Lin Yiran put down her bowl after finishing her meal: "What kind of bet? What kind of bet? I'm not short of money, so it's best to bet something useful."
Xie Qian put one foot on the stool and leaned down. "Oh, so confident?"
Lin Yiran faced him directly: "That's right, that's how confident I am!"
"What kind of bet? Tell me honestly."
Xie Qian laughed. He could already see Sen Qi'an walking towards him with a tense face, but he still chose to say it out loud: "I bet you'll be the first one out!" He even raised his voice so that Sen Qi'an could hear him.
Then, Mori Keian's face visibly darkened. He strode up to them.
Lin Yiran: "Sure? What's the punishment for the loser?"
Xie Qian: "Then how do you suggest the punishment?"
Lin Yiran had originally intended to ask Sen Qi'an for his opinion, but upon seeing him, she knew what to bet on: "Let's bet—"
Lin Yiran stood up and slammed her hand on the table: "How about half the resources for the next individual match? You're willing to accept the loss, so hand over the resources willingly!" She didn't forget to add the last sentence.
Sen Qi'an paused, looking at Lin Yiran with disbelief, wondering how she dared to say such a thing.
Xie Qian licked his back teeth: "Deal!"
Then he turned around, stood in front of Sen Qi'an, smiled at him, and said, "Your students are a bit reckless; you need to manage them better."
Sen Qi'an: "No need for you to worry. As a commander, using resources from the competition to bet with others, I think you're the one who's being unreasonable."
He didn't act like a commander at all. Logically, with his outstanding personal abilities, he should be a mech soldier, not a commander.
He doesn't deserve it!
Xie Qian:………………
As Xie Qian left, Sen Qi'an sat down opposite Lin Yiran: "You shouldn't have made that bet with him. Xie Qian is a madman. Once he sets his sights on you, you can't escape. Fortunately, I can share some of the firepower with you, so he won't target you too much."
"But I think he will definitely find someone to deal with you in the next match, especially at the beginning. Didn't you just make a bet? I'm worried he will target you at the very start of the match."
Lin Yiran: "It's alright, let them do it. We'll deal with whatever comes our way. As long as he doesn't personally take action, I'm confident I can handle it!"
Sen Qi'an couldn't say anything more about this. Let her do as she pleases; the bet was her own decision, and he wouldn't interfere. It was just half of her resources; he could afford to lose.
After a few days of rest, Lin Yiran and her group took a flying car to the edge of the desert arena in the third star system and settled down at the nearby allied forces' base.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people drew lots to enter the arena. This time, they had bad luck and were the last to enter.
Sen Qi'an: "Fortunately, the desert arena competitions won't be too difficult. The mutated beasts and plants there don't appear very often. Sometimes you might walk for two days without encountering a single mutated beast. The points difference won't be too large, and even the last one to enter can catch up."
Jin Shuo: "That's right. The desert arena is an endless desert. Apart from the more extreme environment and higher demand for supplies, there's not much to compare."
Everyone from the First Military Academy sat outside, waiting for five hours until the referee blew his whistle, at which point they began to enter.
The moment they entered, they felt the sand on the surface assaulting them, and before they knew it, their mouths were full of sand, so stinging that they couldn't even open their eyes. Just then, a gust of wind picked up, and everyone had to squint to see into the distance. Sen Qi'an used his mental energy to scan the surroundings: "The most urgent thing is to find the supply packs as soon as possible. They are the most important thing in this competition. If necessary, we don't mind using unconventional methods."
As for what constitutes unconventional methods? Just rob them directly. If you happen to encounter a military academy, just rob it. As long as it's not the second-best military academy, then everything will be fine.
Sen Qi'an spotted a supply pack behind the nearest sand dune. He glanced back and ultimately assigned the task to Lin Yiran, who accepted the order and led a small team to it.
There was only one supply pack on a small sand dune far away, but because they entered the venue late, all the supply packs near the entrance of the arena had been picked up by people from other military academies, so they couldn't let any supply pack go to waste.
However, the team being too scattered was disadvantageous for them, so Sen Qi'an could only send out a ten-person team to collect supply packs. The team had a total of one hundred people, and about seventy people had to stay behind while the other two teams headed in other directions.
Lin Yiran chose the southwest direction.
As she led her team away, she realized that the desert arena was truly brutal. The sandstorms could easily disorient people. Fortunately, one of the team's commanders had been in contact with the overall commander and would return as soon as they received the supplies. However, the extreme drought made the team itself a formidable force.
Lin Yiran hadn't walked far when she felt parched. Now she knew why the senior students outside were drinking water like crazy before entering the arena—they couldn't get any water inside!
Without supply packs, there's no water. Although the commander has a backup water source, it's scarce, enough to sustain them for only one day. Finding supply packs is the most urgent task. As for food, Lin Yiran thinks it's probably out of the question; there are very few mutated plants and animals here. If they can't find food, they'll have to survive on nutrient solutions.
Fortunately, after crossing the hill, we saw the huge supply pack, which would probably take three people to drag.
"We found it so quickly, we're so lucky! Look how big this package is, there must be a lot of supplies inside!" Everyone in the team was all smiles. Lin Yiran was also in a good mood, thinking she should hurry up and grab the supply package, but when she was going downhill, she saw five people carrying guns.
Lin Yiran remained rooted to the spot. She thought of her bet with Xie Qian, and the fact that the people opposite her were all wearing the same clothes were from the Second Army.
What's going on? Are we here to fight?
The commander beside him said, "This guy... is he from the Second Military Academy?" His face paled slightly.
"It's definitely the Second Army, and all five of them are S-rank!" His face turned even paler. Looking at their team, he counted, and there was only one S-rank mech soldier in the ten-man squad. How were they going to fight?
"And what do they mean by this? Why aren't they taking the supply packs? What are they doing here carrying a gun?" He didn't understand.
Lin Yiran: "It's okay, their target is me. When the fighting starts, you take the supplies and leave first. I'll stay behind to buy some time."
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