Chapter 82

After the second-year notification popped up, no one in the group spoke for several minutes.

It's just awkward to ask, my toes are building a castle.

In the group that caught all the comments, it was Gu Hongying who finally spoke for the first time.

[So what are the rules of Hunter? We can't just go 4 vs 112, right?]

His first speech finally broke the awkward situation, and Hao Zhizhi responded to his question:

[Hunter and prey... If there were only four of us hunters, there would be no way they would not help us.]

She thought about it, but ultimately didn't make her meaning too obvious - even if the four of them were slightly stronger than the average freshman, they couldn't just do something as crazy as 4 vs 112!

Eric also joined the topic: [It's obviously a trick played by the seniors. 】

Although there is some grudge between him and Gu Hongying, the hunter mission has temporarily tied them together as teammates, and they have to wait until the mission is over to settle the score.

Gu Hongying: [I checked the member list and found that there were only four of us in the group. There was not even a robot. I didn’t see any notifications either. I don’t know where the hunter notification just popped up from.]

Hao Zhizhi: [My classmates on this floor have all gone to their respective training locations after solving the mystery. If we first want to integrate into the prey, we will become passive if we are absent for too long.]

Eric: [There are only two choices now. One is to wait for the rules that will come out at some point in time, and the other is to just pick a random meeting place and sneak in.]

The former is insurance but passive, while the latter is active but has a high risk factor.

After a moment of silence, they quickly began to discuss the issue in a serious manner. Yu Tu pondered for a while and began to type:

[I prefer to sneak in first. Earlier in the auditorium, after the military training notice was delivered, a summary was given and the school rule was emphasized again - "Create miracles in the impossible." I feel that according to the school's spirit, we should be more proactive rather than passively defending.]

Gu Hongying: [That makes sense. If there were only four of us in the Hunter Team, it would be difficult enough to face so many freshmen, so our elimination rules will definitely be relaxed accordingly.]

Hao Zhizhi: [I see. What you mean is that we shouldn’t put all our hopes on the same choice.]

Eric: [So now the question is, who's going to try?]

Although the four of them all guessed that there was a high probability that they would sneak in, the first person to try would always have to bear more unknown risks.

Yu Tu: [I'll go.]

Yu Tu had his own considerations for deciding to be the first to go. Previously, during the [Tableware Escape] in the auditorium, he was forced to transform back into his original form as a small tea tree seedling, performing a "carrying a heavy burden and moving forward" scene. Coupled with the subsequent Gengxu Year series of emoticons, it is estimated that many first-year students knew that he was from the Plant Clan.

As hunters, they would be very careful in the early stages of catching "prey", but they would be unable to hide in the middle and late stages. If he didn't hide himself well at the beginning, he would be in trouble when everyone proved themselves - after all, he was the only plant tribe member in the whole grade, and he was simply a walking conspicuous bag.

Smart people always have easy brain waves that match each other. After a brief thought, the other three people understood why Yu Tu suggested that they go first, so they all agreed.

Gu Hongying: [Then there is only one question left—when Tu Tu goes to the military training location, should he choose the one closest to him, or the one he likes, or the one that matches his attributes?]

Even though it was just a military training location, there were a lot of things going on inside. The freshman group had to use real names, and no one expected that there would be a hunter-gatherer game. In addition, not everyone was good at solving puzzles, so many people exposed their own puzzles. For example, some students were water-type, and their gathering place was by the lake; some students were earth-type, but their gathering place was in the chemistry lab... It was hard to tell whether the location was random or deliberately divided by attributes or hobbies.

In less than half a minute, all four of them had made a decision.

Gu Hongying: [I think the attributes are more reliable. ]

Yu Tu: [The attribute is more secure. ]

Eric: [Attributes are mostly tied to development direction.]

Hao Zhizhi: [When freshmen have not yet determined their direction, the influence of attributes will account for a greater proportion. ]

The four people made the same choice without any prior agreement.

When the military training location was announced in the freshman group, Yu Tu had already packed everything, even his backpack on his back. After determining the direction, he opened the door and quickly ran towards the woods nearest to the dormitory building - the answer to the puzzle solved by someone in the freshman group was the forest.

In less than three minutes, Yu Tu ran into the woods. After stepping into the woods, a stone road appeared directly under his feet. At the end of the road was a lush tree. The lowest branches were bent into an arch shape, and the top branches poked directly into the soil, forming a branch arch about two meters high.

Yu Tu did not rush in directly. He first stretched out a foot and tentatively put it into the door. His foot did not penetrate the archway. Instead, it seemed to reach some invisible place. The only problem was that he could not pull the foot out.

Yu Tu was relieved in his heart that it was not his hand that he reached in. He maintained an independent posture and quickly spoke in the "Catch All" group:

[I am currently logging in from the North District Forest and have not encountered any obstacles, but the military training registration site allows entry but not exit. I don’t know if the signal is the same as for humans. ]

After sending the message, he immediately rushed into the door. They were delayed for a while. If they didn't seize the time, Yu Tu would not be able to be among the last group of people to enter.

After everyone stepped into the door, Yu Tu's eyes suddenly blurred. When the dizziness ended, he found that the scene in front of him had changed drastically - he appeared in a rain forest at night, surrounded by plants that were so tall that there was no end in sight, and under his feet were thick piles of dead branches and leaves.

There was no moon overhead, but there was a dim light source. Yu Tu's watch kept vibrating. He opened it and saw that a steady stream of messages were being generated in the new student group.

When they were discussing in the group before, the freshman group had basically become quiet. He thought that everyone was busy looking for the military training site so there was not much chatting. Now it seems that it is because the signal of entering the military training site could not be transmitted, so they did not receive the message.

The freshman group is very lively now. Apparently, they were kept in the dark about "Hunter and the Prey". Everyone in the group is sadly showing their arrival locations.

[Students, who understands this! One foot in and I was thrown onto the glacier! Is this something a human can do?!

[Continuous icebergs.JPG] [Rippling sea.JPG]]

[I am stronger than you, but not by much...

[Blue sky and white clouds.JPG] [Endless rocky beaches.JPG]]

[Stop talking, stop talking! Someone come save me first!!! I’m falling straight into the swamp as soon as I step out, come save me, I’m sinking———]

…

The news is all kinds of confusion.

Yu Tu: “…”

Compared to military training, this really feels like survival in the wild.

Yu Tu opened the group chat and found that among the three gray avatars in the group, Gu Hongying's avatar was the first to light up, and it was estimated that he had entered the military training ground.

A thought suddenly occurred to him, and he suddenly clicked into the freshman group and opened the list. The list could not be viewed. There was a small lock on it, and under the lock was a bright red countdown, with five minutes left.

Yu Tu: “!!!”

They are in the dormitory area, which is equivalent to being forced to go offline compared to the military training ground. After the countdown ends, if someone clicks on the list, their avatars will definitely be gray. If you want to check the hunter later, the doubts about this gray avatar will be confirmed one by one!

What a vicious design!

Now he only hoped that the other two people would move faster and come in within five minutes!

…

With ten seconds left in the countdown, Hao Zhizhi and Eric's portraits lit up one after another, narrowly escaping this vicious plan.

After the four people's avatars lit up, a hunter's code immediately popped up in the group. Perhaps for the sake of concealment, this time the hunter's code did not use the naked eye 3D mode, but turned into a watch that could be viewed text:

Hunter's Rules:

1. You are the uncrowned king of the night. The night is your home court and you can enjoy all the wonderful things.

2. Daytime hunters will always feel tired, and cunning prey may be able to see through your disguise.

3. Bad hunters are no longer recognized by the team, and new hunters will emerge among the hunters.

4. The sun rises and the moon sets, and the cycle is an eternal proposition. 】

Yu Tu: “……?”

Why does he know each word individually but can't understand them when they are put together?

In the group, the others were almost in sync with his thoughts—

Gu Hongying: [Can you speak human language? ]

Hao Zhizhi: [Why is it like a regular horror story? ]

Eric: [What a vicious word! ]

Yu Tu's hand was on the dialogue box, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a slight noise. Yu Tu immediately closed the group chat and became alert.

He was thrown into a rainforest full of plants. The instincts of the plants were operating, making his five senses much more sensitive than when he was outside.

He stared closely at the direction of the sound. A few seconds later, a flashlight flashed over, followed by a surprised voice: "After walking for more than ten minutes, I finally saw someone!"

The slight noise just now suddenly became louder, and a tall man with a bag on his back came running over. Yu Tu immediately showed a harmless and well-behaved smile.

The tall man ran closer, and the light from the flashlight allowed him to see Yu Tu's face clearly. He breathed a sigh of relief and complained in a low voice: "Finally I met someone. I thought I was in the wrong place!"

He scratched his head and asked, "Classmate, what's your name?"

Yu Tu covered his eyes with his hands and whispered, "Can you please move the flashlight a little? It's a bit dazzling."

"Oh, sorry, I saw someone was too excited." The tall man immediately turned the flashlight in another direction, looking around without any vigilance, "Classmate, have you seen other people? Where should we go to meet up with other classmates? Military training is military training, why make it so mysterious--"

"sorry."

The tall man who was muttering to himself suddenly heard a soft apology from the side.

Before he could even ask, "Why are you apologizing to me all of a sudden?", he felt someone patted his shoulder heavily.

Tall guy: ???

He suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he knew nothing about what happened next.

In Yu Tu's sight, the tall man suddenly turned into a sky full of light spots and disappeared from his sight. Only his backpack suddenly fell to the ground with a sound, and the lit flashlight fell among the dead branches and leaves, emitting a slanting beam of light.

A reminder popped up in the group chat of the Yiwangchajin group:

【No. 78 Zhong Ming has been eliminated.】

Eliminated: Yu Tu. 】

Gu Hongying: [Tu Tu, you're too fast, aren't you? You eliminated someone so quickly? ]

Hao Zhizhi: [How did you eliminate him? ]

Eric: [You are quite powerful. I underestimated you.]

Yu Tu: [……]

Yu Tu: [@Hao Zhizhi, as long as you see someone, you will know how to eliminate him. ]

Yu Tu thought of the tall man just now. When he ran over, there was a line of handwriting brighter than a highlighter next to him—

[Uncrowned king of darkness, please pat his left shoulder, let the prey become yours, and add another medal to your achievements! ]

In case Yu Tu didn't notice it, a single arrow was drawn under the line of words, pointing firmly at the tall man's left shoulder.

Yu Tu: “…”

It is difficult to describe how he felt when he saw these words.

It took him a lot of effort to control his expression from twisting when the tall man ran over. He felt that he had been seriously hurt, not physically, but mentally.

Yu Tu took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the flashlight, and then went to pick up the tall man's bag.

Yu Tu simply rummaged through the tall man's bag, took out what was not in his bag and stuffed it into his bag, then buried the bag under the dead branches and leaves.

Holding a flashlight, he walked in the rainforest, one foot deep and one foot shallow. Suddenly, he heard a scream of "Ahhhhhhhhh" coming from far away.

He crept over quietly and saw the terrified back of a freshman confronting a snake—there was nothing he could do, the fluorescent words floating in the air were too conspicuous.

Yu Tu the cat moved forward stealthily, and after getting close, he pushed the freshman on the back. The moment the freshman was eliminated, the snake also jumped up, and was hit on the vital point by Yu Tu's flashlight, and was directly paralyzed into a snake strip.

【No. 103 Xu Nuo has been eliminated.】

Eliminated: Yu Tu. 】

As usual, Yu Tu picked up the bag that Xu Nuo had promised.

As he was rummaging through the bag, he thought, he had killed two people by sneak attack, how despicable he was.

Xu Nuo hadn't finished searching the bag yet. In the dim light that was almost black, there were a few flashlights that were bright enough to be conspicuous in the darkness. These flashlights were getting closer, and they belonged to three students he met by chance.

"Why are there two bags thrown together?" The person walking in front asked after shining the flashlight under the tree, "Is anyone there?"

"Don't shout in this damn place." The person next to him was startled when he saw a snake with his flashlight. "Maybe the two people with bags were bitten by the snake when they were fighting with it, so they were eliminated?"

There were four of them when they met. One of them, out of curiosity, plucked a fruit from a tree and tasted it, and it immediately turned into a point of light and disappeared. They simultaneously received a message on their bracelets:

【No. 107 Zhao Jie has been eliminated. 】

Three people: "..."

Curiosity kills, the ancients were right.

"There is definitely danger in these woods," said the third. "I've received two notices."

The three of them felt that it would be safer for them to be together, so they searched for their lone companions in the rainforest. Two consecutive elimination prompts made them alert to the highest level.

"The snake is now seriously injured. Looking at the flashlights scattered around, I guess the two people were bitten because they had no experience fighting snakes." The first person to discover the snake said, "The two bags correspond to the two people who were eliminated earlier."

His analysis was well-founded, and the other two people breathed a sigh of relief, and the three people who were tightly packed together also slightly dispersed. When passing a larger tree, the last person suddenly felt an itch on his waist, as if he was patted by a branch or something. Before he reached out to scratch it, his eyes suddenly went dark.

【No. 96 Wu Zhenhai has been eliminated. 】

The elimination notification sound came suddenly and horribly. The two people in front froze in an instant and started running. Before they had run a few steps, the person in front tripped and fell. Then he felt something poking his fingertips. The person behind saw his companion fall and wanted to come over to help him, but a branch on the roadside hit his leg.

In the end, only three bags were left lying on the ground.

The "branch" on the roadside shook its leaves, slowly pulled out its roots, and turned back into Yu Tu's appearance.

He is indeed a despicable tea tree seedling = v =.