At 3 a.m. the next day, Lin Yiran had already packed up, changed into camouflage clothing, and was carrying an AK gun when she followed the main force into the battlefield.

The draw was over, and they were the third to enter the battlefield.

The first thing to do upon entering the battlefield is to find the combat supply packs. These packs contain many materials for the mechs, and food is also included. Bringing your own food is not allowed on the field, or you can forage for yourself. Their first arena is a simulated rainforest ecosystem, which has many wild plants and animals that can be eaten, but no one wants to eat them because they contain a lot of violent energy. However, in special situations where food is scarce, quite a few people will still choose to eat those foods, which indirectly illustrates the harsh living conditions of the Federation forces.

It's normal for Starbrains to lose their combat supply packs during competitions and wars; injecting a small amount of food made from mutated animals won't cause any problems.

Generally speaking, the first team to set off has an advantage. The map is marked with locations where supplies and equipment are placed, and it's first come, first served. Teams that enter later may not be able to find any supply packs. However, there are also events later on where supply packs are dropped. Whether you can survive depends on whether you can hold out until then.

“We were the third to enter, and we lost the initiative,” Sen Qi’an said, frowning.

He then glanced at the entrance again: "The Second Army is behind us. They have an hour to go in. To prevent them from causing trouble, we need to find the most supply packages as soon as possible and hand them over to the logistics soldiers for management to ensure the resources for the competition!"

Others replied that they received the message.

Jin Shuo casually mentioned, "It doesn't matter if you don't find it. There's food everywhere in this rainforest, and you can eat anything." Hehe, he was drooling as he looked at the black-boned chickens wandering in the distance.

Sen Qi'an: "I know Lin Yiran can cook, but we need energy, otherwise how can the mechs and tanks operate?"

"Also, this competition lasts for a week, and we can only take down the flag on the last day. So we need to choose a good location to set up camp, bring enough supplies, and set up camp in advance so that we can find time to fight them later."

Sen Qi'an opened the map and carefully searched for a suitable location to set up camp near the flag, without clashing with other teams. The problem was that they didn't know which location the two military academies that had entered before them would choose to set up camp. There had been similar situations before, where two military academies chose the same location to set up camp. Later, when the other military academy arrived, the two sides could compete, and whoever won would get that location, while the loser would find another location.

Their top military academy is usually the strongest, so he never considered whether he would run into others. On the contrary, he thought that people from other military academies should be very afraid of running into them.

Sen Qi'an looked at the map. The location to place the flag was on a cliff, a precipice ten thousand meters high. There were many paths leading up the mountain, which would ensure that the military academies would not run into each other too soon, but it was still inevitable that they would run into each other.

Seizing the initiative is crucial, so they chose to set up camp on the mountainside, where a stream flowed around the mountainside, providing drinking water. He decisively pointed to a location on the map, on a leeward slope with relatively sparse vegetation, making it a good spot to set up camp.

The group then set off towards their destination.

They will pass through three supply depots along the way and will have one opportunity to airdrop supplies; they must make the most of it.

Each person's initial supplies consist of only a gun and a day's worth of nutrient solution, which hardly amount to much. Fortunately, there is also a general-purpose mech and three armored vehicles.

It's good that they don't have to walk, but unfortunately, their progress is very slow because of the mutated plants and animals blocking their way, and many trees and other obstacles. They have to go down and deal with them themselves. They can just crash into the small trees, since the interstellar-made vehicles are capable of that. The thicker plants are dealt with by their support staff or mech soldiers to clear the way.

However, the absence of tire tracks on the road proved that the two military academies that had entered before them had not taken this route, which put Sen Qi'an at ease.

After all, no one wants to see a fierce battle from the very beginning.

The most important task now is to collect enough war supplies before Xie Qian's troops arrive.

Unfortunately, the path chosen by Sen Qi'an was not easy. There were intermediate-level mutated plants and animals everywhere, requiring them to spend a lot of energy to deal with them. However, the other teams were in the same boat, because this was a competition, and competitions are not as child's play as training.

From now on, they must rely on themselves to get out of this rainforest and retrieve the red flag on the cliff.

After killing countless intermediate-level mutated plants, everyone was suffering greatly, and without sufficient supplies, morale was clearly low. Fortunately, they were about to reach the supply depot.

Sen Qi'an glanced into the distance and said, "We'll get the supplies in about a kilometer. Let's hurry up and get the combat kits. We won't have any nutrient solutions for lunch; let the logistics team have a special meal!"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere visibly eased, and someone even asked Sen Qi'an if they could order food.

Sen Qi'an: "Okay, but it has to be simple and can't take up too much time."

Simple? That's easy to handle.

Lin Yiran already had a plan in mind, but she needed to see what was in the combat supplies package to decide what to do.

Or perhaps she had been eyeing the mutated wild boar meat in the car all along. She had just bumped into it while they were clearing the road, and after the soldiers killed the wild boar, Lin Yiran had insisted that they leave it behind.

Unfortunately, there is no spatial hub. Spatial hubs are also considered part of the war supplies and need to be acquired.

So the wild boar can only be kept in the car for the time being.

Fortunately, they knew it was food, so they didn't mind.

After all, the wild boar was covered in blood, which looked quite terrifying.

When they were 500 meters away from the supply depot, Sen Qi'an received a notification that the Second Military Academy had entered the field, and Xie Qian and his team had entered as well.

I don’t know which team they will choose, but Sen Qi’an’s intuition tells me that Xie Qian will probably choose my direction.

Moreover, they will be very fast because they have already cleared the way for the people behind them while they are moving forward.

Most people wouldn't choose this path after seeing its terrifying destructive power, but Xie Qian might be a different story. He's good at taking advantage of loopholes and has always had conflicts with him, so he's a little worried that Xie Qian might follow his path.

So the most important thing now is to get the supply pack at the first station, they are determined to get it!

When they arrived at the destination, Sen Qi'an's heart sank. There was too little in the supplies package!