As He Nu spoke, he kept his head slightly bowed the entire time, his eyes fixed on his heels, revealing only half of his chin, appearing as if he couldn’t forgive himself.

Seeing this scene, everyone refrained from criticizing him too harshly.

Indeed, under those circumstances, the enemy had 10 people and their side only had 2; the disparity in strength was considerable. If He Nu had really dared to charge in to save Song Ping, the result would have been dying together.

The sensible move was for He Nu to hide, observe from the shadows, and bring the intelligence back to his team.

Once everyone understood this point, they refrained from blaming He Nu further, even Yu Cheng and Xie Xin remained silent.

He Nu still kept his head down without saying a word.

The actual situation was entirely opposite to He Nu’s explanation. He and Song Ping had infiltrated the Seventh Team of the Fifth Camp; He Nu volunteered to scout the enemy’s situation. Once he arrived, he revealed his friendly identity to the 5 members of the Seventh Team, but they were suspicious. To prove himself, He Nu lured Song Ping over and killed him.

From the moment Song Ping felt suffocated to the moment of death, he didn’t understand why he was eliminated.

From beginning to end, He Nu never explained the reason to Song Ping, only saying one sentence: "You shouldn’t be alive."

Song Ping, wide-eyed, could only see the light on the wristband representing his contestant identity and Life Value extinguish in a blink.

Soon after, Song Ping was carried out of the arena by unknown robots maintaining the order of the competition.

...

At this time, seeing everyone’s emotions had mostly calmed down, Ji You said: "Wang Qiang’s approach was sensible but lacked empathy. I believe everyone wishes to have such a strategically-minded friend nearby, but wouldn’t necessarily want such a teammate! Because you’d always worry he might abandon you in times of crisis.

So, I just said, Wang Qiang made a mistake, and mistakes must be punished!"

"Wang Qiang!" Ji You shouted.

He Nu raised his head, straightened his back, and looked at Ji You.

Ji You said: "Just punishing you to stick to your post, guard the base well."

He Nu hesitated but nodded: "Alright."

The meaning of this was to stay here and be prepared to act as an insider?

But to the ears of others, Ji You seemed to be excluding him. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

At least, Ji You didn’t plan to include Wang Qiang in this operation.

Stick to the post?

This is a euphemism; bluntly speaking, it’s to reflect independently.

Thinking about this, everyone didn’t know what to say. Yu Cheng hesitated a bit, saying: "I... I think no need to punish him? His actions aren’t unjustifiable."

Ji You said: "Punishment is just one part, the other is that our base must not be left empty, we need someone to guard it, and it must be someone bold and meticulous. I think Wang Qiang is quite suitable."

With one sentence, Ji You made the decision, not allowing anyone else to speak. Seeing that Wang Qiang himself didn’t seem to oppose the idea, everyone stopped discussing it.

Ji You waved a big hand: "Follow me."

Before leaving, Ji You raised a hand and patted He Nu on the shoulder: "Guard the rear well."

He Nu nodded vigorously: "Hmm."

Ji You started walking.

She was strong, even a bit autocratic, but still, her abilities couldn’t be overlooked!

Thinking along these lines, Xie Xin, Xia Bingbing, Zhang Wei followed Ji You’s pace.

Cheng Haoyue, He Yu, and the others quickly followed suit.

Ji You led her 8 teammates hurriedly to not the enemy camp across the river but to the Sixth Team less than two kilometers away.

A large group rushed over plainly, without any disguise; how could the Sixth Team not notice?

In fact, as soon as Ji You’s team approached, the Sixth Team’s scouts reported this to their squad leader.

The squad leader of the Sixth Team was a rather large chap, tall and fair-skinned, with sharp features, blond hair, and blue eyes, a standard Western face from Ancient Earth.

His full name was Sean Patriarch.

Upon hearing the adjacent squad leader running over with a large team, Sean was a bit dumbfounded: "Is she crazy?"

The scout said: "Squad leader, she probably wants to discuss collaboration with us."

"Oh!" Sean frowned, saying: "We’re already allies, but I don’t plan to adventure with her! My mission is to lead my team in guarding the position, preventing enemy raids!"

While still speaking, he saw a short girl approaching him, shouting as she walked: "Hey! Buddy, listen to me!

I have a brilliant idea; don’t rush to reject it! It’s not too late to refuse after you’ve heard it." Ji You was afraid he’d cut her short without giving her a chance to speak, wanting desperately to spill everything she had to say.

Sean completely missed the point, waving his hand: "Leave. I don’t plan to join you in an ambush on the enemy team."

Ji You listened and blinked, quizzically asking: "You actually know my plan?"

Sean rolled his eyes, saying: "Didn’t your two teammates come to persuade me in advance?"

"Oh~" Ji You raised her hand to scratch her head, somewhat embarrassed: "I indeed sent them, but I didn’t mention raiding the enemy! I only asked them to persuade you to collaborate."

Sean stared at the time, saying: "No collaboration, you take your people and leave quickly."

He had his own plans underway and wasn’t going to adventure with Ji You.

Moreover, Ji You was quite inconsiderate, with each team’s base being vital, Sean anxiously setting up checkpoints and secrets, while Ji You brought a big group over, seemingly afraid others wouldn’t know his base location!

Truly—

Incredibly annoying.

If enemy scouts were on lookout, wouldn’t this expose their base location?

"Hey! You won’t regret this!" Ji You immediately felt upset, putting hands on hips, saying: "This move will surely earn everyone quite a bit of points. You’re missing out!"

Sean remained unmoved.

Ji You said: "You really won’t regret it!"

Sean frowned, eyes showing clear displeasure: "I won’t regret it! Your damn ambush plan is laughable! Do you know what’s over there? Enemy force distribution? Weapons, personnel, geographical location... all these unknowns, and you want a big hit! Completely ridiculous! Leave now!"

Ji You opened her mouth, saying: "Sean, you’ll definitely regret your arrogance, pride, and bias without thinking of progress!"

Sean snorted: "I won’t regret it! The one who should regret is you, fool!"

"Fool!"

Sean grew angrier, bellowing: "Get out!"

"Take the fools behind you and leave my territory!"