Inside the cave, Huang Yan and Hiranuma Yusho stared at each other from a distance, both feeling frustrated by the current situation.
As soon as Wu Fangyu and Wang Tianwei saw each other, they shouted at the top of their lungs,
"Sister Zebra! Let me tell you..."
"Really? You figured it out too? Do you have the blueprints? Let me see them quickly!"
Wang Tianwei was overjoyed. From what Wu Fangyu was saying, the airtight structure he had created went in a completely different direction from hers.
Competition truly was the primary productive force. When she was holed up in the camp's mecha room, she couldn't think of anything, but after only four days on Planet Eshuinox, she had already squeezed out two sets of plans!
Wu Fangyu also wanted nothing more than to rush over to the opposite side and discuss it in detail with Sister Zebra, but reason ultimately stopped him. After all, they were still in a competition, and their rankings were quite important.
"...Let's talk after our two teams determine the ownership of the bonus points button!"
After shouting, he retreated behind Barry, intending not to show his face again until a solution was reached.
Hearing this, Wang Tianwei nodded her chin in agreement. The atmosphere right now was indeed a bit awkward...
The decision-making power returned to the hands of the two captains.
After exchanging a few probing words, Huang Yan and Hiranuma Yusho both secretly gritted their teeth. They had both landed in the middle of the night yesterday.
They had searched all night for the academy bonus point buttons, only to find them in a scenario where the two teams met on a narrow path.
Speaking of which, the buttons this time were set up much more humanely than the ones on Planet Kashgar. There were no tunnel worms blocking the way at every turn, nor were there any mutated beasts coveting energy.
Even the three buttons were arranged neatly in a row right in the middle of the cave, with 500, 400, and 300 marked below them respectively.
A banner was even hung above the platform, reading "Planet Eshuinox - Academy Bonus Point Buttons," as if afraid that others wouldn't be able to find them.
So far, no one else had been here. The two teams guarded the cave entrance, their posture quite hostile and tense.
A team could only gain bonus points once, based on the data of the first button pressed, and they were not allowed to destroy the other buttons.
The problem was that both squads wanted to choose the one with the highest points.
If either team had arrived just one minute earlier, the situation wouldn't have deadlocked like this.
"Qilin is currently first in points. Taking the four hundred bonus points will still keep you in first place, so..."
Taylor tried to confuse Jian Jingyu, but Wang Tianwei rolled her eyes,
"Do you hear what you're saying? Taking four hundred points makes us first, but wouldn't taking five hundred points make us securely first?"
"Exactly!"
Jian Jingyu echoed. What was he thinking? They definitely wouldn't give up five hundred points!
Taylor thought about it for a moment and felt that the other party seemed to be right, so he reluctantly shut his mouth.
Lobbying was a technical skill, and he was indeed still lacking... He would have to consult his captain more when he got back.
The spiritual power of the members on both sides was focused entirely on their respective spatial buttons, just waiting for the commander's order to release their mechas, but after a long time, there were no instructions from the captains.
Wang Tianwei couldn't help but secretly peek at Huang Yan. What was going on? Were they going to fight or not? Give a clear answer!
But upon looking, she realized that their captain's eyes were somewhat glazed over, clearly having wandered off somewhere else. Looking at Hiranuma Yusho, he seemed to be in a similar state?
Well then... It turned out the two captains had already silently begun battling with their spiritual power!
Hiranuma Yusho's spiritual power was both majestic and delicate. Just as Huang Yan realized he was in an illusion, he immediately fell into another new illusion, layer upon layer, as if there was never an end in sight.
In contrast, the illusions woven by him, a "beginner," were much rougher.
Hiranuma Yusho could always seize a flaw and quickly break free, then increase his spiritual attack on Huang Yan.
The two sides engaged in a "friendly exchange of spiritual power" back and forth.
During this process, Hiranuma Yusho found that the familiar feeling had returned...
The speed at which Huang Yan discovered flaws, broke free, and escaped became faster and faster, and his illusions were woven more and more meticulously. Later on, there was even a feeling that he was just accompanying him for practice?
Hiranuma Yusho remained composed, wanting to stimulate Huang Yan's brain center to make him more anxious and confused, so that he would reveal a flaw and allow him to attack like Elizabeth did.
Unexpectedly, although Huang Yan was poor at weaving illusions, his mentality was quite good!
His whole person remained completely unmoved, and he continued to dismantle each illusion unhurriedly.
The members of both sides just watched as their respective captains' eyes went dull, became clear, went dull, and became clear again?
After a while, Barry scratched his head and smacked his lips.
What should they do now? Catch up with Qilin? Everyone was quite familiar with each other...
Seeing that the time Huang Yan's eyes remained clear was getting longer and longer, Wang Tianwei knew he shouldn't have any major problems, so she wanted to take this opportunity to pull Wu Fangyu into another discussion about mechas.
"Hey, Wu Fangyu, have you thought of any good solutions for the air filter?"
Wu Fangyu wanted to answer but didn't dare to. An invitation at a time like this, who knew if it was a scheme by their Qilin team?
Like making a feint to the east while attacking the west, or luring the tiger away from the mountain? He couldn't be careless!
Seeing this, Wang Tianwei picked up a branch from the side and drew a line on the ground,
"Here, a boundary line. Let's neither of us cross this line, and just discuss from both sides. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Wu Fangyu stared at that thin line for a while, wanting to ask what a "boundary line" was.
But looking at the captain and then at the "little bee"... Forget it, the sooner they talked, the better!
So he also picked up a branch and drew another line two meters away from that line,
"That one is not very safe. Let's keep this distance."
Wang Tianwei, who thought she had already taken a big step back, simply couldn't believe it,
"You're actually guarding against me this much!? What could I possibly do to you?"
Wu Fangyu placed his manuscripts, data written on paper, and memos on the ground and poked them over with a wooden stick,
"Sister Zebra, touch your conscience and tell me, shouldn't I be guarding against you?
Swear it! If you play dirty or use tactics against us, your current height will be the peak of your life!"
"..."
Jian Jingyu and Zhang Lyra watched their teammate's eerie silence for a moment, then withdrew their gazes.
To actually bring up the height that their Sister Zebra cared about the most, this kid Wu Fangyu hit her weak spot quite accurately!
Wang Tianwei simply sat down cross-legged and poked her own blueprints over with a wooden stick,
"This distance is fine too... Then let's swap blueprints."
Taylor and Barry stood to the side and couldn't help rolling their eyes. What could they even say about him?
The two mecha masters got so carried away in their discussion that they soon pulled out their respective workbenches and began practicing each other's theories.
The two commanders were still competing with their spiritual power, their eyelids fluttering wildly, oblivious to the passage of time.
The four soldiers guarded their teammates, not daring to relax easily, but not knowing what else they could do,
"...How have you been on the sea these past two days?"
"Pretty good! Yesterday we even caught a big net of cuttlefish and roasted some dried cuttlefish. Do you want to eat some?"
"...Then bring some over."
