After a week, that matter was put on hold because of the competition, but Su Ruo still found out that this person had also come to the competition and had even joined Long Chen’s team.
Su Ruo thought that she would beat those two half-crippled and make them lie well in the hospital, not coming out to harm others.
Bai Lili prepared her things and made a trip home, bringing that Xuan Dragon with her. She felt that this Xuan Dragon would shine brightly after this competition, or perhaps blind everyone.
Bai Lili and the others did not take the school’s private plane; instead, they took Bai Lili’s family’s private plane. After all, Bai Lili and the others didn’t want to see Long Chen. Every time they were with him, something always happened.
When Bai Lili and the others safely arrived at the competition venue, it looked like a very large arena—not as small as their school’s. This one was clearly used for beast fighting and could also be used for competitions, killing two birds with one stone.
Bai Lili and the others arrived at the hotel they had booked in advance, and the remaining time was spent waiting for the competition to begin. Then, all four of them received a message from the competition officials. Bai Lili saw that it said the Saint Freya Academy’s private plane had a malfunction and crashed midway, so the competition was postponed for three days. Bai Lili’s mouth twitched.
She didn’t know whether to say Long Chen was a jinx or that those who followed him would become his opportunities. Lilith saw the message and said with disbelief in her voice,
“What the hell! Our school’s private plane just crashed like that?”
Su Ruo didn’t know either, but the competition officials wouldn’t lie. She could only say that following that guy Long Chen was indeed unlucky. If Long Chen hadn’t done anything, Su Ruo wouldn’t believe it. And that Lin Shuran, being able to get together with that guy Long Chen, was probably not a simple person either.
Qing Hanyin’s face showed a flash of surprise. She thought to herself, ‘Is this the butterfly effect? This never happened in my previous life. It seems I’ll have to adapt to circumstances in this life.’
Bai Lili entered the booked room and threw herself onto the hotel’s big bed. After a day of flying, she was quite tired and wanted to rest comfortably. She was really lucky not to have sat with Long Chen; otherwise, she would have crashed too.
While Bai Lili was rolling on the bed, Lilith quietly came in. After using her ability to check the room for any hidden cameras, she quietly withdrew. Then Su Ruo and Qing Hanyin also repeated Lilith’s actions.
After washing up, Bai Lili lay comfortably on the bed and scrolled through her phone for a while. She saw that her school’s private plane crash had already topped the trending list. It had to be said that this school of hers was always causing trouble, especially the current principal, who was a person every student wanted to punch.
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Time quickly passed to three days later. Bai Lili and the others came to the competition venue again. The competition had put the team knockout matches at the end. Now, the first event was survival for three days in a specially built Hunting Zone.
As for life-threatening danger, there was no need to worry. The competition had specially equipped excellent protection teams and personal protective items.
Bai Lili looked at her school’s team. Not a single person was hurt. Although thinking this was bad, the fact that they had survived a plane crash unscathed and stood here felt eerie to Bai Lili.
Although Bai Lili knew she should stand with the school team, the vibe there gave her a bad feeling. She felt it was better to stay alert and not follow the school team.
Lilith, Su Ruo, and Qing Hanyin looked at the team that seemed completely unharmed, feeling a bit surprised. Then they all followed Bai Lili. There was definitely something suspicious about this.
At the competition’s opening ceremony, a host spoke endlessly about the preparations for this competition. Bai Lili wasn’t interested in that. She just hoped the competition would end quickly. She didn’t want to stay here too long. With that Long Chen around, nothing good ever happened.
After the host finished the less important parts, he began to explain the rules. The host said with great emotion,
“This competition will consist of three different events. The first is survival—just survive for three days in the Hunting Zone prepared by the officials. Any items found in the Hunting Zone belong to the contestants and do not need to be turned in. The second event is beast fighting, where students will battle pre-prepared magical beasts. The level of the beast can be chosen, and the higher the level, the more points earned. The third event is a free-for-all. Students from different academies will be taken to a designated area for a battle royale. The last team that is not eliminated will earn points, and eliminating other teams also gives points.”
The host took a breath and continued,
“These are the events for this competition. Friendship first, competition second. Don’t let the students harm the harmony between academies.”
After that, the host explained the rules. Bai Lili listened. Then they just had to wait for the competition to start. This competition even had a live broadcast camera. Bai Lili complained internally, ‘We’re not celebrities. Why do we need a live feed for the audience? If we embarrass ourselves here, we’d be throwing our faces on the ground and stomping on them.’
But she probably wouldn’t embarrass herself. After all, the viewers were the academy heads from various schools, who would score them. Higher scores meant some points. Bai Lili seemed to remember that their academy head hadn’t come; only a supervising teacher was sent.
After waiting a while, the competition officially began. Bai Lili followed the staff to the teleportation gate for the Hunting Zone prepared by the officials. The staff in the back worked to open the gate. Bai Lili and the others entered in order.
Each team was given a special wristband to ensure that random teleportation would scatter the team members. Bai Lili was chosen as the captain by the other three. Bai Lili was helpless but didn’t care much. Being captain or not didn’t matter.
The four of them walked through the teleportation gate and were taken to a strange place. The trees here towered into the sky, tall and thick. Moss grew at the base of the trees, and some had mushrooms of various colors. Bai Lili recognized some of them—some could be used to make healing medicine, others to detoxify poison.
Bai Lili looked at the towering trees, feeling a bit familiar. Lilith was stunned for a moment, and only reacted when Bai Lili called her from a distance. She hurriedly caught up.
Bai Lili looked at Lilith and asked with confusion,
“What’s wrong with you today? You’re so absent-minded. Is something on your mind?”