The five members of the Imperial Military Academy on the aircraft were now all gathered. Upon seeing Hui Xingxiu, the other four rushed towards his position.
They all extended their palms and patted his head, saying, "Serves you right for being impulsive, serves you right for being impulsive!"
"If you hadn't been absent, we could have held out longer!"
Hui Xingxiu quickly begged for mercy, "I was wrong, I was wrong. Next time I'll definitely think before I act."
After this playful roughhousing, the five calmed down. Zheng Yiran said, "It's only the fourth match. Losing at this point isn't a bad thing. We need to settle down. The results of the previous few matches have indeed made us all a bit too smug."
Zheng Yiran first made a promise, "When we get back, I'll focus on practicing the perception barrier! Meng Huai, you can guide me then."
Zheng Yiran said the latter half of her sentence softly to Meng Huai because there were others on the aircraft. However, her gaze was particularly determined, and she also felt a bit guilty for causing Meng Huai to be eliminated along with her today.
Meng Huai heard Zheng Yiran call her name and looked at Zheng Yiran with a gentle smile, clearly not blaming her for the elimination: "Okay."
However, Meng Huai was all for Zheng Yiran wanting to learn the perception barrier. She would definitely help if she could, but she also said, "It's not a solution to be constantly surrounded and attacked."
The matches would become meaningless if they always played this way.
Meng Huai's words made everyone fall into thought. Soon after, Zheng Yiran said, "From now on, we'll play fast! We've been too leisurely in the past. From now on, we'll head straight for the finish line at the fastest speed, like on Sand Dust Star, so no one can catch us."
After hearing this idea, everyone pondered for a moment. Rong Feiwen said, "But we'll be the last ones to enter the next match, and I'm afraid they'll just wait for us."
Zheng Yiran said, "Didn't they chase us relentlessly on Blue Sea Star? This time, we won't sleep either. We'll just rush to the finish line and pull the flag."
"Can that work?"
"Let's just try it and see."
So, while waiting for the match to end, these people planned the course of the next match. However, after discussing important matters, they reverted to their usual selves. Hui Xingxiu said, "When will we be able to leave the arena!"
Zheng Yiran told him, "Only after the three military schools have pulled the flags. It will probably take another day."
In the past, it was over as soon as they came out, and they didn't have to wait long, so they didn't feel anything. Having to wait for a whole day and night made them a bit restless.
Jing Yuan Cheng asked, "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."
Meng Huai suggested, "Want to have hot pot?"
As soon as Meng Huai made this suggestion, their eyes met, and they smiled at each other. Meng Huai then understood their thoughts.
So, the group sat in the aircraft and took out various tools and ingredients. The driver, who realized something was amiss, looked back to see that these people had already set up a table in the aircraft.
The driver was puzzled. Why were they in the mood to eat even though they were at the bottom? They could eat after going back, so why were they starting to eat in the aircraft in the arena?
The driver, who had never seen such a situation, felt a bit awkward. He cleared his throat a couple of times, wanting them to know that someone else was there and to be sensible and put their things away, as this was not a place for them to eat.
However, after hearing the sound, they all invited him simultaneously, "Would you like to eat with us?"
"Are you hungry? Let's eat together?"
The driver looked at the ingredients on their table and at the large pot in the middle bubbling away. The aroma from the fiery red soup broth even made his eyes "water." While sneezing, he asked, "What is this?"
After asking, the driver regretted it. He had intended to persuade them to put their things away, so why was he chatting with them!
However, Hui Xingxiu, acting as if he knew the driver well, found a seat for him and told him, "This is spicy hot pot, it's really great to eat! Rong Feiwen, quickly get this gentleman a set of bowls and chopsticks."
Rong Feiwen directly took out a set of bowls and chopsticks from his spatial buckle and handed them over, "New ones, you can use them with confidence."
The driver looked at the set of bowls and chopsticks and asked curiously, "You still keep these in your spatial buckle?"
Rong Feiwen smiled and explained to the driver, "If we don't keep these things, these guys will ask me to make new ones whenever they want to use them. So, it's more convenient to buy some ready-made ones and keep them in the spatial buckle."
The driver was even more confused, "Aren't you a mecha master? Can you also make bowls and chopsticks?"
At this moment, Hui Xingxiu familiarly placed his arm on the driver's shoulder and said matter-of-factly, "If mecha masters can't handle these things, do we, as soldiers, have to do it?"
The driver was stunned by Hui Xingxiu's theory and thought, "Is this something a mecha master or a soldier should do? No, which team is like you, always thinking about eating!"
The driver grumbled in his heart. In the time it took for a few sentences, the dishes that had been ordered were already cooked. Hui Xingxiu called out to everyone, "Let's eat, let's eat, it's ready. You should eat more too."
Hui Xingxiu's enthusiasm was truly irresistible. The driver had no choice but to pick up his bowls and chopsticks, thinking he would just eat a few bites as a courtesy. With his first bite, he picked up a white, almost transparent object. He didn't know what it was and used a bit too much force, crushing it directly.
But since he had already picked it up, out of politeness, he gently picked up the two halves that had just been split and placed them into his bowl.
"Let's take a small taste," he thought, and put what he had just picked up into his mouth. It melted in his mouth, and what kind of feeling was it! It was both numbing and spicy, incredibly satisfying.
The driver picked up the other half in his bowl that he hadn't eaten yet and proactively asked, "What is this? It's... quite delicious."
Meng Huai glanced at it and told him, "It's a specialty from Blue Sea Star, the Ling Xun fish."
"Ling Xun fish? Is it fish meat?"
It was the driver's first time eating fish meat. So this was the texture, it was really good. Although he really liked the fish meat, he certainly couldn't keep eating it, as it would be too impolite.
So, he picked up another piece of green vegetable. This bite was much spicier than the fish meat.
"Wow! It's so spicy, but it's really satisfying."
The driver shared his feelings with everyone else. He was a good candidate for a food streamer.
Hui Xingxiu told him, "Vegetables absorb the spicy oil more, so they taste spicier."
After this meal, the driver felt that he would miss this meal in the future. But what if he wanted to eat it again in the future! He hadn't heard of any restaurants that had this spicy hot pot, let alone fish from Blue Sea Star.
"It's hard to go from luxury to frugality!"
After the match ended, the driver said this as he escorted them to the exit.