Time: 39 hours until the end of the exam. Location: the town closest to Zhu Tong's group's base.
Yin Kuang's group gathered in an abandoned residential park. Yin Kuang looked at everyone and said, "One last question before we act: does anyone have any problems?"
"No!" Everyone shook their heads. On the way here, they had already dealt with nearly every foreseeable detail. All that remained was to adapt to whatever happened.
But just as Yin Kuang was about to say "Move out," Wang Ning spoke up. "Can I be the 'dead man'?"
The "dead man" was not actually dead. It meant leaving one person out of the operation, as if they had "died." Thus, only eight people would truly be participating in this operation. The reason for hiding one person was to create the illusion that Yin Kuang's side had lost its numerical advantage and was still trailing behind, thereby misleading Zhu Tong's side. After everyone discussed it, Ma Lin was deemed the most suitable "dead man." Was it not perfectly normal for a blind person to die in a place this dangerous?
Ma Lin was not here now!
Yin Kuang answered Wang Ning's request directly. "No." How could Wang Ning play the "dead man"? He had sneaked into the enemy camp to carry out an assassination last night, then died today? What kind of coincidence was that? Wang Ning retorted, "Then do you think it's normal for an assassin-type person like me to openly charge into battle?" Wang Ning had a point, but Yin Kuang could not shake the feeling that he was simply looking for an excuse to slack off. Yin Kuang said, "I already told you, we're not charging into battle. We're only putting on the appearance of an encirclement. Understand? And