The spear pinned the sand scorpion firmly to the ground. Meng Huai then took out the greatsword from before.
Seeing this, the audience realized that the person had brought two weapons.
"The sword is here too."
"No, what's so strange about that? In a mecha, you can bring as many weapons as you want, as long as you don't find it heavy or slow to operate."
"Does having more weapons affect operation?"
"Would you walk at the same speed carrying a large iron hammer versus a piece of paper?"
Someone simply explained this principle, making it easy for others to understand. But then: "Isn't this individual soldier afraid of affecting their operation?"
"It can only be said that these effects mean nothing to her. That's all I can understand."
Alright, a netizen helped Meng Huai out.
At this moment, with the spear holding the sand scorpion in place, as soon as the greatsword was taken out, the sand scorpion seemed to foresee its impending fate. It struggled more frequently and more forcefully, but it was all in vain.
Meng Huai first chopped off its pincers, then hacked at its head. After a few strikes, the sand scorpion stopped struggling and ceased to breathe.
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The broadcast voice then sounded.
"Congratulations to the Imperial Military Academy for slaying one 3S star beast, six Double S star beasts, and twenty-one S star beasts."
As for the other A-class and B-class ones, there were even more, but they were not qualified to be broadcast.
The military academy students who had just entered heard this commotion and had no other thoughts but anxiety.
Several more hours passed, and most of the military academies had entered the competition area.
The paths were difficult to find, but they still thought about killing star beasts first. These military academies did not dwell on finding the endpoint but instead looked for star beasts to gain points.
The fastest way to gain points was to eliminate others.
The people from the Second Military Academy, after finally entering the area and killing some star beasts, felt a bit more balanced. After all, they were still lingering at the bottom.
"What a pity, killing these people won't get us any points in the first round. If we could play a bigger game and accumulate points continuously, it would be great!"
Feita flung a handful of sand and wiped the camera, saying.
Murong Shuai reminded him, "It's about eliminating others, so be careful with your words! 'Killing' isn't something we do, we're not killing people!"
Feita shrugged, indicating he understood. Then he complained again, "This desert planet is such a dump, you can't even see the road clearly!"
The area they were passing through had just experienced a small sandstorm, which did not affect their progress. However, they constantly needed to wipe the mecha's camera lenses, or they wouldn't be able to see anything.
Even when not in mechas, they always had to wipe their goggles. This added necessary action made everyone very annoyed.
The teams on the first day were all calmly killing star beasts, but unfortunately, one military academy encountered a large sandstorm while traveling.
This team was also a newly joined military academy this year, lacking the foundation of the previous five participating military academies. Not all members were 3S, and their strength was indeed weaker compared to other military academies.
However, their luck was also not good. The path they took happened to be hit by a large sandstorm. Even though several individuals were on guard and entered their mechas, the mechas were swept away by the storm.
Several individual soldiers were powerless to struggle, let alone the commander and mecha pilots.
In the midst of struggling, the commander directly stated, "Tenth Military Academy, all members withdraw from this competition!"
The Tenth Military Academy's live broadcast room already had few viewers, and seeing this scene, the audience was filled with sighs.
"Alas, why is participating in the competition so difficult! It just had to be the Tenth Military Academy encountering such a large sandstorm, how could they possibly withstand it!"
The rescue personnel, who were already prepared for rescue, no longer hesitated upon hearing the commander's words. Some people, holding ropes, entered the storm to rescue these students.
At this moment, there was still one individual soldier from the Tenth Military Academy who refused to accept the decision to withdraw: "I'm not withdrawing! I can walk out by myself! We were tenth last time, and if we're eliminated this early, there will be no hope at all!"
The live broadcast was still playing. Seeing the individual soldier being rescued, no one posted any comments for a long time.
However, the commander persuaded him, "Where there is life, there is hope. Let's preserve our lives first, and then we can strive in the next competition!"
The individual soldier could not listen to these words at all and directly turned his back to the commander.
Although others were also unwilling to face such a situation, they were all trying to persuade him. The commander patted the individual soldier's shoulder, "Do you only want to give up when you are injured? At that time, you won't even be able to participate in the next competition! If you have anger, put that anger into the next competition!"
Indeed, if one cannot even preserve their own life, how can they talk about saving others in the future!
The rescue personnel took these people onto a flying vehicle and left the competition area directly.
Yes, teams that voluntarily withdrew did not have to wait until everyone finished the competition to leave together.
A small base was also set up outside the competition area, where several reporters were stationed. They did not expect any teams to come out today, but these people did not pour cold water on the already disheartened students.
They simply offered a few words of comfort and did not ask any other questions.
The first day thus passed, and the sky gradually darkened. The group discussed and decided to find a place to set up camp and rest, and then travel during the day tomorrow.
After simply setting up a tent, they did not prepare any grand meals today. Everyone drank a nutrient solution and managed to get through the day.
The duty of night watch was assigned to three individual soldiers. While the three discussed the night watch schedule, Meng Huai took out a small bottle.
She opened the stopper and sprinkled some around the perimeter of the tent. Seeing Meng Huai's actions and the white powder in the bottle, the audience was very curious.
"What is she doing?"
"She always has some strange things, it's nothing to be surprised about!"
The audience was curious, and so were others.
Zheng Yiran directly asked, "What is that?"
Meng Huai had just finished sprinkling the powder around the entire tent. She closed the stopper and put it back in her pocket.
"Insect repellent powder."
Meng Huai explained, "There are too many insects in this place. It's best to get a good night's sleep tonight! As for points, we can talk about them tomorrow."
She really did not want to kill insects frantically for points in the middle of the night.