novelraw Chapter 124 : Song of Sand and Mirage
Chapter 124 : Song of Sand and Mirage
Zhou Chen hadn't yet reacted when Gu Qinxue had already followed Chen Sui's action.
Xie Chunshi connected the current position directly with the base station coordinates on the team channel.
According to his understanding, Chen Sui's thinking was simple: if they could bulldoze through, then there was only one path—between two points, a line segment is the shortest.
As for anything else in the way, just blast it all down.
The route had just been completed on the team channel when Chen Sui's cannon had already fired out.
Gu Qinxue and the analyst, one on the left and one on the right, directly collapsed the high walls.
The two mechs rushed out, blasted, and then immediately withdrew.
Behind the mechs, high walls collapsed, dust flying.
"What the?"
Zhou Chen was stunned, "Are we just going to violently break through?"
He now understood Chen Sui's meaning.
The high walls fell directly, the shadows of the maze illuminated by sunlight, high temperature immediately hit.
No wonder Chen Sui said it would get hot soon.
Zhou Chen silently adjusted his temperature regulation upward, this time being careful: "Puluo, what level are you on?"
Puluo, who felt he wasn't good at lying, looked at his temperature settings but didn't answer, only saying: "I need to go help."
After speaking, seeing Xie Chunshi raise his hand to summon water mist, wrapping the dust in front and making it fall, clearing the vision, he hurriedly rushed out, following Chen Sui and Gu Qinxue together, firing cannons toward the front.
"Wow," Zhou Chen was eager to act, "should we control our energy?"
Chen Sui told him the energy gathering level for his cannon, "Just shoot at this level, and still leave some for energy bodies. When we get to the base station, we'll replenish fully."
Zhou Chen, watching their figures blasting cannons in front, suddenly felt this was a good opportunity to showcase himself, and hurriedly prepared to go forward.
In front, Xie Chunshi looked back at him: "Clean up?"
Zhou Chen looked up: "Huh?"
Xie Chunshi pointed at him, water flowing like a rope, sweeping over the exterior of his mech, washing away all the dust, restoring the mech's surface to its shining glory.
"It's so good to have you," Zhou Chen delightedly made a heart gesture toward Xie Chunshi.
Zhou Chen, having regained his handsome appearance, was immediately full of energy, rushing out to join the bulldozing army.
The bullet comments, seeing Zhu Jing Fu's forceful way of breaking out of the maze, immediately had mixed feelings.
[Border Army had missions in Song of Sand and Mirage before, relying entirely on the energy signal from the base station, and still went wrong several times]
[Did none of you folks ever think of this method?]
[It's not that we didn't think of it, mainly, how to say it, there were many energy bodies at the time, and White Scorpions were quite troublesome (pointing at fingers)]
[Well, also didn't expect my sister to use White Scorpions as balls]
[Zhu Jing Fu really surprises me every time. They've been bandits, miners, mechanical manufacturers, and now they're starting to be a renovation team. I think Zhu Jing Fu students must have very broad employment prospects after graduation?]
[To be honest, I recently applied to a flight vehicle manufacturing company, and their recruitment requirements specifically mentioned that Zhu Jing Fu's Analyst System would be given extra consideration, other majors could also be considered]
[Come on, don't have weird filters for our Zhu Jing Fu!!]
[I emphasize once again! Zhu Jing Fu's school team does not represent all of Zhu Jing Fu!!]
[Sorry, I'm a rookie, bringing shame to the school team, wuwuwu]
Chen Sui hadn't expected such a chain reaction. Since deciding to bulldoze directly, her mood had improved a lot.
Finally, she didn't have to go around in circles in this maze anymore.
Heaven knows, after walking around once and finding herself back at the starting point, how much she wanted to pull out the energy bodies and tear them into jerky.
The energy-gathering cannon blasted around, directly collapsing the base of the high walls. The top swayed back and forth. Gu Qinxue waved her hand, a gale sweeping out, the high wall falling backward.
Chen Sui saw her use her summoned body's energy crystal and looked curiously.
Gu Qinxue smiled slightly: "Just getting used to it first, to avoid not using it well when fighting with other teams later."
In this competition, everyone in Zhu Jing Fu except Chen Sui and Xie Chunshi had joined summoned bodies.
Chen Sui nodded, "It's good to practice shared feeling first."
With the lesson from the monitoring station point last time, no other team would be willing to enter the base station and engage in direct mech close combat in an energy-isolated environment.
That would be giving Zhu Jing Fu an easy win.
Getting into the main base station and obtaining the absorption device would become the difficult points for attacking the defender. During the preparation period, various school teams had simultaneously begun summoned body designs.
Analysts from other academies had even come to discuss energy crystal value adjustments with Chen Sui. In the end, due to Chen Sui's somewhat bizarre aesthetics, that typically shy analyst from Xitisi even mustered the courage to send Chen Sui a "Summoned Body Design Aesthetic Collection."
For this, Chen Sui had received a meaningful look from Song Xingzhang, who somewhat helplessly looked at her and uttered an extremely classic line.
"Little Sui, I hope that in the future, the summoned bodies you design won't damage my reputation in the educational world."
Chen Sui was also silent.
She really couldn't be sure about that.
It's not really ugly, right? Even if it's a little ugly, does the mainstream aesthetic of Star Alliance analysts really have no issues at all?
Chen Sui consoled herself.
Seeing Gu Qinxue use summoned body energy, she felt somewhat relieved that she hadn't summoned her summoned body's figure.
Perhaps only at this moment would Chen Sui feel like she had dodged a bullet.
The high wall in front fell backward, making a series of vibrations.
Zhu Jing Fu had already become accustomed to this. After the dust settled, they directly jumped onto the ruins, stepping on the collapsed stone blocks, arriving on the other side of the maze.
At this moment, another team in the sand city maze was still in the shadows, looking at the trajectory of the high walls, searching for the correct path at the fork.
Hearing the sound of collapse, Noya looked toward the source of the sound: "What's that noise?"
"Are there others in the maze?"
Saint Laurent's analyst Xue Yaoyao's energy perception spread out and returned: "Wind attribute energy fluctuation?"
"Na Luo River's Simos, or Xitisi's Jing Yao?" Noya immediately listed the wind attribute users in his mind.
Xue Yaoyao shook her head: "Not certain, confusing energy affects my ability to discern signal strength."
"That's not right either, we can't look at it that way. These guys all have summoned bodies, they're cunning, it would be bad if they're doing it deliberately."
Noya pondered.
The silent strong attacker He Lanxiu, listening to the rumbling sounds, suddenly said: "Could it be Zhu Jing Fu?"
Noya turned to look at him: "Oh, why do you say that?"
"Only they could make such a commotion."
He Lanxiu said diplomatically.
This mountain-crushing, sea-filling approach really had Zhu Jing Fu's style.
Noya and Xue Yaoyao looked at each other, suddenly silent for a moment.
The Saint Laurent team nodded, looking at He Lanxiu: "You're right."
"If it's them, it's not surprising. Must be summoned bodies, these people are the most clever."
Noya had just finished speaking when he became somewhat curious: "Zhu Jing Fu making such a big commotion, could they have found something good again?"
"Let's go see too."
Noya's eyes brightened as he waved to his teammates.
Zhu Jing Fu was known as treasure-hunting mice. The Saint Laurent team also understood this well. No one objected to this proposal, directly following their leader toward the direction of the sound.
Originally, they were somewhat worried about finding their way in the maze, but Zhu Jing Fu was very considerate. The sounds of cannon fire and collapse continued unabated along the way, even getting closer. Saint Laurent's path suddenly became wider, the sunlight brighter, and finally, the shadows completely dispersed. The high walls in front completely collapsed, leaving only a flattened area of ruins.
Seeing this scene, the Saint Laurent team stopped in front of the ruins.
The bullet comments noticed the five people's footsteps pause for a moment, suddenly erupting in laughter.
[I can imagine their expressions]
[This stunned reaction, I've seen it on other teams too, like Jacques Delot when they saw Silent Monument Forest being smashed]
[Zhu Jing Fu: randomly shocking one team in each energy field, today it's—Saint Laurent]
[Wait, why can you all send voice messages?]
[Don't be surprised, this is how Zhu Jing Fu is]
[Noya: I expected outrageous, but this is more outrageous than I thought]
"They... wouldn't be thinking of blasting the entire maze away, would they?"
He Shuangmu's expression cracked.
"If so, what was the point of us going around in circles in the maze?"
He was feeling somewhat unbalanced now.
Noya took a deep breath, inhaling a mouthful of dust, and couldn't help but cough several times: "Has Zhu Jing Fu gone mad? How many energy bodies would this attract?"
"They'd be more excited," Xie Yi added.
Noya was silent for a second, then said: "Aren't they afraid of running out of energy?"
"Oh, indeed they're not," Noya realized, the base station was right in front.
"No, how can they be so outrageous?"
Everyone was educated in military academies, why does Zhu Jing Fu always show off more than others?
The energy bodies attracted by the cannon energy gathering and high temperature regulation were indeed numerous, but for Zhu Jing Fu, after precise energy control, the cannon energy was enough to deal with energy bodies. Not to mention, most energy bodies in the maze attacked contestants with sonic waves. For such energy bodies, Zhu Jing Fu would dispatch Chen Sui with her anger buff, basically resolving them quickly.
And because the energy pressure on Chen Sui was too strong, it caused the energy bodies in the energy body group to emit retreat signals, making energy bodies that hadn't yet attacked directly escape.
This made Zhou Chen wring his hands in lament.
"Why are they running away again!"
"The energy bodies in this energy field are really too strange."
Chen Sui put away her long spear, removed the energy core of the energy body she had just dealt with from the tip, and explained as she walked back: "Many of Sand Mirage's energy bodies live together, and most of their levels are similar. They don't really seem like higher command, more like—"
Chen Sui found an appropriate description: "Good friends of the same kind?"
Xie Chunshi nodded, adding: "It's related to Poplar Star's original ecology. In the original location of Sand Mirage, there were many star beast breeding groups. These energy bodies' star beast identities might really be very good playmates."
Chen Sui spread her hands, putting away the energy crystal. She suddenly looked behind: "Seems like someone is approaching."
She said people, not energy bodies.
There was a stable energy fluctuation, and the aura of an energy barrier.
Zhou Chen set up his cannon: "Goodness, it wouldn't be Na Luo River, would it?"
That would mean fighting in advance.
"Our energy might not be enough," Xie Chunshi said. His plan didn't include budget for dealing with other parts.
Chen Sui narrowed her eyes, as if trying to see the mech shape from the ruins behind, to identify the team.
"It doesn't matter, as long as we're bold enough, it's the other side that should be afraid."
She had reason.
Zhou Chen instantly understood: "I get it, intimidation, right? I'm best at that."