The desert competition officially opened on the 15th. The five major military academies lined up according to their ranking. Damocles Military Academy stood in third place, behind Pingtong Academy.
This time, Ying Chenghe was the one who drew the combat readiness package. Jin Ke was quite happy when he saw what he drew. But when he looked at the other military academies, he found that the resources in their combat readiness packages were only average.
"What kind of bad luck do we have? Is it possible?" Jin Ke looked at Pingtong Academy in front of him jealously. How come their combat readiness packages have energy and materials? At the very least, they can have food like Samuel.
"Next time, when you come to draw, you will definitely get the richest combat readiness package." Liao Runing said confidently with his arms folded.
After the five major military academies drew their combat readiness packages, they all waited in their positions, waiting to enter.
[Enter the Imperial Military Academy. 】
After 20 minutes, the second voice came from the radio: [Pingtong Academy enter. 】
The interval time is not completely evenly distributed according to the ranking, but also needs to be converted according to the time of coming out in advance.
In the last game, the top two came out a long time in advance, and it was the turn of the third place Damocles Military Academy, who had to wait for another hour.
[Damocles Military Academy enter. 】
Huo Xuanshan took the lead and led the team into the desert arena. As soon as they entered, the oncoming wind and sand, the boots stepping on the desert, and the heat from the soles of their feet reminded everyone: they have entered the real desert, and star beasts will appear at any time.
Ten minutes later, the school team formed a "M" shape and released the mecha. The individual soldiers entering the mecha must always be alert to the surrounding environment, and the Nanpasi Military Academy also came in from the entrance at this time.
"I'm sure many of you in front of the live camera must be curious. The desert stadium is vast and there is no obstruction except the undulating desert. Where are the rescuers and the camera?" The reporter from Lanfa Media pointed the camera to the sky and motioned the audience to look up. "Fifty large aircraft are suspended in various places above the desert. Inside the aircraft are rescuers waiting to observe. The bottom of the aircraft is equipped with the latest technology lenses, which can see through the clouds and clearly capture the scene below. So don't worry about the problem of the live camera. Let's look forward to the performance of Damocles Military Academy next."
"Let's go together?" Jin Ke looked at Gao Tangyin, the commander of the Nampaxi Military Academy who came in, and said politely.
The two military academies had negotiated in the last match. This time, Damocles Military Academy came in ten minutes earlier and did not leave immediately, but stayed at the entrance to wait for the people from Nampaxi Military Academy.
Gao Tangyin glanced at the general of Damocles Military Academy and said in an ambiguous way: "You should thank us."
Jin Ke remained calm: "Each of us takes what we need."
The two took out the map. The map Damocles drew this time was quite detailed. When compared with the map of Nampaxi, they could almost form two complete maps.
Gao Tangyin pointed at a place: "Fifty miles ahead, there is a group of star beasts. We each take half."
Jin Ke shook her head and refused: "We will divide it according to the number of kills, and no one will take advantage of the other."
Gao Tangyin agreed.
"There are very few oases in the desert, and there are not many supply stations. We need to get there as quickly as possible. We will go to these two places." Jin Ke pointed to two green triangles on the map.
"Then we will separate at the first supply station." Gao Tangyin said without hesitation, "Let's go another way." "
Okay."
Although the two talked about cooperation, they did not want to walk to the end together.
The two military academies began to move forward, very close, but both were wary.
After they walked for a distance, the people from Samuel Military Academy finally entered the desert arena.
When they came in, all traces of the military academies had been covered by the wind and sand, leaving only the vast desert.
"Damocles Military Academy should have joined forces with Nanpasi." Gao Xuelin leaned over and grabbed a handful of sand, then loosened his hands slightly, watching the sand drop from his fingers. "They had a good plan, but unfortunately..."
In the desert, Damocles Military Academy and Nanpasi moved quickly in one direction. The wind and sand were blinding and the temperature was scorching, but more than 2,000 people did not make any sound when they marched. Only the footprints of different sizes behind them that were constantly covered by the sand verified that they had been here.
[Stop.]
The two military academies stopped at the same time, all movements kept at the same rhythm. The strange thing was that no one made a sound, and they stopped at the same time.
"This is the order given by the main commander. We should be approaching the location of the star beast group marked on the map." Yu Tianhe said at the live commentary booth, "For a star beast group like this, the main members generally won't take action unless high-level star beasts appear. But this location doesn't look like there are any high-level star beasts. It's a good opportunity for us to see how the two military academies cooperate and the commander's unified ability."
"If I remember correctly, the Damocles Military Academy doesn't have many dust shields." Xi Haotian mentioned.
Yu Tianhe nodded: "Yes, in the desert, if the mecha does not have a dust cover, it will not only affect the combat capability of the mecha soldier, but the mecha operator will have to spend time to clear the sand inside the mecha in time. Otherwise, the dust will accumulate and the mecha will easily have problems."
"If they kill these star beasts and exchange them all for dust covers, they can increase the mecha protection of some team members." Ying Yuerong looked at the Damocles Military Academy commander in the camera, but any rational commander would not exchange all his chips. Who knows what he will encounter later.
After everyone stopped quickly, the main members of the two military academies looked at each other. Finally, Shentu Kun stood up and controlled the mecha to rise. He drew his sword in the air, then suddenly fell down, knelt on one knee, and stabbed a broad sword into the sand, with the sword deeply sunk in. At the same time, Shentu Kun tightly grasped the hilt of the sword and turned it hard.
The desert seemed to be affected by something invisible. The sand began to vibrate outward continuously, and everyone felt a rhythmic and strange frequency under their feet.
It's a star beast!
A large number of giant khaki centipedes turned out of the desert.
Shentu Kun put away the broad sword, stood up and returned to the team. The main members all retreated, leaving these giant centipedes to the school team to deal with.
The Damocles and Nampaxi teams all entered combat mode. Wei San and Ding Hemei stood in front of the commander and mecha master, while Nie Haoqi stood in the back. The 200 teams were divided into units of five people to deal with the giant centipede that emerged from the desert.
The giant centipede has a yellowish earthy surface and is almost invisible in the desert, but its head is slightly blue and its abdomen is light blue. It has about 20 pairs of legs and a pair of maxillipeds, and is over six meters tall.
[Be careful of their first pair of maxillipeds. The glandular mouth at the end of the hook is poisonous and corrosive, and will damage the mecha.]
Wei San heard the voice of the team commander and started to fight with Ding Hemei.
Ding Hemei flew into the air, using firepower to attract the giant centipede's attention, while Wei San drove the blood drop towards the centipede. She controlled the mecha to jump to the side of the giant centipede, pulled out the lightsaber, and chopped at its head.
"Clang--"
The lightsaber chopped the giant centipede's head with a harsh sound, but did not cause any damage to it, leaving only a shallow mark.
At the same time, other teams also encountered similar situations. The giant centipede's head was extremely hard. Whether it was a lightsaber, a sword, or a cannonball, it could not hurt them for a while, but instead aroused these centipedes. The giant centipede
was chopped by Wei San, and regardless of Ding Hemei's attack in mid-air, its jaws attacked Wei San, trying to pierce her mecha.
Wei San bent back to avoid its attack, but the next second, she was met with several legs of the giant centipede. Her eyes fixed, and she rolled away on the spot, firing a gunshot from her right arm, hitting the giant centipede's legs with a series of bullets, causing it to dodge to the side in pain.
Ding Hemei dived down, and the two bullet holes on her shoulders continuously attacked the centipede's back, leaving it with nowhere to hide.
The giant centipede was disturbed, and made a hissing sound, raised its head and raised its upper body, and attacked Ding Hemei with its maxilla and legs.
Ding Hemei teleported to the side to avoid the centipede's attack, and at this moment, its raised upper body gave Wei San an excellent angle for attack.
Wei San, who was inside the mecha cabin, moved his fingers quickly on the control panel, driving the mecha close to the centipede, holding the light sword tightly, and striking it directly at its abdomen.
"Swish——"
The knife entered its abdomen, and the giant centipede's body stiffened, and soon began to go berserk, trying to tear the mecha in its abdomen into pieces.
Wei San succeeded in one move, so naturally she would not give it another chance. When it was about to fall, the mecha's two legs moved forward at high speed. She held the light sword handle with both hands and pulled back hard.
The giant centipede was cut in half, and its originally violent attack suddenly dissipated, and it fell to the ground with a bang.
Wei San and Ding Hemei did not stop, and turned to kill other giant centipedes. Nie Haoqi stayed behind and built a firepower defense line with other heavy mecha soldiers.
"This should be the first time that the two military academies have encountered a group of star beasts. It was a bit chaotic at the beginning, but after getting used to the rhythm, they became more coordinated." Yu Tianhe commented, "The number of star beasts in the hill track has been greatly reduced due to the incidents in the past few years, and the military has deliberately reduced the number of high-level star beasts, so it seems too easy to participate. This desert track is completely different, and we have no idea of the scale of the star beast group there."
"The Damocles team leader performed well. Although he had no experience, he had good timing. In comparison, the Nampasi team leader who had participated in the competition before performed slightly worse." Xi Haotian looked at Wei San in the live camera, "It seems that he is not only good at sneak attacks." Hearing
the commentator point it out, the teachers of Damocles Military Academy were not particularly excited. Wei San was famous in the school. While serving as the team leader, he also took on the task of shooter. At least his strength within the A level was no problem.
In the live camera, the blood-red mecha moved extremely quickly, and as it became more skilled, its speed was still increasing. In the end, it had separated from Ding Hemei and each killed the star beast.
An hour later.
The mecha stood with its feet slightly sunk in the sand. Its left hand held a light knife stained with the light blue blood from the giant centipede, which dripped down along the blade and wet the sand under its feet.
Wei San was distracted in the mecha cabin for a while, then jumped out.
[Damocles Military Academy killed 243 A-level star beasts, and Nampasi Military Academy killed 201 A-level star beasts.]
The broadcast spread from high altitude to the desert arena, and at the same time, their direction was exposed by the beam.
"Call it a day." Jin Ke loosened his arms, "Everyone rest in place for 30 minutes."
While the school team's mecha master helped the mecha soldiers clean and repair the mecha, Jin Ke and Gao Tangyin went to redeem their rewards.
The staff responsible for the exchange were also in the large aircraft in the sky. They had already driven a small aircraft towards this side when the first broadcast was made. There were energy, materials and food inside. As expected,
Jin Ke did not exchange the protective shield, but exchanged it for mecha materials.
The protective shield has specific requirements for the environment. After this competition, it was rarely used. It would be a waste to exchange it.
In this regard, Jin Ke and Wei San had the same idea: grab it!
"Seven mechas were badly damaged, and the knee joints of the other five mechas were damaged by sand that got into the engines and burned during the battle." Wei San finished counting and came over to Jin Ke, "The mechas of the other teams have been cleaned up."
Jin Ke glanced back and said, "When the time is up, we will continue to move forward and reach the first supply station, where we will stop to ambush Samuel and grab the protective shield. . "
At this time Gao Tangyin came over and said, "It's agreed that we will separate at the first supply station. Remember your promise."
After Jin Ke negotiated with Gao Tangyin in the last game, in the next two games, whenever Samuel blocked Nampaxi, Damocles Military Academy must take action. The price is the energy from the last time, and the joint progress of the two military academies in this game to intimidate Samuel Military Academy in the rear.
"Of course." Jin Ke smiled, "It's just that if you separate so early, aren't you afraid that Samuel will go to Nampasi on purpose, and we might not be able to catch up with him by then."
"This is our consideration." Gao Tangyin looked at the gray-yellow desert in the distance, "The two military academies have always been together, and splitting the star beast group will always be a loss."
After she left, the smile on Jin Ke's face faded. It couldn't be such a simple reason that made Gao Tangyin separate from them at the first supply station.
So... what is the reason?
The two military academies walked forward all the way, and at the same time, both sides kept testing each other, and the main commanders went back and forth.
Wei San had a headache watching from the side. She was annoyed by this feeling of calculating, so she returned to her team and walked with Ding Hemei and the others.
[The Imperial Military Academy killed five double S star beasts. 】
In the middle of the journey, a broadcast sounded, and everyone subconsciously looked in the distance.
This is the main team taking action.
The distance between them was not close, and after the people from the two military academies looked up, they continued to move forward.
...
Supply station.
It was a simple green house, with five food supplies in it, also with different quantities.
The main members went in, and the school team stayed behind to guard outside.
After Jin Ke went in, he took the third supply package without hesitation, and Gao Tangyin, who was a step behind, could only take the fourth supply package.
"You Damocles cadets are going too far." A Nanpasi teacher at the live broadcast site said angrily, the difference in the number of supply packages was not big, and in previous years, other military academies would always give way first because there were more girls in Nanpasi.
Xiang Minghua sighed and said, "Nanpasi Military Academy is also a military academy, why should others give in? All competitions are fair competitions, and everyone relies on their own abilities. The main members inside are not dissatisfied, but you, teacher, have insulted them outside."
The teacher from Nanpasi blushed. He didn't mean to do so, but it has always been the case in previous years. Their Damocles Military Academy will also give in. They are used to it. He was dissatisfied when it was suddenly broken.
Gao Tangyin took the supply bag and said, "We will separate here."
Jin Ke: "Okay, goodbye."
After the main members of Nanpasi went out, they led the school team to change the formation and quickly left silently in another direction.
Jin Ke came out and stared at the direction they disappeared in for a while, and finally said suddenly: "No, let's go."