Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 104 Robbers

Perhaps feeling the need for some amusement to get through the turmoil of the base burning down and the leadership changing, the person in charge of planning the training test, despite the explicit refusal from above due to limited space, still gave the candidates a big surprise.

The second round of training tests was scheduled for May 1st, only two days after the last weekly test. However, because the venue was set up in the Jintie Building at the Wenshan Training Base, the setup was quick.

Compared to the previous weekly tests that focused on physical fitness, this time the exam rules involve a realistic simulation of three opposing factions, which will put the candidates' ability to respond under pressure to a great test.

The candidates are divided into three categories: rescuers, hostages, and kidnappers.

The rescue team is responsible for rescuing people and bringing them back safely. This requires a comprehensive score based on successfully bringing the hostages out of the building or killing the robbers.

The hostages tried to reunite with the rescue team, survived the confrontation between the rescue team and the kidnappers, and hid from the kidnappers who were searching for the escaped hostages.

The robbers were simple; they just had to kill. The exam administration even equipped the robbers with laser guns. Hitting a rescuer three times or a hostage once was enough to kill them, while the rescuer needed to hit the robber four times.

Five minutes before the exam, each person draws their own identity card in a small room temporarily set up outside the Jin Tie Building, puts on different basic training uniforms, the rescue soldiers have helmets and laser guns, the kidnappers have two laser guns, and the hostages have nothing.

Meng Qiuhe complained that this blank-slate character accidentally entered the red team's battle against the black team, and that his life and death were determined by fate, with no control over his own destiny.

Having just witnessed a wave of jokes, Meng Qiuhe found herself becoming the joke herself after drawing a card. As the hostage, she became increasingly anxious on her way to the Jin Tie Building, easily becoming nervous at the slightest disturbance, fearing that her second round of training tests would end in the last few minutes and she would end up with a "been there, done that" result.

However, Meng Qiuhe was overthinking it. The hostage was too weak, so he was given time to get to the examination hall in advance, and no one would intercept him on the way.

Chu Deng, holding a laser gun, opened the visor of her blast helmet and munched on an apple. Although it was useless, she participated in opening each room door and searching them like opening blind boxes. She got a banana, a piece of chocolate, a bottle of soda, a pack of biscuits, and a few candies from a room on the 3rd floor.

Food and water have been replenished, but there's no one here.

After searching the last room, Chu Deng threw her empty water bottle into a trash can a few meters away in the corridor. The "thump" echoed in the quiet third floor. Her arrogant act not only frightened Meng Qiuhe, who wanted to run upstairs or downstairs, but also made the three people who had just turned from the second floor to the third floor warily look at the empty staircase.

Zhao Youzhi adjusted her helmet and gestured for the two people following behind to stop. The two hostages behind her, Li Xiao and Sun Ruhui, also heard the noise from the third floor. Fearing that it was a kidnapper who could kill them, they quickly retreated, but the chaotic footsteps were still quite loud in the stairwell.

Zhao Youzhi was so anxious that she didn't even have time to curse. She caught a glimpse of a figure suddenly appearing at the top of the stairs on the third floor. Her pupils contracted, and before her brain could even react, she swung her arm violently, pushing the two hostages behind her to the corner of the stairs, while she herself faced two laser guns.

Two red beams of light struck Zhao Youzhi in succession. With three beeping sounds, Zhao Youzhi was eliminated before she could even lift her laser gun.

Chu Deng raised his hand and slung a laser gun over his back, with another laser gun tucked under his arm. With Zhao Youzhi already eliminated, he mercilessly fired a shot at hostage Li Xiao, and the other hostage, Sun Ruhui, escaped in the chaos.

"Holy crap!" Li Xiao was dumbfounded. "That's it?! I've worked hard for almost a month, and it's over in less than five minutes?!"

Compared to Li Xiao's disbelief, Zhao Youzhi was filled with complex emotions.

“This is the second time.” Zhao Youzhi said bitterly, his eyes fixed on Chu Deng’s figure. The first time, he was knocked down in the central forest during the weekly test, and he lay in the safety car until the test ended.

This time, he died at Chu Deng's hands just five minutes after entering the arena.

"Sorry," Chu Deng said dismissively, a piece of chocolate dangling from her lips, and headed upstairs.

Only Li Xiao, who was cursing, and Zhao Youzhi, who was smiling bitterly, were left behind.

"Candidate No. 41, please do not linger at the scene and leave the examination room within three minutes."

The announcement interrupted the two, and even though they were unwilling, Li Xiao and Zhao Youzhi had no choice but to obediently walk downstairs.

When Li Xiao went down to the second floor, he saw Sun Ruhui. He had left, but Sun Ruhui, who was also a hostage, had stayed behind. Li Xiao was so angry that he started cursing loudly.

Sun Ruhui's eyes turned red from the scolding. Zhao Youzhi ignored the two of them, left the money behind, and wandered off from the Jintie Building as if lost in thought.

"Candidates are requested not to interfere with the examination room any further, otherwise all physical fitness test scores will be cancelled," the announcement sounded again.

Li Xiao left reluctantly. Before leaving, he turned back to look at the third floor, but he didn't see the person he wanted to see.

He resented that Sun Ruhui was luckier than him, and while he was cursing, he also harbored the intention of letting Chu Deng discover that Sun Ruhui had eliminated her as well. Unfortunately, Chu Deng did not come, so he gritted his teeth and walked downstairs indignation.

Sun Ruhui cried uncontrollably, her face covered in tears and snot. But as she cried, she saw the gun that Zhao Youzhi had thrown away on the ground. While crying, she picked up the laser gun, hid in the women's restroom on the second floor to compose herself, and realized that this was a good place, so she continued to guard it.

"If robbers come, I'll fight them. If it gets too bad, I'll just leave. I've already been given a second chance at life. Even if reinforcements come this time, I won't go with them. Unless they can get me out of here directly, I'll stay here to the death." Sun Ruhui thought to herself. With a goal in mind, she felt more at ease staying in the women's restroom on the second floor.

The struggle left both of them mentally broken. One of them picked himself up and started afresh, a truly tragic end.

Meng Qiuhe had a good show to hear, mainly because he was in the room next to the stairwell, with the door half-open, and he could hear everything clearly. It was as if Chu Deng was speaking right next to his ear.

Upon realizing that the robber was Chu Deng, Meng Qiuhe was initially delighted, but was also frightened by Chu Deng's ruthless elimination of others. She had originally intended to openly go out and greet Chu Deng, but at the last moment she managed to stop herself from foolishly jumping out and throwing herself into Chu Deng's trap because of her friend's bias.

The main issue is that Chu Deng has been lukewarm towards him for the past two weeks, and Meng Qiuhe is a little unsure whether they can really be considered friends.

After being nagged by Meng Qiuhe, Chu Deng finished her chocolate and put her mask back on. She skipped the empty fourth floor and bumped into two examinees carrying two guns at the fifth-floor stairwell.

When the two men saw that Chu Deng also had dual pistols, they knew she was one of the robbers on the same side. They were overjoyed and relaxed, looking at Chu Deng with some excitement. "We didn't expect the Genie to be a robber too! Great, we've got this in the bag!"