The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Jiang Hui remembered that there were still over 300 competitors when the second round of supplies began. Yet, just over three star hours later, only about 160 competitors remained… The drop-off rate was indeed high.

Was it because the situation had become too chaotic, or had everyone just reached their limits after pushing themselves to the end? Jiang Hui’s gaze drifted over to Huan Xian’s personal score, lost in thought.

However, she ultimately didn’t say anything and casually inquired about other details from Xierman.

It was only then that Huan Xian withdrew his gaze, which had been pretending to look elsewhere, and briefly glanced at Jiang Hui’s pale face.

Jiang Hui’s intuition was not wrong. The pace of the battle had indeed been set by Huan Xian himself.

To say that Huan Xian was uninterested in this competition would be an understatement. He didn’t care about glory or rewards. His participation was simply due to the school’s requirement, just to make up the numbers.

It was only because Jiang Hui and the others took things so seriously that he gradually got into the rhythm. His rank steadily improved over time. But if you asked if he was truly serious about the competition, that wasn’t the case—he was just a little more focused, that’s all.

However, the situation had changed far beyond his expectations. A lot had happened, and it had altered his thoughts considerably. The way Huan Xian felt now was already vastly different from when he first entered.

He seemed to have a better understanding of Jiang Hui’s feelings now. The desire to defeat the enemy, to win, and to protect her teammates… While he couldn’t fully comprehend it, he wanted to help her win.

And this desire was pushed to its peak after Jiang Hui got injured again while trying to save him.

Now, Jiang Hui was in a difficult position, yet her enemies were still active on the battlefield. Huan Xian could no longer let things continue like this. He had to eliminate as many obstacles as possible early on to ensure that his teammates remained in a winning position.

So Huan Xian began to rack up points like crazy.

This time, he didn’t hold back. He took out one opponent after another, scoring frantically. When the leaderboard was refreshed twice, his score increased so rapidly that it made people think there was a problem with the board. Why was Jiang Hui and Huo Qi’s scores rising so slowly, while Clarens and Huan Xian’s scores were shooting up?

Most of the players eliminated after Jiang Hui fainted were taken out by Huan Xian alone. Clarens handled the rest. The remaining points were distributed among the others.

As for Huo Qi… no one knew why he had suddenly gone quiet, watching helplessly as the stored prey in the arena steadily diminished, until it reached a point where he could no longer pose any threat to Jiang Hui’s first place.

All of this was Huan Xian’s doing.

He hadn’t shared his thoughts with anyone in the team, and no one had noticed.

Perhaps Clarens sensed something, but he didn’t investigate further. It was only after Jiang Hui woke up that she noticed something was off from the information, but given her condition, she didn’t have the energy to delve into it, so the matter was left unresolved.

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“Muscle damage, tendon displacement, inflammation and infection, high fever…” The woman, with deep-set eyes, high nose, and delicate features, furrowed her brows. Dressed in a large white coat and wearing striking red high heels, she stood with a strong presence at the instructor’s seat.

She tilted her head, observing the injury on the girl displayed on the screen.

“It’s still unclear due to the distance, but from what I can see, the injury is quite severe. We need to get her out immediately for emergency treatment.” The woman frowned slightly, “What’s going on? Didn’t you say this was an internal school competition? How could you let a child get hurt like this? There’s no sense of restraint anymore.”

The instructors in the room exchanged glances, unsure of how to respond.
Indeed, they didn’t know how the child ended up in such a condition. The kids had just been messing around… maybe they were taking things too seriously?
Of course, they didn’t dare to speak more, primarily because of the woman standing in front of them. Though she appeared fiery, she was actually older than most of the people present, only a few decades younger than Instructor Tan.

She was a highly experienced mid-level therapist from the military, who had served on the battlefield in her early years before retiring and settling on a medium-sized planet for a quiet life.

While not all the teachers present had worked with her directly, everyone in the school knew who she was.

Unlike the head of the medical department, Lu Jin, who had been assigned to Beska Intermediate Academy, this woman was someone who commanded respect and had the final say.

As a medical professional, she couldn’t stand to see others injured. Whenever a patient came to her for treatment, even if they weren’t scolded, they would always get lectured. Especially those habitual “offenders” who frequently got injured—they usually avoided her, afraid of being caught and made to attend a “thought class.”

However, this therapist was extremely responsible. For every patient treated by her, she would carefully establish their medical records, analyze their condition step by step, and track their recovery over the long term… until she confirmed they had fully healed. Even after retiring, many veterans still sought her out for treatment, and she regularly followed up with them, which kept her workload heavy and prevented her from staying at the school permanently.

For this competition, she had specially arranged two visits to the school, just in case of an emergency.

The competition had gone relatively smoothly. Even when kids were sent in, most of the injuries were minor. Selvi thought that the school had finally learned to protect its students better, improving safety measures. She didn’t expect that, just before the competition ended, something like this would happen. The leg injury was severe—she’d probably need at least a month to recover.

That little fool didn’t even know how to take care of herself and insisted on staying in the competition, stubbornly playing with those toy guns.

Selvi almost wanted to rush in, drag the kid out, and give her a good scolding, teaching her a lesson about whether she would ever mistreat her body again in the future.

But she was bound to be disappointed. The little fool in the screen didn’t seem to want to stop, and her teacher outside the screen didn’t seem to have any intention of calling an end to it either. So, Selvi could only wait outside, knowing that as soon as the kid was brought out, she would immediately take her to the medical office for treatment.

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The high fever made Jiang Hui feel terrible. Fortunately, aside from that, her spirit was relatively good, though her body felt very sluggish.

So, during the next stretch of the journey, she could only hunt down a few enemies when she was able, but didn’t gain much in points.

Of course, her extremely stubborn behavior made the rest of her teammates unhappy, but they couldn’t stop her. They could only turn a blind eye, hoping time would pass quickly so that this person could leave the competition and focus on recovering from her injury. Otherwise, they didn’t know what other problems she might cause.

While Jiang Hui and her team were “passing time” in limbo, the situation on the other side took a sudden turn.

With five hours and twenty-one minutes left in the competition, the data for the R256 team, where Huo Qi was, fluctuated again. They only had one chance left to stay in the competition.

However, this time, no one knew who was responsible.