Chapter 109
Zhou Xin Yunâs voice was loud, not to mention those who were in charge of the night watch, even those who had just laid down jumped up with him.
âWhat? Is someone here? â
When they found out that the voice was coming from Zhou Xin Yun, they all looked at Shi Nian.
Shi Nian sighed, âI originally wanted to wait for you to find out, but now that you know, forget it. Two mechas are coming. â
What he didnât say was that it looked like they were from the First school.
It was a strong team.
They all looked at the commander: âWhat do you say? They are similar to us. Should we fight or avoid? â
The commander said, âWe should take light avoidance measures in the early stages.â
It means that when they meet a team of similar strength, they donât need to fight to the death. They just need to gain points steadily at first, and then fight to the death when they are fully equipped.
But, âThis is a rare opportunity. Weâve been told about them in advance. We can split up, others can go first, and the mech team will stay behind to see if they can deal with those who arenât in the mechs.â
Zhang Jingkai nodded, âIâll take the mecha team. You go ahead with the others. â
The commander said, âOkay, you take care of it.â
In the meantime, the sentinels had already put away the tents they had erected and started to gear up to move on.
âIâll stay.â Zhou Xin Yun said, âIf something goes wrong with the mech, I can help fix it.â
He was staying, so Shi Nian followed suit.
It was a good thing that there were two mechs, one guide in each.
The others didnât mind either. After all, the night had been quite exhausting, and it was time for the guides to take it easy by resting in the mecha.
Although they all agreed that it might not be necessary for Shi Nian, it was still better to take as few steps as possible.
Once in the rear cabin, visibility is severely restricted.
These were normally used to rescue incapacitated combatants, so there are no buttons and almost no visibility at all.
But that didnât matter to Shi Nian. He could see everything if he spread his divine senses.
He didnât even need to spread that far away. He just needed to look nearby.
The commanderâs decision was very correct in avoiding a fight with the opponentâs mecha and shooting at those on foot.
The opponents had no chance to fight back, and three of them were killed in a matter of seconds. The rescue teacher who had to take the eliminated players out quickly came down, checked the students for injuries, and then took them away.
Naturally, the First school teamâs mechs got the message and quickly returned, and the four mechs quickly fought each other.
It was only at this point that the people watching on the outside, whose feed had been delayed by ten minutes, saw that Shi Nian had spotted someone coming.
âThis is a natural plug-in, isnât it?
âTo be honest, if I hadnât seen it with my own eyes and been told about it, I would have suspected that Shi Nian had switched on his lightbrain and someone had sent him a message.â â
âThe key is that he not only knew that someone was coming, but that there were two mechs on the other side.â
The anchors were even more excited: âNow that I think about it, every one of Shi Nianâs previous hidings was just right. Except for the time before, when one of the students went astray and he had to eliminate him. The other times he hid in the battle areaâ¦..itâs not easy to do this. If he knew how many people were coming from the other side, then he has a strong sense of the big picture and a keen sense of battle. â
Lu Bo Ting couldnât help but feel a little more proud. How could these people know that what Shi Nian could do was far more powerful than this?
As for the Wu family on the other hand,
Wu Chao Yi frowned and said, âHe is too perceptive. Will he hinder our plans? â
âNo.â Councillor Wu said, âOur plan is not that simple. But Lu Bo Ting has gone back to his place, right? â
âYes.â
Wu Chao Yi said, âI thought he would get up with us after we left, but this time he didnât. But itâs a good thing that those Yan delayed him with their talksâ¦.we can be reassured that he wonât be able to react due to the ten minute delay of the lightbrain. â
Mr. Wu nodded in satisfaction.
The two sides had been going back and forth, but suddenly, one of the other sideâs mechs had a problem and fell straight down.
They were eliminated like that.
âWhatâs this? Is God helping us?â One of Shi Nianâs teammates, who was piloting a mecha, said.
âI havenât even made a move yet, and theyâre done for⦠didnât they check their mechs before?â
A batch of rescue teachers arrived, and as they dug out the two people inside the mecha to see what was happening, they said, âThey are definitely eliminated. We are the last batch near here, so why donât we wait for the outcome of the battle and take out all the eliminated together? â
âNo.â At that moment, one of the medical staff said, âThis guide is in very bad shape and needs to be taken to the hospital immediately.â
In that case, they couldnât wait any longer.
âWhen will the other rescue team be back?â This side asked as they took off with the two eliminated.
âWithin five minutes if there are no surprises.â
In this way, when they left, there was not even a single teacher in charge of rescue duties in their areas.
Shi Nian, who was already concerned about such safety measures, not to mention the oddity of the day, rushed to expand his awareness to cover almost the entire area.
Just then, he noticed a large swarm of dinoflagellates coming towards them.
A swarm, not just a large group.
The unluckiest group of candidates from the previous year had landed in the middle of a group of nearly 100 dinoflagellates and had to press the exit button for the teachers to come and support them.
Now, there were more than ten times as many, and they were coming at them very fast. At a rough glance, there were nearly 2,000 of them.
Not to mention the fact that the mecha weapons used in the competition were weakened for the safety of the students. Even if the real mechs were here, they wouldnât be able to compete with the 2,000 insects, which are quite capable of fighting.
The most important thing is that the participants in the competition are the future hopes of the empire, and their safety is of great concern not only to the school authorities but also to the military.
There is no way that they would not have checked the field before the competition, and there could not have been such a large population of dinoflagellates in the field.
âRun.â Shi Nian immediately said, âStop fighting.â
Zhang Jingkai asked, âWhatâs wrong? Itâs two against one, itâs a good situation. â
âThe dinoflagellates are coming, a big swarm, nearly 2,000 of themâ¦â¦from the southeast.â
The good thing is that it happened to be in a different direction than the one their teammates were heading to earlier, âHurry up and get out of here.â
Zhang Jingkaiâs hands shook when he heard that there were nearly 2,000 insects coming.
The other sentinel wasnât much better.
The commander was contacted and he made an immediate decision, âWe are nolonger competing. Lives are important; press the exit button as soon as possible. â
Otherwise, once youâve fallen into the pile, it will probably be too late to press the distress button.
âYou guys keep going.â Shi Nian said, looking at the other side of their team and saw that there was no problem there.
It was in the opposite direction, so they wouldnât meet them.
âLetâs retreat the other way and lure them away.â
There was no rescue team here, and it was useless to press the exit button.
Shi Nian quickly made the arrangements and immediately said, âStop fighting, and tell the First school students to run too.â
When life is on the line, it doesnât matter what the score is.
Luckily, after the battle just now, there were still three mechs left in total. The ones who were moving outside the mecha had either retreated or been eliminated, otherwise it would have been difficult for them to run.
Obviously, human legs canât outrun a dinoflagellate.
The commander was far from them, and he could already tell that Shi Nian had a better grasp of the situation than he did. So he made a quick decision: âIâll do as you say.â
Zhang Jingkai rushed to send the message to the other team, âStop fighting, donât fight, run for your life first!â
âWhat are we running for? Youâve finished getting your points and youâve left us with only two people on our team. â One student on the other side didnât listen, thinking it was some new trick they had come up with.
âItâs a real escape.â Zhang Jingkai quickly withdrew from the battle and ran to the side with the other mecha.
âThere are nearly 2,000 dinoflagellates behind us. Run! â
âAre you kidding me? Do you think the teachers are amateurs? 2,000 dinoflagellates? Iâll count you the winner if there are 200 dinoflagellates in this arena. â
While speaking, he also shot at the side of the armor. Zhang Jingkai dodged, but it still grazed the armor, causing it some damage.
He was so angry that he wanted to go back and clean up the other side first.
But after all, Shi Nian said that there were no rescue teachers here, so if he did, they would be left in the pile of insects. He had to put up with it and let the other side chase them.
âDamn, Iâve never been so conflicted.â
But the insects were too fast, and in the space of a few moments, they had already moved closer to them.
At this point, the two from the First School behind him also saw the swarm of insects behind them.
Although they couldnât tell if there were nearly 2,000 of them, it was clear that they could not be defeated.
âFuck, there are really fucking insects!â
What else could be done now? Of course, you must run quickly!
The mecha that Zhou Xinyun was in was damaged and could not fly anymore, so he had to make a forced landing.
When Zhang Jingkai stopped, they stopped too.
âRun!â The student from the First school wondered, âWhatâs wrong?â
Zhou Xinyun had already come down, âThereâs something wrong with the mech.â
In a flash, everyone understood what had just happened.
The student from the First school recognised at first glance that it was the spot where he had hit as he was chasing after someone who was retreating. It didnât look like much earlier, but now, the mecha couldnât fly anymore.
Another sentinel also stepped out of his mech and said, â You guys go first. Get out of this area. The rescue team from the other area should be there. â
âYou two wonât be able to hold out. Iâll stay behind. â Zhang Jingkai said, âLet this student from the First school go and help call for someone.â
âNo, itâs my fault. If I had believed that there was a swarm of bugs, it wouldnât have happened.â The student from the First school said, âIâll stay here, you go and call for someone, but be quick! If you donât, you wonât be spared even if I become a ghost. â
On the outside, the people who had been delayed by ten minutes saw that the rescue teachers had left for various reasons.
When he saw that the guide was having problems, councillor Wu laughed and said, âGod is helping us. We donât even need to have the people weâve arranged to move. Theyâve got another problem here. â
âHave you done the job of delaying the other rescue team?â
âThe news is that it has been done.â Wu Chao Yi said.
Although they were afraid of going to the watching venue again to see the real time battle, as it would arouse suspicion. They could still do so in their home. And for some reason, they got the news a little faster.
âAccording to the people we planted at the arena in advance, it seems that Shi Nian and the others are also being targeted by a large number of dinoflagellates. The other side has asked if we should do anything. â
âYes.â Mr. Wu said, âLet our men block them off, and die at the hands of the insects. But we must ensure that there are no mistakes. â
Wu Chao Yi nodded.
The moment he saw that there were no rescue teachers, Lu Bo Ting stood up immediately.
He rushed to the viewing area to see the real-time battle situation and immediately realised that something was wrong. He rushed over to the planet with the arena.
The news naturally reached Adjutant Xue.
He had just fallen asleep when he turned over and jumped up.
What? There are still people who would dare do this kind of thing in a competition?
In the arena, the crowd was still arguing about who should go first.
Shi Nian couldnât stand it anymore. He kicked the student from the First school into the cockpit, âGo and call someone! No one will be able to leave if you keep dawdling. â
He understood at this point that this was a plan aimed at him.
It was the dinoflagellates that sparked it, so it was probably a conspiracy on the Zerg side. As for the guide who suddenly had a problem and needed first aid, it was probably also the Zerg that had done it in advance.
His hand touched the storage bag.
He hadnât let the students of the First School leave to report the incident. After all, Lu Bo Ting on the outside would have already found out that something was wrong.
He was trying to protect the two students so that they would be less of a burden.
His food had been taken away when he entered, but the storage bag was still there.
Inside was a mech.
The Fire Phoenix.
Strictly speaking, he doesnât like to reveal too much, having been brought up to believe that the more cards he has, the safer he is.
But heâs not the kind of person to deliberately make himself suffer just to hide something.
For example, he would never pretend to be exhausted in order to conceal his strength and endurance. Nor would he let Zhou Xinyun, who was following him, be eliminated by his opponents in order to pretend to be weak and incompetent.
Now that his life was at stake, it was not enough to keep a secret that he could open a mech.
Zhou Xinyun is in the back compartment of Zhang Jingkaiâs mecha. Although it is now damaged, it is still fire resistant, so you can hide inside. â He told the one remaining sentinel from the First School.
Zhou Xinyun immediately asked, âWhat about you?â
Shi Nian put his hand on the top of the storage bag, âOf course Iâm going to drive my mech and kill insects.â
Although there are more opponents,â¦
The sky was getting darker. No, not the sky was getting darker, there was a big flight of birds in the air.
Theyâre all birds of prey.
Not just any birds, but the kinds of birds that are considered tyrants on this planet.
And because they were flying in the sky, the insects could not find space in the sky, so there was really nothing to do but more close to the ground.
The descending darkness was overwhelming, and the number of insects was not less than 2,000, or even more.
In the midst of them, Shi Nian easily spotted a quantum beast hiding among the birds.
It was a bird-like quantum beast, and it was probably the one who had commanded these fierce birds.
In an instant, Shi Nian realised that this was the work of the Wu family.
Even if the Zerg had been prepared, making that guide have problems and forcing the rescue team to leave. But what about the other rescue team that was supposed to be back in five minutes?
Now it was clear that rescue team had been held up by the Wu family.
And all the strange events throughout the day, were now explained.
From the very beginning, the Wu family was prepared to slowly eliminate the people around him before striking.
Mostly to ensure success, and the fewer casualties, the less trouble they would have when the time came.
From the beginning, although their landing location was random, it would have been easy for the Wu family to do something with it.
Or, to take it a step further, the Wu family may have facilitated the schoolâs offer to have the pharmacy department participate.
The Wu family was preparing for this event while sending the ten men to harm him. Perhaps they didnât expect him to move around freely and they could get the chance, so they prepared for this one. Or maybe it was just to be sure⦠Anyway, in short, the old foxes of the Wu family, although they had reasons to look down on him earlier, there plans were too low-level.
But it turns out that people were still preparing for this play.
The Wu family may not have counted on the students in the competition to somehow eliminate his teammates. But the supplies had definitely been moved. There were only two mechs on their side, and one was still destined to break down halfway through the race if the problem was not discovered.
Just like the one used by the team from the First school earlier.
But the Wu family didnât expect that Zhou Xinyun would be really good at this.
Otherwise, it was estimated that Zhou Xinyun, as well as the pilot of that mecha, should have been eliminated.
As for why the Wu family was not afraid that it was him who would be eliminated, it was because of the appearance of the two mechs. With a little research, they could know which one he would choose to be on.
If he guessed correctly, several teams of good strength happened to land around them so the landing locations were not as random as said. It was their attempt to make other teams block out the rest of his team.
After all, as a general rule, there must be two guides in the mechs and the ones at the back would always be the ones fighting.
And they eventually met the team of twelve.
But the Wu family didnât expect that he was also outside the mecha at the time. But to the Wu familyâs delight, he was not eliminated, and to their displeasure, of course, they did not lose their members again.
However, after many designs, there were indeed not many people left around him.
But unfortunately for themâ¦..
Shi Nian looked at the sky, darkened by the Wu familyâs fierce birds, and then looked at the ground covered with insects sent by the Zerg.
He couldnât help but murmur.
âSure enough, the universe is a circle, what goes around, comes back around.â
Zhou Xin Yun: âWhat circle are you talking about, Shi Nian?â
âOh.â
Shi Nian said, âI was just lamenting the fact that the Wu family and the Zerg were really born to clash. They have the same goal every time, but they always manage to spoil each otherâs âgoodâ deeds. â
Again and again.
Demonstrating how they were one plus one equals minus one.