Surviving the Maze of National Destiny: Hints from the Chinese Characters I Understand

During the exploration, Lin Mo also taught them some knowledge about battle pets, such as affinity levels, hoping to help them get their own battle pets as soon as possible.

"I never imagined that Brother Lin's mastery of divine script had reached such a terrifying level. He actually knew clearly that this cave leads to the safe zone. This information is too important. I admire him greatly!" Zhang Si said with admiration.

"You flatter me, you flatter me!" Lin Mo was so embarrassed by the praise that he felt embarrassed.

[Chinese netizens: Huh? Brother Lin is participating in the competition and also recruiting followers.]

[A netizen from the Rising Sun Kingdom: Damn that Chinese guy! He didn't even go into the safe zone, and he even found this hidden tunnel! Where is justice?!]

[A netizen from India: Don't let him actually succeed in his sneak attack, will you? I see a few explorers from the Great Cold Kingdom roaming around the safe zone like they're intimidated; they might actually get away with it.]

[Netizens from the Great Cold Country: Are you sick? Why does it have to be our Great Cold Country explorers who get into trouble?]

[A netizen from the Rising Sun Kingdom: Brother, don't worry, if anything happens to you explorers from the Cold Kingdom, it's something happens to us.]

[A netizen from India: That's not necessarily true. Even if the Korean Peninsula is fine, you could still be in trouble.]

[Chinese netizens: Haha, that makes sense, 6666!]

[Netizen from the Rising Sun Kingdom: Are you completely impervious to reason? How shameless!]

Suddenly, Wang Fugui felt a slight tremor beneath his feet, as if... something terrifying was wriggling underground.

"Everyone be careful, the stone beetle is right under our feet, we must..."

"Pfft!!!" Wang Fugui's words were interrupted by a crisp sound.

Kabu extended a Death Grip several tens of centimeters long from his left claw, then shoved Wang Fugui aside and thrust it directly at the ground.

"Squeak squeak squeak..." A hissing sound came from underground, and a stream of blood gushed out like a small fountain from where the thorn had been placed.

Kabu, pressing his advantage, stabbed down with his other claw as well. "Squeak squeak squeak!"

With another bloodcurdling scream, the ground began to slowly bulge out, and a large insect that looked like a cockroach emerged from the soil, only much larger, about 2 meters long.

Its back had been pierced by two holes by Kabu, and its health bar was almost completely depleted.

"Gurgle! (Go!)" The stone beetle had just broken through the soil when Kabu kicked it against the earthen wall, then followed up with a claw, cutting in from its abdomen, and then slashing and dragging it.

That's how the first stone beetle died.

In fact, Lin Mo saw the location of the stone beetle from the beginning. He and Kabu were telepathically connected, which enabled him to carry out such a precise assassination.

This move stunned Wang Fugui and Zhang Si.

"Holy crap, Lin, your Lai Kebao is really something else, he's got such a sharp eye (I'm so envious)."

"How...how can someone so fat be so agile? It seems every fat person has potential." Zhang Si kicked the stone beetle and found it was completely dead; even its thick stone armor couldn't withstand the sharp claws.

"Hey? Brother Lin, your battle pet's claws look really special, are they natural?"

"No, it's pet equipment called 'Excellent Death Grip.' If you have pets, you can have me craft them for you. After the competition, I'll list the crafting service on the trading platform. As long as you're a fellow countryman, it's free to craft; you just need to provide the materials yourself," Lin Mo explained.

On the trading platform, many compatriots from the Dragon Kingdom would share crafting services after obtaining good blueprints, completely free of charge, as long as you provided the raw materials. Lin Mo was also aware of this, since it was something that could be done easily and also improve the strength of his compatriots.

The group continued forward, and after going 130 meters deeper into the cave, they encountered the last remaining stone beetle. Wang Fugui and Zhang Si both knew perfectly well that they should just watch from the sidelines, knowing that a powerful figure would take care of it, and not steal someone else's points.

The two stone beetles died a very unjust death. They were just sleeping at home when some barbarians came from somewhere, dragged them out of the ground, and killed them.

【恭喜您击杀2头6级迷宫生物，获得竞赛积分+12，当前总积分：102分。精英组参赛总人数（429/791人），存活人数我们将实时更新。】

At the same time, a message was displayed on a scrolling basis in all live streaming rooms and the Explorer system.

[In the Elite Group, explorers have already reached 100 points in the competition, unlocking the leaderboard. You can view your ranking on the leaderboard in the system's competition interface.]

"Huh? The leaderboard has been updated. Someone got 100 points? That's outrageous. I only got 18 points." Zhang Si and Wang Fugui exclaimed at the huge gap.

When they saw the name at the top of the list, they were completely stunned.

[Elite Group Ranking:]

[First Place: Long Guolin Mo, Level 6 (40%): 102 points]

[Second Place: Kim Hyo-nam, Level 6 (66%), Korea: 49 points]

[Third Place: Free Nation, Ovi, Level 6 (56%): 48 points]

[Fourth Place: Hassanko from India, Level 6 (41%), 46 points]

"Holy crap! The first one is Lin Guo!" The two looked at their compatriot in front of them with a feeling of both strangeness and familiarity. Why could he be so cool and approachable?

Family members, who understands? We're all crawling through tunnels together, and my teammate is number one on the leaderboard.

At this moment, Wang Fugui even wanted to write a book for Lin Mo, and he had already thought of the titles: "Starting by Drilling a Tunnel, Surrounded by Big Shots" and "Lin Mo, the Big Shot, Has the Aura, Scaring His Little Fanboy to Death at the Beginning".

"Brother Lin, what do we do now?" The two of them were now completely obedient to him.

"Hehe, let's go to the entrance of the safe zone and take a look, see if we can use a sting operation to arrest a few people."

Wang Fugui: "Brother Lin is really good at this! Let's go! I'll pretend to be the wounded, and you guys are in charge of catching people."

"Okay, okay, remember to make your acting more realistic." Zhang Si rubbed his hands together, a little excited. Capturing the Western Alliance explorer was so satisfying.

The viewers in the live stream were shocked when they heard the three's plan.

[A Chinese netizen commented: "My goodness! Everyone else is being sniped outside the safe zone and has been eliminated so many times, but Brother Lin and his team are actually planning to outmaneuver those inside! Haha, what a traitor!"]

[Chinese netizens: This is like dancing on a grave and spitting—it's so lewd it'll break your legs!]

[A Pakistani netizen commented: Holy crap, life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Look at Wang Fugui, he's really putting on a convincing performance.]

In the scene, the three arrived at the exit of the cave. The stone beetle's cave entrance was very well hidden and overgrown with weeds.

Lin Mo, Zhang Si, and Kabu were all squatting inside the cave, while Wang Fugui, with his face covered in blood, limped out of the cave.

This is already a safe zone, but there are likely ambushes every few hundred meters, with teams waiting to ambush their "prey".

Wang Fugui didn't go far, fearing his teammates wouldn't be able to rescue him in time, so he just wandered around within 100 meters of the cave entrance.

Soon, two explorers from the Western Alliance accidentally discovered Wang Fugui in a house 200 meters away from him.