He Yu, Liu Jia, and Cheng Haoyue were all taken aback.

Because Ji You used the real name "Ji You".

Everyone was using an alias, only Ji You never introduced herself or any other details in front of everyone from the start. Now she’s using her real name? Isn’t she afraid of being exposed?

Ji You had certainly considered this problem, but still? Ji You had made a scene at the testing stand back then, and many students present had recognized her, as well as her notoriously outstanding test data. The few here didn’t know her real identity, but what if she encountered someone who did? Wouldn’t her cover be blown instantly?

After considering comprehensively, Ji You decided to use her real name. After all, others didn’t know her competition number, which camp she belonged to, so others would know less. If she met someone who knew her, she would insist she was from Camp 6!

If she could deceive for a while, she’d deceive for a while. And if she couldn’t anymore, she’d make plans later.

Here.

With just one sentence from Ji You, the students watching outside the screen were rendered speechless.

Silence.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

Countless audience members outside the screens didn’t know what to say in their hearts at this moment...

After a while.

Finally, someone posted a new comment on the barrage under Ji You’s screen:

"Damn! This is too much! She speaks so convincingly that I’m almost buying it."

"On second thought, you can’t blame the weak chickens inside. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to tell which of her words was true, which was false, or if in ten sentences there was only one true word."

"Cough, cough..."

"Silence for the remaining four little lambs!"

"Light a candle."

...

The spectators outside aside, after hearing Ji You’s words, Xie Xin felt even more ashamed. Her face turned completely red, and she lowered her head, too embarrassed to say anything else. Instead, she worked hard to reflect on herself, her words and actions, and she began to think about her initial motivation.

Xie Xin’s school wasn’t a prestigious one; it ranked in the middle to lower range, but she loved her school, her teachers and classmates, and her hometown, family, and friends...

In the competition of 10,000 students, Xie Xin’s strength was very ordinary and at the bottom level. But... there was no other way. The strength of their school was just like that, her strength was just like that...

But!

The heart she and her school wanted to protect was not limited by her abilities.

At every moment, she thought of growing up, growing up early, and shouldering her share of responsibility as soon as possible.

...

Standing next to Xie Xin, Yu Cheng also lowered his head. On his healthy-skinned face, a blush crept over, but his skin color was so dark that it wasn’t very noticeable, making Yu Cheng seem a little more at ease.

Yu Cheng didn’t make a sound.

Ji You’s words were looping nonstop in Yu Cheng’s mind at this moment. Initial motivation?

His initial motivation had always been protection.

The things he wanted to protect weren’t big, just every brick and tile, every family and city...

But what was he doing now?

Instead of working hard to improve his strength, he was wasting the precious opportunity of the competition on these unnecessary impulsive acts and internal strife!

The more he thought about it, the more guilty Yu Cheng felt in his heart...

He hung his head and whispered, "I’m... sorry, I’ll adjust myself and get into the best condition as soon as possible."

Listening to Yu Cheng’s words, Ji You nodded gratefully. She raised her eyes, her gaze scanning over Xia Bingbing, Xie Xin, Zhang Wei, Yu Cheng, and then her side’s He Yu, Liu Jia... before finally landing on He Nu.

The next second.

Ji You lowered her gaze and said, "But Wang Qiang indeed made a mistake! If there’s a mistake, there must be a punishment! First, tell us what happened between you and Song Ping? Why did he die and you returned alive, unscathed."

Upon hearing this, He Nu’s shoulders twitched.

Ji You said deeply, "I want to hear the truth, not a single word less. If among us, there’s someone with malicious intentions, who might betray the comrades behind them at any moment, then—"

Ji You purposely paused, staring at He Nu, speaking coldly, "There’s no need to wait for someone else to act. As the class monitor, I’ll solve it myself."

He Nu shivered.

Ji You said, "Think it over by yourself."

Yu Cheng said, "If the reason was indeed yours, then I’ll take action too."

He Nu pursed his lips, and everyone else’s eyes were focused on him. After a moment of silence, He Nu showed a trace of guilt on his face and said, "Song Ping and I infiltrated the enemy’s camp and discovered the Seventh Team’s base. But we didn’t dare to get too close, afraid of alerting the enemy. We waited for a while and found that there was no movement, so we decided to move forward 100 meters. I said I’d go."

He Nu spoke softly, his face very troubled, "Song Ping’s reconnaissance skills were slightly better than mine. To better complete the mission of scouting the enemy’s camp, Song Ping wanted to go himself. We argued over who would go, and in the end, we played rock-paper-scissors. Song Ping won."

Ji You raised an eyebrow, "Oh—lucky you."

He Nu whispered, "Luck was fine; otherwise, it would be me lying there. But I would rather not have had that luck. I... I really wished I had gone instead."

Ji You said, "Continue."

He Nu looked cautiously at Yu Cheng, Xie Xin... several people, then lowered his voice and said, "But unfortunately, Song Ping had just sneaked up the enemy camp’s slope and was discovered. I wanted to rescue him, but—Song Ping didn’t allow it. When we played rock-paper-scissors to decide, we had already agreed that if something happened, there would be no rescue. Whoever got caught or couldn’t return for some reason was to report back immediately."

After hearing his words, the originally resentful and angry students staring at He Nu also began to soften a bit.

He Nu’s voice lowered further, "I... I didn’t rescue him. There were 10 people on the enemy side. If I moved, I’d immediately be discovered, so I... I remained in my place without daring to move. When the enemy loosened their vigilance slightly, I made a dash back to report. I... I haven’t returned to the Sixth Team to report the situation yet."

Initially, He Nu and Song Ping decided to infiltrate the enemy’s forces to convince the Sixth Team of their sincerity.

After hearing He Nu’s explanation, the mood of the others present improved slightly.

Outside, the onlookers clicked their tongues repeatedly:

"Damn!"

"I almost believed it."

"If I hadn’t seen with my own eyes him killing his teammate, I might have really believed it."

"He didn’t even blink when he killed his teammate."

"Terrifying..."