68: imprisoned

Third District — Longbow Stream Valley entrance.

Liu Yan appeared at the entrance, carrying two backpacks. At this time, the other contestants were already lined up neatly.

At the front of the line, the middle-aged man from before was holding a notebook, writing and drawing.

"First, put your things down, then go stand at the back of the line." The man glanced at Liu Yan and gestured towards the line with his chin.

After Liu Yan put down his backpacks, he stood at the very back of the line.

"It's you!"

"Ah? Ah..." Liu Yan turned his head, his gaze meeting Xiao Soul's, whom he had just beaten.

"How did you get out?" Shen Cangsheng also turned his head at this moment.

There were 29 people in the line at this time, still one person short.

Given Liu Yan's strength, Shen Cangsheng believed he could have easily killed the last person as well.

"I counted the heads, confirmed I'd definitely get first place, so I came out," Liu Yan replied truthfully.

"You killed everyone on the other side of the map, right?" Liu Yan looked at Shen Cangsheng.

Shen Cangsheng nodded, saying in an annoyed tone:

"You're too lucky, otherwise first place would have been mine."

Liu Yan smiled and shrugged, not speaking.

Hearing this, Xiao Soul, who was nearby, immediately became indignant.

"Damn it, if it weren't for you two maliciously teaming up, first place would have been mine!"

"Oh, please, you pay-to-win dog, even if you didn't die, there wouldn't be enough heads on the field for you to catch up to me." Shen Cangsheng glanced at Xiao Soul with disdain.

Although he was ultimately no match for Liu Yan, Shen Cangsheng was convinced in his heart but not in his words.

As for Xiao Soul, he had no real strength whatsoever; he relied purely on items to make Shen Cangsheng so disheveled, which Shen Cangsheng absolutely could not accept.

"Damn it, how much longer do we have to wait? We don't even have a ranking, and we've been waiting since the start."

"Exactly, do we really have to wait for the last person to come out before they announce it?"

Several contestants who had logged off early looked increasingly impatient.

Dying at the beginning of the game was already frustrating enough for them.

Now they had to wait here for the remaining people to come out, and they had been standing for over 20 minutes.

10 minutes later.

A figure slowly walked out from the entrance.

Seeing this, everyone in the line instantly turned their heads.

"Damn it, you finally decided to come out?"

"Do you know how long we've been waiting for you? Damn it!"

"There's no one left, what were you doing in there?"

"This uniform is from New Era. A bunch of scoundrels! They probably camped the entire game somewhere."

"Alright, everyone, quiet down. That scoundrel... that contestant, get in line." The middle-aged man at the front of the line pointed to the back of the line.

Liu Yang awkwardly scratched his head and walked to the very end of the line under everyone's murderous glares.

Next was to record the rankings based on kill order and survival time.

Without a doubt, Liu Yan and Shen Cangsheng firmly held first and second place.

However, the third place surprised and angered everyone.

"Damn it, why is he third?"

"Shit, I knew I should have found a place to sleep too. Is he getting third place just by lying down?"

Third place was Liu Yang, the last one to come out.

Because Liu Yan and Shen Cangsheng killed too many, apart from those killed at their initial landing spots, everyone else had 0 kills.

This resulted in Liu Yang, who killed one person at the start and was the last to come out, getting third place.

After the results were confirmed, the middle-aged man dismissed everyone and left with his notebook.

And Liu Yan, under everyone's gaze, picked up the backpack containing almost all of their firearms and left the Longbow Stream Valley entrance... Third District — Recycling Stall.

"Grandpa, how much is this all together?"

Liu Yan placed the three backpacks on the recycling stall's table.

"Why is it guns again? Bring back some collectibles." The grandpa looked displeased at the three backpacks, which were uniformly filled with sniper rifles.

"If you don't want them, I'll go sell them over there." Liu Yan said, reaching for the backpacks.

"Hey, no, no, no, I want them, I didn't say I didn't!" The grandpa snatched the backpacks.

After grabbing the backpacks, the grandpa began to calculate the value of the equipment.

Although miscellaneous items sold for a higher price, firearms were not entirely without profit, especially so many firearms.

In fact, apart from some stronger operatives and those in urgent need of money to equip themselves, very few people came to the recycling stall to sell things; the proportion was simply too low.

"It's 4 million total. It was originally 3.97, but since you come so often, I'll add a bit for you." The grandpa grinned, looking at Liu Yan flatteringly.

"Okay, scan me."

After dealing with the equipment, Liu Yan waited for Fuji in the Third District for a while.

Liu Yan's bust had to be temporarily stored in Fuji's warehouse.

"Sorry, Iron Egg, I'm late!" Fuji stood at the portal, waving at Liu Yan.

"Why are you so late?" Liu Yan asked, puzzled, and handed the bust to Fuji.

"Heh, I just had a quick interview with a few operatives." Fuji's face was beaming with joy.

"I told them you're with our company, and they were all scrambling to join. You're famous now!"

"Just now in the spectator hall, a lot of people wanted your contact information, and some even wanted to apprentice under you."

Hearing this, Liu Yan quickly raised his hand to interrupt:

"And then, you gave it to them??"

Fuji shook his head.

"How could I? Who knows if there are bad people among the crowd? Even the operatives I interviewed, I screened them carefully."

"Anyone with a bad record, I rejected them all."

Liu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good."

"Alright, you help me store the bust. I need to go back to school to ask when I can collect the reward."

"Okay, I'll call you then." Fuji took Liu Yan's backpack, waved, and walked towards the warehouse.

After Liu Yan returned to school, he couldn't find the principal. After hearing that the principal was in the infirmary, he had no choice but to find Teacher Qi.

"As for the reward, it will probably have to wait until tomorrow when the principal collects it from the bureau and gives it to you," Teacher Qi explained truthfully to Liu Yan.

Looking at Liu Yan in front of her, Teacher Qi felt a sense of unreality.

Such a genius had just appeared out of thin air in her class.

At first, Teacher Qi might have taken credit, telling other teachers that Liu Yan was her student.

But now, she wouldn't at all.

Teacher Qi honestly asked herself, she could absolutely not achieve Liu Yan's various performances.

In fact, many times she couldn't even understand Liu Yan's decisions.

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Qi." Liu Yan nodded and was about to turn and leave.

"Wait..." Teacher Qi called out to Liu Yan.

"What is it?" Liu Yan turned his head.

Teacher Qi hesitated, but ultimately did not follow the principal's advice to persuade Liu Yan to graduate and stay at the school.

After all, a golden carp is not meant for a pond; a genius like Liu Yan was destined not to belong to this school.

"Nothing, just be careful in the future, and don't let a situation like Chen Yu's happen again..."

After speaking, Teacher Qi waved her hand, signaling that Liu Yan could leave.

"Mm." Liu Yan nodded, turned, and walked towards the school's portal to the Third District.

For Liu Yan, besides collecting the reward, there was one important matter left.

That was to stake out Chen Yu at Bakshi's entrance.