The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 523 The Third Legion
Jiang Hui was already feeling somewhat dizzy. The air in the cabin was constantly decreasing, and the accumulated seawater was making it difficult for her chest to function. It was as if her brain was even lacking oxygen.

Feeling herself land completely, her mind was filled with the cry that she was about to be saved, eager to escape from the suffocating, oxygen-deprived environment, and impatient to get out of the cabin.

However, the water accumulation inside the cabin was too severe, and the wiring was almost completely submerged. Many buttons and controls malfunctioned, and the cabin could only maintain basic functionality.

Unable to open the hatch using the usual method, Jiang Hui resorted to a less forceful and conventional approach: violently breaking into the cabin. Perhaps due to her sudden impact, the internal wiring was briefly activated, causing the hatch to open automatically.

Water gushed out of the hatch, and she was uncontrollably swept away by the water and crashed hard to the ground from mid-air.

It has to be said that the physical condition of interstellar people is really amazing. Even with the water flow cushioning the fall from a height of tens or hundreds of meters, she didn't feel too much pain.
But why is the ground so soft? Jiang Hui's consciousness was a little hazy when she felt several shadows surrounding her.

"...How could there be someone here who hasn't fully awakened?"

"...Yes...over there...they seem to be taking their exams around here...look...the sensor belt."

"...Mech damaged...suffocation..."

"...Still in emergency care...Medications...Contact immediately..."

The sounds were unfamiliar and fragmented, not complex, but Jiang Hui's head was throbbing with pain, and despite her best efforts to listen, she couldn't make them out clearly. Until someone not so gently touched her forehead—

A cool layer of skin lightly touched her burning forehead, but didn't completely touch it; it seemed as if the other person was burned by her burning forehead.

Then someone held her chin and poured something down her throat—a slightly bitter medicine with a strange power that quickly dissolved into her body before it even entered her throat.

Jiang Hui suddenly snapped back to reality, her consciousness returning. Was she... saved?!
Before she could even rejoice at her survival, she was greeted by a group of complete strangers.

With solemn expressions and dressed in military uniforms, the patterns on their shoulders and collars revealed their identities; this was a well-trained army.

Although they weren't pointing guns at her, Jiang Hui inexplicably felt locked on, and she didn't know how to react for a moment.

The pressure was palpable beneath the silent vigilance. Jiang Hui felt a sudden lapse in clarity, which she had just regained, and she forced herself to scan the scene before her.

She had indeed made it ashore, but this didn't seem to be the final exam area, and the soldiers in front of her seemed quite surprised by her sudden appearance.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the mech she had just painstakingly dragged up had also gathered a large crowd, creating quite a commotion. And on her side... there were quite a few people as well.

And at first glance, wow, they were all officers, and there was a tense atmosphere in the air.

Jiang Hui grew increasingly frightened as she looked around, unable to understand the situation before her. In her wild thoughts, she caught sight of a face that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar.

She looked uncertainly at the soldier, whom she didn't actually know.

Perhaps the questioning look in her eyes was too intense, because the other person, who was also looking in her direction, slowly nodded.

It really was him—

Colonel Zong Ting of the Third Army Corps.

But how did he end up here? Did he also participate in the proctoring work? Although Jiang Hui wasn't familiar with this person, the fact that she recognized him finally put her mind at ease, making her feel less empty.

Seeing that Jiang Hui had regained consciousness and found her own awareness, the other party slowly walked towards them.

The tall young man stood silently beside the makeshift stretcher, then seemed to realize that his posture was not right, so he half-squatted down and turned to face the weak patient lying on the ground below.

The other person's posture was very upright. Even when squatting like this, their back was still very straight. Although they were looking down, it seemed like they were staring at someone with a sense of scrutiny.

Resolute yet decisive, this was Jiang Hui's second clear impression of him. The first was when he saved her life...

The girl still seemed unaccustomed to such a huge difference in line of sight, and after a while she struggled to get up. The soldier next to her silently lent a hand to help her sit up straight, so that this thin, not fully awakened person could barely be at the same line of sight as the officer.

Perhaps because she sat up too quickly, Jiang Hui suddenly felt an itch in her lungs, which had just been filled with water, and couldn't help but cough violently.

The soldiers weren't as gentle as the healers, but they possessed their own tenderness. Jiang Hui could feel their gaze, and instead of rushing for an answer from her, she patiently awaited her response. This was a sense of responsibility unique to soldiers; they were willing to risk their lives to protect the empire and its people, and at this moment, they were also willing to lower their heads and listen attentively to the voice of someone who had not yet fully awakened.

Jiang Hui coughed for a long time, almost unable to catch her breath. She was severely oxygen-deprived and couldn't recover for a long time. Given her level of mental strength, her brain function was more sensitive, so oxygen deprivation had a far stronger impact on her than on others.

She was already struggling to keep up when she chose to carry the overturned mech, but she still forced herself to push it up. Fortunately, she survived in the end; otherwise, it would have been truly laughable if she had lost her life trying to save someone else.

After a long while, the girl finally gasped for breath, seemingly wanting to say something, but the hoarse voice that came out of her mouth immediately stunned her.

The young officer asked in a flat voice, "What are you trying to say?"

“You are candidates taking the qualification exam,” the other party said again. Although it was a question, the tone was so certain that it seemed they already knew her answer.

This time, without her saying anything, Jiang Hui immediately nodded.

"They were scattered here during the exams," the other person added.

Jiang Hui nodded again to confirm. Because the other person's guess was so accurate, one might have thought he had witnessed the whole thing...

The young man glanced at her silently, then said, "I understand. You should rest now and not get angry anymore."

The tall man stood up, and Jiang Hui heard him turn his head to the person next to him and say, "...Contact Phillips, tell him the situation, and ask him to handle it quickly."

"...Have him come in person."

"...Ignore him...Focus all your efforts on saving him."

"That's really incredibly stupid—"

Jiang Hui's last thought was of those words. She was somewhat confused, wondering if they were referring to her. Then she drifted into a daze, wondering how this person could utter such seemingly emotionless insults…

(End of this chapter)