novelraw Chapter 54 : White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain
Chapter 54 : White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain
As the words fell, the protective shield shattered like broken light, flickering in the sunlight before instantly dispersing. The golden radiance became transparent, finally merging with the air.
The sensation of sand transmitted through the soles of their feet. The sea breeze blew gently past. Looking up was the rugged island mountain; turning around was the calm azure sea.
This was an extremely small island. The edge was a layer of fine white sand, which gradually darkened toward the mountain body, eventually merging with the brown mountain rocks. One could see to the other side at a glance.
Chen Sui observed the environment, immediately spreading her energy to check the energy levels.
In the team channel, teammates who had completed the transmission stood beside her.
Zhou Chen heavily stamped his foot: "White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, S-level energy field. It seems we'll have to fight against other academies. The points from energy bodies in the field aren't high."
He flexed his wrists, his tone somewhat flamboyant.
Chen Sui had already begun setting up the energy map in the channel: "The competition energy field is different from training energy fields. I've detected multiple energy low points."
The training energy fields she mentioned weren't just the Western Wood Crater, but also the Wind Valley energy field they had entered with the school team for five-person training later on—all were energy fields with only one low point, used for energy monitoring equipment placement training.
Xie Chunshi explained: "Energy fields like the White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, because they cover a large area, are divided into many regions. Low energy points are selected between different regions to build base stations and place energy monitoring equipment."
Chen Sui nodded, looking around. The island was overly isolated; besides the boundless rolling sea in the distance, nothing else seemed visible.
"Pay attention to collecting maps along the way. The sea situation is simple, but there are too few islands, not enough fixed points. Later, the range will passively shrink with the supply point locations. Gaining advance knowledge of supply resource distribution will give us advantageous conditions."
"Also the base stations. For surviving ten days, we can't be short on resources."
Their mechas had been processed by the Competition Committee and already had sufficient energy, but mecha energy could last at most three days. Moreover, seawater contained energy factors that affected mecha damage levels, requiring timely repairs with the maintenance devices at supply points.
"No wonder the theme is survival and elimination."
Chen Sui understood these points and immediately comprehended the Competition Committee's sinister intentions.
Supply points, resources, base stations—all were gathering other teams, inciting internal conflicts.
Gu Qinxue joined the discussion: "If we can't get enough energy, our only option is to quickly eliminate other teams. Once the competition number drops to 50, the competition can end, and rankings will be determined by point standings."
Xie Chunshi looked at the dense energy areas around the energy map that Chen Sui had drawn: "The sea and islands gather energy bodies, which also provide points. Mecha points are higher than energy body points. If we mainly want mecha points, we need to carefully calculate team routes."
Chen Sui looked at the map and suddenly drew a line, passing through several areas with the densest energy bodies.
"Mecha points are more, but energy body crystals are ours to keep. The White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, I remember, has some special materials. We can look for those too."
Chen Sui's mind quickly searched for materials related to the White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain. Whether for completing mecha parts or creating carriers for analysis instruments, they were all very useful.
The route was synchronized to everyone else's panels. Zhou Chen, seeing the path traversing the highest areas, and the analyst already listing a purchase inventory, seriously asked: "Are we being this aggressive? Didn't we say we'd keep a low profile, hide our arrangements when we came?"
"And you," Zhou Chen pointed at Chen Sui, "Your Analyst System teacher held the Team Leader's hand, urging you to develop stealthily!"
Xie Chunshi had already discussed elimination match tactics before, but hadn't expected Chen Sui to reveal the purchasing options right from the start.
Chen Sui felt somewhat guilty being reminded of this, but quickly righteously looked at Zhou Chen: "I'm being low-profile enough. I'm just looking for energy crystals and materials. What danger could there be? I'm not even trying to face five teams alone."
Zhou Chen choked, then exclaimed: "You want to face five teams alone? Are you crazy! With me here, do you still get a chance to show off?"
"The good opportunity of facing five teams belongs to us outputs first!"
Zhou Chen, having been hammered by Chen Sui in training matches, immediately became confrontational with her. Gu Qinxue glanced at the two immature people fighting for opportunities to look cool in the arena, then looked at Xie Chunshi: "Which route do we take?"
Xie Chunshi slightly adjusted Chen Sui's route, importing it into the current sea domain holographic map. "The analyst makes sense. We can't pass up mecha points either. We want the energy crystals and the points too."
The Team Leader's tone was nonchalant, causing Chen Sui to glance at him, rarely seeing Xie Chunshi act so cool.
Zhou Chen, just finishing his trash talk, heard this and raised an eyebrow in the cockpit, awkwardly stating: "When you all act so cool, it makes me look like a coward."
The school team moved up the island. Looking at the seawater licking his feet, Zhou Chen kicked irritably.
"Wait, I feel like we've been walking for a long time without getting anywhere. The water line is still at my feet."
He turned around in frustration and kicked some sand into the sea.
Chen Sui looked up from the map. The energy fluctuation detection was accurate, but something felt strange around her.
The seawater was climbing up the island, the water line rising imperceptibly, and the exposed part of the white sand island seemed lower than before.
She stopped in her tracks. "Something's wrong. Pay attention to the energy field environment," she said, then thought of the modifications the Competition Committee had made to the mechas.
Besides standardizing energy compartments, they had added a layer of transparent coating to the exterior, and pressure equipment had been installed inside the cockpits.
The sea surged, with the sound of waves quite distinct.
As she stopped, the school team halted with her, waiting for the analyst's energy judgment.
Xie Chunshi's dark eyes swept the surroundings, watching the seawater rush up and recede, taking large patches of sand with it. His eyes focused.
At the same time, Chen Sui also noticed the anomaly.
"Into the water!"
They both said simultaneously.
The school team hadn't fully processed this mentally, but their bodies reacted first.
The five mechas almost in sync, quickly rushed down from the island and plunged into the water.
Splashing sounds rang out in succession.
Chen Sui felt her mecha sink into the sea, with water-resistant materials around the exterior keeping the surrounding seawater at bay. The pressure equipment in the cockpit began supplying oxygen.
A sudden wave of energy hit.
Chen Sui hurriedly looked back, only to see a whirlpool slowly rotating in the unseen darkness of the seabed. The white sand, washed down by the seawater, entered the center along the vortex, carried to an unknown place.
Intense energy pressure suddenly soared up from the seabed, the erupting waves directly breaking apart the island above.
A thunderous roar!
The white sand was scattered by the surging seawater, the entire island cracking apart on the sea surface as if struck by lightning.
Broken rocks fell into the water, ground into fine white sand by the raging whirlpool.
The island's base rapidly merged with the seawater, shattered by the water surging upward.
Just seconds after Zhu Jing Fu entered the water, an island instantly collapsed.
The bullet screen comments watching this scene immediately boiled over.
Looking at the scene where huge rocks and energy storms directly impacted Zhu Jing Fu.
The soldier drew a long staff. The metal staff separated top and bottom, the upper part expanding into a shield shape and rotating. The Zhu Jing Fu mechas quickly took shelter behind the shield umbrella.
Energy impacts struck the shield, a layer of golden light separating the rolling seawater.
[Damn, how unlucky for Zhu Jing Fu to encounter a white sand island right after entering, and then to meet the sky pillar!]
[But weren't they quite lucky before? How did things start going poorly this session? White sand islands easily trigger sky pillars!]
[That soldier's weapon is interesting......]
Viewers had already downloaded all information about the White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain from the Competition Committee's official StarNet account.
In the S-level energy field White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, energy field fluctuation levels were controlled around S-level, posing almost no threat to teams like the seven schools with configurations starting at SS-level. However, within the energy field, there existed true and false islands.
The false white sand islands could merge with seawater at any time and accumulate large amounts of energy, triggering sky pillars through the white sand.
Sky pillars were seafloor vortices formed by massive energy accumulation. The high-pressure energy they carried could sweep across the sea. Once caught in one, escape was nearly impossible. As they grew increasingly massive, they eventually dissipated.
The bullet screen comments looked with regret at the Zhu Jing Fu school team encountering a sky pillar right at the start.
[Has Zhu Jing Fu's luck run out? Before, they entered energy fields and immediately found supply points. If not for random spawn points, I'd suspect the Competition Committee gave them backdoor access. Now their luck is terrible]
[I checked other live streams. Seven Academy is really the first to encounter a sky pillar]
[Wait, couldn't the analyst detect the sky pillar's energy fluctuations? Zhu Jing Fu got themselves a half-baked analyst, and now they can't blame anyone else]
[The Competition Committee said that sky pillars accumulate energy internally, with external microenergy from vast amounts of seawater. This time they deliberately used base stations to interfere with sky pillar energy, making it impossible to judge a sky pillar's appearance by energy levels]
[In other words, not encountering one is luck; encountering one is bad luck]
[White Sand Sky Pillars can toss people all around the seabed [
sad
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[That soldier's reaction is decent, immediately raising a shield, but unfortunately, the energy storm from a White Sand Sky Pillar can't be blocked by a mere small shield]
Puluo's shield was made by Chen Sui based on Little Flower's devouring attribute, designed to absorb energy impacts. Under the golden light cover, almost no one could see the green light emanating in waves from the analyst's hand as she gripped the lower half of the iron staff.
The shield, which the bullet screen comments deemed incapable of defense, actually withstood the waves of energy washings.
As the energy decreased, the rushing waves and crumbling island gradually subsided.
But watching the forming whirlpool rising from the deep sea and expanding outward with an increasingly large range, Chen Sui couldn't help but frown.
"This is......"
"White Sand Sky Pillar," Xie Chunshi said, looking at the huge pillar before the mecha, just two or three meters away. The energy fluctuation level wasn't high, but as the island on the sea surface was swept into fragments and a massive wave rose, no one would think the sky pillar harmless.
"An energy-rich point in the White Sand Sea Domain. Judging by the storm's intensity, it could throw us out of this sea domain."
His voice was perfectly calm, as if not facing such a crisis.
"Vine Entanglement," Chen Sui whispered. Green energy like vines wrapped around the school team in a circle.
"The energy fluctuation is normal, but something feels off. I suspect energy interference has been implemented. Its range is too vast; we can't escape. Let's see where it carries us!"
Chen Sui glanced at Xie Chunshi, reaching a consensus with the Team Leader.
"The energy storm inside the sky pillar is enormous. Prepare energy barriers."
He reminded the team members.
As energy infused the mechas, the whitened seawater of the sky pillar suddenly swept toward them.
A massive suction pulled the mechas into the vortex, tossing them like toys, violently rotating in the seawater.
[Wow, they just gave up like that......]
[Come on, at least try to run for appearance's sake. I'm getting the feeling Zhu Jing Fu's attitude is a bit defeatist]
[They can't escape, people! At such close range, the sky pillar's suction is too strong. Mecha propulsion in sea domains consumes a lot of energy. Might as well save energy for fighting monsters]
This was also one of Chen Sui's considerations. The energy pressure inside the sky pillar was enormous.
Fortunately, the energy storm didn't cause much damage to others' energy barriers. The core crystal damage level fluctuation was minimal; even Chen Sui, nominally A-level, didn't drop below 10%.
Apart from the dizziness caused by the immense rotation, which filled the team channel with vomiting sounds, there were almost no other losses.
Chen Sui felt dizzy and had a throbbing headache as the vortex spun her cockpit. Her intracranial pressure rose, with her temples pulsing constantly.
Energy flowed from her mental threshold, maintaining the green vines wrapped around the school team. Perception traveled along the energy, sensing the suddenly rising vortex inside the sky pillar.
Chen Sui gritted her teeth, suppressing the nauseating discomfort. Red blood vessels crept across her eyes as she spread energy rings outward from inside the sky pillar, through the rapidly moving storm.
The sky pillar's energy frantically shredded the intruders, but the green energy spread like silk along its movement trajectory.
Energy became Chen Sui's eyes.
She closed her eyes, extremely calm, even detached, observing the surroundings. Her fingers quickly marked points on the team channel map.
Years of fighting in dark environments during the apocalypse had given her the ability to write information while blind. On the channel map, with the fixed points of energy bodies, she could roughly estimate their movements.
After an unknown amount of time, she sensed the high-pressure energy gradually weakening.
The sky pillar slowly dissipated in the sea domain.
The energy field changed from clear skies and white daylight to somewhat dimmed sunlight.
When the sky pillar disappeared, the mechas were thrown into an unfamiliar sea domain. Seeing a landing point below his feet, Zhou Chen didn't even look before stopping his mecha midair. Vomiting sounds immediately transmitted.
"Hey------you......" Chen Sui had just stabilized herself when she instinctively sent out energy perception, her gaze sweeping Zhou Chen's feet. Her words immediately stopped.
She watched him quickly break away from the residual water column, stepping onto a green coral reef-like object in front. His mecha temporarily shut down, arms flailing without any dignity.
She silently stared at the area below Zhou Chen.
Xie Chunshi's mecha stood firm. Seeing the energy management map in the team channel, with clearly marked directions along the route and the holographic terrain map established through energy vision, he was impressed.
As the sky pillar traversed across half the sea domain, they had completed most of the map and diagram construction in just a few short hours.
"You......" Xie Chunshi was about to communicate with Chen Sui when he suddenly noticed something move in the coral reef from the corner of his eye. He paused and asked, "Is this... an energy body?"
Chen Sui sighed, calling out Zhou Chen's name: "Look at your feet."
Zhou Chen's head was spinning. He only managed to hear her call him, instinctively clicking into the team channel, and saw a long-line map that looked like the trajectory they had traveled.
"Wow, you're amazing. Even in this state, you could still mark points."
He sincerely praised, giving Chen Sui a thumbs-up from afar.
Chen Sui silently watched as the 'coral reef' beneath his feet slowly arched its body.
Feeling the trembling beneath his feet, Zhou Chen instinctively stepped on the 'ground': "Why do I feel like I'm swaying......"
He extended his mecha's arms, trying to find a good position to balance, muttering: "Damn sky pillar, it must have scrambled my brain!"
Gu Qinxue had already drawn the thorny iron whip coiled around her mecha's waist and back.
This was one of the close-combat weapons Chen Sui had designed to replace her two weapons. The Thorny Fire Whip used energy shielding materials and special energy sources, having a brief control effect that could freeze mechas for a few seconds.
Logic told Chen Sui that Gu Qinxue had drawn her weapon to deal with the energy body, but seeing her staring at Zhou Chen and commenting on his stupidity: "When has your brain ever been good?"
It seemed like she might whip her teammate.
She silently glanced at the miniature camera hidden in the energy field.
Thinking to herself: Was Zhu Jing Fu finally going to display team discord in front of all StarNet viewers?
However, the bullet screen comments couldn't notice the targeting between the two outputs at this moment. They were all refreshing screens full of hahahas.
[Damn, Zhu Jing Fu is so unlucky. Just survived a sky pillar and now encountered an energy body]
[Their agile attacker seems a bit silly, doesn't seem very bright]
[You all said the same about the soldier before...]
[Shouldn't the analyst give a warning? The agile attacker is gone, who's going to be the output?]
The questioned agile attacker Zhou Chen hadn't recovered yet. He stepped on the 'ground', and Chen Sui somehow saw a hint of grievance in his actions.
She looked at the energy body that had been disturbed awake. It arched its deep green body, covered with many coral-like flesh protrusions with red crystals attached, looking quite aesthetic. As it slowly rotated its body, it revealed its blood-red lips, its entire face seemingly torn open, with two huge eyeballs bulging out.
"Water-dwelling frog, water attribute, S-level energy body. The green coral on the surface is a parasite, often possessing stunning attributes."
Chen Sui matched the creature before her with the description in the energy body atlas.
"Whip him down."
Xie Chunshi gestured to Gu Qinxue.
She had been waiting for this command for a long time. Hearing it, she swung her long whip toward the mecha that was trying to find balance in midair.
"Hey hey hey!"
Zhou Chen sensed the fierce wind from the side. His long-trained combat reflexes made him respond quickly. His mind wanted to dodge swiftly, but his body seemed not to obey, still frozen in place.
"Crack!"
The long whip struck the mecha's waist with a water-breaking sound, making an extremely loud noise.
The whip wrapped around the mecha, quickly pulled, yanking Zhou Chen off the water-dwelling frog's body and throwing him into the water, then rapidly retracted.
Even the bullet screen comments were startled by the whip's air-breaking sound.
[Ouch... does she need to hit her teammate that hard?]
[Why do I feel like there's a weird atmosphere between Zhu Jing Fu's two outputs? Do they have a grudge in private?]
Sensing its locked-on prey leaving, the water-dwelling frog opened its bloody mouth wide, its thick tongue slapping out, covered with purple mucus.
"Ah Xue, whip its eyes!"
Gu Qinxue's long whip lashed out, cutting a white mark through the surrounding water flow. The thorny iron whip suddenly approached the frog's head, aiming for its lantern-like eyes.
The water-dwelling frog angrily glared, with surrounding water quickly gathering toward it. Invisible blue water flow blocked the whip's trajectory, stopping the thorny barbs just in front of the giant eyes.
Chen Sui sensed the energy ring's direction and quickly exchanged a glance with Xie Chunshi. The two positioned cannons on the left and right.
At this moment, Gu Qinxue's long whip was forced back.
Zhou Chen, thrown into the seawater, had his mecha stopped by a reef. As the stunning effect from the frog's surface mucus gradually dissipated, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Damn, I was tricked.
Zhou Chen thought to himself. Looking up and seeing the scene ahead seemingly at a stalemate, he hurriedly rejoiced, thinking it was his time to shine.
But unexpectedly, the analyst and Commander positioned on the left and right, their mecha propulsion activated, breaking through the water flow in the sea. The tremendous resistance caused the mechas' energy consumption to multiply, but Chen Sui clearly didn't care about this. Her long cannon was mounted.
Ice projectile charging, while on the other side, Xie Chunshi's cannon barrel already revealed a charging purple light.
"Don't let it touch water, it can regenerate."
Chen Sui switched to voice in the team channel.
Zhou Chen hurriedly tried to move forward but was grabbed by Puluo, who was holding up a shield.
"Hey hey, what about me? The output hasn't gone up yet!"
He struggled helplessly, but Puluo, looking at the three who were clearly coordinating, patted Zhou Chen's shoulder.
"Your IQ isn't enough, don't go up and waste our time."
Zhou Chen was shocked, never expecting such words from Puluo.
"Puluo, hold him back. Don't let him discharge electricity. We might all get electrocuted!"
Chen Sui spotted Zhou Chen's movement from the corner of her eye and coldly said.
Xie Chunshi's voice sounded: "Energy charge complete. Analyst, report target."
Chen Sui cut out a holographic image of the water-dwelling frog in the team view. Energy fluctuations spread out, expanding around, as she quickly clicked on a position.
"Strong attack, seize the opportunity, regeneration 3, don't give it time to recover."
Gu Qinxue's hand glowed red.
"Understood."
Chen Sui's charge complete, her mecha had already reached the water frog's side. The surrounding water pressure suddenly increased, with the mecha's internal pressure equipment lighting up with crisis warnings.
Chen Sui seemed not to notice. Without even drawing her spear, she directly took the energy cannon, rushing to the frog's back, her form still moving.
Seeing Xie Chunshi's cannon barrel flash purple as he mounted and fired, the ice projectile quickly penetrated the water screen around the frog, finally exploding in the center.
At the moment of explosion, the energy cannon from another direction collided with it.
The energy cannon's expansion effect rapidly expanded the range of the ice projectile.
Ice crystals congealed, freezing the water screen into a solid barrier.
The water-dwelling frog let out a scream, with the surrounding water pressure forming long spikes, stabbing toward the energy points it could sense.
As Chen Sui's form leaped, she exchanged weapons. The metal shaft of the modified spear had scale-like structures that curled up.
As she wielded the spear, ice spikes were intercepted along the way.
Chen Sui drove her mecha, pushing from behind the frog, straight toward its front.
An analyst's energy factors were already tempting to energy bodies. Sensing such a delicious morsel approaching, the water-dwelling frog revealed a drooling expression.
The ice spikes began to converge, stabbing toward the approaching Chen Sui. The water flow in the surrounding space also began to flow rapidly, forming small vortices, seemingly trying to trap her inside—a case of catching a turtle in a jar.
Chen Sui saw through the energy body's intention, a smile curling at the corner of her lips.
Catching a turtle in a jar depends on who's being caught.
Spear forward, she thrust violently. The metal spearhead rotated at high speed, piercing through layers of ice. Spider web-like cracks instantly spread. The mecha moved in close and punched, causing the ice layer to crack with a "kacha" sound before collapsing.
Gu Qinxue saw the ice layer falling. A green mecha silhouette became increasingly clear, wielding a whip.
Without waiting for Chen Sui to speak, fire dragons extended along the thorns. Amidst layers of water pressure and countless blue energy factors converging, a flame ignited from the thorny barbs, with fire attribute energy exploding and spreading from the thorny iron whip.
The energy Chen Sui dispersed around her spread to a greater distance, with returning perception capturing unusual fluctuations.
Chen Sui quickly marked points on the energy map, with no time to explain. Seeing Gu Qinxue flying forward, her fire whip clearing away the thick energy layer at the front, and the space sealed by water pressure breached from behind by the analyst, it was a direct thrust to the heart!
Chen Sui emerged from the raging fire, while Gu Qinxue rushed forward. The two mechas brushed shoulders as they passed.
"I've got this."
Gu Qinxue said softly.
"Go ahead, mind the explosion range."
Chen Sui reminded, then quickly moved aside. Her mecha came to the outside of Puluo's energy shield and plunged inside.
Xie Chunshi also returned from the other side, with the three shrinking inside the huge opened energy shield.
Zhou Chen looked enviously at Gu Qinxue dancing with the fire dragon in front: "Wow, how far is the explosion range of the Thorny Fire Whip?"
Chen Sui shook her head, "In design, it's fifty meters. For specific data, we'll have to wait for this test."
After the school team's weapons were designed, they hadn't been tested in actual combat. This was the first time, and Xie Chunshi had factored this in as a practice opportunity.
"That's great, I want to try my new weapon too."
Zhou Chen sighed. If he hadn't been dizzy from the vortex and confused by the mucus, he would be the one showing off now.
Seeming to know what he was thinking, Chen Sui coldly interrupted: "Impossible, don't even think about it. If we're in the sea for a day, don't even think about discharging electricity."
Zhou Chen caught the key point in her words, "Not in the sea, but does that mean outside the sea—"
The latter part of his sentence was silenced by a massive explosion.
All Chen Sui heard was a violent rumbling.
The fire whip encircled the frog's enormous body, with thorns wrapping around in layers. The thorns rubbed intensely, with the metal emitting a red glow. As the compression of the two energies reached a critical value, the Thorny Fire Whip suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
A ball of fire appeared under Gu Qinxue's feet, engulfing her entirely.
"Boom!!!"
The surging seawater around Gu Qinxue's fire roiled and roared.
The mecha silhouette appeared extremely small amid the churning waves and fierce flames.
But amid the entangled energies, the mecha retreated several meters from the massive air current, coming to a stop.
The huge explosion detonated in the sea domain, with the quietly rolling sea surface suddenly broken by a tremendous noise.
A large hole suddenly appeared in the center, with surrounding water flowing in as if being sucked in.
Before other teams in the seawater could react, only managing to stabilize their mechas against being washed away.
They witnessed the hole erupting like a volcano, exploding into a huge mushroom cloud of seawater.
Flaming seawater rained down around.
"Holy shit, what's that noise?"
In the distance, a huge island lay like a crouching whale. On a small mountain on the island stood a white tower, with the Star Alliance emblem carved at the top.
—This was one of the Competition Committee's supply points.
Two teams had been fighting from the supply point all the way to the sea.
Hearing such a commotion, both sides' artillery fire paused.
The speaker looked toward their team's analyst: "Is there high-level energy fluctuation around us?"
Such a disturbance truly didn't seem like something a contestant's weapon would make.
If there were weapons with such destructive power, they would have been widely distributed by now, right?
The analyst's energy spread out but seemed to hit something halfway, immediately becoming tangled.
"The energy levels around are very chaotic. Energy body fluctuations are rapidly decreasing. No spiritual body fluctuations detected."
With the analyst's answer, the team Commander quickly responded.
Similar situations occurred within both teams, with the previously fighting teams suddenly ceasing fire.
"A team is approaching."
The once-adversarial enemies suddenly became much more conciliatory.
"When we passed by, there were no fewer than 10 S-level fluctuations around. To be able to fight with S-level and cause such a situation, it's either a weak team limited by energy or a strong team practicing weapons."
The other team's Commander clearly pointed out, finally opting for reconciliation: "Let's cooperate. The energy fluctuations on the island are strong. Resources in the supply point will be divided equally."
Both Commanders were not fools. Looking at this kind of fluctuation, the latter possibility was far greater than the former.
"Agreed," the two Commanders reached a consensus: "Let's eliminate the third team first."
With that, both full teams became highly alert.