At the same time, Miracle Patchiâs two logistic members were incredibly professional. Jasmine and Feng Xuezhi each assumed their roles, with one checking the communication device for issues and the other inspecting other instruments to see if repairs could be made.
They wasted about half a minute on this before resorting to a system reboot.
Once contact was restored, they immediately received the location information for the supply drop.
Li Leilei turned on the scanner to first scan the nearby large life forms.
"Did everyone hear that?" This was a code phrase to prevent accidentally sending information to the enemy.
"The Fruit is present." Hu Ping reported first, followed by nearly everyone else.
"Finally got in touch with you, Leilei."
The four of them were located in four directions, not too far apart. But without camp communication, they didnât dare to randomly connect to other signals.
Who knows if the enemy might invade the channel.
"Iâll give you the supply drop locations, be careful. The camp situation is not looking good. Thereâs only two repair robot arms and some parts, so we need to see how to assemble them."
"Thereâs another problem: there are large beasts around here. Beasts dozens of times bigger than your mecha."
Li Shanchun: "What kind of beasts."
Li Leilei: "Not sure, itâs like a mutant centipede or perhaps a giant crustacean, but definitely not the Insect Man."
Since thereâs still plenty of vegetation and small animals around, if it were Insect Man, everything wouldâve been devoured.
Hu Ping gauged the distance between the drop location and their camp and decisively said, "Weâll only try to seize supplies from two locations for now. My mech isnât fully functional, how about yours?"
"Not fully functional, only at forty percent."
Wu Feiyang: "Sixty percent."
Ji Heng had the most functional mech at eighty percent.
"Weâll target supplies at locations A and C. Ji Heng and Li Shanchun will be one group, and Wu Feiyang and I the other. Weâll first see whatâs in the supply drops and then decide our next moves."
Li Leilei: "Donât go too wild."
"You donât know me; my command skills are pretty amazing," he said without much confidence, ranking third in the line-up.
"So confident?"
"Hmph." Speaking of confidence, it wasnât complete. He didnât have absolute certainty of beating the opponents.
But Su Xiaocai had said, one must command with confidence, trust their own judgment, set a good example, always maintain a positive attitude.
The drops werenât precisely targeted, just scattered with varying proximity.
Piloting their mecha to the nearby location, Hu Ping and Wu Feiyang lay in wait, hiding respectively in mountain ravines.
Even the mechaâs scanners were substandard, only able to scan within a three-kilometer radius.
It seemed Miracle Patchi only retained partial functionality of the mecha.
The setting was certainly destitute.
The landmarks were basically sandstone, appearing reddish from afar, with the surface temperature over fifty degrees, occasionally visible heat waves trembled.
Soon, Wu Feiyang said, "I see a mecha over here."
Uncertain if there were people behind it.
Last night Xing Miao and Feng Wansha analyzed Xiang Chaâs commanding well.
Careful, very steady, not making a risky move in the past nine rounds.
Nigh predicting three moves ahead at every step.
The best way to deal with him was through surprise tactics.
"Leilei, based on their arrival time, can you pinpoint roughly where their camp is?" Hu Ping said.
"Are you thinking of attacking their camp? Thatâs tough, isnât it?"
Hu Ping casually replied, "No, youâre overthinking. We donât even have weapons. Calculations canât hurt, can they?"
"Youâre the captain, you decide." Li Leilei said while activating the geological detector and calculating the potential location of the enemyâs vacant camp.
Hu Ping then spoke to Ji Heng, "If you donât see anyone, send Li Shanchun out to test the waters and seize the supplies. If thereâs a weapon, equip it first and let him return to camp. Ji Heng, you go full speed to the furthest supply drop site and observe, then bring the supplies back."
"Understood."
Li Shanchun: "Understood!" Poor guy, why was it him to scout?
Even Ji Heng going solo to the farthest location is no easy task.
Li Shanchun stealthily and quickly slid out, glancing around as he moved, even his thieving acting skills surpassed him.
When he reached the supplies and turned back to look at Ji Heng, he scanned the surroundings again.
Li Shanchun was surprised, nobody?
Ji Heng understood Hu Pingâs idea. The opponentâs command sought stability, so theyâd prioritize securing weapons.
There must be one location with two to three people gathered.
Out of five supply bags, the opponents would have to forsake at least one.
This is the location theyâve abandoned.
Upon realization, he bolted out, tearing open the packages, its contents scattered â boxes of Nutrition Pills, two folding cold weapons for mecha use, a Magnetic Blade Short Knife, and metallic cords.