I have a life simulator.

"That's alright. I'm in E5 now. Wait there for a bit, I'll come find you now."

Kitagawa Ryo quickly explained the situation to Shiina Hiyori:

"In short, Ayanokouji already knows that you are the holder of the special card, so he won't let you provide me with upgrade opportunities without worry. Therefore, he is very likely to make a move against you."

“I know you’re in a group with Ibuki, but if Ayanokouji really wants to play dirty, Ibuki probably won’t be able to handle it, so you’ll have to join me for now…”

Just as Kitagawa Ryo was saying this, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the other end of the communication.

"I'm with Hiyori too, Ryo."

It's the voice of Megumi Karuizawa.

"Speaking of which, you really got off easy..."

It was as if he was gritting his teeth, or as if he was relieved.

Chapter 181: My Brother-in-Law is the Best in the World!

Just as Kitagawa Ryo was about to speak again, the communication suddenly dropped automatically, and the watch returned to the main screen, displaying an urgent notification that the school had just sent.

"At around 6 a.m. this morning, a student on the island fell ill after drinking unboiled water. The school confirmed that the student was unable to take the subsequent exams and has been transferred to the cruise ship for medical treatment. The condition has been properly treated and is under control."

"Hereby, we would like to remind every student once again: never drink untreated water, and never pick unknown wild fruits, vegetables, or mushrooms. Your own health and safety should be your top priority."

"At the same time, starting today, the school will also set up a temporary rest area in the F4 area. Students can choose to go to this area to experience better medical, shower, laundry and other facilities. In addition, the school will also provide students with free drinking water (which cannot be taken away)."

That concludes the notification.

After closing the notification page, the communication that had just been disconnected was naturally restored. It seemed that there was no signal fluctuation, but rather the reason for this emergency notification.

"Did Ryo see the notification?"

"Yes, it should have been sent to all students."

Disrupted by this unexpected event, the previous conversation could no longer continue. Kitagawa Ryo frowned and asked:

"Hui, Rihe, do you know who the student who withdrew from the exam is? Or which class they are from?"

"I haven't received any communications from my classmates, so they shouldn't be students from Class B."

Karuizawa Kei answered first, saying that as the class representative of Class B, if someone in the class really had to withdraw from the exam due to illness, the other members of that person's group would definitely contact her.

"Could it be Longyuan?"

Shiina Hiyori's social circle wasn't as wide as Karuizawa Megumi's. She just remembered that Ryuen Sho didn't seem to have ever used points to redeem drinking water and lived by boiling river water every day.

“I just ran into Long Yuan. He was lively and energetic, and the notice said it would be around six o’clock.”

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head in denial. He admired Ryuen Sho quite a bit about this. After all, he was able to hide on a deserted island all by himself for a week without being discovered by others. He had a very comprehensive range of survival skills.

"Anyway, it shouldn't be anything serious, but this temporary rest stop looks pretty good. It seems the school has been scared of being messed with before."

"After all, it was just a special exam, not a real survival test on a desert island. When the Longyuan incident happened, the school immediately launched a communication function. He couldn't possibly let anything happen to the students."

Kitagawa Ryo chuckled softly:

"Grid? It shouldn't be far from the F4 area, right? Shall we meet there?"

"no problem."

Just after ending the call with the two people, Kitagawa Ryo's watch immediately beeped again, this time from another person's communication request.

"Hello, Rinne, it's me."

"Yeah, I saw the notice. I don't know who it is yet. I hope it's not a student from our Class D, otherwise the others in his group will be under a lot of pressure."

"Yes, I'm planning to go check out that temporary rest stop now."

"You've already arrived at E9? That's quite far... Yeah, I can go there myself."

Okay, keep it up.

The conversation was rather pointless, and even gave Kitagawa Ryo the vague impression that he had found a convenient excuse to call him and check up on him.

F4.

Kitagawa Ryo muttered to himself as he pulled up an electronic map and easily found the location.

It is a grid close to the center of the entire uninhabited island. The reason it is said to be close is because, when viewed from above, the true center of the uninhabited island is actually located in that towering, continuous mountain range. It is this mountain range that clearly divides the entire island into east and west sides.

This special location gave Kitagawa Ryo some other ideas into his mind.

However, if you want to verify it, you still have to go there and see for yourself.

With this in mind, Kitagawa Ryo also bent down and tightened his shoelaces.

To save time, he chose the same route as Karuizawa Megumi.

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Wow—there are so many people!

When Karuizawa Megumi, Shiina Hiyori, and Ibuki Mio, who had rushed from the G5 area to the F4 area, saw the scene before them, they couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Even yesterday's confrontation between half of Class A and most of Class B in Area E5 was not as shocking as what we see now. The sheer number of people made it seem as if all the students on the island had gathered there.

Here, you can not only exchange for the supplies you need like at other supply exchange points, but also enjoy services such as free medical treatment, free showers, and use of well-maintained and clean toilets.

The school even brought in a long, comfortable-looking sofa in the rest area, where many students can be seen lying around casually, chatting relaxedly with other friends they meet.

In addition, some students were seen drinking two large plastic bottles of water from the water dispenser, as if they were trying to retaliate against their thirst from the past few days.

After all, drinking water is the most in-demand resource and not cheap, so most groups are extremely restrained in using their points to exchange for it. The unlucky guy who got sick from drinking untreated water also seemed to be trying to save as many points as possible.

In short, for most of the students who had suffered on this deserted island for five or six days, this temporary rest stop was undoubtedly a paradise, becoming the only place on the island where they could relax and unwind.

However, perhaps anticipating the current situation, the school has allocated a lot of manpower here. In addition to teachers, you can also see third-year students like Horikita Manabu helping out.

"Don't go there yet."

Just as Karuizawa and her two companions were about to leave the forest and enter this temporary resting place, a familiar voice came from behind them.

Having just climbed and traversed the mountainous region, Kitagawa Ryo had rolled up his sleeves to his elbows. Although his neck and face were covered in sweat, he was in good spirits, with bright, alert eyes.

"cold."

"cold."

Karuizawa Kei and Shiina Hiyori turned around almost simultaneously, and then took out clean towels from their backpacks and handed them to him.

Kitagawa Ryo grabbed both towels, folded them together, wiped his face twice, and let out a long sigh of relief as if he had come back to life.

"What did they mean by telling us not to go in yet?"

Feeling somewhat out of place among the three, Ibuki Mio crossed her arms and asked a question, as if reminding everyone that there was a fourth person present.

Just as Ibuki Mio was waiting for Kitagawa Ryo to launch into a well-reasoned analysis, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly curled the corners of his mouth upwards and replied with a hint of mischievousness:

"Actually, there's no real reason. I just wanted to stop you."

Ibuki Mio felt a nerve twitch in her temple.

"However, the school does have its reasons for creating this rest area at this time."

Kitagawa Ryo also looked in the direction of the rest area, and suddenly asked:

"Ibuki, what do you think of this rest stop?"

"It's great. I can rest and take a comfortable shower, and there's free drinking water."

Ibuki Mio answered this instinctively.

"It's really good."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded firmly, then smirked at the students lounging comfortably on the sofas in the distance.

So... will you be willing to go far away again in the future?

Ibuki Mio was taken aback for a moment, but immediately realized what Kitagawa Ryo meant.

Compared to the group's camping trip in the wild over the past few days, the conditions at this temporary rest stop were undoubtedly much more comfortable, especially with the provision of free drinking water, which allowed many students who had been saving every drop of water to drink to their heart's content.

However, the school's notice clearly stated that the drinking water provided at the rest area can only be taken and consumed on the spot, and teachers will supervise the entire process; it is not allowed to bring any more water.

The students, currently engrossed in enjoying their water, haven't noticed this yet.

"Actually, some students have been on the island for so long that they are starting to feel overwhelmed, but most groups have gradually adapted."

Kitagawa Ryo wiped his hands with a towel, raised an eyebrow, and continued:

"But if something like this happens, then things might change."

"It is estimated that many groups will choose to stay here, and their activities will be limited to this area. They may even make this temporary rest stop their long-term camp."

Ibuki Mio murmured somewhat speechlessly:

Aren't you worried about the grades?

"will not."

This time, it was Shiina Hiyori who answered her. She seemed to enjoy sharing the same way of thinking as Kitagawa Ryo, and added with a smile:

"Because you can see the group's leaderboard at any time."

"You can clearly see your group's position and how many points are between you and the bottom few... It's all very clear."

"Not all groups on this island are aiming for the top three. A considerable number of students are just hoping not to fall to the bottom few places from the beginning."

"The second, third, and fourth-to-last students will have points deducted from their class's score, and the last-place student will be expelled."

At this point, Hiyori Shiina stuck out her tongue:

"And the most dangerous position has been firmly locked in by Long Yuan from our class, after all, he still has zero points."

"So, just like Liang said, I estimate that quite a few groups will stay here, and they might comfort themselves by completing their projects in the nearby area first, accumulating enough food and drinking water before leaving for other areas."

"Or to be more straightforward..."

Shiina Hiyori looked at Kitagawa Ryo and gave a mischievous smirk:

"Should we just treat this place as the last—safe zone?"

The special test for the uninhabited island has a rule about restricted areas. The restricted areas marked in the first two rounds, as can be seen by referring to the map, show a trend of gradually shrinking towards the center of the island.

This easily leads one to speculate that the school hopes to gradually shrink the circle from the outside in, eventually gathering students in the central area of ​​the island.

And F4 happens to be located in a relatively central area, and the fact that the school set up a temporary rest area here makes it hard not to speculate.

That's why I felt something was wrong.

Kitagawa Ryo nodded. He opened the electronic map again and temporarily removed the restricted areas from his view one by one from the previous two rounds. He seemed to have grasped a certain idea.

But just then, a rough voice suddenly came from behind, and Ishizaki Daichi, covered in sweat, patted Kitagawa Ryo heavily on the shoulder from behind:

"Hey, isn't this Kitagawa? You're resting here too?"

"Shiina's here too? Looks like you two finally ran into each other. Congratulations!"

"I'm exhausted from rushing here. I'm going to take a shower over there first, and we can chat when we run into each other later."

Ishizaki Daichi walked past Kitagawa Ryo in a whirlwind, and before leaving, he secretly gave him a thumbs up, as if to say, "I definitely won't cause you any trouble this time."

Distracted by the sudden appearance of Daichi Ishizaki, Ryo Kitagawa could only shake his head helplessly. However, the moment he looked up and saw Kei Karuizawa, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and his brows immediately relaxed.

"Speaking of which, Hui."

"Huh? What's up?"

Kitagawa Ryo pointed at Shiina Hiyori, then at himself, his tone suddenly becoming flippant:

"I'm planning to go jet skiing with Hiyori, do you want to come along?"

"Eh eh eh eh?"

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"They've all gathered there."

"After all, we've been tired for so long."

"We're exhausted too, and we really want to go back to the cruise ship."

Inside the school's tent, filled with electronic devices and displays used to monitor the entire island, several school staff members were idly complaining.

"Hello teachers, this is today's lunch."