Trials, cruelty, rule-making.

Nearly half a month has passed.

With the help of these young men, half of the bugs that infiltrated the base have been eliminated.

Every day people quit training, in small part because of injuries, in large part because of hunger, swelling, high fever, exhaustion and great psychological stress.

It's a good thing none of Ji Zuoshan's team of four dropped out.

Ji Zuoshan himself is so capable of living without salt that he is able to recognize the non-toxic salt fruits from the countless poisonous wild fruits, which he can stir up for seasoning as well as replenishing his body with the necessary elements.

Now they need at least two people on sentry duty when they eat.

Half a month had passed, many people couldn't hunt wild animals, and could only live by eating wild fruits, but if they only ate wild fruits, their body energy was insufficient, and even their mecha pilots would be unable to continue, so there was only one word left, robbing.

"The Scars training is coming to an end, and a lot of people are living to win, and they're doing everything they can to win.

This is a tacitly accepted rule, and it's a good thing we have Ji Zuoshan in the party to make us comfortable.

On the last night before the end of their training, they collected and turned in the claws of twelve aquatic worms early, caught a pheasant, and climbed a high cliff.

For the past half month, they had lounged at the highest place they could find within a kilometer to avoid being sneaked up on by someone taking the high ground.

The chicken was seasoned with salt and fruits, marinated to taste, Chi Xiaochi dug up the yellow mud, and picked two unknown wide leaves with a light fragrance like bamboo, wrapped the chicken in the leaves, wrapped it in the yellow mud, and buried it in the ground to simmer and roast it, and in a short time, the mud was filled with the aroma of the meat, which was bubbling upwards.

Blue is responsible for scooping up the chicken, peeling off the leaves wrapped around the outside, the chicken meat is rich and flavorful, with a light mineral aroma and a wisp of bamboo, put in a washed, folded into a boat-shaped bowl of leaves, and then add two or three bright red wild fruits, leaning against the red, green, very nice.

Those three young masters and young ladies who did not dip their hands in the water of Yangchun all looked stunned.

The meal was sort of directed by Ji Zuoshan and cooked by Chi Xiaochi himself, who tore the chicken apart with a washed twig and divided it among the three men, while he himself blew on his reddened fingers and shamelessly took a chicken thigh.

The four of them had been together for half a month and had gotten to know each other quite well, and no one questioned the way it was distributed.

It could be said that without Ji Zuoshan, the three of them would probably have only been gnawing on wild fruits.

Wang Xiaoqing initially had some fondness for Ji Zuoshan, just like Luo Qian at the beginning, after all, his fighting strength was really strong and fascinating, however, after getting along with him for a long time, Wang Xiaoqing realized that this person was just a piece of beautiful humanoid ice.

She asked herself that she didn't have the skill of a green snake to entice a monk, nor did she have the patience, so she just retreated and became a friend.

Unsurprisingly, this was their last day together, out of the base, each separated, and the next time they would see each other, or it would be in the military.

Wang Xiaoqing simply made her intentions clear: "Xiao Ji, I am the sister of Wang Jingqiu, deputy commander of the South Road Army. Do you have the will to join the South Road Army."

Chi Xiaochi asked Ji Zuoshan, who hesitated for a moment and answered that anywhere was good as long as there was a war.

But Chi Xiaochi's response to Wang Xiaoqing was, "We'll see when the time comes."

061: "...... That's not what people Xiao Ji seem to be saying."

Chi Xiaochi said, "Believe me, I'm saying the same thing as he is. One has to have some stature, not something you need to sell yourself, to be attractive enough. Xiao Ji is the most valuable treasure on the planet, he's not something anyone can afford to put a price on."

Ji Zuoshan was slightly uneasy: "Xiao Qing is my friend ......"

Chi Xiaochi said, "Your friend came to you initially with the mindset of recruiting you."

Ji Zuoshan : "But ......"

Chi Xiaochi : "Friends don't just give what they say. They are peers like you, not your siblings. You are even less their parents."

Ji Zuoshan was silent.

This understates the crux of Ji Zuoshan's problem: he always treats those around him like younger siblings, and won't turn down anything they ask for. He did this with Zhan Yanchao, and he did it with Wang Xiaoqing.

He was shocked to realize that even death still hadn't changed his mentality of nurturing his young.

Chi Xiaochi didn't think anything of it; in his opinion, most of those who could instantly shed their skin and shake off all the ills left over from their previous lives after reliving their lives were just dreaming.

People die and then live again is still the same person, dozens and dozens of decades of habits engraved in the bones, if you will not consciously avoid, then eighty percent will be unconsciously embarked on the same path as before.

Chi Xiaochi didn't want to say too much to Ji Zuoshan either, the kid was introverted and had a heavy heart, so an occasional word of advice was enough.

Wang Xiaoqing was not too frustrated by the rejection, she patted him on the shoulder, did not continue the topic, but raised the question that she had been pondering over for the past half month: "You have such a skill, why do you want to be Zhan Yanchao's human sacrifice?"

Wang Xizhou pulled her in, "Sister."

Chi Xiaochi condensed Ji Zuoshan's struggles into two words, "Raising a family."

With nothing else to do, he told the story of Ji Zuoshan. Although there was little to add to the story, it still made Wang Xiaoqing furious, and he struck the rocks on one side with a lighted wood fire: "Who the hell is he? Fuck him up! Beat him into an Omega!"

A few days down the road, the young girl who was still a bit of an aristocrat has been pretty much infected by Luo Qian.

Chi Xiaochi faded, "I have a number."

Wang Xiaoqing didn't doubt at all that according to Ji Zuoshan's ability, even if he didn't wear a mech and only used his spiritual power, he would be able to trample under the feet of anyone who had ever abused him, depriving and absorbing all the energy in his body.

It's so easy to realize revenge, she tapped Chi Xiaochi's shoulder and said with certainty, "I believe in you!"

Chi Xiaochi was noncommittal, "Go to sleep, miss. Tomorrow is the last day."

It is indeed the last day.

Their terrain had been mapped, and as soon as they gathered the quest items that were released at 6:00 AM on the last day, they would be able to conclude the set.

At about 5:50 a.m., the four men awoke and waited for the command to come from the signaler.

Ten minutes later, the clearing of a middle-aged man's voice came from the signaler, and immediately, an extremely gentle voice came from the direction of the headquarters, spreading to the corners of the base.

"Congratulations to all of you who participated in the maneuvers, the only 1,383 cadets remaining. You, along with your fellow cadets, have done an excellent job of completing your operational training, and next, I would like to announce the last of your work to be accomplished ......"

At this point, he deliberately paused for a moment.

Wang Xiaoqing was a little nervous, clenching his fists, with only the sound of his own breathing and heartbeat in his ears.

"First, if you have a companion with you, embrace him."

Wang Xiaoqing could barely catch his breath, but he didn't dare disobey the order in his headset.

...... Hugs are also military orders.

She pounced on Wang Xizhou and hugged him, and then a great sense of satisfaction rose up from her heart.

Despite all the close calls over the days, this weak brother she had always considered a no-good, weak brother had shielded her from all of them. Not since burrowing out of their mother's womb with him had they been so close as siblings.

Luo Qian raised an eyebrow at Chi Xiaochi, "How about you and me?"

Before Chi Xiaochi could raise her arm, Blue grabbed it and locked it into a slightly forceful embrace.

Luo Qian cried, "Hey, food guard. You turned out to be my family's sweeper."

Chi Xiaochi stroked Blue's head, "A hero doesn't need to be a hero, even if it's an automatic toilet, it's still my Blue now."

He said, rubbing this partner's face in a good mood.

Blue, the joints are stagnant.

And 061 didn't hold back a long breath, stroking his slightly burned face, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

The person on the other side of the transmitter left enough time for everyone's emotional exchange, and waited for about three minutes before the gentle voice sounded again, "When the emotional exchange is complete, the second thing you have to do is to take the keys of the mechs that don't belong to you and arrive at the nearest monitoring point. The first ten people to arrive at the monitoring point with their keys and topographical maps will be the winners of this competition. Everyone, cheer up."

Hearing these words, Wang Xiaoqing's smile instantly froze.

"The key to a mech that doesn't belong" ......

The mechs are linked to each other by the energy within each owner, and the activation key is a spare, allowing the mech to remain mobile even when the owner is low on energy.

And it takes extreme trust to give one's key to someone else, because if the other party wants to get their hands dirty, they can use the key to activate the emergency device, forcing the mech to stop, or even making it fire on itself.

...... And the only way to get the "key to a mech that doesn't belong to you" in the shortest possible time is to snatch it from a companion you've just hugged.

But not waiting for Wang Xiaoqing's heart to go cold, he heard Ji Zuoshan's cold to the extreme order: "Go."

Wang Xiaoqing fixed his eyes on Ji Zuoshan, who had gotten hold of Luo Qian's key, and walked briskly toward the edge of the cliff, each command crisp and clear: "Jump."

Wang Xiaoqing was in a daze when Wang Xizhou pounced on her, handed her his keys, and repeatedly shouted, "Sister, let's go! Let's go!"

Jumping off the cliff, the four of them pulled up their feet and raced in the direction of the monitoring point they remembered from yesterday.

On the way, they saw a set of mechs that were both down and smoking, with their owners inside not knowing if they were dead or alive.

Wang Xizhou's compassionate heart was suddenly aroused, and as he was about to go over to check on him, his mantis leg was tugged on by Chi Xiaochi: "Come back. Run for your life."

Wang Xizhou was staggered by the drag: "It's okay, I'm running fast, I'll check on them and come back. ...... They didn't put out a distress signal, they're probably hurt!"

Chi Xiaochi commented, "They weren't hurt. That smoke is not caused by battle damage."

After saying that, he quickly returned to his body, raised his single palm, took a slight aim, and two rounds of air bombs were sprayed out, blasting right through the main systems of those two mechs. ""

Loud angry curses came from within the mech that had been as quiet as death.

As Wang Xizhou was surprised, Luo Qian succinctly summarized, "...... is the bait."

Wang Xiaoqing took over her words, "Their detectors should show thermal imaging within half a kilometer of the vicinity. They deliberately waited for us on our path. If we want to search them for any extra keys on them, then they can take the opportunity to grab the keys on us."

Wang Xizhou's jaw dropped: "Are they crazy."

Wang Xiaoqing sweated on the corner of his forehead and whispered, "They should not be the only ones who are crazy."

Half a month of grueling life has dried up the hearts and blood of the participants and reddened their eyes.

Having come this far, who would be willing to admit defeat?

Wang Xiaoqing sprints along, thinking about his thoughts.

If a squad is down to one person, will he do everything in his power to grab the other squad's key in order to win?

Even if the remaining people in the squad were an even number or three, things weren't looking good.

Unsurprisingly, a good chunk of them probably lit the distress fireworks stored in their mechs at the first opportunity to help their companions give up their chances after getting their keys.

...... Luckily, I was with my brother.

Wang Xiaoqing thought about it all the way until the outline of the inspection office appeared in front of her eyes, and great ecstasy replaced the panic that had gripped her heart.

However, when he was still seven or eight hundred meters away from the monitoring office, Wang Xiaoqing clearly heard a cold and icy announcement from the loudspeaker hanging at the entrance of the monitoring office, "Nine people have already arrived from the other monitoring points! There is only one last spot left!!!"

Wang Xiaoqing's heart went cold, and he unconsciously turned his head to look at Chi Xiaochi.

...... is finished.

With him around, what are they grabbing for?

Unexpectedly, in a daze, her back was Chi Xiaochi pushed a hard hand: "Let's settle a score. ...... What are you waiting for? First run!"

With that, Chi Xiaochi said to the other three, "What's the prize for last place?"

Wang Xiaoqing busily said, "The first place is a complete military mech, and the second to tenth places, are small military scouting mechs that are similar to the ones we have on us, the only difference is military!"

Chi Xiaochi said, "Who wants it the most?"

Wang Xiaoqing didn't say anything, while Wang Xizhou quickly said for his sister, "My sister wants it!"

Wang Xiaoqing : "Xiaozhou, you ......"

Chi Xiaochi simply said, "Don't talk nonsense, your brother's mech power is the strongest we have here, if he wanted to, he would have run away long ago. Luo Qian, what about you?"

Luo Qian glanced at Wang Xiaoqing, who was no more than a hundred meters away from the monitoring point: "I don't want it. If Xiao Qing gets it, just give it to me to study."

Chi Xiaochi stated to Wang Xiaoqing, "I give up too. Just pay me half of the market value at a discount."

Wang Xiaoqing cried and laughed, "I'm not taking advantage of you on this, full price."

Chi Xiaochi grabbed Wang Xiaoqing's arm and braked the mecha while pushing her forward, "Miss Wang, remember your words!"

With Chi Xiaochi's power, Wang Xiaoqing crosses the line.

And Chi Xiaochi and others paced gracefully across the finish line.

Immediately, a person in charge came out of the tent and pulled Wang Xiaoqing, who had just come down from his mech, with an incomparably bright smile, "Congratulations, our first place!"

He looked around the room and motioned at Chi Xiaochi and the others, "Second place, third place, fourth place!"

Wang Xiaoqing rushed too quickly and is still a bit confused, "...... What? Am I not ......"

Before her words could fall, a pair of mutually supportive mechs reappeared on a sand dune a kilometer away.

The speakers at the monitoring point began to loop what had just been played again, "Nine people have already arrived from other monitoring points! Only one last spot remains!!!"

The two men stalled slightly, one of them gripping the key in his hand.

And the next second, the mech next to him stumbled and planted itself on the ground.

A ...... few people looked at the speaker and sincerely felt cold at the bottom of their hearts.

They arrived at the resting point and received food and fresh water.

Once seated, Ji Zuoshan, who hadn't said a word since last night, said, "The planet wants more than warriors, it wants beasts."

It is a crazy beast that will do anything to achieve its goal. These men are trained in the Scars and placed in various armies, and their desire to win is so strong that they can do it to their own mates, let alone their enemies.

Ji Zuoshan thought of his distant past life and those unforgettable humiliations.

After slaughtering the Alpha's, Zhan Yanchao was not punished too harshly, not even court-martialed.

The reason is simple: Zhan Yanchao is a genius in combat, and he will be useful if we keep him.

And if Zhan Yanchao hadn't avenged him, the Alpha wouldn't have been punished too harshly, after all, it was only an Omega who was victimized.

What is the dignity of an Omega when the Alpha has thrown his head in the sand to protect this planet?

Upon asking this question, Chi Xiaochi but laughed, "An Omega's dignity, by the rules of survival, is indeed nothing."

061, helpless, reminded him, "Politically incorrect."

Chi Xiaochi, however, said, "What is to be correct for the planet, adjacent to the bug planet, where lives are daily pinned to the waistband of the pants."

Ji Zuoshan didn't say another word.

Chi Xiaochi propped his body back with both hands and said to Ji Zuoshan, "If you don't submit, then be the one who makes the rules."