The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 88 Temporary Landing Point
The group walked neither fast nor slow. After all, with so many giant trees and wildwoods blocking the way, it was really difficult to clear a path. Even if they wanted to walk faster, they couldn't.

The night was dark, and everyone was quiet along the way. It felt easy to fall behind if one didn't keep up, and it would be disastrous if they encountered any unknown dangers. Therefore, the instructors at the front frequently reminded the students behind to keep up, and occasionally took breaks to patrol from beginning to end to supervise the students' progress.

Jiang Hui heard the other party repeatedly counting the number of students, probably because they were afraid that students would get lost in this kind of place.

Moreover, this mountain path is very steep, especially the middle section, which is much steeper than the beginning of the climb. Standing on it, you are almost tilted at an angle of more than 45 degrees. If you are not careful, you may fall down and cause a series of students behind you to fall backward.

So even though they were all strangers to each other, they could only follow closely behind the students in front, try to adjust to a safer angle, and look after each other, one in front and one behind, so that they could barely get through this dangerous journey together.

On the way, everyone dared not slow down, and everyone was very nervous, following closely behind one another.

Thanks to her tutor, Tustak, Jiang Hui has undergone rigorous training these past few days, resulting in improvements in her physical fitness, stamina, and overall demeanor. Compared to students in other majors, she is naturally much better off, managing to keep up with the pace of those ahead and even helping a few students in front and behind her.

But she had a harder time walking than the average person, because although she could barely keep up with her feet, she also had to keep an eye on the flag on her back.

The trees here grow extremely tall. Even if they manage to clear a path, they can only make way for the lower part, like drilling a hole at the bottom. The upper part is still surrounded by dense, large leaves, and every now and then some thick, wide branches slant down. If you're not careful, you might poke someone.

Jiang Hui could avoid the haphazard branches, but the small flag was a bit more dangerous. She was afraid that if she walked too smoothly and became too engrossed, the flag would end up sprawled out by the branches.

She also remembered that Lieutenant Lando had warned them when they set off that the flag represented their team and needed to be protected, and that it would definitely have to be handed over later.

If it gets lost, I don't know how I'll explain it. Based on Jiang Hui's experience, this is definitely a huge pitfall, and she might face some kind of punishment for carrying this burden!

Although she was very reluctant to carry this flag, now that it was under her jurisdiction, she had no choice but to accept it, and naturally she had to protect it well and do her best.

So Jiang Hui was very careful the whole way, constantly watching the little flag behind her, afraid that it might have been moved somewhere.

The classmates around her were also very considerate, sometimes helping her keep an eye on things and reminding Jiang Hui to be careful of those around her, helping to protect the flag.

What great teammates! Thank goodness she didn't have any terrible teammates, otherwise she would have had nowhere to turn to for help.

Jiang Hui and her classmates made it through the dangerous mountain journey without any major incidents.

And they finally arrived at the first foothold laid out on the mountain.

From afar, they could see the temporary workstations marked with the school emblem, surrounded by a large area for students to rest, with flags planted around them, and a separate medical tent not far away. It was clearly land belonging to their school.

The instructor leading the group, unable to contain their excitement, led the students to a resting place, gesturing for them to sit down and retrieve food packs from their heavy packs to replenish their energy. Then, the instructor went to collect the food packs for them. Although this leg of the journey was tense and rushed, seemingly passing quickly without any incidents, it was, for everyone, a difficult and long journey that lasted for quite some time—about two hours—and was approaching dawn. They had already walked over thirty kilometers, and there were still more than one hundred and ten kilometers to go.

The students, resting on the ground, instinctively and quickly unpacked the food bags from their heavy packs and began to eat. They paid no heed to manners, wolfing down their food, even finishing off the bitter cherry hard candy that they usually disliked, because while it tasted terrible, it was incredibly effective at stimulating them.

They had six minutes to eat and replenish their food supplies, and then they had nine minutes to rest before continuing their journey.

This shows that the military training was very effective for these students. They all made it to the destination, a distance of more than 30 kilometers, and none of them fell behind.

Some people couldn't hold on any longer when they arrived and had to take the limited energy supplements in their bags. Others had been injured along the way but endured the hardships of the journey until now, when they finally couldn't help but cry out in pain. Most of the students in the rest area looked quite disheveled.

Because it was brisk walking, it was actually slightly better than running laps. For Jiang Hui, who had undergone rigorous training these past few days, it was barely bearable. After eating and drinking salt water here, she felt much better.

She was in relatively good spirits, so instead of resting where she was, she went to a nearby medical tent.

They rested on the ground here, and the instructors didn't impose many restrictions, only telling them not to wander too far so they could regroup later. However, they could still go to the exchange station and medical tent, where they could redeem extra resource packs using their personal points.

Generally speaking, each student's luggage is equipped with a basic resource pack, which, although limited, is sufficient for the time being. Therefore, not many people choose to exchange for additional resource packs, but it's not uncommon.

Jiang Hui had originally planned to go and take a look. Then…

"Would you like to take a look, classmate?" a boy called out to Jiang Hui. He was wearing the uniform of a student on duty and was probably a senior student who had come out to help out this time.

Isn't this a medical tent? Why does it look more like a market...? Several senior students are setting up their exchange supplies here.

This person only has two items, and it looks like they don't have much. Jiang Hui glanced at them and was about to head back when three minutes passed.

As a result, the other party insisted on selling it to her, and she didn't know what came over her head, but she actually changed it.

I feel like I've been tricked again...

Never mind, gathering is more important. Jiang Hui hurriedly returned to the meeting point and stuffed the bottle of live cell biological agent, which cost her five points, into the medicine bag in her bag.

PS: Haha, it's released! I was rushing to meet the deadline, I guess I'm just not cut out for frequent updates (ω)
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