Outside the Box
"And the rest of you?" Long Lu asked the class. "Surely you've seen how horribly we lost in the previous exam. Luckily, that was just a diagnosis and wasn't worth all that many points, but with this, we now know just how weak we are compared to the other classes. If we want to have a shot at winning, we have to work together. There's no way out of this."
All the classmates gathered around nodded in response, a serious look on their faces.
"We'll all listen to your instructions, class rep."
Long Lu smiled. "Good. Now that I've made sure everyone is on the same page here, we can begin actually preparing for the exam. The flags are being sent out tonight, according to Ms. Cai, so we have now until then to familiarize ourselves with this forest. The more advantageous locations we know about, the better. It'll give us an edge when the exam actually begins."
"What about the actual battle plan?" Han Xiao Bing asked impatiently.