Yu hasn't spoken since that scream. He never thought that he would be defeated so easily.
Holding his dislocated arm, Duan Yu actually reconnected it with his other hand. Although his face turned pale with pain, he didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Zhao Yijie originally thought that the instructor put Zhou Zhou in their team so that they could take better care of him, but now it seems that Zhou Zhou doesn't need their care at all.
Afterwards, Zhao Yiji took the initiative to give up his position and let Zhou Zhou become the captain. Duan Yu did not make any more noise and just followed the team quietly and did whatever he was told to do.
It also became much easier for Zhou Zhou to lead the team.
"It's going to rain soon. We need to find some high ground to hide from the rain."
Everyone looked at the cloudless sky and was speechless for a moment when faced with Zhou Zhou's serious expression.
"Where is the rain?"
It's a sunny day, there's not even a cloud in the sky, how could it rain?
Zhou Zhou didn't explain much, gave up catching prey, and led everyone to a higher place.
When the others saw Zhou Zhou's confident look, although they didn't quite believe it, they still followed him since Zhou Zhou was the captain.
An hour later, everyone was looking at the pouring rain with leaves on their heads and expressionless faces.
Who could have thought that the sky was clear just now, but suddenly it became overcast and started to rain heavily, and the rain got heavier and heavier, almost forming a continuous stream.
Zhou Zhou frowned and looked at the rain, calling on everyone to move up quickly.
There are many dense trees here. Although there will not be any landslides, if such heavy rain continues, other unexpected situations may occur.
Everyone braved the heavy rain, walking on the muddy ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The mountain road covered with layers of fallen leaves was wet by the rain, and one could easily slip if not careful.
Fortunately, they discovered it in time. The rain water at the foot of the mountain had gathered into a torrent with a rapid flow. You could vaguely see many animals struggling to climb higher in the water.
Because Zhou Zhou had given them an advance warning, they were already halfway up the mountain. Zhou Zhou continued to move up, but the mountain road was difficult to walk on and the rain was heavy, so their speed was very slow.
"We shouldn't get flooded here, Zhou Zhou, do you want to keep going?" Zhao Yiji shouted.
They had been busy all day catching prey, and then they had been climbing the mountain in the rain. Everyone was exhausted.
Zhou Zhou was physically exhausted earlier than others. After all, he had been a human for less than a year, and his previous training was strictly carried out step by step according to his physical condition. This was his first time to conduct long-term training, and his body was more tired than he had imagined, but Zhou Zhou never showed it.
Hearing Zhao Yijie's question, Zhou Zhou stopped and looked down the mountain.
The torrent submerged the grass and trees. The gurgling stream had turned into a vast ocean, roaring down with a turbulent force. Animals that were usually nowhere to be found in the mountains and forests suddenly appeared and ran desperately to higher places for survival.
Animals of various sizes were running towards the mountain in panic. Compared to human legs, they were more accustomed to running and jumping in the mountains and forests. From the first few, they gradually gathered and grew in size in the blink of an eye, heading straight for the top of the mountain.
The mountain where Zhou Zhou and his friends were located was the highest in the area and was also the main escape place for these animals.
"Climb up the tree." Zhou Zhou shouted immediately.
The others also saw the tide of beasts at the foot of the mountain. After Zhou Zhou shouted, they immediately rushed to the tall and sturdy trees around them.
Although it is best not to stay under a tree on a rainy day, no one can care less at this moment. The leaders of the beast tide are all ferocious beasts in the mountains. If you block their way, both humans and other animals will be trampled into mud.
Soon, these animals passed through the woods. The freshmen looked down at the various animals in the beast tide, calculating how many points this animal was worth and how many points that one was worth. They watched the points escape, feeling heartbroken but not daring to go down and provoke them.
Although Duan Yu's arm had been reattached, it was still aching. In addition, he was caught in the rain, and his joints were painful and itchy. He was willing to accept the defeat, and the injury was due to his provocation, so he had been enduring it without saying anything. He could usually climb the tree easily, but now it was becoming increasingly difficult because of the pain in his arm.
The rain affected visibility, and no one else noticed Duan Yu's abnormality. By the time he finally climbed up the tree, his arms were already in unbearable pain.
The arm that was holding the tree trunk had lost its strength and he could only use the other hand to support himself. Duan Yu gritted his teeth, his face pale, and stared at the animals that kept whizzing past under the tree. As long as he could hold on until the beast tide ended, everything would be fine.
A huge beast, all wet, was rampaging in the woods. Its huge body and thick skin made it extremely difficult for it to move in the woods. The frightened beast would run straight into any running animals or towering trees in front of it, killing many small animals under its hooves and breaking some trees that were not thick enough.
As luck would have it, when the beast passed the woods where the freshmen were, it crashed directly into the tree where Duan Yu was. The tree was very thick, and although it was not broken, the huge impact force of the beast still caused it to shake a few times.
The others looked at Duan Yu half-lying on the tree, their hearts in their throats.
However, the beast was in a panic and took a detour after the collision. Only then did the others breathe a sigh of relief.
But in the next second, in everyone's sight, Duan Yu, who was originally lying on the tree, fell straight down.
"careful!"
"Duan Yu!"
Although they don't get along well with Duan Yu, he is their teammate and classmate after all, and no one wants anything to happen to him.
The others wanted to get down from the tree, but were stopped by Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou's movements were faster than anyone else's. The moment Duan Yu fell, he had already jumped down not far away.
It was already the second half of the beast tide, and the animals passing by were not as dense as at the beginning. Zhou Zhou nimbly dodged several animals and ran towards Duan Yu. He had already noticed that Duan Yu was not in a good condition. After falling from the tree, Duan Yu tried hard to stand up, but his movements were slow and clumsy, completely different from his agility when he was serving as bait before.
Before Duan Yu could stand up, an elk with two horns on its head was approaching. Facing the "obstacle" blocking its way, the elk slightly bent its head and fiercely pushed towards Duan Yu with its huge antlers.
"Duan Yu, be careful!" The others were dumbfounded and felt like their hearts were about to jump out.
The next moment Zhou Zhou appeared and knocked Duan Yu to the ground. Seeing that the "obstacle" had disappeared, the elk continued to run forward.
Zhou Zhou pounced after he had chosen the right position. At this time, he and Duan Yu were hiding behind a big tree. The tree was thick enough and would not affect the animals' route, so they were safe for the time being.
Looking at Duan Yu covering his arm silently with a pale face as if he was about to faint at the next moment, Zhou Zhou immediately guessed that Duan Yu fell from the tree because of his previous injury.
"I'm sorry." The two hid behind a tree. Animals passed by from time to time. Zhou Zhou's face was full of guilt. If he hadn't caused Duan Yu to be injured, this wouldn't have happened.
Duan Yu endured the pain and said in a rough voice: "My skills are not as good as others. It has nothing to do with you."
Zhou Zhou wanted to take a look at Duan Yu's arm, but he didn't know how to treat it, and he was afraid that if he moved around carelessly, he would make the other party's injury worse. He said helplessly: "No, if I was more careful during the sparring, you wouldn't be hurt."
It sounded as if he was made of clay. Duan Yu curled the corner of his mouth. It was obviously him who attacked the opponent first, and he was ready to teach the opponent a lesson at that time. His men showed no mercy. It was a pity that he was not as skilled as the other party and ended up like this. The other party even beautified it as a competition.
"Why did you save me?" Duan Yu suddenly asked.
Zhou Zhou was looking around to see if there were any other animals passing by. Hearing this, he said without hesitation, "We are teammates."
The words came out of his mouth without much thought.
Teammate?
Duan Yu looked up at Zhou Zhou. They were so close that he could even see the rain running down Zhou Zhou's face. There were a few tiny drops of water hanging on his long eyelashes, and his amber pupils were misty.
At some point, the sound of rain and the roar of animals around seemed to be paused. Duan Yu looked at Zhou Zhou, watching his pale lips opening and closing. He seemed to be in a strange state.
The physical pain was forgotten for a moment.
Suddenly, a tearing pain brought Duan Yu back to his senses. Everything around him returned to normal, with the sound of heavy rain, the roar of birds and beasts, and the anxious shouts of his teammates.
"Duan Yu, what's wrong with you? Did you hit your head when you fell just now?"
"Hello~Hello~Can you hear me?"
"Don't touch him, we don't know where he is injured."
He didn't know when he was surrounded by people, all of whom had anxiety and concern on their faces. The beast tide had passed, and only a few were left passing through the woods, so the others took the opportunity to come down from the trees.
They found Duan Yu in a daze and didn't respond no matter how they called him. They thought he was injured somewhere, so several people tried to find his wound and finally woke him up.
"I'm fine." Duan Yu retracted his gaze, not daring to look at Zhou Zhou again.
After that, the rain gradually stopped. Meng Ziye found some herbs and applied them on Duan Yu's arm. Although it could not cure the disease, it could at least reduce the pain. When the training was over, such injuries could be healed quickly using the treatment cabin.
Before dark, Zhou Zhou and his companions took advantage of the geographical location and captured several animals running towards the mountain. These animals were in a panic and separated from their own groups, so they were easily caught by humans.
At night, several people found a secluded place to rest. Their points were already more than one thousand, but they did not know the points of other teams, nor could they find out their ranking.
After experiencing the danger during the day, the freshmen were still somewhat excited and chatted in low voices, discussing the current situation of other teams and Zhou Zhou's performance today.
After praising Zhou Zhou for a long time, they suddenly realized that he had not been participating in the discussion. They looked around and found that Zhou Zhou had fallen asleep leaning against a tree.
Zhou Zhou was usually the most alert one, but now he fell asleep leaning against a tree, which showed that he was very tired.
Everyone present stopped talking at the same time. Meng Ziye quietly went over and covered Zhou Zhou with a piece of clothing. Zhou Zhou shrank back, put his head into the clothes and continued to sleep.
No longer chatting, the people who were keeping watch and those who were preparing to rest slowed down their movements tacitly and proceeded quietly, for fear of waking Zhou Zhou up.
Duan Yu secretly looked at Zhou Zhou. He wanted to go over and thank him, but he couldn't find a chance, and he didn't know whether the other party would accept his apology.
He looked at Zhou Zhou's forehead and hair exposed from his clothes and found that Zhou Zhou's hair seemed a little curly. It was wet by the rain and not combed in time. His hair looked a little frizzy, which was quite cute. The skin exposed on his forehead was whiter than theirs. Was it so white because he had no training before?
Duan Yu stared at Zhou Zhou blankly, his mind full of all kinds of thoughts, until his sight was blocked by Meng Ziye, then he came to his senses and closed his eyes to rest.
Meng Ziye followed Zhou Zhou all the way and stayed next to Zhou Zhou during breaks, just blocking Duan Yu's view of Zhou Zhou.
It was not until Duan Yu's breathing stabilized that Meng Ziye opened his eyes and looked at Duan Yu, then quietly moved his position to block Zhou Zhou tightly.
In the following days, they experienced all kinds of extreme weather, from heavy rain to scorching heat, from heavy snow to storms. The freshmen were certain that the weather here was definitely manipulated by the instructors, otherwise how could it be so abnormal.
Many teams had already lost members, some were even completely wiped out, and the remaining teams were exhausted and looking forward to the last day to end quickly.
All members of Zhou Zhou's team were there, but they were all injured to varying degrees.
When the last day came, the freshmen's brains received a message at the same time.
[There are still 24 hours left until the end of the training. The points ranking of each team is now announced. The top ten teams will receive additional credits and rewards. Each team is requested to return to the base within the specified time. The points of the team that fails to return within the time limit will be reset to zero. 】
The team Zhou Zhou was in was silent for a moment when they looked at the newly appeared point ranking. Not only was their team full, but they had been constantly catching prey and looking for plants to earn points regardless of the weather these days. Now their points had reached more than 5,000 points. Everyone guessed that this score would probably make them into the top three, but they were actually ranked twelfth.
"Why aren't the top ten teams shown?" Zhao Yijie asked in confusion. In the ranking displayed on the intelligent computer, the numbers of the top ten teams are replaced by asterisks, and the numbers are only displayed from the eleventh place onwards.
"That's not the point. The point is that we are still more than a thousand points away from the tenth place."
"Maybe they were afraid that other teams would intercept the top ten teams, so they covered up their numbers."
"Should we continue to catch them? We still have 24 hours left. If we try hard, we should be able to get more than a thousand points."
"We are required to return within the specified time. If we continue to move forward, we will definitely not be able to return on time. This is not worth it."
"If we go back now, we will definitely have enough time, but I don't think we will get that many points on the way back, after all, we have already searched once."
Everyone was talking about it, not knowing what to do for a moment, and finally they all looked at Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou was still reading the message, and when he noticed that everyone's eyes were on him, he looked up.
"Let's go back."
"But what about the points? I finally got to 12th place. If I work harder, I could get extra credits and rewards. This is such a pity."
Zhou Zhou was very determined: "No one knows if the weather will change when we return. No matter how many places we have, if we don't return on time, we will get nothing."
After spending some time together, everyone was very convinced of Zhou Zhou, so they obeyed his opinions unconditionally.
When they were packing up and heading back, they really didn't encounter many animals along the way, let alone points plants. Their points also didn't change much, while the points of the teams in front and behind them kept rising.
Some team members felt it was a pity, after all, they were only one step away from the top ten and let the opportunity slip away in vain. However, his complaint was retorted by Duan Yu.
"Most of the points now are earned by Zhou Zhoucai. If you feel dissatisfied, you can go back and catch prey yourself."
Ever since being rescued by Zhou Zhou, Duan Yu has not been as arrogant as before. He is silent most of the time, but he is very cooperative when the team needs collaboration. He is like a completely different person.
After being rebuked by Duan Yu, the team member just whispered back that he was just talking and he didn't intend to go against Zhou Zhou's decision.
There are still 12 hours left before the end of the training, and Zhou Zhou and his team are about to return to the base.
Contrary to Zhou Zhou's expectations, the journey was calm and the weather couldn't be better, and there were no unexpected situations at all.
And their ranking has dropped to 15th place.
The team members no longer expected to receive any rewards. They just hoped to return to the base early to rest, take a shower and change clothes. After this week, they were almost like beggars.
After walking for a while, Zhou Zhou suddenly stopped and looked at the surrounding trees with a confused look.
"Why don't you leave?" asked Meng Ziye, who had been beside Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou looked at the oasis in front of him. He remembered that the base was located here, but why were there only large trees in front of him?
After hearing Zhou Zhou's question, the others originally thought that they had taken the wrong road. However, when one team member discovered the peculiarly shaped stone that he had placed near the base before setting off in order to pray for a good result, they confirmed that they had not taken the wrong road and that this was the location of the base.
But now, where is the base?
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