The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Once again, narrowly avoiding being taken out by bullets fired from a suspicious angle, Lin Maowu and the others quickly realized something was off.

Initially, they thought that Tader and her team had been overly conspicuous, exposing their positions and giving R186 a chance to strike.

But now, considering the angle… it was clear that R186 couldn’t have been responsible for those shots. There were other enemies hiding nearby, trying to take advantage of the chaos.

This made them reconsider the earlier attack on the R117 team; it might not have been an accident after all.

Almost simultaneously, R87 and R197 teams, who had previously been maintaining a tense but neutral stance, began to move closer.

With a sudden tug on a teammate who had almost been shot, Lin Maowu couldn’t hold back any longer and said in a low voice, “It’s Huo Qi!”

The method used was unmistakable—Huo Qi never made mistakes like that. He must be lying in ambush nearby.

The same group of Huo Qi and his team who had attacked R117 before were now hiding in the shadows, taking advantage of the chaos to ambush them.

As if to confirm his discovery, the enemies who had been covertly ambushing them suddenly changed their strategy, shifting to a barrage of gunfire, a storm of bullets filling the air.

In just the blink of an eye, Lin Maowu and the others began to feel like they couldn’t hold on much longer.

—This situation was different from before.

In the earlier chaotic battles, even when they encountered the enemy face to face, most of the time it was a shootout under uncertain circumstances for both sides. As long as they concealed their movements in advance, it was still difficult for the enemy to make accurate shots.

However, now they found themselves in a completely passive situation. Not long ago, in their efforts to break through the defense line of R186, the three teams had almost fought without reserve, exposing too much. Now, Huo Qi and his team had completely figured out their general movements.

In other words, they didn’t know where Huo Qi and his team were, but Huo Qi and his team knew the approximate locations of their two teams, and only recently had they used dirty tricks to trick one of their allied teams.

If they hadn’t noticed something was wrong, the enemy might have continued to sow discord in the shadows, eventually wiping out all three teams.

This was the revenge of R256 team—”You won unfairly, so I don’t need to follow the rules.”

Perhaps, in the eyes of the enemy, their recent internal fighting was just what they had been waiting for, a satisfying revenge for the previous siege.

Fortunately, Jaidy and the others were positioned in a rocky area, which barely allowed them to take cover and hold out for a while, preventing them from being wiped out instantly.

But such protection wouldn’t last long. The R256 team, at their wits’ end and harboring revenge in their hearts, and the R186 team, who hadn’t made a single mistake up until now…

They were caught in the middle, attacked from all sides. Even though they were the larger force, only the two sides knew just how fragile their alliance truly was.

Just like right now—despite the two teams being forced to move closer together due to their current predicament, they still maintained a certain safe distance, each team harboring a high level of vigilance towards the other.

Lin Maowu himself had no doubt that, if given the chance, Aris would not hesitate to remove him. Because even in such a perilous situation, he probably wasn’t any safer in the eyes of the other team compared to Jiang Hui, Huo Qi, or the others.

But even so, what of it?

Lin Maowu nonchalantly kept Pavla Lava by his side. He calmly exchanged a glance with Aris, meeting his sharp, cold gaze, then slightly curled his lips into a smile that held no warmth. He then made a subtle hand gesture to him.

Why not use telepathy? Because he couldn’t give Huan Xian any opportunity to intervene—Lin Maowu hadn’t forgotten that the other side could hear the transmissions between commanders.

Coincidentally, Aris was also considering an escape plan, as the current situation was really bad. Although he hated Lin Maowu’s methods, he had to admit that with their team’s strength alone, they were highly likely to be unable to escape this extremely dangerous situation. Therefore, it was not a good time to separate from the R87 team.

Lin Maowu’s line of thinking undoubtedly aligned with his own. He had thought about it too, and the reason he had given up was because they first needed to solve a prerequisite issue—how to avoid being attacked by the R186 team. If they wanted to leave, the other side would definitely not allow it.

It seemed that Lin Maowu really did have a strategy.

Aris’ expression was complex as he made a lip movement towards Lin Maowu.

“Just trust you one more time.”

He thought to himself that he must have gone mad to trust such a ruthless person. But it seemed there was no other effective choice but to trust him.

After all, whether it was Huo Qi, Jiang Hui, or the others, their methods seemed to carry a bit of madness. Clearly, Lin Maowu was the same type of person as they were. Perhaps only such crazy people could truly understand and deal with each other.

Aris knew that he and his sister acted more cautiously and conventionally, so when faced with people like this, he often felt helpless.

Sigh, he thought, they’ve finally reached this point, so it wasn’t all a loss. Let’s just get it over with, he was actually getting tired.

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“What are they trying to do?” The two people stationed at the treetop, nervously watching the situation on the other side, naturally noticed the strange movements of the R197 and R87 teams.

Jiang Hui observed for several rounds before handing the scope to Xierman beside her.

Xierman, looking a bit confused, said, “Are they… running? Isn’t running more dangerous?” The boy widened his eyes and muttered.

What?! They’re running now?

Just a moment ago, weren’t they retreating to the side sneakily? How did they turn around and start running in the blink of an eye? Jiang Hui quickly took the scope from Xierman, her gaze fixed on the situation on the other side.

Indeed, they were running.

Jiang Hui had thought she might have heard wrong earlier. Had these people lost their minds, choosing to charge in the middle of such a dense gunfire storm?

Although there were intermittent rocky areas providing cover, the rocks were not arranged in such a way as to be completely impenetrable, so the risk of exposure was still high.

However, they were moving at an incredible speed, completely disregarding the potential risk of being exposed, rushing forward in a straight line along the slanting direction of the rocky area. At this moment, the two teams, seemingly at odds with each other, had formed an astonishing tacit understanding, moving in perfect coordination towards the same direction without any disorder.

Were they planning to run because they couldn’t fight back? Impossible, running so openly like this?

So, what were they really aiming for? Could it be that withdrawing in this direction would offer some opportunity…? Jiang Hui followed the route they were retreating along and her expression immediately turned serious.

This… this is a brilliant strategy! Who came up with this countermeasure? Although it still carried some elements of risk, this move of feinting one way and striking another was executed perfectly, subtly shifting the risk away from themselves.

I wonder if Huan Xian and the others have noticed it.