Chapter 226: A Male Lion!

On the mountaintop, Liu Xiaotian watched Li Erniu's descending back on the screen, a faint smile appearing on his face.

What He Chen Guang had analyzed earlier was correct; Liu Xiaotian had deliberately avoided too much contact with those three these past days, precisely because he didn't want other hand-training soldiers to find an excuse to cause trouble.

He knew the abilities of He Chen Guang and the other two well; in the sparring event alone, they could definitely rank among the top twenty of the over two hundred hand-training soldiers.

Such training results would naturally stand out in this group of over fifty; if Liu Xiaotian interacted with them more often, someone might think he was giving them advance notice of the training content or privately tutoring them.

Those soldiers who could come to Warrior School for training were undoubtedly elites from various countries' militaries, but personality and character have nothing to do with ability.

Tang Xinyi is a prime example.

From a purely professional standpoint, Tang Xinyi's ability is completely without issue.

If it weren't for Liu Xiaotian's 'cheat,' even after another five or eight years, he could never surpass Tang Xinyi in the field of electronic information engineering.

Combining the two previous points, he thought La Li Ai was in great need of money, and coincidentally, Warrior School had a rule that any soldier who suffered an accident during training would receive a substantial compensation, regardless of who they were.

At one, one look `none, one wrong version%!'

But if it were anyone else, Liu Xiaotian would be willing to think that way—except for La Li Ai, whom he cannot!

Warrior School has a wall entirely built from pebbles stacked one by one.

Every soldier who joins Warrior School's training is initially informed that there is mortal danger in the training; if they are unwilling to take the risk, they may choose to withdraw immediately or at any time, and no one will stop them.

This brother of mine—could it be… that after that thing he developed a stress‑induced psychological disorder? After all, what man would see a face like that at that moment?

Because, these three situations all show that you are not a qualified special forces soldier.

Liu Xiaotian hesitated no longer; he immediately jumped into the jeep, floored the accelerator, and sped off along the route that instantly appeared on the screen.

However, Liu Xiaotian at the time paid no attention, because he didn't want to meddle and saw no need to.

He even suspected that, on certain special occasions—like when that thing that thing happens—this woman would also keep that expression.

Otherwise, the outcome would probably be beyond what a single 'tragic' character could represent.

Originally, Liu Xiaotian merely had a slight suspicion, so he didn't take any preventive measures right away.

Selfish and extremely self‑centered, such a personality—whether she had a widow's face or looked like a heavenly beauty—would not move Liu Xiaotian in the slightest.

After a while, Liu Xiaotian gathered his scattered thoughts and refocused his gaze on the display in his hand.

However, this compensation is called 'humanitarian compensation,' not due to his own mismanagement or to keep the peace.

If that were true, he would genuinely feel sorrow and worry for He Chen Guang.

He now almost could be certain that what La Li Ai is seeking in this mountain is the creature at the top of the food chain—a lion! If there were any connection between La Li Ai and the scorpion, Liu Xiaotian would not believe it.

Of course, he could understand this as La Li Ai thinking the opponent's level was insufficient, the training difficulty too low, and thus wanting to switch to a target with a higher difficulty coefficient.

Logically, if he had chosen that female wild boar as his target, even if his ability were somewhat inferior to Li Erniu's, the difficulty of successfully capturing that female wild boar would actually be less than for Li Erniu.

After all, La Li Ai is still an elite soldier of their nation's military; no matter what happens, he should not choose to end his own life voluntarily—that would be cowardly.

Yet Liu Xiaotian clearly saw that, beforehand, he had encountered a wild boar just like Li Erniu did—and it too was female.

What the heck is this guy up to? Liu Xiaotian stared intently at that patch of screen, his brows slightly furrowing.

Indeed, that is exactly the case.

But that does not prevent Tang Xinyi from being an extremely annoying woman.

As long as one graduates, that soldier's name will be carved into a pebble and become one of the stones in that wall; and what La Li Ai took was precisely the pebble engraved with the scorpion's name.

His first reaction then was—La Li Ai wanted to take that stone and exchange it for money! Because on the welcome banquet arranged by the Elder Principal the night after they arrived at Warrior School, he had once seen La Li Ai furtively slip a gold‑plated spoon into his pocket and walk away with it.

Yet he gave it up, did not choose that female wild boar as his target—not even hesitating—and slowly backed away, then took a detour and left.

Until, the second time he saw on the screen La Li Ai encounter a wild wolf, and after a few minutes of standoff, he still chose to carefully detour away…

When he was still a hand‑training soldier, after one lunch while preparing to rest, he inadvertently noticed La Li Ai secretly slipping a pebble carved with the Warrior School emblem and polished into his clothing pocket.

On it, La Li Ai continued walking alone toward the mountaintop.

Damn, thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle!

But now, a faint uneasy premonition is gradually arising in his heart.

If he really encountered a lion, not to mention La Li Ai—even he, Liu Xiaotian, would have the best option of calmly and slowly withdrawing from the lion's territory without provoking it.

Each pebble bears a name—those of soldiers from various countries who once graduated from Warrior School.

However, those who voluntarily withdraw, or who are injured, disabled, or killed in training accidents, are not eligible to have their names engraved on the pebbles and built into that wall.

Perhaps it's a case of 'what you fear comes to pass'—just as Liu Xiaotian jumped into the car and had driven less than three hundred meters, the split‑screen tracking La Li Ai in that section flashed a glint of gold in its upper‑right corner.

Liu Xiaotian jumped in shock, immediately adjusted the angle, and indeed saw the very thing he least wanted to see—a male lion.

Moreover, it was an adult male lion weighing absolutely over two hundred kilograms!

Damn, they said the average weight wouldn't exceed two hundred kilograms—does this mean I've run into an exception? Damn, this luck… there's no worse! More importantly, he noticed that this time La Li Ai didn't leave; instead, he was slowly approaching that male lion…

(End of chapter)