Chapter Seventy-Five: Supply Base
The sun was scorching, and the mist in the valley was filled.
The two shoulder-to-shoulder youths, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down their sideburns, and the clothes on their backs were even more soaked with sweat, sticky against the flesh, which made people feel very uncomfortable, but the pain was about to end.
Standing out of the valley, looking at the towering signal tower of the supply base not far ahead, Yang Lei seemed to have seen the mecha waiting for his summoning inside, and couldn't help but speed up the pace and walk forward.
The supply base is set up not far from the exit of Yinyue Valley, although it has not yet left the wilderness area, it has been out of the most dangerous core area, and a large number of special service personnel are stationed around the base, which is also temporarily stationed here by the Huaxia Military Region for this assessment.
The mottled big iron gate, as if a random mutant beast bull could crash open, looked fragile, but Yang Lei knew that the nearly 10,000-volt power grid buried in the ravine in front of the door was not a joke, and standing outside the gate, you could see that there were two towering guard towers inside the base, and a few attentive scouts were standing on them, and only after they saw the clothes of the two from the binoculars did they relax their vigilance.
The door slowly opened, and the two of them panted and looked at the scene inside, on the other hand, the people inside were also curious, who would be back this time?
It turned out that Yang Lei and Locke were definitely not the first people to arrive at the supply base, because of the difference in location when they first landed at the beginning, they were much farther away than many people.
The first feeling of entering the base, Yang Lei's heart only has two words, spectacular!
Although the construction of the houses inside is very simple and the facilities are not complete, on both sides of the huge base, nearly 100 mecha are uniformly placed, piercing the sky.
While being shocked by the picture in front of him, Yang Lei was also puzzled, why was the mecha they were carrying this time placed here?
According to the regulations, the cadets must walk out of the Silver Moon Valley by themselves after landing, during which they can arrive at the supply base to receive food and water for one chance, and finally walk out of the quarantine area and go to the Shengyuan Military Academy within the specified time to pass the assessment.
That is to say, when they arrive at the supply base, the candidates can completely drive their mecha out of the quarantine area, but Yang Lei knows that the military will obviously not be so kind, and sure enough, these people have modified the assessment standards as early as halfway.
The supply base is now overcrowded, and almost all the students have gathered here, but most of them have abstained and been rescued here, and some of them are more fortunate and landed closer to the supply base, so it didn't take much effort to come here, and like Yang Lei, there are only two people who have come here step by step with their true strength, that is, Dongfang Huang and Taylor.
Dongfang Huang, who was resting in the base, coldly glanced at the two people who walked in with each other, still unmoved, and continued to meditate in place, judging from his ragged appearance, Yang Lei knew that this guy must have suffered a lot, but does he know the secret of Yue Lingjing now?
To be honest, Yang Lei felt that the biggest hero who was able to obtain the Moon Moon Crystal this time was Locke, although it was true that he killed the two Silver Moon Fierce Wolves, but if the latter hadn't keenly discovered that the original Moon Crystal was the brain core of the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf after being infected by the tyrant, then maybe he would still be kept in the dark now.
In fact, as long as Yang Lei pays a little attention, he can also find it, because as soon as he entered the valley, he encountered a lone wolf not long after he walked out of the misty swamp, although it was not a purebred Silver Moon Fierce Wolf, but if he hadn't given up the dissection because he was in a hurry, maybe he could have found something.
Thinking of this, he had to admire Locke's insight, starting from this point alone, it was a pity that the other party did not apply for the command department in order to be in a hurry to challenge him! Just imagine, if such a talent is put into the battlefield in the future, he will inevitably become a captain who commands starship operations in space, or a commander who gallops on land.
After hearing the guard's report, Zhang Tie and Tian Feng had already paced out of the barracks, and when they saw Yang Lei, whose lips were shriveled and his face was scratched by thorns and weakened, they couldn't help but feel soft in their hearts.
Zhang Tie walked over with two kettles in his hands and a few bags of compressed biscuits at this time, because of Yang Lei's current identity, he couldn't expose the relationship between the two, so he had to send the food and water in his hand, and after a military salute, he said: "Now is your free rest time, even if you rest until the next century, I will not object, but I have to remind you that the assessment period remains the same, three days, you still have one day left!" ”
"In other words, at this time tomorrow, if we can't get to school, we will still be eliminated?" Locke was the first to ask.
Turning his head to look at Locke, Zhang Tie nodded: "Presumably you are the one from Speaker Wren's family, right?" That's right, tomorrow at noon, the assessment will officially end, and those who have not arrived at the Shengyuan Military Academy by that time will be regarded as eliminated. ”
"You guys are bullshit!" Angrily throwing the water bottle in his hand to the ground, Locke roared: "The regulations before the assessment are your own words, and you will give us an airdrop mobile suit after we land, but why do all our mechs appear here?!" ”
Pointing to those neatly aligned mechas, Locke's irrepressible anger gushed out, and finally, the future successor of the Wren family from the American Empire erupted.
After a long period of sun exposure, at this time, his previous fair-skinned bully has wrinkled his dead skin, not only that, because in order to avoid the attack of the beast, the two specially chose some remote shortcuts to walk, so that although they are far away from the vision of the mutant beast, it is undoubtedly several hours longer than the budgeted time, and they have not eaten for a day and a night, plus they must always be on guard against whether there will be wolves suddenly, even though this noble young master is forced by his family to often participate in some simulated militarized summer camps similar to wild survival, I still can't help but feel physically and mentally exhausted.
Don't forget, no matter how powerful his combat level and appearance are, he is a young man who is two years younger than Yang Lei after all, and at this time, Locke's body has shown serious signs of dehydration.
However, at this time, Tian Feng walked up silently.
"During your mission, the pilot in charge of transporting the MS was unfortunately annihilated by the enemy aircraft, and the mobile suit that accompanied you day and night also became the enemy's trophy, are you satisfied with this answer?"
It was an emotionless look, staring at the other party's black pupils, and Locke was speechless for a while.
"A mecha is not omnipotent, it is just a pile of scrap metal in certain environments!"
At this time, Zhang Tie stood up, looked at most of the depressed students in the base, and said: "I know you have emotions, but a real and qualified mobile suit, in the ever-changing battlefield, does not rely entirely on the powerful mecha under their feet, but also their own excellent quality!" ”
"Always thinking about arming yourself with steel, this will only make you pigs degenerate faster and faster!"
Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar, it turned out that these were all arranged by the military a long time ago, but now what is this, role-playing? Real-time strategy? Or survival in the wild? Perhaps, in the eyes of these soldiers, these powerless military cadets are really like clowns jumping off the beam.
At this time, Dongfang Huang, who was silent on the side, stood up, his eyes fell on Yang Lei's face, cold as frost, mixed with a hint of playfulness.
"How's that, bet on ...... Do you want to continue? (To be continued.) )