The drones buzzed!

Several drones emerged from the woods on the right, and Shen Qingzhu’s face changed. “Run!”

With that, he turned and stepped on the rocks in the stream, quickly running in the opposite direction.

Deng Wei carried the load on his back, gritted his teeth, and followed Shen Qingzhu’s footsteps step by step.

At this moment, the drones behind them had flown into the distance, and the loaded guns were aimed at the two, firing several missiles in succession.

Deng Wei’s gaze was drawn to the missiles, and he panicked, quickly bending over to avoid them. His foot slipped on a rock, and he fell directly into the stream.

Plunk!

Shen Qingzhu turned back abruptly, his face changing suddenly. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and grabbed Deng Wei’s shoulder, helping him up.

“Damn it, I told you not to follow me. Now you’re just causing trouble for me!”

Shen Qingzhu cursed and carried Deng Wei on his shoulder, walking quickly, while Deng Wei’s right foot seemed to be injured, making his movements very difficult.

Clatter clatter clatter!

Two drones still followed closely behind them, as if intentionally, firing shots from time to time, but not hitting a single bullet.

Shen Qingzhu frowned, his gaze falling on the bushes not far ahead. His pace quickened, almost carrying Deng Wei as they ran forward.

Amid the gunfire that seemed to outline their figures, Shen Qingzhu led Deng Wei into the bushes, and the drones circled outside the bushes for two rounds, not following in.

The two of them struggled through the bushes, hunched over.

Finally, Shen Qingzhu exhausted all his strength and stumbled, bringing Deng Wei down with him. Deng Wei covered his ankle, his face contorted with pain.

“How’s your foot?” Shen Qingzhu was sweating profusely, reaching out to touch Deng Wei’s ankle.

“It’s… it’s nothing, just a sprain.”

Shen Qingzhu felt a large abscess on his ankle and his face darkened. “You can’t run anymore.”

Deng Wei gasped for breath, looking at Shen Qingzhu and chuckling.

“Damn it, what are you laughing at?!”

“Shen, you came back to save me.”

“…Shut up! I just happened to be able to reach you!”

“Shen, you go, give me the load. I can’t go on anyway. I’ll just wait here for the instructor to eliminate me.”

“I’ll carry my own load.”

“Shen, you’re a person who will do great things! As a strong person, you should survive until the end.”

Deng Wei reached out and grabbed Shen Qingzhu’s load. “Since I’m going to be eliminated anyway, helping you share the load is also a way to contribute.”

Shen Qingzhu looked at Deng Wei’s dark smile and fell silent.

“You take it!”

“Don’t grab it!” Shen Qingzhu grabbed the load, thought for a moment, and said, “I’ll give you 25 pounds of the load, and I’ll keep 10 pounds for myself.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Shen Qingzhu took off 25 pounds of the load and put it on Deng Wei, feeling much lighter himself.

“Shen, you go. The drones will be here soon.”

“…Alright, take care of yourself.”

“Okay.”

Shen Qingzhu, carrying 10 pounds of the load, slowly stood up, took one last look at Deng Wei lying on the ground, and then turned and disappeared into the bushes.

He used his knife to cut a narrow path just wide enough for one person to pass through, and in the vast forest, he walked alone, surrounded by nothing but the rustling of branches, and silence.

Shen Qingzhu walked for a long time, looked up at the sky, and found that the position of the sun had not changed. He frowned again.

“These instructors… are they really just messing with us? Keeping us trapped like guinea pigs just to laugh at us? Damn it…”

As he cursed, he gradually stopped in his tracks.

He turned to look in Deng Wei’s direction, a hint of hesitation in his expression, but he quickly shook his head.

“No… Shen Qingzhu, you are a person who will become strong! A strong person must be ruthless! You have to stay until the end, and you have to let those who look down on you know… how strong you are!”

He clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and continued forward.

At that moment, a familiar voice came from the load’s speaker.

“Your name is Li Liang, right?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… tell me about the person you like.”

“I don’t have anyone I like.”

“Oh, still a cold and unfeeling guy. What about someone you admire? There must be someone, right?”

“There is.”

“Who?”

“My brother, Shen.”

“Shen Qingzhu?” The instructor’s voice sounded very surprised. “Why?”

When I was a freshman, my brother Li Jia was deceived and got involved with a group of local gangsters. Every day after school, we would be blocked at the school gate and extorted by them… Later, Shen, who was a year older, couldn’t stand it and helped us. He fought with a dozen gangsters by himself, sending four of them to the hospital. Because of this, he was expelled from school and couldn’t take the college entrance exam, so he had to go back home to farm. Since then, my brother and I have vowed to follow Shen. Although he has a really bad temper and loves to scold us, if you spend enough time with him, you’ll find… he’s actually the gentlest person in the world.”

“…”

Shen Qingzhu’s movements froze in mid-air, like a statue, frozen in the bushes.

After a while, he muttered to himself:

“Damn it, what is this guy talking about… Clearly, it’s you who’s being punished, so why is it me who’s going to die?”

He slowly turned his head, looked back in the direction he came from, and gradually tightened the small knife in his hand.

…

In the bushes.

Deng Wei, who was resting with his eyes closed, smiled slightly.

“This Li Liang… he’s quite insightful. I wonder what expression Shen will have when he hears this.”

The drones buzzed!The drone noises came in succession, and Deng Wei opened his eyes to see the drones gradually descending from the sky, chuckling to himself.

“Come on, come eliminate me!”

Several drones turned around, their mounted gun barrels swiveling in direction, aiming at Deng Wei, who was sprawled on the ground.

Deng Wei took a deep breath and muttered, “Don’t ask me any weird questions later, or they’ll hear and laugh at me again…”

He slowly closed his eyes.

Ratatatata—!

The sound of missiles firing rang out, but after a while, Deng Wei felt nothing… he hadn’t been hit.

Opening his eyes, he saw Shen Qingzhu holding a small knife in one hand and a weight across his chest with the other, blocking all the missiles for Deng Wei.

Deng Wei was stunned for a moment, “Brother Shen, the rules say you can’t use a bag to block bullets…”

Shen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows, tossed the weight aside, and his lips curled up slightly.

“Rules? When have I, Shen Qingzhu, ever followed the rules?!”

With that, he leaped up, his knife shooting out swiftly, and to Deng Wei’s astonished expression, it directly blew up a drone!

“The rules say you can’t attack the drones, but I say I will!” Shen Qingzhu landed, looking at the drone going down in flames, and snorted coldly.

He turned around, glanced at Deng Wei lying on the ground, and spoke with an imposing tone:

“Useless, your Brother Shen is here to save you… uh—”

A gunshot rang out, and a missile struck Shen Qingzhu’s back with precision. He grunted, his eyes rolled back…

And he passed out, just like that.