Volume 1: The First Step Chapter 37: Cooperation

  "The instructor said we can leave five people in the end, and it's not just one person. We don't have to fight to the death. We can all stay together."

  "But don't forget, apart from us, there are many other people."

  "But now they're killing each other, doing what we were just doing. As long as you and I cooperate, we can reap the benefits, I think that in the end there won't be many of them left alive."

  Xia Feng thought deeply about Xia Wenjie's words, and after a while, she suddenly changed her tone and said: "I won't forgive you."

  Xia Wenjie was stunned by her sudden words, and after a moment of stupidity, he reacted and said seriously: "Fighting is not good for anyone, scolding is not good for anyone. Just now I didn't intentionally hit you, besides, you also fought back at me..."

  "That's not what I meant." Xiaofeng growled irritably.

  "Huh?" Xia Wenjie was even more perplexed, as he hadn't had much contact with Xia Feng before, let alone offended her. If anything, it would be this recent encounter.

  Looking at his bewildered expression, Xia Feng's nose was almost crooked with anger, hating himself to death and feeling ashamed beyond recognition. The most despicable thing was that Xia Wenjie still didn't know what he had done wrong.

  She subconsciously touched the dagger at her waist and gritted her teeth, saying to Xia Wenjie: "Now, I really want to stab you to death with one knife."

  Xia Wenjie was startled by her cold tone and took a step back, saying in a low voice: "It's just a fight, it's not like..."

  "Shut up! The more you talk, the more disgusting you become." Xia Feng harshly scolded, her hand supporting herself against the wall as she slowly stood up, the dagger at her waist still not drawn.

  She first tidied up her clothes and then combed her disheveled hair, after which she asked: "What's your plan?"

  Xia Wenjie thought she was going to fight with him desperately, but unexpectedly, her attitude changed in an instant.

  Women are really good at changing! He cleared his throat and said, "Now we'll go to the battlefield and take a look, see what's going on over there. But we can't just walk past openly, we have to hide in secret. If there are more than three people left, we'll sneak up on them and get rid of the extra ones. If there are less than three people left, then this game is over."

  Xia Feng nodded as he listened, and when he finished speaking, she replied: "Okay, I'll do it your way! However, let's get the ugly words out of the way first. Today's matter is not over yet, and sooner or later, I will find you to settle this account."

  A petty-minded woman, just a fight and yet still want to hold grudges for life? Xia Wenjie muttered in his heart, disapproving.

  The main battlefield is over there.

  The battle here is almost over, as Xia Wenjie inferred. After the fight so far, only Shao Bing is left from Group 7 and Group 11, while the other side's coalition of small groups has not become stronger, with more than 20 people left with only six people.

  It can be said that both sides have now reached the point of 'exhaustion', bullets, hand grenades and flash bombs have been used up, it is estimated that if they continue to fight, they will only be able to engage in close combat.

  The remaining six members of the group alliance are Qu Feipeng and Zhang Yuxuan from Group A, Guan Yutang and Shen Luo from Group F, Wu Junyi from Group H, and Duan Hongming from Group P.

  It seemed that Shao Bing hadn't fired a shot in a long time either. Qu Feipeng pondered for a moment, then asked several of his companions: "How many bullets do you have left?"

  Everyone shook their heads, indicating they had all been beaten up too. He said with a sigh: "Me too..."

  As he spoke, he cautiously poked his head out from behind the cover and saw that the other side was not shooting at him. His tense mood stabilized a bit, and he estimated in his heart that Xiaobing's bullets might have also been used up.

  He took a deep breath, slowly stood up and said loudly: "Shao Bing, we're out of bullets. I think you've run out too. Dragging this on is just wasting each other's time. Why don't we settle this one-on-one?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Bing also slowly stood up from behind a bunker opposite him. He threw away the empty gun in his hand and looked at Qu Feipeng opposite him, asking: "What's the one-on-one?"

  "We outnumber you, but we don't want to bully you. How about this: you can choose anyone from our group and if you can beat them, that person will be eliminated."

  Shao Bing was delighted when he heard this, and the six people left on the other side, or in all the students, except for the female Golden Gong Shen Luo, he didn't take anyone else seriously.

  The other students all furrowed their brows in dissatisfaction and looked at Qu Feipeng. They didn't have the confidence to win against Shao Bing alone.

  Qu Feipeng understood everyone's thoughts and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, what I want is to lure Shao Bing out first, and then we'll all go up together."

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.

  Shao Bing walked out of his defensive position step by step, and when he arrived near the crowd, he turned his gaze to Zhang Yuxuan beside Qu Feipeng and said: "Yuxuan, let's have a match first."

  Zhang Yuxuan subtly pursed his lips, he was a sniper by origin, and in terms of marksmanship, he was top-notch. However, when it came to hand-to-hand combat, he was somewhat inferior. He turned his head towards Qu Feipeng, seemingly reminding him that they could now make their move together.

  But Qu Feipeng didn't have the slightest intention of surrounding Shao Bing, he patted Zhang Yuxuan's shoulder and said: "Yuxuan, you go first, don't worry, even if you lose, our team still has me."

  Zhang Yuxuan felt a surge of anger in his heart, why was it him and not you? However, since the other person had already spoken up for himself, he couldn't say anything more, so he steeled himself and walked over to Shao Bing.

  Looking at the two people getting closer and closer on the field, Qu Feipeng's mouth corners rose high, watching the fight between the two while smiling and asking the crowd beside him: "Do you think Shao Bing and Yu Xuan can win?"

  "Does it need to be said? Of course, it's Shao Bing! I'm telling you, Fei Peng, what do you mean by this? Didn't we agree that everyone would work together to take down Shao Bing? Why did you let Yu Xuan go up alone?"

  "Everyone knows Shao Bing's strength, if we all go up together and force him into a corner, and he starts fighting us with his bayonet, who can guarantee that they won't get hurt in the chaos of battle?"

  Hearing this, even Shen Luo nodded in agreement, indicating that he was right. As for fighting Shao Bing, Shen Luo didn't have full confidence that he could definitely win against him.

  "Lao Yan has already said that, in the end, only five people will be left, and now with Shao Bing, there are seven people in total. Two more need to be eliminated. With me in a group, it's enough, so Yu Xuan can be sacrificed. Therefore, among our five people, one more person needs to be sacrificed."

  As he spoke, his gaze turned to Guan Yu Tang. The latter was not a fool either, and at this time, he looked at himself and naturally understood what he meant. His eyebrows were tightly locked, and he asked: "Do you want me to make sacrifices?"

  "Otherwise? Now there are only six of you left with two people in each group. Even if one is sacrificed, it doesn't matter."

  Guan Yutang didn't speak immediately, but instead turned his head towards Shen Luo.

  Shen Luo's big eyes rolled around, thinking to herself, she nodded and said: "Fei Peng also makes sense, Old Guan, you withdraw, after all, we only need one of us to stay, no need to occupy two spots."

  Even Shen Luo, a member of his own team, said so. Guan Yutang's face was filled with helplessness. He let out a hum and tore off the armband on his arm. Without saying anything, he turned around and walked away.

  Watching him walk away with a swift pace, Shen Luo's face was filled with apology, but she could only do this now. With only two people left in the small group, there were only groups A and F left, Qu Feipeng had already chosen to sacrifice Zhang Yuxuan, and her side also had to sacrifice one person.

  Guan Yutang's figure disappeared from everyone's sight, and the battle on the field was about to come to an end. In front of Shao Bing, Zhang Yuxuan gradually had only defensive moves, without any counterattack power, Shao Bing dominated with absolute initiative.

  Just as everyone thought it was all over and that's how things were going to be, Qu Feipeng suddenly removed the magazine from his rifle.

  He fumbled in his pocket for half a day, and incredibly, he pulled out another bullet. He slowly inserted the bullet into the clip, then reloaded the rifle with the clip.

  The people around him stared at him with wide eyes, all of them stunned, never expecting that Qu Feipeng had actually hidden another bullet until the last moment.

  "I've always liked to keep a trump card for myself, originally this bullet was meant to be kept as a memento, but now it seems I have no choice but to use it."

  Ka-chunk! As he spoke, he cocked the rifle and, to everyone's astonishment, slowly raised it, aiming the muzzle at Shen Luo, who was just inches away.

  Shen Luo was stunned, and the people around him were also stunned.

  "Sorry, Shen Luo, you're too strong. As long as you're here, you'll always be above us. Although Shao Bing is also very strong, his strength can be surpassed, but you, having practiced martial arts since childhood and undergone rigorous training, with you in the training camp, it's unfair to other trainees, so why don't you go participate in the next training camp instead?"

  "Qu Feipeng, have you gone mad?" Wu Junyi and Duan Hongming both walked towards him.

  The two of them hadn't even reached Qu Feipeng yet, when the latter suddenly turned his gun around and aimed at them. In a cold voice, he said: "Eliminating Shen Luo would be beneficial to both you and me. We've been through so much hardship during our special training, what's the point of persisting until the end? It's all for the sake of getting first place, but as long as Shen Luo is around, we'll never get it. Now that we have the chance to eliminate her, don't you guys want to at all?"

  Wu Junyi and Duan Hongming looked at each other and said in unison: "But don't forget, we are allies."

  "It was just now, but it's not anymore."

  Qu Feipeng smiled at the two of them, then again aimed his gun at Shen Luo and said in a low tone: "Shen Luo, take off your sleeve insignia yourself. Otherwise, even if it's just an empty shell, this close distance is enough to make you suffer."