Shaun and the others had a somewhat peculiar feeling about how things had escalated to this point. They couldn’t quite understand it. Just a moment ago, he had been disgusted by Ji You as if she were garbage, and he felt it was a great humiliation for himself to be in the same alliance with such a person, to become a partner with her.

However!

In just a few minutes, Ji You’s impression in Shaun’s mind had greatly improved.

She was not garbage.

She was not weak.

She was not a boastful incompetent.

...

On the contrary, she was daring and adventurous, ready to fight and compete!

She was willing to risk her life without hesitation.

...

Shaun followed his stretcher teammates, arriving at the temporary stone house they had hastily built as their base. After laying down the stretcher, the short girl on top was still lying with her eyes closed, her brows furrowed tightly, like she had a heap of unresolved concerns.

"Bing..." Suddenly, Ji You bounced halfway off the stretcher: "... Bingbing... Don’t!"

Shaun, along with a baffled backsight of Shaun?

Shaun said, "Bing?"

He thought she wanted ice, but where would there be ice in this competition field? Just as he was pondering this confusion, a teammate beside him said, "She said don’t?"

No one understood what Ji You meant, so they turned to look at Ji You, who was half sitting up, only to find her eyes tightly closed, and between her tightly shut eyes, there was a glistening tear hanging on her thick eyelashes?

Crying?

Crying... Crying?

Shaun opened his mouth wide, but for a moment, he couldn’t think of what to say to comfort her, nor could he understand why she suddenly began crying again? For a moment, he felt his head swell.

The teammate beside him seemed to realize something: "Could it be... thinking of the deceased teammate?"

Shaun thought so too, and he turned his head to look at Ji You, only to see her body slowly, slowly falling back. Shaun reached out a hand to support her.

Luckily, he caught her in time and prevented Ji You’s head from smashing into a protruding stone. This stone house was built in a hurry; the construction tools were very rough, and manpower was limited, so the team had to adapt to local conditions, find some stones after choosing the site, and build it. Therefore, the construction was not very refined, and most were quite rough, with stones sticking out here and indented there... and the like, many.

Shaun said: "Is there someone in her team named Bingbing?"

While asking this, the teammate suddenly said: "Asking about her remaining teammates, you’ll know."

Then, He Yu came in. When she saw Shaun, she felt a bit timid, but once she saw Ji You lying on the stretcher with her eyes closed, seemingly unconscious, she couldn’t care about anything else and hurriedly stepped forward: "Captain!"

Shaun asked: "Is there a person named Bingbing in your team?"

He Yu nodded and said: "Yes. She’s a girl named Xia Bingbing."

Shaun: "Oh."

In the Seventh Team next door, there were ten people, and Shaun remembered there should be 3 or 4 girls among them. Now, including Captain Ji You, only two have returned, so... it must be that one named Xia Bingbing has sacrificed.

Thinking of this, Shaun sighed and said: "Your captain suddenly called out Bingbing just now."

He Yu froze:

This—

Can it be this way?

He Yu was genuinely a bit worried, but upon hearing Shaun’s words, she was already sure Ji You’s fainting was intentional acting.

Cough cough...

Too good at acting, right?

He Yu was genuinely impressed.

In her life, she hadn’t been impressed by anyone’s acting skills, whether it was Alliance Flower Ye Lu or Alliance scumbag professional Qian Qingbai... all these people in the acting circle, she couldn’t be more impressed!

She was impressed by Ji You!

...

The "wow" and astonishment inside He Yu didn’t affect her conversation with Shaun’s people; She rushed to Ji You’s stretcher upon hearing Shaun’s words, with anxiety in her eyes and a choking voice: "She... she’s definitely feeling very guilty."

"Because—"

"Bingbing died because of her." He Yu said whilst wiping tears, "Captain is just too sentimental."

At this, the audience outside the screen:

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"It has begun!"

"Human-to-human transmission indeed occurred!"

"Indeed, the drama queen thing is contagious!"

"He Yu’s acting, if I didn’t know the details, I’d think she’s crying for her parents!"

"How did these tears come out?"

"Pinching herself?"

"I tried it just now; pinched so hard it hurt, still couldn’t squeeze out half a tear."

"You’re so stupid in front; at this time you need a little prop, like onions, garlic, green onions... if there’s really nothing, isn’t there still saliva?"

Full room: "..."

The bullet screen froze for a moment, then suddenly the snow-like comments dropped one after another.

"I checked the replay just now, it was saliva."

"It was saliva."

"Whoa!"

"So fierce!"

...

At this time, someone remembered Ji You’s tears and questioned: "Have you seen Ji You’s tears? Was it saliva?"

Immediately, someone went to replay at 0.5 times speed, not missing a single detail, then rushed to say: "Verified, it wasn’t saliva, nor was it spit, or drinking water; it was real tears."

The whole room: "..."

"After all, Bingbing died because of her, what’s wrong if she cries a little?"

"Even her crying was sincere. Without death, how to earn points?"

"It must be tears from laughter."

Cough cough...

Cough cough... How can you say that about Ji You? Standing in the position of the competition, she and Bingbing were enemies, irreconcilable enemies, and she could only kill her. But from her personal position, the pain and pity she felt for Bingbing’s death must have been sincere. As an enemy, she was cold, but as a person, she had basic empathy, she wasn’t indifferent, on the contrary—she was a girl who was externally beautiful and internally gentle."

Cough cough...

The students watching, one by one, were almost turning the official screen into a large-scale script writing arena over the things between Ji You and Bingbing, while in a room arranged for eliminated contestants by Alliance First Military Academy, a girl’s face had turned completely black.

She was Xia Bingbing, hit with endless mockery and ridicule from countless viewers!

Xia Bingbing, her face darkened, clenched her hand fiercely, and glared at the floating text and beyond it Ji You’s face making her grit her teeth:

[Damn!]

[Even dead people are exploited!]

[Not at peace even in death.]

...

Xia Bingbing angrily sent out the first bullet screen: "My name is Xia Bingbing, I am very angry!"