The night on the Flying Star was very cold, and the Star Soldiers seemed particularly lethargic under the cold wind.
Qin Xiao hid behind a boulder and slowly adjusted his breathing to restore his tired body.
At this time, three days had passed since their battle near the short mountain. During these three days, they experienced more than a dozen battles.
Just an hour ago, they were chased by dozens of strange beasts. It wasn't until they escaped here that they found an advantageous terrain to fight back.
In the three days of fierce battle, Qin Xiao was still the main force.
Not only is he more powerful on the frontal battlefield, but also because he knows the alien beasts here very well and can tell the shortcomings of the alien beasts immediately every time he encounters an enemy.
Even in terms of tactical arrangements, Qin Xiao is actually more mature than Guo Zhen and Hu Cheng.
Unknowingly, Qin Xiao has become the true commander of this team.
Guo Zhen had no objection to this, and after realizing Qin Xiao's strength, he took the initiative to give up.
Hu Cheng didn't have the slightest objection to this. He was a typical old mercenary with a strong charlatanism.
Because of Qin Xiao's life-saving grace to him, he followed Qin Xiao's advice after the battle on Aishan.
Hu Chenggong was the bearded mercenary in the mecha squad who was rescued by Qin Xiao. He has completely become Qin Xiao's "older fanboy".
But Qin Xiao is not in the mood to enjoy this now, because since the battle at Aishan, their retreat back to the base has been cut off.
They have been wandering in the medium-risk area of Flying Star 79 for three days, and they still can't find their way back.
The reason for this is that they unfortunately encountered a large beast tide.
The beast tide blocked their way back to the safe area, and even kept pushing them deeper into the moderately dangerous area.
After adjusting his breath, Qin Xiao took out his map maker and frowned in thought while looking at the incomplete map they had drawn so far.
"Captain Qin, are you busy?" Hu Cheng sat down next to Qin Xiao and handed him a bottle of wine.
Qin Xiao took the bottle and looked at it, then put it aside and said without raising his head: "Drink less, alcohol will affect your judgment."
"Hey, this little influence is nothing." Hu Cheng said carelessly, and after finishing speaking, he didn't forget to take another sip of wine.
"You're right." Qin Xiao stopped trying to persuade him and still looked down at the map.
Seeing Qin Xiao studying the map, Hu Cheng, who wanted to take a few more sips, finally put away the bottle.
"Captain Qin, how long will it take for us to start walking back?" Hu Cheng asked.
"In three hours."
"What?"
"We will start preparing for the breakout in three hours. These three hours are enough for everyone to rest and get into the best condition."
"Go back now? Is it too risky?" Hu Cheng's face was full of worry when he heard Qin Xiao's arrangement.
They were chased by a large number of alien beasts and fled here. Wouldn't they rush back into a circle surrounded by alien beasts if they rashly went back?
"We can't put it off any longer. If we put it off any longer, we will be eaten alive here." Qin Xiao said firmly. As he spoke, he cast his eyes on the young star warriors not far away.
Hu Cheng followed his gaze and instantly understood what Qin Xiao meant.
Their team has a fatal flaw, that is, except for Guo Zhen and Hu Cheng, the other team members are all college students.
These guys perfectly confirmed a conclusion that Qin Xiao told Xiao Zhuer before, that strength and combat power are completely different things.
Although they are all at the first and second level of Lianxing Realm, their real combat effectiveness on the battlefield cannot reach this level at all.
They don't know how to cooperate in tactics, they are flashy in tactics, they get depressed when encountering danger, and they forget about it once they gain an advantage.
Thinking about it carefully, they were able to survive with such a group of college students until now, thanks to Qin Xiao's precise metaphysical judgment time and time again.
In fact, if three college students hadn't died in the battle, making them realize how cruel the fighting here was, these guys would definitely not have restrained themselves.
"Supply is the biggest problem. If I guessed correctly, these guys don't have enough ammunition." Qin Xiao said calmly.
Hearing this, Hu Cheng nodded repeatedly and said with a wry smile: "They don't know what it means to kill the enemy efficiently. When they encounter alien beasts, they will suppress them with all their firepower. It is really easy to run out of supplies in such a fight."
Speaking of this, Hu Cheng couldn't help but glance at Qin Xiao.
In terms of youth, Qin Xiao is the youngest in the team, and his cultivation is only at the fifth level of Casting Star Realm. He should be the one with these shortcomings.
However, his sophistication put Hu Chengdu to shame. This situation still puzzles Hu Cheng.
He wanted to ask Qin Xiao more than once if he had been fighting on the battlefield since he was sensible. Otherwise, how could he achieve this level?
"Go ahead and give the notice. We have to leave in three hours. I don't want to be wasted here." Qin Xiao patted Hu Cheng on the shoulder and gave the final notice.
In order to return to a safe area, Qin Xiao chose an extreme escape route.
Take the water route.
After analyzing the map drawn in the past few days, Qin Xiao roughly judged that he had been to the current area.
If he remembered correctly, there was a river not far from where they were now. If they followed the river to the southeast, they could escape back.
In theory, this is the safest route.
In Qin Xiao's memory, there were no water-type beasts on Flying Star No. 79, and most of the beasts here were afraid of water.
The natural fear of water will keep a large number of strange beasts away from the water, which means that you will hardly encounter a large number of strange beasts when traveling by water, let alone a tide of beasts.
After the team set off again, Qin Xiao led the people straight to the river in his memory, as if he had his own radar for detection.
Fortunately, Qin Xiao's judgment was correct, and he finally found the river. Even more fortunately, he found a large forest of trees beside the river.
Upon seeing this, Qin Xiao immediately ordered the march to stop, and then sent people to cut down the trees.
"Captain Qin, are you planning to build a ship?" Hu Cheng asked upon seeing this.
"Yes, it will definitely be faster if there is a boat by water." Qin Xiao replied.
Hu Cheng looked at the calm water with a suspicious look on his face and murmured to himself: "How fast can a wooden boat go in this kind of current?"
The team was composed of even-star monks, so they cut down trees very quickly, and under Qin Xiao's arrangement, they quickly made two huge rafts.
The problem now is that the current of this river is too slow, and the raft cannot move very fast on it.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Xiao showed them another ability of his - mechanical manufacturing.
He dismantled the only star cannon in the team and temporarily modified two unconventional power machines.
The braking principle of these two power machines is extremely crude. They use the method of firing cannons to generate recoil and then push the raft forward.
When everyone divided into two teams and got on the raft, and watched the raft speeding across the water like an arrow from the string, the doubts in their hearts completely turned into shock and admiration.
"I'm convinced, my old Hu is completely convinced. Is there anything else you can't do?" Hu Cheng said excitedly while sitting next to Qin Xiao.
"This is just the simplest power device. Any mechanical apprentice can build it." Qin Xiao said without changing his expression.
"Captain Qin, you are too humble." Hu Cheng shook his head and said sincerely.
There was no talking all the way, and Qin Xiao and the others completed the escape route of the previous three days in only eight hours.
Seeing their light spots on the Star Power radar approaching the green area, everyone's nervousness finally dissipated.
As long as you enter the green area, you have entered a low-risk zone, which is under the complete control of the military on Flying Star 79. Even if you are attacked by alien beasts, you can directly call for help.
After everyone landed, Qin Xiao asked people to remove the power machine from the raft.
Upon seeing this, Guo Zhen asked: "Team Qin, what are the uses of these power machines?"
"It's useless for now. I'll find some components when I get back to the base, and then I'll repair the star energy cannon." Qin Xiao explained.
"Repair it?" Guo Zhen was stunned, looking at the two strange-looking power machines in his hands. He couldn't imagine that these two things could create another star energy cannon.
Hu Cheng pushed Guo Zhen away, put his arm around Qin Xiao's shoulders and said, "Captain Qin, you must give me face when you get back. Let's have a good meal."
"We can go back first. The danger is not over yet." Qin Xiao said calmly.
"Don't worry, Captain Qin. This place has been under development for almost a year. At least nothing will happen in the low-risk area." Hu Cheng said, patting his chest.
"Xiao Guo, please contact the base and report our situation." Hu Cheng looked at Guo Zhen and said.
"I started contacting the base half an hour ago, but there has been no reply. I'll contact you again." Guo Zhen replied, and then started calling the base.
After calling for a while, there was still no response from the base. Now even Hu Cheng, who was patting his chest in assurance, was a little panicked.
"Why? Is there something wrong with the transmitter?" Hu Cheng quickly took out his own transmitter, but still couldn't get any feedback.
When he raised his head and met Qin Xiao's gaze, Hu Cheng said suspiciously: "Captain Qin, did you know something in advance?"
Qin Xiao said with a wry smile and thought to himself: "What can I know in advance? I just don't dare to relax."
After several more unsuccessful attempts to contact him, Hu Cheng said with a sullen face, "Did a tide of beasts attack the base?"
Guo Zhen shook his head and said: "Isn't it possible? We have a large number of heavy weapons in our base, as well as bunkers and underground shelters. Even if there is an attack by a beast wave, they shouldn't all be killed, right?"
"Yes, even if the beast tide attacks, it should never be like this." Qin Xiao nodded, and then said: "So there must be something more unexpected happening."
"What unexpected situation?" Hu Cheng asked hurriedly.
Qin Xiao picked up the transmitter, said a few words and put it down again. He looked at Guo Zhen and Hu Cheng and asked, "Didn't you find anything else?"
The two looked at each other with blank faces, not knowing what Qin Xiao wanted to say.
"Captain Qin, you should hurry up and tell us what you discovered." Hu Cheng urged.
Before Qin Xiao could answer, Chen Jiao, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally couldn't help but said, "Didn't you find that all the transmitters have no sound?"
