Chapter 258 Hua Qiao's Secret and the Battle with Other Teams
When Rong Zhen saw the small metal box in Chen Xingyuan's hand and Hua Qiao's panicked look while pretending to be calm not far away, there was nothing she didn't understand.
Chen Xingyuan seemed to sense something was wrong and asked again to confirm, "I just picked this up where you jumped off. Is it yours?"
It is said that the medicine in this box is for girls only, and there were only two people passing by there just now.
Among them, Yun Zhenzhen is a girl and a medical soldier of the team, so it is normal for her to carry it with her.
But if it were someone else...
Seeing that her identity was about to be exposed, Hua Qiao took advantage of the captain's back to her and tried her best to hint to Yun Zhenzhen with her eyes, her gaze almost pleading.
Rongzhen had no intention of embarrassing her, so she took the small box and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Captain."
She didn't say whether the item was hers or not. She just planned to take the box and keep it, and find a chance to return it to the owner later.
She guessed that the contents might contain private items used by girls, which would easily expose the heroine's identity if seen by others, so Hua Qiao was so anxious.
Chen Xingyuan handed the box to her and went to help Kong Haichao and the others set up the tent.
Hua Qiao took the opportunity to stride over to Rong Zhen's side, but because her hands and feet were still stiff and had not recovered yet, she almost fell down.
Rongzhen gave her a hand, using their physical contact and shielding to quietly slip the box into her arms, and whispered, "I won't ask you what's inside. Remember to take it."
If she accidentally drops it next time, the person she meets may not be Rong Zhen, who knows the heroine's identity and is willing to cooperate with her to cover up the secret.
The things were returned to her, and Rongzhen didn't ask her why she didn't put the things into the portable space button.
Maybe it has something to do with identity, and they don’t want to be detected by the event organizer’s detection equipment.
Hua Qiao also lowered her voice and said gratefully: "I understand, thank you, have you..." Have you discovered that I am a girl?
Otherwise why would I help her like this.
Girls are careful and attentive, and Hua Qiao had been in close contact with her in the same mecha cabin, so she was not confident enough to guarantee that her disguise was impeccable.
"Come and work, what are you two whispering about?" Kong Haichao's unpleasant words interrupted Hua Qiao's temptation and called on them to go over and push the climbing beast quickly.
More than 300 immobile but still alive reptiles cannot be left there. They need to clear them out one by one and make room for them to set up camp to prevent them from being attacked by the reptiles that wake up in the middle of the night.
Rongzhen responded immediately: "I'm coming, I'll be right there."
She turned and walked towards the cave entrance, and Hua Qiao followed subconsciously.
Chen Xingyuan, who was bent over and busy, stood up and glanced at the two people who were quite close. After Rong Zhen passed him and walked towards Lin Sen, he called out to Hua Qiao who was about to go over and said, "Hua Jiao, come and help me push the climbing beast down."
This is a physical job, and the climbing animals that are gathered together must be given enough strength to roll down from the top of the mountain to the foot.
Only by letting them all go to the foot of the mountain to meet up with other surviving climbing beasts can their team rest without worries tonight.
Hua Qiao couldn't refuse the arrangement from the captain and commander, so she could only temporarily give up trying to see if Rong Zhen had discovered her secret and said obediently, "Okay, Captain."
Rongzhen was unaware that a tail was missing from her back, so she ran to Linsen and helped her push the unconscious creepers into the cave entrance.
As for the eggs of the creepers, just leave them there. After they leave tomorrow, the creepers can come back and continue to hatch their offspring.
During this time, Kong Haichao picked up a few tiny creeper eggs, which were half the size of normal creeper eggs. He said, "Eggs like these are hard to hatch with just sunlight and creeper incubation, so they're perfect for us to cook as a snack. They're selling for 300 star coins each at restaurants outside, and they're not very fresh."
Of course, if they are sold to the pet market and professionally hatched artificially, the price will be higher.
Rongzhen and the other two have no financial worries, so they don't care much about this.
When Hua Qiao heard this, her eyes lit up and she kept it in mind.
So when she set out early the next morning, Rongzhen found a lot of friends crowded together in her mecha cabin, almost filling up the empty space in the cabin.
Hua Qiao apologized sheepishly: "I'm sorry, there's a patient at home who needs money."
This is also one of the reasons why she took the risk to participate in the competition in place of her brother.
Because once you get a ranking in the competition, even if the ranking is not very good, the organizers will provide bonus incentives. In addition, the captain of the team is a great god, and the other teammates are not bad either. Maybe you can get a good ranking in the end and earn a large bonus.
Even if her ranking is not good and the reward is not much, there will be various opportunities to make money on the planets she arrives at during the competition, which is better than the few dollars she can earn by working odd jobs outside.
In fact, the climbing beast can be sold for money outside, but it is too big to be taken out. It will die if put into the space button, and it is easy to be discovered by the event organizers. I had to give up with regret and take some more waste eggs as consolation.
The waste eggs will lose their vitality after being put into the space button of the mecha, but they will not be noticed by the event organizers. They can still be sold as food after being taken out.
Rongzhen listened to her mumbling explanation and felt that the child was suffering, so she pretended not to see it.
Anyway, it's not anything illegal, it's just taking advantage of a loophole to fleece the event organizer's planet.
This little bit of stuff is not even enough for people to sprinkle some water on.
Rong Zhen gave Hua Qiao some advice, "These things you found are too common. You won't make much money selling them, and it will only waste your time and effort. It's better to just take something better, like the honey, flower crystals, giant python skins and teeth that are unique to the rainforest planet..."
The first two are for beauty and skin care, and are in short supply outside, so you can imagine the price; the last two can be made into handicrafts, and some wealthy people like to collect them. If you find them in a good condition, you can make a lot of money.
Hua Qiao didn't dare to do that for the time being. She hadn't even developed enough strength yet, let alone the courage to take advantage of others. She just wanted to secretly make some money.
If she did it too well, once it was discovered, the embarrassment would be the least of her worries. She was more afraid that it would affect her brother's academic performance.
Rong Zhen didn't force her. She just told her some local specialties from the rainforest planet that could make a lot of money and then stopped talking.
Staying in a space that was even more cramped than before, she really had no interest in chatting.
If this wasn't Hua Qiao's own mecha, she would have some opinions about its height.
But if she had to switch to Chen Xingyuan, the only one with a vacant seat in the team, Rong Zhen would rather squeeze with Hua Qiao than go over there.
If she could drive a mecha, she would rather throw Hua Qiao over and then take over as her mecha soldier.
Unfortunately, no, alas.
Rongzhen curled up and hugged herself, sighing secretly.
Suddenly, the mecha shook, and her head hit a bag of useless climbing beast eggs in front of her, almost breaking the eggshells. She heard Chen Xingyuan's warning voice in the team channel: "Enemy attack! Pay attention to the attack and defense formation!"
As usual, Kong Haichao attacked, Hua Qiao defended, Chen Xingyuan controlled the situation, Lin Sen supplemented Kong Haichao's defenses, and Rong Zhen remained on standby to treat their injuries. The attackers were another team they'd encountered along the way, one of the three that had also headed to the lake yesterday to search for mission cards.
The leader of the other team said that he had heard of Chen Xingyuan's name for a long time and wanted to take the opportunity to exchange ideas with him. He seemed very polite.
In fact, once the two sides engaged in battle, the opponent's attacks were extremely ruthless and merciless, with no intention of stopping the fight to the limit.
In this case, Rongzhen and the others will definitely not show any mercy.
In a blink of an eye, six mechas were flying up and down in the jungle, fighting one on one in a fierce battle.
"Haha, Commander Chen, you're nothing special." The leader of the other team started to mock, and mentioned all the people of the Chen Xingyuan family who were currently commanding in various places in his words, which was really infuriating.
However, Chen Xingyuan remained as steady as an old dog, remaining indifferent to such verbal attacks and not losing his rhythm as the other party had expected.
However, since the other party has been so provocative, if we don’t fight back fiercely, wouldn’t it mean that their team is easy to bully?
Therefore, Chen Xingyuan pretended to be so stimulated that he began to rush out dizzy, while making arrangements quickly.
"Next, I will serve as bait and face the enemy head-on."
"Hua Jiao, cooperate with me and divert their attention."
"Haichao, you and Lin Sen go around to the rear and remove their power source."
As for Rongzhen, she just needs to protect herself and prevent the other team from launching a sneak attack and destroying their medics.
As the most useless person in the entire team, the medical soldier may not be effective, but he cannot be absent. He can turn the situation around at critical moments.
Rong Zhen stayed quietly in Hua Qiao's mecha cabin and didn't do anything rash at this time, fearing that the strong luck of the male and female protagonists would affect them and hinder them, but she herself was accidentally injured.
With the experience of escaping danger twice before, she had no doubt about the outcome of this battle.
Hua Qiao didn't have as much self-confidence as her, and she was a little flustered after hearing the order given by the captain. Fortunately, she was in the mecha cabin and only Rong Zhen saw it.
Rongzhen reminded her, "You'd better concentrate, otherwise if the captain finds out, I won't be able to hide it for you even if I want to."
"Sorry, I was too nervous." Hua Qiao was still trying to maintain her identity, but in fact she was almost certain that Rong Zhen had discovered that something was wrong with her.
Fortunately, judging from Rongzhen's attitude, as long as she is not exposed, she will not easily reveal herself.
Although she didn't know why, this was beneficial to Hua Qiao. She wasn't the type to get to the bottom of things, and the other party also knew how to maintain social distance, so they could just keep with each other's understanding.
Thinking of this, Hua Qiao made up his mind and quickly recovered. He drove the mecha and cooperated with Chen Xingyuan to divert the main force of the opposing team.
Kong Haichao seized the opportunity and, under the guidance of mechanic Lin Sen, quickly and accurately removed the drive module of the opponent's defensive armor, causing the mecha to crash on the spot and lose the ability to fight back.
Even if the other party reacts quickly, it will be of no use. If you fail at one step, you will fail at every step.
Then three against two, easily won.
Kong Haichao was also very cunning and removed the power sources of the other two mechas, and at the same time helped them press the quit button on their watches. There would be special people coming to pick them up later, so no need to thank me, hehe.
The team leader lost more than he gained and was so angry that he gnashed his teeth and cursed loudly.
Rongzhen and the others had already taken the spoils and ran away.
Because they were delayed in solving this matter, when they arrived, some people had already arrived at the lake and were eyeing the latecomers eagerly.
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