Chapter 981: Chapter 981

These contestants only need to follow the map and launch a sudden attack to complete the hostage rescue mission in the shortest time.

However, the members of the Dark Group have to truly traverse the dangerous jungle, complete this competition task through exploration, and they’ve already lost in terms of time.

Soon, Qin Fang led everyone to the edge of a mountain forest, pointed to a jungle surrounded by barbed wire, and said, "Ahead is the venue for the first match, and this is the only entrance.

To ensure fairness in the competition, the routes and positions of the bandits are all identical. You nine contestants will take turns entering the jungle to proceed to the bandits’ base to rescue the hostages.

While the contestants are performing their tasks, others can only wait here for the final results.

But rest assured, the entire jungle is equipped with pinhole cameras, all actions and processes of the contestants performing tasks are under surveillance, and the footage will be transmitted to the viewing hall through live broadcast, to be supervised by all guests.

We will later determine the order of entry for contestants by drawing lots, so prepare yourselves."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Fang went to communicate with the staff to prepare for the immediate start of the competition.

"Jungle rescue, huh." Tang Ming looked at the jungle in front of him with a strange expression, this is exactly his forte.

He used to often wander in those tropical rainforests of North Africa rescuing people or killing, and he didn’t expect this first match to be a return to his old trade, so familiar.

Just as Tang Ming was in a daze, Long Ao suddenly nudged his arm.

Tang Ming came to his senses and looked at Long Ao and Lin Canghai, puzzled.

Long Ao glanced at Fu Renjie and others who were confident yet acted independently, and said gravely, "It seems the contestants of the Ming Group have already known the geographical map of the jungle and the layout of the bandits’ camp."

Tang Ming was slightly taken aback, and after glancing at Fu Renjie and others, he realized they were indeed full of confidence.

"No need to doubt, the venue was set up by the villains of the Ming Group, they must have been prepared long ago."

Lin Canghai nodded firmly, gritting his teeth, "We are at a great disadvantage from the start, if we want to win, we must unite.

"This is a single-turn competition, how do we unite?"

Tang Ming looked at Lin Canghai blankly.

"Although it’s a single-person competition, the terrain and positions of the bandits are the same, meaning we’ll be repeating a task."

Wu Xiaoyu patiently analyzed.

"And then?" Tang Ming asked further.

"In that case, the one who goes first among us will certainly be clueless about the inside, but their main task is not to compete, but to figure out the layout inside and inform the ones going later,"

Lin Canghai revealed the countermeasure.

"That’s the way it is. Since the tournament is based on a points system to determine the final winner, the three of us will assist you."

Long Ao gritted his teeth and said generously, "During the draw, we’ll exchange numbers. Group Leader Tang, you’ll be lined up after the three of us, and after we finish competing and gather all the information, you go in to compete. Then we will have better odds of winning."

Hearing this, Tang Ming looked at the determined Lin Canghai and the others and realized that the unity of the Dark Group meant sacrificing the scores of three people to secure one person’s success.

Luckily, there was a seven-day special training, which established his position as the core of this group. Otherwise, with his personality, he would never sacrifice his performance for others, and there would be a conflict with Long Ao, making the competition pointless.

"Alright, I promise to strive for first place in this competition."

Tang Ming was moved by their unity and nodded solemnly.

"That’s settled, during the draw, regardless of the numbers, we will secretly exchange them."

Long Ao lowered his voice and advised, "Wu Xiaoyu goes first, Lin Canghai second, I will be third, and lastly, it will be up to Group Leader Tang to improve our scores."

The few individuals nodded in agreement, with no objections.

Unlike the unity and discussion among the Dark Group, the members of the Ming Group had almost no exchanges, as each of them had maps and did not need to explore like the other group, allowing them to go straight to the point based on their own strength.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?"

Not long after, Qin Fang returned with a laptop.

Tang Ming and the others immediately responded.

"If that’s the case, let’s start the random draw." Qin Fang placed the laptop on a table, opened a computer lottery system, and signaled the contestants to click the mouse, "The computer system is connected to the tournament system. Once you click the mouse and generate numbers, your competition order and information will be directly displayed in the viewing hall."

Hearing this, Long Ao, Lin Canghai, and Wu Xiaoyu were all confused.

"Cough cough, looks like we can’t privately call out numbers with this system, right?"

Tang Ming rubbed his nose, uncertainly asking the three bewildered individuals.

"Damn it." Long Ao couldn’t help but curse and sighed helplessly, "At this point, we can only rely on luck, hoping that Group Leader Tang is placed behind us."

"Oh no! If he’s placed before all of us, we’re in trouble."

Wu Xiaoyu sighed miserably.

"Pah pah pah, don’t be a jinx." Lin Canghai quickly glared at Wu Xiaoyu.

The few took turns drawing lots, and after they were done, Long Ao and the others cried.

"Even though I am number three, it seems I am ahead of all of you."

Tang Ming looked at the number 3 shown on the computer, smiled bitterly at Long Ao and the others, "It seems I won’t be able to have you collect information for me."

"Damn it, is there a trojan in this system? I’m going right after you, and Wu Xiaoyu is last. Are we supposed to all assist Wu Xiaoyu?"

Long Ao couldn’t help but curse.

The lottery results showed Tang Ming as 3, Long Ao as 4, Lin Canghai as 6, and Wu Xiaoyu as 8, completely reversing the order from their original plan.

"No no no, even if I can achieve first place in this game, there’s no way I can do well in the later matches."

Wu Xiaoyu shook her head repeatedly, fully aware of her own limits, refusing to let Tang Ming and Long Ao assist her.

"Now we can only rely on our own strength to complete this competition."

Long Ao clenched his teeth and looked at Tang Ming, "Group Leader Tang, since you are ahead of me, you should be able to gather some intelligence for me. If by chance I score higher than you, it will be your job to assist me in the following matches."

Tang Ming smiled and nodded, knowing that everyone was working hard for the victory of the group, and he was also inspired by them.