Chapter 491: Bound to the Childbirth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 492: Interstellar World Farming (4)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Let's first find a place to settle, then plan to complete the exploration mission."

Their squad's mission is to hunt an animal called the Long-Toothed Tiger, and to gather a fruit called the Energy Fruit.

The animals are mainly handled by two Mecha Masters; the others are just riding on the mission's coattails. The gathered Energy Fruits are materials for making Nutrient Solution, which the School purchases in large quantities year-round. They can gather as much as possible here to exchange for generous Federal Currency rewards.

Of course, gains beyond the mission are also shared among them. If they can gather or hunt other very useful supplies during the mission, they can also choose to sell them to the School or other purchasing platforms.

Lin Sheng tapped his Wristband, marking their current location and syncing it to the whole squad.

At this time they were already several dozen kilometers from the Gathering Point. For the next half month, they had to continue deeper, until they completed this stipulated exploration mission.

"There's a mountain range ahead. We can check if there's a place to settle."

What Shen Yao didn't say was that Long-Toothed Tigers like to live in lush forests. The mountain range they were heading to might just run into their hunting target.

This exploration planet is quite large. They were restricted from using many high-tech tools. The only things that could serve as transport were a few Propellers. The speed they provided was so-so — barely passable.

The two Mecha Masters — one of them, a young man named Zheng Hui, nodded. "Let's go check the situation first. Long-Toothed Tigers are tall and long. Hunting them takes a huge amount of time." If they could finish the hardest mission in advance, they would have a better chance to gather other important materials on this planet.

The five confirmed the direction, then activated the Propellers placed at their waists.

Like five sudden streaks of light, they whooshed toward the spot they had just decided on.

In no more than half an hour, the mountain range that appeared very far on the map was right before their eyes.

The Propellers behind them slowly stopped. Shen Yao pressed off the device on her Wristband, raised her head, and looked toward the lush Mountain Forest not far away.

The five of them were still wearing the Protective Suits issued when they got off the Spaceship.

Their whole bodies were wrapped in a layer of form-fitting silver-white cloth. Only their eyes were exposed.

"There's a water source in the middle of the mountain range. Although we don't need to resupply in the wild, that's where the mountain animals are most active. There might be a harvest."

No one didn't want to finish the mission as soon as possible. Unlike Shen Yao, this logistics person, the other few would likely become Exploration Hunters after graduating university.

The practical opportunity before them was rare. They all had to make plans for the future. Accumulating more experience wasn't a bad thing.

Lin Sheng tapped his Wristband again. At the same time, the other four received the route he had planned. Following a straight line forward, they would see the Water Pool and a small Empty Space.

Tang Yu raised an eyebrow. His blond hair under the Protective Suit was dazzling in the Sunlight. "Where did you get this intel?" Even if the School comes once every year, they don't allow students to privately sell information.

This was the other Mecha Master. His physical quality was very good. By the time they stopped, he had already taken off the Protective Suit's hood.

Lin Sheng pushed his Glasses. "Before heading out, I asked around a bit at the Snack Street shopkeepers for ordinary intel."

Shi Qing frowned. "Let's go. Delaying any longer only hurts ourselves."

Mecha Masters don't talk much. From departure this morning until now, Shi Qing had spoken no more than five times.

Shen Yao looked at the four very distinctive temporary teammates in the Team. She didn't speak, just lowered her head and followed behind.

Walking didn't need Propellers. Young people's bodies could run and jump. With two Mecha Masters helping, in a short while they arrived around the Water Pool.

Simply clearing a patch of Empty Space, Shen Yao took out a Tent from her Backpack. After unfolding it and stepping inside, she finally took off her Protective Suit.

The Tent's color blended perfectly with the surroundings. The material was light and thin yet defensive. Judging by the combat power of this planet's animals, she could sleep soundly.

Thump-thump-thump—

Shen Yao lifted the Tent flap and faced Lin Sheng looking over at her.

"Want to eat some food together?" Subconsciously pushing his Glasses frame, Lin Sheng turned to look at the other three busy making a fire not far away.

Tang Yu was talking with Zheng Hui, his gaze constantly scanning the Mountain Forest behind them. He probably wanted to hunt some small animals for food.

Living in the Interstellar era, the variety of what people eat and drink daily is quite large. Like the most common Nutrient Agent — aside from tasting bad, it has no drawbacks.

On an exploration planet like this one, the existing small animals are a new delicacy. At least hunting here costs not a penny, whereas in the Interstellar you need Federal Currency to buy them.

Free is more fragrant than paying. Tang Yu and Zheng Hui whispered a few words, then in a flash disappeared from everyone's sight.

Shen Yao nodded at Lin Sheng. She didn't put the removed Protective Suit back on, but walked over just like that, incidentally contributing the Seasonings she had brought.

Dining in the wild — while tasting the original flavor, you can't lack texture.

Shi Qing and Zheng Hui's impression of Shen Yao improved. They even occasionally cracked a joke or two.

When Tang Yu returned with various hunted game, the whole Water Pool became lively.

The cleaned and de-haired game was placed beside the fire to roast. Shen Yao's contributed Seasonings were sprinkled on, making the food's taste even more fragrant and sweet.

The five took turns keeping watch in two shifts. Because Shen Yao was a girl, she got special treatment — she could return to the Tent to rest.

"Tomorrow we enter the mountain. If we don't find a Long-Toothed Tiger, we'll continue forward along this mountain range." Ahead there were even larger, wider mountain ranges, with more animals surviving inside.

After setting the later plan, Shen Yao stood up and returned to the Tent to rest.

When the next morning came, just as Shen Yao was about to exit the Tent, a sudden tremor made her alert.

Tang Yu snapped his fingers. He quickly entered his brought Mecha. "Our luck's really good. It's a Long-Toothed Tiger."

Zheng Hui also jumped into his Mecha. At the same time, his hands and feet swiftly gathered the other three into his Mecha's palm. "You run down the mountain. We'll deal with this Long-Toothed Tiger."

Both their Mechas were standard types, humanoid structure, about six meters tall.

The Long-Toothed Tiger pouncing at them was a young tiger — five meters high, over ten meters long. Two sharp teeth hung at the corners of its mouth. A roar sent a powerful tremor.

Shen Yao had already packed her Backpack. After Zheng Hui carefully set her on the ground, she violently activated the Propeller on her back and accelerated forward.

Never mind how the others fared. Among the five, the weakest was herself. Shen Yao had no thought of stopping to help. She just wanted to run out of the Danger Zone first.

Lin Sheng and Shi Qing landed behind Shen Yao. Especially Shi Qing, this Mecha Master — he was responsible for maintaining the two Mecha Masters' Mechas.

Fortunately, the lone Long-Toothed Tiger wasn't hard to handle. Two Mechas equipped with high-tech weapons (mostly banned) still managed to deal with it with ease.

When the five regrouped, they saw Tang Yu and Zheng Hui using their Mechas to carry the Saber-Toothed Tiger's corpse and throw it on the ground. They uploaded the photos and videos they'd taken to the group where they'd accepted the mission, then activated the Capsule Space and stored the corpse inside for preservation.

The five needed five Long-Toothed Tiger corpses. Zheng Hui and Tang Yu planned to go back to the previous area to look around. With Shi Qing checking the Mechas over, the five temporarily split up, only waiting to regroup in the evening.

"Host, is it really okay for us to freeload on the mission like this?" The system watched Shen Yao sightseeing and playing around, completely failing to understand the purpose of the school's arranged exploration practice.

"The supplies I've gathered along the way also need to be distributed evenly."

Besides, the target demographic for the school's arranged exploration practice wasn't them to begin with.

Their major was only forced to act together with the Mecha Department, which had strong combat power, because they had come to the Waste Chai.

In other words, their entire major were just supporting characters in this practice; they only needed to obediently serve as background boards and not worry about anything else.

System:...

Shen Yao continued burying her head in gathering supplies, not letting a single useful thing slip by.

Everyone's backpack carried a capsule space for storing items, which could store any supplies from the exploration planet, but because of space size limitations, things like the Long-Toothed Tiger's body could only be handled by Tang Yu and Zheng Hui; her capsule space held only small-volume items, including the Energy Fruits that needed to be gathered later.

Energy Fruits grew in the desert, still very far from where they were.

Shen Yao stood up and glanced behind her; Shi Qing and Lin Sheng sat under a tree with eyes closed, who knew what they were thinking.

"Classmate Shen Yao"

Lin Sheng called out to the still-busy Shen Yao, proposing the three of them find a place to stay first. "Tang Yu and Zheng Hui don't know when they'll be back," waiting here, once they encountered danger, the three of them squishies would have a bad time.

They didn't have weapons with strong offensive power like laser guns, particle cannons, or high-energy beams; the only thing Shen Yao openly used for self-defense now was a Tang Dao said to cut iron like mud.

"Head up the mountain; the woods are dense there, we can live in the trees."

Shi Qing pointed in a direction, simultaneously syncing their destination to Tang Yu and Zheng Hui who hadn't returned yet, still harboring dissatisfaction toward these two mecha solo soldiers in his heart.

Acting too willfully; fortunately this planet didn't have any major dangers.

The three walked along the path, but when they reached the destination, another accident occurred.

Meeting a pair of pairs of gloomy green eyes, even though Shen Yao had prepared herself, her scalp still went numb.

Shi Qing and Lin Sheng subconsciously blocked in front of Shen Yao, gripping their self-defense weapons.

"Run!"

The propellers on their bodies suddenly carried them rushing downward, and behind them, a wolf pack pursued relentlessly.

Each giant wolf, three meters tall, had sleek glossy fur; running and leaping, a single step easily covered dozens of meters.

"How could there be a wolf pack?" And not ordinary wolves, but the planet's specialty product, Gray Giant Wolves.

Shen Yao glanced roughly; she confirmed at least a dozen were chasing them. The three originally planned to split up and run, but thinking she was just a squishy, she could only bury her head and rush with all her might toward Tang Yu and Zheng Hui's direction.

The propellers' speed was faster than the wolf pack, but considering the maximum speed the human body could endure, the three of Shen Yao had to maintain a not-too-far, not-too-close distance from the wolf pack.

Until a message came from the wristband: Zheng Hui and Tang Yu said they'd run into trouble, telling the three of them to hurry up and flee.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao looked speechlessly at Lin Sheng and Shi Qing running alongside her.

The wind blowing in their faces made the expressions on their faces not very relaxed.

And behind them was still a pack of Gray Giant Wolves. "Split up, contact again when safe!"

Shen Yao sent the message, turned and drifted, charging toward the mountain forest not far away.

Shi Qing and Lin Sheng followed closely behind; the three with tacit understanding bypassed their original direction, each choosing three different routes.

With no outsiders nearby to interfere, Shen Yao no longer hid her space, sneakily taking out an auto-aiming laser gun and firing a few shots behind her; relying on the surrounding complex terrain, after a long time, she finally managed to shake off the few Gray Giant Wolves that refused to give up pursuit.

Phew—

Finally escaped danger.

Shen Yao found a foothold, simultaneously removing the propeller from her back, and rubbed her somewhat red waist.

This day she ran from morning to evening; didn't expect the make-up-numbers exploration practice to be this thrilling.

"System, scan the surroundings; we should find a place to rest for the night."

Early tomorrow morning she still had to rendezvous with four temporary teammates; who knew if accidents would happen again.

Shen Yao shook her head, and with the system's help arrived at a relatively concealed cave entrance in the mountains.

Tent pitched, alert devices placed around, even the laser gun wasn't put back in the space, just placed beside the sleeping bag within reach.

Shen Yao slept extremely restlessly this time, forced awake several times in the middle, relying on her mental body to help relieve her tense emotions.

But the effect was still poor; when she got up in the morning her head ached splittingly, still relying on the pills she brought to save her body.

Shen Yao:... Who would've thought, came to the interstellar era and still tortured like this.

The system didn't know where it ran off to watch the excitement; after Shen Yao called twice with no response, she could only sit in the tent scrolling through her wristband.

In the five-person temporary squad, words were few and far between; the only few sentences were from last night after Shen Yao fell asleep, sent by Zheng Hui and Tang Yu.

Tone wasn't great; the trouble they ran into might be bigger than imagined; Shi Qing and Lin Sheng both didn't speak.

Shen Yao gave up speaking in the group, instead privately messaging each of these people.

Four people, three didn't reply; one (Lin Sheng) gave a not-so-good piece of news, telling her she'd best find a place to hide first.

Shen Yao:... Fine then.

Nothing to say, Shen Yao lay back in the tent, swiped through the currently still usable wristband, and finally unable to bear the loneliness, walked out of the cave.

Without stable strength, the surrounding danger was greater than imagined.

Shen Yao rested in the cave for a day, then picked up her backpack intending to head for the desert where Energy Fruits grew.

There, besides Energy Fruits, there was also a kind of Red Ant that fed on Energy Fruits.

Individual threat wasn't as high as the Long-Toothed Tiger and Gray Giant Wolves, but group damage was extremely high.

Shen Yao restarted the propeller that had already used up half its energy, advancing at a steady speed along the route they had planned to take earlier.

Of course, Shen Yao didn't give up contacting the four teammates; fortunately everyone was alive (dying would be a bit difficult); Shi Qing was currently rushing to Zheng Hui and Tang Yu's location; their two mechas had some issues, but the Long-Toothed Tiger hunting mission was already complete.

Lin Sheng was rushing to the desert; barring accidents, the two of them would most likely meet halfway.