Chapter 31: Military Training Begins
The starship’s door slowly opened, sunlight shone in, and the students who had been confined for half a month looked at the outside environment, their hearts suddenly filled with excitement.
At this time, everyone was full of energy (thanks to that sleep back then, which let all the students sleep for three days and three nights, leaving them spirited and their bodies fully recovered!), they jostled shoulder to shoulder as they quickly grabbed their distress beacons and disembarked from the starship.
The starship had stopped at a ruins site. All the students got off the starship, and the passion that had just risen suddenly turned into bewilderment.
“An’an, Lele!” Shi Anxin said with a serious face as she quickly walked over with Lin Jinmo.
After seeing Shi An’an, Shi Anxin felt slightly relieved in her heart, but also a bit hesitant.
Shi An’an noticed something off with Shi Anxin and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Shi Anxin looked at Shi An’an, “This is H11 planet.”
“Mm, I know. The instructor just said it, but why do I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before…” Shi An’an still hadn’t recalled it.
Shi Anxin hesitated as she looked at Shi An’an, “Is it possible… that this planet is our birthplace from back then…”
Shi An’an: “???”
Shi Anxin nodded, “It’s definitely here. The last queen insect nest was right here, and that’s what caused the chaos back then…”
“But… why do I still feel like something’s off…” Shi An’an scratched her head.
Shi Lele and Lin Jinmo both perked up their ears to carefully listen to the two sisters’ conversation; one had a sudden realization, the other wore an “I see” expression.
Shi Anxin checked the time, “It’s getting late. Nowadays, no one lives on H11 planet. It’s been abandoned for over a decade with no one to manage it. We don’t know if there are any unknown dangers on the planet. We need to find a safe place before nightfall.”
Everyone became serious upon hearing Shi Anxin’s analysis.
“Let’s first check how far the base is from our current position.”
Several people opened their optical computers and saw the location sent by the instructor, which was nearly three hundred miles away from them.
“So far!” Shi Lele exclaimed.
Lin Jinmo, who had always been carefree before, now calmly analyzed, “Based on the map distance, we need to avoid the big river and the cliff.”
Lin Jinmo marked an X on the wider river section on the map, an X on a cliff, and also chose to avoid some other dangerous terrain.
“Now, we have three routes we can take. One follows the stream, but when we get here, we’ll have to cross the stream into a swamp…
This route goes directly along the ruins, then through a forest, but this forest is somewhat dangerous. It hasn’t been purified in a long time, so it’s probably produced a lot of toxin…
The last route follows the mountain path, but here and here, there are a few landslides. We don’t know how serious the landslides are or if we can get past them. If we can, this route is the shortest.”
After finishing his analysis, Lin Jinmo asked, “Now, which route do we choose?”
Shi Anxin and Shi Lele looked at the three routes, their faces silent.
The first route along the river would ensure water supply, but the swamp was somewhat dangerous; swamps generally produce toxic gases.
The forest on the second route was even more dangerous. Nowadays, why do interstellar people promote green plants? Because green plants represent hope and life.
But due to some harmful elements in the air and in the soil, wild green plants are covered in toxin, and severe cases can be fatal.
While artificially cultivated green plants are safe, once they come into contact with a planet without a protective shield, they immediately get infected with toxin—either withering or turning into toxic plants, harming people.
It seemed now that only the third route was viable.
Shi An’an didn’t understand these things. She obediently waited for everyone to decide, then followed along.
“Hey, do you still need a teammate? I’m Sheng Rong, from the Command Department.” A boy with a clean and neat appearance walked over and introduced himself.
“Sheng Rong?” Shi An’an, Shi Lele, and Lin Jinmo looked at Sheng Rong in surprise.
Shi An’an quietly watched them, excited inside—there was drama to watch!
“You don’t have a team?” Lin Jinmo looked at Sheng Rong puzzled. That shouldn’t be; this guy was the top scorer from the Command Department, with S-level mental power. He was a hot commodity—how could he not have a team?
Shi Anxin and Shi Lele also looked puzzled.
Sheng Rong smiled, but felt a bit bitter inside, “Maybe… everyone already made their choices, so no one teamed up with me.”
“Why?” Shi Lele still didn’t understand. Having such a strong mental power teammate would avoid many invisible dangers and greatly improve the team’s safety.
Tsk tsk, so clueless—this was classic exclusion!
Shi An’an immediately saw the issue. Didn’t they see that after Sheng Rong came over, the other Command Department students were gathered there whispering about him? It was obvious he was being excluded!
“What did you do to make them exclude you like that?” Shi An’an asked.
“Exclude?” The three looked at Sheng Rong in surprise.
Sheng Rong hadn’t expected Shi An’an to see through his situation at a glance, and he gave a wry smile, “Probably… on the starship, we got bored and played a few rounds of simulated battles. Cough, I beat them badly in every match. After that, no one played with me.”
Lin Jinmo: “…Bro, you offended everyone right at the start of school. Impressive!”
Shi Anxin: “…Them not teaming up to beat you is already giving you face.”
Shi Lele: “Awesome, as expected of a top student!”
Shi An’an: “Oh, they can’t handle losing and got mad about it.”
Hearing Shi An’an’s summary, Sheng Rong’s eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement, “Yeah, yeah, they just can’t handle losing!”
In the end, Shi Anxin and the others happily welcomed Sheng Rong to join.
The surrounding students had already formed teams of twos and threes, chosen routes, and some had already set off.
Seeing people leaving, the rest grew anxious. Whether teamed up or not, no one wanted to be left at the end.
Seeing all the students had set off, Lin Xi coldly looked at He Rui, “Hurry up and give the order!”
“Oh oh, right away!” He Rui snapped back and immediately issued the order.
Instantly, a large batch of micro surveillance devices flew out, tracking every student for real-time monitoring, so the instructors could observe them.
Watching He Rui clumsily issue the order, Lin Xi felt another pang of frustration, then thought of the conversation An’an had with him last night, feeling even more heartbroken.
The essential oil he had finally obtained was split in half, and it hurt him so much!!!
With Sheng Rong’s addition, they no longer had to worry about the journey. With him there, he would always notify everyone in advance of positions to avoid.
Shi An’an looked at Sheng Rong appreciatively. She hadn’t expected this boy’s mental power to be used so sensitively.
“Alright, we’ll rest here tonight.” Sheng Rong said after observing the surrounding environment.
