The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 446 Ranking (Part 2)

Jiang Hui buried his head in the sand and finally managed to carve out a place for himself in the yellow sand, no longer unable to get up because of the sand.

Trenchings are indeed a testament to the wisdom of our ancestors, proving useful even a thousand or ten thousand years ago. Their premature categorization as a relic of the old civilization's single-weapon era, and their failure to find applications in the interstellar age, is a great loss to humanity.

Although yellow sand was still swirling on the surface of the pit, and a lot of sand was being piled up and accumulating, the mech itself also had volume. As long as some of it was moved out from time to time, it could barely occupy this space.

Jiang Hui had been wondering why, when she first arrived, she had completely exposed her weaknesses. There were no obstacles or means of counterattack here, so why were there so few attacks? Only the few times she moved around randomly did the attacks become slightly more frequent.

She immediately began to have some doubts... Could it be that this simulation system really arranged the fit based on her reaction?

And this feeling became even more pronounced when Jiang Hui entered the safe zone he had painstakingly constructed.

In reality, this simulation system isn't that advanced. It's composed of a mental sympathetic ∞ string system, holographic technology, and the latest complete AL combination algorithm. The entire process automatically combines and evolves with very subtle traces, so people will hardly notice any incongruity when they first try it.

However, simulation is ultimately just simulation. Especially after humans evolved high-dimensional powers like mental energy in the Alpha universe, they have become more perceptive. Such permutations and combinations may look fancy, but they are far less flexible than real-world situations.

Actually, around the fifth or sixth round, Jiang Hui discovered that these levels were basically all the same. The difficulty of each level gradually increased, hovering around the peak of her mental strength. Every time she broke through a certain level, she would be met with an attack that pressed against the edge of her power, thus gradually pulling her to her absolute limit.

Therefore, the difficulty of these levels largely depends on her abilities. It's not just a crude way of judging by mental strength level; it also considers factors like strength, speed, reaction time, and potential, using extremely complex algorithms to construct each level.

Jiang Hui, immersed in the simulation, could sense that the so-called enemies appearing in the scenario were all targeting her weaknesses and vulnerabilities, with the aim of helping her improve little by little through this continuous training.

However, if the variables involved in this system, that is, the data provided by the participant, are insufficient, or the samples are inaccurate, then the enemy fitted by the system will also be somewhat unstable.

Therefore, when it couldn't accurately capture her data and movements, the simulated enemies and attacks in the training field were also limited. While crouching in the sandpit did protect her from the sandstorm, it also completely blocked the signals between herself and the enemy, preventing the system from capturing much data. Naturally, Jiang Hui also couldn't read the enemy's situation—she could only sense a vast expanse of yellow sand.

Jiang Hui was dumbfounded. This wouldn't do. How could she get through this round without any enemies? Could she just waste the whole round like this?

That makes sense. They probably wanted to train shooters' synesthesia by setting up this sandy terrain, to see how they could deal with hidden enemies in such a harsh environment without normal vision.

She, on the other hand, came up with a crooked idea: treating the simulated training ground like a real-world game of "hide-and-seek." Yes, the enemy couldn't find her... but she also couldn't lock onto the enemy.

As expected, an overly passive playing style will inevitably lead to problems sooner or later.

Just as Jiang Hui was about to climb out of the sandpit and continue facing the obstacle head-on, the ground beneath her suddenly shook with a loud "boom," startling her. What was that...? Had she slipped?
Jiang Hui subconsciously felt something was wrong, and then felt the surface beneath her feet ripple again. It wasn't the sliding sensation of moving through quicksand, but rather something tangible beneath her feet that throbbed and undulated.

Before she could even nimbly climb out of the pit, that unknown thing caused the entire surrounding sandy area to shake violently. Jiang Hui, directly above, was thrown from side to side, her machine swaying precariously.

She sensed something suddenly rising below, with large swaths of quicksand and sandstorms sweeping across the area, forming a strange ring. The scattered sand slid down with a soft rustling sound, and the surroundings seemed to fall silent in an instant.

But what followed was a sudden ascent, which caused her to rise hundreds of meters in an instant, a height that was almost the same as the half-slope in the previous joint class.

Suddenly raising her gaze, Jiang Hui realized that this was not flat ground at all; beneath her feet lay a gigantic star beast hidden deep in the sand. She was standing on the relatively stable top of the star beast's head, its long neck taking up nearly a third of its height.

However, it was too late to react. She and the plane had already been carried hundreds of meters into the air, and it was too late to get down. She could only stay there, unable to move forward or backward.

"howl--"

The deafening scream shattered the unusual calm, startling her. Before she could react, Jiang Hui stumbled and lost her balance. With lightning speed, she grabbed onto a protruding spot not far away.

As a sandstorm, even stronger than before, swept towards her, Jiang Hui was caught off guard and her mouth was filled with sand, her eyes stinging. Then she felt the ground shaking even more violently, swaying violently from side to side, almost throwing her, the machine, and even the soul inside it out of her body.

Just then, the flat surface beneath his feet suddenly tilted vertically, leaving Jiang Hui with nowhere to stand, and he fell backward.

Fortunately, the unique double-row barbed structure at the rear of the aircraft allowed her to glide down until she finally caught on a shallow protrusion. As she regained consciousness, the system notification still echoed in her ears, telling her that the hit rate was over 75%... well, it was already 95%... no, it meant she had a full chance to survive.

Only when everything seemed to have calmed down did Jiang Hui carefully use the rear component to quickly lift herself up and step flat on the raised surface where she had been hanging, finally getting a few breaths.

However, the still-vibrating ground beneath her feet reminded her that she was not on the ground as usual, but hanging on a star beast, hundreds of meters above the ground.

What the hell is this? How come something like this is appearing in the mech training ground? Is it some kind of hidden bonus question?
Even if it's an invisible question... the star beast's tough outer shell can directly reduce the hit rate of a D-grade standard armor to 80-90%. If she were to actually fight it, she would probably be KO'd in one move.

Jiang Hui's current fear is that this A-level star beast will "notice" her on its back soon, at which point it will be doomed, and there's no point in worrying about it anymore.

(End of this chapter)