Chapter 20: Real grandson? The bleeding rose

Su Shui brought the pheasant back to the camp. Next to the barbecue, only Misa Yingjun and Jin Duobao were left eating barbecue, Jin Duoling and Misa Gaia were sleeping in the tent, Xiao Bike was repairing the mecha, and Zhang Juehuang was staring at the computer gloomily, looking at something unknown.

Mu Jingchen glanced at the pheasant in Su Shui's hand and walked away silently.

At the sound of a whistle, everyone knew it was time to assemble.

It was a bit unexpected to call for assembly at this time, as many students had not found prey and were now more than 30 miles away from the camp.

All the students nearby ran to the assembly area. Xu Meng and several military officers were standing straight in front, looking seriously at every cadet present.

Xu Meng said to the young officer next to him, "Qingshan, count their numbers."

The young officer responded and began to count people's heads.

Su Shui remembered him. When he met Xu Meng on that day when he returned to Imperial School, he was the young man standing next to Xu Meng. It turned out that he was Xu Meng's little follower and was probably also a shooting teacher.

Fang Qingshan said to Xu Meng: "There are 130 students here, and 140 students are not here yet."

After hearing this, Xu Meng's face turned ugly. "Teammate who is not here, please step out!"

Only 8 out of 130 students stood up. Su Shui felt Xu Meng's anger for the first time. The next second, Xu Meng asked them sternly, "How many people are there in your team? How many people are not here yet?"

"Four people, two more have not arrived yet. They are still looking for food ten kilometers away."

"And you!"

"He and I are in the same group. We two are responsible for staying at the campsite to set up the tent and looking for food nearby, while they go to a farther place to hunt for food."

"Your teammate has been away for nearly five hours. He hasn't come back in these five hours. Haven't you communicated with each other?"

"Teacher... the first time we met, we were both socially anxious..."

Social phobia...

The corner of Su Shui's mouth twitched, and he suddenly felt like laughing.

"Social phobia?"

Xu Meng's voice suddenly rose, "I think you are all rubbish! You are students of Romeda Imperial School, and you will go to the military and become soldiers in the future! If you are so timid that you even ask for someone's contact information when you first meet them, then you might as well just drop out of school!"

The two cadets didn't dare to answer.

Xu Meng then asked six other cadets, and they all answered in unison: "There are four people in total, and three have not arrived yet."

Xu Meng looked at the students who were less than half of the total, and felt a little angry. "I never thought that more than half of you freshmen this year are stupid people who don't know how to divide the work and cooperate."

"I have taught so many students, but you are still the first batch. More than half of them don't know how to divide the work and cooperate."

"Does everyone present have food? Or have all the food been found and returned?"

The tall boy who was beaten by Su Shui just now answered first: "Teacher, none of us found prey. Only the group named Su Shui found a big fish and ate it. Moreover, she was so greedy that she stole the pheasant I caught!"

He spoke confidently and didn't notice the change in Xu Meng's expression at all.

Xu Meng was silent for a long while. The tall boy thought that his complaint would make Sushui suffer a loss, but he didn't expect that the first sentence Xu Meng said was, "You can only blame yourself for not being able to do it! The pheasants you hunted down were snatched away by others. If that's not inferior to others, what else can it be?"

"Also, there are rules in this wilderness survival exercise that say you can steal other people's food. Su Shui was able to snatch it, and that was her own ability."

Xu Meng's answer was somewhat unexpected to the tall boy. His whole face was burning hot and he really wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

He has never been scolded in his life.

The tall man could only swallow his saliva and swallow all the grievances, "Yes, teacher." His arrogance just now was suppressed.

Su Shui stood in the front row of the team, her lips curled slightly. Jin Duobao beside her pulled the corner of her clothes and whispered, "Su Shui, you also took the pheasant, so we have food for tomorrow, right?"

"This pheasant is..." Before Su Shui finished speaking, Xu Meng glared at her, "How dare you chat while I'm talking?"

Su Shui pretended to be obedient and honest, stood in military posture and shouted loudly: "Report to the teacher, there will be no next time."

After hearing this, Misa Eijun got goosebumps all over his body for some reason, and muttered softly, "What a trick..."

However, why does this Su Shui look so much like a real grandson when he is dancing?

A person who is the least of all grandsons pretends to be a grandson, and does it so conscientiously. Doesn't this prove that... this person is really too dark?

"Teacher, this training is called wilderness survival. Our group is the only one that has caught food. Can we get extra points?" Zhang Juehuang raised his hand to indicate.

Xu Meng said bluntly: "Add extra points, your group will get 20 points!"

Zhang Juehuang raised his eyebrows, looking very proud.

The other students said nothing. After working for several hours, they not only did not catch any food, but if they said anything about there being no prey in the green forest, they would definitely be scolded to death by the teacher.

The rule in military academy is that if you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose. There is no need for so much nonsense and excuses.

They felt that this group was extremely lucky to be able to catch fish and pheasants. They were teammates with a super 3s master like Mu Jingchen, so it was not surprising that they found ten big fish.

Then, Xu Meng said earnestly: "Some unexpected situations occurred when we came to the Green Forest this time. There were mutated plants and animals in this forest, so the number of animals and insects decreased significantly. It is normal that you did not find prey. Students who can stand here now, your decision was correct, but those who have not returned yet are failures."

Fang Qingshan and several other teachers brought several boxes of food, including bread and water of life, and distributed them to everyone present.

Fang Qingshan and Xu Meng came to a corner and discussed, "Sister Meng, I have just posted a notice on the Imperial School Freshman Network, asking those freshmen who are still hunting to come back quickly. They should be here in less than an hour."

Xu Meng: "Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

Fang Qingshan continued to ask: "Sister Meng, something strange has happened in Green Forest. I wonder if the freshmen who haven't returned yet have had any problems. Also, what should these freshmen be trained for next?"

Xu Meng calmly replied: "Let's wait for these students to return safely."

Several freshmen present heard the conversation between Xu Meng and Fang Qingshan, and returned to the team to pass the message quietly. Everyone then realized that they might really encounter some accidental casualties during this trip.

Mu Jingchen sat quietly on a big rock, thinking about the mutated hare. He had seen mutated animals and plants when he was a child and was very aware of their destructive power and harmfulness.

More importantly, his biological mother was killed by the alienated rose.

But the alienated plants and animals were wiped out ten years ago, so why are they reappearing now?

After an hour, many students who had not caught any prey returned, but surprisingly, most of them were seriously injured and some were missing.

After listening to the descriptions of the injured freshmen, we learned that they all encountered mutated insects, animals and mushrooms.

Those mutated insects and animals were very bloodthirsty, and most people were bitten during the battle. And those mushrooms would affect people's minds and cause hallucinations with just the slightest touch.

“Squeak——”

Xu Meng blew the whistle again.

All personnel lined up neatly again, waiting for orders.

"Everyone, listen up! This green forest is now full of dangers. We have received an order from our superiors that all students must leave here immediately."

After saying this, she pointed at someone and said, "Mu Jingchen, you stay."

Su Shui blinked his eyes. "Teacher, our team caught a mutant hare during the hunting process, but the hare was later taken away by a flying eagle. Student Mu is our teammate. How can our team let him stay alone in such a dangerous place? I also want to stay and help."

"Yes! I want to stay too." Zhang Juehuang also shouted.

"I want to stay too!" said Jin Duoling.

"And me!" Jin Duobao also said.

Misa Eijun couldn't hold back any longer, "Such a fun thing, how can I be absent from it! I want to go too!"

Xu Meng's serious face was made to laugh by these little brats, "Go, don't regret it! Don't hold us back! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" several people said in unison.

The remaining teachers drove the students back to the Imperial School in a flying vehicle. The remaining six people, Su Shuit, Mu Jingchen, Zhang Juehuang, Jin Duoling, Jin Duobao and Misa Yingjun, followed Xu Meng and Fang Qingshan to the depths of the Green Forest to find the source of the alienation.

Su Shui also had another purpose, which was to find the flying eagle.

On the way, Su Shui asked Xu Meng: "Teacher, are the alienated creatures scary?"

Xu Meng's eyes flashed with a hint of deep helplessness, and she replied calmly, "It's very scary."

Fang Qingshan continued, "Ten years ago, mutants swept in. It was a nightmare for many people. Not only did small animals, plants, insects and beasts mutate, but even the people living on the planet Romeda mutated. They were like zombies that had lost their souls, biting people everywhere."

"And those mutated plants..." Fang Qingshan pondered for a moment and continued, "The roses grew wildly, almost as tall as a building, and their petals bleed."

No one noticed that Mu Jingchen's eyebrows dimmed, a melancholy mood crept onto his face, and his thin lips trembled slightly.

"Ten years ago, when I was only seven years old, my whole family went on a trip to Tianhai Planet, and that's how we escaped the disaster. At that time, my parents and I often saw news about the mutated creatures on Romeda Planet in the Tianhai Planet's star newspaper. I just remember that I was shocked when I read the star newspaper at that time." Zhang Juehuang sighed.

Jin Duobao touched his chin and said, "My sister and I had been living on the Meihan Planet at that time. We were young and only knew how to play. We never paid attention to the things happening on other planets. We never thought that such a terrifying thing had happened on the Romeda Planet before."

Misa Eijun asked Jin Duobao, "So you are immigrants."

Jin Duobao nodded, "Yes, my family moved from Meihan Planet to Romeda Planet when my sister and I were twelve years old. No wonder when we first arrived, we felt that Romeda Planet's economy was very sluggish and the city buildings were not very impressive. It turned out to be because of the alien creatures."