Chapter 43 Successful reunion Food shortage? No, no, no...
Soon, in the forest full of dangers, elimination signals appeared one after another.
The protective crystal cores of the combat uniforms shattered one after another, and the lifeboats popped out like bubbles, carrying away those unlucky students who were seriously injured by the giant beetles before they could reunite with their teammates.
The camera light ball hidden in the bushes quietly came out, recorded the other party's aggrieved and embarrassed appearance, and then staggered away with satisfaction.
"It's so tragic! This is the first time I feel like the organizer is so cruel and acts like a villain!"
"It's actually a real bug! Even with the lifeboat, it's probably going to be scary!"
"What should I do? I'm already worried about my bunny. He's a freshman with absolutely no practical experience!"
The light spots marking the players' positions in the holographic sandbox gradually dimmed by 20%. Among the eliminated players, players from the Orc Galaxy and the Federation each accounted for roughly half.
"It's really pitiful. These kids just went down there not long ago, and they're already covered in dirt."
Professor Laura, sitting in the viewing room, couldn't help but shake her head and sigh. However, her face didn't betray any worry. She even had the energy to tease the inspector beside her, "It seems the military is taking this tournament very seriously."
"It's time to let these greenhouse flower buds see the world, otherwise it would be so boring."
Colin's smile was a bit playful. He raised the brim of his hat slightly and cast his gaze towards the giant light screen in front of him.
The fat gray-winged insect shuttled through the vine-covered forest, the three pairs of thin wings on its back flapping vigorously, making a high-frequency buzzing sound, as if something that made it feel extremely scared was approaching from behind.
“Whoosh!”
An energy arrow emitting a bright blue light, like a precise falcon, pierced through the fat belly covered with shells in the blink of an eye.
[Cagano - Power +10 points]
A cold system prompt sound flashed in the corner of Quan Yi's goggles.
"I really can't understand how such small wings can actually fly?"
Lancelot tilted his body and slid down the grassy slope. He kicked the still twitching insect corpse with the toe of his black boot, not disguising the disdain in his eyes. "If you had eaten a little less, you wouldn't have to die miserably here."
"Oh my god, Lancelot." Quan Yi chuckled helplessly, "You can't expect a bug to manage its body shape."
He walked to the thick tree trunk nearby, pulled out the deeply embedded arrow with force, and carefully wiped off the slime on it.
The game has just begun, so any savings on weapons is a plus. Besides...
Quan Yi looked up at the deep forest ahead, frowned slightly, and sighed softly.
They haven't found their other teammates yet.
Sixteen minutes after leaving the landing capsule, Lancelot successfully reunited with Quan Yi in a valley.
This sudden increase in difficulty was nothing to them. After a brief exchange of information, the two immediately turned their attention to the direction of the eye-catching red flare that exploded high in the forest not long ago.
They advanced quickly but cautiously, through a forest of red leaves entwined with ancient vines.
Just as the view ahead suddenly became clear, Lancelot stopped in his tracks and suddenly stretched out his arm, blocking it in front of Quan Yi.
Behind the rocks less than fifty meters away, Lorion stood tall and straight, his short silver-gray hair gleaming coldly in the dappled light filtering through the treetops.
Coincidentally, he was accompanied only by a tall and strong assaulter armed with a heavy particle gun.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the opponent, the usual casual smile on Lancelot's face instantly disappeared, and his green olive eyes were as sharp as a knife, locked on Lorion.
Quan Yi also immediately tensed up his nerves, his finger silently pressed the trigger of the compound crossbow, and the sharp tip of the arrow flashed slightly.
Although it is not a wise choice to fight with the opponent too early, there is no need to let it go now that they have met. They all know that missing this opportunity is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
Neither side spoke immediately. Invisible hostility spread in the silence. The frozen atmosphere was like a fully drawn bowstring, and it seemed that only the rustling sound of wind blowing through vines remained.
At this critical moment——
“Rustle…rustle…”
A strange vibration came from far away and was clearly heard from the ground under my feet through the soles of my shoes!
Both parties in the confrontation were stunned and their movements stopped instantly.
Because another direction in the red leaf forest attracted everyone's attention.
I saw a small figure bouncing flexibly between the branches at an astonishing speed, and then accurately landed on a thick horizontal branch, sticking out its round butt, and jumping with its hind legs!
"Wow! I'm flying!"
A perfect parabola quickly crossed the mottled sunlight filtering through the forest.
Lancelot squinted his eyes against the sunlight and felt that the thing looked a little familiar. His heart skipped a beat and he almost instinctively stretched out his arm and caught a dwarf rabbit that had exploded like a ball with incredible precision.
Youan was still in shock, puffing out his hairy cheeks and uttering a short word:
"run!"
Lancelot suddenly raised his eyes and looked in the direction he was running from. Five huge mantises with emerald green shells all over their bodies and blood-red compound eyes were waving their sickle-like sharp forelimbs, splitting the branches and leaves fiercely, chasing after him at a rapid speed like the god of death!
Five B-level elite Zergs!
In an instant, all hatred and resentment were thrown out of the window!
The two groups of people who were just on the verge of a fight were now fleeing in panic like birds facing a disaster.
Lancelot's long hair was disheveled. He elbowed Quan Yi, who was still shouting "Fuck!", and ran away with Yuan in his arms. The big green bugs followed closely behind.
Their running figures were like a gust of wind, passing by Xin Fei and Kalix, who had just successfully met by following the noise.
The two were stunned and hesitated for a moment before they started to catch up and ended up at the end of the team.
"Oh my god, what a spectacular sight!"
"If you don't understand, just ask, is the league event this year a marathon?"
"Sorry this is too funny, this is nothing like the passionate meeting I expected!"
Youan was nearly vomiting from the shaking, and had to hold down his trembling cheeks with his paws. He explained angrily, "It's like this. I released the flare hoping to wait and see, but I didn't expect to attract these guys!"
Lancelot glanced down at the puffed-up fur ball in his arms and sneered softly, "You're quite capable, sir! You've even encountered an elite Zerg like the Red-Eyed Mantis. Did you disturb its nest?"
"That's right!"
Quan Yi panted heavily, took the opportunity to twist his body, and shot a few arrows behind him, jokingly saying, "If I were a Zerg, I would definitely not let such a fat rabbit go if it were right in front of me!"
Youan froze in Lancelot's palm, and raised his head in disbelief: "Plump?"
Lancelot immediately corrected him: "He is talking nonsense, you just have thick fur!" To make it more convincing, he gently rubbed the soft fur on Youan's back with his fingers.
The terrain in the forest is complicated, and running all the time is not a solution. Lancelot found that he could not get rid of the group of mantises, and the rabbit in his hand was ready to move again.
I’m too lazy to run, a man just wants to fight!
He suddenly stopped in a narrow area covered with overgrown grass, pulled out the Mirage Whip from his waist, and with a flick of his wrist, the long whip made a clear hissing sound in the air like a poisonous snake awakening.
Quan Yi understood what he meant and turned around quickly. With a few leaps, he jumped onto a steep slope nearby, instantly increasing the shooting distance.
He half-knelt on the ground, holding the compound crossbow steadily on his forearm, and his sharp eyes locked onto the swarm of mantises below through the sight.
Almost at the same moment when Quan Yi was in position, Youan stepped on Lancelot's palm and kicked hard, jumping towards the front of the mantis group.
The sudden ball of hair really attracted the attention of the mantises, and the leading mantis subconsciously raised its triangular head.
Before the two sickle-shaped forelimbs flashed with cold light, the scarlet whip shadow was as fast as lightning and accurately wrapped around the relatively fragile neck joint exposed when the leading mantis raised its head!
“Crack!”
A teeth-grinding sound of bones cracking was heard!
At the same time, Quan Yi made a prompt decision and an energy arrow came whizzing over, accurately hitting the forelimbs of another mantis that was trying to pounce on Youan in the air!
Lancelot turned his wrist and flicked it lightly, and the mantis's head fell into the grass. He stretched out his hand and steadily took the dwarf rabbit that had completed the bait mission back into his palm. The whole set of movements were so tacit that it seemed as if they had been practiced thousands of times.
You An looked up: "How exciting!"
"But don't expect it to happen again. My heart can't take it." Lancelot whistled and stuffed him directly into his waist pocket. "Stay still."
This exquisitely coordinated battle was caught by another team that happened to be rushing over following the noise not far away.
Inoan narrowed his eyes, and with a scrutinizing gaze, he looked over the long whip retracted by Lancelot and the uniquely shaped compound crossbow in Quan Yi's hand one by one.
"Inoan, good opportunity!"
A teammate beside him, with a defiant face and holding a lightsaber, lowered his voice, his eyes flashing with greed and fighting spirit, "Gagano's men have just finished fighting, and they've suffered heavy losses. We can take this opportunity to launch a sneak attack!"
Inoan frowned slightly and raised his hand to stop the two teammates who were eager to try: "Don't act rashly, Lancelot is not someone you can easily mess with, and their team has already successfully reunited."
His gaze lingered on Youan for a few more seconds, and he said calmly, "Now is not the time for a head-on confrontation. Let's go."
His teammates were obviously quite dissatisfied with Inoan's caution, but due to his identity and strength as a mechanic, they could only suppress their anger unwillingly, glared at Kagano's team, and followed Inoan to retreat quietly into the depths of the jungle.
At this time, Calix and Xin Fei had also arrived. Under Calix's violent attack, the remaining three red-eyed mantises quickly followed the leader's footsteps, fell to the ground with a bang, and turned into cold corpses that were shattered into pieces.
[Gagano——Lancelot +40 points]
[Cagano-Kalix +40 points]
[Cagano——Quan Yi +20 points]
The cold notification sounds rang out one after another, and the comments in the live broadcast instantly rolled out happily——
"Amazing! It's only been a short while since the competition started, and our team's total score is already in the first tier!"
"King Bunny is so brave! I was practically terrified by these ugly things, and he still had the nerve to jump in!"
"I didn't expect Quan Yi to harvest so cleanly. I used to underestimate him!"
"Lancelot cracks his whip really well. I'm kind of looking forward to their team winning!"
"It's just the beginning. I don't know what you're so proud of. Our Federation team hasn't even started to exert its strength yet."
"Yes, yes, don't bully the young and poor, right?"
A beautiful battle ended. Although there were many problems, at least a few people were lucky enough to reunite successfully.
Everyone returned to the hillside where Youan had sent out the flare and retrieved the bag of supplies he had hastily left behind while avoiding the swarm of insects.
After a careful search nearby, they found a relatively dry and sheltered cave backed by a huge rock wall and decided to rest for a while.
Kalix dropped the bag of supplies on the cleared ground, dusted off his hands, and looked around. "Damn, what kind of place is this? There are so many bugs!"
Youan had turned back into human form and was squatting beside Xin Fei, watching him make a fire. Hearing this, he turned his head and said, "It's not a ghost place, it's Guangrixing. We should be in its temperate broadleaf forest area."
Quan Yi was checking the damage to his crossbow arrows and was stunned when he heard this: "How did you know?"
"The starship transporting us is an A-class frigate. Based on its speed, we can determine its approximate distance from Granton. There are thirteen asteroids in this area, but the only war zone where the clearance mission has not been completed and the risk level is within a controllable range is Guangri Star."
Youan leisurely analyzed the situation with them, then picked up a small branch and dug into a nearby pile of dirt. As he dug, he said, "As for the rest of the information...it's even simpler. As long as you're familiar with the planetary ecological maps and war zone briefings in the interstellar geographic database, you should be able to deduce it."
Kalix and Quan Yi blinked and looked at each other, seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
Their fighting style has always been "just fight to the death", so why would they bother to remember these theoretical materials that sound daunting?
Lancelot slapped away the small light ball that was shooting at his face, and slowly straightened his messy hair. Without looking up, he sneered softly, "It's already a great achievement for them to have enough knowledge to communicate normally. There's no need to talk about anything else."
The others immediately turned their heads and glared at the fox with a vicious smile.
Lancelot shrugged and walked away from them humming a cheerful tune.
Youan shook his head regretfully, convinced that Quan Yi and the others must not have listened carefully to the strategic environment theory class.
Little did they know that the professors of theoretical courses who were watching the live broadcast had already had tears in their eyes. They took out handkerchiefs to wipe their tears and sighed that it was great to have a son in their school.
After resting for a while, Lancelot began to check the supplies.
The total duration of the game is set at 50 hours, but it will end early if all teams are eliminated.
There are still sufficient replacement mechanical components and energy crystal cores, but there are not many standard nutrients. What's worse is that two bottles were accidentally crushed during the fierce fight and escape just now.
"Food is a bit tight, we have to save it." Lancelot frowned.
50 hours of high-intensity confrontation requires sufficient energy replenishment.
The others also gathered around and looked at the few nutritional supplements with worried expressions on their faces.
Just then, a strange, burnt protein smell wafted over.
Everyone turned their heads in confusion, only to see Youan holding a few sharpened twigs in his hand, stringing together a few oval-shaped insect pupae he had dug out from the pile of dirt.
Under the horrified gazes of his teammates, Youan calmly placed the strings of insect pupae over the fire and roasted them.
The pupae quickly shrank and hardened under the roasting flames, making a slight "sizzling" sound, and the shell gradually turned into an attractive golden color.
You An shook the string of insect pupae in his hand and greeted them generously and enthusiastically: "What are you talking about? Come and eat!"
In an instant, the audience in the live broadcast room was about to explode——
"Ahh, baby, what are you doing! Don't put everything in your mouth!"
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