The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 284 Help

In the end, Clarence didn't leave the team alone; it's unclear whether he came to a decision or what, but he stayed.

Huan Xian naturally wouldn't dwell on such a trivial matter, so he turned to talk to Jiang Hui.

The atmosphere in the team quickly returned to normal, which relieved Zhou Xiuwen and Hillman, the two "good guys".

Although Clarence clearly made the decision after being persuaded by Jiang Hui, Hillman knew that the other party seemed to have softened after hearing Zhou Xiuwen's words. In fact, Zhou Xiuwen was a sincere person, and even he, as someone listening nearby, thought his words made a lot of sense.

To be fair, Zhou's words weren't exactly pleasing to the ear, and the ending even carried a hint of impoliteness, but they were undeniably true and hit the nail on the head. The other person clearly understood the art of conversation, and Hillman thought that if he had someone like that as a friend, he certainly wouldn't get confused during an argument.

He put his hands behind his back and gave a thumbs-up to Zhou Xiuwen, who was standing to his side and behind him.

Zhou Xiuwen naturally saw it, and took a step forward with a bit of helplessness, bumping Hillman's shoulder with his own as a response to the other's teasing.

After discussing it, the group decided to spend about 20 stars in L11 first. After all, the intensity of the competition was too high. The group had been working non-stop for more than 30 stars, and even the most iron-willed people would find it hard to keep up, let alone those who had generally received less training.

In fact, if the battle lines hadn't been stretched to the back, it would have been almost impossible for them to implement various tactics and wreak havoc from the start. They might have even been drawn into the chaos and exhausted most of their strength early on.

They acknowledged that Holly and his group were indeed the strongest group they had encountered among all the enemies they had faced, and they had put a lot of pressure on them. Now that they had been dealt with, they felt a significant reduction in the pressure.

However, after a long period of tension, suddenly relaxing like this naturally caused the body to lose its grip, and various data points declined. Even people like Huan Xian and Clarence, who regularly engage in various physical training, inevitably felt a sense of fatigue from the bottom of their hearts, so taking a break was necessary.

Whether or not to take the full twenty-minute break depends on the actions of the others.

However, regardless of whether R87 and R197 teams are still together, they probably won't be as effective as the previous three teams when they're entangled together. After all, they each only have one chance left, and they're holding hostages from the opposing team. In a chaotic fight, one wrong move could mean suicide. So, if they're thinking clearly, they'll find a way to separate and won't wander off aimlessly.

While resting, Jiang Hui and his group kept an eye on the rankings of the participants. Fortunately, nothing particularly noteworthy happened for the next while, and it was unusually quiet.

After experiencing a chaotic peak, it's likely that the teams that have managed to survive to this point will choose to take a break for a while, recuperating like they did during the first round of supplies, and then patiently awaiting the end.

Of course, it's different for teams like R186 (where Jiang Hui and her team belong) and those like R87 and R197 who are subtly vying for dominance. They're like hunters, appearing calm on the surface but probably actually counting how much prey is left, and how many more they can hunt—

However, at this moment, in the old L11 site, Jiang Hui was holding a gun and telling Huan Xian and the others about the confrontation with Holly and others in Takagi Forest. Now that he talked about it, the whole thing was quite thrilling.

If Holly had discovered this or changed her mind and made a different choice, they might be the ones being sent outside now. Jiang Hui simply didn't have the confidence to completely overpower Holly at such close range. Fortunately, her crude psychological warfare tactic worked quite well. Heaven knows she was incredibly nervous at the time, her mind filled with the thought that if Holly recklessly fired, she wouldn't be at a disadvantage; she'd fire two shots simultaneously, regardless of whether she was hit or not, just to make it worthwhile.

Huan Xian and the others were unaware of this matter. He didn't know whether he wanted to sigh or what, but a smile naturally appeared on his face: "If they were outside reviewing the situation right now, they would be furious."

"How could you be so bold..." Zhou Xiuwen disapproved. He thought Jiang Hui and the other person must have already run far away, but he didn't expect to run into Holly alone halfway. Just thinking about that scene made him break out in a cold sweat for the two of them, even without Jiang Hui saying anything.

Clarence looked at Jiang Hui with a strange expression, as if he was thinking about something.

"You can't say that... Luckily we didn't plan to run far, otherwise they would probably have caught up with us head-on, and we might not even have had a chance to fight like this," Jiang Hui said, shaking her head. She had changed her mind at the last minute because she sensed something was wrong.

"You lot wouldn't believe it, but I've only just found out how Hillman managed to evade those enemies. Let me tell you—"

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The pre-planned situation was easily altered by the circumstances. The enemy he thought he knew well might be hiding some unknown trump card, and even his teammates, whom he had always judged to be mediocre, actually possessed excellent stealth abilities... Everything in this world was not necessarily as he thought it was. Clarence was somewhat enlightened.

And his teammates weren't what he initially thought. He was too high up, so much so that he couldn't see the flat ground beneath his feet, and the winding road ahead was also blurred.

If reality hadn't jolted him awake, he might have continued down this muddled path, forever self-righteous, forever the young master of the Clarence family, forever unable to see his true self.

Perhaps it's time for him to truly move on and find his own path in life, as he once told his family, rather than just making empty threats.

"Clarence... Clarence, classmate?" The boy snapped out of his reverie and heard someone calling his name. Was someone calling him?
Seeing the other person looking over, Jiang Hui said helplessly, "Clarence, come up quickly, we should go." He didn't know what was wrong with this person, he was so lost in thought that he was still standing at the bottom of the pit after everyone else had come up. They only found out after the others had all come up.

Surprisingly, Clarence didn't seem displeased by Jiang Hui's somewhat casual remark. He nodded almost imperceptibly, stepped onto the clod of earth one level below the bottom of the trench, and was about to climb up the edge of the trench.

Suddenly, an arm slumped down, its knuckles clearly defined. The wrist, which wasn't particularly thick, was covered with a thin layer of muscle, clearly belonging to someone who trained regularly.

Clarence looked up at the person who reached out their hand, paused, and then silently grabbed the wrist, using it to propel himself onto the trench.

(End of this chapter)