Sixteen participating teams were transported by sixteen trucks to the primeval forest. While other teams cautiously advanced, facing poisonous insects, snakes, and fierce beasts everywhere, Qin Long's team became increasingly excited upon entering the primeval forest.
"Brother, are Qin Long and his team really confident they can defeat all participating teams within thirty minutes?"
Gu Qinghan, her eyes shimmering with affection, asked Shen Lang as she watched the real-time surveillance feed of the sixteen teams on the large screen.
For the past three days, Shen Lang had led Qin Long's team to train in the primeval forest. Out of forty people, seventy-five percent were eliminated, leaving only twenty-five percent, which was Qin Long and his ten teammates.
Gu Qinghan didn't know what kind of training Qin Long's team had undergone, so she lacked confidence and could only seek an answer from Shen Lang.
Although her "stinky brother" was flamboyant, Gu Qinghan knew that he had his reasons for everything he did, so she wanted to know the basis of Shen Lang's confidence. Defeating all teams in half an hour meant defeating one team every two minutes on average. Considering each team possessed formidable combat power, easily defeating everyone was unlikely.
"Sister, rest assured. Since I dared to make that statement, and Qin Long and the others didn't object, it means we have absolute confidence."
Shen Lang kissed Gu Qinghan's lips and chuckled, "For this half hour, just sit back and enjoy the show, and watch how Qin Long and his team swiftly defeat all the other teams with overwhelming force."
"Okay, I believe you."
Gu Qinghan smiled tenderly, then rested her head on Shen Lang's chest, her gaze intently fixed on the large electronic screen in the observation room.
"What are Qin Long and his team doing?"
Gu Qinghan and everyone else were watching the electronic screen intently. What followed was a scene that baffled Gu Qinghan and everyone present.
As they entered the primeval forest, Qin Long's ten-member team not only removed their bulletproof vests but also discarded their backpacks. After shedding their vests and heavy packs, Qin Long's team fired their sniper rifles into the sky, emptying all their ammunition.
The enormous commotion not only startled all the poisonous insects and fierce beasts into fleeing but also quickly drew the attention of the other teams.
As the screen showed other teams rapidly approaching Qin Long's team's location, Qin Long and his teammates remained unperturbed. Qin Long and Xiongzi, among others, each took out a tear gas grenade and threw it. The moment the grenades exploded, Qin Long's team of ten donned their gas masks.
"Damn it, what are they trying to do?"
Ten tear gas grenades exploded simultaneously, turning the fifty-meter radius around Qin Long's team into a white haze. Qin Long's team completely vanished from everyone's sight.
At this moment, the ten-member team from the Dongling Military Guard Bureau, drawn by the gunfire, stood helplessly by the edge of the white mist. However, they were prepared. After donning their gas masks, they quickly advanced into the smoke. The Dongling Military Guard Bureau and the Nanling Military Guard Bureau had always been at odds. Seizing this opportunity, they naturally wanted to defeat the Nanling Military Guard Bureau first and make a spectacle of them for others to see.
"Ah—"
Everyone in the observation room couldn't see what was happening inside the smoke, but they soon heard the sounds of fighting.
"Bang—"
"Bang—"
"Bang—"
In less than a minute, all ten members of the Dongling Military Guard Bureau team who had rushed into the smoke were thrown out. A thin line of blood on each of their throats indicated they had been eliminated.
"What?"
Seeing this, everyone present, including Song Shadao and Lei Shen, widened their eyes, utterly unable to accept the outcome. The Dongling Military Guard Bureau team had won the championship for three consecutive years, and they were defeated in less than two minutes? What exactly happened inside the smoke?
"Shen Lang, what exactly did you teach Qin Long and his team?"
Still in shock, Song Shadao asked his nephew.
"Uncle, I only taught them the means to victory. What those means are is not important, as long as they can win."
Shen Lang, who was whispering sweet nothings to Gu Qinghan, chuckled upon hearing his uncle's question. "Since I said they would defeat all teams in thirty minutes, it won't exceed thirty minutes. Now, enjoy the show."
"Haha, you brat, keeping you in the Military Guard Bureau was my wisest decision. You always come up with something new when it matters most."
Song Shadao looked at his nephew with great satisfaction and chuckled, "Alright, since you don't want to say anything now, I won't ask. I'll just enjoy the show."
With that, Song Shadao turned to Long Xiaotian, the director of the Dongling Military Guard Bureau, and said with a smile, "Director Long, many people believed you would win your fourth championship this year. It seems they spoke too soon."
The reason Song Shadao was so furious three days ago and insisted on Shen Lang leading Qin Long's team to victory was because Long Xiaotian and his colleagues had mocked the Nanling Military Guard Bureau for consistently coming in last. Now that there was an opportunity to retort, Song Shadao would naturally not let it pass.
"Song Shadao, don't get too cocky. Although you eliminated the Dongling Military Guard Bureau team, there are still fourteen other teams. They will quickly defeat you."
Long Xiaotian was confident in his team's strength. He couldn't understand why his team was completely wiped out by the Nanling Military Guard Bureau team in less than two minutes. However, in competitions like this, victory often came through any means necessary. The victor is king, the loser is a bandit. Since they lost, no matter how baffling it was, they had to accept it.
"Will they?"
Song Shadao replied with a smile, "I believe my nephew won't disappoint me."
"Bang bang bang—"
As Song Shadao finished speaking, a rapid burst of gunfire erupted from within the smoke circle, followed by the explosion of ten more smoke grenades. The smoke thickened, making it even more impossible for the onlookers to discern what was happening inside.
At this moment, the teams from Xiling, Beiling, and Dongchuan had arrived. Although these three teams exchanged no words, as if by prior agreement, they stopped their advance upon seeing each other and simultaneously glanced towards the smoke circle. In the next second, the thirty guards from the three teams raised their rifles and fired all the bullets in their guns into the smoke circle. Following the barrage, scattered screams could be heard from within the smoke.
"Did we get them?"
Blank rounds wouldn't kill when they hit a person, but they certainly wouldn't be painless. Hearing the screams, the thirty guards from the three teams became ecstatic. After donning their gas masks, they quickly charged into the circle.