Chapter 85

As soon as he won, Qin Huang immediately released more than half of the engineering robots, with the target being the "Dragon Blood Titan."

"Qiqi, help me pay attention to the surroundings as much as possible. We probably don't have much time left!" he said urgently.

The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox nodded solemnly, activating her innate talent to the fullest. Green light patterns spread along the ground around the mecha, rapidly expanding to a great distance, using numerous plants as a medium to sense the slightest movements in the surrounding environment.

The victory just now was certainly due to the opponent underestimating his strength, but luck also played a significant role.

Among the bronze series mechas, the proton armor-piercing missiles are one of the most powerful weapons, so the school specifically stipulated that each student could only carry two during the trial.

Therefore, these missiles are regarded as treasures by the students, to be used only in critical moments as a trump card! However, Qin Huang had killed several students earlier and gathered a lot of such good things from their mecha wreckage, allowing him to use them so wastefully!

Only such powerful offensive weapons could quickly break through the energy shield of the "Dragon Blood Titan" mecha, creating an opportunity for him to kill the opponent! Once Si Tianchen was dead, the remaining few would be no threat.

And the existence of Qilan was another trump card. The mecha without the protection of the energy shield was not enough to shield against the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox's bizarre attacks. Therefore, the opponent had no chance to fight back and was sent on their way by him!

Soon, two half-meter-long, arm-thick, pitch-black proton armor-piercing missiles were taken out by the robots, followed by four high-temperature cloud burst bombs. Inside the cockpit's storage box were full of energy recovery and healing agents.

Qin Huang glanced over them hurriedly, picking only the best parts to keep, discarding the rest. After all, the internal cargo compartments of the "Lightning Tiger" mecha were almost full.

He quickly searched the remaining mecha wreckage, not daring to stay too long. He piled up a bunch of unwanted ammunition and then detonated them all at a safe distance!

This was to prevent anyone from coming to collect them after he left. After all, any resources on the battlefield are precious, and the weaker the enemy, the less danger he would face!

Amidst the towering fire clouds, the majestic blue "Lightning Tiger" mecha quickly ascended into the sky and disappeared in an instant.

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"...Nearly one-tenth have already died!"

In the large space mothership high in the sky, the multi-dimensional battlefield comprehensive monitoring system was fully activated. With countless different types of detection devices spread throughout the battlefield, the barren planet, similar in size to Earth, became a completely transparent world. Any movement on the planet's surface could not escape the strict surveillance of the mothership.

In the main control room of the mothership, stars twinkled, and a group of senior federal officers gathered around a large projection screen, observing intently.

The screen displayed a detailed and vivid topographic map of the planet's surface, with tens of thousands of bright dots scattered across several continents. Each dot represented a student participating in the trial.

The words just spoken came from a federal major general, with a slight tone of dissatisfaction and regret.

A bearded major general with brown eyes looked at him and said:

"General Chen Yufei, the trial is proceeding exactly as planned, and the students' actions conform to the laws of battlefield survival. I don't see anything wrong with this situation!"

"General Grev, I understand your point!" said Major General Chen Yufei. "I just think that these elite students are the future hope of the federal military. If too many are lost in the trial, it might..."

Grev shook his head and said, "The trial, and the even more brutal survival training on alien battlefields, are essential experiences for every qualified federal elite soldier! Even you and I went through this process. Why should they be any different?"

"Although more people have died this time, those who cannot pass the test are not worth the federal military's precious resources to cultivate. We need soldiers who can fight and struggle, not flowers in a greenhouse!"

Chen Yufei sighed lightly and said no more. He understood these principles, but it was hard to bear seeing these students, who were once the best in the federal military academies across various star domains, dying in batches here.

In the center of the crowd, a general with gray temples, a face full of wrinkles, and sharp eyes like knives looked around and said in a loud voice:

"General Grev's point is correct. Although the casualties in this trial exceeded expectations, there are also pleasant surprises!"

"For example, Hu Zhenfeng from Wu Yan Military Academy, Chen Mengxuan from Yun Ding Military Academy, and Oubotan from Bing He Military Academy, all performed exceptionally well! Particularly noteworthy is Qin Huang from Di Nan Military Academy, the youngest student in this trial, but his performance is commendable!"

At this, the generals' expressions finally relaxed a bit, and they began to discuss:

"Wu Yan Military Academy has always been strong, so it's not surprising to have so many outstanding elites. Hu Zhenfeng has already entered the top ten of the performance ranking..."

"Yes! But I think Chen Mengxuan from Yun Ding Military Academy is the best. She has the highest source energy index in this trial and is already a fourth-stage mobile warrior, ranking in the top three..."

"The best? I don't think so. Chen Mengxuan is eighteen years old, while Qin Huang is only fifteen. With his potential, reaching the fifth stage in three years is not a big problem..."

"The speed of source energy index improvement largely depends on cultivation techniques and resource investment. Qin Huang comes from a remote star domain's Di Nan Military Academy and has no outstanding family background. How much potential can he have? Chen Mengxuan has S+ level talent and is the second in line to inherit the Chen family, with a high-level cultivation technique..."

On the left side of the screen was a long performance ranking list, with names constantly jumping and changing positions. Occasionally, a name would suddenly dim, indicating a likely bad outcome!

Although Qin Huang's official rank was only a second-stage mobile warrior, ranking him in the lower-middle among tens of thousands of students, his actual combat strength was beyond ordinary reasoning! Even experienced third-stage mobile warriors were not spared!

As the generals discussed, Qin Huang's name steadily climbed the ranking list, already entering the top hundred, with no signs of slowing down.

This made the generals very excited. To know that the top three hundred were all students with source energy indices at the third stage, a second-stage mobile warrior achieving this was absolutely surprising.

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"Still haven't found the boss's whereabouts?"

"Not yet, but the boss's mecha has a special positioning device. As long as we get close enough, it will react. We don't need to be too anxious..."

At the peak of a ten-thousand-meter-high mountain, three mechas, either sitting or standing, were taking a short rest. The strong wind at the summit blew past them without affecting them at all.

Wu Neng was busy in the cockpit, with the specially modified reconnaissance and detection module fully powered, carefully scanning for any abnormalities within a hundred kilometers.

Due to the performance limitations of the bronze-level mechas and the deliberate interference from the airship, the detection range of the mechas was very limited.

However, Wu Neng was extremely skilled in optical brain communication and hacking, and with Qin Huang's help in optimizing and modifying the mecha modules, their mechas still had a significant advantage in reconnaissance and detection range, far surpassing other students. This was the main reason they could proceed without much danger.

Lin Ximei happened to meet them halfway, so they formed a small team. They encountered multiple battles and ambushes from students of other schools, but all were defeated by the three of them working together!

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