novelraw Chapter 175 : Extra Chapter - Military Team Friendship Match (4)
Chapter 175 : Extra Chapter - Military Team Friendship Match (4)
"All neutral persons."
Xie Chunshi squinted and smiled.
Xie You and Chen Sui couldn't see his expression, but they could feel a chill from his playful tone.
It felt like this guy was holding back some mischief.
Xie You turned to look at his teammates, "Wait a few minutes, let's discuss this."
He was about to talk with his teammates about cooperation, but when he turned around, he saw Chen Sui had already distributed the nutrient solution. The four people were huddled behind him, enjoying it with relish.
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"Have you no shame?" Leaving him alone to worry!
Chen Sui handed him his reserved nutrient solution: "Here."
Only then was Xie You satisfied and came over: "What should we do about this?"
"What else is there to discuss," Chen Sui glanced at Xie Chunshi's team from the corner of her eye, "If he's thinking this way, he's probably already made arrangements with others."
Xie You looked at her then, thinking, that's not necessarily true.
Xie Chunshi might well have come to Chen Sui first.
He didn't dare have any expectations for someone so love-brained.
But Chen Sui wasn't aware of this and continued speculating: "If all neutral persons choose the instructor camp, it means we don't have to guess who's on our side and who's the enemy. Everyone would be on our side, and if Xie Chunshi dares to approach us about this, those who don't agree would be the enemies."
According to Xie Chunshi's plan, they would unite to take down the instructors, then resolve internal conflicts afterward. It made sense.
But if someone wanted to take advantage and be the fisherman who profits when the snipe and clam fight, they would be eliminated before dealing with the instructors.
As for whether someone would choose the instructor side and not act as a spy, that didn't need consideration. Military academy students wouldn't do such two-faced things.
As for being a spy within a spy, that's called tactics!
Chen Sui stated bluntly: "If you dare say no, he'll turn around and be the first to get us out."
She spoke in a gloomy tone.
Xie You glanced back, thinking this was exactly what Xie Chunshi would do. He'd noticed earlier that this guy had probably captured several towers, not only having nutrient solution but also powerful gun batteries equipped on his mecha.
"Do you think we can win against them?" Xie You asked cautiously, though internally he was already leaning toward Xie Chunshi's side.
When Chen Sui heard him say this, her expression went through several changes before settling back into a calm look. She straightened up, but gripped her spear: "Commander, of course I'll follow your command. Fight or not?"
Xie You looked at her with alarm and quickly blocked her: "No, don't be impulsive, I was just asking!"
"We'd be at a disadvantage if we fought," Chi Buyu nodded with conviction, "I just checked, that guy Jipuna has two gun turrets on his mecha. Damn, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer!"
Chen Sui followed his gaze and looked, still not giving up: "I bet he has no ammo in his guns."
Xie You directly rolled his eyes.
"Does your Zhu Jing Fu always play these games?"
Xie You asked sincerely.
Zhu Jing Fu had plenty of resources but no equipment, or no resources when they had equipment. Now who knew if Xie Chunshi had ammo in his guns or not, but if they gambled, they'd definitely lose out.
"I know you really want to fight your Commander," Chi Buyu saw Chen Sui was still tempted and persuaded, "But don't rush. After we deal with the instructors, there will definitely be a chance to deal with Xie Chunshi."
Chen Sui said quietly: "I suppose that works too."
Xie You looked at his teammates again, and confirming there were no objections, nodded to Xie Chunshi.
When the two teams joined and were preparing to head to the next marked tower, they heard Xie Chunshi say: "Jipuna, give them the flash cannon."
Jipuna tossed it to Chi Buyu, who happily caught it and was about to install it when Chen Sui heard Chi Buyu's heart-wrenching cry: "What the fuck, where's your cannon?"
"We don't have one," Jipuna spread his hands innocently, "We only got the gun."
Xie You heard this and closed his eyes briefly.
He looked toward his teammates and saw the other team's Commander talking with their analyst (who was also his analyst), discussing something unknown.
Xie You: ......
Chen Sui was exchanging intelligence with Xie Chunshi.
"Who is the neutral person in your team?"
Xie Chunshi was surprised by her directness, thought for a moment, and answered: "The neutral person hasn't been selected yet, right?"
Chen Sui gave him a deep look.
Nice one, playing mind games.
Currently, information about the marked towers was only known to Xie Chunshi's team and Bai Ruohua's team, who had found related information. Finding other teams in the competition arena wasn't easy, and they even exchanged fire as a courtesy.
But fortunately, the military academy students maintained their due tacit understanding. After exchanging fire, if they couldn't win, they would quietly listen to what they had to say.
After the news about neutral persons spread, with Bai Ruohua's team serving as another information source, other teams were willing to believe Xie Chunshi's words.
So although the process was very difficult, the result was good.
Finally, on the second day when it was time to choose sides, all teams united.
"So now the neutral person from each team chooses the instructor camp?"
Zhang Yingjie vaguely felt something was wrong, but Xie Chunshi and Chen Sui looked so determined, and Zhu Jing Fu was no longer on the same team, so there was no need to unite for this act.
But his intuition seemed to warn him, and past experience also screamed wildly in Zhang Yingjie's heart: don't easily trust Zhu Jing Fu.
Just as the team Commanders were still deliberating, Zhou Chen urged: "Neutral persons, come out!"
"Hurry up and choose~"
He stood with his hands in his pockets, winking at the Zhu Jing Fu teammates in the various teams. After uniting, Zhou Chen suddenly felt much more relaxed, as if he could already see victory waving at him.
While the teams were looking at each other, Chen Sui and Xie Chunshi exchanged glances. There was a hint of amusement in the young man's eyes, looking particularly crafty. Chen Sui suddenly understood something and stood up: "I've made my choice."
Xie You and several people around turned to look at her: "What the hell!"
Chi Buyu was so scared he jumped a step to the side: "Isn't the selection random? They directly selected our lifeline!"
To think they'd choose the analyst. If Chen Sui turned against them, Chi Buyu didn't dare imagine how difficult the fight would be.
It was at this moment that he couldn't help but feel grateful that Xie Chunshi had come up with such a good idea.
After the first neutral person came forward, others gradually emerged.
However—
Zhou Chen looked at the selected neutral persons and suddenly felt a sense of isolation.
"What?! What's going on!"
"Did you all arrange this beforehand?"
He looked at the four people from Zhu Jing Fu who stood out, plus Noya, Jiang Zhongyu, and Xiao Er—everyone from Zhu Jing Fu was a neutral person except him!
Chen Sui looked at him with innocent eyes: "This was randomly selected, Lucky King."
She deliberately called Zhou Chen by his nickname, with maximum sarcasm.
Zhou Chen choked for a moment, and was about to speak when he realized something.
"Oh wait!"
He smiled particularly brightly: "This isn't even a good thing!"
The neutral person spy within a spy was supposed to get rid of the instructors from their own camp. In the end, the military students would win, regardless of the neutral persons.
Zhou Chen was self-satisfied: "I'm glad I wasn't selected. I still want to get the victor's points!"
The corner of Chen Sui's mouth seemed about to curve upward, but she controlled it. She nodded with a very accommodating expression: "Everything you say is right."
"Protect each team's objective, starting from the marked towers," Zhang Yingjie looked at Gu Qinxue returning to the team. His thoughts were interrupted by Zhou Chen, the strange feeling disappeared instantly, and he no longer felt anything was wrong, quickly becoming absorbed in new tactical arrangements.
"At this point, the instructors must be heavily guarding the marked towers, but we don't know how many people they have!"
Noya looked at the Commanders around him: "How about one team sweeps while another attacks the tower?"
"Alright, neutral persons..." Bai Ruohua's eyes scanned them one by one, and he slowly asked: "How do you communicate with the other side?"
"Don't know."
Chen Sui shook her head.
Her expression didn't change, and her eyes showed some confusion.
Bai Ruohua didn't suspect anything, just frowned in thought.
On the other side, Noya said with a grin: "The military zone really knows how to play, creating such an ambiguous position. Isn't this purely to provoke people?"
"Now we have more people, so we don't fear provocation," Xin Yan's gaze was cold, but his tone was somewhat gritting his teeth, "When we first arrived, we were led around like dogs being walked, there were traps everywhere."
Bai Ruohua deeply agreed. Back then, there were all kinds of undercover agents, reversals upon reversals. At that time, not understanding the dangers of the world, they thought instructors who came right up to their faces were good people.
Chen Sui looked at Xin Yan and Bai Ruohua acting like brothers who had suffered through hardship together, and thought silently, tsk, tricking honest people makes my conscience hurt a little.
But being a spy within a spy within a spy is really fun!
"Honey flavor," Xie Chunshi and his team were next to them, and he was right beside Chen Sui. He quietly handed her a nutrient solution.
Chen Sui was stunned for a moment and silently accepted it: "Where did you get this?"
She asked quietly.
Xie Chunshi smiled until his eyes curved: "Traded with Zhang Yingjie."
The nutrient solutions they found in the marked towers were flavorless. Chen Sui could drink them, but if she had a choice, she still preferred honey flavor.
"Thanks!"
Chen Sui looked up and smiled at him. A corner of Xie Chunshi's heart softened, but his face remained unmoved, and he spoke casually: "We'll be fighting side by side again, Ah Sui."
Chen Sui looked at the three options that appeared on the neutral person interface and nodded craftily.
"Let's go then, what are we waiting for? Challenge the instructors and let them know we're not easy to bully!"
After the teams locked in, they immediately boarded the cockpits and checked their guns and ammunition.
"If I can't beat them in close combat, can't I suppress them with firepower? Ridiculous!" Zhou Chen muttered while filling his energy cannon with energy pipes, "If I had an electromagnetic cannon, I'd flatten the marked tower directly."
Hearing this, Chi Buyu gave him an elbow: "Do I need you to say that?"
"Just watch me perform. With little Sui's assistance, the team competition is destined to be my stage to show off!"
Zhou Chen was provoked into competitiveness: "Don't be smug. Be careful you don't get taken out by an instructor the moment you show yourself."
Chi Buyu's face changed, and he stepped forward to cover Zhou Chen's mouth before he finished speaking, but was a step too late. After he finished speaking, Chi Buyu's face directly collapsed: "Zhou Chen, you can still take it back."
"Otherwise you'll be taken out with me."
Zhou Chen looked at him in shock: "You're really shameless!"
"You jinx," Chi Buyu said with a serious face, insisting that he take it back before letting go.
Zhou Chen had no choice but to coax him with a few words. When the person let go of him, Zhou Chen muttered as his mecha moved: "What's this about? No matter what, you're still my defeated opponent. Hmph, it's fine if you're eliminated a bit later, you're going to lose anyway."