Chapter 159：Wrong Turn

Barnett holstered his weapons to his waist and looked at the young man, "Cecil, whatever the outcome, since we're childhood friends, I don't mind marrying you. Although you removed your glands and became a gender-less monster, your face is still decent. I can let you join my group, as long as you service me every night of course."

Before Zhou Yun Sheng could reply, a Beta sitting next to Barnett said, "Barnett, don't be so mean. Omega can't open their channel without a gland, they simply can't handle your huge thing. You want Cecil to die under you?"

The Aldrich family's subordinates among the candidates let out malicious laughter.

Zhou Yun Sheng ignored them from beginning to end. He felt that it was a waste of time to talk back to a group of dead people.

Osborne's gut was like a burning fire. As long as he thought of the malicious plans they had for Cecil, he couldn't wait to tear them apart. He desperately suppressed his outbreak of spiritual power and coldly opened, "Chelman only recruits students of high moral character, say one more word and you can get lost!"

Even the arrogant Aldrich family knew not to challenge the Matthew family, they recalled that Cecil had removed his glands because of Osborne, so according to Osborne's honest character, he would naturally take care of him because of guilt. They pressed down their maliciousness and patiently waited for the real battle to teach Cecil a lesson. He was just an Omega after all, easy to deal with.

Because the examination was very difficult and life-threatening, all the candidates formed coalitions beforehand. But obviously, as the former Omega, no one volunteered to invite Zhou Yun Sheng to their team, because he was likely to drag everyone's hind legs. The exam couldn't be treated half-heartedly, one grave mistake could cost a life.

Zhou Yun Sheng was also not eager to join any team, he carefully fiddled with his two particle guns.

As the saying goes, the emperor is not worried, but the eunuchs are worried to death, Osborne repeatedly glanced at the boy but found that he was not reacting, so he had to look to the yellow-haired teenager sitting in the corner.

The boy's lip twitched and he reluctantly stood up, he walked over to Zhou Yun Sheng and stretched out a hand, "Hi, I'm Darren Matthew, would you like to partner with us? Look, that's our crew over there. Including me, there are three Alpha, two Beta, plus you, uh, an Omega. Our average strength is not low, would you like to join?"

Three Alpha were indeed enough to protect one delicate Omega, the other squads had six or seven members, but the Alpha members were simply one or none. The species standing at the top of society should naturally be extremely rare, after all.

"You're from the Matthew family? Do you owe Osborne some money?" Zhou Yun Sheng faintly smiled and opened.

Osborne looked down at the list of candidates and pretended to be very busy.

The boy pouted and coldly grunted without answering. Was the answer not obvious? Their team was full of capable people yet they insisted on inviting in a potential leech.

Zhou Yun Sheng didn't mind his attitude and waved, "Osborne doesn't owe me anything, so you don't have to settle his debt. But I really do need a few teammates. Don't worry, I can pull my own weight." He could easily complete the task solo, but the test would be broadcasted live on the Star Network, he wanted to hide his strength for a while longer.

The boy was very satisfied with his first sentence, he rolled his eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if you drag us down, anyway, I'm strong enough to protect you."

"Then I thank you in advance." Zhou Yun Sheng smiled.

The boy was caught by his bright watery eyes, and his cheeks slowly flushed. He directly sat down by Zhou Yun Sheng's side and carefully explained the performance rate of the weapons to him, his attitude becoming gentler.

Osborne had a gloomy expression, he couldn't help but glare at his cousin. Although he was unwilling to answer Cecil's questions on that day, his heart had long admitted that Cecil was very outstanding and charming, if Cecil deliberately seduced, many Alpha would trample over each other to dedicate themselves to him, and that hadn't changed even after removing his glands.

He just had to release a little goodwill to his cousin, and his cousin willing stepped into the trap, this situation was far beyond his expectations, putting him in a particularly anxious mood. He almost couldn't hold back his desire to walk over and block contact between the two.

He knew that this idea was abnormal, so he tried to recall Joshua's beautiful holy face to calm himself down.

After a quarter of an hour, the spacecraft arrived at the delivery point, and the team members linked their respective terminals together and stood on a small aircraft, carefully listening to the instructor's speech. After getting confirmation of understanding from the candidates, Osborne opened the door to let them land.

"If you meet any danger, don't try to be brave. Just press the helper buzzer and I will immediately come rescue you. Got it?" He pulled the last to jump out boy aside and reminded.

"Got it, thank you." Zhou Yun Sheng smiled and jumped down into the vast forest bellow without hesitation.

Osborne stood in front of the hatch for a long time before commanding the spacecraft to fly towards the Lennon Empire's mining industry base. There they could monitor the situation of the candidates through satellite transmissions. These bloody battle videos would be simultaneously broadcasted on the Star Network, attracting an annual viewing tide.

There would be betting agents collecting bets on the champion. There was no doubt that this year's biggest underdog was Cecil, and the favorites were the Aldrich family's Barnett and Matthew's Darren.

But just now, because of Darren and Cecil's team up, his odds increased significantly. As for Cecil only bets, although it looked very deserted, the pool was large, a full two hundred million star coins.

Everyone scolded this high roller a fool, but they didn't know that Old Bernard had opened up his personal terminal, cursing their lack of sense.

Zhou Yun Sheng landed and received a text message on 007 from a small financial expert, asking him whether or not to bet on himself. He opened Cecil's personal account and bet all his savings on his head.

"Did you receive the coordinates for the rendezvous point?" Darren gathered his team members.

"Received."

"'Kay, we'll travel along the waterway, there are many Zerg, but the line of sight is very clear."

There was no objections. Safe arrival to the collection site was not the only requirement to pass the examination, it also depended on the number of Zerg hunted. Candidates without a minimum of 200 kills would be unconditionally eliminated.

The group members looked at Cecil with sympathetic eyes. They only promised big brother Osborne that they would bring Cecil back safely, they couldn't help him hunt the Zerg. There were satellites monitoring them overhead, there was no room for cheating, it seemed that the one who would come out in last place had already been selected.

"Stay behind me and don't wander off. You're only responsible for returning back alive, not for killing Zerg." Darren took the smaller boy's hand and reassuringly squeezed it.

After the group travelled a few hundred meters, the personal terminals lost their signal. Without terminal navigation, they simply couldn't identify the right direction, nor could they receive an early warning signal about nearby Zerg, this was tantamount to adventuring blindfolded in the jungle.

"Spread out your spiritual power." Darren gritted his teeth. An S-level spiritual force could only monitor a radius of twenty meters, the role was very limited, and it also resulted in loss of combat effectiveness. If the terminals had no signal, they would fall into a very dangerous situation of continued low combat effectiveness.

Everyone's face suddenly changed.

"If you trust me, let me be responsible for spiritual power detection." Zhou Yun Sheng took the initiative to offer. These people were kind to him, he was willing to repay them.

"You?" Darren had some hesitation.

"Although I'm not very good physically, my spiritual strength is very high." Zhou Yun Sheng slowly pulled out a particle gun.

Darren agreed to the boy's suggestion in order to not pour cold water on his enthusiasm, but he secretly deployed his own spiritual power, to add a layer of protection for his teammates. Everyone tacitly understood this.