Marshal, Please Calm Down Chapter 13

Translator: Callis
Editor: s.h.i.+ru

"Would you choose the ones nearer or closer?"

Wu Zimo opened the map and asked his companions. Wu Zimo didn't need to say much. Everyone quickly chose the same target.

"The ones further away."

Hearing his companions' choice, Wu Zimo grinned. "Okay." He put away his light brain, and Salah and the others evoked their mechas.

They were a group of nine people, containing six sentinels. Six majestic mechas towered in front of Wu Zimo. As it had been decided before, Wu Zimo, Lyle, and Liz were the three ordinary people who were to ride in the mechas.

Lyle, who had been stared at attentively by Salah, certainly couldn't run to other people's mechas. As if that wasn't enough, there was an occasion where Wu Zimo finally saw Salah's quantum beast. Now that he recalled it, he wanted to ridicule it again.

Because he had only caught a glimpse at that time, Wu Zimo merely thought that Lyle had a new type of plumed scarf around his neck. Fortunately, he hadn't opened his mouth and asked Lyle why he had suddenly spasmed and developed a sense of aesthetics before he caught sight of two red, ice-cold vertical pupils.

The feeling that the vertical pupils gave him reminded him very much of Salah. Only then did Wu Zimo realize that iceberg Salah's quantum beast was a feathered snake.

Of course he would go as far as to ridicule Salah. Salah had known that Lyle, an ordinary person, couldn't see quantum beasts, and so he wrapped his own quantum beast around Lyle's neck. This naked declaration of possession without the original owner's consent was enough for Wu Zimo to distain him a hundred times, then another hundred times more.

Zhang Ye and Baffil were the ones in charge of investigating in their group, so they didn't carry anyone else in their mechas. Wu Zimo was sitting in Bit's mecha. This was because among the three remaining comrades, Haney, Bit, and Laney, Wu Zimo felt most secure with Bit, a simple and straightforward man.

Like Wu Zimo, Haney was also the Marshal's fan, but his temperament was too jumpy. As for Laney, he was Haney's opposite. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he was a person who didn't give a d.a.m.n.

However, the silent man was favored by Liz. Haney saw that their little companions hadn't chosen him, though he only shouted a few words to let them know how mighty he was.

Six mechas sped across Planet XT781. Since they had Wu Zimo's map, the route they had chosen was the safest. But even if they had a map, they were wary of running into any mishaps, so Zhang Ye and Baffil's investigative responsibilities were very important.

"Salah, we'll be at the target coordinates very soon." It wasn't just because of luck that Wu Zimo had chosen this reliable person; he was also very stable when piloting a mecha. Wu Zimo still had the time to open the map and compare it bit by bit to the scene in front of him.

"En." Salah's voice sounded in everyone's ears through the communications system in the mecha. "Zhang Ye, Baffil, what's the situation over on your side?" The two people in charge of investigation were a little further away from Wu Zimo and the others.

While Salah and the investigators, Zhang Ye and Baffil, were discussing the situation up ahead, Wu Zimo wasn't idle. This time, because the goal of the a.s.sessment was to eliminate the Dimensional Zergs, all of the mecha systems involved in the a.s.sessment had been adjusted, especially the detectors. Before Wu Zimo's group had gotten close to their target, five red dots popped up on their display screen.

As for the students in the a.s.sessment, they appeared as blue dots. When Wu Zimo first saw the system, he had the feeling of playing an online game. Compared with online games though, their current situation was more dangerous and exciting.

A real-life RPG, wasn't it exciting!

Due to the view sharing function of the master-sub system, Wu Zimo quickly saw personally the common enemy of all the Interstellar's life forms – the Dimensional Zerg.

"f.u.c.k! These are Dimensional Zergs?!"

In the past, Wu Zimo had seen Country M's science fiction movie 《Stars.h.i.+p Troopers》. The enemies of the humans in the movies had also been huge and powerful insects. But a movie was a movie; the insects there were all made with special effects. The ones he saw today weren't fake creatures created by special effects. It was a real enemy in this world. If they ran into it, it would be a 'You die or I live' kind of enemy.

"Wu Zimo?" Wu Zimo's exclamation made Bit, who had been concentrating on piloting the mecha, look at him in concern.

"Haa, I'm alright. This is the first time I've seen a Dimensional Zerg, and I'm not used to it."

Wu Zimo casually explained and Bit nodded, his eyes full of understanding. Not to mention Wu Zimo, all of the other people present were just a group of youths and school students. Never mind facing off against Dimensional Zergs, they had never even been on a battlefield.

Thinking of this, Wu Zimo's heart was distressed. The male G.o.d's decision was very wise! He just didn't know if the students who partic.i.p.ated in the a.s.sessment would be grateful to the Marshal.

The facts were close to what Wu Zimo had thought of. There were brilliant people who could become the First Military Academy's students, but there were also many foolish people.

Wu Zimo's group of nine didn't dare to choose the ten Dimensional Zergs as their opponents when it was their first time facing off against them, even though they were the weakest of the Dimensional Zergs.

Wu Zimo managed to find the a.s.sessment target so quickly because of the map. There were other a.s.sessments teams that might not have been so lucky as them. The place where the projection capsule had landed was very close to the zergs.

If there were only one or two, the students might have been able to deal with it, but there were some people who believed that they were unparalleled in the whole world. They believed themselves as invincible. They took a group of unprepared rookies and rushed directly into a group of at least a dozen Dimensional Zergs.

As expected, these types of minds didn't yield good results.

Fortunately, Da Li and the others had been watching, and the First Military Academy equipped every student who partic.i.p.ated in the a.s.sessment with emergency survival capsules. When they encountered unbearable attacks, it would automatically pop out a defensive net. Withstanding the Dimensional Zerg's attacks for a minute or two absolutely wouldn't be a problem.

If it weren't for these emergency survival capsules, the soldiers of the Heaven's Wrath Corps in charge of the rescue were afraid that they'd be too late.

In the surveillance room, Da Li's soldiers didn't know if they should admire the First Military Academy's rookies for their reckless heroism. Even they, soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles, wouldn't dare to rush at a group of Dimensional Zergs from all sides with just a few people.

"Say, Boss, these are the elites that could enter the First Military Academy?"

In just half a day after the a.s.sessment began, a hundred teams were directly eliminated, which made them wonder if they couldn't keep up with the trend. How could it be that the students were so weak nowadays?

Even though Da Li wore smiling an expression, the depths of his eyes contained mockery aimed at Xiao Ba. Not to mention Xiao Ba and the others, even Da Li had become a bit irritated by the way the situation developed.

These were students of the First Military Military Academy's Interstellar Federation! The elites of the Federation's new generation! These kinds of elites? Nevermind going to battle against the Dimensional Zergs, he also suspected that they would lose against the neighboring Mola Empire.

"The Marshal should be glad that he just appeared at the beginning. If only he could see such performance from the First Military Academy's 'elites', haha."

Everyone in the monitoring room subconsciously shuddered when they remembered how the Marshal handled matters. They held a moment of silence for the director of the First Military Academy.

"Hey guys, look at Wu Zimo's group. They seem to still be okay." Xiao Ba, who had been frightened by the behavior of the First Military Academy's other students, was able to pick out Wu Zimo's group from among thousands of screens using a sentinel's formidable movement capturing ability.

At Xiao Ba's outcry, everyone turned their attention to Wu Zimo's side.

Da Li looked at Wu Zimo's team's coordinates, then tilted his head. No one knew what he was thinking. He spoke: "Lao Yu, find Wu Zimo's team's starting coordinates, actions, and route."

Lao Yu, who had been singled out by Da Li, didn't ask any questions. He tapped his fingers on the keyboard a few times, and the route Wu Zimo's team had taken and their surrounding circ.u.mstances were projected on the large screen.

Seeing the path Wu Zimo's team was walking on and a certain place on that path, Xiao Ba didn't wait for Da Li to speak, but exclaimed in astonishment: "Wow! Their luck is so good!"

No wonder Xiao Ba was so surprised. From the map, they could see that the path Wu Zimo was on would split. If they changed their direction slightly, they wouldn't face off against five Dimensional Zergs but ten.

With only six mechas against ten Dimensional Zergs, unless Wu Zimo's team had amazing fighting prowess, they would be eliminated.

"Good luck?" Da Li touched his chin, a glimmer flas.h.i.+ng in his eyes. He concentrated on the route Wu Zimo's team was taking. No one knew what he was thinking.

"Look quickly, they're ready to start." On the screen, the originally quiet and calm group of six mechas suddenly moved very quickly.

On Planet XT781, Wu Zimo didn't know that the path they had picked had aroused great suspicion in the surveillance room. Taking in the information that Zhang Ye and Baffil obtained, he quickly discussed their plan of attack with Salah. Wu Zimo had given the position of battlefield commander to Salah, though he had once been a top student in the command department.

Wu Zimo was not the original owner. He understood that it meant that he didn't have the ability to control everybody. It would be better for him, a tactician, to hand over the command to a professional.

Salah was in the mecha department, but he also minored in command.

Before they attacked, Wu Zimo suddenly asked Salah: "Salah, will having Lyle in your mecha affect your piloting?"

However, the only response Wu Zimo received was a frosty glance from Salah. Towards Salah's ice-cold gaze, Wu Zimo shrugged. It was as if he had asked some nonsense.

A male trying to impress his mate wouldn't be considered to be putting in the effort if he didn't show off all of his good points as much as he could.

Wu Zimo's group's mechas were situated in the cave of a small mountain a few hundred meters from the caterpillar-shaped Zergs. The caterpillar Zergs, which were busy gnawing on trees, hadn't noticed them. Zhang Ye and Baffil crept closer to the caterpillar Zergs. As scouts, their concealing abilities were top-notch.

Wu Zimo and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that all five of the caterpillar Zergs were gathered together. As of now, the map hadn't shown any other Dimensional Zergs. However, it shouldn't be forgotten that there were ten more caterpillar Zergs a bit further away from them. If they fought here for too long, they were afraid that they would attract the attention of other group of caterpillar Zerg.

They held a chance against five caterpillar Zergs, but it would be difficult to say anything about a group of ten.

Allowing the terrain to hide them, Wu Zimo and the others quickly encircled the caterpillar Zergs in a hunter's formation.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Salah's tense voice sounded from the communications system into everyone's ears.

“Go!”

Seeing Salah and Lyle's dog food again…( ˃̣̣̥ω˂̣̣̥ )