CH 441

441: Bye Bye Masters Team Members

Olivia’s interviews didn’t go well. Every person she interviewed had a list of complaints they wanted to get off their chest. She wasn’t there to hear their complaints though.

Feng Wu stood in the square watching the broadcast screen.

The eleven teams had not met each other yet because they were all in different locations. Most of the teams had been eliminated because they were unfamiliar with zombies.

All of the eleven teams that survived, survived because they were strong and cautious.

Of course, the challenge had more than one level of difficulty. The zombies went up a level to level 2 and knocked out those teams that miscalculated the zombies’ attack powers.

Three teams were eliminated. It wasn’t easy to survive to that point so it was a pity they were eliminated at the last minute.

The ousted teams had nearly collected all ten badges. Given a little more time, they would have gathered all ten and completed the challenge. But a competition was a competition and a failure was a failure. There were no if’s and’s or but’s.

Ming Xi noticed the longer they stayed in the arena, the more difficult it was to move forward. Other people in other teams had also noted the same phenomenon. Such changes made it difficult to win the challenge.

Ming Xi’s team had already found eight badges. They only needed two more, but the last two were the hardest to find. The most difficult part of the challenge was still to come.

Feng Wu left school and went out to the streets to find something to eat. Outside, many people were watching the broadcast screen, which was showing the teams as they went through the level. The challenge was taking place in the virtual world, so as long as the bystanders weren’t interrupting anything, they were welcome to watch from outside the school.

Feng Wu bought a cup of sour pickled plum when she unexpectedly ran into three friends.

“Xiao Wu!” Rain waved her hands excitedly. She rushed over and sat down next to Feng Wu.

Wind and Pei Qing followed behind her with big smiles on their faces as well.

Rain slammed her hand on the table and bellowed out loud. “Boss, three cups of pickled plum drinks please!”

“Coming, coming.” The Boss looked over and got up to serve them the drink.

“Che, thought you were going to order something good when you called over like that. Turned out it was for a cheap drink like pickled plum.” The other guests nearby muttered.

It was a small shop that sold all kinds of drinks. Pickled plum was the cheapest. A cup cost two coppers because the plums themselves were so inexpensive. It was impossible to mark to price up high.

The judgmental eyes of the other guests didn’t phase the group at all. The three guys were so excited to see Feng Wu again that all the guest chatter just went in one ear and out the other.

“Rain, Wind, Big Brother Pei Qing!” Feng Wu was surprised to see three friends she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Xiao Wu, we haven’t seen you in so long. Where have you been? We couldn’t find you or Captain Jier.” Rain whispered.

“Yeah, we couldn’t find you guys.” Wind took a big gulp of sour plum.

“We went to see your competition. It was looking good. If it weren’t for a certain somebody messing you up, you would have definitely succeeded Xiao Wu.” Pei Qing felt bad for Feng Wu. If it had been an individual challenge, she would have definitely performed better. A pity it was a team challenge, and so unfavorably too.

Feng Wu answered Rain’s question and told them all about her trip at sea.

Pei Qing and the others never dreamed she would have had so many experiences. All her encounters sounded extremely dangerous, but she managed to get through everything. If it had been them, they wouldn’t have had the confidence to survive.

They were amazed at her misfortune. After learning what she went through, it put things in perspective for them. The tasks they took on didn’t seem so dangerous anymore.

Pei Qing told her about the tasks they picked up and all the interesting things they encountered. Their lives had also been filled with excitement from finding lost pets to catching adulterers and bandits. As long as the tasks were profitable, they took them.

Of course they only signed up for things within their abilities. The three cherished their lives, so they would never take anything too challenging.

“By the way Xiao Wu, we have a new task we’re taking. Do you want to do it with us? It was assigned by an old lady who suspects her daughter-in-law isn’t human. So she’s inviting adventurers to discover the truth. Do you want to go in on it together?” Rain cutely tugged at Feng Wu’s hand.

A mission? Feng Wu blinked. The individual competition was in ten days so she could go. She nodded and agreed.

Wind, Rain, and Pei Qing all cheered.

They made an appointment to meet in front of the school tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, teachers in the Sword division didn’t burden their students with memorizing spells; they only cared that their students score high on their text and combat exams. The teachers did not care if their students went out and took tasks from the guilds.

Those who wanted to be sword masters could only grow from real combat experience.

After Feng Wu and Rain figured out a meeting time, Feng Wu went to the virtual world to ask her teacher for a leave of absence. Her teacher was happy to grant her the leave because it was an Adventurer’s guild task.

Feng Wu didn’t plan on taking Little Bun with her for the trip, but who could she leave him with? Jier was a good candidate, but he had classes, so it would be inconvenient for him to bring Little Bun.