Han Zheng stared fixedly at the screen.
His expression flickered between red and white.
Only he knew how miserably he had fought in Area A just now.
With A-rank physical fitness for all five of them, they were still thrown into complete disarray when facing a few Soldier-rank Star Beasts, resulting in a casualty rate as high as thirty percent.
Yet Jiang Wangzhi...
Leading such a group of oddballs...
Zero casualties.
Completely wiped out the General-class Star Beast!
Pei Linchuan pushed up his glasses, looked at Han Zheng, and spoke in a tone that was cold to the extreme.
"Did you understand how the first place was obtained?"
"If you didn't understand, I can pull up the recording and play it for you frame by frame."
"Take a look at how Jiang Wangzhi judged the Star Beast's blind spots of attack within 0.1 seconds."
Han Zheng clenched his teeth tightly.
He couldn't say a single word.
His face felt like it was being slapped repeatedly.
How could he still have the face to watch the recording? If he kept watching, he, the young master of a military-industrial family, would become the laughingstock of the whole school!
"Let's go!"
Han Zheng abruptly turned his head, his expression so gloomy that water seemed about to drip from it, and left dejectedly with his teammates.
On the plaza.
The freshmen who had originally mocked Jiang Wangzhi had completely changed the way they looked at her now.
There was no disdain.
No contempt.
Only deep awe!
To be able to precisely control the field amidst chaos.
Without staining a single drop of blood, yet taking control of the entire situation.
This was a true big shot!
"No wonder Pei Linchuan is willing to team up with her..."
"Too strong, this kind of brain is simply the tactical core."
"Where is this a garbage dump? This is clearly immortals fighting!"
Public opinion completely reversed.
Team 079 became famous in a single battle.
Tang Li carried her blade on her shoulder, smiling smugly.
Zhou Ye honestly rubbed the back of his head, looking very proud.
Although Xie Zhi had his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth also curved into an arc.
Pei Linchuan turned around and looked at Jiang Wangzhi.
Seeming to wait for her to enjoy the joy of this victory.
However.
Jiang Wangzhi stood in place.
Lowering her head.
Her hands tightly clutched the corner of her clothes.
Not only did she not smile.
She looked at the blinding scoreboard in mid-air.
There were only two words in her mind.
It's over.
It's completely over.
Now the whole school knew she was a "tactical master".
The instructors would definitely notice this data as well.
How could she still drop out of school like this?
Which military academy would expel a genius with a hundred percent command efficiency!
Jiang Wangzhi took a deep breath.
Struggling to suppress the despair in the depths of her eyes.
No.
She couldn't just accept her fate like this.
The assessment wasn't over yet!
"Commander Jiang, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Ye asked with concern, noticing her odd expression.
Jiang Wangzhi raised her head.
Glanced at her four god-like teammates.
She opened her terminal and glanced at the time.
There were only the last four hours left until the end of the second-stage assessment.
Four hours.
As long as they sat right here starting from now.
Doing nothing at all.
Not killing any monsters.
The teams behind would definitely grind points desperately to surpass them.
By then, she would still have a chance to drop out of the safe zone!
Thinking of this.
Jiang Wangzhi's expression became incomparably serious.
She walked to the middle of the four people.
Lowering her voice, she issued the most serious command of the day.
"Listen up."
"Starting from now."
"Everyone, sit down in place."
"No running around, no fighting monsters, no meddling in other people's business."
"Even if a Star Beast walks up in front of you, as long as it doesn't bite you, none of you are allowed to fight back!"
Tang Li was stunned: "Why? Isn't it good to take this opportunity to farm more points and secure our first place?"
"First place my ass!"
Jiang Wangzhi almost cursed out loud and forcibly held it back.
"Do you understand that the extremely rigid easily breaks? Do you understand that a tree standing tall in a forest will be battered by the wind?"
She started frantically bluffing.
"We are currently in the spotlight too much; if we continue to grab points, we will definitely be jointly targeted by other teams."
"Conserve stamina."
"Safely getting through the last four hours is the optimal tactic."
Hearing the four words "optimal tactic", Pei Linchuan nodded slightly.
"Makes sense."
Even Pei Linchuan agreed.
Needless to say about Xie Zhi, he had long fallen fast asleep.
Jiang Wangzhi looked at her obediently listening teammates.
She let out a long sigh of relief in her heart.
Great.
As long as these four ancestors didn't cause trouble, her ranking could smoothly drop.
Dropping out of school still had hope!
Jiang Wangzhi found a comfortable posture and leaned against the wall.
Preparing to spend these last four hours quietly.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
"Woo——!!"
The piercing red air defense alarm.
Exploded over the entire temporary assembly point without warning!
It was not an ordinary notification.
It was the highest-level red emergency alarm!
Everyone's terminals flashed frantically, turning into a blinding blood red.
Jiang Wangzhi's heart suddenly sank.
An extremely ominous premonition welled up in her heart.
The cold, mechanical voice of the system, carrying a trace of static, echoed in everyone's ears:
【Emergency Notification!】
【Emergency Notification!】
【An unknown energy field anomaly has been detected!】
【In the depths of the D-4 Mining Area, signs of a large-scale Star Beast horde migration have appeared!】
【The target is moving towards the temporary assembly point!】
【All freshmen pay attention! This is not a drill! This is not a drill!】
【Construct defense lines immediately!】
The broadcast voice fell.
The earth trembled.
On the distant horizon, a sandstorm that blocked the sky and sun rose up.
And amidst that dust,
Was a dense, thousands-strong Star Beast frenzy.
Rushing crazily towards the direction where they were located.
The freshmen on the plaza instantly plunged into a dead silence.
Afterward, desperate screams erupted.
Jiang Wangzhi stiffly turned her head.
Looking at the sky-filling yellow sand.
She closed her eyes.
Gritting her teeth.
"God."
"Are you playing with me?"