Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

And so, the three members of the Spring Water Team ended up eating Shen Yubai's boiled tomato noodles together.

The seven people sat around the table, initially busy eating. Only after they had eaten enough did they have time to talk about serious matters.

Qin Shaoyu asked curiously, "It's only the first night, and you've already lost a teammate? The initial missions shouldn't have been particularly difficult, so how... did you overlook something?"

Zhang Nan sighed: "It's my fault... I couldn't help..."

"Because Zhang Nan's attack power is not strong, he is at a disadvantage in combat," Ouyang Yu explained on his behalf. "It was just a coincidence this time; before we could even reunite, they encountered the worst situation."

Shen Yubai keenly discerned the underlying meaning: "Fighting against people? So the one who killed your teammate wasn't a ghost, but a member of another team?"

"right."

Do you know which team it is?

"Dawn Team".

It is the Dawn Team, which is currently fourth in the standings, whose captain has a personal grudge against Luo Xiangjun, and was just eliminated by Guan Canghai and Disicheng in the last match.

"It's a pity Zhaozhao isn't here; I forgot to hear her introduction earlier." With the encyclopedia not around, Yi Zanglan looked at her three team members with interest. "How much do you know about the Dawn Team?"

"They're a fairly well-rounded team, otherwise they wouldn't have made it into the top five on the leaderboard and seriously injured two of the Bad Species' key players," Shen Yubai pondered. "It's not easy for me to give examples; I'd probably have to meet the specific people to recognize them."

Yi Zanglan nodded, then calmly turned to Zhang Nan: "Mr. Zhang, did you see clearly who killed your teammate?"

Zhang Nan answered in a low voice, "It's Yue... Yue Feng, another woman, I... I don't know her."

"Yue Feng?" Wu Ying's expression changed slightly, clearly recognizing her. "If I remember correctly, I've watched her live stream. She's a very strong and irritable woman, over 1.8 meters tall, who uses a spiked hammer. She once fought a ghost in a game, and because she thought the player next to her was too noisy, she killed him with one hammer blow."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Nan's expression immediately turned sad, and he even seemed somewhat shaken.

"Yes," he said, "last night...that's how I...hammered it."

"...Your teammate is really pitiful, but also very loyal."

If it weren't for his teammates' desperate cover, Zhang Nan would most likely have died there too.

"Looking at it this way, the Dawn Team is pretty lucky." Qin Shaoyu shook his head and sighed, "Even if the system randomly selects them, they still managed to match in such a powerful expert."

"If you encounter Yue Feng later, you'll have to be careful," Ouyang Yu said in a deep voice. "Besides her, the other three members shouldn't be underestimated either."

"Thank you for reminding me." Yi Zanglan, who had been listening for a long time, raised his eyes and looked at Ouyang Yu with a calm but slightly scrutinizing gaze. "Captain Ouyang, Yue Feng killed your teammate last night, and the token went to him. Don't you want to take it back?"

"Of course I want to, but she's an absolute power type. I'm not confident I can kill her. At most, Yu Qing can only use her skills to restrain her. It's impossible for her to fight her head-on. Three against four, we have almost no chance of winning. It's not worth the risk."

"We may not even have a chance of winning."

"How could that be?" Ouyang Yu frowned and asked, "We have all witnessed Captain Yi's strength, and judging from the situation in the cafeteria, those two male members of the Dawn Team should have been here last night, and at least one of them was injured. You have an absolute advantage in suppressing them."

"Hmm, so you want us to eliminate Team Dawn?" Yi Zanglan smiled slightly. "Actually, your original intention was to probe the other team's strengths and weaknesses, but you just happened to discover it was us. Your tactics are almost identical to the captain's during the match; the underlying logic is to reap the benefits, right?"

"...That's one way to put it, but not entirely." Sensing the pressure in the other person's words, Ouyang Yu paused, subconsciously choosing her words carefully. "Actually, I just want to play it safe and get second place in this match. It would be best if I could avoid getting involved in any conflicts—of course, this idea may not be correct, but it's the optimal solution. I hope to accumulate as many points as possible so that our team's ranking can climb higher."

"That makes sense, I understand," Yi Zanglan said slowly. "However, I also understand that your Mr. Zhang is skilled at tracking. If Black Wind Stronghold and Dawn Team are both severely injured, he is very likely to pinpoint our location."

"..."

"No matter who wins, the other team will be severely weakened. If you take advantage of this weakness, even if you only kill one person or steal one token, you will get more points in the final settlement."

Ouyang Yu hesitated for a long time before giving a serious explanation.

"I know I can't hide it from Captain Yi, and I admit that was my initial thought—but when I found out the other team was you, I gave up on that idea. I won't betray my friends."

"I have no intention of emotional blackmailing you, I'm just stating the facts objectively. I'm determined to win this round." Yi Zanglan thought for a moment, then added calmly, "I will definitely snatch the token from the Dawn Team. As a friend, I won't covet the tokens you earned through your own abilities."

"But on the condition that the three of you stay far away. Once you appear within my warning range and I sense danger—Captain Ouyang, don't blame me for being ruthless."

* * * * * *

Following Yi Zanglan's advice, Ouyang Yu and his two companions headed to the west side of the campus, exploring in the opposite direction from the Black Wind Stronghold team.

She had analyzed it and concluded that at least one more token could be triggered on the west side. As long as the three of them worked together, they should be able to survive until the end of the game.

"If...if our luck is too bad, you two should...go first..."

Zhang Nan's idea was that if they unfortunately encountered the Dawn Team, Ouyang Yu and Yu Qing should run first, while he could stay behind to buy time. In any case, he didn't have any record tokens under his name, so the other party wouldn't benefit from his death.

"Okay, I got it. I knew you were planning this." Ouyang Yu glanced at Zhang Nan helplessly. "In team battles, deaths are not counted. This time I can allow you to sacrifice for the collective good, but in normal times, don't always have such stupid ideas."

Zhang Nan smiled at her and said, "Yes."

"Alright, alright," Yu Qing said, scratching her head. "Stop flirting. While it's still relatively safe during the day, let's quickly explore the terrain to the west!"

……

Yi Zanglan and his three companions decided to focus their half-day exploration on the eastern area.

She had thought it over and compared the clues with Shen Yubai. The girl's selfie that they found on the phone earlier was taken in front of a building; while the newspaper that Shen Yubai and the other person saw had a picture of a basketball court, but it was spliced ​​together with another building from Mangcang High School.

Although the pictures of the two buildings are blurry, the details are still consistent, suggesting they are likely from the same location.

"I initially thought this was a teaching building, but now it seems it isn't." She stood at the entrance of the cafeteria, looked up into the distance, and pointed, "Actually, it's that building."

The building was designed with a wave-shaped roof and painted in yellow and blue. It was probably a cultural and sports activity center that would be open to both students and faculty as well as outsiders.