"I'll just have a taste! What's there to be afraid of!?"
Wang Tianwei looked at the Star Shark meat in front of her, still somewhat unwilling to give up. What if it was delicious? There was enough here to make salted fish!
Jian Jingyu's voice even carried a hint of a sob,
"Sir Huang, please do something about her!"
In the end, the idea of making salted fish was vetoed by three votes from Huang Yan, Jian Jingyu, and Little Bear!
"She's a savage..."
"Savage +1"
"Sister Zebra has gone mad... I beg the organizing committee to let them bring their own food next time! Otherwise, I'm really afraid she'll start eating people!"
"What's wrong with letting her have a taste? Honestly, aren't you guys curious about what a merfolk tastes like?"
"Not at all! Blech..."
"? As a demi-human, I'm trembling in fear!"
"It's fine, it's fine~ As long as everyone makes sure their space buttons are always stocked with food, if you run into Sister Zebra on the road, just throw the food out and run in the opposite direction~"
"Hey, what kind of person does the commenter above think my Sister Zebra is!?"
The camp's observation room fell into a deathly silence once again. The host, truly someone who had seen it all, spoke up,
"Hehehe, Teacher Chao and Teacher Fu seem a bit shy, why aren't you speaking?"
"..."
Let's just assume they are naturally taciturn.
Chao Hao slowly closed his eyes, unwilling to face all this.
The scene in the live broadcast felt familiar...
Back when the few of them were taking their final exam in the simulation practice room, Wang Tianwei had tried to sneak a taste of the seafood in the virtual map, and was deducted two points and lectured by him.
Looking at it now, she hadn't listened to a single word!?
Fu Manli also lowered her head and rubbed her temples.
Although it might be a bit unkind to think this way... thank goodness that child is human!
A Star Shark is a star beast, yes, but how could you bring yourself to eat a creature that looks so remarkably similar to a human?
The viewers watching the live broadcast didn't let the two teachers from Qilin off the hook after hearing the host's words,
"Why aren't the teachers speaking? My bro is telling you to speak!"
"Hehehe, you must be captivated by 'Another Hundred Million Bowls' too, right?"
"I just want to say that the name 'Qilin's Greatest Threat' is very fitting. The Qilin Military Academy really has too many things to clarify every day."
"Our teacher told me to learn more from Sister Zebra... so do I have to learn this too?"
"Learn it, you must learn it! Otherwise, you're not listening to your teacher!"
The Star Network was never short of trolls, and the teachers watching the live broadcast in the camp also came to a realization.
When it came to those few students from Qilin, they had to analyze specific situations on a case-by-case basis... Even if they wanted to show the competition footage to their school's students, they would have to make appropriate cuts first.
Otherwise, if everyone turned out like this, who knew how many food poisoning patients the Federal Hospital would receive?
The host still didn't give up, keeping his eyes on the Qilin side waiting for an answer. It took Chao Hao a long while to find his voice,
"Actually... those kids generally wouldn't act like this if they were full."
"..."
Fu Manli slowly turned her head away; it would have been better not to say anything.
At this, even Chief Meng Chongyun looked over thoughtfully,
"Hmm..."
Is that so? Meaning they didn't let the kids eat enough?
Speaking of which, both the Ninth Military District and the First Military District had recently submitted applications to him regarding an increase in the meal allowance standard and the construction of new cafeterias... No wonder.
Huang Yan finally managed to stop Wang Tianwei's nonsense, and he and his teammates personally got to work, planning to throw the Star Shark's corpse off the boat.
"Hey? Don't rush, don't rush!"
Wang Tianwei opened her arms to protect the Star Shark beneath her,
"Help me scrape the fat off first, at least this little bit is still useful! Sigh... it really grew this big for nothing."
"..."
The teammates silently put on their raincoats and completed the task assigned by Wang Tianwei before the sky turned completely dark.
It wasn't that they didn't want to refuse; mainly, after spending so much time together, they all knew that as long as Sister Zebra said it was useful, then this kind of thing would definitely come in handy in unexpected situations later on...
Anyway, they had already dissected what needed to be dissected, so cutting off a layer of fat now wouldn't take much effort.
When they finally threw the Star Shark's corpse into the sea, Wang Tianwei took a hose to wash the deck clean, and when she was done, she didn't forget to spray a ring of odor-shielding agent around the entire boat.
Dinner was sea fish soup cooked by Little Bear and Goldfish together. It was steaming hot, just perfect for dispelling some of the nighttime chill.
"I'll take the first watch. Sir Huang, will you join me?"
Wang Tianwei played with a few scales pulled from the Star Shark in her hands.
Was she too obsessed with the performance of the materials themselves? If ordinary materials were made into a multi-layered barrier structure, it seemed there was a chance they could be airtight too...
Her teammates took one look and knew she had some new idea again.
"Alright, Little Bear, Goldfish, you guys go to sleep first."
Huang Yan stood up. His mental energy had completely recovered, so he could just let Sister Zebra study her mecha.
Little Bear had the instincts of a demi-human, so having her and Goldfish take a watch together was reassuring.
"Okay."
Wang Tianwei and Huang Yan returned to the cockpit, taking turns to go out and patrol every hour.
The two teammates took out their moisture-proof mats and sleeping bags in the empty cabin. Accompanied by the rise and fall of the waves, they lay down and soon started snoring softly.
The sea at night was even more silent. The fog remained thick, and outside the cockpit, it was so dark you could barely see your own hand.
An hour later, the two on watch both put on their thermostatic suits without prior agreement, because it was simply too damp and cold.
There was a light in the cockpit. Since Wang Tianwei's optical computer had been confiscated, she used the light to write and draw on paper with a pen.
Chatting casually with Sir Huang wasn't boring at all; on the contrary, she even found some inspiration from it.
Today, out of the five teams, only Qilin had earned extra points, but no one was as anxious as they were at the start of the first match.
With such severe weather and environment, plus the fact that some of their members hadn't recovered from seasickness yet, not encountering star beasts or mutant beasts was for the best!
The most distressed ones had to be the mecha engineers.
It was only after arriving on Planet Eshuinuo that they realized the natural conditions here were even harsher than they had anticipated.
The boats were still semi-manual, and the space was very cramped. They couldn't directly pilot mechas for combat on the boat, especially heavy mechas!
If they didn't already know how to build transforming mechas and hadn't mastered hovering technology, they probably would have been doomed here...
But just being able to transform wasn't enough. After all, flying continuously in the air consumed too much energy.
With such heavy fog, solar energy was virtually useless, and the salt content in the air was frighteningly high!
Leola's expression had remained serious ever since she got off the aircraft in the morning.
Logically, they had protective shields and didn't need to worry about these things.
But she couldn't help wondering, what if they didn't? Or what if they had chosen different accessories at the time?
Just the corrosion from the high-salt air was enough to give the mechas a hard time, not to mention she had already investigated the underwater temperature... it was already below freezing.
If they piloted mechas into combat in such temperatures, it wouldn't be long before the pilots were frozen stiff, and the energy and firepower systems might very well be affected too.
Now they were in a situation completely opposite to the one on Planet Kashile. The mechas no longer needed heat dissipation; how could they better maintain their temperature underwater?
