The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 234 T186 Squad (Part 2)

So what will Jiang Hui and the others in the arena do?
They actually had a small disagreement at this moment.

It's not really a disagreement; it's just that we had different ideas about the upcoming itinerary.

Huan Xian's idea was to split up and immediately send someone to test which energy source was located to determine their current position. If it was L3, the other person would immediately take Jiang Hui to L11, which was not yet occupied, to slow down Holly and the others.

This is the fastest and most direct method. Huan Xian's idea is to not even consider it and just try it. Otherwise, if they wait for Holly to finish charging and arrive, they will really lose both their wife and their army.

But Jiang Hui objected to his suggestion. She understood everyone's concerns: given her current condition, she had little chance of winning against Holly at such close range. Therefore, they were eager to give her more space and time, at least to raise her score higher to secure her top position.

This sounds reasonable, but the question is, who benefits from this operation? It's clearly not Huan Xian, not Zhou Xiuwen, and certainly not Hillman; it's only Jiang Hui—one person.

The four of them haven't even formed a formal team yet, and they don't have any of the advantages that a formal team has. The only benefit they get is the small amount of resources they share when they distribute them at the supply point, but that's the result of everyone's efforts, not individual ability.

So, setting aside the resources they already had, the four of them formed a temporary team, mostly traveling together, with limited cooperation, since they were all fighting their own battles, shooting their own shots, and scoring their own points.

Since they weren't part of a formal team, the four of them could separate at any time. Aside from not being able to join other teams, there was no necessary connection between being eliminated or scoring points. To put it bluntly, even if Jiang Hui were eliminated, it wouldn't affect the remaining members continuing to compete and strive for their individual rankings.

However, in order to give Jiang Hui the best chance of winning, they chose to act as bait, and even put themselves as "tools" to help her win the first place. Jiang Hui was grateful, but she did not agree with it at all.

There is no such thing as sacrificing oneself for someone else's future, nor is it for the sake of national righteousness, but simply for one person's glory... This is unreasonable and should not be done.

Jiang Hui has always believed that everyone should walk their own path, and that there is no need to force anything.

She insisted that they should just go directly to the charging point, since knowing Holly was at L3 would give them an advantage. If Holly came, they could just face her directly, and the winner would be decided in a match, each relying on their own abilities.

This was a last resort, because none of them could pinpoint the exact location of the charging point. Without the charging point's number, they couldn't determine their current location, rendering any intelligence they obtained useless. So they had no choice but to try. If it were L11, things would be fine; they would be invincible. But on L3, there was no room for negotiation; they would be exposed immediately. It all boils down to a gamble.

Jiang Hui and Huan Xian each had their own opinions, and neither could convince the other.

Zhou Xiuwen, caught up in the awkward argument between the two, became somewhat embarrassed and was also drawn into the trap, his expression constantly shifting, revealing his distress. Hillman, completely oblivious, could only help Zhou Xiuwen be cautious and vigilant of their surroundings.

"What should we do? Samsung's already been divided, and if we keep arguing like this, we'll only have less and less time left. No matter what we decide, we can't implement it," Huan Xian stubbornly insisted. "...Don't even think about it. Let's just go in and recharge. We've encountered enemies before, there's no need to be so cautious. Besides, if they're determined to come for me, they'll catch up no matter where they run. As for my leg... it's my own problem, you don't need to take responsibility for it," Jiang Hui repeated.

"you--"

"How about I give it a try?" Hillman, who was standing to the side and seemed a little lost, suggested.

Seeing that Jiang Hui and Huan Xian were both looking over, he continued, "My ranking is quite low, and it took me some effort to find it myself. Most of the people ahead of me are arrogant. If I enter the energy point and find out the number of this total energy block and reveal its location, they might not realize immediately that Jiang Hui and I belong to the same team. If I come out quickly, no one might notice."

That's true. The most conspicuous people in the team are Jiang Hui and Huan Xian, one in first place and the other in eighth place. As soon as they appear, they can be immediately identified and placed.

Zhou Xiuwen and Hillman are both quite low on the leaderboard. Hillman, in particular, is already in the bottom half of the list. The team numbers are displayed after individual scores on the overall leaderboard, not on the map, making it somewhat difficult to match them up. After all, many people wouldn't expect Jiang Hui and his team to have someone ranked around 200th as a member.

Hillman's point has some merit, however...

"What if someone has actually been watching us all along?" Perhaps right now, countless eyes are constantly monitoring the leaderboard, analyzing her situation, and searching the map for her possible location—then there's no possibility that they don't know Hillman is a member of her T186 squad. Trying that would be as good as not trying at all.

"..."

Everyone fell silent for a moment, and even Huan Xian seemed to have lost his room for rebuttal.

Almost simultaneously, the four men who had been arguing just moments before ducked behind a tall tree trunk, their hands, which had been tucked behind their backs for a long time, pulled out guns that had been ready to fire, all pointing in the same direction.

One shot, two shots, three shots, four shots... one round after another, firing several rounds in one go, scattering bullets without any regard for stockpiling.

Of course, others might have to worry about their ammunition reserves. But for Jiang Hui and her group, there was no need; they had more than they could use. If they didn't work together to kill these rats who had been eavesdropping for so long and were planning to attack them, wouldn't it be a waste of the time they had spent accumulating those star points? Those star points were enough to charge up three to five percent of their energy.

I wonder who has the audacity to dare to raid the hideout of four people all by themselves? Is it because they are too confident in their own abilities?
As it turns out, the other party might actually have some skills.

Huan Xian kicked Hillman beside him, who instinctively turned his head to dodge the attack. Then Jiang Hui elbowed Zhou Xiuwen in the same way, reminding him that he was too close to the trajectory of the bullets coming from the other side, while firing a shot at the other side.

(End of this chapter)