Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr In Mecha World, for every ten major cities, there would be a sky city connected to these ten major cities. As the name suggested, a sky city existed in the sky. However, a sky city was not a city for people to live in, but a spaceport.
Every day, large numbers of spaceships, warships, and transport carriers would set off or dock from here. Many lone wolves, adventure teams, and battle clans who needed to go to distant places for missions would need to enter the sky city to board a starship or a transport carrier. However, battle clans could freely choose to board a warship or civilian spaceship, while normal lone wolves and adventure teams could only board civilian spaceships.
This was also why battle clans were so popular in Mecha World. After all, in Mecha World, 70% of the ships were warships of the Federation military. Moreover, only warships could enter certain military-controlled areas. Civilian spaceships could not even get close. Oftentimes, the places with the greatest benefits were these places...
For example, the military camp of the Swift Dragon fleet at the Nebula Boundary that Ling Lan and the others wanted to go to was only allowed to enter by warships. This was also why they found it troublesome. Without the right to board a warship, they would never be able to get close to their destination with those civilian spaceships.
And today, Sky City, which was already very busy to begin with, was even busier now because the once-in-a-season planetary reclamation event was about to officially kick off. This was also the only chance for ordinary solo players and adventurer teams to board a warship.
Planetary reclamation was an official event organised by the Federation government. They would open up some newly discovered wild planets to the public, organising private individuals or groups to explore the planets. If they could find resources or newly discovered life forms that were of benefit to the Federation, the Federation would reward them with countless credits.
Many poor lone wolves or poorly managed adventure teams rose to prominence because of this event, becoming famous individuals or well-known adventure teams. Thus, planetary reclamation events became the preferred shortcut for all normal lone wolves and adventure teams to get rich and famous.
"They only see the glory of success, but cannot see the consequences of failure. Say, of these individuals or groups going to reclaim planets, how many of them will come back alive?" As the commander of the transport of these adventurers this time, he could not help but sigh as he watched the crowd of civilian adventurers operating their mecha to board the starship on the screen of his mainship.
"This is their own choice. Perhaps this failure has taught them what it means to act within their means," the adjutant beside the commander replied coldly. The adjutant looked down on these undisciplined adventurers. If it wasn't for his mission, he wouldn't be willing to come into contact with such trash.
"You, you really shouldn't have such thoughts. Haven't you heard of the old saying, 'talents come from among the people'?" The commander shook his head and laughed.
"That sentence has been eliminated a long time ago. With the current Federation's perfect system, the geniuses have long been discovered. Why would we let them wait until now?" Said the adjutant disdainfully. These trash who couldn't even build a battle clan would only become mediocre people. "I just don't understand. Why did we come to this virtual mecha world to do this mission? What a waste of our time. "
At his adjutant's question, the smile on the commander's face disappeared. His expression was grim as he said, "Because the Federation mainframe has urgently informed us that an abnormal situation has occurred at the Nebula Boundary of Mecha World. Although it tried its best to eliminate it, it failed, and it couldn't find the reason. "
The adjutant's expression changed. "Could it be that our Federation mainframe has been invaded by an enemy virus?"
The commander nodded solemnly. "It's very possible. This is also why we secretly entered Mecha World to take over these NPCs under the arrangements of the mainframe. You should know that once the Federation mainframe is successfully invaded by the virus, the order of the entire Federation will completely collapse. At that time, we will be like turtles with their shells peeled off, at the mercy of others."
"Can we do it with just the few of us?" The adjutant was somewhat fearful. After all, he was not a hacker proficient in this field, so he really had no confidence in the virtual world.
"Don't worry. We are not the only ones who have come in. There are also top-class hackers from the military. This time, the military has even sent out many top-class spectres..." A vicious glint flashed across the commander's face. "If you want to destroy our mainframe, don't even think about returning alive."
The adjutant could not help but clench his fists. As someone who was preparing to break through the barrier of ace operator and advance to imperial operator, this was undoubtedly an opportunity for him. He believed that if this was really an enemy attack, there would definitely be top-class operators protecting him. Perhaps this was why the military had sent him, a prodigy with the greatest hope of advancing to imperial operator, here.
"Ling Xiao, I will definitely become a legend that surpasses you!" Ambition flashed through the adjutant's eyes. That god-class operator General Ling Xiao who had broken records time and time again had trampled all these prodigies beneath his feet. No matter how outstanding they were, compared to his records, they were not even worth mentioning. However, all of this would become a thing of the past. As long as he succeeded in advancing this year, he would break Ling Xiao's record of being the youngest person to advance to imperial operator, becoming the Federation's record of being the youngest person to advance to imperial operator...
At this thought, the adjutant could not help but shudder in excitement. He must drag Ling Xiao down from his pedestal!
Ling Lan's team was also in the midst of the group of mecha registering to enter the starship. All around them were advanced mecha that had been modified, with quite a few of them even being powerful special-class mecha. Their team, in contrast, appeared to be extremely poor. Zilong's group of five, including Li Lanfeng and Ling Lan, were all using standard mecha from the Federation. Meanwhile, [No Mecha Unrepaired] and his team were using intermediate mecha, which were one level lower. Even though [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s intermediate mecha had clearly undergone some modification, no matter how good the modification was, it was nothing in front of an advanced mecha.
The difference in level between mecha was not something that could be made up with modification... of course, this was only referring to normal modifications. Mecha that had been modified by a master mechanic or above might not necessarily be so.
However, no one believed that a normal adventure team whose advanced mecha were all standard mecha would have a master-level mechanic willing to modify an intermediate mecha...
"Combat, it's our turn now." Ling Lan saw that it was finally their turn to register, and hurriedly reminded Zilong in the team commlink to go register. Her current mecha was an intermediate mecha, so she really was not suited to be the team leader.
"Got it, Boss!" Qi Long, who had been in a state of excitement all this while, finally went over to register under his boss's reminder. These arrangements had all been discussed beforehand — from the moment they had set off, Qi Long had been the leader on the surface.
While Zilong was registering, Han Jijun finally asked the question that had been bothering him, "Boss, why don't you let us help you exchange for an advanced mecha?"
A lower level mecha operator could of course operate a higher level mecha, but they would not be able to bring out the full potential of the mecha. They might not even be able to use the mecha for long periods of time, because the higher the level of the mecha, the higher the requirements on physical fitness and endurance. Someone had once tried to operate an advanced mecha as an intermediate mecha operator, but after 10 minutes, his physical strength had been completely depleted and he could no longer operate the mecha. This bloody truth made all the mecha operators dispel any thoughts of taking shortcuts, obediently learning to advance step by step.
However, Han Jijun and the others believed that with their boss's strength, even if he was operating above his level, he would still be able to operate an advanced mecha as if it were his own arm. Thinking back to Ling Lan's terrifying operation back then, after so many years, his strength could only be greater.
"Because this way, it's easier for me to move around — no one will pay attention to an intermediate mecha. Also, as far as I know, the boarding information must match the actual level, otherwise the mainframe will reject boarding. " Ling Lan explained calmly. She was embarrassed to say that she had a secret weapon, even though she did not want this secret weapon...
Han Jijun was just about to say something when he heard Zilong shout in the commlink, "Go, go, go ~" It turned out that he had already finished registering and was urging them to board the ship.
Seeing this, Ling Lan said, "Let's board the ship." That said, she immediately followed Zilong towards the boarding gate of the ship. Because these were all transport ships, after entering the boarding gate, they saw a large space. At this time, there were already quite a few mecha inside, walking into their own reserved seats in an orderly manner.
To ensure the stability of the mecha transport, the main cabin of the transport ship would all have such reserved reserved seats for the mecha. Once stuck, the mecha would not be able to move. Unless the transport ship actively released the reserved seats, the mecha could only rely on brute force to destroy them.
Ling Lan's team walked into their reserved seats in an orderly fashion, and then went off to rest. This so-called rest was just sleeping in their respective mecha cockpits. Once the ship left the spaceport, they would not be allowed to go offline unless they reached the next recording point.
Fortunately, the journey was not too long, only needing one night. Ling Lan and the others had already made preparations. Everyone had asked their instructors for a few days' leave, and their virtual login pods were also filled with stamina recovery fluid. This should be enough to last them until they found the next recording point.
This time, the destination of the planet reclamation activity organized by the Federation was precisely planet X192, which was not too far from the Nebula Boundary. Ling Lan needed this planet X192 to be their springboard, to give them a chance to enter the base of the Swift Dragon fleet at the Nebula Boundary.
At this time, they did not know that a group of people from the Federation military was also thinking the same thing.
The night passed in silence, and the fleet soon arrived at the Nebula Boundary, descending towards planet X192.
At the same time, the public commlink of Mecha World announced the relevant information on planet X192:
Planet X192, Gravity 29.7, Magnetic field strength 15e-18 Tesla, Temperature: 56, Normal wind level 12, Extreme wind level 19, Air elements: carbon dioxide 87%, hydrogen 3%, chlorine 8%, other 2%...
"F * ck, is there really life on this planet?" Hearing this information that was not at all suitable for human survival, Zilong asked his companions beside him as he adjusted the settings of his mecha to adapt to planet X192.
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