Lin Yiran: It must be grown this big to be eaten!
She loves grilled octopus, but only if it's not this big. I bet the meat would be tough if it were this big. Of course, that's just wishful thinking.
Xie Qian was at a loss. Finally, looking at the ship's hull, which was cracked from being shaken, he decisively gave the order: "Let's escape." He then turned to the few mech soldiers: "You guys come with me. We'll use our mechs to cut off all of that octopus's tentacles. The moment the hull detaches after the cut, we must continue sailing forward. Do you all understand?"
The subordinates shouted, "Did you all hear that clearly?!"
Xie Qian then led a few people over; some restrained the octopus monster's other tentacles, while others drew their broadswords and slashed at the octopus's tentacles attached to the ship's hull.
Fortunately, the octopus itself did not undergo any mutations and remained soft when cut. So, after a stalemate of half an hour, Xie Qian and his cruiser successfully left the octopus's territory. On the way out, Xie Qian also ordered his men to launch a missile, giving the octopus a good whack.
This incident led to his daily life of running for his life.
The octopus itself only had a few tentacles cut off, so there was nothing to be angry about. However, the missile that Xie Qian fired just before leaving shaved off half of the octopus's head, causing its originally round head to collapse. As a result, it chased after Xie Qian's cruiser like a madman.
Regardless of whether Xie Qian bombards it with bullets and bombs, it will fight Xie Qian to the death!
So they chased each other for a whole day and night.
The Second Military Academy announced that it had successfully run out of ammunition.
The giant octopus was still full of energy. Perhaps its severed head made it seem like it wouldn't live much longer, but its boundless vitality told Xie Qian that it really could live!
"Commander, we've spotted the First Military Academy's flag ahead! Should we bypass them?"
Xie Qian:?
Go around it? Why would we need to go around it?
"No, let's follow them!" He gave a wicked smile, letting Sen Qi'an and the others see just how thick the health bar of this freakish octopus, oh no, I mean mutated octopus really is!
It's thicker than a city wall!
………………
At the same time, the patrolman from the First Military Academy looked at the red dots on the map, then looked through his binoculars: "Report, 210km to the left front, a cruiser from the Second Military Academy is heading towards our direction!"
Sen Qi'an paused, holding the cup: What is this guy trying to do?
He couldn't resist asking, "Are you sure it's the Second Military Academy?"
The man: ...How could he misread the military flag? Would he make such a basic mistake?
Sen Qi'an didn't ask any more questions. He stood up, went to the deck, and looked into the distance with his binoculars.
Sure enough, the flag of the Second Military Academy was seen flying high.
"How fast?"
Operator: "480 km/h".
Sen Qi'an frowned: "Is he trying to fly by driving so fast?" The operator didn't know how to answer this question.
This is definitely the first time I've seen a military academy take off in a cruiser. Are they rushing to be reborn?
Upon realizing this, the operator exclaimed, "Oh, could it be that they wanted to take us all down with them, so they deliberately drove a speedboat to ram our cruiser?"
Then he received a glare from Sen Qi'an.
Okay, shut up. It's simply impossible to disregard the fact that everyone on the ship is going to die with them.
He's overthinking it.
This is a competition, not a battlefield. There's no need to make such a big fuss. If two military academy students were to be killed along with them, the military would be furious.
"Then what are they doing this for?" The man couldn't understand it at all.
Sen Qi'an held a magnifying glass and carefully examined the cruiser of the Second Military Academy. His vision was a little blurry, but he felt that something was wrong with the people on the other side, like there were a few extra flagpoles.
How many?
Sen Qi'an immediately remembered something? That thing looked like... like...
What did it look like again?
A giant octopus?
The truth was out! Sen Qi'an immediately took another look through the binoculars. Okay, he was now certain: that thing was a giant octopus!! The octopus's head was still faintly visible, and it was thicker than the cruiser's hull!!
With each rise and fall, its enormous body made the Second Military Academy's fleet look like a small toy, not to mention that most of the giant octopus's body was floating in the water!
Sen Qi'an immediately instructed the operator: "Turn around, turn around, turn around immediately! That guy deliberately lured that giant octopus here!"
What? A giant octopus?
The operator immediately ordered the ship to turn. Under no circumstances should they engage that thing.
but?
After the cruiser had sailed some distance, Mori Keian seemed to remember something else.
He asked the person next to him, "Do you think Xie Qian deliberately lured the octopus here out of boredom, or..."
The commander below said, "Is the commander-in-chief worried that the Second Military Academy is unable to handle that giant octopus, which is why they specifically came to ask us for help?"
Sen Qi'an: "I'm not sure either. After all, given Xie Qian's annoying personality, he could very well be bored enough to deliberately lure the mutated octopus over."
"But what if it isn't?" If it isn't, wouldn't they be turning a blind eye to their compatriots in distress? What kind of people would they be? The competition is a competition, but if necessary, they absolutely cannot suffer casualties due to mutated plants and animals. This is the bottom line for all military academy students.
Fortunately, at this moment, an operator noticed a problem: "Commander, our radar hasn't detected any artillery fire from the enemy; they're just running for their lives. Could it be...?"
"Are they really out of bullets?"
Sen Qi'an suddenly realized, "That's right: This is a crucial issue. Pass the word down to have the cruisers head in their direction and stop at a specific distance. I'll communicate with Xie Qian. Also, have everyone prepare; a fierce battle is likely to follow."
The subordinate replied, "Yes!"
Then everyone gathered on the deck to prepare for the impending danger.
As the Second Military Academy's ocean-going ship approached, they finally got a glimpse of the giant octopus's true form.
It looked like a red monster with its claws bared, appearing and disappearing in the mist rising from the sea. Its huge eyes were bigger than the cruisers of the Second Military Academy. However, for some reason, the left side of its head had been cut off, and its round head had now become a ridiculous shape.
Its face was ferocious as it approached the Second Military Academy's fleet step by step, frightening the Second Military Academy personnel into driving their cruisers at breakneck speed. This speed was something Lin Yiran and her team had never experienced before; it was visibly fast.
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