The key was successfully drawn to the surface. Alwin, however, appeared even more cautious.
He held the key in his hand but didn't retract it, maintaining his grabbing posture.
The others were puzzled by this.
"Alwin, what are you doing?" Joe Root couldn't help but ask.
Alwin said, "There's a thread on the key. It should be some kind of mechanism. If it's broken, something bad might happen."
The others were startled.
Looking closely, they indeed found a thread on the key.
This thread was particularly thin and transparent. It was hard to see without careful observation.
If everyone's strength were still intact, they would naturally be able to see it, but now that everyone is an ordinary person, they have to stare to see it clearly.
Upon seeing this thread, everyone felt genuine admiration for Alwin.
If it were them, they would have definitely broken the thread long ago.
"You guys go to the exit first, stay as close to the edge as possible, and don't step on the ice!" Alwin added, "I suspect the mechanism connected to this thread is likely related to the ice."
Hearing this, everyone moved and approached the exit.
Everyone followed Alwin's instructions, standing against the wall, not daring to stand on the ice.
After everyone was in position, Alwin abruptly snapped the thread and sprinted towards the exit with the key.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Almost as soon as Alwin reached the exit, the previous ice layer shattered piece by piece, falling into the rushing river.
Seeing this, everyone was so frightened that cold sweat broke out.
If it weren't for Alwin's reminder, they didn't know how many people would have died in this wave.
No wonder they say the escape mode is the most dangerous.
This is too much of a trap!
At this moment, everyone admired Alwin to the point of prostration.
Alwin didn't dawdle, using the key to open the exit door, leading everyone to successfully pass the second level.
Next was the third level.
The others still had no intention of giving up.
With Alwin around, they were full of confidence!
The third level's secret room was a laser-killing secret room. The ground leading to the exit had many squares. If you took a wrong step, you would be shot by lasers from the walls on both sides!
This level was obviously more difficult!
Without Alwin, their team would probably have all died here.
With Alwin, the result was completely different.
Knowing the plot, Alwin quickly found the correct steps to pass through the laser area.
Under his command, everyone passed the third level without any danger…
Then the fourth level…
The fifth level…
…
Inside the viewing hall.
Seeing Alwin's performance.
Everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak.
Those secret rooms, those mechanisms, if they had tried to break through them, they would have died countless times.
But what about Alwin?
He was always able to discover useful clues, lead his teammates to avoid various deadly traps, crack mechanisms and secret techniques, and finally successfully pass the levels.
Under Alwin's command, all nine teammates were fine.
Everyone saw Alwin's extraordinary insight and exceptional wisdom.
It was simply a gift.
"I finally understand now why that child, Leo, insisted on teaming up with this kid, Alwin."
The one who said this was Teacher Emima.
She looked at Alwin's performance on the screen, sincerely convinced: "So, Alwin has such talent. No wonder he and Leo can always maintain an SSS-level rating, far ahead."
William was sitting not far from Teacher Emima.
Hearing this, he was also filled with emotion: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would have been hard to believe that he has such talent."
Similar discussions began to ring out constantly.
President Aryan, who was sitting in the front row, fell silent.
He finally realized that he had a serious bias against this Alwin kid.
If he put aside those preconceived prejudices, he would have to admit that Alwin's performance just now was very excellent.
"This Alwin is truly a treasure!"
The president of Chicago University commented with a smile.
…
The four-hour competition time passed quickly.
When the competition time ended, Alwin and the others, who were in the secret room, were teleported out one after another.
Inside the viewing hall, a huge screen also displayed the scores of each team!
Ranking first was precisely the team led by Alwin.
And it was a clear first!
In the past four hours, Alwin led his team to earn a full 3.2 million points.
This was because the escape mode was the most difficult, giving the most points.
And it was a ten-person competition.
As long as they successfully passed a level, each member would get 200 points.
One level down, ten members meant 2,000 points.
And in the past four hours, Alwin led his team to pass sixteen levels in total!
Which was 32,000 points.
Ranking second was Victor's team.
The other party had good luck and was in the hunting mode, getting a total of 1,873 points.
Not even a fraction of Alwin's…
Third was the team led by Mayers of Sanford University, also in hunting mode, getting 1,822 points.
Only 51 points less than Victor, which was a pity.
Seeing the score rankings on the leaderboard, everyone in the viewing hall showed smiles.
"Hahaha, we are the champion team!"
"There are rewards to be taken, this trip was not in vain."
"Very good, the 20 Spirit Energy points reward will allow me to upgrade my Armament Haki by another level. At the beginning of next month, I am confident to try the twenty-fifth level of the Spirit Realm."
"When they drew the escape mode before, it scared me to death. I even thought that the favors I owed this time would not get any rewards! Fortunately, that Alwin was awesome…"
"One Leo, one Alwin, with these two children, Chicago University's ranking in this year's academy rating will definitely be raised."
…
"Alwin is mighty! Haha, let us lie down and win 100 Spirit Energy points."
"Too awesome, Alwin! I really don't know how his brain is made?"
"Damn, when I go out later, I must apologize to Alwin. I completely misunderstood him before."
"Me too, I always thought of him as a gigolo who lives off women. I feel too bad about it."
"Alwin is really something, why didn't he say it earlier?"
"Hehe, would you have believed it if he said it before? There were similar rumors in the school before, but I didn't see you guys believe it!"
"That's right… Without seeing it with our own eyes, who would have thought that Alwin has this kind of talent?"
Inside the viewing hall, everyone was discussing.
…
At the same time, Alwin and the others were teleported to a special space.
At the moment the mission time ended, they were teleported here.
Subsequently, a prompt popped up in everyone's left eye, showing that their team had already won the championship.
Seeing the prompt, everyone was very happy.
Alwin and Leo were fine. They had always been SSS-level mission evaluations.
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