Chapter 82 Star Region Tournament First Game (VIII) (Three-in-One)

Cui Xiaoduo: “…Waaaaaaaah!————”

The little squirrel hung on the seat and yelled, "What's going on up there?! Is that Brother Yu and the others?!"

"It's colorful," Vincent confirmed. "They must have just gotten rid of most of their pursuers."

A dazzling array of starships sped out from the collapsing tunnel within the mountain, with only three or four remaining following behind. Each of these starships was covered in dust and scorch marks.

The complex mountainous terrain ahead was also where the Rangers had originally chosen to escape their pursuers. Their hidden artillery was well-suited for counterattacks in complex terrain, shooting down the pursuing troops one by one.

"There's only one way into the valley!" Vincent shouted, "The one where the colorful ones are coming out—"

The mountain passage had collapsed, but they could still pass through the gaps between the two outer paths that formed the outermost part of the mountain. Although the entrance was narrow and rocky, the space inside gradually widened, with winding paths between the mountains, making it the perfect place for an ambush.

"Go in!" Mu Lian said expressionlessly, pulling the starship downward.

There is limited space to enter the valley.

They almost rushed straight towards the colorful plane without slowing down, as if they wanted to crash it into the plane and kill everyone on board.

Inside the livestream, the plush rabbit's eyes widened as he nervously exclaimed, "Whoa! - What's the Ranger going to do? - The Ranger's main gun is charging! Are they going to attack the colorful one? - The colorful one isn't slowing down either! The colorful one's gun is also charging! -"

Mingyu's fingers pressed on the operation panel in front.

They were approaching the Ranger's starship at high speed.

Various colored laser cannons were fired from the muzzles of the starships behind the chasing rangers, passing by their portholes.

Because of the rangers blocking the way in front, the artillery fire did not pose a threat to Mingyu and his men, but only caused a larger amount of fallen rocks and soil to rise in the narrow valley.

The starship's hull was hit by rocks, making a series of dull sounds.

The colorful-haired man stared at the gray starship heading towards him and couldn't help but yell, "They're going to open fire, Boss LU! ————!!!"

"Aren't you going to hide?!" The plush rabbit yelled in the livestream, "Are we going to engage in a duel?! However, the Ranger's hidden cannon has become incredibly terrifying in these past few matches! It's practically impossible to detect any energy fluctuations before the cannon fires! We still don't know the exact charge time of the Ranger's main gun, or whether it's long or short! Their attacks are truly elusive—"

"Wait a little longer." Ming Yu glanced at the three starships still in hot pursuit. "They can't see the Ranger's charged guns, nor can they see ours! We can get closer!"

Colorful hair: “?”

Mu Baixing: "I'll open fire this time."

"Closer and closer—" the rabbit commentator said excitedly, "Ranger and Colorful are getting closer and closer!—The close proximity alarm has sounded on my light screen! These two starships are about to collide—three seconds—two seconds—it won't really—"

At the last moment before the starships collided, the pilots of the two starships pulled the operating levers almost synchronously.

The silver and gray starships simultaneously turned left and right, and the fully charged muzzles suddenly released the energy.

“Boom.”

The colorless hidden cannon hit the pursuers behind the silver starship at close range. The artillery fire with energy fluctuations that were difficult to detect penetrated the first starship following closely behind the colorful one, followed by the second and third.

There was no time to dodge, and several starships that were split in the middle fell in flames after a few loud bangs. The ranger passed through the air that was burned by the high temperature to the point that the scenery was almost distorted, and flew sideways to avoid the sharp angle between the mountains in front.

Behind it, the colorful army cleared the way with dark golden artillery fire and rushed straight towards the pursuers behind the ranger.

"Don't interfere." Mu Baixing warned loudly.

The golden light cannon fired continuously, as if it was a wild beast that had been dormant for too long and had just been released from its cage.

Before the afterglow of the previous artillery fire had faded, a second artillery fire was fired.

The secondary gun barrel quickly heated up. Mingyu counted the highest burst of gunfire and said with a smile, "You only have three rounds left, Brother Mu!"

Mu Baixing: “…”

The starship slid through the air in a beautiful S-shape, shaking off the dust on its body. The final golden attack came down from high in the sky, the light spreading to both sides. The dense circular beam of light widened into a flat beam cannon, sweeping forward at high speed, swooping down mercilessly.

"Follow the colorful one or follow the Ranger?!!" The starships below dodged in a hurry. Amid the sounds of a series of crashes, similar discussions were heard from the cockpits of the ships that had managed to escape.

"Follow the Ranger! Follow the Ranger first! This one looks tough!! The Ranger isn't good at direct attacks! We only have a few carriers left and can't fight the Colorful Ones!"

"Speaking of which, what's with that colorful pilot? He's hitting so hard! It's like a hungry beast that sees meat...!"

"Really chasing the Ranger? But the terrain below is a bit complicated..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Chase after him! The Ranger just got chased by us for so long and didn't fight back! It's not as easy as this... Damn, the colorful starship is coming again!"

Mu Boxing took advantage of the Ranger's cover and suddenly fired the first blast of artillery fire, which had already blew away many starships. Then there was another intensive artillery fire that hit every target, followed by this last wide-range attack... After a series of attacks, these chasing starships thought that the Ranger was an easy target.

They saw the silver starship swooping down again, and they scattered and accelerated forward. However, this time the terrifying starship did not open fire, but simply skimmed over the ground, its robotic arms quickly picking up the scattered treasure chests.

All the teams: "..."

"Will you take it or not?!"

"No, no! Didn't you see their gun muzzles flashing again? This time it's the main gun muzzle! Hurry up, hurry up!——"

"But that light doesn't seem to be Mu Baixing's spiritual power..."

The observer sounded puzzled, but still did not refute the driver's decision. He just turned around and glanced twice.

Mingyu: “…”

Mingyu's light cannon, which had just been fully charged, was of no use.

"For now, everyone's chasing after Senior Mulian." He said regretfully, "I don't know how many of these people can survive the ranger ambush."

"Ding—As of now, the first place in this competition is: Colorful."

"Second place: Ranger."

"Third place: Red and white roses."

"Issuing the real-time coordinates of the following teams—"

"Will there be another team chasing us?" The red-haired men said, looking at the exploration equipment. "They should all know how powerful we are!"

"Let's gather a group of people and come back!" Mingyu thought for a moment and said, "They're fat sheep. They'll probably think that if they're more cautious next time, they won't be blown away by my mental power."

The bright blue mental power threads spread out and gathered together. Mingyu was very confident in the sensitivity of his mental power and did not think that those starships would be able to dodge next time.

The starship had sailed above the swamp where they had originally expected star beasts to appear.

As the starship descended in altitude, Mingyu let out a soft "huh".

"I didn't see anything with my spiritual power?" He asked curiously, "This is the first time I've encountered..."

A place that can block mental threads from observing energy is somewhat unusual.

Mu Boxing reduced the engine thrust and descended.

At the same time, Mingyu suddenly looked up and looked into the distance.

Rabbit explained: "It's Lieyang!!"

"The Sun has appeared! They've completed their starship inspection! They've passed through the valley where the Rangers are hiding!! Wow! They didn't even glance at the ambush below! They're speeding towards the colorful coordinates that were just announced!—"

"We're already way behind in points!" Ming Yan frowned inside the Lieyang Starship. Although he felt a urge to seek revenge against Wu Cai Lan, he still said, "Seeking revenge against Wu Cai Lan at this time isn't a good idea..."

"Are you scared?" Feren said with a dark face, "Are you afraid we'll be shot down again?"

Akihiko: "..."

"No!" He suppressed his inner turmoil and anxiety, "I won't let Luce succeed so easily this time."

"I'll just open fire!" Feren sneered. "Or maybe your mental power isn't high enough or strong enough! You're just an observer..."

Mingyan: "It's in front."

They were approaching the colorful starship coordinates. The terrain here was flat, with only a muddy swamp below and an endless expanse of sky above, devoid of any trace of colorful light.

Feren's main gun had already charged up, but he didn't see the target, and his face became even darker in an instant.

Mingyan's red spiritual power burned with fire, burning across the gray muddy water in the swamp, and swept over the branches and stones floating on the water.

Mingyan: "I can't see it." He frowned. "I can't see what's going on in the swamp."

And the gray "stone" he had just passed by moved slightly.

Mingyu was adjusting the direction of the main gun muzzle.

Covered in mud and water, with only the main gun muzzle exposed inside the swamp's "rock", the colorful-haired men looked at the black starship displayed on the detector screen in front of them. They turned to look at Mingyu, their faces full of anticipation, and said in unison: "Can we do it again, Brother LU? One-shot kill?"

Mingyu: "One strike will kill!"

Lieyang... He beats me every time he sees me!

Gray mud dripped down from the muzzle. Hidden beneath the mud, the starship's main gun was fully charged. Mingyu's fingers slid across the control screen, his eyes narrowed slightly as the Lieyang starship hovered overhead.

Seeing the right moment, the main gun fired brightly.

"Bang."

With a slight sound, the bright blue mental cannon rushed straight upwards.

This time, Ming Yan and Fei Lun's mental strength was already at a high level, and without the distraction of the ancient pterosaur, they noticed the unusual movement below the moment the artillery fire was fired.

Akihiko: "Faerun!!"

"You don't need to tell me!"

A black beam several times wider than the bright blue one fired, threatening to consume Mingyu's mental energy in a single second. At the same time, the multicolored secondary gun muzzle lifted upwards and fired continuously.

The dark golden light enveloped Ming Yu's mental power in the air, and the originally thick golden color became thinner. Instead, the originally slender bright blue mental power cannon inside it instantly expanded several times outward.

Feren and Akihiko: "?"

Mingyu: "Brother Mu is still good to me!"

He once again experienced the feeling he had on the Maze Star.

Wrapped in Mu Baixing's mental power... he seems to be omnipotent.

At the moment of contact with Feren's artillery fire, Mingyu completely absorbed Mu Baixing's mental power, and the light cannon suddenly lit up -

Then it connected with Feren's mental power and devoured it.

Feren: “!”

"No!" he shouted, "Luce only has A-level mental power! How is it possible..."

How could it be possible that his 2S-level mental power lost control in an instant! Being...

Swallow, compress, and explode.

"Bang!——"

The black starship exploded in the sky for the second time.

“Bang!!”

In the office of the commander of the Third Legion, Ming Zhilang, who had just calmed down and turned on the live broadcast of the game, suddenly felt dizzy and kicked over the chair in anger.

But he went into the office to get comfortable and changed his military boots. This time he used too much force and the impact was too close, causing him to scream in pain.

Zhao Ying was startled and quickly stood up to find the treatment device.

And on the light screen in front of Ming Zhilang, Lieyang's starship had already scattered and fallen.

Amidst the rain of debris, the colorful-haired people cheered and shouted loudly: "Yeah!! - Trashy Lieyang! - Congratulations to Brother LU for killing his enemy again! -"

"It's not as exaggerated as an enemy!" Mingyu gasped heavily and corrected insincerely, then looked at Mu Baixing with a smile.

The driver turned his head and looked at him, curling his lips: "Brother LU is the most handsome."

Mingyu: “…”

Mingyu blushed uncontrollably.

He was about to speak when the starship shook slightly.

Mu Baixing raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the operation panel.

He did not issue any instructions.

The starship covered with mud and water looked like a small boat, swaying with the waves.

It's like being swept by a whirlpool in the water...

"The starship seems to be sinking, Boss!" Red Hair shouted uncertainly, "Although the sinking speed is very slow..."

However, both the detector and Mingyu's mental vision showed only a grayish muddy water, and nothing unusual could be seen.

Mu Baixing increased the thruster energy output by one level.

The engines roared, and the starship's altitude stabilized for a second, then dropped again.

Mu Boxing once again increased the energy output, level by level, until it reached its maximum. However, the starship's descent momentum did not stop; instead, its speed increased.

It was as if a pair of huge hands with infinite power were dragging the starship downwards.

Red Hair: "It seems there is something in the swamp..."

"That's nonsense!" Orange Hair said angrily, "How else could it sink so quickly even with the engine running at full blast..."

As they were talking, a dull sound was heard from the starship's hull.

The big hands that were pulling the starship seemed to have finally grabbed the toy and were hammering it.

Mingyu looked at the porthole that was covered with mud and water.

In front of him, mud suddenly splashed in all directions. The mud in the center was pressed down, while the mud on the outside was forced to float out...

Leaving behind a not very smooth edge shape.

"What kind of star beast?" Ming Yu muttered. "This shape... looks like... a few fingers, fingertips?"

Mu Baixing frowned.

"The giant of mud and water."

"What?" Mingyu was a little confused, with a vague impression.

"The giants." Mu Baixing said.

"The Mud Giant is a giant star beast with immense strength. Its skin is highly defensive. Mental powers below level 2S cannot cause any damage to it, nor can they detect its energy fluctuations."

"They are rare, usually found on desolate planets in uninhabited star seas." Mu Baixing looked at the porthole covered with swamp plaster. "Human probes once captured the figure of a creature standing up on a planet from a space station thousands of miles away."

Mingyu: "...Then this swamp can't accommodate it!"

"Juvenile body."

Before he finished speaking, the altitude of the starship suddenly rose again.

The muddy water in the swamp ahead was gathering towards the center and gradually bulging upwards.

The bulging water surface, which defied the principles of physics, was not even smooth. Instead, it was undulating, as if some tension was about to break through the surface of the mud. After a moment's tug at gravity, it finally prevailed and erupted outward.

The mud column that was originally nearly half a meter high suddenly rose up, reaching a height of 100 meters in an instant, and continued to grow upward.

Colorful Hair: "Wow! --So fast! --"

The base of the mud column was widening, and within seconds, it covered the entire swamp.

A pair of large hands suddenly stretched out from the mud pillar, and with a flip of the wrist, a starship covered in mud was revealed.

The starship's main gun barrel struggled to rotate, only to be gripped by two gray fingers. Blue mental energy gushed out, then was gathered between the fingers of the gray clay palm.

"Mud and Water Giant!!" the plush rabbit screamed in the live broadcast room, "Its defense is terrifyingly high! A Mud and Water Giant that can block most energy cannon attacks!——"

"You viewers may not know much about the Mud and Water Giants! But you must have heard of their fellow species, the Rock and Earth Giants! They are also a type of extraterrestrial giant!"

"So far, there have been five or six incidents in the central star field related to giants! Their adult bodies are enormous! When they spread out, they can cover an entire planet! If a fleet accidentally intrudes into the starry sea where they live, they will be attacked by the giants who suddenly gather..."

"Colorful, be careful! Their starship's hull won't be able to withstand the attack of the mud giant!"

"I wonder where the Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee got this giant!" the rabbit commentator exclaimed, "It looks like it was born not long ago! It's still very small..."

Even a very "small" giant is much larger than a small starship.

It seemed very curious about the sudden light emitted by the toy in its hand, so it lifted the starship high and moved closer to the mountain-like mud jet.

After a while, mud and water surged, and strange noises came from it.

"Moo—"

A low, trembling sound came from the mud.

Mingyu saw a clear yellow eye in the mud surging outside the porthole.

This giant eye is wider than a starship, and in the center is a vertical pupil, which seems to be made of mud. It flows down from above the eye and gathers below the eye.

Mingyu stared at the mud giant's single eye, and bright blue mental power threads floated with the other party's movements.

Staring intently at him with one giant eye, Mingyu didn't dare move. He didn't know if the mud giant could see what was happening inside the starship, but Aunt Xi controlled the movement of her lips and whispered to Mu Baixing, "Is the eye its weakness?"

"I seem to be able to sense some energy fluctuations here again—those clear yellow areas aren't muddy water..."

Mu Baixing: "Central energy core. What do you see?"

"...its energy level is increasing..."

Mu Baixing hummed: "It's also its mouth."

Mingyu: “…”

Mingyu: “……!!!”

The energy is increased, which means that the other person's mouth is opening in a special way.

"Such important information has to be delivered in two parts!!" Ming Yu couldn't help but yell as he watched the starship approaching, "Is it going to eat us—..."

Mu Baixing: "Just eat it."

His tone was flat.

Mingyu: “…”

Mingyu turned to look at him.

"No way, Boss!!" The multicolored-haired guys yelled, "Our treasure chests are gone! And all these points!! We just got beaten up for nothing!"

Amid their wailing, the starship was sent into the clear yellow pupils, freed from the muddy and watery hands that held it captive.

The head of the starship that first came into contact with the energy core melted, making a hissing sound, the steel melted, the portholes peeled off, and a strong energy flow rushed into the cockpit.

Mu Baixing looked calm and pushed the button on the control panel.

Just before the starship was about to melt completely, a robotic arm suddenly popped out from the front of the starship, turned a small angle, and quickly rushed into the mud and water in the center of the yellow pupil.

“Moo!——”

As the mud giant roared angrily, Mingyu's eyes flashed bright and dark.

The pain of being corroded and melted before "death" made him unable to stand steadily.

Mu Baixing put his arm around his shoulders, brought him into his arms, and whispered, "Mingyu."

Mingyu came back to his senses as his slightly cold fingers stroked his cheeks back and forth. He gasped and looked at Mu Baixing.

"It's over." The man's voice was calm, but there was a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, and he was obviously affected by the moment of death.

Mingyu regulated his breathing, rubbed Mu Baixing's palm, and then stood up straight.

A large light screen was hanging in front of them, displaying the maintenance room number assigned to the colorful room: Maintenance Room U8.

Mu Baixing held Mingyu in his arms and walked forward, heading towards the elevator on the side of the hall.

"Ahem..." The colorful-haired men supported each other and followed behind the two men, saying in fear, "Luckily, this is just a simulated death scene in the Star Navigation Competition!"

Ming Yu immediately pulled out the Star Navigation Competition screen, and then his expression paused slightly.

Mingyu: “The points haven’t dropped!”

His voice was filled with surprise. He suddenly stopped sweating, breathing heavily, and the pain in his body was gone. He exchanged a glance with the colorful-haired people, then looked at Mu Baixing.

Mu Baixing curled the corners of his lips, obviously he had guessed the result long ago.

Mingyu suddenly realized.

The competition rules only state that points will be deducted if the team is destroyed by other teams, but never mention that points will be deducted if the team is eaten or destroyed by star beasts.

Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the only price they have to pay now is the time required for repairs.

Half a minute later, the elevator arrived at the U8 maintenance room. Xiao Zi was very professional and immediately turned on the maintenance equipment to prepare for work. However, Ming Yu's eyes were fixed on the mechanical arm extending from the front of the starship.

Between the mechanical arms was clutching a huge silver treasure chest.

This treasure chest is quite large, even bigger than the one obtained from the pterosaur, and the points inside must be just as much!

The mud giant is not a star beast that can be defeated by a small starship alone, so Mu Baixing took a final gamble.

The Star Navigation Competition will not have unreasonable settings. The organizing committee may not need them to fight against the mud and water giants, but just hide a treasure chest in it.

This treasure chest can only be hidden in a place where the robotic arm can still be used to obtain it when the starship is about to be swallowed: the "pupil" filled with mud and water in the middle of the giant's energy core.

Mu Baixing looked at Mingyu: "I caught it."

Mingyu heard a hint of "please praise me" in the man's tone.

He had never read this kind of emotion from Mu Baixing, so he was stunned for a second.

After a moment, Mingyu's ears burned, and he said sincerely, "Brother Mu is really awesome!!"

Mu Baixing: “…”

He raised his eyebrows slightly, seeming dissatisfied with Mingyu's reaction.

Young people cannot always get away with just a few words of praise.

The colorful people standing nearby looked at their boss's expression and couldn't help but turn their backs.

It was unbearable to watch. Although their wise and powerful leader was still maintaining his composure, his essence was like someone chasing after others for benefits...

...of what?

The people with colorful hair secretly glanced at Mu Baixing and Mingyu, and then they stared at each other for several rounds.

The boss's aura is still there, and he still looks like a very threatening top hunter.

...is just a top hunter tamed by their brother LU!

The colorful-haired people all confirmed one thing.

From now on, even if you want to mess with the boss, don’t mess with Brother LU!

Behind them, Mingyu was being stared at by Mu Baixing and was a little overwhelmed, so he took a step forward and put Mu Baixing into his arms.

Mu Baixing's neck was rubbed by his hair and he said with a smile, "What?"

Mingyu spoke quickly: "A hug of love?"

Mu Baixing: “…”

Mu Baixing turned his head to look at him.

The young man whispered this and quickly retreated. He didn't intend to admit his mistake and changed the subject, urging, "Hurry and check the treasure chest!"

Mu Baixing glanced at him, chuckled, and flipped into the cockpit.

Mingyu: “…”

The young man didn't know why, but he felt a chill down his spine at his laughter.

Mu Baixing had already operated the robotic arm to throw the huge treasure chest obtained from the mud giant and the treasure chests obtained from destroying other starships into the special storage cabin at the rear of the starship.

"Congratulations, Colorful! You received 1 large silver treasure chest, and your score increased by 10,000."

"Congratulations, Colorful! You've won 20 silver treasure chests..."

Mingyu recalled the system report he had just heard, confirmed that his team's points were still among the best, and glanced at the time on the communication bracelet.

The fifteen-minute interval is about to end again.

Logically, the Star Tournament system would announce their team's coordinates to everyone. But they were currently in the maintenance area, which was supposed to be a rest area outside the competition map...

The second hand closed, fifteen minutes had passed, and the system broadcast sounded.

"The Colorful Team's position cannot be announced at this time."

The colorful haired man looked surprised: "...Wow! Our location wasn't announced?!"

"Wow!" Inside the livestream, commentator Rabbit appeared surprised, yet also spoke with a certain air of normalcy. "After all, the pit stop is considered off-map... but that doesn't mean hiding there is the perfect way to avoid being tracked!"

"Don't forget! In this game, crashed starships will be respawned at the nearest repair station!"

"Based on the location of the Colorful's last crash, if the other teams are paying attention, they will be able to figure out the other team's maintenance point!"

"In fact, entering the maintenance point might be even more dangerous than being broadcasted coordinates in the wild! Because the starship cannot move within the maintenance point! The next colorful voyage will become extremely difficult..."

"It all depends on how many teams are willing to waste time waiting for us to finish repairs." Mingyu said thoughtfully in the maintenance area. "Although there are many treasure chests dropped after a starship crash, if there are too many besieging teams, even if they can shoot us down, they'll still have to fight each other to get them."

"It's understandable if they want to share a piece of the pie in the race map, but if they have to stay in the pits and can't leave, it's a bit not worth it."

"That's right." Redhead nodded. "We're number one in points right now! We have the confidence to fight them for an hour or two! But those teams with fewer points probably don't want to waste that time..."

Ming Yu hummed, "But wasting an hour or two is a bit of a loss for us. Not to mention there's a golden treasure chest star map..."

The longer they stay in the maintenance point, the greater the probability that someone else will find the star map first.

While he was thinking, the Star Navigation Competition collection cabin had already taken the treasure chest in.

Bright lights flickered on the light screen, refreshing new prompts.

"Ding—Congratulations to the Colorful Team for obtaining an important silver treasure chest, and the reward is 6 gold treasure chest map fragments—"

Mingyu: “!”

Mingyu's expression paused and he quickly turned to the light screen.

There are only fifteen fragments in the golden treasure chest map. Together with the two fragments obtained before, they now have eight fragments.

The puzzle is more than half complete. The central piece shows the location of the golden treasure chest, while the surrounding completed parts show the terrain, special landmarks, and even the star beast symbols of each area in the mining area.

Mingyu looked carefully and quickly recalled the locations where his starship had passed based on the special landmarks on the star map.

"There's no need to piece together the entire star map..." His mind raced, blue mental energy surging around him as he calculated the scale between the map and reality. His fingers traced the position on the screen, and he muttered, "I should be able to... deduce the location of the golden treasure chest..."

"The Colorful Ones are in maintenance! I wonder how long their repairs will take!" the Plush Rabbit passionately commented in the livestream. "I can't wait to see what kind of bloody storm they'll unleash when they leave the starport!"

"There's a lot to repair!" Inside the maintenance room, the purple-haired, green-haired, and blue-haired guys were bustling with activity. "After the crash, the durability of every component plummeted to 20%. Almost every part needs to be replaced. Restoring it to peak condition will take at least an hour."

Mu Baixing leaned on the railing outside the maintenance area, turned his head and looked at the golden treasure chest map with Mingyu.

The two of them were very close, their arms touching. Mingyu felt the man's gaze on him and had to turn his head to look at Mu Baixing.

Mingyu: "Are you looking at the picture or me?"

Mu Baixing: "I've finished looking at the pictures."

"Now it's up to you."

The man's voice was calm, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes. The young man's face was reflected in his dark green eyes.

Mingyu was silent for a moment and raised four fingers.

"This is the fourth time today," the young man said seriously, "You're deliberately distracting me during the game."

He felt that ever since Mu Boxing confessed his love, this man's straightforward actions had become increasingly unbearable.

This trend must be stopped!

"We're in the middle of a competition, Brother Mu!" Mingyu said seriously, "We can't let things get in the way!"

Mu Baixing nodded.

"Okay," he said, "look at the star map."

He tapped his finger on the light screen: "Our location is here."

Mingyu: “…”

It seems that although this person is flirting, he is still doing his job.

Mingyu then extended his index finger and drew on the star map.

"Yes," he said. "Look here, this red line should be the underground lava river we saw. This cave and three underground lakes at the bottom of the map should be where we encountered the water scorpion. There's a pterosaur drawn here. Here, a corner of the swamp is exposed."

"The golden treasure chest is hidden up there. According to the distance on the map, it should be upstream of the underground lava river, closer to Area E we visited earlier..."

On the map, a treasure chest painted with golden light and very eye-catching is located in a red cave, and above the cave is a red giant figure.

"The Star Navigation Competition awarded six golden treasure chest fragments because we got the treasure chest from the Mud and Water Giant..." He looked at the red giant on the map, "So this thing? It should be similar to the Mud and Water Giant?"

"What else does the giant tribe have? Lava giants?"

Mu Baixing hummed, "Star beasts that live on high-temperature planets are more difficult to defeat than mud and water giants."

"That's probably the same as what we just experienced." Mingyu said thoughtfully, "We don't need to defeat it completely, but we need to steal the golden treasure chest under its protection."

Mingyu glanced at Mu Baixing, then looked at the colorful-haired creatures in the repair shop who seemed to be unaware of this species when they just faced the mud giant.

Mingyu blinked.

"Where did you see the star beast you know?" the young man asked. "Do you remember anything?"

Mu Baixing turned to look at him.

Mingyu's expression was somewhat expectant, and he smiled slightly, asking happily, "How many of your past memories have you recalled?"

It was pure caring.

The young man simply hoped that he could get back what he had lost.

Mu Baixing smiled.

"I've seen it before during the star voyage," he said. "I remember a lot, but not much."

They are all broken pictures and cannot form a main line.

The young man said "oh".

Mu Baixing reached out and rubbed his head soothingly.

The man's movements were too natural and he looked calm and composed.

Mingyu glanced at him, stretched out his hand to pull his hair twice, and complained, "You messed up my hair, brother Mu!"

Mu Baixing lowered his arm with a calm expression, and gently twisted Mingyu's hair with his fingers that had touched it.

I plan to do it again in real life after the competition.

"Look here." He regained his thoughts after a brief distraction.

"This is the maintenance station closest to the golden treasure chest." Mu Baixing put the hand that touched Mingyu's hair into his pocket, stretched out his other hand and tapped on the light screen.

The markings on this star map are very detailed, and the location of the maintenance room is marked very clearly.

Mu Baixing stretched out his hand again and entered the coordinates of the Ranger Team in second place and the Red and White Rose Team in third place that the system had just released a few times before into the star map.

Mingyu realized something.

Their team's position was moving towards the golden treasure chest, but perhaps due to insufficient information, the route was a bit circuitous.

"The team that obtains more treasure chests will collect more fragments..." Mingyu whispered, "We'd better get going!"

But once they left the maintenance room, their coordinates would be broadcast in real time. Leading a group of followers to retrieve the golden treasure chest was like being a scoundrel giving directions.

Unless every time they broadcast, they are in the maintenance room.

Mu Boxing: "Go to the maintenance room at the checkpoint."

Mingyu: “Yes!”

"The total maintenance time for each team is five hours. There are ten maintenance rooms in the mining area! On the assembled star map, these are the repair rooms you can enter..."

"As long as our starship is moving fast enough! As long as the coordinates haven't been broadcast for two fifteen-minute periods! Most teams will no longer be able to determine which maintenance point we enter or exit from! They'll just be flying around like flies on their brows!"

Mu Baixing nodded, walked to the side of the maintenance shop, and gestured to Zimao on the main control panel.

Zimao noticed his movements, paused the operation of the mechanical arm, moved the operating platform closer, and asked, "What's going on, Boss?"

"As long as the power system and steering system are replaced, it's fine." Mu Baixing said calmly, "Can we go now?"

Zi Mao: "??"

When the other brothers heard this, they also gathered around.

Zimao looked puzzled, but answered seriously, "Boss, what do you mean by able to walk?"

"The starship can be started now. The power system is barely functioning, and the steering is OK. But flying too fast is prone to problems, so it can only sail for fifteen to twenty minutes. Also, the gun barrels haven't been replaced yet, and one of the secondary gun barrels is unusable. The most troublesome thing is the hull! It hasn't been replaced at all, and its durability is very low. It will shatter at the slightest touch..."

Mu Baixing nodded, brushing off the series of questions that Zimao had asked with a heavy face, and said calmly, "Okay."

"Let's go," he said simply. "We'll fix it next time."

*

"It will take at least an hour to repair the colorful starship," Ming Yanzheng repeated in the Lieyang Starship. "We shouldn't waste this hour waiting here. We should go find the Star Beast Treasure Chest! Feilun, you saw the golden treasure chest map fragment... Besides, the number of silver treasure chests in the star map is limited. If someone else takes it, we won't be able to get it!"

Feren said nothing, his fingers tightly gripping the starship's control stick.

Mingyan was irritated by his behavior and raised his voice, "Feren, what do you mean now? If we can't find enough treasure chests, we might even be eliminated..."

"We don't even need to find the treasure chest ourselves!" Feren, unable to bear it any longer, turned to Mingyan and said, "Just shoot down a few starships! We'll definitely advance! Are you so unsure of your own abilities?!"

Akihiko: "..."

"Alright." Ming Yan took a deep breath, suppressing his temper. "You're right. We can still advance this way. But we can't get the golden treasure chest! We can't advance as the top three either! We represent the Ming family and the Third Legion, and don't you think it's shameful to be in the last tier to advance?!"

A mocking expression appeared on Feren's face.

"Isn't it shameful to be shot down again and again by Wucailan?!" He gritted his teeth, "This time I will definitely..."

The red flame of mental power suddenly leaped on the hull of the starship, interrupting his words.

"Someone's there," Mingyan said warily. After taking in the situation outside, he said in disbelief, "It's a starship coming out of the maintenance station! It's... colorful?!"

"How can they be so fast?!...Their starship is not even repaired..."

Without saying a word, Feren pulled down the starship engine.

This maintenance station was nestled within a mountain wall. Under the pale sunlight, a silver starship rose straight up from the docking station above. As it appeared, a rumbling sound echoed from within the mountain wall, all coming from the hum of the starship's engines starting up.

Lieyang is not the only team waiting for an opportunity.

At the same time, five or six starships of various colors suddenly rose from various hiding places and chased straight into the air.

"A little short of people?!" someone in the chasing group discussed, "Last time, more than a dozen of us didn't get much of a good fight at the hands of Wucai Panlan..."

"Don't we have Lieyang?" his teammate replied, "How can we avoid being shot down with such a big boss in the colorful world?!"

The black starship belonging to Lieyang was sailing in the front.

The black light cannon drew arcs in the air, following the colorful direction and chasing relentlessly.

Mingyu raised the corners of his mouth.

"Still refusing to believe it?" he whispered. "Thinking that increasing your mental output will solve the problem?! You haven't even changed your artillery attack strategy!"

"Feren is overconfident in his 2S-level mental power! Doesn't he even know how to fight with his brain?!"

The silver starship did not immediately counterattack.

He moved nimbly, maneuvering in the air with the starship behind him.

Mingyu waited for the perfect moment when the distance between the chasing starships would shorten and the energy threads of the light cannons would intertwine.

It is better to fry a bunch than to fry one, so that you can get rid of the problem once and for all.

The golden and blue spiritual power overflowing from the silver starship intertwined and flowed, and the fragile starship shell was wrapped by the spiritual power overflowing from the gun barrel.

Whenever the starship was unable to completely avoid Lieyang's attack and came into contact with the black artillery fire, the blue mental power threads wrapped in gold would suddenly light up, sucking in Feren's artillery fire, and causing a small protective explosion behind the starship, blocking Mingyan's red mental power vision.

The silver starship looked like a white bird about to crash, rising and falling, twisting and turning in the intertwined artillery fire. Its engine, which had not yet been fully repaired, emitted large columns of black smoke during the high-speed flight, and the rear of the starship was filled with smoke.

Inside the livestream, the commentator, Rabbit, clenched his fists tightly and spoke nervously, "I don't understand Colorful's thinking! Where are they trying to go now?! There's a vast plain ahead! Their starship is clearly not in great condition! They can't use the terrain to escape pursuit like they did last time! What's more, Engine One is already showing signs of failing!"

"Their engines are overloaded, not at all like they were last time! Look at the billowing black smoke... Although the Colorful Starship has left the other starships behind it far behind! Yes, this speed can indeed leave other starships behind, but they will probably crash again due to engine problems soon... Not to mention! There's also the Fiery Sun!"

"Bang! The colorful number one engine really stopped working! The speed dropped! Lieyang, who was originally not far away from them, found an opportunity and is closing in..."

"Oh! Wucaibianlan saw the rift on the right! They're heading towards it! Below the rift is a huge lava river that crosses most of the Maze Star! The terrain here is indeed more complicated than before..."

The plush rabbit's voice suddenly paused.

"I know!" he shouted, "On the other side of this lava river! Not far away is another starship maintenance point! -"

"Colorful wants to enter the next maintenance point? But the pursuers behind them..."

The silver starship was gradually surrounded from behind, and as its speed decreased, the starships following behind the scorching sun also caught up.

"How many treasure chests do you think we can snatch from Lieyang?" The starship in the rear had a new worry. "Don't let us look back and not get the treasure chests and get shot down by Lieyang instead?"

"Grab two or three and run!" his teammate continued, "Look, we have five starships! We can escape in five directions! We should quit while we're ahead..."

Several starships were very close to the scorching sun, almost forming a triangular flying formation. The engine tail flames were mixed, and the light cannons fired by the starships were almost connected into one.

Mingyu took a deep breath and pressed the main gun fire button.

"Bang—bang—bang—bang!—"

A series of explosions sounded behind him.

Balls of light flashed across the pale sky of the desolate planet.

At the same time, the plush rabbit in the live broadcast room exclaimed "Wow".

"That sound is like Chinese New Year firecrackers," the commentator Rabbit said, shaking his ears. "But I bet the team on the field can't be as relaxed as us, the audience!"

Ming Zhilang, who was also a spectator but was not at ease at all: "..."

Ming Zhilang was lying on a chair under the treatment device and had just pulled the light screen back in front of him.

He was filled with rage and had no way to vent it. His eyes looked murderous, and Zhao Ying was so scared that she took a step back.

At the same time, the captain of the first squad of the Third Legion, who was about to make a routine report, knocked on the door of the legion commander's office and stopped in his tracks.

Through the heavy door, he heard a vague and strange roar of impotent rage coming from the legion commander's office in front of him.

The captain of the first team thought for a moment, turned around and walked back, while turning on the light screen and clicking on the live broadcast of the Star Navigation Competition.

A moment later, he watched the replay and shook his head.

"Lieyang." He muttered to himself, "The gap in strength between him and Wucaibianlan..."

“After being overtaken, we kept falling further and further behind.”