At that moment, the rest of the squad were still in a state of shock, unable to regain their senses.
They did not notice that Qin Yue had hidden one of the Alien Beast Cores.
However, even if they had noticed, they still would not have told anyone.
Qin Yue was not just their friend. Throughout the journey, he had guided them in battle, helped them grow, and even saved their lives.
Compared to all those things, a missing Alien Beast Core was not worth mentioning at all.
"Little Brother Qin Yue, why are your ideas so bold?!"
"You actually thought of entering the sandworms' throat and attacking it from the inside. We were almost scared to death back then!"
Tang Ling chuckled and revealed a charming smile.
"Brother Qin Yue, don't do such a dangerous thing next time."
"Fortunately, Brother Qin Yue, not only are you strong, but you are also very smart. Thank goodness you came back alive. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how guilty we would be."
Li Yanyan clasped her thumb and was slightly evasive.
"Brother Qin, thank you for saving us," Wang Jun said in a deep voice from the side.
As he listened to everyone, Qin Yue smiled faintly and said calmly, "Don't worry, am I not standing safe here in front of you guys?! Someone had to do it, and I'm the most confident. Of course it had to be me. I couldn't let you guys go die a pointless death, right?
"This time, we've even obtained a Catastrophe-level Alien Beast Core. It can be considered that our mission has been completed. Let's go back the way we came!"
Qin Yue was about to pilot his mecha back to the fortress with everyone when Ling Ru's voice was heard in the communication channel, "That's... Qin Yue, I don't know which part of my mecha has been damaged by the sandworm. I don't think I can get very far. Can you help me check it out?" Ling Ru's tone carried a hint of apology.
Ling Ru felt a little ashamed. After all, Qin Yue had just put in so much effort, and now she still had to trouble him to repair her mecha.
"Alright, everyone stay here and be on guard. I'll take a look around Ling Ru's mech."
Wang Jun and the others then moved into a defensive formation around them, in case anything unexpected happened.
Qin Yue climbed over to Ling Ru's mecha from Sky Hunter's pilot cabin, put on the exoskeleton armor, and began the repairs.
Due to only having basic equipment with him, it was not possible to determine what exactly had gone wrong.
Qin Yue could only go through the general parts of the mecha, then dismantle and inspect them one by one.
That method, relatively speaking, was very time-consuming.
As Qin Yue inspected several other parts of the mecha, more than two hours quickly passed.
Even though Qin Yue wore the exoskeleton armor, it was not designed to withstand the scorching heat of the two stars overhead.
Fortunately, Ling Ru had stood by his side. She constantly wiped the sweat off Qin Yue's forehead to prevent his clothes from being completely soaked.
"I don't have enough diagnostic equipment with me. Why don't I try driving it and see if it can make it to the Mobile Fortress?"
Looking at Qin Yue, whose face had turned red from the sun and sweated non-stop, Ling Ru could not help but feel a little sorry.
Qin Yue smiled slightly and pointed at a screen that showed some basic diagnostic information he had managed to gather.
"It says that there's a problem with the power system, but it's not very serious. That's why when we ran the diagnostic, we couldn't specifically tell what was wrong.
"Since it's just a power problem. It can be solved very easily."
With that, Qin Yue started to work on the power systems of the mecha since he had determined where the problem was.
Ling Ru, could not help but mutter softly when she heard that it was the power system's problem.
"The power system?"
Ling Ru clearly remembered that the maintenance students in the mecha academy had discussed that topic before.
The power system was the most difficult course to learn apart from a few other major core courses.
Even those who had studied maintenance for years could not help but shiver when they heard that they had to work on the mecha's power systems.
However, just as Ling Ru was still in a Daze...
Qin Yue had already completed the maintenance!
"Phew, such a small problem wasted so much of my time. Looks like I have to bring a special diagnostic machine with me next time we set out!"
Qin Yue's voice was not that loud. However, it was heard by Ling Ru and Tang Lin, who had been on the communicator the whole time.
At that moment, the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably.
"Qin Yue... It took you less than a few minutes to find the problem and solve it. Is it really fixed?"
Ling Ru's red lips were tightly shut with a confused look on her face.
"Of course. Although the power system is damaged, I only rewired it and added some of my own special touches. A few minutes was enough to do all that," Qin Yue said sincerely.
Little did they know that the waves in Ling Ru and the other's hearts, which had already calmed down, were once again stirred up.
Qin Yue's talent as a pilot and strong battle prowess had already made him outshine everyone.
However, despite being a pilot first, Qin Yue was so monstrous that he was equally as good at performing mecha maintenance!
At that moment, they thought, what else was Qin Yue not able to do?
After some thought, they felt that Qin Yue seemed to know everything...
After the repair was done, Qin Yue quickly reinstalled the outer shell of the mecha.
"Hu, let's call it a day! Let's go, we can go home now."
After that, Qin Yue returned to Sky Hunter's pilot cabin and led the four of them back the way they came towards the Mobile Fortress.
The Alien Beasts along this route had already been cleared out so there were no traces of them for the time being.
As a result, the entire journey was extremely quiet.
Suddenly, in Qin Yue's cockpit, the radar that was used to monitor mechanical objects sounded an alarm.
[Beep! Beep! Beep!]
[An unknown spaceship and five mechas detected rapidly approaching!]
[Beep! Beep! Beep!]
[An unknown spaceship and five mechas detected rapidly approaching!]
When he heard the alarm, Qin Yue immediately looked at the radar in front of him.
As expected, on the radar screen, a spaceship and five mechas were shown rapidly approaching their position.
Qin Yue did not think too much and immediately informed the team members, "Everyone stop! An unidentified spaceship and mechas are approaching. Prepare for battle!"
Ling Ru and the others trusted Qin Yue completely so the moment they heard the order, they immediately moved into battle formation.
Suddenly, above their heads, there was a sound of air being torn apart.
High in the sky, a small spaceship suddenly rushed out from the white clouds.
At the tail of the spaceship, there were already flames that shot up to the sky. Black smoke constantly rose from the fires.
The spaceship obviously had been attacked, and it had lost the ability to continue moving.
Behind the rapidly falling spaceship were five armed mecha flying towards it at high speed.