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While Luo Lingxing and his group were leisurely enjoying their breakfast, the other team looked rather disheveled.
“Damn it, I didn’t expect this year’s task to be so difficult. Is the school trying to kill us?” A boy couldn’t help but swear. He looked at his slightly dirty clothes and frowned. He had never been so disheveled before.
“Perhaps it’s because this year’s training is in teams from different majors, so the difficulty of the mission has increased. Other teams must be the same. Okay, stop complaining. The most important thing for us now is to determine where our next destination is,” another boy who looked more gentle said reassuringly, then spread out the map so that everyone could see it.
“We’ve already completed one task, and there are four more to go, located here, here, and here. They’re not on the same line, so we obviously can’t do them in order. Which one do you all think we should do first?” the gentle-looking boy asked for everyone’s opinions.
“I don’t care, I’ll listen to the captain.”
“I’ll also okay with anything.”
“I think we can start with the one that’s closest to us,” Hu Yiming suddenly said, pointing to a spot on the map.
“Cloud mushroom?” “This one does look the closest to us, but if we actually walk over, it’s actually the furthest one,” said the gentle-looking boy, who was also the team leader.
The cloud mushroom was the closest to them in a straight line, but to get there, they needed to take a detour, which actually made it much farther away.
“Isn’t there a shortcut here?” “It’ll be much faster this way,” Hu Yiming said, pointing to a shortcut.
The captain glanced at the road, his brow furrowing slightly. “Here…”
“If we take this route, we’ll have to pass Moon Lake, which is where cloud-horned deer most often appear. If we encounter cloud-horned deer, our difficulty will increase. Even if we join forces, we might not be able to defeat them. It’s better to do other tasks first.” Another boy completed what the captain hadn’t said, clearly also disagreeing with doing the cloud mushroom task first.
Hu Yiming scoffed and said, “Are you really that timid? We’re students from the advanced class. It’s one thing for those good-for-nothings from the regular classes to be afraid, but why would we be? Besides, although the cloud-horned deer are powerful, they won’t attack unless provoked. They’re not our target. We can just go around them. Moreover, this route will save a lot of time. We only have one month, and almost a quarter of it has already passed. We’ve only completed one mission. If we don’t decide soon, we might lose to the regular class in the end. Anyway, no matter what you decide, I’ve decided to take this route.”
“If we encounter a cloud-horned deer and get injured, the loss to our team will be even greater, and it will also waste more time.” Another boy clearly disagreed with Hu Yiming’s statement.
“If you don’t want to go, then go and complete other tasks. I’ll do this one. Let’s split up.” Hu Yiming shrugged indifferently and looked at his two classmates who were also majoring in mecha.
“I’ll take this route too. It’s obvious this route saves a lot of time,” Jiang Linyu agreed.
“Me too,” Liu Jingce echoed.
“You guys…” The boy who had previously disagreed suddenly became a little annoyed.
Although the captain was still somewhat hesitant, all three mecha specialists had chosen this path. As members of a team with mecha expertise as their main combat force, if they were to split up, not only would their combat strength be weakened, but they would also only have one map, which would definitely lead to mission failure.
The captain sighed and said, “In that case, let’s take this route.”
Hu Yiming adopted a victorious air. He knew that everyone would eventually choose this path. After all, the mecha students were the main fighting force during the training. If they were really separated, these people would probably be eliminated in no time. Since they needed to protect them, wouldn’t it be better for them to obediently follow orders?
So, the group didn’t delay and started heading down the path, hoping to get the quest items and complete the training mission as soon as possible.
It must be said that the road Hu Yiming chose was indeed the shortest route to the location of the cloud mushroom, but it was also the shortest route to Moon Lake.
Just as Hu Yiming said, although the cloud-horned deer were ferocious in battle, they were not a warlike species. As long as others did not provoke them, they would not attack other animals. However, once you provoke them, you would be in big trouble.
However, Hu Yiming was only half right. They probably never imagined that the group of cloud-horned deer living near Moon Lake had already been enraged for several days. After these days of accumulation, their anger was almost at its peak. At this time, the appearance of Hu Yiming and his group was as if they were specially sent to give the cloud-horned deer a chance to vent their anger.
Why were the cloud-horned deer so angry? It all started after Luo Lingxing took the antlers and left.
At that time, Luo Lingxing, who had just become a father, was filled with paternal love. Seeing the little cloud-horned deer, he couldn’t bear to kill it, so he quickly took its antlers and retreated. The little cloud-horned deer, left behind, cried in distress after realizing that its antlers had been cut off. When the adult cloud-horned deer that had fallen behind came looking for the little cloud-horned deer, they saw the little cloud-horned deer crying sadly and the one with a missing antler on its head. They were immediately heartbroken and angry.
The cloud-horned deers were social animals and extremely protective of their own. Even if the baby cloud-horned deer was not their own child, the adult cloud-horned deer would still get very angry. Through the baby cloud-horned deer’s intermittent narration, the adult cloud-horned deer finally learned what “animal” had cut off their child’s antlers.
It had four long, thin legs, but only used two to walk, with the other two hanging down. It had no hair, but wore strange things and looked very “ugly”.
With the detailed description, the adult cloud-horned deer had a general impression. If they encountered them again, they would definitely recognize them and make these despicable “animals” pay the price, letting them know that cloud-horned deer were not to be bullied.
Therefore, these cloud-horned deer would go to Moon Lake every day to “wait for the rabbit to come to the tree stump.” Once they spotted this strange creature, they planned to attack it as a group. However, they did not see such a strange creature for several days in a row, which made the cloud-horned deer very angry. But they did not know where these strange animals had gone or where their caves were, and they could not go out to settle accounts with them. So they could only wait by Moon Lake.
Just as their anger was about to reach its peak, their perseverance finally paid off, and they succeeded in their mission.
When Hu Yiming and his group entered the Moon Lake area, they were unaware that they had already been targeted by the cloud-horned deer. This was the first time the cloud-horned deer had ever seen such strange creatures as humans, but they were exactly as the little cloud-horned deer had described to them. In other words, it was this creature that had cut off their child’s antlers. This was intolerable!
When Hu Yiming, Jiang Linyu, and the others saw the graceful cloud-horned deer, especially the pair of antlers on its head, their eyes couldn’t help but light up.
The antlers of the cloud-horned deer were extremely rare and commanded high prices on the market, often falling short of demand. This planet was designated as a training ground for military academies and was therefore not open to the public. Even though cloud-horned deer existed here, no one else was allowed to enter to hunt them. However, students who came for training were not restricted and could take away anything they acquired during their training, as long as they were capable.
“Lin Yu, do you think we could make a lot of money if we got our hands on a few deer antlers and sold them?” Hu Yiming walked up to Jiang Lin Yu and whispered. His eyes were filled with greed.
Jiang Linyu was also envious of the cloud-horned deer, but he still had some self-awareness and said, “Let’s not even think about hunting them. Have you forgotten how powerful they are?”
Upon hearing this, Hu Yiming also gave up on his idea.
However, Hu Yiming and the others gave up on that idea. The cloud-horned deer, on the other hand, had waited so many days and finally managed to get these strange creatures to come to Moon Lake again. How could they possibly let them leave so easily?
The leader of the cloud-horned deer suddenly let out a cry, and then the cloud-horned deer guarding the area began to run wildly toward Hu Yiming and the others.
“Danger! Get your mechas ready and get ready for battle!” The captain was the first to notice the situation and immediately shouted to the others.
Hu Yiming and Jiang Linyu were closest to the cloud-horned deer. They had initially been drawn to the antlers of the deer and approached the cloud-horned deer to take a look. Now, they had clearly become the cloud-horned deer’s primary target.
Upon seeing this, the two panicked, their faces showing shock, and for a moment they forgot to react.
“What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and get your mechas out!” The captain almost vomited blood when he saw the two of them standing there like wooden statues.
Upon hearing this, Hu Yiming and Jiang Linyu hurriedly took out their mechas and jumped inside. However, before they could even start the mechas, the cloud-horned deer had already arrived in front of them and crashed into the tall mechas.
Instantly, the two mechas collapsed like toys, and Hu Yiming and Jiang Linyu, who hadn’t even had time to secure themselves inside, were thrown out and crashed into the internal walls of the mechas. They felt as if their internal organs were dislocated, and this ignited a strong rage in them towards the cloud-horned deer.
“Damn it, how dare it ram me! It’s asking for death!” Hu Yiming got up from the ground, sat in the driver’s seat, and started the mecha to fight the cloud-horned deer.
