Arc 9The Joint Combat Assessment

Xu Jintang became the Command Camp’s captain, survived the simulation’s abrupt collapse, and led her team through increasingly demanding training. During the three-day joint assessment, she used coordination and unconventional tactics to defeat Lei Wenche’s regular troops, leaving the trainees victorious.

  • Xu Jintang defeated the challengers for overall captain, organized the Cabin Alliance’s supplies, and helped evacuate trainees when an avalanche struck the simulation battlefield.
  • After the simulation system was attacked and the trainees were ejected, Gu Xiuwen became their instructor and assigned Xu Jintang, Mo Yuqi, Fatty Fang, Fang Kexin, and Wang Qian to his team.
  • Xu Jintang’s team trained under Gu Xiuwen, toured the Armament, Logistics, and Recruit Camps, and passed a surprise assessment by coordinating their responses to a demon beast.
  • Wang Yile announced a three-day siege assessment against regular troops, and Xu Jintang organized trainees from all four camps to defend the main city.
  • Xu Jintang and the camp leaders denied the regular troops water, countered their attacks during a fire rain, and fought Lei Wenche’s night assault on the city.
  • Xu Jintang used ice to redirect lava toward the regular army, destroyed guarded springs, and tricked Lei Wenche’s team with a supply crate rigged to release a beetle’s stench.
  • Lei Wenche infiltrated the city in disguise but was exposed and eliminated by Xue Zhongqi, after which Xu Jintang’s tracking missiles helped repel the regular troops’ attack.
  • Xu Jintang eliminated a fifth-tier unit commander, and the trainees defeated the remaining regular soldiers to win the assessment.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201Chapter 151

Xu Jintang and her allies captured a group that tried to seize their cabin and began organizing a larger coalition. After Wang Qian arrived and was mistaken for an enemy, Xu Jintang recognized her.

  • Xu Jintang signaled for reinforcements when a group attacked her cabin, and Fatty Fang led allies in capturing the attackers.
  • Xu Jintang ordered the captives tied up as a warning, and Wang Qian arrived and agreed to join their team.
  • Fatty Fang proposed himself as captain of the growing force, but Lu Wei'an recommended Xu Jintang, who postponed the decision until everyone gathered.
  • Xu Jintang recognized the captured newcomer as Wang Qian, who struggled to speak through her gag.

Ch. 202Chapter 152

Xu Jintang reunited with Wang Qian, then joined a contest to choose an overall captain for the fifteen cooperating teams. She volunteered to hold the arena and began fighting a burly challenger, leaving the match unresolved as his meteor hammer sent a blast of air toward her.

  • Xu Jintang recognized Wang Qian, had her freed, and reassured Fatty Fang that Wang Qian would not betray them.
  • Wang Qian left after learning the team’s cabins were full, and Fatty Fang gathered the fifteen teams to choose an overall captain.
  • The team members agreed to select their captain through arena matches, and Xu Jintang volunteered to compete first.
  • A burly man challenged Xu Jintang with a meteor hammer, but she repeatedly dodged his attacks and maneuvered behind him.
  • The burly man roared and smashed his meteor hammer into the ground, sending a crack and a blast of air toward Xu Jintang.

Ch. 203Chapter 153

Xu Jintang defeated a burly challenger by enduring his meteor hammer’s fiery special attack and counterattacking, then faced Fang Kexin after a break. Fang Kexin unleashed a swarm of concealed throwing knives that surrounded Xu Jintang, leaving the fight unresolved.

  • Xu Jintang blocked the burly man’s flame attack with the Power of Dragon Blood, broke through it, and forced him to surrender.
  • The Command Camp leaders learned that Xu Jintang had only reported that day and already possessed Fourth Tier mental power.
  • After the break, Fang Kexin challenged Xu Jintang, and they exchanged attacks as Fang dodged and threw knives.
  • Fang Kexin unleashed over a hundred concealed throwing knives, and the swarm surrounded Xu Jintang.

Ch. 204Chapter 154

Xu Jintang won the defender tournament and became the overall captain of the Cabin Alliance. As the temperature plunged and snow buried the battlefield, she and the others faced the prospect of a struggle over scarce fire starters and special fuel.

  • Xu Jintang unleashed power from her dragon bones, froze Fang Kexin's flying knives, and defeated her to win the match.
  • After no one else challenged Xu Jintang, Fatty Fang proposed making her overall captain, and the other captains agreed.
  • Wang Qian returned to her cave, regretted entering the battlefield alone, and set out to find new teammates.
  • Snow began falling as the temperature dropped to minus thirteen degrees, and Xu Jintang and Lu Wei'an predicted that the cold would worsen overnight.
  • Xu Jintang, Fatty Fang, and Fang Kexin debated how the Cabin Alliance should distribute future supplies of fire starters and special fuel, and Xu Jintang told them to let her think of a solution.

Ch. 205Chapter 155

Xu Jintang’s team used a surprise attack to hold off rival teams while Lu Wei'an led the others to seize most of the supply crates in plateau region A. The group returned safely to the cabin territory with twenty-three crates and no casualties.

  • Xu Jintang’s team prepared for the supply drop as rival teams gathered in plateau region A.
  • After the supplies landed, Lu Wei'an led most of the team toward the red marker while Xu Jintang, Fang Kexin, and Fatty Fang blocked the other teams with a barrier and a surprise attack.
  • Wang Qian escaped the fighting and reached the supply site, taking one crate into the woods.
  • Lu Wei'an’s team carried away more than half the crates and withdrew before the other teams arrived, leaving the remaining supplies to spark a fight.
  • Lu Wei'an reported that the team had secured twenty-three crates without casualties, and Xu Jintang returned with Fang Kexin and Fatty Fang.

Ch. 206Chapter 156

As the snowfall intensified, Xu Jintang organized her cabin alliance through supply distribution, snow clearing, and tighter defenses, but an avalanche forced them to flee. A system attack abruptly ejected all survivors from the simulated battlefield, and Wang Yile's leaders captured a trainee suspected of carrying it out.

  • Xu Jintang distributed the supply crates among the cabin teams and ordered stronger patrols as the snow deepened and participants froze.
  • The leaders, including Wang Yile, agreed to intensify the assessment, while Wang Qian received a coded message in her cave.
  • An avalanche threatened the cabin area, so Xu Jintang signaled nearby teams and ordered everyone to evacuate with supplies.
  • As the avalanche overtook the fleeing trainees, the simulation system announced an attack and ejected all survivors, including Xu Jintang and Fatty Fang.
  • Wang Yile questioned a trainee caught attacking the simulation pods' main system, ordered an investigation, and the leaders directed checks on the ejected trainees and notification of the Administration Bureau.

Ch. 207Chapter 157

After the Reform Society attacked the Command Camp’s simulation system, Xu Jintang learned the assessment would continue with eliminations based on the two survival rounds. The next day, Gu Xiuwen arrived as the commander who would lead the trainees in training and missions, leaving Xu Jintang wondering whether he was the man she had encountered before.

  • Medics treated Xu Jintang and the other trainees after they were forcibly ejected from the simulation battlefield, while soldiers warned them the system had been attacked.
  • Shi Anyu announced over the loudspeakers that the Reform Society had attacked the simulation pods and vowed to oppose the Federation, prompting soldiers to lock down the Command Camp.
  • Xu Jintang browsed online discussions and wondered whether Gu Xiuwen, the owner of the underground black market, had framed the Reform Society.
  • Wang Yile announced that trainees eliminated in either survival assessment would not continue, and many trainees left the Command Camp.
  • Wang Yile introduced Gu Xiuwen as the new commander who would lead training and missions, and Xu Jintang recognized a resemblance to the man she had met before.

Ch. 208Page 208

Gu Xiuwen began leading Xu Jintang, Mo Yuqi, Fatty Fang, Fang Kexin, and Wang Qian through their Command Camp internship after the Reform Society struck again. As the five explored the central command room, Fang Kexin asked whether their month of training would end with a simulated combat assessment.

  • Wang Yile introduced Major Gu Xiuwen as the interns’ new instructor, and Xu Jintang wondered why he had been sent from the Federation Command Bureau.
  • Shi Anyu collected data from the Command Camp and ordered his team to leave Wang Qian embedded while they set off a firework bearing the Reform Society’s insignia; the camp searched but found no members.
  • Gu Xiuwen explained that the avalanche assessment was designed to make interns experience the despair of waiting to die, then announced that 198 interns remained and assigned them to teams of five.
  • Xu Jintang, Mo Yuqi, Fatty Fang, Fang Kexin, and Wang Qian were named Team One, which Gu Xiuwen would personally lead.
  • Xu Jintang asked whether Gu Xiuwen’s main job was being a black market boss, and he confirmed that it was before taking the team on a tour of the central command room.
  • Xu Jintang tried the satellite surveillance controls, and after the team finished exploring the command room, Fang Kexin asked about a simulated combat assessment.

Ch. 209Chapter 158

Xu Jintang and the other four trainees failed their first simulated battlefield exercise, then coordinated well enough to pass a later attempt. The next morning, Wang Yile doubled their physical training as the four camps prepared for a joint assessment that would determine whether they continued operating.

  • Xu Jintang, Fatty Fang, and Mo Yuqi monitored the simulated battlefield until Xu Jintang spotted a strange shadow, but the sixth-tier Shadow-Body Demon Beast destroyed the equipment before they could respond, ending the mission in failure.
  • Gu Xiuwen explained how to recognize the demon beast, and Xu Jintang and the others eventually completed a simulation together after several failed attempts.
  • Xu Jintang read the experimental class group chat, where Jiang Shiyi said the Reform Society's flag theft at Border Defense Star City was probably motivated by what its members had seen.
  • Wang Yile ordered the trainees to run twenty laps before resuming practical training, and Xu Jintang quickly took the lead.
  • Wang Yile told Gu Xiuwen that leaders would observe the four camps' joint assessment in a month, which would determine whether the newly established camps continued operating.

Ch. 210Chapter 159

Xu Jintang and her four teammates passed a simulated battlefield exercise with an excellent rating, then faced taunts from Feng Ruihan at lunch. After a week of repeated simulations, Gu Xiuwen announced a field visit to several camps.

  • Wang Yile waived the remaining laps for Gu Xiuwen's team, and Xu Jintang and the others left to train.
  • Xu Jintang spotted a patrol lapse during the simulation, directed her team to respond to an enemy incursion, and earned an excellent rating with a five-second completion time.
  • Gu Xiuwen congratulated the team and sent them to lunch before heading to the training ground himself.
  • Feng Ruihan taunted Xu Jintang and her team in the cafeteria, but Xu Jintang and Fang Kexin challenged him to report her, and he backed down.
  • Xu Jintang and her teammates repeated practical training throughout the first week, then Gu Xiuwen announced a visit to the armaments camp, logistics camp, and recruit camp.

Ch. 211Chapter 160

Xu Jintang and the Command Camp interns toured the Armament, Logistics, and Recruit Camps to learn how they operated. At the Recruit Camp, she ran into Song Tianqi, who recognized her and wondered why Gu Xiuwen had arranged their visits.

  • Gu Xiuwen took Xu Jintang and her teammates to tour the Armament Camp, where they learned about its workshop, inscription-enhanced weapons, and Xue Zhongqi’s training.
  • Xu Jintang asked Xue Zhongqi whether interns could enter the Armament Camp’s core area, and he said they were limited to outer-area logistics work for now.
  • The Command Camp interns visited the Logistics Camp the next day, but Xu Jintang did not see Yan Yuting.
  • At the Recruit Camp, Xu Jintang saw Song Tianqi declaring himself the winner of an arena match after no one dared challenge him.
  • Song Tianqi recognized Xu Jintang and asked why only the Command Camp got to visit the other camps, then studied Gu Xiuwen and said he looked familiar.

Ch. 212Chapter 161

Xu Jintang and the other Command Camp trainees learned that their tour of the Armament, Logistics, and Recruit Camps would be followed by a surprise assessment. In an individual simulation, Xu Jintang coordinated responses to a sixth-tier demonic beast incursion and passed with a good rating, while Fatty Fang barely passed after ordering the recruits to deploy.

  • Gu Xiuwen revealed that the Command Camp would assess the trainees on their visits to the other three camps, prompting Xu Jintang and her companions to study the Recruit Camp carefully.
  • A midnight alarm summoned the trainees, and Wang Yile announced a surprise assessment based on their camp visits.
  • Xu Jintang entered a simulation as an order relay officer and received a mission to coordinate a response to a sixth-tier Cartilage Vajra Beast.
  • Xu Jintang ordered the Armament Camp to launch a Swift Thunder Missile, the Logistics Camp to send medical teams, and the Recruit Camp to evacuate.
  • Xu Jintang received a good rating, while Fatty Fang revealed that he had ordered the Recruit Camp to deploy and had barely passed.

Ch. 213Chapter 162

After a month of intense training, Xu Jintang and the other trainees prepared for the four-camp joint simulated combat assessment, which the commander-in-chief and Command Bureau leaders would observe. As they planned their approach, Xu Jintang suspected the camp’s regular troops might be assigned as their opponents.

  • Wang Yile explained that the surprise assessment graded trainees according to how many people their orders left alive, and over eighty percent had failed.
  • Xu Jintang spent the month training with her companions while repeatedly defeating Feng Ruihan and making him serve as her lackey under their wager.
  • Wang Yile announced that the joint combat assessment would begin the next day and that the commander-in-chief and Command Bureau leaders would attend.
  • Feng Ruihan tried to challenge Xu Jintang again, but she refused and left with her companions; he vowed to crush them in the assessment.
  • Xu Jintang and the others discussed the assessment with Gu Xiuwen, and Xu Jintang guessed that the camp’s regular troops might be the attackers.

Ch. 214Chapter 163

Xu Jintang and the other trainees learned that their joint assessment required them to defend a city against the four camps’ regular troops for three days. After entering the simulated battlefield, Xu Jintang and Fang Kexin found themselves outside the city and reached its gates as the five-hour protection countdown began.

  • Gu Xiuwen confirmed that the trainees would face regular troops, and Xu Jintang reassured her worried teammates before the assessment.
  • Xu Jintang told the other camp trainees that one cannon shot probably would not settle the assessment, then cultivated overnight.
  • Feng Ruihan challenged Xu Jintang to a bet, but she refused and continued to the training grounds.
  • Jing Hongyi arrived, briefly acknowledged Xu Jintang, and Wang Yile announced a three-day siege assessment against the regular troops.
  • The simulation transported Xu Jintang and Fang Kexin to a drought-stricken wilderness, where they walked to the main city gates as the protection countdown began.

Ch. 215Chapter 164

Xu Jintang organized the trainees in the main city and assigned command duties as their protective shield counted down. With water running low, she headed to the Armament Camp to assess its supplies as regular soldiers prepared their assault.

  • Xu Jintang arrived in the main city, where trainees from the four camps were struggling to organize themselves.
  • Song Tianqi, Xue Zhongqi, and Yan Yuting gathered trainees from their camps, and Xue Zhongqi proposed that the Command Camp direct everyone.
  • Xu Jintang took charge of the Command Camp and assigned trainees to command positions, giving Feng Ruihan responsibility for reserve personnel and communication between camps.
  • Outside the battlefield, Wang Yile and Jing Hongyi discussed the assessment and watched Xu Jintang organize the trainees.
  • Lei Wenche sent two squads to find water, and the regular soldiers discovered a spring half an hour later.
  • Xu Jintang learned that the city had little clean water and went to the Armament Camp, where Xue Zhongqi was inventorying weapons and equipment.

Ch. 216Chapter 165

With the main city’s protection period nearing its end, Xu Jintang ordered the Armament Camp to destroy the springs occupied by Lei Wenche’s regular soldiers, then used reconnaissance drones to target more of them. Lei Wenche recalled his surviving forces and planned to wait for the first fire rain disaster before attacking.

  • Xue Zhongqi inventoried the Armament Camp’s weapons as the camps prepared their supplies and personnel for the coming battle.
  • Lei Wenche assembled his forces after securing four springs, while Xu Jintang ordered missiles launched at the springs to deny the regular soldiers access to water.
  • The missiles destroyed the occupied springs and eliminated seven regular soldiers; Lei Wenche withdrew his remaining troops and ordered them to search discreetly for other water sources.
  • Concealed reconnaissance drones found regular soldiers hiding on a ridge, and Xue Zhongqi launched a missile that eliminated three more.
  • After the elimination count exceeded ten, Lei Wenche recalled his forces and decided to wait for the first fire rain disaster before attacking.

Ch. 217Chapter 166

After the main city's protection period ended, Xu Jintang and her team prepared for a fire rain disaster, which struck as a regular army squad infiltrated the city. Song Tianqi stopped the squad leader from reaching the warehouse and eliminated him, while the fire rain continued to threaten the city.

  • Xu Jintang, Xue Zhongqi, and Yan Yuting realized that the regular army might attack when a fire rain disaster weakened the city's defenses.
  • Jing Hongyi arranged for the fire rain to begin, and Xu Jintang used her ice ability to cool and cover the main city in ice.
  • A satellite warning prompted Feng Ruihan to prepare defenses, but the fire rain soon shattered the city's barrier and eliminated several trainees.
  • A regular army squad slipped through the rear gate during the chaos, and its leader headed toward the warehouse to destroy supplies on Captain Lei's orders.
  • Song Tianqi intercepted the squad leader at the warehouse and eliminated him with his Scarlet Flame attacks.

Ch. 218Chapter 167

After the fire rain ended, Xu Jintang restored the city’s defenses and sent squads to search for water, while Xue Zhongqi used surveillance drones and missiles to eliminate regular soldiers. As night fell, Lei Wenche led a counterattack and tore a crack through the city’s shield with Thunder Myriad-Slash Wave.

  • Song Tianqi reported that his ambush had eliminated the regular soldiers who infiltrated the city, while Lei Wenche learned his five-man squad had been wiped out.
  • Xue Zhongqi restored the defensive shield after the fire rain weakened, and Xu Jintang learned that seven teammates had been eliminated and the city had used seventy percent of its water.
  • Xu Jintang dispatched reconnaissance drones and elite squads to search for a spring, while Xue Zhongqi used the drones to guide missile attacks against regular soldiers.
  • Regular soldiers’ losses climbed to forty-six, and Lei Wenche told his force he would lead a night operation to attack the trainees.
  • Lei Wenche approached the main city under cover of darkness and used Thunder Myriad-Slash Wave to tear a crack through its shield, triggering alarms.

Ch. 219Chapter 168

Lei Wenche led a regular-army assault on the city, but Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi repelled the attackers at the cost of more than a hundred trainee soldiers. The next morning, Xu Jintang investigated a nearby fissure that might erupt with lava and began sending ice into it.

  • Lei Wenche led a surprise attack that broke through the city's protective barrier and eliminated dozens of trainee soldiers.
  • Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi fought Lei Wenche's forces, then pursued them as Logistics Camp members slowed their retreat; Lei Wenche covered his team's escape with Boundless Lightning.
  • Xu Jintang ordered the city to regroup and resume night patrols, while Yan Yuting learned that the battle had cost the trainees over a hundred people.
  • The next morning, reports revealed two new springs, rising temperatures, and a fissure ten kilometers from the city that might erupt with lava.
  • Xu Jintang went to the fissure, summoned Song Tianqi and other strong team members, and extended ice into the gap as the heat melted it into mist.

Ch. 220Chapter 169

Xu Jintang used ice to divert erupting lava toward the regular army’s camp, forcing Lei Wenche’s troops to defend themselves. The regular army suspected the trainee army’s involvement and focused on finding water, while Xu Jintang ordered her forces to hold back and monitor them.

  • Xu Jintang led Song Tianqi and the team in widening a fissure, then froze the erupting lava and sent it flowing toward the regular army’s encampment.
  • Lei Wenche and his troops fought lava attacking the camp from all sides, then concluded that Xu Jintang had transported it using ice.
  • Lei Wenche ordered his forces to stay alert and find at least two more springs, while Xu Jintang told the Armament Camp to monitor the regular army without attacking.
  • Xue Zhongqi reported to Xu Jintang that the regular army had found two new springs and was guarding them closely.

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Xu Jintang’s forces destroyed another regular army spring, while Lei Wenche retaliated by repeatedly damaging the trainee army’s city barrier before agreeing to a temporary truce with Xu Jintang. The next morning, the camps set out to collect newly dropped supplies, and their reconnaissance drone was spotted by the approaching regular army.

  • Xu Jintang and Song Tianqi ambushed the guards at a spring, then had Xue Zhongqi’s team destroy it with a missile.
  • Lei Wenche secretly struck the trainee army’s barrier five times, drawing patrols away from the city.
  • Xu Jintang tracked Lei Wenche outside the barrier and agreed with him to stop targeting each other for the night.
  • The next morning, Xu Jintang briefed the other camp leaders and led the trainee army out to search for new supplies.
  • Xue Zhongqi reported the regular army’s location, and Xu Jintang redirected her team to avoid a clash.
  • A regular army soldier spotted what might have been one of the trainee army’s reconnaissance drones.

Ch. 222Chapter 170

Xu Jintang’s team seized the nearest supply drop before Lei Wenche’s regular soldiers could reach it, then used a stink-filled missile to ambush them. Lei Wenche and his team were left vomiting as the beetle drone recorded the attack.

  • Lei Wenche’s group killed a beetle, and its stench forced them to move on while the disguised reconnaissance drone followed.
  • Xu Jintang’s team rested in the heat, then hurried to the nearest supply drop after the announcement and took everything inside.
  • Xu Jintang told Song Tianqi to close the empty crate before her team left, while Xue Zhongqi prepared the stink weapon.
  • Lei Wenche opened the crate and was struck by a missile that burst, covering him and his team in a powerful beetle stench.
  • The beetle drone recorded Lei Wenche and the others vomiting as Xue Zhongqi laughed with the control-room team.

Ch. 223Chapter 171

Xu Jintang’s group secured two supply points and returned to the city while Lei Wenche’s force took the third. As the assessment neared its end, Lei Wenche launched an all-out attack, but his attempt to infiltrate the Armament Camp was exposed, leaving him surrounded as a battle began.

  • Xu Jintang’s group took the first two supply points, then retreated to the city rather than risk a direct contest for the third.
  • Outside the simulated battlefield, Jing Hongyi and the other leaders judged that the trainee army had the advantage, praising Xu Jintang’s unconventional tactics and noting her training at Leikedasi.
  • Lei Wenche’s team collected the intact supplies at the third point, while Xu Jintang reinforced the city and prepared for a possible nighttime attack.
  • As night fell, Lei Wenche broke the defensive barrier with lightning, slipped into the city, knocked out a trainee, and disguised himself in the trainee’s uniform.
  • The scanner exposed Lei Wenche when he tried to enter the Armament Camp operations room, and Xue Zhongqi led the trainees in surrounding him.
  • Lei Wenche and the trainees opened fire and exchanged attacks, but the trainees’ weapons had no effect on his sixth-tier strength.

Ch. 224Chapter 172

Xue Zhongqi used his ability to eliminate Lei Wenche along with himself, leaving the Armament Camp to prepare for battle without its captain. The regular soldiers attacked the city, but Song Tianqi, Xu Jintang, and the camp’s tracking missiles helped hold them off, and the chapter ended with the opposing company captain suspecting Lei Wenche had been eliminated.

  • Xue Zhongqi pressed the control room’s attack button and used his Starlight Chain to ensure Lei Wenche was eliminated with him.
  • Xue Zhongqi’s deputy took command of the Command Camp and ordered the trainee soldiers to return to their posts and prepare for combat.
  • The regular soldiers waited for Lei Wenche to lower the barrier, then attacked when it remained intact and shattered it with their combined skills.
  • Song Tianqi led the Armament Camp’s soldiers against the attackers, while Xu Jintang ordered missiles equipped with Tracking Inscriptions to launch.
  • The tracking missiles struck the opposing soldiers, and Xu Jintang’s greeting led the company captain to suspect that Lei Wenche had been eliminated.

Ch. 225Page 225

Xu Jintang defeated the unit commander while Yan Yuting led the trainees against the regular soldiers, securing an early victory in the assessment. After the trainees returned from the simulated battlefield, Lei Wenche revealed that Xue Zhongqi had eliminated him with a strange ability.

  • Xu Jintang left Yan Yuting in command and intercepted the fifth-tier unit commander as he tried to reach Captain Lei.
  • Xu Jintang fought the unit commander, broke through his defenses, and eliminated him.
  • Yan Yuting directed the battle as the regular soldiers continued fighting without Captain Lei or the unit commander.
  • The trainees eliminated the last regular soldier, and the assessment ended with the trainees declared winners.
  • After waking, the unit commander asked Lei Wenche what had happened, and Lei Wenche said Xue Zhongqi had eliminated him with a strange ability.
Arc 9 of 14
Arc 9 of 14