"...Xiu'er!"
"My Sister Zebra is still my Sister Zebra! [Absolutely Crazy]"
"Wang Kaiyu! I understand you! I really do! (Don't ask me how I know)"
"They were just... gorgeously dismantled out of there like that?"
"It's BillionMoreBowls's specialty! Ever since Zero Boundary banned her from dismantling mechas, I thought I'd never see a scene like this again! So nostalgic~"
"Screen recorded."
"How skilled do you have to be? Dismantling in seconds?"
"I don't know if other people's mechas are advanced or not, but the set of dismantling tools on Sister Zebra's mechanical arm is currently the most advanced in the Federation. [Smile]"
"The Military Academy League's development of the 'Major Threat' so far is less than a tenth of its potential."
"At least the 'Major Threat' prepared blankets and hot water for them! How could the players in Zero Boundary get such good treatment?"
"...Weren't those the things they just used themselves?"
"Did anyone see clearly what happened between Jian Jingyu and Lucas? What suddenly flew past? Why did Lucas just cover his face and fall down?"
"Is that the main point!? Huang Yan was able to hard-control two S-ranks all by himself!"
"This is the first time I've seen Team Ye lose their composure like this..."
The battle had just ended, and the two teams hadn't even set foot on land yet, but screen recordings and screenshots of Qilin's Fourth Squad fighting the First Military Academy's Second Squad were already flying all over the major military academies and league forums!
Keywords like "Qilin Military Academy playing the pig to eat the tiger!", "Sister Zebra scamming her brother!", "Master Fisherman", and "Goldfish Shadowless Hand" dominated the trending searches.
Today's special guests in the camp's live broadcast room were the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Department, Guo Hongfan, and the Staff Officer of the Sixth Military Region, Li Xiao. The two of them had known about Qilin for a long time and their expressions hadn't changed from beginning to end.
The leading teacher of the First Military Academy, Selena, stared at the two teachers from Qilin with a fake smile.
"Jamming radars, hacking into communications?"
"..."
"Huang Yan can hard-control two S-ranks?"
"Heh..."
"Wang Tianwei dismantling people's mechas in underwater combat?"
"...Please excuse the display."
Aside from the mecha dismantling, they genuinely had no idea about the rest...
Selena was burning with anger. Using these few words to brush her off again?
Just looking at the comments, one could tell this wasn't the first time Qilin had done this! The netizens were right; the league had barely scratched a tenth of Qilin's true potential!
Even if others didn't know Ye Yingxuan's strength, wouldn't she know?
Born with S-rank spiritual power, she was admitted to the First Military Academy last year with the top rank.
If the opponent was Elizabeth or Hiranuma Yusho, who had similar circumstances, she would have accepted it. But how long had it been since Huang Yan advanced to S-rank? And how long had he been practicing spiritual power attack methods?
Everyone's daily practice time was about the same, so how did he become so special?
After his initial embarrassment, Chao Hao also kept his eyes glued to Huang Yan on the live broadcast screen. Since the beginning of his freshman year, he knew that the kid's spiritual power and physical fitness didn't match.
But this wasn't a particularly rare occurrence. Wasn't Wang Tianwei the same at the beginning?
Later, when his spiritual power upgraded during the league, he felt relieved. But looking at it now, his potential seemed to go far beyond that...
Fu Manli kept her head down, taking notes on her optical computer. Later, these things would be compiled into a report and sent to the principal and the league's organizing committee.
Ever since the competition started, their military academy had an endless stream of explanations and reports to write...
Because Qilin's small boat had taken on water, it wasn't moving as fast as before. Wang Tianwei acted as a backup propulsion system at the back, using her mechanical arms to push the boat forward.
The seven people on the boat experienced a literal "riding the wind and breaking the waves." It wasn't until the boat docked at the shore that the safety teachers from the rescue aircraft came down to pick them up.
After disembarking, the resentful gazes of the First Military Academy's Second Squad members never left the four people from Qilin.
"Sister, the people of the entire Federation saw you dismantle my mecha underwater."
"Wasn't that the fastest solution... and it didn't hurt anyone?"
After resting for a while, Wang Kaiyu had also recovered his energy, and his words specifically poked at people's sore spots.
"In the future, your Qilin will definitely never be able to take off the label of being 'sneaky'."
Wang Tianwei's eyes widened perfectly round.
"How could that be!? This is a tactic! Everyone should be able to understand."
The usually good-tempered Ye Yingxuan stared at Huang Yan and slowly let out a cold sneer.
"Heh, understand? A tactic?"
Huang Yan looked up at the sky.
Tonight... is there not even a moon!?
Jian Jingyu stood to the side, wrapping his arm around Lucas's shoulder like they were good buddies.
"It was too dark just now, so I wasn't careful with my hands. Are you alright? Does it still hurt? Go lie in a healing pod when you get back, put it on my tab!"
"...That won't be necessary."
"As long as you're fine, hehehe. Then leave the nutrient solutions to us? And your mecha materials? Don't hide any supplies, take them all out!"
Lucas couldn't help but start bickering with him.
"Don't go too far..."
"...What do you mean we can't use it!? My mecha fought for so long that water seeped in too, okay!?"
Hearing this, Xu Mo couldn't bear it anymore. He released his cockpit and a bunch of mecha parts that had been washed by seawater from his space button.
"Is it as serious as mine!?"
"..."
Seeing the other party present "evidence," Jian Jingyu immediately stepped back.
"Sister Zebra, you're up!"
Wang Tianwei immediately stepped forward to take his place, throwing an arm around each of their shoulders.
"Comrades, you need to look at the long term. As humans, who doesn't lose sometimes..."
Xu Mo gave her a sidelong glance.
"Didn't you guys not lose?"
"We are different! You can't always compare yourself to geniuses, it'll just drive you into a dead end!"
Lucas had never been so speechless in his entire life.
Before you guys showed up, we were the geniuses in other people's eyes, okay?
"Look, you guys are out of the game anyway! The more things you leave behind, the more it helps us! That way, every time we take something out in the future, the audience will think of you, right!?"
Wang Tianwei tried to reason with them, but unfortunately, the people from the First Military Academy weren't that easy to fool.
"Even after we're out, we'll still be active in the live broadcast rooms and forums. Everyone definitely won't forget us.
As for the mecha materials, don't even think about it. The organizing committee never said that eliminated teams have to leave their mechas behind."
Lucas took out the remaining nutrient solutions from his space button and handed them over.
"Here, consider this my personal sponsorship."
Wang Tianwei thought for a moment.
"Do you want to know exactly where your mecha falls short?"
"..."
Lucas's hand holding the nutrient solutions froze in mid-air.
"To make it less cumbersome, you added a lot of snap-fit structures. It's clean and tidy, sure, but it also makes it very easy for me to dismantle. However, if you just tweak it a little bit..."
"..."
"Also the waterproof strips, having them is the same as not having them. You haven't dived in water much, have you? You have to consider both internal and external pressure, you know?"
Lucas felt agonizingly baited and looked at his captain inquiringly.
Ye Yingxuan just found it funny. They were already eliminated, so what was there to fear? Thus, she nodded to her teammate.
"...I can only give you the spare parts at most. We have to take all our mechas with us!"
"Leave the firepower accessories, and I'll tell you about the cockpit sealing structure I researched. When you get out, go find Teacher Shi from the military region..."
Hearing this, Lucas immediately grabbed his datapad, turned on the voice recorder, and pulled up his notes.
"Sister Zebra, what are you looking for? Power modules? Blaster barrels? I've got it all right here! Let's get into the details, tell me everything!"
