At this moment, on the small island.
Zhang Shaohua and Ouyang Feng walked a long distance before they saw the trace of the first flag.
However, the small flag was hung on a branch.
This branch was very thin and extended from the trunk, about two meters long.
This meant.
Merely climbing to the trunk would not allow them to retrieve the small flag.
And the branch was not thick enough to support a person's weight.
The two looked at the small flag above them and were stunned.
"How are we supposed to get it? This is too much of a rip-off," Ouyang Feng couldn't help but complain, his face grim.
They had walked all this way and only found one small flag.
They couldn't just give up because it was difficult to obtain.
But the problem was, how to get the small flag down?
Zhang Shaohua looked around, finding no leverage points, and frowned.
"The trees are also very tall; it's unrealistic to boost a teammate up to get it."
"Never mind, I'll climb up first."
After observing for a while, Ouyang Feng could only choose to climb the tree.
Because they were wearing combat uniforms, climbing the tree was not difficult.
In a few moments, Ouyang Feng reached the vicinity of the small flag.
Looking at the branch.
Ouyang Feng tried shaking the branch to make the flag fall.
But the flag's wooden pole seemed glued to the branch, and it wouldn't move no matter how much he shook it!
Zhang Shaohua glanced at the ground and his eyes lit up!
"Use this to break the branch!" Zhang Shaohua shouted.
Climbing the trunk, it was difficult to exert force to break a wrist-thick branch while maintaining balance.
But if they picked up a stone from the ground, it would be different.
They could smash it down!
Ouyang Feng had to come down from the tree, put the stone on his shoulder, and then scramble up again.
Just as Zhang Shaohua said, he used the stone to continuously smash at the branch.
The branch shook violently.
Before long, the entire branch, along with the small flag, fell to the ground!
Ouyang Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, dropped the stone, and climbed down himself.
"We've only got one so far; our ranking probably won't be high." Ouyang Feng picked up the flag from the ground, having been excited for a while.
Then he became dejected again!
When they first entered the forest, some people had already obtained four or five small flags.
As they entered the forest, they would only find more.
But the Zhang Shaohua and Ouyang Feng duo had only just gotten their first.
It seemed impossible to catch up.
Zhang Shaohua smiled: "Let's keep moving deeper; maybe there will be more."
Ouyang Feng didn't quite believe it, but he could only follow Zhang Shaohua's words.
After all, this was the path they had chosen.
They could no longer turn back!
As the two ventured deeper.
They found many more small flags in the forest.
Some were placed on the treetops, requiring immense effort to retrieve.
Others were buried in the ground, with only a small part of red showing.
By the time the two found ten flags, they were already exhausted and panting!
"Only ten..." Ouyang Feng's face fell.
Ten flags, working themselves to death, how long would it take to reach a passing score!
"Don't worry, we'll be staying overnight on the island tonight; perhaps there will be other surprises," Zhang Shaohua's eyes flickered.
Upon landing on the island, the Dragon Group members had already announced the rules.
According to the regulations, flags could be found themselves.
But it wasn't stated that one couldn't snatch them from others!
It was likely that most people hadn't realized this yet.
So Zhang Shaohua planned to wait until nightfall when everyone was resting.
They could take advantage of the others' lack of vigilance and steal flags.
Ouyang Feng initially thought Zhang Shaohua was joking.
After all, the entire group might be involved in confrontational training together in the future.
Stealing things now could easily incur public wrath.
However, when Ouyang Feng looked closely at Zhang Shaohua's expression, it was not like he was joking at all.
He was clearly extremely serious!
This made Ouyang Feng tremble slightly, and he asked somewhat fearfully, "Young Master Zhang, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate."
"Is the ranking more important, or is reputation more important?" Zhang Shaohua retorted.
Of course, the ranking was more important!
If they failed to qualify, they would be kicked out of the training.
At that point, not only would he be unable to join the Dragon Group, but his family would also lose face.
Most importantly, all the newcomers here were eager to join the Dragon Group and bring honor to their families.
It was impossible for them to give up on their ranking!
"With our strength, when we undergo confrontational training, even if there are old grievances, they won't dare to ostracize us."
"After all, whether it's better to have strong enemies or strong allies, I think everyone understands."
Zhang Shaohua was determined to pass this training!
With his strength, if he couldn't pass the training and become a formal member of the Dragon Group.
It would be too embarrassing.
Furthermore, the Zhang family had other missions for him to join the Dragon Group.
There could be no mistakes!
After hearing Zhang Shaohua's analysis, Ouyang Feng's breathing quickened.
Because he felt that Zhang Shaohua was right!
With their plan for the night, after searching for a while, the two stopped and rested in the trees.
Preparing to conserve their strength for action at night!
Meanwhile, other groups were still struggling to search for flags.
The teams that had easily found small flags at the beginning saw almost no sign of flags after advancing a certain distance.
Only then did they realize that the training was not so easy!
"It seems we took the wrong path!"
A man said, looking down at the flag in his hand.
By now, they had only found six.
Clearly, six flags were not even enough to pass this training, let alone secure a ranking.
"Should we keep going?" another person in the group asked.
The man surveyed his surroundings and sighed.
People had gone in all directions.
Even if they knew they had taken the wrong path now, it was not easy to turn back.
"Let's search this area first. If we have time tonight, we can explore other directions and perhaps find some that other teams missed," the man said, then lifted his heavy steps and continued forward.
The places where these small flags were hidden were generally more concealed.
So some teams with poor eyesight might have missed them.
At night, searching with flashlights would not attract attention and would allow them to pick up what was missed, which was indeed a good choice.
Meanwhile, in the observation room.
The enforcers from various families felt a pang of sympathy seeing their young masters still desperately searching.
But they couldn't say anything.
After all, this was the content of the training!
It wasn't like they were being sent to face swords and flames; this was nothing.
When everyone saw that Zhang Shaohua and the other person had stopped searching and were lying in the trees resting.
The observation room was in an uproar.
"What are they trying to do? Have they given up?"
One enforcer exclaimed in surprise.