Chapter 21

Explosions and rumbles echoed in her ears. After finishing her beer duck bento, Mingmei switched to a large and small intestine bento.

"So full, how many bentos have I eaten?"

Mingmei frowned. Eating to the point of almost throwing up was really the worst. Why did the game have to make the feeling of fullness so realistic?

[Fifth one.]

"No wonder!"

Mingmei ate while keeping her eyes on the two mecha engaged in a fierce battle outside.

Perhaps they were currently located in a relatively remote area on the map. There were no other mecha appearing to scavenge for scraps, and even the Zerg weren't showing any signs of launching a sneak attack.

Mingmei indulged in "laying flat," eating her bento while watching the two mecha fighting, each consuming a bento to restore their status as they fought.

"If this can't be resolved by fighting, it'll be a loss. One bento is two points. I count for one point here, and the other side counts for one point. It's not worth eating two bentos for these two points."

That's what she said, but Mingmei herself had forced down so many bentos just to survive.

To this, Guigui remarked: [Actually, it wouldn't be bad to be eliminated now. You have enough points.]

"Oh, you saying that…" As if reminded by Guigui's words, Mingmei looked at the nearly finished bento in horror. When she realized it, tears almost welled up in her eyes.

"My points…"

After a moment of depression, Mingmei regained her spirit and continued to chew fiercely on her bento, saying, "As long as I survive now, I can get more points. What I eat will eventually come back!"

Just as Lin Yu and the opposing mecha were locked in an intense battle, Qi Hai Kui's eyes suddenly changed. Regardless of how his sudden action would affect the mecha's balance, he directly seized partial control of the mecha and fired a Po Xing Dan (Star Shattering Bullet) directly at the mecha where Mingmei was located!

"Mommy mia!"

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Mingmei instantly activated the beer duck bento's function. Just barely, the Po Xing Dan passed through her mecha.

"Hm?"

Qi Hai Kui's actions instantly attracted the attention of others. Mingmei dared not stay where she was. With her health fully restored, she activated her invincibility and fled once again.

Seeing her behavior, the others present realized that they had been tricked!

"Where do you think you're going?!"

"Chase her!"

Just as the two-person mecha were chasing Mingmei's mecha again, Lin Yu suddenly discovered that Qi Hai Kui was actually trying to seize control of the mecha from him.

"What are you doing?"

Before Lin Yu's question could be answered, he saw Qi Hai Kui directly aim another Po Xing Dan loaded in the mecha at the mecha next to them, which had temporarily lost its vigilance due to Mingmei's actions!

With a "boom," an explosion sounded, and Lin Yu silently closed his mouth as 0.5 points went into their account.

"Keep flying. The circle is shrinking."

After that wave of action, Qi Hai Kui returned control of the mecha to Lin Yu, sitting listlessly to the side, as if the person who had suddenly burst out just now wasn't him.

"You're not going to continue?"

"No, I'm tired. My combat skills aren't good either…"

Qi Hai Kui clearly knew his strengths and weaknesses. He could do well in precise aiming and detecting subtle changes in enemies, but close combat was best left to his teammate.

He was more suited to observing and stabbing people in the back.

"Then we should continue chasing…"

"No, it's too much of a waste of time."

Qi Hai Kui frowned. He was already regretting why he had attacked that slippery defensive mecha earlier. Wasting so much time was simply not worth it.

"Then we'll fly towards the central area. Bento…"

"You eat a beer duck." Before Lin Yu could finish speaking, Qi Hai Kui spoke again. This time, Lin Yu had no objections.

Qi Hai Kui had eaten the bento just now, so it was his turn this time.

Qi Hai Kui stared at the shrinking and deforming area. He realized that this combat map was shrinking too strangely, shaped like a lollipop.

They were currently located on the lollipop stick.

Qi Hai Kui had a premonition that the stick would eventually disappear, and all the mecha that had survived would meet at the "candy" part. That would be a real free-for-all!

…

"I really didn't expect that two-person mecha to have a Po Xing Dan."

Mingmei had witnessed the power of the Po Xing Dan in the previous round. She hadn't expected to see it again in this round. She was grateful that the sudden sense of crisis in her heart had prompted her to react quickly, allowing her to escape!

Mingmei thought and checked the ammunition and weapons on her mecha again. Huh? The single-person mecha didn't have any!

[Two-person mecha are much larger than single-person mecha, allowing for more selective weapon loading.]

"I know, I was just saying."

Mingmei flew towards the largest circle on the map, thinking that when all the mecha were in one circle, the scene would definitely be lively.

But when she actually flew to the so-called circular area, Mingmei was silent when she saw the huge meteorite in the middle of the circular battlefield.

The meteorite was so huge that it directly turned the well-proportioned circular area into a ring.

The key point was, could the meteorites in this game really be called meteorites?

Mingmei carefully stayed away from this huge meteorite, as did the other mecha. And because the final area had shrunk really small, the mecha, with the public channel open, were like a large gathering.

"What kind of Zerg will this big meteorite turn into?"

The players who had survived until now had basically seen the scene of the meteorite transforming into a Zerg, so now they were basically guessing what kind of Zerg it would be.

"Wouldn't such a big body be a Zerg Queen?"

"No, no, no, the Zerg Queen should be even bigger. This size is probably a Zerg General-level Zerg from some mid-sized Zerg race, right?"

"Maybe it's just a bunch of small bugs gathered together?"

"Why don't we try hitting it and see?"

"It's so big, it's hard to penetrate it all at once, right?"

"Hit it, hit it! I remember the two-person mecha have Po Xing Dan. Are there any two-person mecha bros who can fire one?"

"No, get lost!"

…

Once they couldn't see each other and didn't know each other, these people were completely in a state of letting loose.

But if there were acquaintances among them, and they were shocked by your free-spirited words and called out your name to confirm, that would be very embarrassing.

"Lu Xiaoyao, do you guys still have Po Xing Dan?"

Lu Xiaoyao suddenly heard Zhen Po's voice on the public channel. Not knowing where the other party was, she shouted her name directly on the public channel. Lu Xiaoyao, who subconsciously wanted to play dead, replied, "Lu Xiaoyao was eliminated long ago! Not here, not here!"

Zhu Lian: "…"

Lu Gui, Mingmei, Mu Chen, and Zhen Po, who were hiding in the mecha group: "…"

"Pfft hahahahaha! Which school's big idiot is this? They don't even know how to pretend to be stupid hahahaha!"

"Hahahahaha, seems like they're from the Empire side? I think I've heard of them hahahaha!"

Instantly, the public channel exploded with laughter again. The faces of other military students from the Empire turned grim as they were ridiculed by this wave of students from the Federation.

Then, just as the public channel was still discussing what was going on with the meteorite, suddenly, a huge explosion rang out on the ring battlefield.

A single-person attack mecha instantly blew up a similar attack mecha next to it.

At the moment of the mecha explosion, flames shot out everywhere. The mecha that had taken the initiative to attack even smashed the wreckage directly onto the meteorite.

The next second, a familiar female voice came from the public channel, saying, "Ah, sorry, it seems like there are quite a few dumb birds from your Federation too~"