With just a few words, Ji You managed to calm the slightly anxious Sisi, and in just a few seconds, He Yu and Liu Jia really fell asleep. In such a harsh environment, the two seemed to be sleeping soundly.

All of this was thanks to Ji You. Ji You used spiritual silk to alter the surrounding spiritual wave frequency, making He Yu and Liu Jia’s spiritual silk mistakenly think they were in a very calm, quiet, and comfortable environment. Only then did their spirits gradually relax, and with Ji You’s repeated suggestions to sleep, the two indeed fell asleep.

Strictly speaking, this didn’t count as real spiritual interference, because Ji You didn’t actually affect their spirits. What she did was based on her understanding of the physical and mental states of He Yu and Liu Jia, and knowing that they trusted her so much that they wouldn’t suddenly resist, Ji You just applied a bit of hypnosis principle to put them to sleep.

Success.

This was a great revelation for Ji You. Because after all this, her own spiritual power consumption was minimal. As the main force of this experiment—Fourth—looked exhausted, it was actually just pretending. In fact, Fourth didn’t expend much effort at all to complete this.

Ji You carefully assessed her own state and found that both her spiritual power and physical strength were plentiful, without any feeling of fatigue. Realizing this, Ji You’s eyes suddenly brightened.

This means that in similar situations in the future, she doesn’t need to expend spiritual power to interfere with the enemy. Instead, by mastering the appropriate timing and methods, using hypnosis on the enemy might be a good strategy.

...

Ji You silently calculated the time. At this moment, every minute, every second, every microsecond... formed precise measurements in Ji You’s mind. Squatting under a giant stone, Ji You meticulously counted the time.

Outside, in the direction of Team 7’s stationed position, a huge roar suddenly erupted, possibly due to the station being bombed or a major change occurring, which was the cause of such a sound.

Shaun, standing on the city wall, furrowed his brows as he heard this sound.

Immediately after.

The communicator in his ear sounded within less than a second with Wei Yun’s voice: "Captain, there’s a change in situation."

Shaun: "Speak."

Wei Yun said, "The original station of the Seventh Team has been conquered by the enemy. The last team member, Wang Qiang, risked his life to send us a flare signal."

Shaun’s eyes sank.

Wei Yun tried to keep his voice steady: "The enemy didn’t attack Teams 1 or 2, nor did they come directly at us, but they chose to conquer the Seventh Team’s original territory."

Regarding this, Shaun, Wei Yun, and others had actually considered that the Seventh Team’s station borders the Sixth Team. To prevent the enemy from attacking from that side, Shaun sent ten people there.

The Sixth Team’s station is well-connected and very convenient, but it has a major fatal flaw, which is that it’s hard to defend. On all sides, vital locations need to be guarded, all vulnerable to surprise attacks, so this also means Shaun’s combat forces would be very dispersed... He sent ten people, and these ten were among the top-performing students in the team, to guard there, which was already a significant decision by Shaun.

Shaun asked calmly, "What about the other directions?"

Wei Yun said, "No activity."

Shaun clenched his palm and said, "Notify them to quickly dispatch two teams for reinforcement."

Wei Yun: "Understood."

"Additionally—" Shaun grimly stated, "have Ji You lead her team to quickly head over."

By sending so many people and even having Ji You go, it meant using ’Ji You’, this trump card, this ultimate weapon, in advance. Wei Yun felt a bit heavy-hearted, understanding that this indicated Shaun was taking the enemy’s attack from that direction extremely seriously. Moreover, Shaun wanted to cement his reputation in this arena with this battle’s victory. Wei Yun opened her mouth and said, "Captain, what if the enemy attacks from another direction? Could our actions leave us understaffed?"

"If Ji You and her team can win quickly, we won’t face a shortage of personnel." Shaun thought briefly, gritting his teeth to decide: "It’s settled."

Although Wei Yun felt it was risky, she agreed with Shaun’s plan.

Shaun asked, "Can we confirm how many enemies came this time?"

Wei Yun, regaining composure, said, "Based on the analysis of the information passed by Wang Qiang, there are only about 20 enemies in total."

Shaun squinted, a noticeable fierce light shining in his eyes: "I want to see who the real winner is."

...

seconds.

Precisely timing it, Ji You bowed her head and saw a tiny fingernail-sized device on her chest suddenly flash. Ji You couldn’t help but smile, "Precisely to the second."

"Get up."

"Stop sleeping."

Whoosh~

He Yu and Liu Jia instantly raised their heads. Liu Jia, feeling somewhat bewildered, asked, "Is it...dawn?"

Ji You ignored the question and said, "Get ready, let’s go."

After speaking, Ji You extended her finger to press the flashing device. In the next moment, a crisp voice rang out: "Ji You, proceed quickly to Team 7’s camp for support."

It was Wei Yun.

Ji You responded promptly, "Okay, I’ll head over right away."

Wei Yun: "Wait!"

Ji You: "???"

Wei Yun said, "Stay safe."

Ji You laughed, with a sweet smile and a sweet tone: "Wei Yun, you stay safe too. I believe we’ll meet soon, and fight together then!"

"And—"

"With me, Ji You, here, I won’t let the enemy bypass and harm Wei Yun." Ji You said this very seriously and sincerely, as if solemnly promising to a deity.

"Absolutely not."

Hearing Ji You’s words, the tension on Wei Yun’s face slightly eased as she replied in a low voice, "Ok."

The communication ended.

Ji You smiled, "This communicator openly informed me, showing Shaun and the others trust me even more."

He Yu and Liu Jia stayed silent.

Ji You raised her hand and said, "Let’s move."

He Yu and Liu Jia quickly followed.

Just as they squeezed out from between the rocks, He Yu and Liu Jia’s eyes were a little unadjusted. As they squinted, ready to run with Ji You, they suddenly noticed something amiss!

Liu Jia bluntly asked, "Ji You, are we going the wrong direction?"

He Yu opened his mouth, "Aren’t we heading to the Seventh Team’s station?"

Yet now, the direction Ji You was leading seemed to be—