The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

“Is this person insane? You hit him earlier, right?! Why is he targeting us now?” Mu Kun gritted her teeth, shielding the two weaker individuals.

After the first shot and the subsequent left, middle, and right shots, there were then a dozen or more rounds, one after another. The opponent fired almost without hesitation, as if they were randomly spraying bullets in all directions.

But it didn’t seem completely random either, because the opponent had practically circled the area where the five of them were, as if trying to trap them within a bullet zone.

In such a situation, no matter how sharp your senses were, there wasn’t much you could do. After all, “blind punches can’t hit an old master,” and what’s worse, the opponent wasn’t completely blind.

“Dammit, doesn’t he need time to reload? No, does he not care about bullets… No, no, no, they don’t cost money to begin with.” He couldn’t help but wonder how the opponent had so many bullets.

Even the R256 team, who had faced countless challenges, had never encountered something like this. This competition was bolder than any previous ones, and the organizers had designed it with a clear intent to test the students. They had created many interesting obstacles and details. Even the most outstanding students couldn’t expect to easily emerge from this competition.

Although the second round of supplies was meant to be a resupply, the designers didn’t actually prepare any resources for the students. The remaining contestants had limited supplies, especially when it came to things like bullets and firearms, which would decrease with each use. Unless they forcibly seized supplies, it was almost impossible to replenish their stocks.

This meant that their next attacks had to be extremely cautious, careful, and measured. They couldn’t waste any ammunition unless they were sure of their chances, as they didn’t know whether the supplies they had would last until the end.

However, this wasn’t a problem for Jiang Hui and the others.

They had to admit, their luck had been pretty good. Just by taking a roller coaster ride, they managed to gather plenty of resources. Ammunition, a limited resource, nearly filled up their backpacks.

Though they later gave some to Xierman and Clarens, they still had an abundance. In fact, until the end of the competition, they wouldn’t have to worry about this issue.

They had been careful before because they had planned an ambush—if they started firing wildly, their position would be exposed.

But they hadn’t expected that they would fail to ambush the enemy and almost end up getting caught themselves, even causing Jiang Hui to injure her leg. This made them realize that the enemy they were facing was much stronger than they had initially thought.

So now, they couldn’t hold back any longer.

What ambush?!! Huan Xian almost got hit earlier, and Jiang Hui didn’t want to keep going back and forth with them, exchanging shots. Instead, she decided to disrupt their line of sight and create chaos, forcing them to be unable to focus enough to retaliate.

Jiang Hui wasn’t crazy for doing this; what she meant by “firing wildly” was actually locking in the positions carefully.

After seeing Huan Xian almost fall victim to the enemy’s tactics, they were incredibly alert. The enemy immediately used their spiritual power to create a barrier around their area. As soon as any unfamiliar spiritual energy approached, they would be immediately alerted and on guard.

But Jiang Hui was different. Her spiritual power not only extended but could also subtly spiral. Moreover, the gunshot from earlier had exposed so much that it allowed her to gather a lot of information.

Even though she couldn’t mark her target as accurately as Huan Xian, she had learned how to extend her spiritual power through the experience she gained while collaborating with him.

Therefore, despite the lack of Huan Xian’s clear markers, her ability to pinpoint the general area of the enemy was still quick.

Jiang Hui wanted to take the shot herself and eliminate the enemy, but Huan Xian’s experience had shown her that the enemy was not easy to deal with. So, they had to be more cautious and work together… randomly spraying bullets with a submachine gun was only the first step.

Once she created the distraction, it naturally gave Huan Xian another opportunity.

“Is it ready?” Jiang Hui asked through gritted teeth.

There was no immediate response.

Just as the pain in her forehead intensified, someone grabbed her rifle from behind. The voice came from just above her head: “It’s ready.”

“Just once… after this, we need to go,” Jiang Hui murmured.

It had to be accurate!

Then, following the marking bridge that the other person had created, she quickly locked onto a point two kilometers away and almost instinctively pulled the trigger with her eyes closed.

“Bang—”

The moment the shot was fired, everything around seemed to quiet down.

Although she didn’t know the outcome, Jiang Hui’s heart inexplicably felt calm.

She didn’t care about what was happening on the other side and directly told Huan Xian, “Let’s go—”

The silent young man didn’t respond but quickly hoisted her onto his back and retreated in a certain direction.

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“Captain!” “Captain!” “Huo Qi!” “!!”

A few startled exclamations came from around him as Huo Qi stiffened, half-propping himself up. The gun in his hand had fallen to the ground due to the impact of the earlier shot.

Xiao Li was the most excited and was about to step forward to help, but in the instant he reached out, the young man suddenly shook him off.

The young man lowered his head and looked at the right bottom corner of his simulated chest armor, making it hard to read his expression.

However, they all knew what he was looking at. The display on the lower left corner of their simulated chest armor showed that the remaining attempts had gone from “3” to “2.”

Although, after forming the official team, the five team members shared three chances for survival, meaning anyone hit during this period would not be eliminated, each chance, once used, would be lost. To remind the person who was hit that they had lost that chance, their simulated chest armor would lock for half a second upon being hit, just like those contestants who were eliminated, leaving them immobile. This experience was shared by all the team members.

So, even though they were not fully aware of the details, the R256 team understood they had been shot by the enemy, just a moment ago.

This was truly…

Although their abilities were not on par with Huo Qi’s, they could still tell whether they had been hit. So, at this moment, it was crystal clear that it wasn’t any of the four of them who had been shot, but rather Huo Qi, who had always performed far better than them.

The unknown ambusher was likely stronger than Huo Qi.

For a moment, the group was left speechless, unsure of what to say. The atmosphere grew tense.

“Ding ding, reminder: The second round of supplies is nearing its end. There are 00:25:00 remaining.”

The announcement over the loudspeaker echoed throughout the training grounds, and the R256 team naturally heard it. However, it was clear that this announcement was not good news. It added a layer of cold frost to the already tense situation.

After a long pause, it seemed that Huo Qi had finally composed himself. He stood up naturally, his cold expression now showing no signs of abnormality. He brushed off the dust from his knee and, somewhat stiffly, said, “Let’s go, we’re heading to L11.”

Sigh, so in the end, we still have to go back to L11—.