CHAPTER 457: 326 BOOKSTORE SPECIAL SUPPLY_3

Lin Shiwei was charging straight to the south of the Ancient Wilderness City, scattering endless yellow sand along the way. It was unclear whether she was hunting others or simply venting her anger and destroying the city.

If nothing unexpected happened, she should be heading to the Southern Commander-in-Chief’s residence.

"The Northern Corps won."

"Hmm?" Du Yu looked down to see Liu Juncai being lifted high into the sky by a mud hand.

A gentle breeze blew through her hair, brushing past her face, and there was a hint of bitterness in her eyes.

She softly said, "But as humans, it seems we’ve lost."

Du Yu: "She didn’t hunt us."

Judging from the situation where the commander annihilated Xiang Qi, she could have also sent Du Yu and the Dust Spirit Deer off, but she didn’t go for complete annihilation.

Liu Juncai: "Because we’re soldiers of the Northern Corps, her subordinates."

"Boom!"

From the distant southern city, intense rumbling sounds echoed, and sand clouds rose into the sky.

Liu Juncai seemed to understand a lot of things: "Ever since we took the left-side seats, our choices have been wrong."

She looked at the destroyed and collapsed ancient city, her expression somewhat helpless: "The task given by the bookstore was very clear.

But I led everyone astray from the original intent together with me.

At the beginning of the assessment, the bookstore clearly stated the mission: to eliminate the city’s commander.

And not to join any camp."

"Eliminate the city commander" concealed a piece of information: the corps commander is the enemy of humanity!

Looking back now, the sacrifices and contributions of the students all turned into acts of aiding the enemy.

Choosing wrongly,

everything that followed went wrong, and the errors deepened...

Du Yu was silent for a moment, then spoke: "Don’t blame yourself, that was a helpless act on our part, this is just a form of military competition.

When the opponent’s military strength upgrades, we have no choice but to act like this to survive."

"Yes, the root of the mistake is not on us." Liu Juncai muttered to herself, finding it a good reason.

But was this path really my helpless choice?

What if I had chosen the right-side seats and resolutely executed the task?

At that time, the commander’s body was broken, a perfect opportunity for elimination.

Or if I realized it earlier and persuaded him to bring the students back on the right path?

The Southern Commander gave so much sand to the Shandai Army, its strength must have been further weakened, eliminating it should have been easier...

Even if we risked assassination by the opponent in his province, forcibly killing the Southern Commander should have brought the exam to an end in another way.

Or perhaps...

The mistake was at the root.

We communicated too little with students from other provinces, being wrapped in the exam shell, we naturally entered into a competitive mindset.

Yet the bookstore never said we should compete.

The last assessment was clearly marked by the red and blue factions occupying blocks, indicating an opposition.

But this time, although we wore different colored clothes, we had the same mission goal.

So, this should have been a task where the four provinces joined forces and faced a common enemy...

Du Yu looked far south, after eliminating the southern city commander, Lin Shiwei was unstoppable.

She had already turned into a giant, intimidating to behold.

The tallest building in the city only reached her knee.

She flew to the center of the Ancient Wilderness City and sat atop the building, imposing in her position.

She leaned her back against the crossed Ancient Wilderness Hammer handle, as if the central building were her throne.

For a time, the city was filled with swirling yellow sand, ancient desolate soldiers emerging from the ground, cheering loudly.

As her power continued to expand, the former struggling Northern Commander was finally revived, summoning thousands of troops once again.

How can we fight this?

This snowballing...

"Heh." Liu Juncai let out a cold laugh.

Du Yu: "What?"

Liu Juncai: "The bookstore really put their heart into this.

Deliberately saying nothing, letting us choose our own path, experiencing it firsthand."

Du Yu curled the corners of his mouth, also letting out a snort.

Indeed, the so-called exam was always just a guise.

If it were an ordinary end-term exam, there’d be no need for the bookstore to conduct it.

Du Yu had been in school for a year already, without attending a single class.

Yet these two end-term exams, the Great Xia Bookstore prepared meticulously, giving him two make-up lessons.

Fortunately, this was just an exam and not something happening in the real world.

Du Yu thought for a moment, softly sighed, "The bookstore, and even the entire Great Xia’s expectations for us Paper Crane Disciples, the enemies they pre-set for us, have always been the Bottomless Pit."

Liu Juncai nodded silently: "Hmm..."