As the audience felt gratified by them, Jing Yuan Cheng’s words turned them to stone.
“Where am I supposed to find a cow or a pig for you in the forest? If you walk over two thousand meters to the right, there is indeed a bear.”
Hearing Zheng Yi Ran’s words, Jing Yuan Cheng glanced back at her before continuing forward. This time, it was evident his path had tilted to the right, as if he intended to deal with that bear.
“A bear will do, let’s get some bear paws to eat!”
Hearing this, the audience immediately recalled Jing Yuan Cheng’s earlier discussion about cows and pigs.
【So, what he said about cows and pigs earlier wasn’t because they were easy to handle, but rather because…】
【It’s reasonable to suspect it’s because beef and pork taste good.】
Everyone fell silent, contemplating Jing Yuan Cheng in the screen. What had caused such a significant change in this person in just a year? It turned out, this solo soldier wasn’t like this before; how could their fighting spirit be ignited by food?
Why was this team always talking about food today?
However, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to think about food before. It was just that star beasts couldn't be eaten before! That’s why they wouldn’t have considered star beasts as food during last year’s competition.
After walking some distance, they noticed that much of the vegetation in this part of the forest was flattened. There were also claw marks on the trees, and footprints on the ground.
The camera humanely focused on these details, allowing the audience to see them clearly.
【Looks like there really are bears around!】
There was still some distance to the place Zheng Yi Ran had mentioned, but Meng Huai spoke from the back: “Senior, go left for a hundred meters.”
【???】
【What is she doing? She’s a solo soldier, not a commander!】
Many people didn’t understand or agree with Meng Huai’s direction. Zheng Yi Ran directly scanned the area she indicated with her senses. Then she said, “Let’s get into the mechs and head that way.”
After Zheng Yi Ran said this, everyone entered their mechs, Meng Huai included. After all, in a competition, one must follow orders and not act on whims.
Once prepared, they continued forward in their original formation.
【What’s that sound?】
The camera followed them, and the sounds from the arena were clearly transmitted through the live broadcast. Some audience members with keen hearing heard some unusual noises and asked in the bullet comments.
But if the audience could hear the sound, how could the people in the arena not hear or notice it?
Zheng Yi Ran dared to bring them here, so she was naturally prepared.
A swarm of insects flew towards them from the front, gathering densely in the air. The sound the audience heard was the buzzing of these insects. As they got closer, the sound became clearer and quite annoying.
If not for the mechs, the stingers of these insects would be poisonous if they pierced the body. Especially since the insects before them now were highly venomous. Therefore, Zheng Yi Ran had ordered the entire team into their mechs as soon as she spotted them.
The poison stingers didn’t have enough penetration power to pierce the mechs, so they posed no threat to them at this moment. However, such a large number of insects was very distracting and irritating.
Rong Fei Wen’s mech had the most powerful artillery, and he often engaged in long-range attacks. Thus, the task of firing the first shot was given to him.
However, it was uncommon for a mech pilot to attack. But those familiar with this team knew that Rong Fei Wen often attacked.
Rong Fei Wen set his artillery to the largest area of effect and fired directly into the center of the insect swarm. With a bang, the insects rained down, all killed by the artillery.
But there were many insects. With one blast in the center, these insects scattered in all directions.
These insects posed no threat to them, but once scattered, they were not so easy to attack. All of them fired at the dispersed insects, mostly using artillery, as it was difficult to harm these tiny insects with melee weapons.
Unlike the artillery attacks of others, Meng Huai directly pulled out a stack of talismans, ten in total. Infusing them with spiritual energy, she commanded, “Go!”
Ten talismans flew towards the scattered insects, forming a fire barrier that surrounded them. Under the attack of the flames, the insects had nowhere to hide. To escape, they had to break through the fire barrier, but before they could, they were already extinguished by the fire.
In this way, the troublesome insects were roasted to a crisp by the fire.
“Don’t say it, they actually smell quite good,” Hui Xing Xiu commented.
“Let’s go, someone is coming from that direction,” Zheng Yi Ran instructed them to abandon the ‘corpses’ and leave the area.
Meng Huai’s move had attracted the attention of many viewers: 【What is that thing? How can it catch fire?】
【This thing looks a bit familiar, I think I’ve heard of it.】
【I knew it, if there’s this newcomer, they wouldn’t escape using talismans. This new type of weapon seems to have intimidated many!】
【What new type of weapon? Does this newcomer from the logistics department have fans? Where did they come from? I’ve never heard of them before!】
【It’s right that you haven’t heard of her. The information only showed that she is from the logistics department. But what you don’t know is that she is a freshman at this year’s Imperial Military Academy, and she took first place in the freshman assessment.】
【That first place! I remember now, in the freshman assessment, many people used this new weapon called ‘talisman’. But isn’t that person an A-level psychic?】
【Don’t know.】
Meng Huai and the others followed Zheng Yi Ran’s command and left the area, but they had some gains not far away.
Where there were bee swarms, there were bound to be beehives. The insects had been eliminated, and no more insects came out to block their entry into the beehive.
“Wow! Such a good thing is here!”
Hui Xing Xiu touched some honey in the beehive with his finger and tasted it.
“Sweet!”
It was quite good. After Hui Xing Xiu and the others cleared out all the honey, they quickly left.
Not long after they left, another team arrived. However, the audience watching the Imperial Military Academy’s live broadcast couldn’t see this, as the camera followed the students of the Imperial Military Academy.
At this time, the live broadcast of the Twelfth Military Academy showed these students hearing the artillery fire and coming to investigate. However, by the time they arrived, only a ground full of insect corpses remained.
The Twelfth Military Academy, judging by its name, one could tell how obscure it was. The live broadcast had very few viewers, mostly people with some connection to this military academy.
There was a solo soldier from the Twelfth Military Academy, a dark-skinned, slightly short young man. Seeing the ground covered in insect corpses, he bent down and picked one up.
He took out a vial of medicine with a spray nozzle attached. The vial and the nozzle didn’t seem to match, suggesting it was added later.
The young man picked up an insect, sprayed it with the medicine, and then put it in his mouth.
This scene shocked the viewers.
【Whoa, this kid is eating bugs!】
【This kid! I told him not to eat random things, but he still doesn’t listen!】
The crunching sound echoed through the live broadcast, followed by an excited voice: “These bugs are quite tasty, you guys should try them too!”