The surroundings were pitch black, and beneath his feet was a cold, hard ground. Wen Nan heard muffled thuds around him, like sandbags hitting the ground one after another.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
"'You're mine, I'm yours, just one more look and I'll explode...' Ouch! Where did this hard ground co from? It hurts so much from the fall."
"Huang Tao? Did you fall over too? Is it really that hard? It's soft and comfortable over here for ."
"That's because you fell on my stomach! Ouch! It hurts like hell! Get off , damn it!"
"...Wang Xiaoer? You ca too?"
"Of course, if you all got transported here, how could I not co? By the way, where's my grandpa? Didn't he co?"
The three chatted in the darkness, each listening to the other. Hearing his na brought up, Wen Nan was about to respond when——
Click!
With a crisp sound, a circle of spotlights overhead lit up, illuminating the fallen individuals clearly——
Huang Tao sat on the ground nearby, dressed in overalls, with a blank stare. The chubby guy lay on his back, clutching tightly onto a little whip covered with scales. Shao Ling, who had just climbed off the chubby guy, looked the most disheveled, crouching down...
The chubby guy turned his head, glanced at Shao Ling, then lowered his gaze, raised an eyebrow, and exclaid, "Whoa," saying, "Did you max out your strength attribute? It turns out it's not just muscles that can grow?"
The three, having fallen all the way down, looked rather disheveled. As they struggled to get up, they saw Wen Nan walking over slowly.
"Boss! You fell too?"
The chubby guy asked but felt that using "fell" was inappropriate since Wen Nan looked pristine, not at all like soone who had fallen from a height, "How did you co down?"
"Sa as you."
Wen Nan too had fallen from a height, but not in freefall. A soft force had enveloped him midway, safely guiding him to the ground.
As for who had taken such care to support him mid-fall...
Wen Nan turned his head and glanced behind, and sure enough, saw Yu Shujun standing there like a wooden figure, expressionless.
"Huh? Who's that? Another player on our map?" Shao Ling asked, looking behind Wen Nan.
"Hey? Isn't that...Yu Xueba?" The chubby guy recognized him and said curiously, "Even the strategy characters from the map got transported over? The bug in this map is huge."
Speaking of the map's bug, Huang Tao looked at the others and asked, "Did you finish the last task? Did the countdown end, and just when entering the final settlent, you were suddenly transported over?"
The others all nodded.
Shao Ling, looking bitter, asked in a low voice, "We made it to the end with great effort; we won't fail the trial because the settlent point disappeared, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large floating light screen appeared overhead.
In the screen, lines of crimson words scrolled——
[Congratulations! All participants have successfully passed this trial!]
[At the sa ti, we regret to inform you that due to significant damage caused by uncontrollable factors on the trial map, the original settlent cannot proceed as planned.]
[The settlent for Main Task 3 and the entire map has been forcibly moved to this temporary teleportation point.]
[Please remain patient, as we are re-integrating and repairing the settlent data. Once repaired, the settlent will comnce imdiately.]
[We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.]
Looking at the overhead notification, the chubby guy was incredulous, "Significant damage? Uncontrollable factors? What exactly happened?"
Thinking back to the last scene in the campus, the chubby guy said again, "It was quite scary. Did you see it?
"At first, it suddenly got overcast with clouds, thunder, and lightning. I thought maybe it was soone attempting ascension.
"Then the office desks and chairs started moving towards the playground on their own like they grew legs. It was so weird.
"In the end, even my old hag seed possessed, getting up and walking out on her own, and I couldn't stop her.
"Fortunately, I completed my task before this incident happened, so nothing was delayed."
Recalling his own task completion, the chubby guy satisfiedly wagged his little whip.
After savoring it, he ca back to his senses and looked at the others, "The announcent said you all completed your tasks too? How did you do it?"
Hearing this, Huang Tao coughed twice, awkwardly tugging at the strap of his overalls.
The chubby guy pointed at his overalls, "How do you play basketball dressed like that?"
"I didn't play basketball," Huang Tao paused and said, "This ti, I realized—competing at basketball wouldn't satisfy him, nor could I complete the task.
"So, this ti, I competed in singing and dancing with him, and within minutes, he was on his knees."
The remaining three showed expressions of respect and admiration simultaneously.
The chubby guy then looked at Shao Ling and asked, "What about you... Big Eagle?"
Hearing his new nickna, Shao Ling was montarily stunned but accepted it with delight. Reflecting on the recent experience, he inexplicably showed a sowhat shy smile.
"This ti, I also realized.
"I shouldn't be passively accepting as I did the previous two tis. That way, his strategy level couldn't break through 10%, because... that's not what he truly wants deep down."
At this point, Shao Ling adjusted his glasses, earnestly sharing an unconventional insight:
...
"Realizing this, filling that little secret void, he just naturally kneeled down and called daddy."
Hearing this, Wen Nan and Huang Tao looked at Shao Ling in disbelief; all they could say was that their circle was indeed chaotic. They didn't understand, but they were deeply shaken.
However, the chubby guy wholeheartedly agreed with this.
After Shao Ling finished speaking, the chubby guy waved his little whip with a loud "slap," and said enthusiastically, "Yes! That's it! This ti, I realized too!"
"The principle we realized is practically identical—I realized that, no matter how steadfast Ace seems, deep down, they're all yearning admirers.
"When I no longer passively took hits and instead swung the little whip, took the initiative, the true nature was imdiately exposed."
Shao Ling nodded vigorously and high-fived the chubby guy.
After sharing their epiphanies, the three all looked at Wen Nan,
"Boss Ye, surely everything went smoothly as always, perfect score on the test, right?"
Wen Nan shrugged, "It wasn't very smooth this ti; there was still a small hiccup."
Thinking that Mr. Ye was just being modest, the other three didn't pay it much mind.
However, Wen Nan raised his chin, pointed at the notification on the light screen overhead, and said lightly:
"Well, the significant destruction was caused by ."
Huang Tao:!
Shao Ling:!!
Chubby guy:!!!
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