I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 83

Combat Training

Su Wenwen’s group took three and a half minutes, one second slower than the first group. The female team captain and the male team captain were responsible for tossing a coin to choose the next day’s attack and defense match.

The result of the final toss was that the female team would attack and the male team would defend. The location was set in a patch of woods. The defending side could survey the surrounding terrain in advance, while the attacking side would not know the terrain or the specific defensive arrangements, but their reconnaissance equipment was more comprehensive.

With such rules, it was actually easier for the defending side to win, but the combat training emphasized individual mentality as well as the captain’s command and judgment abilities. Victory or defeat was secondary.

After all the female team members received their equipment, Wang Kelin gave many instructions, which were mostly about trusting their captain and obeying commands.

Su Wenwen glanced at the team leader. In the extremely cold weather, her forehead was actually sweating a little. It was clear that the other person’s current mood was quite nervous, and the pressure was also immense.

The woods were a vast expanse of white. The snow had already stopped. Boots stepping into the snow left deep footprints. The tracks were far too obvious and not easy to hide, making it easy to expose one’s position. However, the defending side would also be exposed, so before setting out, the female team captain told everyone to pay attention to the surrounding footprints.

Su Wenwen didn’t know how to use a gun, so she was assigned to the reconnaissance squad, responsible for being the vanguard. Only after she confirmed it was safe would the main force follow.

She did not activate her five senses, but instead, like everyone else, experienced the excitement and caution brought by the combat training.

Several people hid behind a tree and used binoculars to spot footprints ahead. They cautiously walked over to investigate. The footprints extended all the way to an unfinished building. The scaffolding around the building had not yet been removed, and the figures of the male team members could be seen.

They had already set up their defenses. There was a sniper on the rooftop, the entrance to the corridor below was guarded, and there were also people poking their heads out from every window.

They went back and reported the news to the female team captain. She pondered for a moment and said: “Snipers will provide cover. The rest of the people will be divided into two teams. Team one will follow me for a frontal assault, team two will circle around for a feint attack, and team three will follow Su Wenwen for a surprise attack.”

The surprise attack team had to travel light. Since Su Wenwen didn’t know how to use a gun anyway, it was a perfect fit. However, she didn’t have much confidence in leading the team.

The female team captain noticed her uneasiness and, as if comforting herself as well as her, said: “It’s a friendly match. It doesn’t matter even if we lose. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Su Wenwen nodded.

After the female team captain finished making arrangements, Su Wenwen led her people and first snuck over to the right side of the opposing defensive position. This location was full of bushes, making it suitable for concealment.

Just as she was waiting, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the empty surroundings. Immediately after, red smoke emerged. A female team member had been eliminated.

“The sniper on the other side is quite formidable.” The female team captain’s voice came through the earpiece. “Team three, hide well. Go when they are too preoccupied to fend for themselves.”

Su Wenwen lay prone in the bushes. The cold weather had frozen her limbs stiff. The teammate beside her was also having a hard time; her nose was bright red, and she kept blowing warm air onto her hands.

“Hold your weapon properly and concentrate.”

Blowing warm air like that could easily cause a distraction. The team member did as Su Wenwen said and held her weapon properly, but her trembling body was hard to control. If she continued to lie prone on the snowy ground, she probably wouldn’t be able to last much longer.

Su Wenwen furrowed her brow. She felt someone was watching her, so she turned her head to look. Her team members were all nervously staring at the activity in the building ahead. It seemed as if that scorching gaze was her imagination.

BANG!

It was unclear who fired another shot. This time, blue smoke rose; one person from the male team was eliminated. Under the female team captain’s command, the first and second teams launched a charge at the same time.

Gunshots rose from all sides. Red and blue smoke emerged one after another, adding a splash of color to the snow-white world. The male team had now all gone to guard the front and back doors. The right side was a series of overlapping walls, and even if there had been guards, they had been lured away by the first and second teams by now.

Su Wenwen hurriedly led her people to charge forward. However, in the instant she got up, a sore, numbing pain came from her stiff limbs. She gritted her teeth and charged to the base of the building, her back against the wall, and pulled a teammate up to climb into a window.

The window was only a meter from the corridor floor, but the moment she jumped down, a piercing pain shot up from the soles of her feet, as if the blood in both her legs had been frozen to death.

The female team members didn’t have time to rub their legs. They quickly secured a rope and threw it down. Everyone entered the corridor smoothly. There were gunshots everywhere; it seemed every room was occupied.

Because the building was still unfinished, there were no doors separating the rooms. There were also many nearly-rotten wooden planks lying about randomly on the floor. Su Wenwen and her team members exchanged a look, then shot at the male team members in the rooms with extreme speed.

In a short while, blue smoke filled the narrow corridor. Someone noticed the anomaly and had just poked his head out to check when he was struck hard in the chest by Su Wenwen. In his dizzy state, his smoke canister¹ was pulled, and smoke billowed from the opening. He was directly eliminated.

The male team member rubbed the spot where he was hit and sat on the ground with a helpless smile. “I’m dead tired. This is a good chance to slack off.”

Hearing this, Su Wenwen glanced at the male team member. Just then, she felt a strong rush of wind from behind. She turned to look and saw that the figure of an ambushing male team member had frozen for a moment. His heavy fist was right in front of her face, just short of touching it. In the end, he was taken down by Su Wenwen, who pulled his smoke canister.

Su Wenwen recognized the male team member. They had been on the same team during the obstacle course before. His skills were indeed quite good. Su Wenwen hadn’t activated her five senses, so that punch should have been a successful sneak attack, but it had paused for a moment, which was clearly abnormal.

BANG! BANG!

A few gunshots echoed from the corridor, and several of the female team members following Su Wenwen were eliminated. Without time to think, she quickly darted out and launched a surprise attack with an agile posture. With a few punches, she simultaneously eliminated several male team members.

The competition proceeded like a raging fire ascending to the heavens² and continued until noon. The female team defeated the male team by a narrow margin. Those who lost were not discouraged; they kept discussing whose performance was good or bad that day, drawing experience from it to strive for victory next time.

Wang Kelin was very satisfied with this combat training. With a grand wave of her hand, she gave the female team a holiday. However, it was less of a holiday and more of a chance for everyone to summarize their experience from the confrontation.

Everyone was praising the female team captain and Su Wenwen. The female team captain was optimistic and cheerful, graciously accepting everyone’s compliments. Su Wenwen was more shy and ran back to the dormitory after hearing a few words of praise.

The temperature in the dormitory was a little warmer than outside. Su Wenwen got herself a hot water bottle to warm her hands, and only then did her hands, which were aching from the cold, feel a bit more comfortable.

However, that momentary pause the instant the male team member attacked still bothered Su Wenwen. It was clear that someone had secretly acted to protect her. To be able to do it so that neither gods nor ghosts would know, besides Luo Xi, Su Wenwen couldn’t think of anyone else.

She sighed softly.

She felt that Luo Xi was being a bit overprotective. It was just one combat training session; how badly could she get hurt? On the contrary, Luo Xi’s intervention had disrupted the balance of the training.

“Su Wenwen, why are you hiding back in the room?” Wang Kelin walked in, holding a small package, and handed it to Su Wenwen. “The camera you were looking for. I had a hard time finding it.”

Su Wenwen took the camera and opened it to take a look. It was a new model of instant camera, with only eight sheets of photo paper left inside. She glanced at Wang Kelin and said: “Tomorrow night, you help me take a picture.”

Wang Kelin was puzzled: “After all this time, you wanted a camera to take a picture of yourself? Why tomorrow night?”

“I need to prepare a bit. Taking pictures during the day… I’m a little embarrassed,” Su Wenwen said with a shy smile.

“What are you taking a picture of that you’re so embarrassed about?” Hearing this, Wang Kelin became especially curious, but she didn’t plan to press the issue. She raised her hand and waved. “Alright then, tomorrow night, you come find me.”

After Wang Kelin left, Su Wenwen put the camera away. She had trained for half the day that morning and was a bit tired now, so she lay down on her bed and slept for a while. She was woken up by her roommate when it was time for dinner.

After dinner, Su Wenwen didn’t return to the dormitory. Instead, she went around to a corner of the building downstairs to wait for Luo Xi. The wait was undoubtedly boring. She stepped on the snow beneath her feet, making one footprint after another, then sweeping them away with her foot.

Over and over, like a child.

“Waiting for me?”

Su Wenwen followed the sound and turned her head, only to see Luo Xi dressed all in white. Even shrouded in shadows, her graceful figure could not be concealed. Her gaze was bright, her face held a smile, and she was so gentle it seemed she could melt the cold, snowy day.

It seemed that no matter what mood Luo Xi was in, she would always maintain that initial tenderness in front of Su Wenwen, like a silent promise that she quietly kept.

Originally, Su Wenwen had a lot to say. For instance, that she was very strong and didn’t need to be worried about all day, and that intervening in the match today wasn’t fair to everyone.

But facing Luo Xi, who was so protective of her, she found it somewhat difficult to say these seemingly hurtful words.

Luo Xi walked to Su Wenwen’s side, took her hands out of her pockets, and cupped her cheeks, using her warmed hands to drive the cold from her face. “Is it warm?”

Su Wenwen was stunned for a moment. “Mhm.”

“I watched your match today. It was great.”

Su Wenwen pressed her lips together and looked up at her. “Thank you, but please don’t intervene in the matches anymore. Even if a sneak attack on me succeeds, I’ll only get a minor injury.”

“I know, but you’re my girlfriend. I don’t want you to get hurt.” Luo Xi slightly curled her fingertips. Her palm, pressed against Su Wenwen’s face, still had some warmth, but her fingertips were already so frozen they had lost feeling.

“Luo Xi, I’ve told you before, I’m not that fragile. You helped me block a punch today, so what are we supposed to do tomorrow if we encounter tens of thousands of zombies?”

Luo Xi said with a smile: “I can block them too.”

Yes, Su Wenwen was certain Luo Xi had this ability. She had clearly understood the gap between herself and Luo Xi when they faced the zombie whale at the bottom of the sea. It was precisely because of this that she urgently wanted to improve her own strength. She also wanted to protect Luo Xi, not rely on her for everything.

Because she knew all too well that the unknown consequence of relying on others was being completely powerless to resist when facing danger—just as she had relied on Helian Yun in her previous life, only to be swallowed whole and peeled alive³ by zombies in the end.

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