173: Chapter 5 Difficult Start 173: Chapter 5 Difficult Start Looking at those out-of-reach photographs fluttering on the ceiling, the newbies cursed in anger, with only a few fast-reacting veterans leaping up in an attempt to make the last effort.

The more difficult the situation, the less complaining helps, and the more one needs to grit their teeth and gamble.

In a fleeting moment lasting less than a second, Tang Zheng was the first to leap up with all his might.

He quickly extended his hands and grabbed the nearest seven photographs.

Seeing Tang Zheng’s actions, the newbies on the ground came to their senses, but by the time they wanted to jump, they were teleported.

Once Tang Zheng reappeared, his gaze fell upon a clean and tidy street, with Japanese-style buildings standing solemnly on both sides.

There weren’t many pedestrians, and everywhere exuded a quiet atmosphere.

“It’s morning.

The watch is useless again, so I have to quickly adjust the time.” Tang Zheng first looked around to confirm that there was no immediate danger, then gauged the position of the sun.

As soon as little loli Lu Fan appeared, she dashed towards Tang Zheng with her short legs, tugged at his trousers, and then brimmed with curiosity as she looked around.

“Damn it, the Trojan is treacherous.” Zhang Hao stood on the street with one of the grabbed photographs in his hand.

He stomped his foot, spat, and said, “Who got the photo of the ponytail woman?

Swap it with me.”

No one answered him.

The newbies were all murmuring complaints about the Silver Trojan.

After experiencing these troubles together, they were almost starting to develop a shared animosity.

At least their relationships had greatly improved.

Yin Shangwu was also looking around, holding her gun in vigilance.

She used a Magnetic Storm Assault Rifle, which had a dark metallic shine and was packed with many attachments – it was obviously a heavy-duty weapon with powerful firepower.

“Didn’t you hear me?

Who got the photo of the ponytail woman?” Zhang Hao got angry.

They actually dared to ignore him.

The newbies were taken aback.

The policeman quickly clarified, “Boss, even if we had time to grab it, the photos were too high for us to jump anyway.

Don’t you see that the Silver Trojan was clearly playing with us.”

Zhang Hao scanned around and nearly exploded with anger.

Indeed, aside from Silver Trojan’s weapons and defensive clothing boxes, all the newbies were empty-handed, even the air hostesses were left with nothing.

“What now?

How do we find people without the photos?” Zhang Hao yelled at the newbies, venting his dissatisfaction.

“So unlucky to be stuck with garbage teammates.”

The wrench man, the woman in sleeping gown, and the two college student couples were still interested in the surrounding scenery.

Upon hearing this, they came back to their senses with worried expressions on their faces.

Even the three notorious poachers also felt something was wrong.

Pang Meiqin and Bai Guo breathed a sigh of relief, patting their chests, and then, seeing the newbies’ pathetic state, they high-fived with smiles.

“Luckily, we have Tang Zheng.” Pang Meiqin complimented, with Bai Guo nodding vigorously in agreement.

All the newbies were taken aback.

They immediately looked at Tang Zheng and took a long, hefty breath after seeing the seven photographs in his hand.

“Old classmates, it seems you forgot that he is not in your group.” The woman in the sleeping gown flipped her hair, gave Pang Meiqin a cold look and moved next to Tang Zheng.

“I am his team member.”

“Yin Shangwu, any discoveries?” Tang Zheng, however, wasn’t caring about these.

He stuck close to a wall along the street and half-squatted,”Old Lin, what about you?”

“Safe.” Yin Shangwu made a hand gesture from behind, while Lin Weiguo, who was on the front line, didn’t speak but made an all-is-well hand gesture.

A few newbies saw this and sneered, thinking they were making a big deal out of nothing.

Zhang Hao, however, turned red then green.

He was annoyed that he was worse off than even Tang Zheng, who hadn’t crossed the threshold of being a Conqueror.

But seeing the air hostesses’ reactions made him feel better; he and Lin Weiguo must be military men, otherwise, how could they be so strong.

“All idiots.” Little Lolita looked at these people, snorted, and then her eyes strayed to the M1911 in Tang Zheng’s leg gun holster.

She wanted to reach out and touch it but restrained herself.

The black tower man observed all these and raised his evaluation of Tang Zheng’s trio.

He then leaned towards the fat man’s ear, whispered something, and the two hurriedly walked over to Tang Zheng.

“Hello, I am Li Yuanhang, and this is my bodyguard, Lao Tie.

We are in the same group.” The fat man extended his right hand with a smile, trying to make small talk with Tang Zheng.

“We’ll talk later.” Tang Zheng didn’t have time for a handshake, “Qin Yan, Bai Guo, Xin Lan, Meiqin, come over!

What are you thinking?”

Tang Zheng didn’t give them a good face.

A single moment of negligence could cost lives, so one could not be careless.

“So, what’s the plan now?” Yin Shangwu came over and asked Tang Zheng after letting Qin Yan substitute for her position.

After hesitating for a bit, Zhang Hao finally put aside his pride and also ran over.

“Don’t rush, let me think.” Tang Zheng said seriously, flipping through the seven photographs in his hand, “Zhang Hao, give me your photo, Yin Shangwu, you too.”

Seeing that Yin Shangwu handed over the photo, Zhang Hao did the same.

He did have some self-awareness; if he didn’t know what to do next, then he might as well rely on others.

“These photos are all lifestyle shots of two girls.

See, each one has faint watermarks in the form of lines, containing information about the girls.

The girl with the single ponytail is called Chikashima Airi, living in Hiyoshi Town in Kyoto Prefecture, while the slightly blonde one is Uesugi Rin, living in Tokyo City.”

“You’ve observed quite carefully, let me see.” Zhang Hao extended his hand to take the photos, after a strenuous effort, he finally saw the faint watermark text in the upper-right corner where the sky was the background, and became furious, “Damn it, isn’t this a trap!

Couldn’t you have written it any smaller?”

“Sadly, there aren’t enough photos and the information obtained is limited, even the home address of Uesugi Rin is missing, quite troubling.” Tang Zheng is also slightly troubled, “what’s worse is we don’t know our own location, which girl we are destined to target might have already been killed by then.”

“Trojan is really bad, isn’t it plain that he wants to give us trouble?” Pang Meiqin vented her anger by slamming the wall, such puzzles almost made her wish she could faint and escape from it.

“This is just normal game difficulty level, you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.” Yin Shangwu was calm, she was also thinking of a way, but Tang Zheng seemed to be better than her, so she decided to follow his actions.

“What kind of monster would attack them?” Bai Guo asked a stupid question, quite fitting for her big chest, no brain image.

“Once they come to attack, you’ll know.” Zhang Hao returned with a sarcastic remark, then glared at him, “I’m warning you not to make a fuss, don’t disturb him in his thinking.”

“Aren’t Tokyo and Kyoto the same city?” Pang Meiqin began feeling scared.

“Definitely not, so we can only act in groups.” Tang Zheng raised his head, looking at the newbies, “Whoever here has the slightly blonde girl as their target, come on over, we’re about to act.”

The newbies were envying and feeling jealous while watching these veterans gathered together discussing, they wanted to go over, but were afraid of being scolded.

But after hearing Tang Zheng’s words, as if like music to their ears, they immediately ran over, their speed comparable to a rabbit being chased by a hawk.

Even those who didn’t belong to Tang Zheng’s group squeezed over, unknowingly, Tang Zheng had already conquered these people with his unflappable cool and calm judgements, they subconsciously regarded him as their backbone.”

“I’m going to list your groupings, let me know if I make a mistake.” Tang Zheng’s gaze swept over them, “There are a total of twenty survivors in this survival game, those with the slightly blonde girl as their target are Yin Shangwu, Qin Yan, fat man, black tower bodyguard, leopard print woman, poacher boss, female university student, woman in nightdress, fake policeman, I can’t remember your names at the moment, let’s represent you with your distinctive features for now.”

The newbies looked at each other after a moment of surprise, then nodded, they got to know each other a little better, a name is just a codename, they definitely couldn’t memorise it at this moment, but their features were different, they could be recognised at a glance.

“Weiguo, Xin Lan, what are you guys planning to do?” Despite preparing to form groups, Tang Zheng was worried for them.

“I don’t want to leave you, otherwise we’re sure to die.” Pang Meiqin was rather pessimistic, “It’s too fair, why are you and Yin Shangwu in the same group, why not distribute one to us?”

“Are you belittling me?” Zhang Hao was angered once again, this was disrespect from Bai Guo.

“What use is there in me admiring you, can we make it back alive?” Pang Meiqin was unafraid of him as she forcefully questioned, “Well, what plans do you have?

If you can say it, we’ll listen to you.”

All the newbies in the same group turned to face Zhang Hao, after all, he is a conqueror, and he was quite arrogant just now, he should have some strength then.”

“I…..” Zhang Hao was left at a loss for words, after uttering several “I”s, he was unable to continue speaking.

“Can’t say it hum, if you can’t then shut up.” Pang Meiqin was almost on edge with tears flowing out, this guy was still causing trouble, while the expressions of the other newbies displayed disappointment little by little, beginning to envy those group members who were with Tang Zheng.

“Old classmate, don’t panic, we’ll always find a way.” The woman wearing a nightdress laugh out confidently, purposely trying to provoke Pang Meiqin.

“Shut up.” Tang Zheng didn’t want to see them arguing, yelling out once, the woman in the nightdress quickly closed her mouth, immediately feeling unjust, then turned her eyes to look at the fat man, hoping that he might lend a hand.

“What mess are you causing.” The fat man scolded once, then paid her no more attention, he knew clearly who was the most useful to him at this moment.

“Weiguo, share your thoughts without hesitation, don’t be shy!” As Tang Zheng turned his head, he saw Bai Guo looking at him intently with hope filled eyes.

“Please suggest something, I’m completely clueless about how to even find that girl.” Lin Weiguo was a little frustrated, tugging his hair in irritation.

“Aren’t you all in high spirits wanting him to do something?

There’s also me, let me see the pictures!” A male university student who felt neglected all along couldn’t take it, jumped out and complained once, extending his hand out to Tang Zheng, “Give me the photos.”

Tang Zheng paid no heed to him, these photos might be related to the progression of the next plot, it must be kept by Lin Weiguo.

“What?

Afraid that I’ll surpass you?” Being a university student, he was quite proud, boasting confidently, “Each year I’m able to get a scholarship, and even awarded top ten youths of the city.” (To be continued.

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