How could she have believed that mouth of hers?
After pulling her out of the mech cockpit, Huang Yan stared at her without blinking, this person who only focused on training her mental strength, completely neglecting her own body. The remaining teammates wore the same expression, even Little Bear didn’t rush to help her up first—this time, Sister Zebra had really gone too far!
Wang Tianwei lay sprawled on the deck, feeling embarrassed by the crowd gathered around her. She silently turned over, using her back to face everyone.
“Hah, trying to play dead like a flipped fish?”
Huang Yan sneered.
They had agreed it would just be mental strength training, but this woman had trained herself until she fainted twice in the submarine and still refused to come back to the ship?
“Impressive, huh? A mech pilot is really something—installing automatic ejection systems in others’ cockpits but removing your own, right?”
Damn, full sarcasm mode activated… Wang Tianwei pressed her forehead to the deck and muttered softly,
“No, that’s not it. If I ejected in the water, I’d drown. Your mech cockpits are set to automatically disable ejection underwater too.”
“…And you’re still making excuses!?”
Huang Yan was livid!
Did she remember how she used to manage him?
If he trained just a little too long, even slightly over three hours of sustained mental power usage, she’d team up with two front-line soldiers to loudly conspire about finding Dr. Tao to tattle on him, even threatening to have someone give him a massive dose of mental suppressants, leaving him with barely a shred of the stuff!
And now, when it came to herself? Oh, sure! She threw herself into waters crawling with alien insects and repeated her training until she passed out? Such trust she had in them!
During that time, when Goldfish called her and got no response, he felt something was off, but she quickly spoke up, explaining she’d been lost in thought and forgot to reply—so he let it slide…
Then what? Taking on fifty giant tube worms alone? Who did she think she was? Elizabeth? Did she forget her mental power was merely A-grade?
“Sister Zebra… you almost scared us to death!”
Jian Jingyu patted her chest, feeling like she had aged a decade.
Just now, Sister Zebra’s submarine was surrounded by giant tube worms for a second time, and no matter how they called her, she wouldn’t respond! In the end, Sir Huang and He Siyu had to join forces to wipe out those bugs,
“We all know you’re amazing… but you can’t do stuff like this!”
“Goldfish is right.”
Zhang Laila stood behind her identical to Wu Pingzhuo, arms crossed over her chest, eyes sharp.
“This time was really too much! If it weren’t for Sir Huang and He’s squad, neither of us would’ve known how to save you.”
Huang Yan saw she was still playing dead,
“You’ve been irresponsible with your own life and the team’s safety. We’re going to hold a team meeting to discuss punishment.”
Wang Tianwei couldn’t hold it in anymore at those words. She propped herself up with one arm and struggled to turn over,
“Come on! Sir Huang, this isn’t a crime worth dying for!”
Jian Jingyu and Zhang Laila were shocked too—did it have to be that serious?
Their eyes met briefly in the air, and then they thought, well, maybe this time Sister Zebra really had to understand the gravity of things!
“I made all the proper preparations! Really! You’ve got to believe me!”
Wang Tianwei wriggled into a sitting position,
“My mech is tightly sealed—it’s not S-grade material, but the cockpit is absolutely safe!
Plus, I told you to call me, right? There are so many people on the ship, someone would’ve noticed, wouldn’t they?
Even if you didn’t make it in time, Valk is behind us! Their radar would’ve found me…”
Huang Yan ignored all her explanations,
“Goldfish, Little Bear, come over here.”
The First Military Academy crew stayed on the sidelines the whole time. Wang Tianwei had really been bold this time, but as things seemed to be escalating, Fu Xingyuan couldn’t help but interject,
“Uh, she really seems to know she was wrong…”
What kind of process was Kirin’s team meeting?
Given how scared Wang Tianwei looked, the punishment must be harsh, right? Could it be expulsion from the team? That seemed a bit excessive.
“Yeah, yeah! I know I was wrong! Little Bear? Goldfish?”
Wang Tianwei seized the chance to soften them. Her two teammates visibly wavered, but when they met Huang Yan’s calm gaze, they quickly sobered up again.
Sorry, Sister Zebra! After all, Sir Huang is the captain… They felt sympathy, but they knew who called the shots.
The two flanked the team leader. Seeing they were unreliable, Wang Tianwei cast a pleading look at the First Military Academy folk in the back.
“…”
Huang Yan cut off any chance for He Siyu and Wu Pingzhuo to speak,
“Don’t worry, we know what we’re doing.”
Then the three of them huddled together, heads touching, muttering in low tones.
Wu Pingzhuo opened and closed his mouth… Did Kirin people really know what they were doing? He was skeptical.
Wang Tianwei’s mental power hadn’t recovered yet; just sitting up had taken everything she had. Now she couldn’t get to her teammates, so she anxiously pulled out a pack of nutrient fluid, bit it open, and gulped it down, hoping to regain some strength,
“Sir Huang, I really know I was wrong! Gulp, gulp, gulp…”
After hearing Huang Yan’s words, the First Military Academy crew held back.
But none of them left the ship. They all wanted to see the final “verdict,” because this was the first time they’d seen Wang Tianwei at a loss, and it was quite a novelty…
“Too reckless!”
Fu Manli in the camp’s live-broadcast room had her brow furrowed into a deep knot. Only after confirming Wang Tianwei was safe did she unclench her tightly balled fists.
Those were alien bugs!
Even she, watching the dense swarm of giant tube worms in the water through the camera, found them terrifying. How could that kid have no sense of danger?
“Good thing Huang Yan was there…”
Chao Hao’s voice was also gritted with frustration,
“She deserves to learn some lesson!”
“Chairman, I propose that next time we install a camera inside the student mech cockpits to monitor their physical condition in real-time!”
Only watching from the outside meant they were always a step behind in assessing the students. Just now, she had only learned Wang Tianwei was in trouble at the same time Huang Yan did.
Shen Jie pondered Fu Manli’s suggestion for a moment,
“You have a point. We’ll keep that in mind for the next round.”
Selena added,
“And we need to add another rule: students cannot dismantle or block the cameras inside their mechs.”
She then looked at the mech engineers from the organizing committee,
“Otherwise, installing them might be like not having them at all.”
“…Makes sense too.”
There were also many worried comments on the live-stream, and some found Huang Yan’s reaction novel,
“First time seeing Sir Huang this angry? Kirin’s team meeting sounds serious.”
“Sir Huang is like a stern father disciplining a disobedient daughter…”
“Goldfish and Little Bear have good judgment! Wait… So they actually know how to read the room?”
“President Wang of Yida probably isn’t too fond of the ‘stern father’ idea.”
Soon after, a bold, colorful font followed that comment,
“Yida Technology: Thank you, Sir Huang! Please make sure she remembers this lesson—no need to hold back on our account!”
“Yida Technology actually shows up in person!”
“Haha, this time they truly have official permission to teach her!”
“Sister Zebra! Danger!”
