Chapter 107: Explosions, a lifeless snowy mountain

The gates of the six entrances were opened. After the cadets entered the Gabei Snow Mountain, they first felt a burst of icy and refreshing cold air blowing on their faces. The temperature inside the snow mountain was much lower than outside. Tian Xinghan kept shivering, and even his teeth were chattering.

Wei He, who was in the same mecha with Tian Xinghan, looked at him with some concern, "Hanhan, are you still feeling cold in the mecha? How about drinking more hot water?"

Tian Xinghan refused outright, "I don't feel cold inside the mecha, but I'm too sensitive to temperature changes outside. I can feel that it's very cold outside, and my body has already reacted in advance."

Wei He didn't know what to say for a moment. Tian Xinghan couldn't feel the temperature in the room, but his body reacted according to the temperature outside. What kind of strange body structure was this?

Wei He suddenly felt that Tian Xinghan had a miserable life.

Misagaia kept zooming in on the map of the snowy mountain top, pointing to the protruding white peak and saying, "Sushui, when can we climb up to such a high peak?"

"Besides, by the time we reach the halfway point, our supplies will be almost used up, and Honglian may not be able to climb any higher."

Su Shui was very calm, "If there are no unexpected situations on the road, with the remaining energy of Honglian, we can continue to work for another 20 hours. We only need to reach the summit within 20 hours."

"Twenty hours, this might break the record, right?"

Su Shui curled his lips, "Don't be afraid, Honglian is not a human, it can fly."

Misagaia still thought it was too idealistic. "But Honglian will consume more energy when flying. What if she can't hold on?"

Su Shui signaled Misagaia not to be too nervous. She told Misagaia, "Although the rules of this competition are that the team that reaches the top of the mountain first and plants the flag wins, it doesn't say that we are not allowed to kill star beasts. If we can encounter a few good star beasts and insect beasts along the way, we can make them into materials for the mecha to store energy."

Misagaia looked through the competition rules again, and indeed there was no explicit prohibition on capturing killer monsters, so this could be considered a default way to increase supplies.

"Are you right?" Su Shui smiled at Misagaia.

Misagaia nodded, "Yeah."

Six entrances divide the stadium into six equal parts. Now the six major military academies are walking towards the finish line in their own areas. Su Shui thinks that the Gabei Snow Mountain is too well-grown. The distance from each of the six entrances to the summit is exactly the same. It is impossible for this to be a naturally formed snow mountain.

It looks more like a snow mountain that was deliberately designed by humans.

The Divine Palace in front stopped. Su Shui saw Mu Jingchen walking out of the Divine Palace and made a stop gesture to the mecha behind him. After everyone stopped, they watched Mu Jingchen walk forward alone.

The situation in front was blocked by the mecha so Su Shui couldn't see what was happening in front.

She asked Ya Donglin and Misao Yingjun, and they said that a lot of plants they had never seen before appeared inexplicably in front of them, so Mu Jingchen went down to check.

Misa Eijun even added: Those plants look delicious.

Ya Donglin's little white tiger was acting a little agitated at this moment. It grabbed the hatch of the mecha with its four legs and looked out.

Misa Eijun continued, "Ya Donglin, your tiger is hungry. It's all because the food outside looks too delicious."

Ya Donglin glanced at Misao Yingjun and said, "My little tiger is not a vegetarian."

Misa Eijun: "If you don't eat vegetarian food, you will lack basic vitamins."

Ya Donglin: "Why not just give me a vitamin injection?"

"Oh, that's right." Misa Yingjun responded.

Half an hour passed and the mecha didn't move. Su Shui opened the hatch and prepared to go out to find out what was going on.

When she was about to leave the cabin, she took the artificial rose out with her. Perhaps the plant outside was not an ordinary plant, but an artificial plant.

As soon as Su Shui got out of the mecha, he heard an explosion coming from area B in the distance.

That is the area where the West China Military Academy is located. It seems that they have also found something blocking the road.

I walked straight ahead along the Sushui Trail until I saw a patch of lush green vegetation. I couldn't help but stop to take a look. To be honest, this tender green color was so pleasing to the eye.

But the next moment, Su Shui rejected the temptation, walked towards Mu Jingchen and patted him on the back.

"Did you find anything?" Su Shui asked.

Mu Jingchen stared at the green plants quietly and said, "Something is wrong, but these plants are not mutants."

Su Shui: "It looks very realistic, but not real. Is that the feeling?"

Mu Jingchen: "Yes. In addition to mutant creatures, there is another possibility."

"Simulated plants." The two said in unison and looked at each other.

Su Shui took out the artificial rose in his hand and said, "This is the artificial rose I found at the foot of the mountain near Gabe Snow Mountain yesterday. Its appearance and touch are almost the same as the real rose, but..."

"When you try to destroy it, it becomes very aggressive."

Mu Jingchen touched the artificial rose. It was difficult to tell that it was a fake flower just by sight and touch.

Su Shui continued: "If you are ready to pluck its petals, you will discover its true face. These soft petals will turn into extremely hard blades."

Mu Jingchen's fingertips gently drew a few small circles on the petals of the simulated rose, and finally suddenly changed the strength and plucked off the petals.

The plucked petal ignored the potential danger because it was immersed in Mu Jingchen's gentle touch, and now it is paying a painful price for it.

If one petal is lost, the whole rose will turn into powder in an instant.

Su Shui looked at the red ash that fell to the ground and said, "The process of simulating roses has ended."

"The person who designed this termination program doesn't want us to discover the secret of the simulated roses." Mu Jingchen looked at the powder on the snow thoughtfully.

"If just one component is lost, the entire body will be destroyed. This termination procedure is clearly the destruction of the body and all traces!" Su Shui took a few steps forward, bent down, and pinched the green plants with his fingers.

She also imitated Mu Jingchen's method just now, and when the green plants were enjoying themselves, she suddenly attacked them and plucked off a leaf.

There was only a loud explosion, which echoed throughout the green field. The air was suddenly filled with black smoke, and all the green plants were blown to ashes.

Su Shui and Mu Jingchen covered their eyes, mouths and noses. When they put down their arms, the scene before their eyes was no longer the refreshing and bright green, but dark smoke and devastation.

"This one is even more cruel. Breaking a leaf will destroy an entire nest." Su Shui said to Mu Jingchen.

"The explosions from area B just now should also be caused by this thing." Mu Jingchen looked in several distant directions, "If nothing unexpected happens, there will be explosions from other directions next."

Su Shui narrowed his eyes, a little angry, "There are artificial plants in all six directions. What does that person want to do? Does he think it's more fun to play tricks on us in the game?"

Mu Jingchen was a little worried. "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. Maybe this Federation Star Tournament is just a cover."

Su Shui paused and asked Mu Jingchen, "Mu Jingchen, so many unusual things happened in this competition. If you connect all these things together, there is only one person who can do all these things."

"Have you ever doubted that person?"

Mu Jingchen's red lips opened slightly, "You are talking about Xiao Nade, Marshal Xiao, right?"

"Um."

"That's why you asked Shawnard out alone last time and hacked into the network of the Federation Star Alliance Senate."

"Well, I've suspected him for some time."

"Shawnard is very mysterious, especially the face under his mask. No one has ever seen it. He explained that his face was burned by a fire, leaving scars, and he was afraid that it would scare others if others saw it."

"But with current technology, we can even replace human skin, let alone heal scars."

"No one likes to live with a mask on every day. If the scar can be cured, why not do it? Unless he is afraid of others seeing his true face." Su Shui suddenly raised his head and his eyes sank slightly.

Mu Jingchen lowered his voice, "The face under the mask is Xiao Nade's biggest secret."

The explosion was too loud, and the others drove over in their mechas because they were worried about the safety of Su Shui and Mu Jingchen. Su Shui turned around and said to Mu Jingchen, "Let's continue!"

As the Imperial School team continued to move forward, they heard explosions coming from other areas one after another. Judging from the time when the explosions were made, the West China Military Academy was already quite a distance ahead of the Imperial School.

The Imperial School sped up. On the way, Su Shui kept paying attention to the surrounding road conditions to see if there were any insect beasts or star beasts.

The snowy mountains looked quite desolate. Not only were there no insects or star beasts, there wasn't even a single bird to be seen.

There is almost no breath of life in this place.

White mist began to appear in front of him. Su Shui's nostrils twitched and he smelled a sour smell.

This white mist can enter the mecha at will.

At this moment, the mecha also began to display a prompt: [The mist ahead contains toxins, please wear a gas mask! ]

Su Shui turned on the loudspeaker and shouted to everyone: "This white mist can enter the mecha, everyone put on your gas masks immediately!"

Everyone covered their mouths and noses and put on gas masks. As they continued to move forward, the white mist around them was slowly turning into light yellow.

In the mist, many strange-shaped mushrooms began to appear on both sides of the snowy road.

The mushrooms are covered with a layer of faint fluorescence, which looks very tempting.

When the mecha approached the mushrooms, the fluorescent light around them floated up like smoke.

Misagaia gazed longingly at the flickering light and couldn't help but exclaim, "How beautiful!"