Space Survival: My Teammates Are All Top-Tier

"I won't listen, I won't listen..." Xiao Ai covered her ears, shook her head, and stubbornly refused to admit it.

Jiang Shi couldn't help but laugh when he saw her acting like a spoiled child.

"Haha, fine, I won't say anything then. We'll stop once we're a little further away from Tiancheng."

Having spent so much time with the yellow ants, Xiao Ai hasn't been idle either.

She had already studied the city layout map of the motorcycle tribe. It wasn't a secret; you could easily find it anywhere.

"Old Deng, let's go to the machine shop then."

Xiao Ai flew to the front of the screen, tapped the screen with her little hand, and a city built on a mountaintop appeared.

The surrounding area is all steep rock walls, and there are only a few narrow paths leading up.

"That area mainly gathers flying motorcycle robots. It's not too far from Sky City, so it's easy to escape if something happens."

Jiang Shi looked at the point of light, then turned to look at Bai Yubing, who nodded.

"Then, let's go."

...

Before long, the fighter jets slowed down, from extremely fast to fast, and from fast to steady.

The view outside the window was a gray-white sky, gray-white clouds, and a gray-white ground.

The airport came into view, built on the top of three mountain peaks arranged in a triangular shape and connected by a steel bridge.

The rock face of the mountain is riddled with holes, from which shines an orange light, like countless honeycombs.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a huge open space with many houses and people moving around inside.

Jiang Shi looked at Xiao Ai, who explained, "Old Deng, the machine city is divided into the top city and the bottom city. The top city is where nobles and wealthy robots live, and it's above the bottom city; you have to fly up there. Commoners live in the bottom city, which is this area at the foot of the mountain. You see, those low houses are the residential area of ​​the bottom city."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi replied without hesitation, "Let's go to the top city. The underground city is full of commoners, so their original cores are definitely not that great."

Bai Yubing stood beside him, arms crossed, and nodded, saying, "Then I'll take them out."

"Um!"

……

In an instant, the light gate lit up, and Liu Siqin was the first to walk out, followed by Dai Xinhui, Shen Xi, Guo Wanyu, Wang Xiaoxiao, and Lin Qingxue.

Guo Wanxing was the last to come out and stood next to Jiang Shi.

Nine people appeared in Jiang Shi's spaceship. The living room was spacious and not crowded.

Bai Yubing looked around and said:

"Our current strength is at the Nebula level, so we can still handle most motorcycle tribes."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Going alone is too dangerous. Let's team up. Split into two groups."

"I'll be in one group, and Jiang Shi will be in another. You can decide for yourselves."

"The reason for this division is that I have the Water Mirror World, and Jiang Shi's spaceship can become invisible. You all understand the rest."

Wang Xiaoxiao was the first to move. She hopped over to Jiang Shi, tilted her head back, and laughed, "Big brother, I'll go with you!"

Guo Wanxing walked out from next to Jiang Shi and stood next to Wang Xiaoxiao. Guo Wanyu followed behind her sister and also stood up, glancing at Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi's group now has three members: Wang Xiaoxiao, Guo Wanxing, and Guo Wanyu.

Bai Yubing's group consists of Shen Xi, Liu Siqin, Lin Qingxue, and Dai Xinhui.

The two groups are fine.

Bai Yubing looked at Jiang Shi, and Jiang Shi looked at her.

The two stared at each other for less than a second.

"Wait until tonight," Bai Yubing said. "We'll split up tonight."

Jiang Shi nodded, "Okay!"

The No. 7 fighter jet hovered above the city, invisible from the ground.

Bai Yubing looked at the screen, gazing at the night view of the machine city.

As the night deepened, they landed.

The fighter jet landed on a flat area in the top city.

The moment the hatch opened, Jiang Shi was the first to jump out, followed by Bai Yubing.

The others gradually emerged, following their respective team leaders.

Bai Yubing peeked into the alleyway, then withdrew, lowering her voice. "Get out of here. Jiang Shi, take your men to the right, and be careful."

Shen Xi, Liu Siqin, Lin Qingxue, and Dai Xinhui followed behind Bai Yubing, forming a line and moving forward along the wall.

Jiang Shi led Guo Wanxing, Guo Wanyu, and Wang Xiaoxiao to the right.

There was no queue, no formation; people were just standing side by side, pressed against the wall.

Wang Xiaoxiao was being led by the hand by Guo Wanxing and dared not utter a sound.

Jiang Shi walked at the front, stopping at each corner to peek out and then waving for the others to follow.

The streets of Dingcheng were unusually quiet at night.

After turning the third bend, Jiang Shi stopped.

He raised his hand and clenched it into a fist.

All four people remained frozen in place.

There were footsteps at the other end of the alley.

Judging from the footsteps, there were probably three or four people walking in unison, as if it were one person.

The four men's armors had the same markings: a sharp sword embedded in the center of a gear pattern.

The bull-shaped robot carries a white light, its beam sweeping back and forth across the dark corners and edges of the walls.

Jiang Shi stared at the moving white light, silently timing it in his mind.

Three seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and the bull-shaped robot's light swept precisely onto the spot where the group was hiding.

Wang Xiaoxiao immediately activated her talent, creating a hyperdimensional illusion world that pulled all four patrolling robots into the illusion.

Jiang Shi, Guo Wanxing, and Guo Wanyu all tensed up at the same time and instantly went on high alert.

The four robots trapped in the illusion were completely unaware of the change and had no time to react before they were instantly dismantled by the illusionary creatures, including Xiong Da and Xiong Er.

"Big Bear, this is so boring. The opponent this time was too weak."

"Hahaha……"

A moment later, Wang Xiaoxiao pushed a pile of cold, scrap metal in front of the three of them, blinking her clear eyes and smiling.

"Big brother, two older sisters, are these the Transformation Cores?"

Jiang Shi's lips twitched slightly as he looked at the incredibly talented young girl in front of him, his eyes filled with shock.

"Your talent is just too amazing."

"Haha, it's alright, I'm not as good as my older brother."

"You're quite humble for such a young age. Since you're so capable, I'll leave it to you to handle things from now on; I won't take any action."

"Huh?" Wang Xiaoxiao looked troubled, her tone a little nervous. "Big brother, using illusions consumes a lot of mental energy."

"It's okay, I'll hug you if you're tired, and I'll give you a recovery potion if you're sleepy."

Wang Xiaoxiao looked completely bewildered, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Big brother, why are you exploiting people like a child?"

Guo Wanyu put her hand on Jiang Shi's shoulder and couldn't help but tease him.

"You're so heartless! You think Xiaoxiao is so useful that you're using her like crazy?"

"Get off me." Jiang Shi raised his hand and slapped away Guo Wanyu's hand that was on his shoulder.

Guo Wanyu pouted and withdrew her action with a resentful look.

Jiang Shi squatted down and picked up four well-preserved deformed protonuclei.

"There are four in total, we'll split them equally later."

He looked at Wang Xiaoxiao, his expression turning serious. "Xiaoxiao, I'm not teasing you on purpose. To reduce the risk of exposure, we'll have to rely on your illusion abilities to cover our tracks."

When Shang Jiang looked at her earnestly, Wang Xiaoxiao nodded understandingly.

"Alright, I was just trying to protect my older brother and the two older sisters, so it's okay to expend a little more mental energy."

"Little one is so good."

"Walk."

Jiang Shi carefully put away the original core, no longer glancing at the pile of scrap metal, and pointed towards the depths of the alley. The four of them moved swiftly and disappeared silently into the dark alley.

Bai Yubing's team acted even faster than Jiang Shi's team.

They encountered their first target on the second street: a lone, silver-white armored robot had just pushed open the door of a tavern at the end of the alley.

Loud, energetic music poured out, then fell silent the moment the door closed. The robot's steps were unsteady and unsteady; it had clearly drunk a lot of energy liquid and was extremely lax in its guard.

Bai Yubing locked her gaze on her target and pointed.

She approached silently, moving alone, brushing past the silver-white robot, and quietly placed her palm on its chest.

Without a sound, the robot's body suddenly froze, its face still maintaining the relaxed expression after a hearty drink.

Bai Yubing withdrew her hand, and a translucent white deformed primordial core lay quietly in her palm.

The robot, having lost the support of its original core, slowly knelt down and finally collapsed heavily to the ground.

Then, the corpse was taken into the Water Mirror World, leaving no trace.

On the third street, the three of them bumped into three aristocratic androids who had just come out of a high-end restaurant.

The group chatted and laughed, completely unaware of the lurking danger.

Bai Yubing moved behind them, her fingertips lightly brushing across the back of the three people's necks, instantly sealing off their core operations with a blade-like force.

The three noble cyborgs fell straight to the ground before they could even turn around. Bai Yubing bent down and picked up the three deformable primal cores with swift and decisive movements.

She guarded the alley entrance by herself the entire time, and no outsiders approached her, so there was no need for her to take any extra action.

The fourth house contained the largest number of mechanical guards. Bai Yubing did not scout the area beforehand; he simply passed by the gate and heard noisy conversations inside, with at least seven or eight people.

The courtyard gate was ajar and unlocked; she pushed it open and swiftly entered.

Just two minutes later, ten mechanical bodies collapsed in the room, and ten deformable protocores were neatly arranged on the table.

He stored all the original cores in his spatial storage, weighed them, and realized that his harvest far exceeded that of Jiang Shi's team.

Jiang Shi's team's next encounter came unexpectedly. Just as they turned out of the alley, they bumped into two robotic guards protecting the mansion. The robots, having just made out the dark figure against the wall, were about to warn them.

Guo Wanxing dropped the dagger, and his head fell to the ground.

Guo Wanyu leaped forward and slammed her fist into the other man's chest.

Wang Xiaoxiao took action again, using her talent to break the robot's head, dismantle it, and collapse on the spot...

Jiang Shi crouched down, took the original core, and quickly pulled Wang Xiaoxiao away.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye. Bai Yubing single-handedly eliminated seven groups of targets, including patrol teams, lone robots, and guards of residential houses, none of whom escaped.

They cleaned up all the wreckage and debris along the way, leaving no exposed body behind.

The original nuclei were filled to the brim, yielding more than forty kernels.

Jiang Shi's team never stopped, completing multiple surprise attacks in succession.

After several rounds of fighting, the number of original cores was less than thirty, far less than what Bai Yubing had gained.

The darkest part of the day has arrived.

At the corner of the alley, Jiang Shi squatted against the wall, with Guo Wanxing and Guo Wanyu standing on either side, and Wang Xiaoxiao standing quietly behind him.

The group worked through the night, cleaning up from the streets to the deep courtyards, and the bags were almost full of the transforming proto-nuclei.

"Xiaoxiao," Jiang Shi said softly.

Wang Xiaoxiao responded and walked out of the corner, her steps as light as a kitten's, stepping into the street that had not yet been searched.

She stopped in front of the first door, placed her palm on the door panel, and directly activated her Hyperdimensional Illusion talent.

The three sleeping robots inside the room were completely unaware that they were instantly pulled into the illusionary space by an invisible force.

In the illusion, the sky was bright and clear, and the grass and trees grew lushly. Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Qiang Ge were already waiting there. They easily dismantled the three robots and soon spat out three intact transformation cores.

Wang Xiaoxiao returned with the original kernel and put the items away.

"Continue to the next street?"

"Walk."

The screen switches to the other side.

In the narrow alley, Bai Yubing stood with her arms crossed and a cold expression.

Before me stood a seven-story building, filled with a large number of robots.

The accompanying Liu Siqin, Dai Xinhui, Shen Xi, and Lin Qingxue fought through the night, resulting in a significant physical exhaustion.

A conventional forced entry is too inefficient and easily exposes one's whereabouts.

Bai Yubing raised her hand and pressed it against the unlocked iron gate, then immediately turned around and led her team away, opening up her exclusive water mirror world.

Inside the pure white water mirror space, she took out two sub-mirrors and handed them to Liu Siqin and Shen Xi respectively.

"They operate in pairs. The Water Mirror collects the targets, and once caught, they leave without disassembling or removing the cores on-site, or cleaning up any traces. They are all taken back for unified processing."

Liu Siqin and Shen Xi each led their men to separate operations, while Bai Yubing went alone to other areas to harvest targets, desperately trying to catch up with Wang Xiaoxiao's progress.

The detached house on Sixth Street was already deserted, and Wang Xiaoxiao had already rushed to the next place.

Guo Wanxing squatted at the doorway, counting the original nuclei; there were so many that she couldn't even count them all.

Wang Xiaoxiao's talent is extraordinary, so Jiang Shi should just stand aside and wait without interfering.

By sticking to the wall, one can activate their talent, and more and more robots, whether asleep or awake, are instantly pulled into the illusion.

There were too many targets, so Xiong Da quickly called Xiong Er for help, and even Bald Qiang put down his work to come and dismantle them.

With the division of labor, hundreds of pronuclei were quickly sorted out and piled into a small mountain.

Wang Xiaoxiao casually collected a sufficient amount of high-quality primordial cores, a smile appearing on her face.

By the time dawn broke, Dingcheng had undergone a complete transformation.

Wang Xiaoxiao single-handedly cleared out sixteen blocks, including apartments, residences, and military camps.

Throughout the entire process, Jiang Shi and the other two did not make a move; they simply waited in the back.

The native creatures in the illusion are incredibly powerful; ordinary robots simply cannot withstand their attacks and are easily dismantled.

The alarms in the top city finally sounded after daybreak.

The patrol team searched the entire city and found the streets and alleys deserted, the beds inside the buildings warm, and all the robots had vanished into thin air. There were no corpses, no signs of fighting, and not even a trace of energy fluctuations.

The commander turned pale after compiling the data.

Overnight, more than 1,200 robots mysteriously disappeared.

The entire city was immediately placed under lockdown, with all access routes blocked.

However, Jiang Shi and his group were prepared. The No. 7 fighter jet took advantage of the darkness to conceal its tracks and had already flown out of the airspace above the top city.

In the mirror-like world of water, the light remains constant.

Jiang Shi leaned against the wing of the fighter jet and placed a bag full of protonuclear materials on it.

Wang Xiaoxiao curled up at his feet, dozing off against his calves.

Bai Yubing walked over from the other end of the space, carrying a heavy load.

The two exchanged a glance, needing no further words, both understanding what the other had gained that night.

"Captain, how's your haul?"

"Haha, it's alright, it's alright." Bai Yubing frowned as she looked at the listless Wang Xiaoxiao. "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong?"

"Uh..." Jiang Shi rubbed his nose, he couldn't very well say that he, a grown man, had relied on a child to do all the work for him all night, so he awkwardly said, "She's tired!"

Bai Yubing: "..."

"Never mind, I'm going to sleep now. I need to catch up on some sleep, and then we'll have a meeting."