My citizenship is at risk

Chapter 167 Silent Understanding, Together (Sunday 22 )

"It's Tianshu Dog indeed."

Arriving at the challenge point, Chu Mu and his three companions soon saw a man standing in front of a large building. He was wearing a white dog-head mask and had the Tianshu Star on his forehead.

Outside the challenge point, there were nearly a thousand martial arts students watching or observing, which was much more than other challenge points that Chu Mu and others had visited before.

Beside Tianshu Dog stood teams of martial arts students, in groups of two, three, four, and five. They whispered to each other and looked at other teams vigilantly.

"There are indeed three members of the four-man team." Tu Shanming lowered his voice, "Zhou Peihua's teammates should be there too, but there are only three of them."

"Yes." Chu Mu nodded slightly and looked at the three people, "Song Yan, Tu Shanming, Brother Biao, let's pretend that we don't know the rules later, so as not to arouse suspicion."

"Okay." Song Yan nodded, and then said with some dissatisfaction, "Brother Biao can't be the only one with a nickname."

Lin Changfeng's face darkened, "You want it? I'll give you my nickname."

"I don't want yours." Song Yan shook his head. "Call me Stone. My friends all call me that."

"You can call me Erpang." Tu Shanming laughed, "I am the second child in my family. My brother is also fat, so everyone in the family calls me that."

The three of them then looked at Chu Mu.

Chu Mu's mouth twitched, "...Is this nickname necessary?"

"Hehe." Tu Shanming moved closer to Chu Mu and winked, "You don't want to seem out of place because you don't have a nickname, do you?"

"Otherwise I'll just call you 'Wood'." Lin Changfeng was very concerned about other people's nicknames. Seeing Chu Mu hesitating, he immediately had an idea.

"This is a good idea, what do you think?" Tu Shanming smiled.

"...Okay." Chu Mu nodded casually, "We should go sign up."

He quickly led the three people towards Tianshu Dog, "How do you play your challenge?"

"Teamwork is divided into four types: two, three, four, and five. The challenges are completely different depending on the number of people." Tianshu Dog glanced at Chu Mu and the other three, "You choose to form a team of four?"

"That's right." Chu Mu nodded.

As he finished speaking, the three teams of four waiting on the side all looked over here, looking at Chu Mu and the other three with scrutiny.

Far away from the three four-man teams, a three-man team also looked in Chu Mu's direction, and then they started communicating through voice transmission of source power.

"Is this the team Peihua is looking for to work with?"

"I don't know. The direction they came from seems to be different from the direction Peihua left?"

"Peihua said before that he would change direction to confuse the other three teams... It's not impossible."

"Let's see. If so, Peihua will be back soon."

"Including this team, we only need one more team to start. If Peihua comes back late, we will be one person short."

As the three of them were talking, they seemed to notice something and looked to the other side, and then they saw a familiar figure coming towards them.

Zhou Peihua glanced at Chu Mu and the other three who were communicating with Tianshu Dog without leaving a trace, and quickly reunited with her three teammates.

"Don't look at it. This team is now our cooperative team. I have already made an agreement with them. Before the remaining three teams, we will not designate each other as the target of killing cards."

After hearing what Zhou Peihua said, the other three people realized what was going on. They looked away and one of them complained loudly, "Old Zhou, your toilet is taking a long time?"

"I have a stomachache." Zhou Peihua understood and scratched his head embarrassedly.

The other three teams of four cast their eyes over for a moment and then quickly left.

On the other side, Chu Mu and his four companions pretended not to know the rules, and after communicating with Tianshu Dog, they chose to sign up.

The fee for a four-person challenge is quite high. Each person needs to pay 10 tokens, which means a total of 40 tokens for a team.

But the benefits are also very high. Each person on the final winning team can obtain 75 tokens. Not only can they pocket the tokens from the other five teams, but they can also earn an additional 15 tokens.

Perhaps because there was only one team left in the four-person challenge, there was a small commotion among the onlookers, and soon four martial arts students formed a team and signed up to participate, filling the last spot.

"Those who have signed up for the four-person group, follow me." Tianshu Dog waved his hand, turned and walked into the building behind him.

Six teams with a total of twenty-four people followed closely and soon arrived at the area corresponding to the challenge of the four people.

In the four-person area, there are four rooms completely surrounded by transparent glass. There is no shared glass between adjacent rooms. Nameplates with "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter" are hung at the entrances of the four rooms respectively.

Each room has the same layout, except for a six-seater in the corner, and a battle table corresponding to the Soaring Realm.

Walking to the middle space, Tianshu Dog began to explain the rules of the challenge.

"My challenge is called the rotation of the four seasons..."

After Tianshu Dog finished introducing the rules, Chu Mu and the other three had slightly strange expressions on their faces.

Because Tianshu Dog’s introduction was not even as detailed as Zhou Peihua’s.

It seems that Zhou Peihua is sincere enough to cooperate with them.

"You have three minutes to discuss tactics and arrangements. The challenge will officially begin in three minutes." Tianshu Dog said this and sat on the only sofa in the space between the four rooms with his arms folded across his chest.

Seeing this, Chu Mu and the other three did not hesitate and quickly walked aside.

"Different rooms isolate the sound and source power transmission." Chu Mu looked at the other three people and spoke slowly, "We not only have to play cards, but also consider moving cards, so we need to discuss a set of communication gestures in advance."

"Before each person starts their turn, they look at the next person's gestures to confirm whether the next person needs to move a card and what card they need, and then determine the final round action based on their own situation."

"But the hand gestures can easily be figured out by other teams, right?" Tu Shanming was a little confused. "There are only three types of cards, and there won't be too many types of hand gestures. Maybe after one round, other people will figure it out."

"Indeed, so it's best if our gestures change." Chu Mu touched his chin, "How about this, I'll go into Chun's room, so that I'll be the first in every round."

"At the beginning of each round, I will use hand gestures to indicate a number. This number is the number corresponding to the [Flash] of this round. If the number is smaller than this, it means [Kill], and if it is larger, it means [Peach]."

"This way we don't have fixed gestures and it's less likely to be noticed." Chu Mu calmed himself down.

"That's fine." Tu Shanming had no objection. "I understand." Song Yan nodded seriously, indicating that he had remembered it.

"This is so troublesome. How about I just rush in?" Lin Changfeng made a "tsk" sound and put one hand on the hilt of the knife. He began to consider the possibility of chopping down the other five people in the room.

Chu Mu glanced at Lin Changfeng strangely, "In that case, Erpang will be in charge of 'Summer', and Brother Biao will be in charge of 'Autumn'."

According to the rule that elimination cannot skip displacement cards, once a member is eliminated, other members will also be affected, causing the entire team to collapse like a domino, so it is important to protect teammates.

Although Tu Shanming's methods are rather peculiar, he is the weakest among the four. If Lin Changfeng is more reckless, Tu Shanming can use as many cards as possible on himself to ensure his survival rate.

Chu Mu can also move cards according to Tu Shanming's needs and protect him as much as possible.

As for the last baton of the four seasons, it was handed over to the steady Song Yan.

As the four people discussed the gestures and distribution, the three-minute discussion time came to an end.

Immediately afterwards, the six teams began to draw lots to sort the teams.

Chu Mu's team is Team 2, and Zhou Peihua's team is Team 5.

The team's number determines the seats the members will take after entering the room.

After the drawing of lots, the six people from Spring House entered first.

Chu Mu paid special attention and found that the girl with twin ponytails entered the Spring House from Zhou Peihua's team.

In order to avoid being noticed by other teams, he only took a glance and then looked away. He found seat number 2 among the six seats and sat down, then began to observe the table in front of him.

There are four cable troughs on each person's desk, with clear signs underneath.

The first slot on the left is the card moving exit. When the previous member chooses to move a card, the corresponding card will pop out from here. The second one is for drawing cards. A fixed card will pop out at the beginning of each round. The third one is for playing cards. When playing a card, the played card will be inserted into it. The last one is the card moving entrance.

Below the entrance to play cards, there are 5 small buttons corresponding to the other 5 teams. If the card played is a [Kill] card, you need to press the selected target team before the card is announced, otherwise it will be considered as discarding the card.

There is a small screen above the four slots, which is the timer. According to the challenge rules, there is only 20 seconds to play cards in each round.

If you select [Flash] or [Peach], you don't need to press.

The card table is covered high so others cannot see each other's choices.

While Chu Mu was observing the table, the participants from the other three rooms also took their places one after another.

After everyone was in place, Tianshu Dog picked up a microphone and his voice echoed in four rooms at the same time.

"The challenge begins now."

As he finished speaking, the card draw slot in front of Chu Mu moved, and three consecutive cards were spit out.

Two are the initial cards, and one is the card drawn at the beginning of the round.

Chu Mu picked it up and took a look, then the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Two [Peaches] and one [Flash].

Why don't you give me a "kill"?

Chu Mu couldn't help but turn his head and look at Tu Shanming who was sitting in Xia Zhiwu.

Tu Shanming shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't need to move the cards.

This is only the first round, and it is not time to move the cards yet.

Chu Mu withdrew his gaze and began to think while holding the cards.

Type [Flash]?
At present, he is not sure which team is targeting him. If no one uses [Kill] on him, it will be equivalent to losing the card.

However, [Peach] is a good choice.

The effect of peach is to obtain a pill that can restore a certain amount of injuries and source power, but this pill does not require to be taken immediately and can be kept.

What's more, he has two peaches.

Thinking of this, Chu Mu no longer hesitated and inserted a [Peach] into the card slot before the countdown reached zero.

"drop--"

The moment the countdown reached zero, an electronic sound rang out, and the results of the first round of cards played by the six people in Spring House were announced.

1: [Kill] → 3
2: Peach

3: [Kill] → 6
4: [Flash]

5: [Move Card]

6: Peach

"Grass!"

The next moment after the result was announced, the boy at position 4 cursed inwardly with an ugly expression.

The prediction was wrong, and no one used the [Kill] card against him, so he directly lost a [Flash] card.

Chu Mu looked at him sympathetically and secretly thanked himself for choosing [Peach] instead of [Flash].

Tianshu Dog walked into the Spring House and handed two fragrant pills to Chu Mu and the girl at position 6, and then said calmly, "According to the order, No. 1 and No. 3 will fight for 30 seconds first, and then No. 3 and No. 6 will fight for 30 seconds."

"When the countdown ends, the fight must stop. Any party that continues to shoot will be considered a foul and will be eliminated directly."

The expression of member No. 3 darkened.

Playing the [Kill] card does not mean it is advantageous, it depends on the strength of both sides. He felt that No. 6 did not look very strong, so he made the choice. Who knew that before he played with No. 6, he had to play with No. 1 first!
This time... he's probably going to suffer a big loss.

The girl in position 6 looked relieved.

Fortunately, she released [Peach]!
If you get hurt after the fight, at least you can heal yourself!
(End of this chapter)