Chapter 787
The screen displayed a 3D topographical map of the no-man’s land, and the scouts were required to complete two missions
within ten minutes.
Taking the pen and paper from Allison, Emily immersed herself in analyzing the problem.
Just as she was about to crack the first question, dozens of steel needles shot at her from all directions.
The seven of them all scattered to dodge.
Emily frowned and said, “My train of thought was interrupted.”
Cathy dashed forward and said, “Just focus on the problem. We’ll cover you.”
Apart from the question, this round was also about how much one trusted one’s teammates.
Emily took a deep breath and forced herself to concentrate. She told herself, ‘I have to trust my team!
The other six members immediately formed a protective circle around Emily.
As Emily dug deeper into the problem, the steel needles started flying even faster and faster.
Caroline kicked a steel needle away, sweat breaking out on her forehead. She said, “This test is just brutal.”
“Liz, watch out,” Allison suddenly shouted.
Liz spun around too late-a steel needle was shooting straight for her heart.
At the critical moment, Aria flicked her wrist, and with a sharp clang, her arrow knocked the steel needle aside just in time.
The steel needle thudded into the tree trunk behind her, its tail still quivering violently.
Liz’s face went pale. With a trembling voice, she said, “Thanks.”
Aria didn’t even look back. She said, “Just focus on defending.”
“It’s done,” Emily suddenly shouted, hitting the confirmation button hard with her finger.
The steel needles stopped firing. A bright red light lit up in the center of the platform.
Emily exclaimed, “We did it.” She hurried over to the flag stand and yanked the flag out with all her strength.
The end of the flag was red, which meant this supply point was real.
Caroline threw her arms around Emily, excitement all over her face. She said, “You looked awesome cracking that problem. We’re the first team to capture a supply point.”
Cathy was checking out the supplies. She said, “There are medical kits, computers, tools, three days’ worth of rations, and
this.”
She held up two encrypted communicators and continued, “The real supply point does have a ton of good stuff. We never got gear this nice last time.”
She then handed the communicators to Jocelyn and Liz. She said, “You’re on it.”
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“Okay,” Jocelyn and Liz replied in unison.
The two of them sat down on the ground and started studying the communicators.
Meanwhile, Cathy led the others in gathering up the scattered steel needles. She said, “Pick them all up and give them to Aria-she knows how to use them.”
Allison remembered the scene when Aria had thrown her arrow and leaned over to whisper to Caroline, “Aria seems really good with these kinds of hidden weapons. It is a pretty rare skill-very few people have ever been trained in it.”
Caroline replied, “Having someone that strong on our team is a real asset. Anyone Ms. Langford personally recruited must be top-notch.”
Aria hadn’t joined the Bureau’s special training sessions, so they hadn’t had any chance to build real teamwork. Because of that, some team members had minor gripes. But no one would deliberately target Aria or let it show.
Soon, a broadcast echoed overhead. It said, “The supply point in Area C has been captured. I repeat, the supply point in Area C has been captured.”
Weyne frowned and asked, “Which team captured a supply point so fast?”
The next second, the broadcast came on again. It said, “The supply point in Area F has been captured. I repeat, the supply point in Area F has been captured.”
“Damn, there are only six left now,” Weyne muttered.
Bruce glanced at the map and said, “We just passed through Area C, so Cathy’s team probably snagged the first supply point there.”
The broadcast would report which players and teams got eliminated, and which areas had their supply points taken. Each area only had one supply point, and not every area even had one to begin with.
Weyne was raring to go. He said, “Fabian, how about we go after Cathy’s team’s supply point?”
Fabian shot him a cool look and said, “It’s just getting started. What’s the rush? We’ve got a full fourteen days, and we need to gather resources too. Let’s keep moving for now-Cathy’s supply point can be our backup plan.”
“Fabian is right,” Bruce said.
Aria looked up at the drone hovering overhead and asked, “Can we destroy it?”
