Zhang Luochen led the remaining two recruits to continue navigating the intricate floors, but they found no further trace of the headless man.

It was probably because the Chaotic Cube didn't want him to encounter it. Not long after, a loud noise came from afar. Zhang Luochen guessed that Lin Qiye and the others had also encountered this headless man.

Zhang Luochen turned to the other two recruits and said, "You two go check where the noise came from, I'll go to the place where it came from."

"You're going alone? Is that alright?"

"I'm fine. Being alone actually makes it easier for me to move around."

The two recruits nodded and continued in different directions, while Zhang Luochen moved in another direction.

This time, Zhang Luochen took a completely different path, because he started demolishing the wall directly, taking a straight line.

Sure enough, following his route, the dragging sound reappeared, and Zhang Luochen immediately slowed down and lowered his voice to a minimum.

"I guess Lin Qiye and the others parted ways with this guy after they met briefly," Zhang Luochen thought to himself.

His eyes continued to scan the surroundings, but he found no trace of the headless man. He only heard a sound, but the key was that he couldn't find the direction of the sound because the space here had started to distort again.

"Molly! Qiye! Luochen! Caoyuan! Where are you?!"

Zhang Luochen was stunned when he heard that familiar voice. Wasn't that Baili Pangpang's voice? Good heavens, he's here to be the hero and save the damsel in distress.

However, his shouts clearly attracted the headless man's attention, and Zhang Luochen heard the dragging sound and began to turn in a different direction.

Zhang Luochen continued forward, but after running a few steps, he suddenly saw several familiar figures.

I hadn't seen them just now, but perhaps due to the spatial shift, they're now right next to me.

"Fatty?" Zhang Luochen whispered, because Baili Fatty's mouth was being covered by Molly.

Molly waved to Zhang Luochen as soon as she saw him, signaling him to come over. Zhang Luochen followed Molly through the wall to the balcony of a dormitory room.

Besides Molly, there was another female soldier with her. Only when the dragging sound got further and further away did Molly let go of Baili Pangpang's hand.

"Why are you shouting so loudly? Do you want to die?" Molly whispered angrily.

Baili Pangpang looked aggrieved: "I didn't know I couldn't speak loudly."

"You're awake? Does that mean everyone else is awake?" Zhang Luochen also lowered his voice.

Baili Pangpang nodded: "Yes, they're all awake. I woke them up." Baili Pangpang pointed to himself and then looked at Molly, as if to say, "See? Pretty impressive, huh?"

"Yeah, Fatty is really something." Zhang Luochen coaxed him like he was a child.

Molly's expression turned serious: "This is a mysterious creature from the 'River' Realm. It automatically traces the source of sounds; the louder the sound, the stronger it is. We call it the [Sound Hunter]."

"By the way, Luo Chen, why are you all alone?" Baili Pangpang noticed that Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan were not there.

Upon hearing this, Molly's expression changed: "Could it be that they've already..."

"You're overthinking it. When we were passing through a wall, the surrounding walls suddenly moved and blocked us. I also encountered that Sound Hunter earlier."

"You ran into them again?"

Zhang Luochen nodded: "We even fought, and then the space shifted again, and we separated from it."

“You guys even had a fight, and you were all alone? We lost more than a dozen of our sisters,” Molly said.

Zhang Luochen recounted what had just happened, even mentioning how he almost succeeded, but unfortunately, spatial teleportation caused him to miss that opportunity.

"Someone died in battle? Isn't this just a show?" Baili Pangpang looked astonished, unable to believe it.

"An exercise? When you see your comrades die right in front of you, you'll know this isn't an exercise, it's a mysterious invasion." Molly's eyes flashed with powerful fighting spirit, and she looked at Zhang Luochen: "You just experienced it too, you should understand how it feels."

But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Luochen's expression was unexpected, and his next words completely overturned Molly's understanding.

"Well, it really was a drill," Zhang Luochen said somewhat awkwardly.

The group looked at Zhang Luochen in astonishment. Molly's expression was even more complicated. Good heavens, everyone had gone through the same thing, so how come this is just a drill for you?

“Listen to me, we just found the corpses on the ground, but from my observation, they are not normal human corpses at all. Although they are very realistic, some internal structures of the human body cannot be replicated, so those corpses are fake.”

Zhang Luochen offered some explanation, and Molly and the others understood the power of Zhang Luochen's eyes, so they trusted them. However, after all, some of their comrades had truly died before their eyes.

“But I saw our battle cut in half with my own eyes. The corpses could be fake, but the one who died in front of me couldn’t be fake.” Molly clenched her fists angrily.

"Originally, I couldn't explain this, but I understood it when we were dealing with the [Sound Hunters]. Just as we were about to strike them, someone suddenly appeared and switched them with fake corpses. This was all the instructor's doing."

However, regardless of the circumstances, this is still an assessment, so our performance remains crucial.

……

Inside a tent outside the training camp.

"Zhang Luochen's eyes are terrifying; he sees right through everything," Instructor Hong said, staring at the monitor in front of him.

"You think it's just Zhang Luochen? Lin Qiye also discovered it. He caught them switching the bodies earlier."

"Hey, with these two around, our trick was immediately exposed," another instructor said.

"However, no matter what, there are too many smart minds among this batch of recruits. Don't just look at the boys, look at what these girls are doing. There are also some brilliant minds among them."

The instructors looked toward the monitor.

Molly led them through more than a dozen walls to the boiler room, which was the largest room, though it wasn't originally located here.

Meanwhile, in the vast space, dozens of female soldiers were already sitting on the ground. They were divided into three groups and sat together, each holding a drawing board, seemingly recording something.

Molly made a gesture to one of the girls, and the next moment, a faint light emanated from the girl's fingertip. Then, a cacophony of sounds came from Zhang Luochen and Baili Pangpang's ears, as if they were wearing headphones.

The girls' conversation instantly reached their ears, a strange feeling, even though no one had spoken, their voices were heard.

"This is a small mental link that allows direct communication through thought, but the forbidden area is not large, covering at most two rooms."

"So, they're looking for patterns in this spatial anomaly? Some people are wandering around each room, while others are analyzing it?" Zhang Luochen immediately understood their grouping.

"That's amazing! How did you guys come up with that idea?" Baili Pangpang asked in surprise.

“Everyone has their strengths. Our female soldiers also have strategists like Lin Qiye and Zhang Luochen.” A hint of pride appeared in Molly’s eyes.

However, Zhang Luochen found it strange no matter how he listened; he felt as if his name had been added on the spot.

Suddenly, Azi, who was sitting in the middle, stood up abruptly from the ground.

"Alright, I understand the pattern of each spatial distortion now!"

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