Song Yu thought he misheard. “Whose clothes?”

Rong Shi took out a flashlight and medical kit from his backpack. He had everything ready, but the person still hadn’t come over. Rong Shi took two steps closer, and just as he raised his hand, Song Yu blocked him.

Seeing his wary expression, Rong Shi put his hand down: “There’s a parasitic worm on wolves that feeds on wolf blood. After it gets fat, it lays its eggs in the wolf’s blood vessels. It’s harmless to wolves, but if a human accidentally gets it—”

Upon hearing “worm,” Song Yu’s expression changed. He suddenly felt the skin around his neck itch more, and his head felt dizzy.

Rong Shi seemed not to notice his change in expression and explained expressionlessly: “The worm itself is poisonous and will cause skin ulcers. Once eggs are laid in the blood vessels, the larvae will enter the internal organs and brain, growing fatter and fatter, until the body becomes an empty shell—”

“Enough!” Song Yu’s face turned pale. He unfastened his combat belt with one hand, tossing it onto a nearby flat rock, his eyes fixed on Rong Shi. His movements as he took off his clothes were forceful.

The flashlight’s beam shone on him. Song Yu caught a glimpse of something moving on his left shoulder from the corner of his eye. He instantly stiffened, his face turning green.

Rong Shi took out tools from the medical kit and asked in a low voice: “Afraid of bugs?”

Feeling the cold metal prick his neck, Song Yu endured the discomfort and sneered: “How could I be?”

He had just spoken when a rice-grain-sized worm, struggling and twitching, appeared in front of him, clamped by tweezers. He recoiled in fright, his stomach churning.

“Don’t move. If the bug is startled, it will lay its eggs prematurely.” Rong Shi patted his shoulder, “There’s a fat one here.”

Song Yu turned his head away, not daring to look, his hands on his knees clenching and relaxing, then relaxing and clenching. His voice was dry and tight: “Are there many?”

Rong Shi: “It’s alright, only twenty or thirty.”

Song Yu: “…” Damn it!

Rong Shi: “I’m kidding, this probably fell into your collar from a plant. Its toxicity is very weak and it won’t lay eggs, don’t be afraid.”

He said comforting words, but his tone was tinged with teasing.

Song Yu was fuming: “You f***ing—”

Rong Shi: “Don’t move.”

Song Yu’s face was grim, his body stiff, not daring to move.

Rong Shi put the only three small worms into a jar, put on the lid, and turned on the switch. The high temperature instantly incinerated the worms into ash.

Song Yu felt something cool being applied to his neck. He heard Rong Shi say: “You’re good to go. Tighten your collar a bit, in case it falls into your—”

As Rong Shi finished tidying up, a strong gust of wind came towards his face. He raised his hand to block it, his voice calm: “I just helped you.”

“So I thank you with my fists, what’s the problem?” Song Yu, draped in his clothes, without even buttoning them up, let out the anger that had been building for days.

At the cave entrance, Qin Luo pricked up his ears, listening to the commotion inside. Suddenly, the sound of a fight broke out. He immediately shouted nervously: “Brother?! I’m coming in!”

Song Yu: “Don’t come in!”

Qin Luo: “…”

The two exchanged several solid blows. When they walked out of the cave, Rong Shi suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Song Yu and said: “Your body temperature is high. Some toxins can cause an early susceptible period. Keep an eye on it yourself.”

“Do you think I’ll still believe you?” Song Yu walked past him with a cold face.

As they reached the cave entrance, a group of people happened to pass by.

Song Yu saw them looking over, then suddenly smiled at Rong Shi and ambiguously said: “Your technique is good.”

With that, he walked away as if no one else was there.

The others saw Song Yu holding his combat belt, his clothes disheveled, his bangs slightly damp, and his beautiful face smiling suggestively. Coupled with what he said, their minds instantly raced, and their gazes gradually became subtle.

No way, no way, they actually did that in this environment?!

Rong Shi, who was left to endure the baptism of everyone’s stares: “…”

Qin Luo nervously walked to Song Yu’s side: “Brother, are you okay?”

He received a cold snort from Song Yu in return.

Qin Luo: “…” Why is he so ruffled?

This group came from another direction, a total of five teams.

After merging with them, the main group now had fifty people.

They argued for a long time about whether to continue the journey or set up camp, but there was no result.

“Look, Rong Shi is leaning there asleep, he’s clearly not moving,” someone whispered, and the matter was somehow miraculously settled.

This infuriated Zhang Yi quite a bit: “They don’t even think about who risked their lives to save them!”

Lu Ming grimly wiped his military knife, saying nothing.

In the upper-grade classroom, a group of people gathered around the live broadcast screen, discussing—

“Rong Shi’s decision is absolutely correct. This spot has the cliff behind it and a cave, and the river in front is a natural barrier. It’s the best place for camping, very friendly for new recruits.”

“Mainly, it’s getting late. Once they enter the forest, they either have to travel at night or camp in the forest, both of which are very dangerous.”

“This freshman chairman has something going for him.”

Night fell. A fire was lit in the open space in front of the cave, and capsule tents were arranged in a row. The evening breeze carried a muddy, fishy smell.

A group of people gathered around the campfire, lively as if they were out camping.

Rong Shi deliberately avoided them, leaning against a protruding rock in the cave. He took out the stone from his backpack and whispered: “Time to eat.”

As his voice fell, the decorative buckle of his personal terminal suddenly opened, and the deep blue gem tumbled and transformed into a round-headed metal sphere.

The sphere happily spun a few times, extending two small claws from its side and spreading them open in front of Rong Shi.

【Hurry up, the child is almost crying from craving.】

Rong Shi: “…”

01 held the stone and rubbed against it, two blushes appearing on its body.

【So fragrant~】

Rong Shi: “Hurry up.”

The metal sphere suddenly split open in the middle, like a gaping mouth. The stone was thrown in, and soon a crunching sound was heard. Moments later, stone fragments were spat out.

【Battery remaining 1%, not even enough to get stuck in my teeth—】

As the sound rang out, the scene in front of Rong Shi’s eyes changed. All objects in his line of sight had hovering annotation windows, including texture, properties, distance, danger level, etc.

Rong Shi: “Turn off regular mode, repair first. I don’t need you for now.”

In a blink of an eye, everything in front of him returned to normal.

After deciding on the shift schedule, Rong Shi found a small cave, opened his sleeping bag, and lay inside.

Song Yu and Qin Luo also followed, lying down against the wall on the other side of the cave.

Late at night, the surroundings were quiet except for the sound of water.

Extremely faint footsteps gradually approached. Song Yu, with his back to the cave entrance, opened his eyes, devoid of any sleepiness.

A whoosh of wind swept past his ear. Song Yu quickly grabbed the incoming person’s wrist, twisted it back, and slammed him onto the ground by his neck.

The flashlight beam hit him. The person on the ground held a knife, wearing a freshman training uniform, but his face was twenty or thirty years old.

Song Yu pinned his back with his knee, his eyes cold: “Who sent you?”

Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, the assassin tried to shout and cause a commotion: “He—mmph!”

Song Yu was faster. He twisted his jaw with force, breaking his neck, and the person immediately went limp.

Qin Luo squatted down with the flashlight to examine him carefully, whispering: “Brother, should we take him out and throw him in the river?”

Song Yu made a shushing gesture, then turned his head towards Rong Shi’s direction.

From the assassin’s appearance to his demise, it took less than a minute, but for highly alert people, even one second of anomaly is enough to wake them up.

Rong Shi, however, had shown no reaction until now. Either he was truly in a deep sleep, or he was faking it.

Song Yu slowly walked towards him, having already imagined countless possibilities in his mind in those few steps.

He didn’t want to be enemies with Rong Shi unless absolutely necessary.

His intuition told him this person was very strong.

Before he got close, footsteps were heard from outside. The student on watch approached the cave entrance with a flashlight: “What was that sound just now?”

Qin Luo immediately turned off the flashlight and blocked the body.

If the body were discovered by others, it would be no laughing matter.

He cleared his throat: “Nothing, just talking in my sleep.”

Qin Luo saw Song Yu walking along the rock wall, nearing the cave entrance, looking as if he intended to eliminate him if discovered.

In Song Yu’s mind, for the greater good, anything could be sacrificed, let alone an unknown student.

Qin Luo couldn’t bear it and quickly said: “Don’t turn on the light, it’s dazzling!”

The light happened to sweep across the spot where Rong Shi was sleeping, and Rong Shi sat up, his lowered voice very impatient: “Too noisy.”

“N-no, sorry.” The student was still very respectful of Rong Shi. Seeing that he had disturbed the big shot’s sleep, he immediately slipped away.

After the person left, Rong Shi raised his eyes, meeting Song Yu’s gaze from three meters away.

Neither of them spoke, but Qin Luo genuinely felt an indescribable sense of danger.

A hurried splashing sound broke the stagnant atmosphere in the cave.

Rong Shi quickly went to the cave entrance, casually took out his night vision goggles, and looked in the direction of the sound.

The thermal imaging was entirely red, indicating a large group of animals moving towards them.

“Get them into the cave.” Rong Shi quickly walked towards the row of tents.

The three of them, along with the student on watch, woke everyone up.

The awakened people looked bewildered and were flustered by the noisy splashing sound.

“What’s happening? What’s coming from over there?!”

“Quick, run!”

“What do we do, what do we do?!”

“Shut up,” Rong Shi whispered, “Grab your equipment and hide in the cave, don’t make a sound.”

In just a few minutes, everyone squeezed into the largest cave, covering their mouths, not daring to breathe, but their heartbeats grew louder and louder.

The commotion grew, even the ground was shaking. After the first wave passed, Rong Shi saw clearly: it was a herd of wild buffalo.

Wild buffalo were larger than wolves, more aggressive, and more numerous.

“I, I didn’t bring my knife.”

In the darkness, someone panicked and ran towards the tents.

Others couldn’t stop him.

“Come back! Don’t take it!”

“The beasts are coming! Hurry!”

“Idiot, do you want to kill us all?!”

The commotion here attracted the attention of the wild buffalo herd, and the splashing sounds gradually approached.

Everyone’s hearts were pounding out of their chests!

Rong Shi stood at the cave entrance, observing the movements of the wild buffalo herd, his expression slightly changed: “Retreat!”

“Retreat from what? Can we outrun wild buffalo?!” Lu Ming sternly said, “Since we’ve been discovered, we can only fight. What’s there to be afraid of with so many people?!”

At his words, some people became agitated, drew their military knives, and were eager to try. But when they looked at the cave entrance, they instantly deflated.

Putting aside everything else, just those two sharp horns of the wild buffalo could take half a life if they pierced anywhere. How could they fight this?! Who would dare to go?!

The student who went to get his knife hadn’t even gotten it yet, his legs already weak from fright. He was only concerned about not having a knife to save his life, forgetting that the danger hadn’t passed yet.

The scene was chaotic.

“Classmates, the dangers we will face in the future will only be greater than now! If you back down now, how can you be a soldier?!” Lu Ming raised his voice, “From now on, listen to my command, and we will definitely win!”

He had the alphas guard the cave entrance and the omegas stand at the very back.

Aside from military knives, the only long-range weapons they could use were barely launchers, but launchers had little lethality. At most, they could only tie up a wild buffalo, and only one at a time.

But the crucial problem was that the wild buffalo were constantly moving and very fast, so they couldn’t aim accurately at all.

At this rate, they would only be able to fight in close quarters with military knives.

“Let’s just run, there’s no way to fight this!”

“Keep the distress flare in hand, call for help immediately if it doesn’t work out!”

“At night, will the rescue speed be very slow?!”

Lu Ming’s commands didn’t stop their panic at all, and thus had no executive power whatsoever.

“It’s too late,” Qin Luo’s face was grim, “Running out now is just suicide.”

After dealing with the first five wild buffalo, hundreds more followed.

There was no escaping now.

Just as the wild buffalo herd was less than ten meters away from them, the first few wild buffalo charging forward suddenly tripped. An electrified rope stretched across the river, blocking the cave entrance five meters ahead.

Chen Chen, who had been slacking off all day and catching up on homework at night, was watching the live broadcast late at night, chin in hand.

He casually switched the screen, then suddenly saw something, slapped the table, and abruptly stood up: “Damn! Rong Shi made a move?!”