Chapter 39 Good Words Are Hard to Persuade—
Upon hearing this, all the students immediately became tense. The students on the outer perimeter had white light flash, activating their avatar skills. They continuously scanned their surroundings, their breaths audible to each other.
One minute,
Two minutes… Nothing happened except for the wind slightly lowering the surrounding saw-toothed grass.
Ten minutes… The occasional chirping of frogs startled some of the girls into screaming, and then they sheepishly glanced at each other, relieved.
“Class Leader Bai, aren’t you being too sensitive? They’re just some unranked monsters…”
As someone was relaxing, a stylishly dressed male student approached Bai Qianyu with what he thought was a charming smile and said, “Qianyu, don’t worry, I’m here.”
“Get lost!”
Bai Qianyu said sternly, ignoring the male student. Her face was full of seriousness, her dragon pupils constantly scanning the surrounding man-high saw-toothed grass, her sharp claws seeming to be ready to strike at any moment.
Hearing the girl he liked scold him, the male student’s face instantly turned cold. Feeling a bit embarrassed, he pointed to Su Jiu, who was crouching on the ground, and said, “Qianyu, my father is Dragon Hunter Xiao Shan. Doesn’t he understand this situation better than Su Jiu? This is a safe zone, how could there be any powerful monsters?”
He had joined Bai Qianyu’s team solely for her, but inexplicably became a subordinate of that shrew Su Jiu. He was already unhappy following her orders, and now he had to accompany them in making a fuss.
As if sensing the male student’s gaze, Su Jiu pouted and said nothing. Annoying people exist everywhere…
“Black soil… and it smells. Many monster corpses have been buried in this land. There’s a small but ferocious hunter…”
She pinched the black soil beneath her feet, which was damp and very sticky. Her eyebrows gradually furrowed. She then brought it to her nose and sniffed carefully. The rotten smell was nauseating.
Su Jiu ignored the male student, who mistook her silence for fear. He smiled disdainfully, thinking that in the end, she was just a slightly stronger student. Seeing that Su Jiu and the others were ignoring him, he shifted his attention to other girls.
He caught a few girls who were good-looking but looked terrified and calmly comforted them, “It’s okay, Qianyu is just being misled by Su Jiu. What powerful monsters could we encounter during this training camp?”
“Even if there are powerful monsters, hehe…” The male student slowly took out a short sword from his backpack, which was much longer than Su Jiu’s dagger, and started playing with it in front of the girls…
“Why don’t you follow me to hunt monsters? Otherwise, with this snail-like marching speed, we’ll be far behind other teams.”
Soon, the male student’s actions attracted the attention of other students. Others immediately recognized him and looked at him with admiration: “Xiao Yun, it’s said he’s about to learn his second bloodline skill. He didn’t compete, it seems he wanted to stay with Bai Qianyu…”
“I’m so envious that Class Leader Bai is being pursued by handsome and powerful guys…”
A girl with a pockmarked face said sentimentally. However, before she finished speaking, she felt a chill down her spine. She turned around and saw Su Jiu’s emotionless gaze… Her voice immediately choked.
But the surrounding people already showed moved expressions. Indeed, their slow marching and constant suspicion, not to mention their efficiency in killing monsters, was far inferior to those dispersed teams.
Moreover, they knew through their phones that they were falling behind other teams from their city. Others had already scored over 200 points, while their two teams combined had barely reached a hundred.
After killing monsters, sending photos to the group with Liu Hong would earn points, categorized by the monster’s strength: Unranked: 1 point, 2 points, 5 points, Warrior Class: 20 points, 50 points, 100 points.
The scores would be recorded every hour, which was also a rule to motivate them to fight.
Seeing that the team around them had been subtly motivated, she then stood up, gently flicked the mud off her hands, and stood up, facing the clamoring Xiao Yun. Her gaze was calm, like a village in the sunset, silent.
“I am the leader now. If you want to survive, you’d better listen to me,” Su Jiu said faintly, her bow tie and hair fluttering in the seemingly growing wind, exuding a certain charm.
“Heh heh, Su Jiu, are you threatening me? Do you think I’m like those students who haven’t seen the world? This kind of training camp happens every year, and how many people actually die?”
Xiao Yun let out a cold sneer, turned to scan the students who were subtly considering his words, and continued, “Do you want to stay useless with her, or follow me and venture out?”
The students below looked at Su Jiu. Just as they were about to speak, they heard Bai Qianyu’s cold voice: “If you’re not afraid of death, go with him. I won’t stop you.”
Xiao Yun looked in the direction of the voice. Just as he was about to say something, he was met with Bai Qianyu’s indifferent gaze. She said with disgust, “I’ve already reported your insubordination to Captain Liu. If you want to die, don’t drag others with you!”
“Reported?” Xiao Yun’s mouth dropped open. His greasy words were cut off before he could even finish.
Being looked down upon by Su Jiu again and disliked by Bai Qianyu, the already arrogant him could no longer tolerate it. He directly took out his anger on Su Jiu, blaming her for everything. The class leader’s team was originally his.
If he had known that two teams could team up, why would he have joined her team? Couldn’t he have formed his own?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He shouted to those behind him who were itching to move, “My father is a Dragon Hunter! I followed him since I was young. My combat experience is countless times richer than Su Jiu’s. Even if we encounter danger, following me is better than following her!”
Without refuting, Su Jiu quietly watched the students who had ideas of their own choosing sides. They probably didn’t know that the Gaokao agreement they signed yesterday already included a life-and-death clause for this training camp.
Accidents are inevitable during training camps, and the leaders cannot be solely responsible. In this world of survival of the fittest, death is not easily avoidable.
Seeing that about ten people had gathered behind him, including the girl with the pockmarked face, some of them from Su Jiu’s team and some from Bai Qianyu’s. When Su Jiu looked at them, they all lowered their heads a little embarrassedly.
Seeing this, Xiao Yun gave Su Jiu a triumphant and provocative look, as if he had achieved some victory. Then he prepared to lead the way forward.
Su Jiu remained expressionless, looking at the direction from which the wind was blowing, which was to the front left. She said faintly, “I hope you will be responsible for your decisions. You may go.”
The smell of blood in the wind… very faint.
After watching the retreating figures for a long time, she turned to those who were willing to stay beside her and said softly, “The danger may not have passed. We will rest here. Those who need to go to the bathroom, go together.”
She was not a saint, nor would she persuade foolish people.
At this moment, someone exclaimed, “Look, the Corrupted Flesh Crows are flying away.”
Su Jiu subconsciously looked over. Indeed, the Corrupted Flesh Crows on the distant trees “poof!” all flew up. The sky was a dark mass, flying in the direction of those people ahead.
She lightly shook her head and sighed, taking out her phone. On the QQ group (Demon Exorcism Squad):
Big Liu:
[We’ve encountered a Dark Night Tiger here.]
Si Si:
[Captain, three Scarlet Flame Wolves have appeared here too.]
Shi Tou:
[We’ve encountered a few unranked Warrior Class monsters here too.]
Big Liu @ everyone:
[It wasn’t like this before. Their sudden riot must have a reason. Everyone be careful. We can’t account for too many student deaths.]
Su Jiu lightly tapped the keyboard: Understood.
