Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr In one of the basic training rooms in the mecha training hall on planet Azure, three mecha were currently dodging obstacles on the ground and in the air.
A humanoid mecha and a flying bird mecha quickly completed their basic training. Only a rhino-type bestial mecha was dodging rather pathetically, having only completed half of his training.
The other two mecha who had already completed their training were currently secretly chatting with each other privately. The flying bird mecha said disdainfully, "Lu Xiaolong is really too stupid. I let him choose the easiest bestial mecha to operate, and he still needs more than 15 minutes to complete the basic training. You should know that the assessment content is several times more difficult than this. A passing score must be within 5 minutes. Who knows when he will be able to achieve this score and graduate."
"At first, I thought he was easy to order around because of his stupidity, but now it looks like it was my mistake. Mecha piloting is not something a fool can handle," said the humanoid mecha resentfully, as if frustrated at himself for not thinking of this.
"Are we all going to accompany this fool? The other students who graduated from the scout academy with us have all entered the real Mecha World. I heard that quite a few of them have already upgraded their shotguns to cannons, switching into better mecha. "The flying bird mecha was rather impatient, feeling that he had been dragged down by that fool.
"At first, we wanted to form a three-man team. Lu Xiaolong would be the frontline shield, you would be in charge of aerial attacks, and I would be in charge of long-range sniping. If we give up on him, we would have to go to the Mecha World to find new members..." The humanoid mecha calculated what would be the most beneficial for them.
"By the time that fool graduates, we would have already integrated with our new members. Right now, I'm very worried about whether he will be able to cooperate with us. You should know that in the mid to late stages, we need to rely on the strength of the team to complete missions. At that time, the team cannot have any known weaknesses..." The flying bird mecha had already lost his patience. He did not think highly of Lu Xiaolong at all, believing that he might drag them down.
"Alright, let's not wait for him. We'll go for the assessment first. But how should we tell him?" The humanoid mecha had always been a nice guy to outsiders.
"Watch me. When that fool finishes his training, I'll tell him." The flying bird mecha knew the difficulty of the humanoid mecha, so he volunteered.
After waiting for quite a while, the bestial mecha finally completed his first round of basic training. Sweating profusely, he ran up to the two mecha waiting for him and said apologetically, "Sorry, Acka, Dali, I've made you wait so long."
The flying bird mech sighed. "Xiaolong, it looks like we'll have to split up."
The bestial mecha was taken aback. For a moment, it didn't understand what he meant.
"I've discussed it with Acka. We'll go and take the basic assessment first. After that, we'll go to Mecha World to get some resources. After that, we'll go and complete the party building mission and establish the team." The flying bird-type mecha explained their arrangements.
The bestial mecha asked in confusion, "Doesn't the party building mission require a minimum of three people?"
"We went to the Mecha World Forums and saw that there are professional players who specialize in accepting this kind of mission. They would complete the team building mission together with teams that don't meet the minimum requirements. Once they have accepted the team, they would leave and let others join." The flying bird-type mecha cursed silently. The other wasn't smart when he should be smart, but smart when he shouldn't be. He actually knew that the party building mission had a member requirement.
"So that's how it is. That's great. I've been worried that I'd be a burden to you all. During this time, I've been wanting to tell you all to go and find new members. Don't wait for me anymore." The bestial mecha breathed a sigh of relief. He really couldn't bear to leave these two good friends who were willing to tolerate his dullness.
"Hehe, so you knew you'd be a burden to us all along …" The flying bird-type mecha laughed awkwardly. He was extremely vexed, regretting that he hadn't known the other had such thoughts. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to find such an excuse. He was also angry at the other. Since he had such thoughts, why didn't he say it earlier? If he really treated them as friends, he definitely wouldn't have wanted to be a burden to them. This Lu Xiaolong was obviously trying to rely on them.
"Xiaolong, don't take this matter to heart. We're good friends, after all. You need to work hard here. Don't let us leave you too far behind." The humanoid mecha could sense the anger in the flying bird-type mecha's heart, and hurriedly spoke up. If others found out that they had abandoned their original teammates, their team would definitely not be able to recruit anyone. Whether it was in the real world or in the virtual world, abandoning and betraying one's teammates would be despised by others. He was not willing to bear such a crime.
The bestial mecha replied sheepishly, "Yes, I'll work hard. I must pass the assessment as soon as possible and catch up to you all."
The flying bird-type mecha's operator pursed his lips, disapproving of the other's words. However, under the humanoid mecha's warning, he could only toss out some comforting words. "Actually, there's no need to rush. When we get more resources in Mecha World, we'll be able to immediately help you upgrade your mecha to an even stronger one."
The bestial mecha was moved. "Thank you, Acka and Dali."
The humanoid mecha and the flying bird-type mecha prepared to take the assessment immediately. The bestial mecha wanted to observe their assessment to gain some experience. The humanoid mecha advised, "You should observe the assessment of other bestial mecha. That's what's really useful to you."
The bestial mecha felt that the humanoid mecha was right. Thus, he checked the assessment sites for bestial mecha and found that there were several bestial mecha undergoing their assessment. He chose the one with the shortest start time and clicked on 'Ready to Observe'.
Seeing the bestial mecha completely disappear from the training room, the humanoid mecha and the flying bird-type mecha each chose their own basic assessment and were sent into the assessment mission space.
Lu Xiaolong had just entered the assessment space when he saw a rabbit mecha leaping and dancing gracefully in the air above the irregular obstacles. Lu Xiaolong's first thought was that his eyes were playing tricks on him. He rubbed his eyes hard and found that the image before him was real. Gradually, he was drawn into the other's dance, feeling as if what before him was not a mecha but a live rabbit, leaping about freely in the forest.
Suddenly, the image paused, and Lu Xiaolong woke up from his reverie. Only then did he find that the rabbit mecha before him had already completed the assessment. Abruptly remembering something, he looked up at the top of the screen. A line of red text was flashing and jumping about. "Congratulations to XXX for graduating with a time of 1 minute 18 seconds in basic mecha control. Entering the top 100 of the elite leaderboard."
"Top 100 of the elite leaderboard!" Lu Xiaolong felt as if his eyes were about to blur — a stroke of luck had fallen on his head just like that. Who would have thought that he would actually be able to select a god-level character just by casually clicking in to observe an assessment? If he could learn anything from it, he would benefit from it for the rest of his life.
However, Lu Xiaolong was quickly discouraged, because he found that other than the other's beautiful dance and dance in his mind, there was nothing else. This really was a failure of observation — he had actually missed such a great opportunity.
Dejected, Lu Xiaolong once again clicked on the bestial mecha assessment. Other than the rabbit mecha which had completed its assessment, the other mecha were still in the midst of their assessment. Lu Xiaolong looked at the list of names and actually couldn't muster up any interest in going in to observe.
Right then, a new mecha suddenly popped up in the selection window. Without even thinking about it, Lu Xiaolong clicked on it.
This was a cheetah mecha. Lu Xiaolong had only just raised his head when he saw the cheetah mecha flying out, becoming a streak of light. There was even an afterimage in its wake.
"An expert!" Although Lu Xiaolong's own control wasn't all that great, his observation skills were still quite impressive. He immediately sensed that his luck had struck again.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the other arrived at the irregular movement obstacle area. Lu Xiaolong once again felt the same feeling the rabbit mecha had given him in the previous round. Once again, he had the illusion that the cheetah mecha before him really was a living cheetah on the hunt. It nimbly dodged all obstacles, pouncing without hesitation towards the target it had set its sights on.
Perhaps there was some time left, but Lu Xiaolong didn't bother looking. Once again, he was immersed in the cheetah's nimble leaping up and down, all the way until the end.
"Congratulations to XXX for graduating with a time of 1 minute 19 seconds in basic mecha control, entering the top 100 of the elite leaderboard." Sure enough, when Lu Xiaolong looked at the screen once more, a result very close to the rabbit mecha's appeared before his eyes — it had also entered the top 100.
"Wait a minute, I must go to the mecha lottery to try my luck!" Lu Xiaolong felt that his karma had definitely gone through the roof after consecutively encountering two godly mecha operators. If he wasn't lucky, he might be able to draw a legendary mecha equipment.
If only he could get to know these two godly mecha operators … unfortunately, these two godly mecha operators must have chosen to graduate and leave. Feeling regretful, Lu Xiaolong no longer had any interest in observing. He left the assessment area and once again returned to his practice room, only to find that the two godly mecha operators he had thought had graduated and left had actually appeared before him at the same time...
"Ah... why are you two still here?" Lu Xiaolong's voice exploded in the room. It turned out that Lu Xiaolong had not turned off the public microphone he had used to talk to his friends earlier.
The rabbit mecha and the cheetah mecha had been practicing their respective basics. Hearing this voice, the rabbit head and the cheetah head both turned to look over at the same time.
Lu Xiaolong actually thought he had seen the confusion in the mecha's eyes. This almost made him slap himself, trying to use the pain to remind himself to wake up.
"Aren't you two already in the top 100 of the elite leaderboard? Why haven't you chosen to graduate? "Lu Xiaolong still couldn't control his curiosity and asked his question.
However, as soon as these words left his mouth, Lu Xiaolong felt some regret. Who knew if the two godly mecha operators would dislike his chatter and choose to leave this room to go somewhere else? If that happened, wouldn't he have completely lost all hope of getting to know these two godly mecha operators?
Sure enough, the rabbit mecha turned to glance at the cheetah mecha, then shook its head and continued to practice its basic movements. As expected, godly mecha operators were not so easy to get along with — Lu Xiaolong hung his head dejectedly once more.
The next chapter was a repeat chapter. There wasn't enough time today, so he could only do some small things. He estimated that it would take at least 3 hours before he would be able to replace it with a new chapter. Everyone, please don't subscribe for now.
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