147: Chapter 147 Everyone is convinced
Shi Lei stood there dumbfounded; he felt that his worldview had been completely crushed to pieces by that single punch just now.
His "Rock Dragon Triple Shield" and "Earth Guardian," which he prided himself on as absolute defenses,
were as fragile as a joke in front of his opponent.
That was not just an overwhelming display of power.
It was a form of dimensional reduction strike from a higher dimension that he simply could not comprehend!
"I... I..." Shi Lei opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But he discovered with despair that his throat felt as if it were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, preventing him from uttering a single word.
Wang Pingan shook his head as he looked at his dejected appearance.
Then, his gaze fell once again upon the faces of the forty-eight "geniuses" below, who were completely petrified and had even forgotten to breathe.
"Is there anyone else who wants to 'exchange pointers' with me?"
His voice remained as calm and gentle as ever.
But this time, no one dared to show any doubt or provocation.
The moment they met his gaze, everyone subconsciously and deeply lowered their heads.
Are you kidding me?
Even Shi Lei, recognized as the "turtle shell" with the strongest defense in the team, had been smashed to pieces by a single punch.
If they went up there, wouldn't that just be throwing their lives away?
Lei Qian, in particular, who had been clamoring along with Shi Lei earlier, was now so scared that his face turned deathly pale and his legs went weak.
He was immensely grateful now that it hadn't been him who stepped out just now.
Otherwise, what was lying on the ground now might not be a pile of broken rocks.
"Very good." Wang Pingan nodded with satisfaction.
He knew that from this moment on, his position as team leader was firmly secured.
"Since no one has any objections, then find a place and lie down to sleep."
Wang Pingan issued that seemingly absurd order once again.
But this time, no one had any objections.
The forty-nine prodigies, each acting like a wronged young bride, silently found a relatively clean and flat spot.
Then, they simply lay down straight.
Although they remained filled with doubt and confusion, they knew that resistance was useless.
Lin Zhan did not lie down. He simply walked silently to the base of a massive ancient tree and sat cross-legged.
The long spear in his arms was still clutched tightly against his chest.
His pitch-black eyes never left that figure, who made him feel both incredibly shocked and deeply yearning.
Qin Wushuang did not lie down either. He just leaned dejectedly against a rock, staring at the sky with hollow eyes.
He felt like an orphan abandoned by the world.
Wang Pingan ignored these two "mavericks."
He found a thick tree root for himself, leaned back comfortably, and closed his eyes.
As if he were truly going to take a nap here.
The entire jungle fell into an eerie silence once again. Only some unknown insects and birds were still chirping tirelessly.
Time passed minute by minute. The team members lying on the ground tossed and turned, burning with anxiety.
They really couldn't figure out what Wang Pingan was trying to do. Did he really intend to sleep here for the whole day?
"Captain... what... what on earth is he doing?" One of the members finally couldn't help it and muttered in a voice only he could hear.
"Who knows." Another member beside him responded just as softly.
"Maybe... he really has some plan we don't know about?"
"What plan could he have? If we keep waiting like this, the opportunity will be lost! By then, forget about the 'source of creation', we won't even make it into the top fifty percent!"
"Shh... keep it down! Do you have a death wish? Have you forgotten Shi Lei's fate?"
Just when the team members were about to be driven crazy by this torture of "doing nothing,"
Wang Pingan, who had been leaning against the tree root as if asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.
A flash of imperceptible sharpness gleamed in his pitch-black eyes.
"They're here." He slowly stood up from the tree root.
They're here? What's here? All the team members subconsciously leaped up from the ground.
They scanned their surroundings with vigilance. But the surrounding jungle remained calm.
Apart from the "rustling" of the wind through the leaves and a few roars of unknown beasts, there was nothing.
"Captain, you..." Lei Qian just started to ask. Wang Pingan raised his hand and made a "hush" gesture.
Then, he pointed in a direction about three kilometers to their front left. "There. A team is rapidly approaching us."
His voice was very soft. But to every member, it sounded like a thunderclap!
What?! A team is coming? How come they didn't feel anything at all?
Everyone subconsciously extended their spirit toward that direction.
But what they perceived was still nothing but calm. Not to mention people, there wasn't even a slightly larger beast.
"Captain... are... are you mistaken?" A member asked uncertainly.
"Mistaken?" Wang Pingan smiled. "My perception never makes mistakes."
He activated the Eye of Truth.
In his vision, within that patch of jungle three kilometers away.
Twenty "humanoid creatures" emitting energy light spots of varying intensity were carefully flanking them in an extremely covert, standard combat search formation!
Their movements were extremely professional. The aura on them was also well-concealed. Clearly, this was a well-trained elite team skilled in jungle warfare!
"How did they find us?" A grave expression appeared on Lei Qian's face.
From the moment they landed until now, they had stayed in place without making any major noise. By all logic, they shouldn't have exposed their position so quickly.
"It's not that they found us." A mysterious smile appeared on Wang Pingan's face.
"But rather, I 'invited' them over."
"What?!" All the members were collectively stunned again.
"While you were sleeping." Wang Pingan pointed to his own head.
"My spirit has already scanned everything within a fifty-kilometer radius."
"Including this self-righteous 'hunter' team from the Heisen Military Academy."
"I just used a little bit of illusion to 'guide' their direction of travel."
Wang Pingan's tone was nonchalant, as if he had only done a trivial thing.
But to the other members, it made their scalps tingle and their backs go cold!
spirit scanning a fifty-kilometer radius? And using illusions to "guide" an elite team?
This... this f*cking... is this something a human can do?!
They finally understood now. Wang Pingan letting them "sleep" here was not about "resting to await the exhausted enemy" at all.
He was setting a trap! A lethal trap using them as bait to lure those self-righteous "hunters" into walking right in!
"Now." Wang Pingan's gaze slowly swept across the face of every member.
That look was cold, cruel, and filled with a hunter-like bloodthirsty gleam.
"The prey has entered the field." "Are you ready to begin... the hunt?"