The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

So, what is the situation like at the finish line, ten miles away, at this moment?

Naturally, it was quite calm.

Previously, several teams had successfully arrived, with about seven or eight groups already entering the finish area to check in, and the information they provided was generally normal.

They were taken to a waiting area to rest, where they could finally stop and take a break.

Many new students were able to finally let out a sigh of relief at this point. They had been walking and stopping along the way, never daring to relax for a moment, keeping their nerves taut, so they had not truly rested until now.

However, when they reached the finish line, they realized that this training exercise was not merely an event exclusive to new students. The finish line had been set up more like a competition arena.

Surrounding the area were tall grandstands, creating a standard competitive venue.

In front of them, directly opposite their entry point, a large screen had been erected, displaying their spirited appearance as they arrived, completely unguarded.

At the bottom of the screen was a massive dynamic leaderboard, listing a total of two hundred names, all selected based on their outstanding performances during this training exercise. Following each name was the extra points they earned during the training. After the training task ended, these points would be converted into personal credits in accordance with specific rules, serving as a reward for the excellent students.

Just as they were processing the information at the finish line, they were faced with one final challenge: the team flag.

Earlier, it was explained that before each small team departs, the person in charge of the training ground personally hands out a flag representing the team, which is to be held by the selected flag bearer. The person in charge also explains the meaning of this flag, although the styles of different leaders vary.

However, different people and teams have different understandings.

Some individuals take this to heart, ensuring that the entire team carefully protects the flag throughout the journey, successfully bringing the flag along with the team to the finish line. These teams have the highest completion level for their training tasks and receive full additional points.

On the other hand, some individuals either do not take it seriously or do not realize the significance of the flag to their team, resulting in a situation where each team member carries their own flag separately. Some accidentally damage the flag midway, while others more absurdly lose it altogether. Even if these teams arrive at the finish line early, their evaluation points are naturally reduced significantly, and they might even lose points, resulting in a situation where they lose both the lady and the soldiers.

Of course, some teams are more fortunate. Although they did not pay attention to the flag and their overall performance was not outstanding, they had a smooth journey, encountering relatively easy challenges along the way. They successfully completed the task, and since they retained a good number of team members, the evaluators could not find any faults, so their team scores were not low.

In summary, when they reached the finish line and broke free from the previous state of information isolation, quickly obtaining new information, they naturally learned everything they needed to know, leading to a mix of joy and worry among the teams.

Then the group continued to wait for the next team to arrive.

Just when everyone thought they would smoothly complete the entire reception for the training exercise, an unexpected event occurred.

It was unclear whether it was the ninth or tenth team that arrived, but upon reaching the finish line, their first action was not to follow the staff’s instructions to complete the registration process; instead, they interrupted and delivered a shocking piece of news to everyone.

—A team encountered a star beast at a checkpoint before reaching the finish line and was attacked by a swarm of star beasts.

This news hit the observation center like a bolt from the blue. Young Instructors present couldn’t help but stand up, exchanging horrified glances.
How could this happen?
To conduct this training exercise for the new students, they had cleared the entire training area at least a week in advance and had deployed many experienced soldiers for defense in the vicinity. The personnel assigned were trusted individuals borrowed from the military, so how could such an accident occur?

Moreover, they were even more concerned about… if a team truly encountered star beasts along the way, how were these new students, led by only one young Instructor, supposed to escape from a swarm of star beasts?

What kind of uninvited guests were these star beasts? How did they break through the defenses and enter the controlled area? And why had the observation center not yet received any corresponding distress signals?

There were too many questions and uncertainties.

The people present were mostly military personnel who had come down from the battlefield, and they understood better than those outside what the combination of these pieces of information meant. It was easy for them to speculate in a conspiratorial direction.

While some inexperienced young soldiers were still in a daze, seasoned officers quickly responded by pulling up all observation ports and rapidly investigating and locating several teams that might be in trouble.

Because they were operating on a rotational viewing system, it wasn’t immediately obvious that one or two visuals were missing. However, now that they knew something was wrong, by integrating all the port visuals and matching them with the numbered teams, they could quickly gather a lot of information.

The group discovered that in the direction of 78 degrees southwest from the finish line, the observation screens of three nearby teams seemed to have been affected by some external factors, with their visuals either blocked or completely gone. None of these three teams had reached the finish line, which naturally led to ominous implications.

A very reputable third-year instructor made a swift decision, connecting to the other end of the light brain to issue orders, instructing the nearby patrolling forces to immediately check the situation. Regardless of whether those teams were currently in trouble, they were to safely bring the students back to the finish line and then conduct a thorough search to uncover and eliminate any star beasts that might be hiding nearby.

With the lead of this instructor, Instructors with authority began to contact nearby teams one after another for rescue and assistance in the search, causing the situation to become very tense.

The first-year class instructors could hardly sit still either. Their students were at the forefront of this incident and could potentially become victims.

Therefore, regardless of whether their students were in those three teams within the scope of the radiation line, they couldn’t remain calm.

Before their rescue efforts could officially commence, more bad news continued to pour in.

Three teams arrived at the finish line together, but the students and their leading instructors had grim expressions and looked panicked.

Upon inquiry, it was revealed that each of these three teams had returned with students who had been attacked by star beasts.

To their shock, all of these students belonged to the seventh team assembled at the A1 training ground, which included Jiang Hui.

Stark, who had been sitting silently and seemingly calm, suddenly stood up, his gaze fixed intensely on the blocked observation screen, his eyes dark and troubled.