The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 266 Encirclement
Jiang Hui and the others were completely baffled by Holly's latest defeat. There was no map, only a large overall leaderboard on the screen, which at most showed who had been eliminated, but didn't reveal any other clues.

However, with so many participants in the training ground, those who have survived to this point must be among the most skilled or both, even if they are not the most skilled. There are naturally more than just Holly who is skilled, so what is so strange about someone being able to control Holly?

She simply felt that dealing with Holly was the same as dealing with an unfamiliar enemy, and naturally dealing with a familiar enemy was easier than dealing with an enemy who suddenly appeared and whose background was unknown. However, it was clear that they had no choice.

With four stars and fifty-one stars remaining until the end of the match—

"No, something's not right!" Jiang Hui suddenly murmured.

She felt something was off when she looked at the leaderboard. Although the teams acted independently and each earned their own points, it was impossible to control the outcome, so she could only glean clues from the leaderboard.

However, the destination of the scores is traceable, and it also depends on their luck in finding their prey.

However, the two times she read the list after regaining consciousness seemed a bit strange.

Holly and the others may have chosen to keep a low profile and hide away, no longer as high-profile as before, because they only have one precious retention opportunity left.

Huan Xian and his group hadn't encountered any prey on the route they'd recently chosen, only one or two teams and a few scattered participants.

So, logically, with these two big shots having faded from the limelight, the prey should have fallen into the hands of the next-tier powerhouses. However, even so, the rules of individual combat strength should still apply, since a person's combat strength is finite, and even when unleashed, it is limited.

Moreover, the competition has already lasted for more than thirty stars, and with the arena now empty, the pace of everything will naturally slow down.

However, in just one week, the number of participants decreased from 160 to 97. This was too fast, even more exaggerated than the rate of decrease in the first three weeks after the second round of supplies.

Even though Huan Xian had been frantically climbing the ranks to fifth place while Jiang Hui was unconscious, he had only accumulated 40-50 points at around three stars. The density of prey had decreased significantly, making a massive rampage impossible.

So, with them and Holly remaining unchanged, how did the remaining top teams manage to eliminate over sixty participants within a single week, and with such evenly distributed scores...?

This complicated leaderboard was no longer a simple list of individual points in Jiang Hui's eyes. The chaotic data swirled in her mind, sometimes outlining, sometimes rotating, sometimes comparing... and finally circled something different.

The situations of teams R197, R87, and R117 are clearly different.

"There are enemies approaching from the southeast, 2.7 kilometers away. They're moving very fast and they're heading straight for us." Huan Xian's expression changed, and he quickly warned the others.

Jiang Hui immediately snapped out of her tangled thoughts and looked at Huan Xian. "Very fast?"

Even Huanxian thought so, which shows that their movement speed was really fast, and the other side seemed to have discovered their tracks.

Without saying much, the group quickly retreated in the other direction.

Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps back, he was immediately intercepted by Huan Xian, whose face was unusually grim: "There are people coming from the southwest, northeast, northeast... in three groups, which seem to be faintly connected in a line, about a dozen people."

East, south, west, north—isn't this an encirclement? What are we going to do now...?

Before the group could get anxious, Huan Xian made a quick decision: "You two go first, I'll deal with them."

What is all this? Is he planning to use this as bait to lure the enemy again?

Just as Jiang Hui was about to refuse, the other party immediately cut her off: "Trust us!"

"We are a formal team, a unified entity. Naturally, I won't be as reckless as before. Rest assured, we will definitely be the team that survives to the end," Huan Xian said in a deep voice. It seemed there was no need to say anything more—

Jiang Hui looked into the other person's eyes and slowly nodded.

"run!"

Hillman nodded to the other three, then, carrying Jiang Hui on his back, ran off in the direction Huan Xian had pointed.

"About 3.7 kilometers to the southeast, that seems to be where the L11 landed earlier." If they really can't hold out, it would be perfect for them to go there and dig up the still loose trenches to defend themselves.

After speaking, Jiang Hui could no longer see Huan Xian and the other two. He only had time to turn his head and catch a glimpse of a hand waving halfway.

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"Hmm?" Lin Maowu frowned. "Changed direction?"

"What? The direction has changed?" Sanda asked, somewhat puzzled.

Lin Maowu shook his head: "I must have been mistaken." Because he felt that the powerful aura was still moving in the direction he predicted.

Nancy Sanda was sent by R117. Their team's Jaidi was sent to R87, while one member of R87 went to R117.

So far, this female student named Nancy Sanda is quite easy to get along with. She's a very good shot, has keen senses, and is very cooperative. To be honest, aside from her background, she's much more useful than that Jaidi guy.

Of course, Lin Maowu hadn't forgotten that this "hostage," who was only temporarily assigned to their team, was the guarantee for cooperation between their three teams. Necessary precautions were still necessary, but Lin Maowu was confident he could keep a close eye on her every move and wouldn't give her any opportunity to make any underhanded moves.

Fortunately, the other party clearly does not have this tendency and is very well-behaved, at least for now.

"Have they discovered us?"

"……should be."

"Sigh, I don't know whether to say we're just unlucky or what, but we actually ran into that person."

Upon hearing this, the other members, including Nancy who was temporarily staying with the team, looked at him with some curiosity.

Lin Maowu always appeared confident and composed; in their eyes, he was at least a cunning and calculating person, if not unfathomable.

Even when facing an opponent of Holly's caliber, the opponent remained completely unfazed. It was he who subtly directed and manipulated the three teams to secure Holly's team's second chance to survive, and in the process, none of the three teams suffered any losses.

This victory stabilized the three teams and boosted their confidence in continuing to cooperate.

So, seeing the other side seem both hesitant and excited after discovering the enemy, everyone was puzzled.

Hearing him say this now, one can't help but wonder what kind of enemy could have caused Lin Maowu to feel such hesitation.

(End of this chapter)