In the end, the Second Squad left behind all their supplies, including spare parts, but they also took away a large bag of mecha components that the safety officer had ruled "non-inheritable."
Wang Tianwei was naturally quite reluctant, but the safety instructor stood majestically in front of them, holding up his portable voice amplifier...
Even though she was the one who dismantled the mecha, she had also salvaged it with her own hands!
"Student Wang, don't push your luck... The Second Squad's ship is still in your hands!"
The safety instructor had reached the end of his tolerance. Habitual bandits, they must be habitual bandits!
He had never seen students from any academy fleece others so thoroughly!
They had just finished the approval process for the seafood application, and now they had confiscated a ship? Even if it was scrapped, it was still military property!
Hearing this, Wang Tianwei couldn't help but be surprised. What ship?
Jian Jingyu also looked bewildered. He had been staying on the sea surface ever since he dealt with Lucas, and he hadn't seen any ship.
Zhang Lyra poked her index fingers together, her eyes unconsciously glancing to the left.
"Uh... but it's already broken, and it sank."
Wang Tianwei immediately stopped dwelling on it.
"You took the ship? Beautifully done, Little Bear!!"
"It was the right thing to do."
She knew Tianwei would definitely be happy!
When Wang Kaiyu was leaving, he rambled on, giving his sister a lot of advice. Finally, Wang Tianwei couldn't resist and pulled the blanket off him.
"Well, you won't lack this when you go back, so just leave it for me. I'm afraid of the cold too."
"..."
Wang Kaiyu turned around and boarded the aircraft. If he didn't leave now, his sister would probably strip the clothes right off his back.
Xu Mo followed closely behind. Lucas had "gained a lot" and couldn't wait to go back and verify the advice Sister Zebra had given him.
He also needed to go back and watch the live broadcast replay to see exactly how Qilin's mechas were made.
They also didn't have military-grade anti-corrosion armor coating, so how come their mechas showed absolutely no signs of sea salt corrosion? It was simply unscientific!
Before boarding the aircraft, Ye Yingxuan took another deep look at Huang Yan.
"I still have to thank you. You let me learn a lot."
"..."
Huang Yan didn't know how to reply, so he just nodded heavily.
There were still four teams left competing on Planet Eshuinuo.
After the others left, Wang Tianwei spread out their "spoils of war" to take inventory: ninety-seven bags of nutrient solution, forty liters of fresh water...
Jian Jingyu and Zhang Lyra took this opportunity to patrol the surrounding area.
They had landed on an island. It wasn't very large; driving a mecha, one could circle it in twenty minutes.
There were a few mutated beasts on the island, which the two casually disposed of. Only after confirming there were no other threats did they return to the beach, where Huang Yan had already lit a campfire.
The middle of the night wasn't suitable for repairing the ship, and they chose not to return to the ship to eat.
Having stayed at sea for so long, everyone wanted to experience this "down-to-earth" feeling for a little while longer.
During their patrol, Jian Jingyu and Zhang Lyra had pulled up quite a few wild vegetables, which were perfect for giving everyone a change of taste.
Huang Yan held the simple map and studied it for a long time.
"Tomorrow we can go look for the academy bonus point button."
The three of them, who were vigorously chewing wild vegetables, looked up in unison.
"Is it very close to here?"
Huang Yan nodded and pointed to a spot on the map.
"We are currently at this position. The coordinates are not far from that piece of land. Once the ship is repaired, it will take about a day to get there.
If we go at full speed without encountering any other obstacles... I estimate we can arrive in half a day."
Wang Tianwei swallowed the vegetable leaves in her mouth.
"This time, there is a point difference for the academy buttons. I think they might be set in the same place."
Huang Yan nodded in agreement.
"So the possibility of us encountering other teams along the way is higher than in the previous round."
"Looks like there will be a fierce battle."
Zhang Lyra was full of drive.
The underwater battle against Xu Mo and Wang Kaiyu today was almost a one-sided crushing on their part.
She certainly knew that defeating them on land would be much harder than underwater, but there was nothing to be done. Who asked them to have Sister Zebra, this ultimate cheat code?
An excellent individual soldier would not fear any challenge. She was already prepared to fight whether in the air, on land, or underwater!
Jian Jingyu recalled the scores of the four teams.
"We currently have one hundred and eighty-two points... If we keep this up, Sir Huang! We might just get first place!"
One hundred of those points were exchanged from the bag of cuttlefish that Sister Zebra had just scooped up, and the rest came from the mutated beasts they had fought off and on during this period.
It seemed that none of the other squads had reached one hundred points so far. The lowest was Valk, with only fifty-one points.
If they could maintain the point gap and find the five-hundred-point academy bonus button, they would safely secure first place!
The Qilin team members were thrilled upon hearing this! The First Military Academy had been leading the pack for so long, and now they finally had a chance to take the top spot!
"We just lacked a bit of luck in the first two rounds. We can definitely do it this time!"
Wang Tianwei boasted without feeling ashamed.
She also knew that the strength of He Siyu's squad was not to be underestimated, but now was not the time to boost others' morale and diminish their own!
"Yeah, we will set off tomorrow after Sister Zebra finishes packing up the ship. If we arrive first, we will have a much better chance of finding the bonus point buttons."
Huang Yan slowly voiced his thoughts.
"Once we get the bonus buttons, we can choose not to press them right away, and instead wait right there to ambush whoever comes along..."
Listening to the captain's plan, Jian Jingyu completely forgot to eat the fish skewer in his hand.
"Sir Huang..."
He didn't finish the rest of his sentence, merely raising his free hand to give him a thumbs-up. Brilliant!
Wang Tianwei was also incredibly impressed. It goes to show that when it comes to using brains, you really have to rely on the commander!
If it were up to her, the most she would think of was to pick the button with the highest bonus points to press first, then kill a few more mutant beasts or star beasts, catch some fish, and scavenge for materials to scrape by for the next five days.
Only Sir Huang could come up with such a sit-and-wait ambush tactic!
This way, they would have bargaining chips. Let her think about how to extort a fortune from the teams coming up behind them...
The viewers in the livestream originally thought they were watching Qilin's harmonious post-battle dinner party. Who would have expected that right in the middle of eating, they would start discussing how to scheme against others?
"Commanders really have dark hearts..."
"Santorini, hurry up! You absolutely cannot let them get there first!"
"Too terrifying. I wouldn't want to go up against the people from Qilin in my entire life."
"Though to be fair, not every Qilin member is a massive threat... [exhausted smile]"
"I told you they couldn't be judged by common sense!"
"Little Bear has even started confiscating other people's ships... I really didn't see that coming."
"If it weren't for the safety instructors, I feel like Wang Kaiyu and his team wouldn't even have their underwear left."
"I feel like even if the safety instructors came, they would still get fleeced alive..."
Inside the rescue aircraft, the instructors saw this floating comment and smashed the like button in their hearts. Finally, someone understood them!
For other teams, they were only responsible for rescue, but for this team, they had to do absolutely everything on top of rescuing!
