In this unconventional challenge, everyone has their own understanding of how to win.
Unlike Chen Zhou, who values teamwork and hopes his partner can handle some trivial matters for him, the Black-robed Man has clearly chosen a different path.
To achieve this, he did not hesitate to kill his partner, seize his companion's survival tools, discard burdensome baggage, and pursue ultimate personal mobility and combat strength.
Of course, the reasons that prompted him to make such a decision are varied.
If the combat strength gap between him and his partner wasn't so large, if the survival tools he acquired weren't so formidable, if he wasn't participating in the "trial" for the second time and still had precious Regeneration Capsules at hand, he might have shown leniency, bringing along the companion viewed as a burden for a longer walk, a longer survival.
Unfortunately, there's no "if."
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