Rong Feichen was preparing to stay up late to repair the mechs because Hui Xingxiu and Jing Yuanicheng's mechs had sustained too much damage.
"I'll take the first watch," Meng Huai suggested, raising his hand. Jing Yuanicheng and Hui Xingxiu had no objections. Whether it was an early or late watch, a watch was necessary. Everyone else went to rest, leaving only Rong Feichen busy.
Sitting to the side, Meng Huai was bored, so he watched Rong Feichen repair the mechs and casually handed him some tools.
[Is it an illusion, or sometimes Meng Huai handed Rong Feichen tools before he even asked for them.]
[What is this? This is tacit understanding, the tacit understanding of teammates.]
[Can a mech technician and a single soldier have this level of tacit understanding? Especially when one is just a single soldier.]
Some people suspected Meng Huai knew some mech knowledge, but they found it too unbelievable to voice it. Soon, these messages were scrolled past, and not many people noticed. kan shu wu . xi a
Over two hours later, Hui Xingxiu got up to switch shifts. He said to Meng Huai, "You go rest."
"Alright."
Rong Feichen also stood up at this moment, stretching and yawning. He glanced at Hui Xingxiu, tossed him two mech necklaces, and said, "They're fixed. Give Jing Yuanicheng's to him. I'm going to sleep too."
[I'm sleeping too. Looks like nothing else is happening. So sleepy.]
[Bye-bye, I'm logging off too. See you tomorrow, everyone.]
After a night of rest, all the military cadets looked much better.
However, some injured cadets did not choose to voluntarily withdraw and were still holding on.
On the third day of the mining site competition, all the military cadets were a bit disheveled. Zheng Yiran wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said, "I thought this mine was not dangerous, but unexpectedly, it was fraught with peril."
The star beasts covered in thorns that the Twelfth Military School and the Imperial Military School encountered on the first night were not the only ones in the entire competition ground. Even the claw marks encountered upon entering the competition ground were left by those star beasts.
Just moments ago, the Imperial Military School was ambushed by that creature again. Fortunately, the Imperial Military School had experience dealing with this star beast. The Green Jade Stone had truly played its 'role,' its defense was excellent, and its attack power when used to smash things was even more formidable.
However, the Imperial Military School's strength was still the highest among all participating military schools. The other military schools were not as fortunate as the Imperial Military School, always managing to retreat unscathed.
After these three days, only seven military schools remained. And among these seven military schools, many students were injured, and their strength was reduced by half.
On this day, the military cadets present were either on the move or engaged in combat. Suddenly, someone shouted, "What's going on?"
[What happened?]
Some viewers in the live stream heard this voice and quickly asked. Since she didn't see any changes, she wanted to see if other viewers had noticed anything.
Clearly, others were also unaware, as the military cadets present showed no reaction.
The person who had just spoken was a single soldier from the Fourth Military School, but after shouting, he sheepishly touched his head, "It seems I felt it wrong."
He had felt some vibration from the ground, but it had since stopped. Therefore, seeing the wary expressions and movements of his teammates, he felt a bit embarrassed.
"I just felt the ground shake a bit. It seems I was mistaken. It's nothing, sorry for scaring you all."
Hearing this, others also tried to sense it, and only after feeling nothing did they breathe a sigh of relief.
The commander of the Fourth Military School also said, "It's fine. It might be a nearby mine collapsing. It's always best to be cautious."
After all, the hardships of the past few days had shown that this place was indeed not as safe as they had imagined; rather, it was fraught with peril.
The audience, who had been holding their breath in fear, finally exhaled after realizing it was a false alarm.
[That was suffocating.]
However, before they could fully relax, many more rats appeared. The five members of the Fourth Military School were about to deal with these rats, but the creatures acted as if they hadn't seen them, running towards the front.
"Is there something ahead attracting them?"
Someone from the Fourth Military School guessed. The commander pondered for a moment and decided, "We'll follow and see. Be prepared for combat, and retreat if necessary! Do you understand?"
"Understood."
The members of the Fourth Military School entered their mechs and quietly followed the rats. However, the rat swarm moved very swiftly, forcing them to run at full speed to keep up.
At this time, they were still unaware of why the rats were running in such large groups. Suddenly, the comment section of the Fourth Military School's live stream was flooded with messages from a group of people:
[Go check out the Tenth Military School's live stream quickly!]
[Go to the Tenth Military School's live stream.]
...
These comments occupied a large portion of the screen. Some people were displeased, while others sensed something was amiss.
[Why are they advertising over here?]
[Did something happen?] w a p . kanshu wu . net
Out of curiosity, many people went to the Tenth Military School's live stream and saw the five members of the Tenth Military School running.
Not far behind them, the ground was continuously sinking. The rock walls and other structures on the ground, as well as the houses and buildings that the miners had built, were collapsing. A huge crack suddenly appeared in the ground, splitting the houses and buildings in the middle, and finally, they all sank into the enormous rift.
Because the Tenth Military School and the Fourth Military School were not far apart, the commotion here was just noticed by the single soldier from the Fourth Military School. Therefore, he hadn't felt it wrong; that was indeed the sensation of ground vibration.
The five members of the Tenth Military School had just sensed that something was wrong. As the ground began to crack, the commander ordered, "Run!"
The five then ran in one direction, trying to escape the dangerous area.
But how could humans contend with nature? They had a possibility of victory against star beasts, but they were helpless against such a disaster.
However, faced with such a situation, running became an instinctive action. Human potential is boundless; the five members of the Tenth Military School ran with all their might.
Due to the commander and the mech technician having less stamina than the single soldiers, the three single soldiers sandwiched the two of them in the middle, carrying them as they ran.
Just as they thought they were about to succeed, the single soldier running on the far left looked back to check the situation. He saw that the rift was in his line of sight, and he immediately felt a sense of dread.
Because the end of the rift in his line of sight was not visible, he looked down and saw that the end of that section was right beneath his feet.
"Ah!!"
Then, a feeling of weightlessness washed over them. The team of five, carrying each other, was swallowed by the rift.
At this moment, the aerial cameras were not restricted, but the cameras mounted on some buildings were damaged. Therefore, the live broadcast feed was significantly affected. When they tried to control the cameras to follow into the rift, they crashed.
So, in the Tenth Military School's live stream at this moment, although it was still operational, the whereabouts of any student were nowhere to be seen!