However, the barrage sent by Xia Bingbing instantly got lost in the sea of barrages, not causing a ripple nor attracting anyone’s attention. Xia Bingbing was so angry her liver was about to explode.

Because——

At this moment, Ji You finally ’woke up’ on the screen. The first thing she did upon waking was suddenly shout, "Where’s Bingbing?"

He Yu rubbed his eyes: "Bingbing is gone."

Shaun and the others said in unison, "Bingbing is dead."

Ji You punched the wall hard: "Bingbing! I will definitely avenge you!"

Xia Bingbing: "..."

"Damn!"

Xia Bingbing spat out the first curse of her life!

"I’m not leaving! I’m staying right here, waiting for Ji You to be eliminated, then I’ll shove her into a sack and beat her up!" Xia Bingbing gritted her teeth fiercely, promising herself she would follow through.

Then——

Xia Bingbing saw Ji You on the screen, clenching her fist, saying: "Also Yu Cheng, Song Ping, Xie Xin, Zhang Wei! I will definitely avenge you! The blood you shed will not be in vain!"

Xia Bingbing: "..."

Xia Bingbing suddenly stood up: "I can’t stand it anymore!"

As soon as she stood up, she heard a loud roar from the next room: "I can’t stand it anymore!"

"I can’t stand it anymore!"

"I can’t stand it anymore!"

Xia Bingbing: "???"

Is it echoing?

Then she opened the door, poked her head out, and heard someone walking out of the next room. Listening closely, there was more than one person, Xia Bingbing realized something, poked her head out to see, and sure enough, it was Yu Cheng, Song Ping, Zhang Wei.

The four people took their first step out the door, saw each other, and then exchanged glances, saying in unison: "Is it for the same reason?"

Xia Bingbing twitched her mouth: "I really can’t take it anymore, how can there be such shameless people in this world? It’s one thing to eliminate us, but then they insult us in front of the entire Alliance faculty and students?"

"Ahem..." Yu Cheng was a bit unkind, saying: "I’m okay, mainly it’s Bingbing who got the worst of it."

Song Ping laughed: "Bingbing is gone."

Zhang Wei said: "Bingbing is dead."

Xia Bingbing gritted her teeth and said: "Xia Bingbing is really angry!"

Song Ping and the others all burst out laughing.

Xia Bingbing clenched her fist, saying: "I am really angry, stop laughing."

They couldn’t help but laugh for a while, then Yu Cheng suddenly said: "I’m not chatting with you guys anymore. I need to go back to see the progress of the competition. I want to see how she plans to win this game."

Song Ping said: "I bet if she wins, it’s through trickery along the way." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Zhang Wei whispered: "If tricking people can win, I’m willing to learn that skill."

Xia Bingbing’s mouth twitched, unable to resist scoffing: "Zhang Wei, you won’t make it; your acting is too bad. If you want to reach her level, you’d have to go back into the womb for a do-over."

From afar, Xie Xin, who had just stepped out the door, suddenly said: "The competition is still ongoing, stop chatting already, don’t interrupt my watching."

Everyone heard this and collectively turned back.

Immediately——

Bang!

The sound of several doors closing at the same time.

...

Their competition journey had ended, but learning is endless. Watching others’ competitions is also a kind of learning, especially learning from excellent opponents who defeated you, striving for improvement.

...

Inside the venue.

Ji You followed beside Shaun, stepping once and gasping once. Shaun suggested she go back to rest, but Ji You gritted her teeth and persevered. Shaun’s base was built with walls that could block certain attacks from bows and arrows and other ranged weapons. Additionally, they could use ranged weapons to swiftly repel the enemy. After walking around the walls, Ji You found these defense structures to be quite good.

Ji You panted, saying: "Shaun, I heard from your deputy that the base construction was designed by you personally? It’s really exceptional; you’re a talent in architecture!"

Shaun felt a bit embarrassed hearing Ji You’s praise, smiling: "It’s average, the time was too tight, so the construction is quite rough. If I had a bit more time, I could expand the perimeter."

Ji You rubbed her chin, contemplating for a moment, saying: "Expanding one circle isn’t difficult for you; I think expanding by three circles is completely within reach."

Shaun thought the same inwardly, even feeling a little proud, saying: "As long as I have the time, I can expand by at least five circles within three hours."

Upon hearing this, Ji You’s expression darkened: "What we lack is time."

Shaun frowned, saying: "Yes, the enemy won’t give us time."

Ji You shifted her steps, then raised her head, looking afar. Standing at a height, her view was wide; she could clearly see activities within at least a 1000-meter radius.

Meaning, if someone were to attack this base, anything within a 1000-meter radius couldn’t stay hidden.

Moreover——

Shaun even made a telescope! Although very primitive, it worked quite well.

Ji You said: "Shaun, can I have a look through the telescope?"

Shaun thought for a moment, taking the telescope hanging around his neck, saying: "Here."

Ji You took it, her eyes showing clear admiration, then she picked it up, aiming it towards the border river——

Seeing her action, Shaun felt somewhat moved; she was looking towards the enemy camp, specifically at squadrons 7 and 8 she had mentioned earlier, where her foes resided.

Ji You looked through it for about 2 minutes before stopping. This telescope could see distant scenes, but it couldn’t see clearly across the border river; moreover, the position she and He Yu chose to cross the border river was cleverly hidden, a visual blind spot, not easily spotted, so Shaun and the others couldn’t see it.

Additionally, the positioning between each base was very clever, none being under the telescope’s surveillance for now, or Ji You wouldn’t have been able to hide the fact she had taken out 5 of Shaun’s men on this side of the enemy camp.

Ji You returned the telescope to Shaun, stating frankly: "Shaun, your telescope cannot see our allies’ base; this is a flaw. Secondly, the detection range is too short, can’t clearly see the opposite side of the border river."

Hearing this, Shaun felt a bit embarrassed, saying: "No materials, just making do with what I have."

Ji You said: "Do you plan to stay here, developing your power?"

Shaun obviously thought so, but he didn’t directly say it, instead saying: "I’m staying here waiting for orders from above." He was just a squad leader; above him were the company commander, battalion commander...

Ji You said: "I came to find you not just to join you, but also to tell you something, right here——" She pointed across the border river, saying: "This place is where our personnel sacrificed, our 9 people defeated their 2 squads. They lost more than us; in fact, those two squads don’t have many people left. If at this moment we——"