[14] Guess Who I am: Crossroad

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Humans are very resilient creatures.

The next day, everyone had adapted to their life living in the examinee's rest stop.

Even compared to the previous group who barely left their rooms, even to eat... it was still ridiculously fast. Most examinees would take at least three or four days to adapt... and that was in the best case scenario.

But most examinees didn't have You Huo on the team. A You Huo who literally speedran the Last Supper examination and had gotten a score of roughly 80%.

It was clear that it was only because of You Huo, that this group of poisons didn't break like the others.

Despite the death of the guy who tried to take the radio's batteries (who didn't even take the exam, plus, barely any of the examinees had even been awake at that time to witness it directly, even if the were told about the death), and the assimilated bald guy now turned hunter, You Huo had protected and carried the entire team to victory, in only twelve hours.

He gave them the confidence that they had the power to succeed, and that as long as they tried, there would always be a way out... which was probably way better than everyone else who had finished their first exams.

Compared to the others who's had two whole days to get used to the hunter's cabin... they supposed that only spending twelve hours in there did make it far easier to adapt to the rest stop, which functioned more like a motel.

Although it was not a town, when compared to the hunter's cabin, it was much better.

Everyone snorted.

No duh it was far better than that bloodstained cabin filled with corpses, dead chickens, bloodstains and stupid cursed glasses.

There was food to eat, they could sleep at ease, they wouldn't die by going out and there weren't any chickens chasing after you reminding you to submit your answers.

Even more amused snorts.

Chickens chasing after someone for answers felt more like a dream that farmers would have, with the tendency roosters had to crow in the morning and disrupt their sleep, rather than something out of a deranged, psychotic, bloodthirsty examination with a cannibalistic hunter.

Opposite the rest stop was a house that was three storeys high. It hung heavy plastic curtains that had turned yellow with age and is no longer transparent. Only a faint circle of incandescent light could be seen emanating from within.

"Ah, the shop." An invigilator noted.

Hopefully, with 19 points, it would give them a little buffer so the group could stop by for some essential supplies.

It wasn't advisable to use any points, especially since they weren't sure if the examinations might be reformed or they would encounter a particularly difficult exam that would cut down the number of points they would earn by a huge margin, but getting some food in case they were stuck in another cabin, or a deserted island, was way better than starving to death or eating questionable food.

There was a wooden sign displayed outside. The word "Warehouse" was written.

"What's a warehouse?" The twin girls asked in unison.

Old Yu was very patient with children. He explained: "It's like a grocery store. It sells everything. You haven't seen it before?"

Not only the girls, many others also shook their heads. They said: "Where we come from, we don't call it that."

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