The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Yes, the so-called “tiger-dragon struggle” refers to the undercurrents between the R256 team, led by Huo Qi, and the T186 temporary team, led by Jiang Hui.

Although the battle is between the first place team, which is still leading by a large margin despite having gained points from compensation, and the second place team, which possesses absolute strength, they are naturally very interested.

Moreover, they have their own calculations to make.

The organizers have now made it clear that this is the charging period, but they’ve only presented such a simple total energy block, replacing the previously complex supply points and rules. It seems this round of charging time will not be as generous as the previous one, likely lasting only two or three star hours at most.

Based on their current charging rate at the L5 energy point, it will take them about twenty star minutes to reach 60% of their energy capacity. This means it will take them almost one star hour just to be able to move again. During this time, they can only observe the movements of others.

At this point, nearly thirty star minutes have passed since the charging began. It’s likely that many participants in other energy points are already starting to move, with people beginning to leave their positions in search of new energy points.

Although their own energy point is quiet, making it hard to catch any targets, the initial point they found has a high enough energy capacity. As long as they find another point with about 40%, they will be able to complete their charging goal.

After more than twenty star hours of guerrilla-style battles, many of their team members have suffered injuries, and even the Lava siblings are feeling quite mentally fatigued.

Considering all these factors, the Lava siblings decided not to join the fray for now. They would first top up the energy in their simulation vests, and then decide what to do with the remaining time.

… After all, those guys can’t possibly clear most of the battlefield in just two or three star hours, can they? If they really have such abilities, they would have no choice but to admit defeat.

Pavla Lava looked at the map with some confusion. “That Huo Qi’s team has been at the L7 point for quite a while now. It seems that the energy capacity at that point should also be quite high. Brother, do you think it’s also a 60% point, like ours?”

Aris Lava shook his head; he didn’t know. This orienteering competition was different from any other competition he had seen before. None of the special event footage he had prepared from previous years had been useful so far. It felt like the school had made significant changes to the competition, and there was no pattern to be found. They could only explore as they went.

There were still many things about the first round supply points that they didn’t understand, and now they were faced with the second round, which was even harder to figure out.

However, based on the time, it seemed that the point where Huo Qi’s team was must also be one with a high energy capacity. If it was only 20% or 30%, Huo Qi’s team wouldn’t have stayed there for so long: “Maybe it’s 40%?” Aris speculated offhand.

“Huh? They’re really moving now. Only a little more than thirty star minutes have passed since the charging began. There’s no way 60% could have been finished that quickly. Their limit there is probably around 40%,” Pavla, who had been watching the sky, raised an eyebrow.

He guessed right just like that? Aris was a bit dumbfounded.

He immediately looked up at the sky and saw that the ranking number “2,” representing Huo Qi, had disappeared from the L7 range. The other members of R256 were also gradually disappearing. Their team was likely leaving that point to find another supply point.

At that moment, Aris’s interest was piqued. “Fura, do you think they’ll go to another point next? They wouldn’t try to find the top-ranked player, would they?”

“Don’t call me that!” Pavla, who naturally had an icy expression, was a little embarrassed by the comment.

Not wanting to keep focusing on this topic, Pavla quickly changed the subject. “They probably won’t. How much have they even charged at L7? It’s unrealistic for them to spend all their time looking for someone. But if they don’t look for anyone… that doesn’t really seem like his style. So—”

“—they’ll be looking for another charging point and hunting down people at the same time,” Aris finished for him.

The two exchanged a look and nodded in agreement. Yes, this was the Huo Qi they knew.

Before this, they hadn’t known much about him.

Although everyone is a new student, during the military training, most of the classes had closed-off training sessions. Even if they were on the same training field, they were usually split into two ends. With such a distance between them and each focusing on their own tasks, it was hard to pay attention to any particular student from another class. Most people simply didn’t have that much time, right?!

Their impressions of their fellow students in the same grade mostly started from this competition.

Of course, this form of acquaintance almost always began with swords drawn and fists flying.

People like Jiang Hui, Huan Xian, and Huo Qi—if they were to meet on the competition field, it almost always ended with a “fight to the death” result. That was how the Lava siblings ended up meeting Huo Qi at a supply point, and the situation was extremely dangerous at the time.

Just this one brief encounter left a deep impression on the siblings.

This student named Huo Qi was cold and decisive, striking without mercy. From a distance, his gaze was sharp and cold, and any target he focused on couldn’t escape his relentless pursuit. If they hadn’t been lucky enough to run fast, they probably would have ended up staying behind with the others.

Because of this, the siblings were always wary of him, constantly fearing they would run into him too early on in the competition. Fortunately, they hadn’t encountered him or his team along the way.

“If Huo Qi’s only looking for energy points, there are many options. It depends on where he’s headed. It’s possible he could come our way… But if he’s looking for that person, it might be like finding a needle in a haystack.”

“I really don’t know what that first-ranked student, Jiang Hui, is thinking. Could it be that she has some other way of replenishing energy? She hasn’t even looked for a recharge point yet. Based on the average energy consumption from our simulation vests, she should have run out by now, right? Or… is she also trying to avoid Huo Qi?”

“She’s smart. As soon as her ranking shows up, there will probably be a fight. It’s probably because she hasn’t shown up yet that Huo Qi’s been able to stay quietly at L7 until now.”

Sigh, they’re all so full of tricks. I just can’t understand them,” one member from Class 3 sighed, their eyes spinning as they couldn’t make sense of it all.

“By the way, it’s strange that there are still two total energy recharge points that no one has gone to yet,” another person remarked, looking at the two empty spots on the map.

“There’s one. Someone just entered L3. You must have missed it. I think it was Clarens, ranked third, but for some reason, he went in and then came back out.”

“Probably realized the energy limit was too low after connecting to the total energy block,” Aris thought for a moment, then shifted his gaze downward from L3… Assuming Jiang Hui from Class 1 still doesn’t show up, and Clarens, ranked second, briefly appeared at L3, Huo Qi’s final choice will likely be in the southeastern lower area. The nearest energy points to L7 are… L10 and L6.

Which one will it be?