The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Things from the old era, things from the age of single-line firearms, are concepts from long ago.

Now, we’ve long entered the mecha era, and the frontlines have shifted from specific pieces of land or planets to the vast expanse of the starry battlefield. Small-scale tactics like trenches can no longer meet the needs of modern warfare. As a result, this concept has long since been phased out from interstellar human military strategy. The only place it can be found now is in ancient texts, with only brief mentions of it.

Leaving aside how Jiang Hui learned about this, how do they plan to present something so outdated? This really piqued their curiosity.

Just now, when Stark and Zou Yi had stepped away together, Lin Qi couldn’t resist asking a little about Stark’s relationship with the top-ranking child. Surprisingly, he managed to get some information out of Instructor Tan.

“I didn’t learn about this when I was in school. You’d have to read specialized books to know about it. Captain Stark, did you teach her this?” Captain Lin Qi asked, a little confused.

To his surprise, Captain Stark shook his head at the question: “No, I haven’t taught her any of this. In fact, this is the first time I’ve met this child—just this month.”

You must be joking, how could that be… Are kids really this capable now? Lin Qi had originally thought that Stark had taught her the strategy, expecting that Stark would be able to explain it clearly. To his surprise, even Stark didn’t really understand it. Does that mean they are not even as good as a child?

Unable to get any more useful information from his colleague, Lin Qi helplessly gave up and focused seriously on watching the children’s performance on the screen.

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What were Jiang Hui and the others planning to do? In reality, they weren’t planning much.

After all, there wasn’t much time left, and the surrounding area was fraught with danger. What else could they do… At most, they could only resort to emergency measures.

Although they had gained an advantage and avoided many risks, their situation was still far from ideal.

If they were just ordinary contestants like everyone else, ranking normally, they probably wouldn’t have to worry like this. Teams like Huo Qi’s probably wouldn’t even take them seriously. However, their small team already had half of its members in the top ten, which was enough to attract most of the firepower and attention from the entire training field.

Even though Jiang Hui had already analyzed that the vast majority of teams were outside their defense line and posed no real threat to them, if anyone tried to force themselves into becoming a threat, they would only end up harming themselves. There was even a chance they wouldn’t be able to complete the energy recharge task in the end.

However, the necessary defensive measures still had to be taken. Because sometimes, plans really can’t keep up with changes, and she believed that no matter what choices a person made, they should always have a backup plan.

In case those guys decided to go off-script and, even at the risk of not recharging or avoiding danger, decided to come after her as the top contender… it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility. Jiang Hui had always preferred to prepare for the worst possible scenario.

Her gaze returned to the situation at hand. This training field was undoubtedly a place where sharpshooters reigned supreme. They had personally verified this fact countless times. But up until now, they had mostly fought in semi-hidden conditions, or waited in their selected natural cover to ambush enemies. However, the current situation was different.

Perhaps it was the designer’s sense of dark humor, but the three or four energy points they had passed through were relatively flat and open, with low, sparse shrubbery, making them easy targets.

If they were attacked at such an energy point, even with nine-tenths of their ability, they would likely end up only being able to perform at six or seven-tenths of their potential. Just thinking about it made her feel frustrated. So, if others could come to attack them, why couldn’t they set up some defensive “engineering” of their own?

In her past life, Jiang Hui had been an ordinary person, and she was still ordinary in this life. She couldn’t think of the higher-level defense methods used in the starry universe, but she vaguely remembered a more “earthy” solution.
Digging trenches.

This thing was also a rare item on Blue Star. If you didn’t specifically study it, you might not even know about it. After world peace was achieved, it almost disappeared from real combat, leaving only traces in some literary works, documentaries, and films.

Jiang Hui learned about it after her parents had an accident. She stayed at home and isolated herself, trying to distract herself by reading a large amount of information day and night. Among the materials was a war-related TV series. She had never liked modern-themed stories, so Jiang Hui truly couldn’t believe she had managed to stick with it back then.

She didn’t remember the details about the female protagonist, who was more fashionable and delicate than her modern counterparts, or the male protagonist who was a tyrannical CEO-like warlord, and how they went through all the ups and downs to eventually end up together. What she did remember, however, was a scene in the war, specifically about trenches.

It was the first time she realized that battles fought by generals weren’t just about gunfire and explosions; they also involved such methods of cover.

Looking at it now, the wisdom of the ancients truly couldn’t be underestimated. A method that could both defend and attack—wasn’t this exactly what they needed now?

Of course, they wouldn’t be able to create a complete trench system, one that was winding, intricate, and even capable of transmitting messages. Not even with ten star-hours would they be able to dig something like that. But constructing a simple trench was still feasible, especially with their advanced interstellar tools to assist.

Jiang Hui’s mind quickly raced, and she came up with a rough plan. Once she shared it, it didn’t take long for everyone to strongly agree with it.

Given the limited time, they decided to take a simpler approach—digging pits at the appropriate positions for each person and then covering the dug areas with sand and shrubs. Once they arranged the individual trenches, they began working on the connecting passageways between the pits.

This part was really beyond their ability. To ensure the people in the trenches could move flexibly, the passageways should ideally be deep enough to match the depth of the pits. But with so little time, there was no way they could dig long, deep trenches while also making sure they were smooth. It was quite a challenge.

However, they couldn’t skip this part, so Jiang Hui thought for a moment and decided to “cut corners.” They wouldn’t dig deeply, but instead, they would outline shallow trenches that could at least allow someone to lie down.

This way, while it might be a bit difficult for them to move when they absolutely needed to change positions, they wouldn’t be suddenly exposed to enemy fire.

With the assistance of automatic shovels, Huan Xian and Xierman finished several independent personal trenches in no time. Jiang Hui and the others quickly finalized the remaining setup and threw themselves into the trench digging work.

The group dug with little care for their own messy conditions… At this point, there were 57 star minutes left before the second round of supplies ended.