Ordinary observers in fast time travel

The sky over the desolate planet seemed different today than yesterday. Although the stars were still scorching and dazzling, and the sky was still hazy, Shi Jia had a strong feeling that something was amiss.

"Slana? What are you looking at?" Aria looked up at the sky in confusion. It was gray and hazy, not even half as beautiful as the sky over the capital city.

"Ailiya, don't you think there are shadows moving up there?" Shi Jia pointed to the sky.

"Really?" Aria didn't notice.

"Yes, didn't any of you notice?" Shi Jia looked at her teammates in surprise, only to be met with heads shaking like rattles.

"Are the stars too bright and making your eyes blurry?" someone said.

Shi Jia stared wide-eyed; she couldn't possibly be seeing things!
"Ahem." Qin Fang quickly spoke up to prevent a possible argument, as they knew that Lady Slana had a rather bad temper.

"It's getting late, we need to hurry and hunt down the beasts and search for supply packs," Qin Fang reminded them. "Don't forget our goal from yesterday! Top ten!"

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly looked away, packed their belongings, and focused on completing their mission.

"Slana, let's go."

Shi Jia also looked away, saying that doing the mission was the priority now, and even if the sky changed, it was something that happened outside the planet.

Their luck remained poor; by noon they had only found one supply pack. However, they had killed quite a few star beasts. They then realized that there were simply too many star beasts on this planet to kill them all.

On the third day, they even stirred up a nest of star beasts.

"You guys go first, Qin Fang and I will cover the rear!" Aria said wearily as she hacked at the star beasts.

The star beasts in front of them were gray and white, about 50 centimeters long, with long ears, two sharp incisors, two short forelimbs, and two thick hind legs.

That's right, it's the Star Rabbit! A very weak Level 1 Star Beast.

Of course, being so weak, the reward is only 1 point.

Even a single-point beast can be overwhelming with a swarm of beasts. Moreover, they can only kill with melee weapons, because while firearms are indeed very powerful, the number of casualties is limited, and ammunition is wasted.

After all, even an energy cannon has a limited amount of energy.

"Hurry up and get behind us," Qin Fang added.

"Damn, there are too many. Could yesterday's first place winner have run into a beast's nest?" Arya said, trying to find humor in her predicament.

"Sister Ai, don't envy others. We just cut down about a hundred of them." Another mecha pilot named Zhou Shuai complained bitterly as he looked at the densely packed Star Rabbits in front of him, which he couldn't seem to cut down no matter what he did.

"Stop killing, run!" Aria urged.

"Aria, it's a supply package." Shi Jia noticed two packages hanging on a tree about a hundred meters to the left. "I'll go get them."

"Wait!" Before Aria could react, Shi Jia had already jumped out.

"You guys protect the others, I'm going to help Slana." It was Qin Fang who spoke. He was very fast and caught up with Shi Jia in less than ten seconds.

For someone with a physique above Grade B, a distance of 100 meters takes less than ten seconds. Even in the jungle, the two covered the distance in less than 30 seconds.

The two packages hung there on the tree, with no sign of danger in the surroundings. Perhaps this was the reward for disturbing the star beast's lair.

Of course, if you get too engrossed in killing the beasts and don't notice the two packages, then you can only blame your bad luck.

"Let's go!" Qin Fang put the two packages into the spatial button, and found that one of them could not be put into the spatial button, so he knew that there was a spatial button inside!

Without saying a word, he slung the package over his shoulder, grabbed Shi Jia, and ran.

The Star Hunter team raced all the way and finally shook off tens of thousands of Star Rabbit Beasts.

"Huff... huff..." They leaned against the big tree, panting heavily.

"There are no star beasts around here, let's rest for a while."

"Let's see what's in the supply pack." Qin Fang placed the supply pack in front of everyone and pointed to the one on the left. "This one might have a spatial button." "A mech?" Everyone's eyes lit up.

Such a small supply pack is obviously not big enough to hold a huge mech, so any mech or small spaceship will be equipped with a space button.

"Quick, open it and take a look." Zhou Shuai couldn't wait to open the supply package.

Upon opening the supply pack, five dark objects came into view: "Energy boxes!"

"Great! Quickly install it on the mecha!" Yue Zhilan happily took out the mecha she had repaired the day before yesterday, took out the energy box and put it into the mecha's energy tank.

The monitoring bees that had been following them detected the mechs successfully starting and immediately updated their scores.

At this moment, the Star Hunter Team is ranked 15th on the leaderboard with 378 points!

Well, there are too many powerful teams. It's already quite remarkable that the Star Hunter Team, a first-year team, was able to squeeze into the top 20.

"There really is a space button."

"Another damaged mech! Once it's repaired, it'll be 50 points more of a tense moment! Not bad, not bad." Zhou Shuai looked very pleased with himself, which made everyone laugh.

"This supply package is really great, it's a tent! That's wonderful, we won't have to sleep in the open tonight," said Wang Qian, one of the spaceship piloting students.

God knows these people have never experienced such hardship before.

The others were overjoyed upon hearing this, even more so than when they obtained the energy box. Points could be earned by killing more star beasts, but killing star beasts didn't earn them tents.

The joy of finally not having to sleep in the open filled everyone's hearts, so they unanimously decided not to travel today and to rest on the spot.

They even hunted a few star rabbits, preparing for a barbecue.

Meanwhile, in some unknown corner of this planet, a vortex suddenly appeared, growing larger and larger until its center turned completely black.

Suddenly, two tentacles emerged from the dark vortex, followed by an ugly insect-beast that crawled out. It lay on the ground, its tentacles waving in all directions. Soon, it seemed to have determined a direction and quickly darted into the grass.

Meanwhile, the hunting team had already built a campfire and started roasting the star beast meat. Suddenly, the atmosphere around them changed, and they nervously looked around.

There were seven or eight people, some standing on the trees, some hanging upside down from the branches, and some leaning against the trunks, all watching them with a sinister look.

"Hey, these must be first-year students?" The person who came was an upperclassman, but we couldn't tell what they looked like because they were all wearing hoods to cover their faces.

"No wonder I could smell the fragrance from far away."

"That's right! Only the first-year students are this relaxed."

Aria's expression turned serious, and she instinctively stepped in front of the group. "Everyone be careful, each of them is at least A-rank."

Of their team members, only 6 were rated A or above, while the remaining 4 were only rated B.

"Junior, don't be so nervous. The seniors aren't here to fight you."

Aria didn't believe him. He wasn't here to fight, he was here to rob someone, was he?

Qin Fang subtly shielded Shi Jia behind him, saying, "In a moment, don't confront them head-on. Find an opportunity to run away."

Shi Jia assumed he was speaking to everyone and nodded. She was self-aware; after more than four months of training, her mecha combat skills hadn't fully reached B-level, let alone hand-to-hand combat.

Moreover, she has never practiced close-quarters combat. As a healer, learning mecha combat is already quite extraordinary; close-quarters combat is something she should never even think about.

"Pfft~" The person on the other side laughed out loud. The little junior students in front of them, who looked like little kittens with their claws outstretched, actually had no fighting power at all!

"I already told you not to be nervous. We're not here to fight you. Besides, if a fight really breaks out, do you think you can escape from us?"

A powerful mental force pressed down on everyone, causing their expressions to turn solemn. It was at least 2S mental force!
"What do you want to do?" Aria asked, somewhat annoyed; she was too weak.

"Half the supplies!" The voice was full of laughter, clearly pleased with Aria's understanding. (End of Chapter)