The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 104 Lost
How could he safely lead a group of incapable, not-yet-fully-awakened individuals to escape this deadly danger zone? No one knew the anxiety surging within the seemingly calm Mace's heart at that moment.

Actually, he felt something was wrong as soon as he entered the forest and walked for a while.

Before conducting comprehensive training, schools will clear the grounds. Some higher military academies that conduct actual combat will also send people to thoroughly clear the surrounding area to eliminate the possibility of students coming into contact with sudden dangers.

After all, students are, by definition, freshmen who still need to continue their studies. They haven't completed their basic training, nor have they experienced real battlefields and missions, so there's no need for them to get involved in these things too early.

Whether considering the protection of those who are not fully awakened or the rules for cultivating talent, these students should receive the strictest protection.

Besca Intermediate Academy is one of the top secondary schools in the area, and given its military background, it's impossible that it lacks the capability to do so, let alone ignore something like clearing out the area.

Logically, this area shouldn't have an excessively strong magnetic field. And the school wouldn't have arranged such a threatening challenge to test the new students.

Mays immediately sensed something was wrong, so she quietly led the students around the edge for a short distance to try and turn back, and on the way she contacted the observation center to ask what was going on.

Whether the magnetic field was disturbed, the observation center thought there was no problem, or it was arranged by the school... Mays wasn't quite sure, but his sense of propriety told him not to go any further.

So he decided to stop walking and head straight back. But before he'd even gone halfway back, the culprit causing the abnormal magnetic field in the area couldn't help but appear.

Mays didn't know whether she was glad she had reacted quickly and turned back a long way, or regretted that she hadn't abandoned her concerns and taken the person away earlier, otherwise they could have turned back even further.

He whispered to everyone to move closer together, with those with stronger mental strength on the outside and those with weaker mental strength on the inside, forming a circle. Then he told them not to panic or run away in a frenzy no matter what they saw, but simply to follow his instructions.

Before he could come up with a way to deal with these enemies, the star beasts, who had probably been eyeing their prey for a long time, could no longer wait.

A dozen or so freshmen huddled together in fear, staring intently at their surroundings. The wind, rain, and incessant thunder cast a shadow over their dreadful hearts.

One after another, dark shadows flashed out from the darkness. In the light of the lightning, they could see the menacing mouthparts of these arthropods, as well as a pair of ferocious tentacles raised high on their left and right sides.

They are divided into three parts: head, chest, and abdomen, with each one being about half the height of an adult male. If they put their hind legs up, they can press down on an entire person.

Ant?

No, even giant ants rarely reach such a size, and they also possess an aggressive mental power that ordinary ants lack. These are star beasts, probably ant-like star beasts.

The entire team suddenly panicked, and some even forgot the instructor's instructions.

Before they could call out to the only person they could turn to for help and rely on, a huge shadow suddenly fell over their heads, as if some enormous creature had descended upon them.

Everyone instinctively tried to scatter and flee, thinking that the star beasts were about to pounce and devour them. Unexpectedly, dozens of tendrils suddenly gathered around them, densely packed into the ground and surrounding them, vaguely forming a cage-like structure. "It's me, Instructor Mace. Don't move, don't leave the range of my mech's protection, and don't go near any gaps. If any star beasts approach, don't panic; I have a plan."

Then everyone realized that these tendrils belonged to the instructors... no, they should be from the mecha.

Some people instinctively looked up at the huge shadow looming over them.

A flash of lightning illuminated the surrounding area at all times.

They not only saw the star beasts that surrounded the central valley, but also a magnificent spider-shaped mech.

They are currently being enveloped beneath this mech.

After that, everyone was in a daze. Although those star beasts were not very big, they were quite different from the common new beasts they had seen in textbooks.

They were extremely difficult to deal with, and due to their small size, they were very agile and their attacks were extremely ferocious. They showed no interest in Instructor Mays' spider-like mechs, but instead relentlessly pursued and attacked the freshmen enveloped beneath them, as if they regarded them as a feast.

So the new students could only run, walk, or jump around behind Instructor Mace's defensive cage, closely following the pace of the battle, lest they be thrown off. If they weren't rescued by the instructor, they might be devoured on the spot by the giant ants.

Instructor Mays is a formidable fighter. His spider-type mech is a light attack mech of the animal class, primarily agile, and also very strong in one-way combat. If he were alone, these ant-like alien beasts wouldn't be able to get close to him at all, but the problem is that he's currently protecting a group of freshmen.

Because of its custom-designed nature, this mech lacked any interior space for people to take cover. Mays could only protect the students by having the mech actively engage in combat.

What's worse is that these ant-like star beasts, of unknown order, secrete a gas that resembles poison.

The gas smelled extremely acidic at first whiff, and that's what Jiang Hui had been smelling the whole way. If there wasn't enough ventilation in it, a person would start to feel dizzy and nauseous. If it continued for too long, it might cause a loss of mental control due to stimulation.

Mace realized he couldn't let the children stay there any longer, because he felt himself gradually being affected, occasionally feeling drowsy during the battle. If he felt this way... how much more so the children?

This can't go on any longer.

After a period of fierce fighting, killing more than ten enemies, Mace finally found a closed breakthrough. He immediately set aside a spare protective shield to take the group of freshmen away from the battlefield, wanting to leave them with more chances of survival.

But Mace probably didn't expect that his protective shield would break so early on, and that the students would be scattered in their hasty escape.

And the one who ran to Jiang Hui's side was one of them.

(End of this chapter)