Jasmine walked over to Link, packing up the "off-road motorcycle" while she asked curiously.
Link scanned the area, based on the falling position of the light pillars, along with the two maps he made note of earlier, he judged, "The points where the light pillars fell are all around the direction of the Mesopotamia University team, they probably collectively withdrew from the team race."
"Collective withdrawal? Why? How did they do that?"
Jasmine became even more puzzled.
Being in the wasteland's task area was like being in the Dark Forest, teams from the same organization had no contact with each other.
So are set the rules of the competition area.
Long-distance magic tools lose their use unless there are special close-to-mid-range methods like the one between Link and Christina, making cross-team communication possible.
"I can't guess why either. As for how?"