Chapter 983: Chapter 983

Standing outside the fortress, Tang Ming hid under a tree that couldn’t be observed by any surveillance cameras, looking at the little red bird hanging upside down on a branch, revealing a satisfied smile.

The audience in the conference hall stared at the constantly switching camera angles on the screen, which couldn’t locate the contestant who seemed to have disappeared.

In the private rooms, the heads of the nine major families all craned their necks to stare at the big screen, trying to find any trace of Tang Ming.

Even Meng Xiaolu from the Meng Family unconsciously sat up straight; to disappear from the surveillance camera’s extensive coverage was as if he had grown wings and flown away.

After five minutes, the big screen suddenly shifted, directly switching to the end of the competition screen, leaving only Tang Ming’s avatar and a description of him completing the hostage rescue task in ten minutes.

"How could this be? How did he complete the task?"

Everyone was pondering this question at the same time.

"Brother Fu, what are you doing? We didn’t see anything, how did that kid complete the task?"

Zhao Jincheng immediately asked Fu Tianbao.

"Exactly, contact Fu Tianyou immediately, get him to explain what’s going on."

Qian Weiguo also showed impatience; mainly because this matter was too bizarre.

Su Tianyu and the others were looking at each other, although unclear about what was going on, they knew Tang Xin completed the hostage rescue task in ten minutes, as if it was a dream.

Soon, Fu Tianyou’s image appeared on the big screen, with a look like he had lost his father.

"Hello, audience everyone."

Fu Tianyou calmed his emotions and explained: "According to the information from the front of the field, competitor Tang Xin somehow sneaked into the simulated base without alerting the guards, rescued the hostage and successfully completed the task in...in ten minutes."

Upon hearing these words, the whole place was in uproar.

Being able to infiltrate such a heavily guarded armed base and accurately find the hostage’s location within five minutes is simply inconceivable.

"Impossible, how is this possible?"

Fu Tianbao shouted immediately: "Even if he sneaked into the base, how could he possibly find the hostage location in such a short time? Unless he knew the base’s layout and hostage location in advance, it must be cheating."

"Hehe. Fu Tianbao, when Fu Renjie moved unhindered in the jungle before, we didn’t say he knew the route in advance, why do you suspect Tang Xin now?"

Su Tianyu looked at Fu Tianbao with sarcasm and questioned.

"Exactly. Don’t forget the simulated base was guarded by members of both the Dark Group and Ming Group, even if someone from the Dark Group wanted to let him through deliberately, the Ming Group people probably wouldn’t agree."

Lin Qingfeng spoke playfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the entire competition venue was prepared and built by the Ming Group. Unless someone from Ming Group helped Tang Xin cheat, our Dark Group is simply powerless."

Wu Dao also took the opportunity to remind.

Tang Xin’s completion of the first game with such a performance was certainly a moment of pride for the Dark Group members.

"Everybody, you’ve always claimed the tournament is fair, just, and open. When the contestants from your families achieve excellent results, it’s only right. But when our Dark Group achieves good results, it’s automatically cheating, isn’t that a bit too bullying?"

Long Aiyu squinted his eyes, coldly scanned Fu Tianbao and the others.

Wan Changfa gritted his teeth, stopping Fu Tianbao who still wanted to stir trouble: "The contestants haven’t finished the race yet, and all of us have been supervising the competition process without finding any evidence of cheating."

Upon hearing this, Fu Tianbao fell silent.

Without evidence, even if Tang Ming really cheated, they couldn’t find anything since the audience’s eyes are sharp, and many people are waiting to watch the match.

Tang Ming had earlier instructed the little red bird to track Fu Renjie, not only figuring out the jungle route but also confirming the hostage location, and the little red bird even found loopholes in the fortress defense.

With this intelligence, Tang Ming, already adept in stealth and concealment techniques, quickly rescued the hostage, successfully completing the task.

When Long Ao and others heard Tang Ming completed the task in just ten minutes, they were all stunned.

Even Qian Bujun and others were frightened by Tang Ming’s achievement; ten minutes, compared to Fu Renjie’s previous thirty-nine minutes, was way too different.

After completing the task, Tang Ming was led by the staff to leave and enter the rest hall to relax.

Just entering the hall, Fu Renjie enthusiastically came up, smugly looking at Tang Ming: "Tang Group Leader, how did you do?"

Since he knew the map beforehand, Fu Renjie was very confident in his results. Even if he wasted some time during the final attack on the fortress, he definitely was able to surpass Tang Ming’s performance.

"Hey." Tang Ming shook his head and sighed.

Seeing Tang Ming’s dejected appearance, Fu Renjie couldn’t help but laugh, "Now you know that in a grand competition, strength alone doesn’t guarantee a good score, right? I tell you, though your cultivation is higher than mine, to defeat me in this is simply dreaming."

Tang Ming smiled wistfully.

"Don’t be disheartened, this is just the first competition, losing doesn’t matter."

Fu Renjie pretended to comfort him briefly, then mischievously said: "Because in the following tournaments you will lose even worse, you will be even sadder... hahaha."

Tang Ming couldn’t hold it any longer, chuckled: "I just finished a task in ten minutes that took you thirty-nine minutes to complete, where exactly do you get the courage to show off in front of me?"

Fu Renjie froze for a moment, then abruptly burst into laughter: "Tang Xin oh Tang Xin, if you’re going to brag you should at least have some basis, I take so much time even with a map and you supposedly do it in ten minutes."

Tang Ming squinted his eyes, his face cold.

Fu Renjie quickly covered his mouth, shook his head and said: "Map? I don’t know what you’re talking about?"

"Hehe, having a map you’re still useless, I bet your score will be the lowest among everyone."

Tang Ming paid no attention to Fu Renjie, walked to a chair and sat down.

"Arrogant, I’ll see how you show off when the final results come out."

Fu Renjie curled his lips disdainfully, then angrily looked for a place to sit, originally wanted to mock that annoying guy, but unexpectedly the other didn’t care at all, frustrating.

"Next, please contestant No. 4, Long Ao enter the arena."

Qin Fang continued to host the tournament with her usual smile.