Meng Huai's mental energy swept across the entire central city. Outside the city, there was a layer of luminous wall, but now it was covered with various traces.
Teacher Wang informed Xie Xue about the situation of Zheng Yiran and the others: "That's our school team. All five are SS-level. Their strength is not a problem, and their usual test scores are all top-notch. Let them help in the central city!"
Teacher Wang pointed at Zheng Yiran and the others, and the words of praise came easily. However, whether Xie Xue would listen was another matter.
Xie Xue certainly wouldn't think these students could hold up half the sky just because of Teacher Wang's few words of praise.
However, Xie Xue still had to give them some face, so he continued Teacher Wang's words and said, "Imperial Military Academy's school team members! That's definitely no problem! Staying to help, my little soldiers will be very happy when they know!"
Thus, Xie Xue led the others to the front lines. The pleasantries were just a few words, after all, the current situation didn't allow for setting up a banquet to treat them to a big meal, right?
Meng Huai and the other four were assigned to a subordinate by Xie Xue: "Er Hu, take care of these individuals!"
Although Er Hu's name didn't sound like that of a smart person, he was the opposite, a very quick-witted soldier.
"Don't worry, Commander!"
Er Hu had also heard Teacher Wang's words and knew the identities of these people. Hearing Er Hu's words, Xie Xue felt reassured and left with those who came to support.
Er Hu thought that these five students were just there to gain prestige, wanting to add a brilliant stroke to their records. He then led them to the central city command center and introduced them to the equipment there.
Next to the command center was a three-story building with a vast area. It was filled with various materials, and even the corpses of recently hunted star beasts were casually placed on the ground without being processed.
"What's going on here?"
Rong Feiwen, unable to help himself, was the one who blurted out this question. As a mecha master, the materials he saw were too tempting.
Er Hu said with a grin, "These things are exchanged with points. During the star beast hunt, as long as the optical computer is turned on, points will be automatically awarded. These points can be used to exchange for these things, and these star beast corpses can also be exchanged for points."
The group nodded as they listened to Er Hu's explanation, as they already had some understanding of these matters. Most large and small battles had such point policies.
Then Er Hu led them into the command center, where there were even more control mechanisms.
"This is connected to the defensive wall on the outer perimeter of the central city. If there are star beast attacks, this defensive wall has various means to resist. Such as lightning, fire, photon cannons, etc., all of which can be controlled from here."
Listening to Er Hu's introduction, Meng Huai thought if he was talking about that slightly luminous wall? Meng Huai thought sheepishly: it looks a bit dilapidated...
Er Hu excitedly introduced the function of the defensive wall, then turned his head and asked, "Are you guys interested in controlling the central city's defensive barrier?"
Zheng Yiran looked at her teammates, thinking: Is he treating us like children?
The five of them waved their hands repeatedly, indicating that they were not interested.
Zheng Yiran probably knew Er Hu's thoughts about them and figured he wouldn't assign them any important tasks. So she said, "Comrade, you carry on with your work and don't mind us. We want to look around and see if there's anywhere we can help."
Er Hu looked a little uneasy at Zheng Yiran's words.
"This... the commander instructed me to take good care of you all, so..."
Er Hu hesitated, contemplating Zheng Yiran's words. Seeing Er Hu's expression, Zheng Yiran knew it was negotiable.
"Don't worry, Comrade Er Hu, we'll just look around the vicinity. The defenses of this central city are so strong, there won't be any trouble. Besides, even if we encounter any star beast invasions, we are capable of dealing with them!"
Er Hu looked at them and saw that they really didn't seem to want to just listen to him introduce these things and wander around the command center.
Therefore, after much hesitation, Er Hu finally agreed: "Alright, then please be careful."
Er Hu had just praised their central city's defense system, so he couldn't say much about star beasts breaking through.
So he could only say in the end, "Then, if you need anything, just call me Er Hu anytime!"
"Okay."
"Don't worry, Comrade Er Hu!"
The group left the command center, and Er Hu still watched them with concern. But Er Hu couldn't leave his command, so he had to say again, "Be careful, everyone!"
Finally out of the command center, Jing Yuancheng let out a sigh of relief: "It's the first time someone has protected me like a cub. I can finally relax!"
"Who says not!"
Zheng Yiran deeply agreed. When did she need to be protected like this? Her! A level 3S commander, she had always led her team!
Zheng Yiran let out a sigh, feeling much more comfortable.
Rong Feiwen asked the commander, "Where are we going?"
Zheng Yiran clearly didn't intend to just loaf around. Since they weren't allowed to go to the front lines, she would go where they could.
"Let's go and take a look at the central city's defensive wall."
Zheng Yiran said with certainty, which clearly made the other single soldiers think the same.
However, the command center where they were was quite far from the defensive wall, but they could borrow a flying vehicle.
The other soldiers didn't know their identities, so they lent them a flying vehicle as requested.
"Just sign here."
The flying vehicle was set to autopilot mode, and it was very fast. In a few minutes, they arrived at the defensive wall. The entire central city was oval-shaped, and the defensive wall was a large oval enclosing the entire city.
Meng Huai came to the defensive wall and indeed, as she had seen with her mental energy, the wall was already quite precarious.
Meng Huai thought to herself: If only I had some array materials right now, I could stabilize this defensive wall a bit. But for now, let's use talismans to hold it temporarily.
So the five of them walked around the defensive wall. Others watched as Meng Huai occasionally stuck a couple of talismans on the wall.
Fortunately, there were no more instances of posting advertisements, otherwise, Meng Huai's actions would have been very similar to posting advertisements.
However, the other four were perplexed by Meng Huai's actions. Finally, Zheng Yiran asked about the purpose of Meng Huai's actions: "Junior sister, what is this? This is a talisman, right? What is it for?"
The talismans Meng Huai was sticking were all high-grade talismans, as the defensive wall itself possessed lightning and fire energy.
Therefore, most of the talismans she stuck were like the Five Thunder Talisman, which had lightning or fire energy. When she inputted spiritual energy, it could overlap with the wall's own power, exerting more than double the strength.