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After a rough night, many students woke up feeling like their limbs had just been replaced, unwilling to move.

“Don’t we have the anti–magnetic device? We survived the storm; what other dangers could there be?” Some couldn’t help but complain.

Stanley wanted to stay lying down too, but as soon as he heard someone badmouth Quinlyn, he sprang up and retorted, “Don’t complain just because you got lucky. If you don’t want to leave, then stay here! We’ll go on without you!” With that, he strode confidently out of the cave.

Quinlyn watched his crab–like gait and couldn’t help but smile slightly before following. The other students had no choice but to suck it up and leave with them.

Once outside, they were greeted by a landscape of dark scorched earth washed over by rain. It felt like they had stepped into an apocalyptic world.

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Everyone swallowed hard, holding the anti–magnetic devices tighter. Without them, they might not have made it through the night.

The path was slick after the rain, and with recent lightning strikes, the risk of landslides had increased. Quinlyn and Michael took the lead, moving cautiously.

“Quinlyn, are you worried about something?” Michael asked, glancing sideways at her.

Since entering the mountains, her every action seemed urgent. Even after finding Stanley, she remained tense and on high alert, refusing to wait for rescue at sunrise.

“Considering Mr. Ramirez’s efficiency, Squad 901 should be entering the mountains by now,” Michael added, trying to

reassure her.

Quinlyn’s eyes remained fixed ahead as she spoke softly, “I think the artifact thief is nearby.”

Michael paused, nearly losing his footing. In a flash, he recalled that map. “Is it the training destination? Has th compromised system set up the criminals‘ hideout as the objective?”

“Exactly,” Quinlyn nodded, her expression calm.

guys must be affected as well. If they weren’t killed by the lightning, they would have to come out to escape. If that

stepped in, completing his sentence, “We’ll run into them.”

back at

position, he probably would have bolted down the mountain, rain or not. Yet, she had remained alert

her voice, clearly trying to prevent mass panic among the group.

steady influence, Michael gradually calmed

muddy path and the aches all over their bodies slowed the other students down. With a gentle nudge, their frustration

a few other students followed suit, sinking to the ground one by

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but seeing Quinlyn’s determined figure, he couldn’t bring himself to ask. Instead, he turned to persuade a few high

bottom soon.”

for three days, barely eating and even fainting! The fact we made it this far is impressive enough. We can’t just let Quinlyn’s words push us to our limits,”

were in danger and called for help. She’s been here since yesterday, risking her life to test the anti–magnetic device, and she

lives. Quinlyn carried a heavy burden that went

off guard. “I’m not blaming

easier to lash out at, and realizing this dark impulse made several of

a soft sound cut through the tension.

dashed towards Michael.

nearby rocks, sending a faint

already jumped into action, ushering them down

to Stanley and Larry, pulling them

that? Was that… gunfire?” Stanley asked, shaken, still unable to believe he heard a gun in real life. He only thought he’d hear such things in

confirmed, ignoring the mud coating her clothes as she pulled out the walkie–talkie from her po spotted the

“We’ve

high schoolers quickly realized what had just happened

they’ve got silencers. They’re probably trying to eliminate witnesses,” Michael said, pulling a gun from his pack. After a moment’s thought, he handed