The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 522 Near Death
"One star and fifty-nine minutes."

Although no one cared anymore, the announcement that the exam was over soon rang out.

Many of the test takers present also emitted a sound indicating the end of the recording process from their sensor straps, signifying the conclusion of the exam.

But now the situation is uncertain, and the exam results are naturally pending. Especially for those innocent students who were affected, there will likely be issues to resolve afterward; the injured students will need to be comforted, the incident will be investigated, and all other matters will need to be arranged…

This incident was a major setback in Phillips's mission career, one that remains unsurpassed. It's unbelievable that this was a stage mission that didn't even require a difficulty rating, the kind that could be completed with one's eyes closed, yet he still made such a blunder.

Although Fu Xuan's words were unpleasant to hear, and he was annoyed by the other party's disrespect, he could not deny that what the other party said was also true.

He does bear some responsibility for this, but he refuses to admit it.

Once he calmed down a bit, looking at the candidates who had been pulled from the water, each more or less injured than the others, and the six test-takers still missing, Phillips felt a splitting headache. He felt a rare pang of regret…

However, regret was useless; Phillips never wasted time on regrets, and all he could do now was try his best to make amends. He instructed the reinforcement medical team to diagnose the students affected by the accident while awaiting news from Fu Xuan.

There are still six participants who haven't surfaced. It's impossible for them to have been missing for so long in this area; it's highly likely they were swept away, along with their mechs, into connected waterways. Fu Xuan probably took them to search for them. Hopefully, they really were swept away to another location—

For some reason, Phillips felt slightly uneasy.

He just didn't expect that the first message he received from Fu Xuan would come from an unexpected person.

Phillips' family is loyal to the First Legion. He himself is a rising star in the legion. Although he is still young, he has achieved some success in his years of fighting and has quickly established himself as a legion commander thanks to his outstanding family background. His promotion has been remarkably fast.

For his age, this achievement is quite remarkable. Therefore, even his grandfather, who became the head of the interstellar governing cabinet, was very proud of his only grandson.

Of course, the chosen ones are not unique. Especially in this vast star field with its magical powers, among the billions of races and humans in the universe, geniuses emerge in endless streams, even more so than the stars themselves.

Young Phillips had a smooth-sailing life, but just like in a classic story, he encountered his destined rival.

Clarence's older brother, August, was already quite outstanding for his age, but he was still far from being a top-tier genius. Phillips, on the other hand, was one of the best representatives of his generation.

However, there was another person who shared this title with him, and that person was even more outstanding than him. That person was Zong Ting.

Colonel Zong Ting of the Special Forces of the Third Army Corps.

The story of how this person made his fortune could be told for three days and three nights. He has added countless achievements since three years ago, and his legendary experiences have been described in many more words.

The conflict between Phillips and this man could go on for three days and three nights without ending.

In short, for various reasons, Phillips had an extreme aversion to Zongting. Although the two rarely met, each time they did, it was in conflict, and their relationship was extremely bad.

Amidst this chaotic situation, he received a communication from his arch-enemy, who told him something he absolutely could not accept.

"...No need for you to worry about that, please take them to the hospital."

“…I’m coming right now.” The person on the other end seemed to say something, and Phillips said through gritted teeth, drawing stares from those around him.

They rarely saw this young master so composed and dignified; this was the second time today. And his tone… it seemed he only spoke with such resentment and indignation when he was with a certain person.

After ending the communication, Phillips managed to compose himself and regain his usual proud demeanor.

He instructed the remaining men to wait there for news from Fu Xuan and to notify him as soon as they had any information so he could come and handle the situation. Then he led a medical team to the other side.

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Jiang Huizhen regretted taking on this responsibility; she had been so foolish as to try and carry such a huge thing ashore, and in the end, she almost couldn't even get herself out of the water.

Fortunately, this body of water wasn't too high; if it had been slightly higher, she might have been dragged down and unable to get back up.

After all the commotion, the cabin was more than 60% full of water, the water level reaching above his chest and almost up to his shoulders. Jiang Hui was having trouble breathing, but he still gritted his teeth and kept swimming upwards, carrying the mecha that he didn't know if anyone was still in it.

Fortunately, her efforts were not in vain. After swimming for an unknown amount of time, Jiang Hui felt the mountain that had been pressing down on her shoulders being lifted, and the immense pressure suddenly dissipated, allowing her to finally catch her breath.

Hearing faint voices above, and as the heavy load on his back was removed, Jiang Hui manipulated the machine to slowly rise up, breaking through the tension of the water's surface, and used the last bit of strength in his body to float to the surface.

Seemingly sensing her abnormality, the damaged mech that was barely supported on her back was lifted off the pine trees and pulled out of the water with the help of the armored suit.

As soon as the two mechs emerged from the water, before they could even get close enough to check them out, the mech that emerged later twitched like a stranded fish. Then, the hatch was violently slammed a few times before it finally opened completely, as if it had found the switch.

But what came out was a whole machine full of water, gushing out impatiently from the narrow hatch, and the small supplies inside were also washed out.

The people outside were dumbfounded.

What... what's going on? Where are they? Why is this mech filled with... water?

The soldiers, who had been on high alert, were momentarily stunned. Only then did they realize that the obviously optimized mech had suffered severe damage to its rear, likely due to water seepage underneath. The entire mech was already sluggish, and any later and it would likely lose all contact and become uncontrollable.

The other mech was in a different situation, but it was also severely damaged... No wonder it was carried up limply and unresponsive, because the mech had completely lost contact.

So someone immediately arranged for the cabin to be pried open. What they saw shocked everyone –

The situation was even more serious in this case. The cabin was completely flooded, and the person inside had been drowning for an unknown period of time. He had no vital signs and was in a near-death state. Only a very faint life response could be detected in his heart. Whether he could survive was up to fate.

Jiang saved another person...

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