It's all a routine
Following Aunt Tan's instructions, Zhu Qinghe and the others went to their respective positions.
Mu Chengwen said with dissatisfaction, "Now we're doomed to lose."
Zhu Qinghe patted her on the shoulder: "It's not over yet, don't jump to conclusions. It's really hard to say who will win or lose."
"Could it be that you already have a plan, Qinghe?" Liang Youan's eyes lit up.
"Let's take it one step at a time. We don't know what their strategy is yet, and I'm not entirely confident."
"Let's discuss who should keep the treasure," Zhu Qinghe said.
Mu Chengwen volunteered: "Let me do it."
Meanwhile, the group of eight had also begun a heated discussion.
Number Six began his analysis: "This game is very favorable to us. We have more people, and our overall combat strength is 600 more than theirs."
"We'll win as long as we kill those two."
Number Two spoke up: "I think the treasure should be kept by Number Eleven from the previous game."
"That number five is also a possibility; their combat strength is definitely the highest in the team."
Number 10 countered, "Those two have always been unconventional. Maybe they anticipated that we would think this way, so they did the opposite."
Numbers 6 and 8 agreed: "Number 10 makes a good point."
"Let's send some people to scout out their situation on the road. Anyway, we outnumber them, so if we go down one-on-one, they'll die faster."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Who will keep the treasure safe?
"That number twelve, she loves to show off, it's probably her, though number five and number eleven could also be her."
"You've overlooked that chubby girl, number nine. Although she looks ordinary and didn't perform well in the game, she's very close to numbers five, eleven, and even twelve. Maybe the treasure is on her."
"Alright, let's send two people to keep watch on Number Five and Number Eleven on the way, then three of us will go to the base with me to seize the treasure, and the remaining two will stay at the base to provide support." Number Six finally made the decision.
A plan has already been drawn up here, but over there they're—whittling wood.
Ding Wu, who was responsible for both game support and maintaining order, had never been so speechless.
Sister Xiaozao wasn't exaggerating; this generation of players is truly wild.
Shouldn't the normal procedure be to analyze tactics and formulate plans? Instead, this team is doing woodworking.
You know what, they're actually quite skilled at it.
"I don't understand, I really don't understand," Ding Wu shook his head and sighed.
Zhu Qinghe also clicked her tongue in admiration: "Wow, Chengwen, you have this skill too. Where did you learn it?"
Mu Chengwen put down the wood plane in his hand and blew on the shavings on the wooden plaque: "Thanks to my brother, when we were young, he insisted on learning carpentry for a period of time, wanting to be a living Lu Ban (a legendary master carpenter)."
"But he was incredibly stupid, with absolutely no talent. He would hit his fingers until they were swollen from a single blow with the hammer. But we had already hired a carpenter, and we couldn't let the money go to waste, so I became the one who learned."
"Sister Chengwen is truly skillful," Liang Youan praised at the opportune moment.
"I don't have much talent, but I'm a bit better than my brother. The things I make are barely acceptable."
Zhu Qinghe snapped her fingers: "The props are ready, now it's our performance time!"
The two scouts sent by the group of eight hid behind the staggered artificial hills at the crossroads, keeping an eye on the movements of the opposing position.
A short while later, Bai Qiuru slowly emerged.
She remained calm and composed. The two hidden figures exchanged a glance, and one of them, number two, jumped out.
The security personnel nearby immediately shouted, "Attacks are not allowed on the road."
Number Two waved his hand: "I know, it's just chatting."
"Now that you're out, the treasure probably isn't on you." Number Two circled around Bai Qiuru.
"Guess," Bai Qiuru said.
"Alright, I guess you don't have much fighting ability," the other party said confidently.
Bai Qiu sneered and pulled out a stack of identity tokens from her waist. "You've guessed wrong. There should be quite a few people in your territory. As long as I'm not unlucky enough to choose the guardian of the treasure, one of you will definitely die."
"Quite the boast," Number Two sneered. "With so many identity cards, it seems you're the hope of your team."
"Of course, didn't I completely fool you guys in the last round?" After showing off, Bai Qiuru put away the stack of identity cards, but Number Two noticed that her wrist was trembling slightly.
As she tucked her identity token into her waistband, the wooden tokens fanned out due to the pressure, and she noticed that the exposed part of the second identity token was completely blank.
She immediately realized that the identity tag was fake.
"Since you're so capable, I won't stop you. But be careful, our treasure guardian isn't so easy to guess."
Bai Qiu ignored her and walked along the left side of the fork in the road.
Number Two immediately returned to the artificial hill and told his companion Number Seven, "Number Five's identity tag is fake. Her combat strength won't be too high, probably only two hundred, maybe even zero."
"So cunning," Number Seven exclaimed. "Luckily you're smart enough to see through her scheme."
"Here's what we'll do. I'll give you my ID card, which will give you 400 combat points. You can follow her secretly, and once she reaches our position, launch an attack immediately."
"Okay," Number Seven took the ID card, "Can you manage by yourself?"
"Don't worry, I've already guessed their tricks. No matter who comes, I can see through them."
Number Seven, holding two identity tokens, followed Bai Qiu Ru onto the left fork in the road. She continued to hide behind the artificial hill, and before long, she saw Zhu Qing He strolling over with light steps.
She turned around, and the other person, instead of being nervous, smiled and said, "Oh, you've already squatted down. Your plan is quite thorough."
"You must have quite a bit of fighting power, right?" Number Two circled around Zhu Qinghe again, trying to find a weakness in her.
"That's hard to say. Maybe I'm too smart and people are jealous, so no one will give me their identity token." Zhu Qinghe shrugged. "You tell me how unreasonable they are. They start fighting passively when there are fewer people. How can that be allowed?"
She didn't believe a single word of his nonsense.
"Sigh, in this world, no one believes the truth." Zhu Qinghe shook her head. "If you don't believe me, fine, I'm leaving."
She took a few steps, and Number Two stood beside her, keenly hearing a clanging sound of something hard colliding.
She asked alertly, "What's that sound?"
A look of panic flashed across Zhu Qinghe's face. She instinctively reached for her waist and abdomen, but her hand froze in mid-air.
She gave a dry laugh: "There wasn't any sound. You must have misheard. Um, I'm going now."
Watching Zhu Qinghe hunch over and take small, quick steps onto the right side of the fork in the road, she smiled.
Another one pretending to be a ghost, but he couldn't escape her eyes at all!
Number Two glanced at the opposite position; it seemed that the enemy had only sent Number Five and Number Eleven to attack this round.
Yeah, they've already come up with fake ID tags, so they're pretty sure the other people won't be able to tell the difference.
Hmph, this time she'll show them who's the smartest.
As Bai Qiu Ru stepped into the enemy's position, she heard someone shout behind her: "I'm going to attack number five."
She turned around in surprise, and the other person said smugly, "There's no rule that people on this side can't attack treasure hunters, is there?"
An order maintenance worker stepped forward: "Attack confirmed."
At this moment, Zhu Qinghe also arrived. She was stunned to see Bai Qiuru having a stack of identity cards taken away by the order maintainers: "Qiuru, what happened to you..."
A mocking voice came from behind: "How about that? You thought you were so clever, huh? How does it feel to have your own tail between your legs?"
"I know you're strong. So, who are you going to attack now? Just a friendly reminder, number ten is the guardian of the treasure."
Number 10 immediately cooperated by showing a nervous expression.
"Let me guess, you must be wondering right now whether what I said is true or not."
"If number ten is her, then you definitely can't choose her to attack, so you can only choose number three."
"But would I be so kind as to tell you who the treasure hunter is? The treasure hunter is number three."
"Whether you trust me or not, it's up to you to choose. At worst, we'll just lose one person. Anyway, we have more people, but it's different for you. After number five goes off the field, if you choose wrong again, you'll lose completely."
"We still have three spots available."
"We've got this in the bag," Number Two said smugly.
Zhu Qinghe spoke lightly, "Is that so?" She raised her finger and casually pointed at Number Ten. Number Ten remained expressionless. She then moved her finger to Number Three, who was standing next to Number Ten.
Number Three also remained expressionless, revealing no flaws.
Number Two continued chattering: "So, isn't it hard to choose?"
Zhu Qinghe smiled and said, "It's not hard to choose." As she spoke, she drew a semicircle with her finger and pointed to number two.
I choose you.
"Attack confirmed. Initiating ID verification now."
Number Two looked rather grim. Her combat strength was zero, so it seemed she was doomed. But it didn't matter; one of the opponents had also died.
It seems their team has a better chance of winning.
"Number 5 has a combat strength of 600, Number 7 has a combat strength of 400, Number 7 died, and Number 5 gained 400 combat strength."
Bai Qiuru took the two identity tokens and put them away. Number Two muttered, "How could this be?"
Zhu Qinghe leaned closer and said, "Does it feel good to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot?"
Here, the maintenance worker reported their results, and Number Two was already preparing to close his eyes and wait for death.
The result was: "Number Two's combat strength was zero, Number Eleven's combat strength was zero, it was a draw, no one died, everyone survived."
Number Two's eyes widened: "You're zero!"
Zhu Qinghe shrugged: "I told you from the beginning, but you didn't believe me."
Number Two stomped his feet in anger.
Now we can only pin our hopes on the Sixth. They sent four people, so they certainly won't come away empty-handed.
The five-man group's position.
Number Six glanced around and said, "You guys have quite a lot of people. What, you really trust Number Five and Number Eleven's abilities that much?"
"They still know they can't win no matter what, so they're just waiting to die."
Mu Chengwen glared at her: "What nonsense are you spouting? Want to fight?"
"Number 12, didn't you hate Number 1 the most? Isn't it frustrating to be in a group with her?"
Chen Fuying ignored her and gave a disdainful sneer.
Mu Chengwen said, "Stop trying to sow discord; I only feel more frustrated seeing you like this."
"Are you the guardian of the treasure?" Number Six asked directly.
"Why should I tell you? Guess for yourself. Fine, you're too stupid to figure it out anyway. To be honest, I'm not the guardian of the treasure. Number One is."
“This young lady doesn’t want to put in any effort. She’s no good at spying or making plans, so we put her in charge of guarding the treasure.” Mu Chengwen pointed at Chen Fuying. “See her? She’s sitting there without moving an inch. This job suits her perfectly.”
Chen Fuying rolled her eyes.
Number Six wasn't fooled by her. They all disliked Number One, so why would they entrust her with such an important task as guarding the treasure? Weren't they afraid she'd run off to the enemy's territory and be defeated without a fight?
Not a single word of truth comes out of this group of people.
Number Six did some calculations. They left Number Ten and Number Three at their position, who together had 400 combat points. Number Two and Number Seven were sent to scout, and they also had 400 points.
The four of them have a total of 800 combat points, and the number five and number eleven sent out here probably have no less combat points.
Their team only had 1,000 combat points, so it's conceivable that these three people might not even be able to gather 200 combat points.
Now each of the four of them has 200 combat points. If two of them send out 400 attack points to attack number one and number nine, they can kill at least one of them.
If things go smoothly on the other side of the battlefield, they will win soon.
After thinking it over, she turned around and discussed it with her teammates, arranged her identity cards, and then turned around and said, "I'm going to attack number nine."
Number Eight next to him said, "I'll attack Number One."
"Attack confirmed, begin card verification."
"Number 6 has a combat strength of 400, and Number 9 has a combat strength of 400. It's a draw. No one died, and everyone survived."
The maintenance worker then reported the results—
"Number One is the guardian of the treasure. Number Eight died, and Number One gained 400 combat power points."
Number Six was stunned. Number One was the guardian of the treasure. How could this be? There must be a mistake.
Mu Chengwen and Liang Youan breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the spot, clutching their chests.
Liang Youan: "I was so scared, my heart was about to jump out of my chest."
Mu Chengwen: "Qinghe is really smart; she guessed everything."
Chen Fuying didn't say anything, but her straight back relaxed a little.
Number 8, Number 4, and Number 13 looked defeated, while Number 6 looked incredulous: "Are you guys crazy? Number 1 has such a terrible character, how could you actually let her be the guardian of the treasure?"
Liang Youan said seriously, "Qinghe said that you would never guess that the guardian of the treasure is number one, so this arrangement is the safest."
Mu Chengwen grinned and said, "We're targeting you all!"
"Then what about her? How come Number Nine has 400 combat points? Did Number Five and Number Eleven only get 600 combat points? How dare they attack us with only 600?!"
"Qinghe also said that six hundred would be enough to deal with you," Liang Youan explained in a serious tone.
Number Six is furious.
What's wrong with Number Nine? Does she only speak when Qinghe is mentioned?
Number 11 is called Zhu Qinghe, right? She remembered it!
"Let's go." Number Six turned around aggressively and drove off.
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