Villain: He humiliated the protagonist's sister, but she fell in love with him.

Now that Lu Chen and Ji Chen had run into the line of fire, it bit even more fiercely, chasing and tearing at the two of them relentlessly. The entire desolate mountain was filled with the screams of these two brilliant talents...

Ji Boxiao stopped and obediently returned to Lin Ba's feet, wagging his tail, only when the instructor leading the team heard the commotion and rushed over.

When Lu Chen and Ji Chen ran back disheveled, they were furious to see Ji Boxiao obediently kneeling at Lin Ba's feet.

"Instructor! Lin Ba has unleashed his dogs to bite people!"

The two of them simultaneously told the instructor that they had been tattling on each other.

But before the instructor could respond, Lin Ba chuckled softly:

"Don't talk nonsense, this dog isn't mine. Big Yellow, do you know me?"

Ji Boxiao paused for a second, then shook his head cooperatively, took two steps to the side to create distance between himself and Lin Ba. The whole sequence of movements was fluid and seamless...

Lu Chen and Ji Chen exchanged a glance, and immediately felt as if they had punched cotton.

What made them even more furious was that the girl who had just fallen to the ground had been helped up and was now conscious.

After hearing her classmate recount what had just happened, and glancing at Lu Chen and Ji Chen, she burst into tears.

"Wow! I don't want these two perverts to send me down the mountain!"

This is truly heartbreaking to hear and brings tears to the eyes of all who listen.

The students around them were looking at Lu Chen and Ji Chen with hostility.

"That's awful! He scared that girl to tears!"

"Exactly, exactly! I'm scared too. Who knows if those two brilliant strategists will suddenly go crazy halfway through..."

"This is so unlucky! Why did we have to be in the same year as these two?!"

"..."

Hearing the mocking voices around them, Lu Chen and Ji Chen's faces turned pale and then red.

At this moment, the instructor glanced at Lu Chen and Ji Chen, and his expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

After all, during this period, the glorious deeds of these two people were known to everyone at Linhai University.

The nicknames "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" are not given lightly.

He couldn't be bothered with the two of them, so he turned to the girl and asked:

"Student, are you still able to walk? Should we call medical staff to help you down?"

The girl wiped away her tears, her gaze drifting almost imperceptibly to the side before landing on Lin Ba, a shy expression appearing on her face.

"If... if Lin Ba had helped me down the mountain, I should have been able to walk."

Lin Ba: "..."

Lin Ba's lips twitched slightly. He glanced at the system panel and found that the other party's appearance score was 81.

This shows that the girl was not a woman of good fortune.

Lin Ba could only shake his head regretfully at this.

"Sorry, I have a girlfriend."

Upon hearing this, the girl looked dejected and could only reluctantly be led away by the medical staff.

From then on, the world had one more heartbroken girl who loved but could not be loved in return...

Ji Chen and Lu Chen were extremely embarrassed, especially by the girl's frightened expression, which deeply hurt them.

"Alright, alright, let's continue down the mountain. We're halfway there, everyone give it your all!"

The instructor turned around and gave a word of encouragement, his gaze lingering on Lin Ba for a moment with envy in his eyes, before turning back to lead the team forward.

After everyone left, Ji Chen and Lu Chen remained in a daze, seemingly still reeling from the shock they had just suffered.

Lu Chen, in particular, looked at Lin Ba's back with envy. He felt there was no need to test him anymore; the mastermind behind it all was definitely Lin Ba.

He grew angrier the more he thought about it, and kicked a pebble that was right next to him.

The pebble bounced off the nearby mountain wall with a "thud," making a dull, hollow echo.

Lu Chen's ears twitched, and after listening carefully, joy immediately welled up in his heart.

Empty? There's something behind that cliff!

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to rush over and pry it open to see what was going on, but when he caught a glimpse of Ji Chen, who was still in a daze, he thought for a moment and stopped in his tracks.

He adopted an indignant expression and said resentfully:

"Second brother, you go with the group first. I'll find a chance to embarrass that kid Lin Ba later. Tell the instructor I'm going to use the restroom and I'll catch up later."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chen's eyes lit up immediately.

He still remembered the grudge from being bitten by the dog earlier, so since Lu Chen had offered to take the job, he was happy to sit back and watch the fight.

Ji Chen immediately nodded and patted Lu Chen on the shoulder:

"Okay! Good luck, bro. I'll cover for you."

After saying that, he turned around and strode after the group, seemingly quickening his pace as if afraid that Lu Chen would change his mind.

Lu Chen stood there, watching Ji Chen's figure gradually shrink, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

He told Ji Chen it was a test, but in reality it was an excuse to get Ji Chen to leave quickly and prevent Ji Chen from getting a share of the profits.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen's eyes flashed with undisguised mockery, and he chuckled softly:

"My foolish second brother, since you believed it so easily... then this opportunity is out of your reach."

He waited in place for more than ten minutes until he was sure the group had gone far away and he could no longer hear any noise. Then he walked to the mountain wall and reached out to carefully feel it.

Lu Chen was indeed a chosen one, and his luck was not bad. After touching him a few times, his fingertips touched a barely perceptible indentation.

He pressed down hard.

A low, rumbling sound of machinery turning came from inside the mountain wall.

Then a narrow stone door slid silently inward, its seamless fit with the mountain wall making it impossible to tell that a door was hidden there.

A look of joy appeared on Lu Chen's face, and he rushed in without waiting.

It's fortunate that this cave didn't have any traps or mechanisms; otherwise, Lu Chen would have suffered a lot.

The cave was small and somewhat narrow.

But as Lu Chen looked around, the smile on his face gradually froze.

He discovered a large hole in the stone wall at the other end of the cave, with freshly broken edges, indicating that it had been smashed open not long ago.

His heart sank, and he hurriedly searched the cave thoroughly, looking through every nook and cranny.

In the end, not a single hair was left!

"hateful!!!"

Lu Chen slammed his fist into the stone wall.

"Don't let me find out who stole my things! I'll never let you get away with this!"

Lu Chen subconsciously took possession of everything in the cave and let out a roar.

Immediately afterwards, he sensed through his keen sixth sense that something seemed to be watching him.

Lu Chen abruptly turned his head, his sharp gaze sweeping across a corner of the cave, and he lowered his voice to shout:

"Who is it?"

When he got closer, he discovered that it was actually a pinhole camera, well hidden in a corner.

His pupils contracted, before he could react at all.

Several rocks-like objects nearby suddenly lit up with fire, followed by a deafening explosion.

Realizing he had fallen into a trap, Lu Chen looked up and let out a desperate roar.

"No!!!"

The flames instantly engulfed his figure.

......