Cloud Thinking

The third round, the survival competition, officially kicked off on the third day after Helia was released into the wild by the doctor. This was the last event of the team competition and was also a popular match among the audience. The stands were almost full, and some people even risked breaking their legs by lying on the wall of the competition area to watch. This shows how influential this team competition was.

"Captain, captain! Do you want to see Snake? It has shed its skin and become very beautiful!" Kalzer held the little snake, which he treasured, in both hands, and approached Helia with sparkling eyes, as if he had forgotten that Helia particularly hated snakes.

"Oh, haha! Yes, it's really beautiful. You should keep such a good thing for yourself!" Helia said as she backed away. No matter how many times she saw the snake, she would get goose bumps all over her body. She really didn't know why Kalzer liked it so much.

"Because this is a gift you gave me, Captain. I just want to show you that I am taking good care of it." Kalzer noticed Helia's resistance and seemed a little aggrieved.

???

You think this is a gift? Can this thing be considered a gift? I never said that!

Sometimes Helia really felt that Karlzer was too easy to bully. He was the kind of person who was used to digesting his emotions alone, and liked to swallow his anger. He would even find excuses for those who bullied him and rationalize the bullying himself, which really made Helia angry.

"Has anyone ever given you a gift like this before?" Helia asked, frowning.

As if sensing Helia's hidden anger, Karzer hesitated for a moment, but still nodded honestly, and immediately explained: "Captain, don't be angry, they are just some small insects. In comparison, the snake you gave me is very good and well-behaved, and different from the ones they gave me. I like it very much!"

"Ha! I think this kid really knows how to irritate Belle better than anyone else." Faced with this situation, all Drummond could do was to cover his eyes speechlessly to avoid getting angry.

Britney stood beside him and couldn't help but yawn again. This was her fifth yawn of the day. Influenced by her, Drummond couldn't help yawning. Perhaps out of curiosity, or perhaps out of jealousy, he said something extra: "Tell me, Bailey doesn't really like this guy, right? Otherwise, why does he always stand up for him?"

In the past, when he saw Kalzer being bullied, he would indeed get angry, and would even direct his anger toward Kalzer himself, because he was too weak, which was why he was always bullied. But now, no one dares to bully this guy, but Belei is still determined to stand up for him, which is a bit strange.

"You're overthinking it." Britney bluntly interrupted Drummond's ridiculous idea, "She is very sentimental, you know that, not to mention, that's the first friend she made, so it must have a different meaning."

Drummond pointed at himself and asked in confusion: "Am I not her friend? Am I not a human being?"

Brittany shook her head and whispered, "You're only Helia's friend, not Belay's friend."

It should be said that she realized very early on that Helia was deliberately dividing her identity and circle of friends, those of Belei and those of Princess Helia. She and Drummond were unsurprisingly placed on Helia's side. Lydia was a little special, as she was both a friend of Helia and a friend of Belei, but judging by what Helia meant, she should have been placed under the princess status.

But Karzer was different from them. He had no idea of ​​Helia's identity. He only fell in love with her and became friends with her because of the personal charm of Belei.

Of course, Beile and Helia are actually the same person. No matter how much Helia wants to separate the two identities, it is completely impossible.

"What are you mumbling about?" Gena, who was bored to death, ran to the location of the mixed team and shamelessly squeezed in between Britney and Drummond, expressing his strong desire to join in their conversation.

"Besides, why would Belei agree to cooperate with a fool like you who can't read other people's faces?" Drummond said unhappily.

Although Helia was talking to them about the cooperation in a negotiating tone, it was clear from her expression that she had already made up her mind and would not tolerate their refusal. It was clear that both sides had planted bad seeds since the first game, so why did it look like it was going in the direction of bearing good fruits now?

"Don't force me to beat you now." Although Gena was afraid of Helia, he was not afraid of other people. As a magic swordsman, he had always been looked up to by others. For some reason, since he met Belei, he felt that he had lost something.

what is it then?

If Helia knew what he was thinking, she would definitely tell him: My child, what you have lost is your pride, arrogance and arrogance! But it is much better than losing your offspring and tongue!

As Helia was patiently telling Karl what kind of things were considered gifts, Beavis came over with a thin girl. Seeing her hiding behind him, he reluctantly grabbed her from behind him, pushed her in front of Helia, and introduced her: "Beleyi, this is our captain - Netina."

Helia then let go of Kalzer and set her sights on the frightened Netina. Just as Beavis had introduced her, she was not only small in stature but also timid. The freckles on her face were very cute. Although she looked thin, her cheeks were unexpectedly chubby.

Neytina raised her hand tremblingly and waved towards Helia. She nodded slightly, forced a smile on her face, and whispered softly, "Hello..."

"My name is Belei, you must know me, so I won't introduce myself. If you don't feel comfortable with me, you can ask Beavis to pass on the message, or tell Kalzer, he is the healing magician of our team, you should have a lot of common topics." Helia pointed at Kalzer who was holding a snake beside her, and signaled him with her eyes to come forward and say hello.

"Hello, I'm Karlzer, also a healing magician." Karlzer put the snake into his sleeve, stretched out the hand that had touched the snake, and gave a friendly smile.

Under Helia's "training", Kalzer was able to communicate normally with others. Although he still had some social phobia and felt afraid when he saw crowded places, he could introduce himself fluently when facing one or two strangers.

Netina felt like she was going to faint. As expected, Belei was the school's celebrity. Even Kalze, who seemed to be the easiest to bully in the team, was a terrifying existence that could play with snakes with one hand. Then the others... She didn't dare to think too much, for fear that she would be scared to faint.

"Hello... My name is Netina..." Although she was very scared, she still reached out her hand and gently shook hands with Karlzer. Maybe it was because she had touched a snake before, but she felt that the touch of his hand was particularly slippery, just like a snake...

"Because the starting point is randomly assigned, we should find a way to meet up after the game starts." Helia took out two knuckle-sized magic crystals from her pocket and threw them to Beavis. "One is for tracking us, and the other is for being tracked by us. Keep it."

"Have you ever prayed to the goddess of luck?" Helia suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

Neytina nodded. It should be said that almost all teams went to pray to the goddess of luck before the game. With Helia's vivid precedent, everyone had to go and get some good luck even if they didn't believe it.

After each game, everyone can apply for their team's live game record to check the score and analyze the game. In addition, they can also get the live video of the championship team's game for reference and learning. So almost everyone saw how lucky Helia's team was. They encountered three designated items in a row at the beginning of the game; they saw how they hid the designated items on their bodies. This trick, if it was someone else present, I'm afraid it would be unpredictable.

After watching the live record of the mixed team, everyone’s mind was filled with the question: Can we play like this?

But there was only one team that was particularly angry, and that was Judith's team. When they saw Helia deceived them with fake designated items, they were so angry that they almost smashed the video stone. Mirang roared angrily and said that he would let Helia taste his fist in the next game.

However, it was also because of the live record that not many teams dared to offend Helia in this round. Her score was reset to zero. Even if she was very good in the last game and won first place, it was unlikely that she would turn the tables. What did this mean? She would have no scruples.

Because there are no points to be deducted, so as long as she does not violate the bottom line rule - using killing magic, she can violate all other rules at will. Anyway, violating the rules will be dealt with by deducting points after the game. She has no points to be deducted, so can't she do whatever she wants?

Of course, this also means that as long as no one can see, Britney can do whatever she wants, because Britney's points are tied to Helia, Helia's points have been reset to zero, and she doesn't need points, so she can do whatever she wants!

So Helia was full of confidence. As long as no other major accidents happened in this game, they would definitely win.

Hey, it's really a good thing for Beavis and the others to have such thick thighs for them to hug...

"That's good. I hope you'll be luckier in this game and can meet us smoothly." Helia wished sincerely. In fact, she wanted to say something harsh, but looking at Neytina's well-behaved and docile face, she had to swallow all the garbage.

What if she makes someone cry? She doesn't know how to comfort people...

"We will try our best and wish you good luck in the game." Beavis replied.

There are no major changes to the rules of this year's survival competition. After all, all teams compete in the same competition arena, and as in previous years, there are no special circumstances that require additional clauses, so there is nothing to change.

The competition is limited to seven days. All participating teams must survive in the place designated by the organizer for seven days. Finally, points are calculated based on the number of people who survive. One head is 100 points, which is also the most important score of this game.

In addition, every time a special animal is hunted or a special plant is discovered, there will be a corresponding score, ranging from 1 to 50 points, which will be counted by the off-site competition team based on the actual situation.

Eliminating other team members will get 50 points each. Compared to the survival points, it is less because the organizers hope to see students unite and cooperate to survive together, rather than fighting and killing at the beginning. In the end, no one survives until the seventh day, which is too embarrassing.

The organizers will draw on-site from the ten venues prepared in advance, which means that the venue will only be known before the start of the competition. This also avoids the possibility of teachers taking bribes and students cheating, but at the same time, it also brings great risks. No one knows whether there will be any problems with the venue from the time the organizers select the venue to the time the students enter the venue. For example, there was a case where the venue was drawn to the sea. The students were teleported there and happened to encounter a rare storm, and the whole team was wiped out on the third day.

There were also students who were teleported into a forest, into which a large number of magical beasts accidentally broke in. That class suffered heavy casualties, and under pressure from public opinion, the academy was almost disbanded.

Even so, even though there are students who get injured or even die in the survival competitions, the academy still sticks to tradition and does not change it. They think this is the only way to truly reflect the level of the students. After all, the academy trains magicians who can fight against monsters and protect their homes in the future, not flowers in a greenhouse that only have the advantage of being pretty.

"Beleyi, what venue do you think you will be drawn to this time?" Drummond asked, bored from waiting.

Helia had learned in advance that the venues for the competitions every year were nothing more than the same few, forests, deserts, oceans, islands, snowy mountains, ice fields, swamps, ancient city ruins, etc., and they were randomly drawn every year, so there was no point in calculating the probability. However, since she had worshipped the goddess of luck yesterday, she still had some confidence in her luck and replied, "Forest, we've played in the forest for several games in a row, so we're quite familiar with it."