Team 1 immediately dropped to the ground and began crawling forward.


    After roughly 60 feet, a stic smoke grenade fell from above; its acrid smoke caused the students to cough–as theyy on the ground.


    With the experience from the previous day, some students rolled to the side. However, a few impatient


    ones stood up and charged forward.


    The staff on the opposite side aimed a stic rocketuncher and fired a projectile made of paintThis belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    powder into the air.


    The projectilended at the feet of the standing students and exploded, covering them in paint powder.


    Lawrence’s voice boomed through the megaphone, “Anyone with over 20% of their body covered in pain,


    step out!”


    The students who had stood up and charged dejectedly left the training area.


    The remaining team members continued to crawl forward.


    As long as they crawled through the first stage, the staff wouldn’t fire paint projectiles but would only use smoke to hinder their progress.


    The students rolled to avoid the <b>falling </b>smoke grenades and crawled through the thinning smoke.


    Five minutester, they passed the first stage.


    The second stage demanded finding cover and charging forward while staff members threw paint


    grenades.


    This stage tested reaction speed. Running fast enough ensured avoiding the paint.


    Teams 1 through 4 were allposed of boys, while Team 5 was made up of girls. The difficulty level for


    Team 5 was lowered.


    The boys had enough stamina to more effectively evade the dense attacks.


    Paint grenades exploded one after another, while the staff fired paint bullets, creating a chaotic scene of


    color and movement.


    These staff members were former soldiers <b>and </b>had undergone special training, aiming their shots at the


    students‘ feet.


    The paint bullets weren’t very powerful. Getting hit merely felt like being struck by a piece of chalk.


    Finding cover, the studentsunched a counterattack, forcing the staff to the ground.


    Under the cover of fire, some students dashed to the second set of barricades.


    There were five stages in total. With their persistent efforts, the students finally reached the fourth stage.


    <b>2/2</b>


    ‘Time’s up, mission failed,” Lawrence announced through the megaphone.


    “Man, these staff don’t cut us any ck!” one student grumbled.


    “And their firepower seems stronger than yesterday,” added another.


    “Well, looks like it’s cereal and bread for lunch!” someone else remarked.


    “It’s just one <b>meal </b>without meat, we’ll survive!” another chimed <b>in</b><b>.</b>


    Team 1 returned to Lawrence’s side<b>.</b>


    Lawrence said calmly, “You’ve improved <b>a </b>lot since yesterday.”


    Yesterday, Team 1 had been eliminated in the third stage. Today, they reached the fourth stage with about 10 students remaining.


    One studentined, “Mr. Hanson, this is too hard. 20 minutes isn’t enough!”


    Lawrence replied coolly. “Why did Team 5 seed yesterday, then? They’re all girls, and the difficulty


    wasn’t that much lower.”


    The students fell silent.


    Lawrence picked up the megaphone <b>and </b>called out, “Team 2, get ready.”


    Carlisle held his fake gun and followed his team to the starting point.


    The base staff began clearing the paint from the field.


    Lawrence said calmly, 10 minutes for preparation!”


    Carlisle turned to his teammates and announced, “Let’s discuss our strategy!”


    The others looked at him in confusion. Wasn’t it just a matter of charging <b>forward</b><b>? </b>What strategy?


    Carlisle pointed to the right–side barricades of the second stage and exined, “We’ll split into three groups. One group will go for the cover on the right, another for the left, and the third will provide cover fire from the center. When the second and third groups reach the third stage, they’ll initiate an attack!”


    Seeing Carlisle’s confident manner, Harvey spoke up. “Fine, us ss 1 guys will take the middle and provide cover for you.”


    Carlisle nodded. ‘Alright, we’ll split into two groups then, attack from both sides<b>!</b>”


    ss 1 was grouped, while ss <b>2 </b>divided themselves into two.


    Observing from a distance, Lawrence saw Team 2 forming three distinct groups. A gleam of approval shed in his dark eyes.