Chapter 158
Desolate Planet X198.
A starship with the letters of the planet Alman plating on it slowly descended from the sky above the desert. The gray-silver hatch opened, and the folding metal slides extended and unfolded in an orderly manner, finally building a downward exit passage.
This was not the first time that the fifth and fourth year students had undertaken a practical mission. They went down the slide one by one, and their expressions were generally calm. However, the freshman mecha students following behind them revealed their excitement and excitement both on their faces and in their body language.
"Hey, it really is a desolate planet."
Even someone as aloof as Yi Qianqiu couldn't help but sigh when faced with the endless desert.
Xia Mo walked behind her and secretly took a picture of Yi Qianqiu's amazed look.
Send it to Long Yue when you get back, and Long Yue will be able to pull her pigtails~
"I won't repeat the safety precautions. If anyone still doesn't understand something, please light up now!"
The leading instructor stood on the wasteland and scanned everyone's mecha shields one by one.
Not a single student turned on the light.
"Excellent! Then proceed as planned." The instructor smiled with satisfaction, glancing down at the time on the dashboard. "From now on, count down one hour. You must reach the other side of this wasteland and meet up with the cadets from the capital planet."
After the instructor finished speaking, he lowered his head and sat in the single-person capsule airship. With a beep, the airship took off and flew directly to the other side without mercy, leaving a cloud of dust in its wake.
This is the first part of this joint training - crossing the desert.
This is not an ordinary desert. Under the loose scarlet sand, there are monsters that are salivating over human flesh. They need to identify these monsters and kill them while moving.
Among the selected freshman mecha students, a boy suddenly whispered from inside the mecha hood: "These monsters...will they eat people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the seniors around him burst into laughter.
"Little brother, monsters must eat people. What are you imagining?"
Boy: "Ah... Well, what if one of us fails to kill the monster and gets eaten by it?"
"That won't happen." A senior student came out and patted his new mecha. "The X198's risk factor is assessed as low. While these monsters can theoretically eat humans, they're not capable of doing so."
It’s like rats do eat human flesh, but most humans, when they see rats crossing the street, either take a detour and leave in advance, or go up and hit them with a slipper or a shovel. The rats don’t even have time to escape, so how can they gnaw on meat?
When the boy heard this, his nervous mood immediately relaxed.
The mechas dispersed according to their camps and then entered the desert one by one.
Xia Mo was placed in the lower left corner of the triangle camp, and with her was her spiritual healer Sui Bai.
Yes, spiritual healers also participated in this practical training. Including Sui Bai, there were three in total.
"I haven't detected your mental fluctuations recently. How do you feel?"
Sui Bai's warm and clear voice came from the silver and blue mecha.
Xia Mo thought for a moment: "Do I feel okay?"
Suibai: "Do you have a headache occasionally?"
Xia Mo replied while observing the wasteland ahead: "No."
"That's good."
This tone... In an instant, Xia Mo suddenly had a vision of Qingshui, who was nicknamed the male mother by the guild.
Is it him?
No way!
Xia Mo, who had never thought about it in this way, became suspicious for the first time.
The Protoss has a face-pinching function that can be adjusted up or down by 10%, which is a 20% change. When applied to a human face, it can turn an ugly man into a handsome man, and a handsome man into a monster, so it is normal not to recognize people in real life.
So I asked tentatively, "Do you have an account in Protoss?"
The mecha cabin on the other side: "Yes."
Xia Mo: Huh...
"What's your profession?"
Suibai: "What about you?"
Xia Mo snorted: "I asked you first."
"Okay, I'm a warlock. Now you can answer me, right?"
Warlock, Xia Mo was stunned, it really is Qingshui?
Although most of the military academy students played "Protoss", it was not surprising to run into an acquaintance, but when Xia Mo thought that Sui Bai who had entered his brain many times and explored his mental fluctuations was Qingshui, his heart still skipped a beat.
After taking a shallow breath, she slowly uttered two words: "...President?"
Inside the mecha hood, Xia Mo clearly saw Sui Bai's handsome face smiling: "It's me, the vice president."
Xia Mo: ...
"You're hiding it pretty well, Qingshui." She deliberately emphasized the last two words, "When did you know my ID?"
Xia Mo thought about it. She hadn't even told her roommates Long Yue and Yi Qianqiu. How could Qingshui, who was four grades higher than her and with whom she only interacted during healing, know?
She stared at the clear water.
Qingshui gave her an ambiguous answer: "I knew it a long time ago."
Okay, Xia Mo retracted her gaze. If you know, then know. She doesn’t mind much. She trusts Qingshui’s character.
"Watch out to the left! A monster appears!"
The alarm from the front interrupted the calm. Xia Mo immediately took out the laser knife, slid out in three or five steps, and slashed horizontally at the oncoming monster.
The laser suddenly appeared, and the monster was split into two. The sticky liquid splashed onto the mecha cover, blocking Xia Mo's sight. Xia Mo skillfully opened the cleaner and scraped off the liquid in a few strokes.
"Freshman Xia Mo? You have great skills." The senior girl from the fifth year at the head of the line looked at her with approval.
Since the first monster appeared, more and more monsters have crawled out from under the gravel. They look like lizards, but after mutation, their skin is not the black and gray seen in the zoo, but reddish brown, and their body size is also larger than ordinary lizards.
However, in the eyes of well-trained mecha students, these things are nothing scary except their terrifying appearance.
Laser knives, meteor hammers, long and short swords... the mecha students swung out their weapons and killed as they moved forward.
Amidst the flashing of swords and sabers, Xia Mo suddenly felt a pair of eyes appear at the back of his head.
The danger perception in the game heightened her sharpness in reality. She turned her head quickly and saw a black creature that looked like a crow, but not quite, staring at them from high in the sky.
There are no birds in the desert of X198, and the drones of the Yayi Military Academy do not look like this.
Someone is watching them!
Xia Mo's eyes flashed, and without hesitation, he threw the laser knife. The blade spun and plunged into the black object. Boom! The object exploded slightly and fell from the sky in a spiral.
She sped up and ran over, diving forward before the thing hit the ground, catching the wreckage steadily in her palm.
It turned out not to be a bird, but a drone disguised as a bird.
But who needs to monitor them?
Capital Star?
Why the surveillance? Are they worried that the students from the Yayi Military Academy will outperform them and steal their limelight?
How could that be?
Xia Mo stared at the wreckage, his intuition telling him that it wasn't because of this.
Although I don't want to admit it, the strength of the people on the Capital Star is indeed higher than that of the Yayi Military Academy. Have any of you ever seen a master worrying about being threatened by ordinary people?
This logic doesn't make sense.
So it’s not about stealing the limelight, but for something else.
There was nothing special about the surface of the drone wreckage, so it could only be taken back and handed over to the school for investigation. Xia Mo put the things away and turned around to catch up with the main force.
However, at this moment, there was a loud rumbling sound from the front, and the vibration was obvious under the feet.
"The ground is collapsing! Stop moving forward and go back!"
The senior student who had praised her before exclaimed in the voice chat. The seniors and freshmen in the back row were stunned for a moment and all retreated!
"Ah, why did the ground collapse? Isn't the risk factor low?" Several freshman mecha students asked in horror.
The fifth-year senior, who had retreated from the rear, gritted his teeth and said, "The assessment results are mostly reliable, but there are occasional errors. It can't be helped. Different desolate planets have different conditions, and the assessment equipment and personnel may not always be able to fully detect the danger!"
After saying this, he hurriedly urged the slower freshmen: "Don't even think about it. We'll check this out later. Run for your lives first!"
Several freshmen looked panicked: "Yes!"
"Oh no! There's a collapse ahead too. Start the aircraft and fly over there!"
The senior who was in the front shouted, then spread out the flying wings on his back, and the accelerator ignited instantly. The huge mecha rotated and flew out from the edge of the collapse, rushing straight to the other side of the collapse.
Seeing this, other mecha students wanted to follow suit.
Xia Mo suddenly said in the voice chat: "Don't open it, the elemental fluctuations in the collapsed cave are not right!"
What? !
Her reminder was like an alarm bell, ringing in everyone's panicked minds. The fifth-year senior looked at the element fluctuations on the dashboard and found that there was indeed a problem!
"Listen to Xia Mo, don't drive! Everyone, step back! Go around from both sides, quickly, quickly!"
"No. 3, pay attention to flight safety, the elemental fluctuations below you are abnormal!"
Number 3 is the senior who drove the aircraft.
The senior obviously hadn't expected that a collapse could actually trigger elemental fluctuations. He tightened his voice and said, "Okay, thanks for the reminder!"
The fuel level was raised to another level, and the speed of the mecha flying in the air increased further.
Almost there, almost reaching the other side! Senior No. 3 gritted his teeth and persevered in controlling the aircraft!
The impact of elemental fluctuations on mecha pilots is very fatal. At the very least, it will drag the mecha, resulting in restricted movement. At worst, it will break through the mecha's protective layer and penetrate directly into the human brain, causing huge damage to the mind.
Even the military's mecha technicians can't guarantee that they can escape, let alone these students who haven't graduated yet?
So, seeing that he wasn't affected at all, Senior No. 3 congratulated himself in the voice chat: "I'm almost to the other side, luckily I didn't...ah!"
His scream was heard in the headset, Xia Mo and everyone else turned their heads, only to see that the mecha of Senior No. 3, which was about to land, suddenly disintegrated!
Disintegration before the elemental fluctuations...means the human body will be exposed without any protection!
Number 3 is in danger!
Everyone clenched their fists.
Suibai was the first to react: "Number 3, open the spiritual connection!"
Although the mecha disintegrated, the mental connectors attached to the solar plexus on both sides were not broken. The moment No. 3 rolled to the ground, the connection was opened. Suddenly, a cool breath rushed into his brain along his limbs.
It was like the scent of mint and spring, quickly washing over his brain.
In the blink of an eye, his brain, which had been invaded by elemental fluctuations, became clear and his whole body regained strength. He got up and ran towards the direction where the starship landed.
This is the power of spiritual healing. Using spiritual power to cleanse the polluted brain area, probably only Sui Bai can achieve such rapid healing.
Everyone was amazed that he, who had become a healer, was as powerful as others, but at the same time, their hearts settled down and they went around and escaped from the collapsed area.
But, did he really escape?
Xia Mo raised his eyes and saw that the place where their Yayi Military Academy's starship was originally parked had collapsed into a bottomless abyss.
They are trapped here.
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