In practice, I originally just wanted to be a slacker.

(If the map program is used continuously during the exam, the battery life is approximately eight hours.)

"To help everyone confirm how much stuff each backpack can hold, and also to allow for direct product verification, the school will be displaying samples. Please feel free to check them out. These samples will be on display in another room from now until midnight on the changed date. Also, you can pick up your watches and tablets now."

The briefing session has finally come to an end. It seems this exam will be quite challenging, since Tatsuya Kamio has basically guessed what Nagumo wants to do.

It's simple, that guy is planning to throw the match.

For the sake of efficiency, Nagumo would definitely not choose the thankless basic moves to gain points; his goal would definitely be the research topics.

They filled the required number of students for a project with a large number of third-grade students, and then deliberately gave first place to Nagumo's main team.

This way, it's easy to rack up points, and getting first place shouldn't be too difficult.

Now that Tatsuya Kamio has confirmed which squad is Nagumo's main force, it's really giving us a headache.

Chapter 326 The Route Chart Obtained in Advance

After guessing that Nagumo might be using a score-farming tactic, Kamio Tatsuya started thinking about how to score points.

Sure enough, we still need to extract the route map for this exam from this watch; whether that will work depends on the watch's specific structure.

Not long after, Kamio Tatsuya received his watch and tablet computer in front of the movie theater.

From the outside, this watch doesn't look special, but we still need to take it apart to see its internal structure.

As for whether disassembling the watch is against the rules, that's not something Tatsuya Kamio is considering. Anyway, there's no rule against disassembling it, right?

After receiving the watch and tablet, Kamio Tatsuya immediately returned to his room.

After charging the tablet, Kamio Tatsuya rummaged through his bag and took out his tools. He had bought this set of tools last year when he helped Sakura repair her camera; it contained all kinds of tools.

I hadn't originally planned to bring it, but after seeing this thing this morning, I thought of Sakura and, on a whim, packed it up.

I never expected it would come in handy at this time.

Not long after Tatsuya Kamio returned to his dorm, his roommates came back.

His roommates on this voyage were Ryuen, Ishizaki, and Yamada, ensuring maximum safety.

Although they all share a dorm room, these four people are not in the same group.

"He's back."

Kamio Tatsuya glanced at them and casually greeted them.

"what are you doing?"

Ishizaki saw Kamio Tatsuya sitting at the table fiddling with something, and out of curiosity, he came over.

"I'm going to take this thing apart; maybe I can get clues about the route."

Ishizaki was immediately dumbfounded by Kamio Tatsuya's answer.

"W-is this okay? Isn't it said that the watch will break if you handle it carelessly?"

"If it's broken, it's broken. We can just replace it. But if we have the route map, it will be very helpful for this exam."

As Tatsuya Kamio unscrewed the screws with a screwdriver, he said nonchalantly.

"To think of such a method, your actions are truly unexpected." Ryuen also walked over and looked at Kamio Tatsuya's actions.

"By the way, where did you get this set of tools?"

"I bought it last year when I was helping a friend repair his camera. I thought it might come in handy this morning when I set off, so I brought it with me."

While Kamio Tatsuya was speaking, his hands did not stop moving, and soon, he separated the watch along the gap.

"I didn't expect you to be so skilled at this kind of thing. How about it? Can you do it?"

Seeing this, Long Yuan also joined in, showing interest.

"Hmm...this watch feels a bit rough around the edges."

Tatsuya Kamio stroked his chin. This thing was more like a bracelet than a watch. Although it had many parts, most of them were not mechanical structures, but rather various circuits connected together.

Unfortunately, this is precisely Kamio Tatsuya's area of ​​expertise, and what's most surprising is that this watch can be directly connected to a computer via a data cable.

"Ha, they actually used such a rudimentary structure. Did the school not provide enough funding for manufacturing, or did the manufacturer cut corners?"

Or perhaps the school actually encouraged us to disassemble the watches and examine the internal route maps?

Both are possible, but Tatsuya Kamio thinks the last one is the most likely, because the school clearly stated that the twelve routes were determined from the beginning.

"Did you make it?"

"Yes, roughly. We'll know once we successfully read the data from this watch, but we'll also need a computer." Tatsuya Kamio nodded. "Did anyone in the class bring a laptop?"

"I'm afraid not, but there are computers available in the game room on the third floor of the ship." Ishizaki scratched his head and gave a useful piece of information.

"Really? Then go find the guy from Class 2-D and borrow his laptop." The arcade was crowded and noisy, and Kamio Tatsu didn't intend to let everyone know this information.

"Outside the village?"

Ishizaki scratched his head, clearly not knowing who this person was.

"If you don't know them, find their contact information on O."

"Oh, I know."

Ishizaki nodded, then pulled Yamada out of the room, leaving only Kamio Tatsuya and Ryuen behind.

"How is your brain even structured? How could you come up with such a method?"

Ryuen looked at Tatsuya Kamio with great interest.

Kamio Tatsuya rolled his eyes.

"I originally planned to ask on the board, but since the board didn't tell us, it means either they didn't know either, or this route was easy to obtain."

Then it occurred to me.

Kamio Tatsuya shrugged, looking completely indifferent.

Long Yuan's lips twitched slightly, but he ignored him; this guy was just too pretentious.

"Kamio-kun, I brought my laptop back."

Ishizaki was very efficient; he returned in less than ten minutes with a laptop, along with Tomorrow from Class D.

However, judging from the way the outsider was trembling, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it robbery rather than borrowing.

Seeing the scene before him, Tatsuya Kamio shook his head. This guy…

"Tomomura, could I borrow your computer?" Kamio Tatsuya said to Tomomura, though he didn't quite manage to say it. "By the way, I remember you're from the Complete Team, right?"

"Uh, yes, I'll forfeit the exam as soon as it starts tomorrow, get second to last place, and then use the invalid card to avoid punishment."

"I'm a little timid," said the villager from outside the village.

"Then I hope you have a great time these days." Tatsuya Kamio turned on his computer. "Here, enter your login password."

"oh oh."

With the cooperation of the neighboring village, Tatsuya Kamio quickly obtained the data from his watch—a total of twelve route maps, just like the ones that had been read out on the board earlier.

The game starts in the D9 area, but the final destinations are different for each player, with several different locations.

With over forty locations along the route, even Tatsuya Kamio couldn't memorize them all at once.

After taking a photo of it with his phone, Kamio Tatsuya handed the notebook back to Sotomura.

Of course, Tatsuya Kamio wouldn't let the other villages know about something so important.

After seeing the villagers off, Tatsuya Kamio opened his phone and looked at the data inside, feeling quite pleased with himself.

"Is this the roadmap for this exam?"

"There shouldn't be any mistake. If we have this route map, the basic movement score is practically guaranteed."

Furthermore, one can choose whether to conduct research on a nearby topic based on the next location, which offers numerous advantages.

"Yes, that's true. If we had a route, our options would be much more flexible."

"Should we tell the other classmates about this?"

"No, it's enough for me to know, because no one else in our class is competing for the top three, and the more people who know, the greater the risk of it being leaked."

Tatsuya Kamio did not intend to hand over the route to the other people, because he wanted to ensure that no one would compete with him for the first place finisher's score.

If they meet there and their destinations are different, Kamio Tatsu wouldn't mind giving them a heads-up.

However, there was one exception: the Sakayanagi group. Although Sakayanagi couldn't move freely on the island, the school allowed them to participate in a "semi-withdrawal" manner.

Because of this rule, Sakayanagi can fight alongside his fellow students at the starting point, and the item list includes walkie-talkies, making communication very convenient.

Although Sakayanagi cannot move, he can use this device to command the team members to perform various actions.

If this roadmap were given to Sakayanagi, their group would have a good chance of getting second or third place.

However, the most urgent task is to write down these routes. It's not necessary to memorize them; writing them down on paper will have the same effect.

As for the disassembled watch, it is undoubtedly unusable, but Tatsuya Kamio does not plan to replace it with a new one right now.

What if the school sees the watch in such a terrible state and realizes that Tatsuya Kamio already knows the schedule?

The school could easily change the entire route in one day, collect the watches, reissue them, and then distribute them again before the exam begins.

Kamio Tatsuya didn't plan to reveal this matter either; he would at least wait until the exam started tomorrow before getting a new watch. As for the reasons, there were plenty.

Bumps and bruises are inevitable.

Once the route issue was resolved, the next issue was survival. Since survival was the goal, the issues of food and water had to be considered.

尤其是水，学校提供的瓶装水一共只有三个规格，2L、1L以及500ML，其价格分别是300点、200点、150点。

Moreover, this is the price on the ship; once the exam officially begins, the price of these items will double again.

That's really expensive. You know, the initial points are only 5000, and even with the boost from item cards, it won't make much difference.

Moreover, the backpacks provided by the school have limited capacity and probably can't hold much water.

So we still need to participate in projects to get food. Hopefully, the projects will be normal, even if they're a little uncommon, as long as they're not too weird.

The next day, at 8:40 a.m., the ship entered the port and began to slowly dock. This special test included 158 groups, ranging from singles to groups of four.

Because Sakura Airi didn't even board the ship, she was automatically disqualified from the exam at the start of the test.

She's probably going through the withdrawal process and preparing to leave school right now.

Regardless, this is the path she chose herself. I wish her great success in her career.

After silently wishing Sakura well, Kamio Tatsuya found the board and took out the watch that had been restored to its original state.

"Teacher, my watch is broken."

He took the watch from the board, examined it briefly, and without suspecting anything, nodded directly: "I'll replace your watch with a new one after we disembark."

Meanwhile, the unfamiliar teacher announced that because Sakura Airi from Class 2-D had given up the exam, she had automatically been placed last.

Next, two more people from Class 2-D stepped forward. One was Hideo Sotomura, whom we had met yesterday, and the other was a very small girl who looked like she wasn't good at sports.

"Teacher, we want to withdraw from the exam too."

Then, one of them took out an invalid card, and the other took out a half-value card and a mobile phone.

In this way, the bottom three were determined, all of them being Class 2D. Since there would be no negative scores in this exam, although Class 2D's class points were reset to zero, they only lost a little over a hundred class points.

Next, following the order explained yesterday, the first-grade students disembarked first, followed by the second and third-grade students.

The survival test on the deserted island begins!

After disembarking, for some reason, Tatsuya Kamio felt that the weather seemed even hotter.

Everyone else was busy using their item cards to increase their initial points or using rideshare cards to bind their groups.

Unlike others, the first thing Kamio Tatsuya did was to ask his homeroom teacher to replace his watch.

"Teacher, I'm here to change my watch."

"Okay, come with me."

Kamio Tatsuya was the first student to come and exchange his watch, which made the teachers from other grades frown. What's wrong with this kid?

Your watch broke before the exam even started? Such carelessness will surely prevent you from getting a high score.

Meanwhile, the other three students on the second-year side felt a sense of unease. They didn't think that Kamio Tatsu was the kind of reckless person who would casually break a watch.

In other words, did he discover something?