Chapter 159

"Where's the starship?! Holy crap, what a huge hole!"

The armored student was surprised at first. He tried to move forward while speaking, but found a bottomless crack in front of him. He immediately withdrew his foot.

There's no way to leave here without a starship, and the only people with starships right now are the people from the capital planet...

But they were on the other side of the desert, and probably still didn't know that a collapse had occurred in the desert. The mentor's signal was interfered with by elemental fluctuations, and they couldn't get in touch with him.

In other words, if they want to leave the deserted planet, they either have to bite the bullet and cross the desert to meet up with the people from the capital planet; or they can stay where they are and wait for the people from the other side to find them.

"Senior Hong, what should we do next?" Someone looked at Captain Hong Qiang and asked hesitantly.

Hong Qiang frowned in thought, her brain rapidly thinking of the optimal solution, when suddenly, the ground beneath her feet vibrated again.

"The collapse is coming, hurry up! Into the desert!"

There is no choice now. Whether we like it or not, we all have to cross the desert.

Everyone turned on their mechas and quickly left their positions.

Xia Mo also turned on the accelerator and followed Hong Qiang: "Senior, whose idea was X198?"

The wind howled on both sides of the mecha, and the desert scenery retreated like a scroll as they quickly moved.

Hong Qiang turned her head and looked at her through the transparent mecha cover. She hesitated for half a second and said, "Capital Planet."

"Do you suspect them of this?" she continued.

Xia Mo looked ahead and cut off the large rocks that were hitting him. "Well, the surveying technology of the capital planet is better than ours. They will not fail to detect the risks of collapse and elemental fluctuations."

If they can't even do this, they have no chance of becoming the capital planet.

Moreover, Xia Mo narrowed his eyes and didn't say one thing: why were they required to cross the desert in the first place?

If no accident happened, everything would be easy to explain. For example, it could be said to be one of the assessment items to increase the military academy students' ability to survive in the wild.

But now, such a big accident has happened, Xia Mo is not stupid enough to believe that it is just a simple mistake in the Capital Star assessment.

Perhaps, this was a conspiracy from the beginning.

The coldness in her eyes grew even heavier, but she couldn't rashly say out loud such speculations that would stir up trouble between the two sides, otherwise the Yayi Military Academy would be caught in a passive position in public opinion.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Hong Qiang could hear the hidden meaning in her words.

Her beautiful willow-shaped eyebrows knitted slightly, and then she turned back and instructed everyone: "Everyone, be alert. If you notice any vibrations under your feet, move around and report to me!"

Everyone: "Yes!"

On the other side of the desert, the instructor of the Yayi Military Academy kept hearing loud noises coming from the front. It was not the sound of a mecha battle. He felt something was not good. He hurriedly pulled out the communication, but found that the only sound he could hear was the crackling sound of snowflakes.

The signal is interfered with. How could this happen?

He pretended to turn his head casually and glanced at the Capital Star mentor behind him.

Although he had doubts, he couldn't say it out loud now because the mecha students from the capital planet also needed to pass through a dead tree forest in the first stage.

Judging from the complexity of the terrain, the deadwood forest is more difficult than the desert, and he is not in a position to make accusations now.

Time passed minute by minute. At the 40th minute, the students from the Capital Star successfully crossed the dead woods and reached their designated destination, while the students from the Yayi Military Academy who were walking in the desert didn't even see a shadow of them.

Sweat gradually seeped through the training uniform under the mecha. Yan Lidao lowered his head and looked at the time. It had been 57 minutes, and his students still hadn't shown up.

The desert is just a flat piece of land and the monster ratings are not high, so why does it take so long to walk?

It was much later than expected, so Yan Li moved his body and prepared to go in and take a look.

But he was gently stopped by the instructor from the Capital Star: "It's not time yet, Teacher Yan."

Yan Li gritted his teeth: "Students' safety is more important than completing training!"

Behind him, the students of the capital planet sneered.

"You can't even handle a desert, and you still dare to call yourself the best military academy? That's hilarious."

"Hey, what's wrong with him being the king of his own territory? Can't you even allow others to have this little bit of self-respect?"

"Pfft—that makes a lot of sense~"

Ignoring the ridicule of this group of chosen ones, Yan Li started his mecha and was about to rush in. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a figure emerged from the top of the slope, followed by two, three... more and more familiar figures appeared.

"Red Qiang! Sui Bai!"

Yan Li looked at them with joy and breathed a sigh of relief.

At the 60th minute, the runner-up and first place team arrived at the finish line on time, except for the No. 3 mecha operator.

Yan Li's heart, which had just calmed down, began to beat again: "Where's Fatty No. 3 Fan?"

"Director Yan, I'm here!"

The cabin of a mecha opened, revealing a smiling face.

Yan Li frowned and asked, "Why is it in Xia Mo's mecha? Where's yours?"

Fatty Fan bared his teeth: "No more."

Yan Li: ...

After pressing his throbbing solar plexus, he turned to ask Xia Mo, who was sitting in the main chair: "Are you used to leading people? If not, you can apply for a change..."

"No need to change teachers." Xia Mo interrupted Yan Li.

Yan Li: "...Okay, if you think he's too noisy, you can tell me."

Fatty Fan: ???

You are not a teacher, so why do you bring in personal emotions?

"Put your hand back, I'm going to close the hatch."

Xia Mo reminded coldly.

Fatty Fan shuddered, thinking the tone was somewhat familiar to someone he remembered. He tilted his head and glanced at the profile of this freshman girl. There was a slight resemblance...

Not such a coincidence, is it?

Suppressing his doubts, Fatty Fan said nothing and obediently retracted his arm.

In the second session, the military academy students from both sides no longer separated, but conducted joint exercises, with the destination being the X198 dry cave.

This is the largest and most complex area on Planet X198, with endless karst landforms, natural canyons, sinkholes and dry caves formed after the underground water sources dried up.

They need to take out the flags that the drones have placed in various dry caves in advance, and once this is done, this field combat will end.

While the students were completing their tasks, Yan Li silently contacted the Yarman Star Military Academy and the military headquarters: "Emergency report, the starship has crashed in the abyss, requesting another starship for support."

Mechas shuttled through the magnificent peaks. At first glance, everyone seemed to be cooperating in an orderly manner, but if you look closely at the academy icons on the mechas, you will find that the Capital Star still only plays with the Capital Star, and the Yayi Military Academy has been left out.

"Team up if you want or not, they're so awesome, they have the ability to grab all the flags!"

The freshman mecha students curled their lips, and after they stacked up to a certain height like a pyramid, the person at the highest point was about to reach out his hand, but with a whoosh, the flag that was about to be in his hand was suddenly snatched away.

"you!……"

Being interrupted by the people from the capital star, several people glared angrily: "We found this first, give it back to us!"

Several young masters from the Capital Star sneered, "You just said that if we have the guts, we can snatch it away. Now I've snatched it away! What, you want it? Come and snatch it back from me!"

Bang!

The people from the Yayi Military Academy could no longer bear it and rushed towards the opposite side!

Seeing this, how could the people from the capital planet give in? The two sides immediately grappled with each other, and the mechas collided with the stone wall, sparks flying and making the stone wall bang.

Suddenly, a bridge collapsed due to their fighting.

The rocks broke with a loud bang. The students on both sides quickly withdrew their hands and stepped back. A huge, bottomless pit appeared in front of them.

The experience in the desert frightened the students of the Yayi Military Academy. They took a few steps back and looked down at the dashboard. Fortunately, there were no elemental fluctuations here and the mecha would not be affected.

Just as I was rejoicing, I heard someone from the capital star next to me shout, "Oh my god! The flag fell in!"

"What?! Didn't I tell you to hold it steady?"

When they heard that the flag had fallen into the pit, the students on both sides panicked and lay on the edge of the pit, thinking about how to get down and get it.

A cold wind suddenly blew up from the bottom of the pit, mixed with a few hints of fishy stench.

The pride of the capital star had never smelled such a stench before, and they were immediately vomited to the side.

The students from Alman Star were quite calm, but despite their calmness, they couldn't help but wonder how such a foul smell could come from the bottom of a pit?

"It's a hundred times stinkier than the garbage dump next to my house." Someone said with disgust.

"So are we still going to take the flag?"

"No, it stinks! Even if my nose can handle it, my mecha will be stained with the stench. I can't bear it."

After discussing it, several people decided to give up the flag on the spot and turned to leave. The people from the capital star saw that they were not going to take it, and they would not go there to risk their lives, so they stood up cursing.

Xia Mo happened to be flying overhead and heard their conversation. When he saw them disperse, he immediately turned off the boosters and descended.

The huge pit exuded an atmosphere that made Xia Mo uneasy.

Her heartbeat quickened for no reason. She took a few deep breaths, walked forward, and stared down.

Fatty Fan, who was sitting next to me, yelled, "Stop looking! I'm going to faint if you keep looking!"

"Then get out."

Xia Mo opened the hatch without saying a word, and the other party was thrown to the ground.

Fatty Fan: ???

He was actually disliked by a freshman girl!

"There's a flag down there. I'll go down and take a look. If you're bored, you can take another mecha and leave."

After saying that, without waiting for Fatty Fan to call her, Xia Mo hung the hook on the edge of the pit, and the mecha and the people slid down with a whoosh.

Click.

The rope slid to the end, but the mecha didn't reach the bottom.

This pit is too deep.

Hanging in the air, Xia Mo turned on the searchlight above his head and turned it to the highest power. The blazing white light penetrated the darkness and reached the bottom of the pit.

The pink flag was indeed lying on the cold stone.

Xia Mo happily relaxed his brows, but the next second, his gaze suddenly stopped.

Wait, what's that next to the flag?!

My heartbeat reaches its peak at this moment!