The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 168 Bad Luck
So what is Hillman's situation right now, after Jiang Hui has been talking about him for a moment?
Nearly seven stars have passed since the match point was reached. Let's rewind a bit and go back to before Jiang Hui and Zhou Xiuwen successfully caused trouble.

As the chaotic battle zone gradually dispersed, the surviving new students also gradually scattered throughout the forest, beginning a true game of cat and mouse hunting.

As time went on, the initial batch of supplies distributed for the orienteering race was almost used up.

Unless they scavenge from the eliminated players, they have no other way to obtain more supplies. Especially the most crucial and scarce resource in this competition—guns and bullets—is truly a case of "one bullet less, one less; one broken, one out."

Some people have an abundance of one thing, but are pitifully lacking in another kind of resource.

Therefore, many people began to form small teams, intending to integrate resources or gather manpower to seize things from other teams.

However, resources are still being consumed at an unimaginable rate, with none being saved.

Some participants, and even some teams, are now facing a situation where they are almost out of supplies.

They didn't know where to get resources, nor did they know if the school would resupply them. But until they found a way to replenish their resources, the best way was to defeat other people or teams and take resources from them. This was the thing they had done most since entering the competition.

As a result, more and more people formed squads. When squads became the norm on the training field, individuals fighting alone naturally fell into a disadvantage.

Once squads have the advantage of sharing "life," they become more difficult to deal with, and taking down any squad requires considerable effort. In contrast, lone targets are much easier to deal with; simply shooting down one person will yield some resources.

Therefore, some squads do not fight against other squads or regiments, but instead target certain lone soldiers and stragglers.

Hillman was one of them, but he wasn't being targeted and pursued; rather, he was being "watched" in a more insidious way.

He's really unlucky.

Actually, his situation was quite good at the beginning. Like Jiang Hui, he ended up in a remote corner, a secluded and quiet place that gave him enough time to organize his supplies and thoughts.

Then there's the fact that the initial resources at hand are pretty good. From the start, he has several guns as backup. Among them is even a handgun that Jiang Hui has never encountered before during all his wandering. The nano-marching pack he grabbed is also the largest size, more than enough to hold all these things. He has everything he needs.

Knowing his nature, he wouldn't lie in a corner waiting for prey to come to him. After waiting for a while and seeing no prey, Hillman simply left.

Along the way, he relied on his excellent shooting skills and high mental strength to avoid one crisis after another, scoring a lot of points and acquiring a lot of resources. He was clearly a top contender.

Little did he know that his good luck would come to an end there.

During one of his daring infiltrations into the war zone, Hillman encountered a classmate with whom he had a fairly good relationship, who invited him to team up.

Hillman didn't think much of it. He figured that when forming a team, you either find someone you know or a skilled and reliable teammate. But the latter isn't easy to find, and even if you do find someone, they might not be willing to cooperate. So, it's all about finding someone you know, right? That's how everyone does it anyway.

So he simply agreed and joined the four-person team that was just one person short of completing the squad. Besides the classmate who invited him, whom he was fairly familiar with, there was another classmate from Class 1. However, he wasn't very familiar with this person, so a simple greeting sufficed. The other two were complete strangers, and the acquaintance who had invited him didn't seem inclined to introduce them, so he didn't ask.

After that... after that he was really badly scammed.

Hillman thought this classmate was there to help them out. After all, the four-person team hadn't found the member who should have been on their team, so his arrival would be perfect. Little did he know… the guy hadn't just been searching for the fifth person; he'd been searching and working on it non-stop.

These four were no pushovers; they were originally lone-wolf infiltrators.

Over the past few hours, each player has been using their skills to climb the ranks and strive for the top spot. Even without a team, they have persevered for several hours in the training field, and some have even scored a considerable number of points on their own.

However, they are also suffering from dwindling resources, especially the lack of bullets, which makes it difficult for them to move forward.

They gradually realized that going it alone was not a long-term solution, but they didn't want to be tied to others and share resources or even prey. After all, if they really wanted to fit in, they wouldn't have waited until now.

However, with the number of teams increasing, it becomes quite difficult for one person to seize resources from an entire team. Therefore, they are facing some challenges in the current situation.

These individuals met by chance. The details of the encounter are omitted, but it wasn't a pleasant one. After a truce, they temporarily formed a makeshift team, thus limiting the possibility of them attacking each other and eliminating any worry about internal strife.

But they also know that this is only a temporary measure. With less than a quarter of the season remaining, they don't want to be tied to the team too early.

So why are these people temporarily bound together? Naturally, they have ulterior motives, and they are working towards a common goal—resources.

Although they felt they were cooperating well, they were still unwilling to add another member to form a real team. This was because in their minds, once they had acquired enough resources, they would eventually separate and go their separate ways, or even turn against each other. The current cooperation was just a transitional phase, so there was no need for a fifth member.

So under what circumstances would they accept a fifth member? Naturally, when the knife is sharpened.

The fifth position was a sacrificial spot that they had specially reserved for future use; all those who fell into the trap would become their sacrifices.

Unfortunately, Hillman became the unlucky one. His classmate, a close acquaintance, lured him in without hesitation, intending to kill him and plunder his resources. After all, forming a team wasn't impossible; generally, if four people in a team agreed to disband, the remaining person would be expelled. This actually benefited their not-so-clever scheme.

They had used this method on many people before and succeeded, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to deceive Hillman.

So when the incident happened, Hillman was completely bewildered. Although he quickly came to his senses, he was no match for the four men's attack.

In order to save his life and have a chance to take revenge, he had no choice but to abandon the stolen goods and flee in a sorry state.

His situation then took a sharp turn for the worse.

(End of this chapter)