Wang Tianwei grew happier the more she slaughtered with her chainsaw sword. Her joyous voice, accompanied by the roar of the chainsaw, came through the screen.
"Hahahahaha! The handling is invincible! Yes, this is exactly the sound it should make!"
With that, she launched herself forward, arriving in front of a star-wolf covered in spikes, and sawed right into its neck!
Little Bear chimed in from the other side.
"The gunblade is great! Heavy enough, sturdy, and handy!"
After saying that, seeing the camera drone nearby, she wanted to show everyone exactly how sturdy it was!
Gripping the hilt with both hands, she swung the flat of the blade like a golf club and viciously smacked the body of a mutated lizard!
The mutated lizard was sent flying high into the air. Jian Jingyu, standing on the sidelines, ran a few quick steps to capture a wide shot...
Huang Yan, on the other hand, was practicing his physical combat and marksmanship.
He headshot the star-beasts from a distance with single sniper rounds, and used physical combat for the close ones. His S-rank physical stamina meant he didn't feel the slightest bit tired even after fighting for so long!
He piloted his mecha to stomp and break the neck of a star-beast crawling darkly on the ground. Anticipating something pouncing from behind, he immediately switched to a short sword, dropping to a kneeling position and leaning back to slice open the belly of another star-beast. Bright red blood mixed with internal organs spilled all over the ground.
"The flexibility of a Super S-rank mecha is even greater than a Super A-rank, and its joint bearing capacity is also better! Lyra, you can let loose and fight. Try more things, don't worry about the mecha not being able to keep up!"
"Understood!!"
Since Sir Huang had said so, Zhang Lyra had even fewer worries!
The gunblade in her hand danced almost into a blur. After clearing out the star-beasts in front of her, she raised the spikes on her back, activated her acceleration, and strafed to collide head-on with a mutated beast of roughly the same size!
The opponent's seemingly thick skin was pierced right through. The star-beast hung on Zhang Lyra's back until she retracted the spikes, allowing it to fall down...
"Woohoo! Beautifully done, Little Bear!!"
The gore of the scene and the excitement in their tone... silenced all the teachers and military personnel watching the live broadcast in the camp.
In the dead silence, Chao Hao looked at his three students who had completely descended into madness, and his just-straightened back slumped again.
Stop howling... Wouldn't it be nice to quietly kill star-beasts like the people from the First Military Academy? Do you really have to solidify the title of perverts!?
Shan Yuantao's mouth twitched slightly. No wonder Chao Hao and Fu Manli said that before the competition started... The team name was quite fitting; they truly were a major hidden danger.
"Um, excuse me, is this how Qilin usually trains?"
Peng Shuang, the leading teacher of Yuying Military Academy, could barely maintain her smile. She had felt something was wrong with these people during the first match!
"Although it's a military academy, there's no helping it on the battlefield! But normally... at least there's no need to..."
"It's really a misunderstanding..."
Chao Hao had just started to explain when Wang Tianwei activated her firepower system in the video.
"Ahahaha! I'm finally warmed up! Next, let me show you my shooting skills!"
"Sister Zebra, go farm points over there. Don't steal my star-beasts!"
"This is even more thrilling than the training software made by Yama Cha... Teacher Chao! The impact feel is incredible!"
"It would be great if we had this many star-beasts next time we test the mechas..."
Hearing this, Chao Hao simply shut his mouth.
Hah, what was the point of explaining? It was him... he taught them all this, okay?!
This was just absurd!
These four couldn't remember a single rule from their grooming, appearance, and etiquette classes! Although he didn't always remember them either... he was never this unhinged back in the day!
The teachers from the other military academies watched this scene with a rising sense of crisis in their hearts...
From the two live broadcasts until now, they had been constantly revising their understanding of Qilin's Fourth Squad.
Their actions were both sinister and tough... completely different from the other seven teams!
Have you ever seen any team's mecha mechanic and commander charge so far to the front when clearing out star-beasts!? Their fighting style was exactly the same as a combat soldier's!
Furthermore, the overall design of their mechas and weapons was not simple! The mecha department teachers from various schools constantly sent messages to the leading teachers in the camp...
Selena swept her gaze across the eight screens. This bone called Qilin didn't seem as easy to chew as she had initially thought.
"Qilin Military Academy Fourth Squad, plus forty-eight points."
After clearing out all the star-beasts in one go, Wang Tianwei's first action was to check her mecha's energy.
"Still have 92% left. Basking in the sun for a bit will replenish it."
"I'll finally get to fight next time, right!?"
Jian Jingyu's voice was tinged with grievance.
"Only letting me watch and not fight! This is simply abuse for an assault soldier! It's persecution! If this keeps up, I'm going to sue you all to the Federation!"
Huang Yan chuckled softly.
"Of course, you're up next. We've pretty much gotten used to it."
"That's good!"
The group rested briefly before continuing their march. By now, the surface temperature had reached sixty-five degrees!
Outside the mechas, rolling heatwaves were visible to the naked eye. Through their panoramic views, all four could see the air near the ground twisting and distorting...
If they were exposed outside right now, they would probably get heatstroke in less than three minutes!
Wang Tianwei opened a packet of water. As the ice-cold liquid slid down her throat, her entire body felt nourished.
"Ah~ The source of life!"
Huang Yan's spiritual power had never been retracted. After upgrading to S-rank, he could do much more!
Previously, at A-rank, he had to be cautious and hide his abilities. Reaching S-rank, his spiritual domain had widened by more than just a little!
As long as he didn't deliberately amplify it or use his spiritual power at the intensity of a Double S-rank, he could basically be indistinguishable from a normal person! After that, he just needed to take an inhibitor injection once every three months.
Their squad was different from others; everyone far exceeded their designated levels!
It was only in this squad that he could upgrade so quickly!
Now that his life was temporarily secure, who was to say he wouldn't be able to fully unleash his Double S-rank strength one day?
With them around, it seemed like anything was possible!
Beichen Military Academy also secured fifty points, but their luck was truly poor.
"Ah!!"
The two mechas at the very front both sank into quicksand. The mecha mechanic and heavy gunner walking behind them immediately stopped and ran outward! But they were still a step too late; the quicksand area expanded, and the mecha mechanic sank in as well!
The suction and pressure of this fine black quicksand were simply terrifying!
Even with the heavy mecha's dual-arm hydraulics engaged, it couldn't pull its teammates out. The three mechas sank deeper and deeper. Seeing no other way, Commander Guan Han issued an order.
"Use the thrusters!"
All four mechas pressed their thruster buttons. Matt, the only one who hadn't sunk into the quicksand, re-engaged the hydraulics to finally pull his three teammates out...
The safety officers and the soldiers of the Third Military Region on the rescue aircraft sat back down.
After the four students got out, they immediately moved far away from their previous position!
"What kind of quicksand is that!? The suction is so strong!?"
Mecha mechanic Wang Ling was heartbroken looking at her energy index, which had already dropped to fifty-three percent!
They had only been in the desert for half a day, yet they had consumed so much energy due to marching in high temperatures, encountering star-beasts one after another, and being forced to use their thrusters after falling into the quicksand!
At this rate, they definitely wouldn't last seven days...
Guan Han gulped down some water to calm himself, then glanced at the thermometer. Sixty-six degrees. There was absolutely no way they could get out and walk, and they still had to find the academy button later...
"The rules don't seem to say we can't steal energy from other schools."
His three teammates immediately perked up. That was right! Each of them had two energy blocks!
If they ran into another team, wouldn't they get two more?
"So we...?"
"We leave right now. The sooner, the better. If we wait too long, the others will have depleted their energy too, and it won't be of much use to us."
The assault specialist, Bill, was the first to stand up.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go, brothers!"
"Don't rush. Spread out a bit more, and watch out in case we hit quicksand again..."
