The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 109 Bad News

So what is the scene like at the finish line, which is only a dozen miles away?

Originally, everything was peaceful.

Several teams had already arrived successfully, with about seven or eight teams having entered the finish line area and completed their registration. The intelligence and information they provided were all normal.

They were each led to the waiting area to rest and recuperate, finally able to stop and relax.

Many freshmen finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. They had been on edge the whole way, stopping and starting, and hadn't had a moment to relax. Only now could they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, when they reached the finish line, they discovered that this training exercise was not an activity only for freshmen as they had imagined; the finish line was set up more like a competition venue.

The surrounding area is surrounded by high stands, a standard competition venue.

A large screen was erected directly opposite them as they entered, displaying their spirits and demeanor at the moment of their arrival without any warning.

At the bottom of the screen is a huge dynamic leaderboard listing two hundred names, all selected based on their outstanding performance in this training exercise. Following that are the extra points they earned during the exercise; these points will be converted into individual points and credited to their accounts according to certain rules upon completion of the exercise, serving as a reward for outstanding students.

Before they could even process everything at the final destination, they still had one last test to face: the team flag.

As previously mentioned, before each squad departs, the person in charge of the training ground will personally distribute a flag representing the squad to each squad member, which will be carried by the selected flag bearer. Moreover, the person in charge will explain the meaning of this flag to them, and the style of explanation varies from person to person.

However, different people and different teams have different understandings.

Some people take this to heart, and basically the entire team carefully protects the flag throughout the entire journey, and then successfully brings the flag and the team to the finish line. Such teams have the highest level of completion in the training mission and can get full bonus points.

However, some people didn't take this to heart or didn't realize the importance of the flag to the team, resulting in everyone going their own way and carrying their own flag. Some flags were accidentally damaged halfway by the flag bearer, while others were even more outrageous and lost altogether. Even if they reached the finish line early, they would lose most of their evaluation points and have their overall score deducted, which was a double loss.

Of course, some teams were luckier. Although they didn't pay attention to the flags and their overall performance wasn't outstanding, they progressed smoothly through the challenges and completed the mission without encountering anything too difficult. Moreover, a relatively large number of team members survived, making it difficult for the evaluators to find any mistakes on their part, so their scores weren't low either.

In short, when they reached their destination and were no longer isolated from information, they regained access to information and quickly learned what they needed to know. Naturally, they were both happy and worried.

The group then waited for the next team to arrive.

Just when everyone thought they would complete the entire training camp reception work smoothly, an unexpected incident occurred.

It's unclear whether they were the ninth or tenth group to arrive... The first thing they did upon reaching the finish line wasn't to follow the instructions of the staff and complete the registration process. Instead, they interrupted the staff and told everyone some shocking news.

—A team encountered Star Beasts at the checkpoint before the finish line and was attacked by a horde of them. This news reached the ears of the officers at the observation center almost immediately, like a bolt from the blue. Some of the younger officers present couldn't help but stand up, exchanging horrified glances.

how come?
To prepare for this training exercise for the new recruits, they had cleared the entire training ground at least a week in advance and deployed many experienced soldiers to guard the area. Moreover, the personnel assigned were all trustworthy individuals borrowed from the military. How could such an accident have occurred?

Moreover, what they were more concerned about was... if they really encountered star beasts on the way, how would these new students, led by only a young officer, escape from a group of star beasts?

What kind of alien beasts are these intruders? How did they manage to breach the defenses and enter the controlled area? And why hasn't the observation center received any distress signals yet?

There are too many questions and doubts.

Almost everyone present was a military officer with real combat experience, and they understood better than outsiders what this information meant when put together, and it was easy for them to speculate that it was some kind of conspiracy.

While some inexperienced young sergeants were still in a daze, experienced officers quickly reacted, redeploying all observation ports and rapidly identifying and locating several potentially problematic squads.

Because it's a rotating viewing system, it's easy to miss one or two frames if something suddenly goes missing. But now that we know something's wrong, by integrating all the port footage and matching them one by one with the numbered teams, we can immediately find a lot of information.

The group noticed that the observation footage from the three nearby teams radiating outwards at 78 degrees southwest of the finish line seemed to be affected by some external factor; the footage was either blocked or completely disappeared. Since none of these three teams had yet reached the finish line, it was easy to suspect something was amiss.

A highly respected instructor from the third grade acted decisively, contacting the other end of the quantum computer to issue an order for the nearby patrolling troops to immediately go and check the situation. Regardless of whether the squads were currently in danger, they were instructed to bring the students safely back to the finish line and then conduct a thorough search to dig out and eliminate the group of star beasts that might be hiding nearby.

Led by the instructor, officers with authority contacted nearby squads one after another to provide rescue and assist in the search, and the situation quickly became very tense.

Furthermore, all the first-grade homeroom teachers were extremely concerned. Their students were directly involved in this incident and could potentially become victims.

Therefore, regardless of whether their students are currently in one of the three teams within the radiation range, they cannot sit still here.

Before their search and rescue operation could even officially begin, more bad news continued to emerge.

Three teams arrived at the finish line in succession, coming together. However, the students and their instructors who had reached the finish line all looked rather unwell and appeared flustered.

Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that each of the three teams had brought back students who had been attacked by the Star Beasts.

They all belonged to the seventh squad that assembled at the A1 training ground, which was the same squad that Jiang Hui was in.

Stark, who had been sitting silently and seemingly very calmly, suddenly stood up and stared intently at the blocked observation screen, his eyes dark and brooding.

(End of this chapter)