Chapter 54

"Team battle, you arrange it. No matter how you divide the teams, I will follow your orders."

Qin De put on an obedient and loyal dog act.

"I plan to act alone!"

Sun Yuan said.

"What?"

Zhen Yu was stunned.

"Why?"

Shen Jingran was anxious, almost blurting out, "Are you out of your mind?"

Choosing the three strongest companions to form a small team was the right approach.

"We have ten people. No matter how we divide, one person will be left alone. Who will be that unlucky one?"

Sun Yuan countered.

He wanted to act alone not only for this reason but also because he wanted to get the treasure chest, a secret he couldn't share with others.

Otherwise, it would reveal his identity as a beta tester, and he would be eliminated.

Everyone fell silent.

The brutal games they had experienced before had taught them that acting alone was no different from seeking death.

Sun Yuan's willingness to take the solo position was incredibly generous.

"Qing Shan, Zhao Xuejie, Qin De, I hope you can take Zhuo Wen and form a team!"

Sun Yuan looked at Zhuo Wen in his hands and pleaded.

"Great Sage!"

Zhuo Wen was deeply moved. Although he had received treatment with a basic healing potion and his wounds had scabbed over, he was actually no longer combat-effective, just a number filler.

"Sure."

Xu Qingshan agreed. He was a simple and honest person, and he owed Sun Yuan several favors, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Team leader, we will do our best to protect him."

Zhao Siyu guaranteed.

Qin De was delighted to be on the same team as Xu Qingshan. Among these people, apart from Sun Yuan, this rural boy was the most capable.

"Thank you!"

Sun Yuan was grateful: "Actually, you don't need to worry. With the map, we'll get out quickly, and the spore suit will protect us from monster attacks."

"What are you talking about? We're alive now thanks to you. Whatever you say, we'll do."

Xu Qingshan couldn't stand Sun Yuan being so polite.

"Zhuo Wen, don't give up, keep fighting to survive."

Sun Yuan had saved Zhuo Wen several times and even used his favors to have Xu Qingshan's team take him along.

He had done his best.

Sun Yuan couldn't give up the chance to get the treasure chests, especially since the items in these four chests were crucial for passing the game, significantly increasing their chances of survival.

He wanted to survive and even get the first kill, so he had to find these treasure chests.

"Great Sage, I won't give up. Since I'm injured, I'll team up with Zhou Ze!"

Zhuo Wen smiled.

"Don't be so formal, we're friends now."

Xu Qingshan advised.

"No, I'll team up with Zhou Ze."

Zhuo Wen refused. Since entering the game, he had caused Sun Yuan a lot of trouble and felt very guilty.

"I really envy your friendship."

Seeing Sun Yuan and Zhuo Wen thinking of each other, Xu Qingshan was envious. He didn't have such a close friend.

"Team leader, don't worry, I'll take care of Zhuo Wen."

Zhou Ze made a grand statement.

"Thank you!"

Sun Yuan nodded: "How you divide the teams is up to you. Actually, there's no need to worry. With the spore suit, we're quite safe."

"Zhen Yu, Shen Jingran, I, Xu Qingshan, we four will form a team?"

Zhao Siyu spoke first: "Qin De, Li Wan, Zhao Caiwei will form a team, and Zhuo Wen and Zhou Ze will form another. Does everyone agree?"

Shen Jingran pursed her lips, wanting to say, "What gives you the right to divide the teams?" She also wanted to replace Zhen Yu with Qin De, but considering Zhen Yu had the Anger Slingshot, a decent combat tool, she gave up.

"Since everyone agrees, let's finalize it."

Zhao Siyu encouraged everyone: "Everyone, let's work together and survive!"

After a brief rest, the ten team members split up and set off on their respective routes.

Sun Yuan now had five maps, four with the number '1' and one with the number '2'. The '2' map indicated the route out of the maze, while the others pointed to treasure chests.

After a quick review, Sun Yuan chose the closest one from the four '1' maps.

It had been twelve hours since the second game, the maze escape, began, and more and more monsters were entering the maze, making encounters more frequent.

Fortunately, Sun Yuan had the spore suit, so he wouldn't be attacked even if he encountered them.

Twenty minutes later, Sun Yuan approached the treasure point indicated on the map without incident.

At a crossroads, he turned east and walked another seventy meters to a 'T' intersection.

On the right passage, a white light barrier blocked the view inside.

"Found it!"

Sun Yuan excitedly rushed over.

When he passed through the light barrier, it felt like passing through a thick liquid, with a sense of resistance, and then his vision suddenly opened up.

It was a spacious circular area covered in green grass.

In the center was a three-meter-high altar, and on the altar, a gold treasure chest floated, emitting a treasure-like glow.

Sun Yuan immediately rushed over, first tapping the gold chest with his machete, which had no reaction, before reaching out to touch it.

[Player life detected, chest opening.]

With a mechanical voice, the chest made a clicking sound, clearly the internal gears unlocking.

Sun Yuan counted to 5, and the lid popped open.

The chest was not large, one meter long and half a meter wide, but the item inside was even smaller.

Two mushrooms emitting a pale blue glow, about the size of strawberries, could be swallowed in one bite.

[Congratulations, you have obtained two Speed Mushrooms.]

Name: Speed Mushroom.

Type: Natural combat drug.

Quality: Rare.

Effect: After the player swallows this mushroom, their speed will instantly skyrocket, like a hurricane, moving swiftly and invisibly.

Duration: Three minutes.

Note: After the effect ends, the player will feel extremely tired, with their stamina dropping to one-tenth of normal.

Whew!

Sun Yuan whistled, his face beaming.

What a great find!

This was an excellent item for escaping. After swallowing one, running felt like using a nitro boost, as fast as an F1 car.

However, after escaping, one needed to find a safe place to hide and wait for the fatigue to pass and stamina to recover, or they would be vulnerable to enemies.

Sun Yuan put away the Speed Mushrooms and took out another map, following the route.

Along the way, he saw many corpses, both human and monster.

As the number of monsters increased and they began to move in groups, players found it increasingly difficult to escape, forcing them to fight.

Therefore, if players could kill monsters early and quickly obtain the maze map and spore suit, their survival rate would significantly increase.

Unfortunately, only a few players did this.

To save energy, Sun Yuan jogged slowly. Suddenly, a group of college students turned into the corridor from a crossroads ahead, looking panicked, clearly being chased by monsters.

Among them was a girl with short hair. Seeing that Sun Yuan didn't turn back but continued forward, she was stunned and shouted, "Run, there are monsters behind us!"

Sun Yuan remained unmoved, not slowing down.

"Run!"

Guo Caihong thought the boy hadn't heard her and shouted again.

"Stop shouting, you'll attract the monsters!"

Tu Huan complained, glancing at Sun Yuan.

He thought this guy was a fool, deserving to be eliminated. Anyone with a bit of intelligence would run with the crowd when they saw a group fleeing from the opposite direction, right?

Even if they didn't run, they would at least stop to ask what was happening.

But this guy had no intention of stopping.

He was utterly hopeless.

As they passed each other, Guo Caihong grabbed Sun Yuan: "Where are you going? There are monsters behind us!"

"What's it to you?"

Tu Huan was annoyed. He liked Guo Caihong, which was why he spoke up. The other college students had already run away and wouldn't waste time here.

"The monsters won't attack me!"

Seeing Guo Caihong was a kind-hearted girl, Sun Yuan explained: "See? Killing monsters drops these spore suits. Wear one, and you won't be attacked."

Sun Yuan finished speaking, shook off Guo Caihong's hand, and continued on his way.

"What?"

Guo Caihong was confused.

At the crossroads, six mushroom men charged in. Guo Caihong and Tu Huan saw the good-looking boy pass through the group of monsters unharmed.

The monsters' single eyes looked at him but didn't attack, then continued chasing.

"So, to pass this level, we need to kill monsters!"

Guo Caihong realized.

She was deeply regretful and self-blaming, "Why didn't I think of that? I wasted over ten hours."

"Kill monsters? Isn't that suicide?"

Tu Huan was desperate: "This game doesn't give us a chance to live!"

"There's always a way. Didn't that alumnus manage it?"

Guo Caihong encouraged Tu Huan: "Don't worry, there's always a solution. Let's shake off these monsters first and then figure out a plan."

Guo Caihong had been on sports teams since childhood and was a sports talent admitted to college. She was excellent at both long and short-distance running and had great stamina.

Perhaps due to her years of sports, she was very cheerful.

Honestly, competing with these monsters gave her an indescribable thrill.

In previous competitions, losing meant losing a medal, but now, losing meant losing her life. This made Guo Caihong not only fearless but even more excited.

Half an hour later, Sun Yuan saw another white light barrier, just like the one he had seen before.

The second treasure chest point.

"I wonder what's in this chest?"

Sun Yuan was excited, rushing over and passing through the light barrier.