Chapter 1119 - 1119: Assessment Concluded

"How did you manage to disappear from the map?" Li Ying asked calmly, as if she wasn't worried at all about being eliminated.

Xiao Feng smiled slightly, "Do you think just because we didn't eliminate you when we met, we won't eliminate you in the future?"

"Isn't that right?" Li Ying chuckled, "With so many of you, if you wanted to eliminate us, you could have done so with a snap of your fingers just now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qian Shaoyuan whispered from the side, "Ying Jie, you can just say 'I', no need to add 'we' after it."

Li Ying took a deep breath and suddenly raised her arm, slapping Qian Shaoyuan on the shoulder.

"Bang!"

"Ah!" Qian Shaoyuan screamed in pain, no longer daring to interrupt randomly.

Xiao Feng chuckled, "Just because we didn't eliminate you just now, doesn't mean we won't later. Why don't you tell us what the punishment would be if someone were to be eliminated?"

This question was naturally asked because of Gong Kaishan.

Although Xiao Feng previously speculated that there was more than a seventy percent chance that the punishment standards would be decided by Hua Ling, speculation is just that—what if it's not the case?

Li Ying never liked being led by the nose, and furrowed her brows immediately, "Are you really planning to eliminate us by asking that?"

Beside her, Qian Shaoyuan opened his mouth, wanting to distance himself, but the pain in his shoulder made him close his mouth obediently.

"What if I am? What can you do about it?" Xiao Feng countered.

Li Ying stood her ground and wouldn't back down, "If you wanted to eliminate us, you would have just done it earlier. I don't recall you as someone who talks nonsense."

"Haha, people can change. I left you until now just to let you have a little more fun, is that not okay?"

"..." Li Ying.

She realized that facing Xiao Feng, it was impossible to predict his moves using normal logic and reasoning. It wasn't just about not playing by the rules, but the cards he played weren't even normal.

Thinking it over, Li Ying exhaled, "If we don't meet the target of eliminating ten people, the team leader will punish us.

The punishment could be serious or light, ranging from a month of cleaning duties to a month's salary deduction, or even no punishment at all, or being removed from the core members."

This statement was actually a disguised way of admitting defeat.

It wasn't so much that Li Ying feared punishment, but rather that... she couldn't afford to lose face.

Unlike Old Ha, Li Ying earned her relatively high position among the core members of the Demon Suppression Action Team not with smooth talking, but with excellent performance and a fair approach.

If she were truly eliminated for not meeting the target, how could she command respect in the future?

Xiao Feng nodded with satisfaction, secretly deciding that after the assessment, he would tell Hua Ling to waive the punishment for Gong Kaishan.

Just then, Qian Shaoyuan, who had been silent, suddenly said, "Three people are approaching us."

After speaking, he glanced at the group of people behind Xiao Feng and silently offered his condolences to the three approaching.

What does it mean to court death?

This is it.

Even though those who are courting death don't know they are doing so.

...

Fifteen minutes later, five ghillie suits were sold, and various supplies were also being sold off.

Xiao Feng and his team each played their role flawlessly, coordinating so well that Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan were left in awe.

From their expressions, it was as if they were saying: Is this even possible?

"Ying Jie, should we quietly follow them and eliminate those three people?" Qian Shaoyuan suggested.

Before Li Ying could respond, Xiao Feng immediately objected, "What, you want to mess with my clients?"

"Uh..." Qian Shaoyuan was at a loss for words, never imagining that Xiao Feng would be so 'ethical'.

At the same time, he worried that he wouldn't be able to meet his target...

Currently, only forty-three people remain, with Xiao Feng and his team accounting for twenty-seven. Adding Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan, that's twenty-nine.

The remaining fourteen might still include core members.

If they met them face-to-face, Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan would be embarrassed to take out their own people.

"How many targets are you two still short of?" Xiao Feng suddenly asked.

Qian Shaoyuan glanced at Li Ying and replied, "I'm still short by five, Ying Jie is short by three."

Xiao Feng chuckled, "That's easy, I'll make sure you meet your targets. Thirty thousand per person, deal?"

"Wh-what do you mean?" Qian Shaoyuan seemed a bit confused.

A young girl stepped forward and explained, "It's for you two to eliminate us, reaching the target numbers, thirty thousand each."

Qian Shaoyuan calculated, thirty thousand per person, he needed five more, which amounted to one hundred and fifty thousand.

This number was beyond what he could bear!

If he had that money, he would have been drinking and picking up girls, rather than spending it on proper matters!

"Ying Jie, could you lend me the money first?" Qian Shaoyuan tentatively asked.

Li Ying angrily replied, "I wouldn't lend it to you even if I had it!

You can lack anything, but not integrity. In work and life, rely on your own strength, not these crooked ways!"

Having said that, she turned to Xiao Feng, "Different paths mean different goals, if you don't eliminate us, we'll owe you a favor, and let's part ways from here."

Xiao Feng shrugged nonchalantly. Anyway, the price was set, and if Li Ying couldn't pay, it didn't mean everyone else wouldn't.

Unable to pay, Qian Shaoyuan had no choice but to leave with Li Ying, but before leaving, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally a few times... at Lu Yao?

After bidding them farewell, Xiao Feng's group seized the last opportunity to make money, searching for clients.

Unfortunately, while all the ghillie suits were sold, no one was willing to pay thirty thousand per person.

Xiao Feng reflected slightly, realizing the issue wasn't with the sales strategy, but with the drone surveillance overhead.

In such an environment, people more or less hide their darker sides.

Few, like Xiao Feng, boldly make money, indifferent to their dark side being exposed to all.

"Thirty-six remain, meaning once we remove twenty-six, the project ends," Du Qingyue spoke up.

Xiao Feng immediately made a decision, looking at Shang Shanhu, "Do you want to shoot and eliminate us, or should we self-eliminate?"

Shang Shanhu glanced at the drone overhead and said, "Let's not be so obvious about cheating, but I can give everyone a thirty-thousand hardship fee.

Ninth Brother, I've been eye-opening this time, let's have drinks after the assessment."

Xiao Feng agreed with a smile, gesturing for Shang Shanhu to move away, then gathered the twenty-six people, pulling the pins on their grenades.

Five seconds later, white smoke simultaneously billowed behind the twenty-six people.

The loudspeaker broadcast followed, announcing the assessment officially ended.

...

At the examiners' table, Wu Zhanbo and others rubbed their foreheads, all feeling quite bothered.

It was supposed to be a serious and solemn assessment, but in the end, Xiao Feng and Hua Ling completely changed the tone, light and dark.

That wasn't even the worst of it—the key issue was making deals and letting people write IOUs for supplies.

It was almost certain that people would protest, and that would be yet another headache.