Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Satisfied, Ling Lan stroked the newly redeemed humanoid low-level mecha before her. The mecha's exterior was a dull grey, and although it was not very eye-catching, the mecha was a whole new level up in terms of sturdiness, safety, and weaponry.
Not only did it have a highly destructive thermal weapon, a beam energy gun, it also had a main cold weapon, a high-alloy steel greatsword, as well as two broken spikes hanging from the back of its waist. In addition, there were two high-alloy steel short blades hidden on both sides of its thighs. Its sturdiness was clearly incomparable to the short blades on the trainee mecha. However, it was still a low-level mecha after all, so it did not have the right to be equipped with a beam saber. Still, Ling Lan did not need a beam saber at this time, because she had a main cold weapon, Regretless, which was a hundred times better than a beam saber. She would not have to worry about using it until she was an ace mecha.
After admiring this low-level mecha of hers, Ling Lan pressed a button on the remote control in her hand. The initially closed cockpit of the mecha opened abruptly. Ling Lan did not choose to descend the stairs, instead leaping up in a big stride. Her hands and feet flew across the mecha to fly up, and in the blink of an eye, she was seated in the cockpit.
Ling Lan casually closed the cockpit and activated the mecha. Once it was fully activated, she operated the mecha to perform several basic movements in the login space that belonged to her. She felt that operating the mecha was much smoother than operating the trainee mecha. If she were to use this mecha to escort [No Mecha Unrepaired] to Suncreed City, Ling Lan believed that even without weapons, the mecha's abilities alone would be enough to finish off those pythons with her bare hands.
After familiarizing herself with the mecha for some time, Ling Lan finally took out Regretless from her backpack in satisfaction. She swapped out the basic high-alloy steel greatsword that a low-level mecha was equipped with. Since she now had a better weapon, Ling Lan naturally chose to use it. Only by familiarizing Regretless to the point that it was like her own arm would she be able to bring out the full potential of Regretless's power.
Ling Lan put the high-alloy steel sword back into her bag. She recalled how she had treasured the carrot blade, which was far inferior to the high-alloy steel sword, not long ago. She couldn't help but sigh. People like the new and hate the old. When they see something good, they will ruthlessly abandon the bad. How heartless.
After a bout of melancholy, Ling Lan finally managed to express the so-called sentimentality of a girl. Only then did she calmly choose to enter Mecha World. As Ling Lan had already changed into a low-level humanoid mecha, and almost half of the mecha in Three-Seas Town were similar to this type of mecha, her appearance did not attract the attention of the townsfolk.
Since she had already exchanged for a new mecha, Ling Lan no longer had any interest in going to the mecha arena to bully those newbies. Ling Lan felt that it was time to contact Zilong and the others. Thus, Ling Lan entered the name [Lingtian Combat] and sent a friend request over.
Very quickly, [Lingtian Combat] accepted her friend request. At the same time, the mecha's mainframe suddenly said, "[Lingtian Combat] requests to speak with you. YES OR NO?"
Heh, what a fast response! Ling Lan naturally chose to agree. Then, a voice loud enough to burst her eardrums rang out in the cockpit, "Boss, you've finally contacted me!" It was Zilong's boisterous voice.
At the same time, the system's voice rang out beside Ling Lan's ears. [Lingtian Abacus], [Lingtian Parcel], [Lingtian Sharp Knife], [Lingtian Substitute] have requested to add her as a friend …
Ling Lan accepted these requests without hesitation. She knew who they were — [Lingtian Abacus] was Han Jijun, [Lingtian Parcel] was Lin Zhong-qing, [Lingtian Sharp Knife] was Luo Lang, and [Lingtian Substitute] was undoubtedly Xie Yi.
Of course, as Ling Lan accepted the requests, she was grumbling internally. This bunch of idiots, what kind of stupid names were they giving? There was no standard at all.
After Ling Lan accepted the requests, Zilong pulled the others into the comms channel. Then, she heard Zilong ask excitedly, "Boss Lan, is that rabbit you?"
Ling Lan was taken aback. "What rabbit?"
"It's that rabbit mecha that killed a mecha of the same level in one move. We all saw it in the 100 matches of the newbie tournament." Zilong's words were full of a 'don't hide it anymore' message. Ling Lan's mecha piloting skills were well known to the others, except for Xie Yi, who had been the last to enter.
"It's not!" Ling Lan denied decisively. She would never admit that that adorkable rabbit was her — this would affect her lofty and imposing image too much.
Ling Lan's decisive denial left Zilong speechless. In his mind, only Ling Lan could operate a trainee mecha and kill an opponent in one move. This was Ling Lan's style all along — in the Central Scout Academy, wasn't that how she had advanced to the top 5? In the end, when she had met him and Luo Lang, she had not continued with her style.
"If it's not Boss, who else could it be? I can't imagine anyone else who could do this. "Luo Lang was also in disbelief.
"Alright, since Boss Lan doesn't want to talk about the rabbit mecha, let's not ask anymore!" Han Jijun spoke up decisively to stop them. Of course, he also did not believe Ling Lan's denial — in his eyes, this was an indisputable fact. However, since Boss Lan did not want to talk about it, there must be some reason. Han Jijun did not want to make things difficult for Ling Lan.
Although Han Jijun had stopped this topic, from their verbal reactions, Ling Lan knew that no one believed her words. However, at this time, she could only grit her teeth and continue. In any case, she would never admit that the rabbit mecha was her. As for what Zilong and the others thought, that was not something she could decide.
Zilong and the others could not wait to meet up with Ling Lan. Ling Lan remembered that she was already a low-level mecha and had a record in Suncreed City, so she could teleport there. Thus, she suggested that they meet up there.
Unexpectedly, this suggestion caused the others to howl. Zilong even laughed heartily and said, "I knew it … besides Boss, who else could it be?" Zilong had glossed over the first half of the sentence, but Ling Lan did not need to think to know that Zilong was definitely talking about the rabbit mecha.
"What? Is there something wrong with Suncreed City? "asked Ling Lan curiously.
"It's like this. Suncreed City is the capital of the strong. Only mecha operators who have cleared the Suncreed pathway in the various novice towns have the right to enter Suncreed City …" explained Han Jijun, "Every novice town has four pathways, each leading to a different city. Among them, three of the pathways are relatively easy — as long as you follow them step by step, you will be able to enter the major cities. However, the other pathway in the novice towns all leads to Suncreed City. Suncreed City is very unique in the mecha world. Only the strong who have cleared the pathway in the novice towns can enter it. Meanwhile, those who have entered other cities through other pathways have no way of entering Suncreed City through other cities. "
"Thus, mecha operators who can enter Suncreed City are all the cream of the crop. Suncreed City is also the mecha holy land in the hearts of all mecha operators. Not only are there many missions, there are also all sorts of weapons and equipment available. It is also the holy land for all occupations to advance to special-class. Just like us mecha operators, if we want to advance from advanced mecha warrior to special-class operator, we must go to Suncreed City for an assessment."
"I see, but that pathway to Suncreed City isn't that difficult. As long as you learn how to operate mecha well, you should be able to get through," said Ling Lan disapprovingly.
"How can it be that easy? Even advanced mecha operators may not be able to get through. Back then, we had to wipe out three times on that pathway before we were able to get through by sheer luck," said Zilong with a face full of lingering fear. It was clear how difficult that pathway to Suncreed City was.
"Even if the pathway to Suncreed City is a little difficult and you can't get through on your own, you can just ask an expert for help. Wouldn't that be enough?" Ling Lan did not believe that the people of Suncreed City had really fought their way through on their own. For example, hadn't [No Mecha Unrepaired] been escorted over by her?
"Which expert would be willing to bring along a burden when clearing a pathway? You should know that the more people there are, the more savage beasts there will be, and their strength will increase as well. Besides, only those who have not cleared the pathway to Suncreed City can do so. People like us who have already cleared it have no way of entering the pathway. "
Han Jijun spoke of the restrictions on the pathway to Suncreed City. This was also the reason why the average life player could not enter Suncreed City. Unless they joined an organisation or clan or something, they would be able to arrange for some extremely talented life players to be brought into Suncreed City to develop.
At this point, Ling Lan could not help but grumble internally. If she had known that Suncreed City would be so difficult to fight, she would not have been so embarrassed when she had accepted [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s Regretless weapon.
Very soon, the six of them met up in Suncreed City. Seeing the five silvery-blue humanoid mecha with graceful figures before her, Ling Lan looked down at her own dull and bloated body, and instantly had a bad feeling … this scene was definitely like an ugly duckling running into a flock of swans.
This scene indeed caused some of the surrounding advanced mecha operators and special-class mecha operators to raise their eyebrows. However, they guessed that this low-level mecha was very likely to have been brought into Suncreed City by these advanced mecha operators. This made them envious of this low-level mecha's luck, just like that intermediate mecha from a few days ago.
"I've been focused on Mecha World these past few days. Has anything happened outside?" Ling Lan had just met up with Zilong and the others, and this was the first thing she asked. For some reason, she felt uneasy in her heart, as if something was about to happen.
"Indeed, the situation outside has been a little off these past few days." In contrast to the carefree Zilong, the attentive Han Jijun had indeed noticed something amiss.
"What's going on?" asked Ling Lan with a frown.
"According to Wu Jiong, someone bullied our newbie regiment yesterday. Li Yingjie naturally couldn't stand idly by, so he led his men to fight back. However, when that person left, he warned Li Yingjie to be careful, his attitude extremely arrogant. At that time, I suspected that he might be someone from some faction," said Han Jijun.
"Probing? Or perhaps a provocation? Did you find out which faction the other belonged to? "Ling Lan's expression turned serious.
"Later on, Wu Jiong found out that it seems to be related to the Leiting Mecha Clan. That person is a follower of someone in the Leiting Mecha Clan. Right now, we don't know if this is Leiting's idea or if that person is acting on his own." At this point, Han Jijun's brow was also furrowed slightly. They had yet to gain a firm foothold in the military academy, and they were already pitted against the school's number one faction, the Leiting Mecha Clan. This was undoubtedly extremely disadvantageous for them.
"Leiting? Thunder King? " Ling Lan recalled [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s words, and sighed, "Even if this isn't Leiting's idea, they still won't let go of this opportunity. I'm afraid that this time, the Thunder King will make his move." Killing the chicken to warn the monkey — their new cadet regiment was really too suited to be this chicken.
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