Mou Xuan stood at the door of the warehouse, the setting sun cast a long shadow behind him, like some kind of omen.
He looked at Zhong Qiang, with neither blame nor encouragement in his eyes, only a bottomless calmness, like an ancient well, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
Zhong Qiang felt uneasy when he was looked at by him, and he straightened his back unconsciously, like a soldier waiting for inspection.
"Do your best," Mou Xuan finally spoke in a deep and powerful voice, "Don't let me down."
After saying that, he turned and left without any hesitation.
Chen Yao followed behind him and turned back to give Zhong Qiang an encouraging smile, like a ray of sunshine in winter, warm and bright.
Zhong Qiang stood there in a daze, digesting Mou Xuan's words.
He knew that this was not just a simple encouragement, but also a test for him.
He took a deep breath and felt more pressure, but also more motivated.
The setup of the competition venue is in full swing, with busy figures everywhere.
Colorful flags are flying and banners are waving, creating an extremely joyous scene.
The participating team members were also sweating profusely in their respective training areas. Everyone was holding back their energy and wanted to show their skills in the competition.
However, beneath this seemingly calm surface, there is an undercurrent.
First, training supplies began to mysteriously disappear.
A few boxes of energy drinks were missing today, and a few bags of compressed biscuits were missing tomorrow. At first, no one paid attention, thinking someone had accidentally taken the wrong ones, or that they had been eaten by rats.
But as more and more supplies were lost, and the types became more and more strange, such as virtual helmets used for training, special energy bars, and even some ordinary tools disappeared, people couldn't help but doubt.
"This is too weird! Is there a traitor in our alliance?" complained a contestant.
"Don't talk nonsense! The members of our alliance have all been strictly screened, how could there be a traitor?" another contestant retorted.
"Then how do you explain these things? They can't have grown legs and run away, right?"
Then, the venue’s equipment began to malfunction.
The projector in the virtual training room suddenly stopped working, the control system of the gravity training ground failed, and even the most ordinary lights began to flicker, as if they would go out at any time.
All this made Mou Xuan feel uneasy.
He keenly realized that this might not be a simple accident, but someone was deliberately making trouble.
“Yaoyao, go check the recent records of materials coming in and out to see if there is anything unusual.” Mou Xuan said to Chen Yao.
"Okay, I'll check it out right away." Chen Yao turned and left.
Mou Xuan, along with a few trusted aides, began to carefully inspect the equipment at the venue.
They soon found some clues.
They found some tiny scratches and residual unknown liquid at the interfaces of several key devices.
"Boss, look!" a confidant pointed at a port and said, "It looks like someone has tampered with this place."
Mou Xuan observed it carefully and his expression became solemn.
"It seems that our guess is correct. Someone is indeed deliberately destroying it."
Soon, Chen Yao also came back, looking unhappy.
"Mou Xuan, I checked. There is nothing unusual in the recent records of material inflow and outflow, but the actual inventory is missing a large part."
"It seems that the other party's methods are very covert." Mou Xuan touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
Not long after, the investigators brought back shocking news: they found a sneaky figure in the surveillance video of the venue.
Although the picture is blurry and the other person's face cannot be seen clearly, judging from his figure and movements, this person is most likely an interferer sent by external forces - Fu external interferer.
Fu is an outside interferer, a notorious fellow, known for his insidiousness and various means.
He is good at using various means to sabotage and interfere. He has disrupted competitions of other alliances many times, causing huge losses to those alliances.
"This external interferer is really haunting us!" The judge of the class competition was furious when he heard the news. "I will make him pay the price!"
Mou Xuan seemed calmer. He analyzed, "The goal of the external interferer this time is very clear, which is to disrupt our competition. He not only destroyed our equipment and supplies, but also spread rumors in an attempt to disrupt our morale. We must find his trace as soon as possible and stop him from continuing to sabotage."
"But, we haven't even seen his shadow now, how can we stop him?" asked a contestant worriedly.
Mou Xuan sneered, "Don't worry, I have a solution..."
He walked to the window and looked at the sky which was gradually darkening in the distance. As night fell, the competition venue was shrouded in silence.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by and disappeared into the darkness...
Mou Xuan waved his hand and the security was upgraded, surrounding the competition venue like an iron barrel, so that not even a fly could fly in!
The identities of all people entering and leaving are verified down to the last 18 generations, and the only thing missing is a DNA comparison.
Chen Yao was not idle either. She transformed herself into a caring elder sister, brought a team of people with her, and gave everyone psychological massage by talking nonsense.
"What are you afraid of? Even if the sky falls, Mou Xuan is there to hold it up! What's the slogan of our alliance? Just do it!" He made a group of originally panicked contestants excited, and they couldn't wait to go on the field and kill everyone.
However, the calm before the storm is always short-lived.
Just when Mou Xuan thought he could take a breath, Chen Yao hurried over, her voice trembling: "Mou Xuan, it's bad! I got the news that Fu, that old bastard, seems to be planning something!"
Mou Xuan frowned, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.
He raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see that the originally clear sky had been covered with dark clouds, making it hard to breathe.
"What on earth does he want to do..." Mou Xuan muttered to himself. Before he finished speaking, the lights in the entire competition venue suddenly went out, and there was dead silence.
In the darkness, a cold voice sounded, with a hint of sarcasm: "The good show has just begun..."
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