When you ask for the area of a circle, knowing the formula or not makes all the difference.
Even though the formula is simple, if you don't know it, you simply stare blankly at the three-point question.
Du Yu and Li Mengnan had a brainwave moment, as if suddenly enlightened with a "ber!"
Radius? Quickly square it!
π? Multiply! Multiply it like your life depends on it!
From this point on, the two embarked on a whirlwind journey collecting Demon Crystals. The term "harvest" couldn't be more fitting to describe it.
Their "Demon Crystal formula" is extremely simple and brutal, yet extremely practical!
As long as you get the Demon Crystal, the Guardian Beast will indeed stop attacking.
This was personally tested by Du Yu, still a few hours earlier when he desperately grabbed the Demon Crystal on the ground, the Guardian Beast·Wooden Stump's vine whip aimed at his head abruptly stopped, immediately giving up the attack...
This scene delighted the duo! Thus began their harvesting journey!
Out of all the Guardian Demon Pets left by the teachers, Du Yu most enjoyed encountering the Little Orange Pig.
The reason?
This guy is fat and lazy, its mobility is lacking, always giving Du Yu's team an opportunity!
Like right now, Du Yu is luring the "pig" down the mountain...
"Wake up!" Du Yu's bow rapidly fired a Fire Arrow, accurately hitting the bouncy rear of the Little Orange Pig, "Time to get up!"
Unfortunately, the Little Orange Pig is at the Peak of Mortal Level, Du Yu's Fire Arrow could not penetrate its little rear, only the Fire Demon Breath from the Fire Arrow invaded the opponent's body, causing the Demon Breath within the Little Orange Pig to tremble.
"Eek!" The Little Orange Pig let out a painful cry, its short legs lifted its body, exposing the Demon Crystal under its belly.
Angrily squealing, it charged towards Du Yu's direction.
Heroic Bronze·Fierce Boar Charge!
The Little Orange Pig's whole body burned with flames, puffing its nose as it charged directly at Du Yu!
Honestly, this little guy was only slightly taller than Du Yu's ankle, if it actually managed to hit Du Yu's leg, who knows what kind of scene would unfold?
But Du Yu, with ample experience, remained unfazed!
He sidestepped, briskly drawing his bow to nock an arrow.
Woosh~
A blazing Fire Arrow appeared again, simultaneously, Du Yu's eyes grew even brighter.
Eye of Burning Sun, the self-aiming eye, the lock-on eye!
"Thunk!" The bowstring tightened, the Fire Arrow shot out rapidly.
After shooting another arrow, Du Yu turned and ran without a second thought.
And just as he raced against Piggy, the Fire Arrow traversed dozens of meters, hitting the Demon Crystal on the ground.
"Ding" a crisp sound echoed.
The irregular crystal-shaped Demon Crystal was flicked away.
From behind a nearby tree, Li Mengnan sneakily hid, secretly observing the passing Little Orange Pig, and seized the moment to jump out.
"Hai hai hai!"
Li Mengnan let out a mischievous laugh, imitating Du Yu's style, and swung her Black Wind Sword fiercely!
Following close behind was the Wind Witch Doll, its eyes tightly shut, and gusts of wind immediately swept forth.
Heroic Bronze: Little Wind Blow!
The combined winds directly forced the passing Little Orange Pig.
Whoosh~
After the gust blew through, the Little Orange Pig staggered sideways.
As it turned around, it noticed not Sixth Brother Li, but the fiery figure in the distance.
"Ee!" Xiaoyan sprang forward, clamping onto the Seal Demon Crystal that flew off, its large tail pointing towards the ground.
Xiaoyan descended from the sky, sitting on its tail, bouncing slightly, landing firmly on the ground with all limbs.
"Ru?" The Little Orange Pig instantly froze in place.
It contemplated for a while, then its nose rooted through the grass, making itself a temporary nest before it lay down again.
Its carefree appearance was truly enviable...
"Naisi, the 9th!" Li Mengnan happily ran towards Xiaoyan, pursued by the competitive Wind Witch Doll.
Du Yu also halted his escape, cautiously returned, careful to bypass the Little Orange Pig, fearing a sudden charge might send him flying.
However, he worried too much, the Little Orange Pig had no mental burden.
Where it failed a task, it simply laid down to rest for a while.
After all, it had run quite a few meters earlier, probably exhausted.
Actually, there are even slower-moving Guardian Beasts than the Little Orange Pig, like the Wood-type Monster Pet·Wooden Stump.
That's just a small wooden stump, with its little branch legs moving especially slowly, but it knows its weakness, never falling for tricks, only holding onto the Demon Crystal tightly.
Unlike the Little Orange Pig, slow and fond of nudging people...
When Du Yu and the team reunited, Xiaoyan was shaking her furry little head happily, looking at Du Yu with her fox eyes.
Her tongue lightly touched the Seal Demon Crystal at her mouth's edge, boasting her trophy to Du Yu.
Du Yu timely gave a thumbs up.
He believed that his style was now set: supportive education!
Li Mengnan turned around, looking at Du Yu: "Isn't that enough? We've both reached the western border line."
"Hmm..." Du Yu looked up.
The scorching sun was overhead, and sunlight trickled through the gaps between the leaves, spilling down in beams.
Rays of light fell on Du Yu's face, casting an interlaced pattern of light and shadow.
By now, it was already midday, and both he and Li Mengnan were hungry and thirsty. With 9 Demon Crystals in hand, it should be enough, right?
Actually, Du Yu could have gotten more Demon Crystals. While searching for big trees along the way, he encountered 2 groups of people but didn't take advantage of them.
Du Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Shall we head to the endpoint?"
"With your performance over the past three days, along with the number of Demon Crystals we've gathered, it should be absolutely fine!" Li Mengnan was brimming with confidence, gesturing toward the distant warning line. "If we follow it, we'll definitely get out of the forest."
"Okay!" Du Yu made up his mind. They had acquired nearly 1/5 of the Demon Crystals and decided to quit while ahead to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The longer they stayed in the forest, the more likely they were to encounter bandits!
Du Yu was actually someone who started from robbing; the baseline Demon Crystal was provided by Wei Feng. How could he not understand the joy of robbing?
"Let's go, Xiaoyan, we'll turn in our papers and go have a feast!" Li Mengnan licked her chapped lips.
"Eeeh!"
Seduced by the prospect of lunch and water, the two quickly advanced north along the boundary line.
Du Yu absorbed the Fire Demon Breath as much as possible, while warily observing his surroundings.
There was no choice, after all, he had several Demon Crystals on him; if someone snatched the test papers before he handed them in, it would be a big joke.
The vigilant Du Yu, looking around as he moved forward, did not fail his own cautious nature! As he got closer to the endpoint, he seemed to notice something incredible!
Was that... was that hair?
Du Yu frowned and quickly grabbed Li Mengnan's back collar.
"Ugh~" Li Mengnan was jogging along, but being grabbed by the collar tightened around her neck.
"Eeeh?" Actually, Li Mengnan was okay; the one truly caught by the neck was Xiaoyan, who was perched on her collar...
Li Mengnan felt a pang of guilt, thinking that Xiaoyan's head seemed to be swollen by the grip!
She widened her eyes, turned, and glared angrily at Du Yu.
"Shh." Du Yu's expression was solemn; he placed a finger on his lips, making a silencing gesture.
Li Mengnan felt something stir inside, seeing Du Yu so serious was rare, her anger dissipated, and she whispered, "What's wrong?"
Du Yu dragged Li Mengnan behind a tree, revealing half of his face, and meticulously observed the trees in the distance ahead.
Li Mengnan dared not say anything, gently calming Xiaoyan, signaling her to be patient.
In fact, it wasn't just Li Mengnan holding her breath; even Gong Cheng, who was watching the surveillance footage in the campus, was as stern as water.
His primary focus was Du Yu. Ever since Du Yu's team gradually approached the endpoint, while Gong Cheng's face remained expressionless, he was secretly worried inside.
The micro-cameras worn by the students not only had video and SOS functions but also had positioning features to ensure that if something happened to the students, nearby teachers could respond promptly.
Therefore, Gong Cheng was keenly aware of what Du Yu was about to face - an ambush!
The four boundary lines of the exam venue formed a diamond shape, with the entrance at one vertex and the exit at another.
If someone set up an ambush near the endpoint, they would undoubtedly catch all students coming to hand in their papers.
And at this moment, ahead and to the right of Du Yu, there were as many as 7 people hiding!
There were many ways to pass the assessment, and it was clear that these people had turned to being bandits.
"Something's off." Du Yu pulled back his head, leaning against the big tree, "There's an ambush."
Li Mengnan was startled: "Directly blocking the endpoint line to rob every student's Demon Crystal?"
Du Yu nodded lightly: "Probably, otherwise there's no reason to stay before the endpoint."
Li Mengnan whispered: "Who would dare do that? That's too resented, aren't they afraid of being besieged?"
Du Yu pondered for a bit and guessed: "Maybe there are many in the enemy's team, and they're confident? Or maybe they only ambush solo contestants, who knows.
Anyway, I saw a ponytail of a girl who was just blown out by the wind, behind a tree."
Li Mengnan nodded, looking distressed: "The teacher seemed to say we can't go outside the boundary line, if only we could circumvent it."
Du Yu thought for a moment: "Let's retreat along the original path, as far back as possible to identify all the ambushers."
Li Mengnan's eyes lit up: "Or we could play it safer; wait until the next team arrives to hand in, once the ambushers act, their number and positions would be fully exposed!"
Upon hearing this, Du Yu nodded repeatedly: "When that happens, we can choose to help, or counter-ambush them, depending on the specifics!"
"Yes, exactly." Li Mengnan's voice trembled a bit, obviously getting excited again.
Sneakily ambushing people, how thrilling!
Nothing more to say, thanks to Sixth Brother Du for opening the door to a new world!