Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Put down your saw before you speak! ...
In just four hours, the two thieves looted three nearby mecha camps without anyone noticing.
Returning to the camp with a full load, Nan Gua had a smile on his face, but as he walked, his pace slowed down and finally stopped suddenly.
Tao Ying asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Nan Gua covered his face with his hands.
What should I do if my sense of morality suddenly returns to my brain after seeking excitement?
"Qingxuan Military Academy is Turantis's teammate. Isn't this too unethical? I feel like Mr. Maohe will hate us."
Tao Ying gave a smile that could be described as innocent.
"Well, come here for a moment."
Nan Gua leaned close to Tao Ying's ear and listened to what Tao Ying said in a low voice. Nan Gua's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.
"Oh——" Nan Gua suddenly realized.
She and Tao Ying looked at each other and bumped fists.
“Competition first, friendship second!”
The first night passed without any incident.
The next day, the contestants from Qingxuan Military Academy and several other mecha camps woke up and were about to start their mechas when they suddenly found that the fuel tank indicated that the remaining fuel was 0%.
Du Zhan looked confused: "Huh? What's going on?"
Didn’t he fill up the fuel before going to bed yesterday? Is there something wrong with the energy module?
Du Zhan dazedly walked to the mecha's fuel tank and inspected it. ...No, there was no need to inspect it.
Because there is nothing underneath the fuel tank.
Not to mention the fuel, even the tank for the fuel was gone.
Du Zhan was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally let out a loud shout.
"Who stole my energy core!!!"
Not only him, but his teammates around him also noticed something was wrong and started yelling.
"Oh my god, I'm out of fuel. Who did this?"
"It's fine that the fuel's gone, but whoever took my mech's arms and legs apart, leaving only a ball, what a pervert!!"
The people who attacked the Qingxuan Military Academy camp at night not only stole their fuel, but also took away the mecha's travel module.
He even took the time to create a painting using mecha parts.
The teammate with expressionless face looked at the abstract painting of two cats and a dog. He calmly squatted down, stood up, and squatted down again. After repeating this several times, his expression cracked.
"You know what, he still has some artistic sense, even though his mental state is like he's been drinking fake alcohol..."
Du Zhan jumped up in anger and slapped the man with the expressionless face on the back of his head: "Is this the point?"
"We clearly set up radar jammers and optical camouflage, so who was able to break through all those obstacles and find our location?"
"Uh, Beol Military Academy? Turantis should also... Oh, and that very famous team in the auditions, what was it called, the Space Ghost Girls?"
"No matter who you are, if I find you dismantling my phone, you're dead!!!"
Du Zhan is indeed an A-physique, his roar is like a tiger in the mountains, full of energy.
The lingering sound was extremely penetrating, passing through the forest and swamp, circling three times inside and three times outside, waking up everyone who was still sleeping in the stadium.
And this roar seemed to be contagious, and it instantly spread from the Qingxuan Military Academy camp to several nearby mecha camps.
For a moment, the camp that was attacked at night was in chaos.
"Who stole my nutrient solution, and stole the catnip flavored one—!"
"No, why are you still drawing on my mecha? What does it mean to draw '////' on the cheeks? And why are you putting them in such a weird position?"
"Who the hell is this pervert?!"
More than a dozen contestants were either grabbing their hair frantically and on the verge of collapse, or looking very calm, but in fact they had been walking for a while.
After going crazy for a while, the contestant looked around blankly, as if he had been mentally stimulated by something.
At this moment, a Sugon T4 happened to pass by.
It moves so slowly, it doesn't look like it's racing at all.
It's a bit like a criminal suspect returning to the scene to admire his own masterpiece.
The out-of-control player pointed at the Dawn T4 with a fierce tone.
"Hey, isn't your camp nearby? Did you see who the mecha was last night?"
The player had obviously lost control and rushed forward, trying to pull over the Sugon T4 by himself.
The Dawn T4 paused: "I don't know, our camp is over there in the swamp, but..."
"But what!"
"I saw the Alzeta Military Academy hanging around nearby yesterday." Tao Ying said with a smile.
The contestant said bitterly, "Damn it... Is this really the Alzeta Military Academy? Only those hooligans could do such a thing."
"Teammate, let's go! I don't care about the Alzeta Military Academy, we're going to fight them today!"
With that, a group of people formed a team to attack Alzeta.
Tao Ying nodded happily and looked at their receding backs.
Alzeta Military School.
Xu Biao, Chai Jie, and Tong Feiming.
Since we're teammates, we have to be of some use, right?
…
At nine o'clock in the morning, a purple beam of light hit the sky in the southeast direction of the stadium.
Everyone looked up at the same time.
The host's cheerful voice came from the air.
"The first group of qualifying teams for this round of semi-finals has appeared!"
"Congratulations to Military Academy Valentis and Military Academy Vigari for finding the first beacon and successfully advancing!"
There was sparse applause from the audience.
Everyone is still asleep.
Yin Zihang yawned and sat next to Bai Mo.
"Oh, someone finally found the first beacon, the Chosen One! Who is it? Is it the one you're staring at now?"
Bai Mo shook his head: "No. Bai Ying has been collecting supplies. She is not looking for the beacon at all."
Yin Zihang was puzzled. "Collecting supplies is important, but we still have to find the beacon in the end. This plan is too conservative. It's not like her style."
Bo Mo added: "She swept up the supplies at the supply point and also took advantage of the night to collect supplies from the nearby camps."
“…”
Doesn’t that mean sweeping through the mecha camps of several teams?
Humans usually call this behavior "robbing", not "collecting".
Yin Zihang held his forehead and said, "That's definitely her style."
"But why did she collect so many supplies? She can't use them all...ah." Yin Zihang thought of something and stood there in a daze.
"Is this her goal? To seize all the supplies so that only the Space Ghost Team will be left on the field, and the players can slowly search for the beacon."
Bai Mo nodded: "Yes, the survival competition is very interesting."
"That's not the purpose of the competition."
The competition system has changed! Where's the beacon we agreed to find?!
Yin Zihang wiped his sweat silently: "She was so exaggerated in the semi-finals, won't she be so awesome in the finals?"
Bo Mo nodded: "I think her fighting style is very Turantis-like."
"We Turantis have some dignity!"
"So you lost to her in the friendly match." Bai Mo glanced at him coldly.
Yin Zihang: “…”
…
On the other side, when Lin Biege woke up, he was surrounded by supplies.
Wait, why does it feel like the supplies have doubled compared to when I fell asleep yesterday? Was she half asleep?
Lin Biege climbed out of the cave and her two teammates were already waiting for her on the mecha.
Tao Ying threw breakfast to her: "You can really sleep."
"I've already told you that I can't be awakened even by thunder." Lin Biege scratched his head.
At this time, Shuguang T4's hand lifted Lin Biege into the cockpit.
Tao Ying roughly summarized the current situation of the competition venue. 80% of the venue has been searched, and only one team has found the beacon.
Valentis Military Academy.
"Huh?" Lin Biege was surprised. "Wasn't Valentis the first one to run out of fuel yesterday? And you said then that they had no strategy and were just relying on recklessness?"
"Yeah, but they got lucky."
Although the energy of their mechas was exhausted, the young men from the Valentis Military Academy actually found a beacon in a pile of weeds while searching for a supply point!
It's just sheer luck.
Even the Valentis player, when he picked up the bi-pyramid-shaped crystal, did not realize it was a beacon. He thought it was something valuable and picked it up.
So it wasn't until the next day, when they were exchanging information with their teammates from Vigarai Military Academy, that their teammates surprisingly activated the beacon, and the host announced that they had advanced.
It's just shit luck.
There were four beacons, and now there are three left.
"Then we should start looking for the beacon now."
"No hurry," Tao Ying smiled kindly, "I have an idea."
…
It started to drizzle at the stadium.
Near the B5 area.
The dry giant tree was cut from the roots and lay between the mecha and its destination, with mushrooms sprouting from the trunk.
The six-winged white mecha stepped on it.
Mecha model, Kirisame E-0089.
Driver, member of the Turantis Tactical Team—
Best wishes to Xiao Rui.
She was delivering supplies.
Zhu Xiaorui sighed, "Qingxuan Military Academy was attacked."
Zhu Xiaorui and her friends have participated in several leagues, so they certainly know the importance of preserving supplies, and what they have stockpiled is completely sufficient.
But who knew that plans could not keep up with changes? As soon as she opened her eyes today, she received an emergency call from Qingxuan Military Academy.
"We're out of fuel! I don't know who stole it last night. The campsite was equipped with electronic firewalls and optical camouflage, but we were still discovered."
"I heard it was done by the Alzeta Military Academy. I'm going to beat them up first to express my hatred."
——These are the exact words of the captain of Qingxuan Military Academy.
He then lost power, seemingly using the last of his energy to send them the coordinates.
This is why Zhu Xiaorui is here now.
She was going to deliver supplies to Qingxuan Military Academy.
Zhu Xiaorui sighed and jumped over the huge tree blocking the road.
Kirisame E-0089 nimbly moved through the forest, continuously advancing.
The rustling of leaves made a sound that swept the ears.
"It's around here, right?"
Zhu Xiaorui pressed the panel and confirmed the coordinates.
Ji Dahua's voice came from the headset: "Xiao Rui, have the supplies arrived?"
"Right there!"
Zhu Xiaorui was about to move forward, but suddenly heard a crackling sound in his ears.
She paused.
Among the mechas in the field, except for her Kirisame E, few models can achieve this level of signal shielding.
Why is there such high-intensity communication interference in such a place?
"Senior Dahua?" Zhu Xiaorui whispered again.
There was no response from the team channel.
Zhu Xiaorui felt a chill on her back.
"I feel like the atmosphere here is not right..."
Over on the Meteor Swamp, the sun shines directly, it is warm and dry, and the humidity is moderate.
On this side of the Graythorn Forest, the treetops blocked each other, and very little light came through. Instead, the humidity was very heavy, and the mechas felt like they could not breathe when walking here.
There was silence all around, and Zhu Xiaorui then realized something was wrong.
After what happened last night, the mecha teams that were not attacked should be anxious to find supplies. The entire forest cannot be so quiet.
There was no response on the radar, no mecha was moving, and the entire forest seemed dead.
There were footprints of mecha on the ground, but they only went in one direction.
There's no way out...it's a trap!
Zhu Xiaorui suddenly looked up and subconsciously pushed the joystick hard.
The treetops shook twice, and Wuyu E jumped to a high place.
Sure enough, the next moment, Zhu Xiaorui saw the place where the footprints disappeared. Behind the giant tree, there was a Fool MK2 waiting for its prey.
It was holding an ice hammer in its hand, and there were a pile of mecha heads on the ground.
That is... the cockpit.
These mechas stepped into a trap and had their cockpits chopped off.
"Fortunately I found it..." Zhu Xiaorui patted his chest and hugged the tree trunk in fear.
"By the way, that machine with the hammer is Nan Gua, right?"
"Yes, it's her."
Zhu Xiaorui was just about to ask why the communication was suddenly connected, and Senior Dahua, you still remember Nan Gua's name.
Then I realized that the voice was not Ji Dahuan's at all.
And the sound came from behind.
Zhu Xiaorui's scalp tingled and he turned his head as if he had seen a ghost.
Deep in the tree canopy, a mecha gradually emerged from the shadows.
The mecha lifted the leaves covering its head.
Rustle, rustle.
Shuguang T4's eyes were fixed on Zhu Xiaorui.
Zhu Xiaorui asked tentatively, "Teacher S?"
"Um."
Tao Ying's voice came from inside the machine.
The split-tooth chain saw in Shuguang T4's hand hummed twice.
The body takes a step forward.
A sense of threat gradually spread.
Zhu Xiaorui stepped back subconsciously, but soon missed a step. She grabbed the tree trunk next to her to avoid losing her balance and falling.
Wuyu E's wings were caught on a leaf, Zhu Xiaorui pulled at it but failed to get it off.
Her mech is stuck there...
Zhu Xiaorui swallowed, laughed awkwardly, and turned back to talk to Tao Ying.
"The weather is nice today. Teacher S, are you here basking in the sun?"
"No, I'm waiting for you."
Tao Ying spoke in a gentle tone and had a bright smile.
Zhu Xiaorui: "..."
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