The First Analyst of the Interstellar Era

Chapter 174 : Extra Chapter - Military Team Friendship Match (3)

Deep in the jungle, leaves rustled noisily. Sharp wind cut through the underbrush as a long blade chopped down from above. The mecha below nimbly rolled to the side as the blade struck heavily on rocks, shattering the stone cluster on the ground, its edge slightly curling upward.

Xie You quickly stood up from the ground, his arm tugging at the heavy blade, leaving a mecha-finger-wide mark on the ground. His gaze passed over the opponent's mecha to look to the other side. "Chi Buyu, what's going on with you!"

The person being called out stretched both hands, palm lightning bursting forth as he grinned widely. "Almost there!"

Just as he finished speaking, lightning surged from both sides, supporting a blue-purple arc above his mecha, electric light exploding outward.

"By thunder!"

"......"

Chi Buyu's resonant voice emerged from the mecha, but before he could finish, he was kicked from behind.

Zhao Jingzhi was sick of his show-off behavior and kicked him in the rear. As his voice charged forth with flames, he urged: "Hurry up, I'm burning to death. Stop dawdling!"

Chi Buyu, interrupted, didn't dawdle anymore and rushed forward with Zhao Jingzhi, one on the left and one on the right.

Chen Sui, entangling three mechas, felt the oncoming energy impact and stopped her pursuit. The long spear swayed from behind her as she halted. She looked toward the mechas behind her. The training officer still didn't understand what this military student intended to do, but in that moment of contemplation, the figure before the three training officers suddenly disappeared.

"!"

"What's happening!"

The voice had just fallen when they felt a faint breath from their side.

The training officer looked sideways to see a mecha standing silently beside him. A chill surged up the pilot's back, but before he could react, pain shot through his waist as the mecha beside him kicked out, instantly silencing him.

The three mechas were kicked toward the same spot by the ghost-like figure. The training officers' hearts skipped a beat as they sensed something wrong.

"Scatter!"

One of them roared.

But before the mechas could move, thunder rumbled down from afar with tremendous force, directly shattering the tall, sturdy trees in front. The lightning scorched the ground, carving a deep black charred mark through the vegetation, with crackling electric light exploding around them.

"Boom—"

Chen Sui sensed the space energy and directly flashed to a spot dozens of meters away. The thunder passed in front of her, blasting an enormous crater directly in front of her.

Black smoke billowed toward the surroundings.

"Puff......"

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

Chi Buyu rushed forward excitedly, only to be met with a face full of black smoke. Even in the cockpit, he could feel a sense of suffocation as black dust covered the mecha's surface. The ground shook violently, sending leaves and dust flying in all directions.

Seeing their three companions in such a miserable state, the other two training officers controlled by Xie You and Xie Yi at a distance froze. In their team channel, both called out the names of the three, only to hear a few heavy, bellows-like pants.

"These kids, they're too ruthless!"

"Damn, Brother, are you guys still alive?"

After calling several times while still fending off Xie You's heavy and fierce sword attacks, they finally heard their teammates' voices while blocking a downward sword strike.

"Can live... not dead..."

But the training officer who heard this voice inexplicably trembled, thinking they probably weren't far from death.

Chi Buyu looked down. Chen Sui knelt on one knee, pressing her hand against the ground. The vegetation suddenly grew wildly, directly wrapping around the top of the huge pit with layers of tree nets, vines crisscrossing to completion.

With a swoosh, black spikes as long as a mecha's hand pierced through, their tips gleaming with cold light.

The training officers lying at the bottom of the pit looking up at the sky: They really think highly of us...

After finishing this, Chen Sui turned to look at the other two. Chi Buyu immediately came behind her, still somewhat immersed in his own heroic image. The enormous energy of concentrated lightning combined with the absolute energy control assisted by space energy gave him a dreamlike perception of his own strength.

"Damn, Zhou Chen usually eats this well!"

"Little Sui, simply amazing, that was incredible!"

This idea was Chen Sui's, perfectly matching Zhu Jing Fu's combat style. Chi Buyu had absolutely stolen the spotlight.

He couldn't even imagine how happy Zhou Chen must be in league matches with such teammates assisting him. No wonder that guy was so spirited every day—who wouldn't be happy getting to show off daily?

Chi Buyu exhaled, feeling completely refreshed.

"Quickly resolve them, someone's coming."

Chen Sui sensed familiar energy approaching and reminded her teammates over the team channel.

Chi Buyu immediately shook his weapon, his joints cracking loudly: "Understood!"

His voice carried excitement as he rushed forward to join Xie You and Xie Yi.

With the three working together, the two training officers retreated step by step. Just as Xie You's heavy sword swung down, about to eliminate the opponent, a sudden whooshing sound came from behind.

"Zhao Jingzhi, shield up!"

The single combat unit had been waiting at the side. Hearing Chen Sui's voice, he slammed his palm on the ground. Flames surged forward from his hand with a boom, rising higher and higher, directly dividing the battlefield and completely blocking Xie You and the others from view.

Chen Sui closed her eyes for a second. The long spear in her hand trembled twice as the energy crystal at its tip burst with white light. Formless space energy gathered, directly exploding in front of the firewall.

An energy bullet aimed from behind struck the firewall.

It exploded with a rumble, compressed by the surrounding space energy, completely isolating the impact of the artillery fire.

Chen Sui waited until her teammates had finished dealing with the other two before signaling Zhao Jingzhi to withdraw the firewall.

After obtaining the training officers' points, everyone looked toward the source of the artillery fire. Xie You's gaze swept over, but his voice was asking Chen Sui beside him: "Can you identify the energy fluctuations?"

On the other side, Zhao Jingzhi patted Chen Sui: "Little Sui, it's still your foresight. How did you guess someone would come to intercept?"

"Of course," before Chen Sui could answer, Chi Buyu looked at her teasingly. "Zhu Jing Fu's specialty—how could Little Sui not understand!"

Chen Sui shook off his hand from her shoulder, glancing at him impatiently: "Just one shot, doesn't seem like they want to fight."

She reminded them.

With this said, a candidate immediately popped into Xie You's mind. He bit his molars, watching as the vegetation blocking their view was pushed aside and several mechas came through.

"How lively! I felt several earthquakes from far away and knew it must be either Noya or Little Sister Sui. I guessed right—worthy of my status as the league's number one genius!"

A voice came from inside a mecha, and Chen Sui confirmed the arrival was Ink Hills' agile attacker Jipuna.

She raised an eyebrow, looking at the people emerging from behind.

"Commander Xie."

Chen Sui greeted the newcomer first, then looked at his teammates one by one.

"You wanted to intercept? Shameless!" Xie You's lips curled into a cold smile.

Xie Chunshi showed not the slightest hint of shame, merely scanning the group's mechas to confirm they hadn't found a marker tower.

In the team match rules, marker towers stored ammunition, guns, and daily resources. Initially, all marker towers were guarded by the training officer camp. Only by dealing with the guarding training officers could one obtain the corresponding supplies.

"You didn't get guns?"

Xie You's face stiffened, diverted by the topic change, momentarily choked.

Chi Buyu, seeing they had no intention of fighting, began chatting with them.

"Don't mention it. Terribly unlucky—we've attacked two towers, both empty!"

Yes, within the team match there were also empty towers containing no relevant supplies.

"So lame," Jipuna laughed.

Chi Buyu clicked his tongue, unsatisfied with his words: "It's bad luck, am I lame? You just came late and didn't see. I was super cool just now. After the team match ends, I'll take you to watch the recording and you'll know!"

"Here," Xie Chunshi produced several nutritional fluids from somewhere, seemingly offering them in friendship. "Cooperate?"

Xie You was instantly alert. He glanced at Chen Sui, signaling her to react: "You're being so kind?"

Chen Sui looked at the offering, then tentatively accepted it. "Commander, it's not poisoned!"

Xie You gritted his teeth hard.

Always eating!

Of course he knew it wasn't poisoned—the nutritional fluid seals were intact!

"Saw this after attacking a tower," Xie Chunshi passed him a chip. After Xie You scanned it with his light brain and saw the information, his expression immediately turned serious.

[Each team will have a neutral role assigned. On the second day of the team match, neutral roles can choose which camp to join, sharing victory points with that camp.]

Obviously, this meant some team members might defect to the training officer camp.

"Come on, is someone really stupid enough to betray and help the training officers?"

Chi Buyu scratched his head after reading it.

Zhao Jingzhi said quietly: "Is it possible that some people don't care about winning, they just want to sabotage their teammates?"

He put himself in their shoes—if he had a chance to sabotage their Captain Zhang, Zhao Jingzhi felt he would find it hard to resist!

But as soon as Zhao Jingzhi finished speaking, Xie You and several members of Xie Chunshi's team stared at him.

Chen Sui turned her head half a beat late. In the silence, Zhao Jingzhi was stared at until his scalp tingled. He leaned back, cautiously asking: "What? Is my guess wrong?"

"Pretty accurate."

Chen Sui nodded. Just as Zhao Jingzhi relaxed, he heard her continue: "You understand so well, are you the neutral person?"

Zhao Jingzhi: "!"

"No, how is that possible? Didn't it say this happens on the second day of the team match?"

Chen Sui's eyes grew more exasperated.

Chi Buyu and Jipuna reminded him in unison: "It's chosen on the second day!!"

Zhao Jingzhi hurriedly waved his hands: "It still couldn't be me. I'm just suggesting a possibility!"

Xie Chunshi observed his actions and had his own assessment. He said to Xie You: "Currently, it appears there are only training officer and military student camps on the field, but with the neutral person joining, a third party emerges. Team targets will be confirmed on the second day, changing daily. Once the team's neutral person chooses the enemy, they'll directly expose the target, which is very disadvantageous for us."

Xie You listened to his analysis: "So, what's your idea?"

"Eliminate all training officers," Xie Chunshi smiled slightly, his tone calm. "After that, the arena becomes one where we can play freely, doesn't it?"

After hearing this, Xie You's pupils dilated slightly.

"But against the training officer camp, we might not win."

He stated the fact.

"That's true, but the neutral person is also our opportunity."

No one said that those who choose the training officer camp have to help the training officers win.

Chen Sui immediately understood his plan to create a Mission Impossible scenario, silently staring at Xie Chunshi.

You scoundrel, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, yet full of devious thoughts.

Xie You looked over at this moment, asking his teammates: "What do you think of his idea?"

The plan wasn't unfeasible, but there was one major problem—

Chen Sui: "So, who's going to be the undercover agent?"