Chapter 91

Hu Zhenfeng's words left Qin Huang quite puzzled, unsure of what this expert, whom he had never met, intended to do!

Of course, the fact that the other party could leave the mech so calmly and appear in person indicated that he had no ill intentions. He probably still wanted to reach some kind of agreement.

"Senior, what do you propose? Feel free to speak your mind," he said calmly.

"Do you have any interest in being the top of this trial?" Hu Zhenfeng snapped his fingers and asked casually.

Qin Huang was slightly taken aback and thought for a moment before answering, "Of course, I do. However, with tens of thousands of students in this session, all of whom are strong, even if I give it my all, I might not achieve my goal!"

Originally, with the secret help of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, he still had some hopes for the top spot. However, after witnessing Chen Mengxuan's strength, he felt that his advantage was not as significant as he had imagined.

The purple light barrier she suddenly released at a critical moment blocked his fatal attack, proving that she also had some unknown trump cards.

This was not hard to understand. Generally, students who were strong and ranked high, if their family's power was not weak, would try to obtain some means of self-preservation to use in critical moments.

Therefore, in killing various native beasts and finding and collecting resources, they might have other tricks to achieve the same effect. If all else failed, they could rely on their strength to snatch from others!

"Then, I can help you achieve this wish!" Hu Zhenfeng's next words stunned him.

"I don't understand what you mean, Senior!" Qin Huang said cautiously.

"Hmm, I didn't explain clearly. I plan to give you the various resources we have collected and help you kill some of the more troublesome native beasts, allowing you to quickly accumulate battle points. This will ensure that you ultimately get the first place! What do you think?" Hu Zhenfeng said.

Qin Huang was silent for a few seconds and then said, "What do I need to pay? And this approach seems to violate the trial rules."

The other party wouldn't offer such a favor for free.

Hu Zhenfeng thought for a moment, returned to his mech, and then the energy shield of "Dragon Blood Vajra" was reactivated, the ion laser sword was activated, and he quickly prepared for battle.

In the air, a small team of seven mechs happened to pass by. The leader hesitated for a moment after seeing the situation here, estimating that there was no advantage to be gained, and ultimately sped away.

"I'm helping you for no other reason than my old man's request. I heard he was also asked by someone else!"

In Qin Huang's private channel, Hu Zhenfeng's voice said, "Of course, if you're willing to owe me a favor, I'd be even happier."

"As for the trial rules, as long as the transaction isn't caught on the spot by the warships above, there won't be any problems! My people have short-term shielding devices on their mechs, so don't worry about it!"

Asked by someone else? Could it be Sha Zhenghai again? Could he be secretly helping him this way?

Qin Huang was puzzled, but it seemed that Hu Zhenfeng also knew limited information. Besides, now was not the time to discuss this issue, so he said:

"That's not necessary! I have confidence in solving problems with my own abilities. However, if Senior is willing to help me block those annoying flies around, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

"Deal!" Hu Zhenfeng agreed straightforwardly.

Fifteen minutes later, this temporary team plunged into the primeval forest near the planet's equator.

In the endless forest, towering unknown giant trees, hundreds of meters high and requiring several people to encircle, were everywhere, blocking the sky and extending for thousands of kilometers. This was the most extensive forest on this wild planet, where various powerful native beasts roamed.

Undoubtedly, the resources here were the richest. In theory, as long as the students had sufficient strength, they could plunder here at will.

Qin Huang gave some instructions to the Wu De brothers and others in the private channel and was the first to land near the edge of the forest canopy.

Not far away, a giant anaconda, as thick as a water vat and covered in colorful patterns, suddenly darted out from the dense tree canopy and fiercely pounced at the "Lightning Tiger" mech.

A bright energy blade flashed, and in an instant, this fierce beast, whose strength was close to that of a Bronze Level 3 mech, was decapitated.

Qin Huang landed on the ground, and sword light flew as he felled the surrounding giant trees, clearing a space. Then he had Wu De send out engineering robots to handle the beast's corpse.

"… There are a few Core Moon Yun fruits in that tree hole, go and pick them," he said to Lin Ximei.

The girl obediently agreed and operated her mech to go.

"… Two Spiny Tail Blackhead Crocodiles are coming, their strength is not high, go and deal with them," he said to Wu Neng.

Wu Neng immediately followed the order.

"Wu De, finish up quickly and come to help. There's something good underground…"

"Remember not to approach those dark yellow vines with mixed spots. There's a nest of Xiluo Gold Ants nearby. There are too many of them, and they don't have much value, so don't waste time dealing with them!"

"The roots of the Elephant Leaf Silver Birch trees all have Purple Stripe Mushrooms growing on them. Dig them all out, and don't miss a single one…"

…

Far away, Hu Zhenfeng, who was patrolling, watched in amazement as Qin Huang and his three teammates worked busily, various precious resources being collected at an astonishing speed from different places and in different ways.

Before long, a small mountain of resources had piled up on the forest floor. After a while, the silhouette of a landing ship appeared in the clouds, coming to collect the spoils and tally the battle points.

"Boss, how come this planet's primeval forest seems like his own vegetable garden?" Xin Xurong said in disbelief over the communication channel.

"This… should be about right!" Hu Zhenfeng scratched his nose, uncertainly.

"It looks like he's very familiar with everything here. Otherwise, how could he find things so smoothly?"

"Maybe he's been here before?"

"Nonsense, this place is under military control. How could outsiders come in at will? He's not a relative of some military bigwig!"

"But his speed and accuracy in collecting resources are too fast, at least ten times ours! We have the same mechs and the same map data. How can he be so much better than us?"

"Who knows, maybe his special ability is in this area…"

The team members discussed in the channel, all feeling that Qin Huang's performance exceeded their previous understanding.

Before the trial began, each student's mech AI would receive a set of data from the military, detailing the images, effects, distribution areas, and nearby dangers of various precious resources on the planet's surface.

Generally speaking, the better the resource, the harder it was to find. And when encountering more troublesome beasts, a fierce battle was inevitable to secure the resource.

This made it difficult for most students to collect resources smoothly, and some even faced life-threatening situations! Only those with sufficient strength and who acted in groups could avoid such predicaments.

However, when more people gathered together, the distribution of collected resources also became a problem. Apart from the leader, most team members received very little.

Hu Zhenfeng was silent for a long time before saying with a bitter smile:

"Originally, I planned to help him a bit and give him a batch of the resources we collected! But now it seems he doesn't need it at all! As long as we help him block the interference from other students, he has a good chance of being the top this time!"

Xin Xurong pondered and said, "Very likely. I'd like to see how those who were overly confident and determined to be the top react when they see the points ranking!"

Hu Zhenfeng chuckled, "Who wouldn't agree? Hmm, it seems it's been 24 hours since the trial started. We'll soon receive updates on our AI, let's see who's leading!"

A teammate said, "I think Qin Huang is already in the top 500, even though he's just a Level 2 mobile warrior."

"No, he should be in the top 300. His actual combat strength is much higher than his rank!" another teammate disagreed.

"I think he might be in the top 100, and he'll keep rising in the next 48 hours…" This was Xin Xurong's opinion.

Hu Zhenfeng finally said, "Should we bet on something? I think he's already in the top 50!"

Before he finished speaking, a notification sounded in everyone's mech AI, and the latest battle points ranking was published.

(PS: There was an issue with the automatic update, so it's delayed. Sorry.)

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