Chapter 815
Cathy raised an eyebrow and said in surprise, “Gerald agreed to work with you? He is canny. You can’t trust everything he says.”
Aria, glancing up at the drones overhead, replied, “I trust him this time. I saved Clifford’s life. All eyes are on him now. If he dares to go back on his word, they’ll tear him apart.”
It took a while for Cathy to realize what Aria said. “So it was Clifford who stepped on the landmine?” asked Cathy
Aria replied calmly, “Yes, it was.”
Cathy laughed and said. “We’re so blessed.”
All spectators totally agreed with her.
Sometimes, they were really lucky. They kept stumbling across resource packs and supply stations. And Aria bumped into Clifford’s team and reached an agreement with them.
But sometimes, they were very unlucky. They ran into traps, got singled out, and their supply stations got stolen again and again.
If it were any other team, they would’ve been eliminated ages ago.
The next morning, after trekking all night, Cathy’s team finally found a cave.
It wasn’t spacious, but it was up on higher ground, so they wouldn’t have to worry about flooding.
Everyone had tents, so they didn’t worry about the weather at all.
“I’m heading out to gather some supplies with Cathy. Same as before, you guys start getting things ready,” Aria said, glancing at the others.
Allison immediately nodded. “Go ahead, leave it to us.”
Aria and Cathy had barely left when William said, “What are they going to do? And what are we supposed to get ready?”
Allison started pulling tools out of her backpack as she explained, “They’re off to look for more traps. We need to tweak the ones we’ve got.”
She pointed at the loot on the ground. They were all sorts of parts they’d picked up along the way.
William stared at her and said in disbelief, “I finally get why you made it.”
Emily laughed. “Only Aria would mess with those traps. If it were us, we’d be long gone.”
William said. “You guys are really brilliant, getting Aria early on”
Emily and the others exchanged a look. They were too ashamed to tell William that they’d been worried Aria might slow
them down.
They thought. Honestly, we’re the ones who slow Aria down
Aria could eliminate every other for all by herself, and we’re just lucky she’s on our side.
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More importantly, Aria coached us patiently.
It was totally worth participating in this Skills Evaluation.
Allison said. “Come on, hurry up. The weather looked bad, and it was about to rain any minute.”
“We don’t know how to do this. Could you please give us some guidance?” someone asked.
“No problem,” said Allison.
Aria and Cathy had barely seen the cave when a sudden clap of thunder boomed overhead.
Lightning tore across the sky.
Moments later, it rained cats and dogs.
Wiping water from her face, Cathy said, “The rain came faster than we expected. Good thing we found that cave. We’ve got to get back.”
Allison and the others had already set up the tents when they saw Aria and Cathy come back. A guy quickly said, “You two take a break. Once the rain stops, we’ll handle the rest.”
Aria and Cathy nodded.
The rain was coming down in torrents, and the drones were forced to stop working.
Two drones lay quietly at the cave entrance.
All the spectators could hear was the sound of rain pouring down.
“Aria and her crew are really lucky. They found the cave right before the rain started pouring,” someone commented.
“Fabian’s team had it even better. They found a place to stay yesterday,” another person added.
“Clifford’s team suffered the most. They were all soaked when they found a spot to set up camp,” someone else chimed in.
By noon, the torrential rain hadn’t stopped.
Aria’s communicator beeped, and Gerald’s voice came through. “Hello, Aria. This is Gerald.”
“I know. What’s up?” Aria replied.
