Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr Looking at the confident and calm Qin Yi, who did not seem to care about the final battle with Leiting three days later... this student who was not a student of the Lingtian Mecha Clan suddenly had a desire to join the Lingtian Mecha Clan. Although everyone thought that the Lingtian Mecha Clan would lose without a doubt, becoming the joke of the shortest established mecha clan in the history of the military academy, looking at the composed expressions of these members of the Lingtian Mecha Clan, he felt that perhaps the outcome was not as bad as everyone thought.
However, this was just a momentary impulse. He quickly calmed down, smiled at Qin Yi, and returned to his seat. Still, he made a choice in his heart. If the Lingtian Mecha Clan could really survive Leiting's attack this time, he would definitely join the Lingtian Mecha Clan without hesitation. Even if Leiting would suppress him even more in the future, he would still advance with the Lingtian Mecha Clan.
Ling Lan, who had led Chang Xinyuan out of the classroom, did not know what had happened after she left, nor did she know that someone would want to join the Lingtian Mecha Clan because of this.
Right then, Ling Lan and the others were rushing to the large canteen to prepare for lunch, and also to find out why Chang Xinyuan had suddenly sought her out.
The large canteen had a communal canteen, as well as private rooms for the capable students. For the convenience of communication, Ling Lan naturally chose a private room. When everyone had just sat down, the other members of the team had also arrived one after another. It turned out that on the way here, Luo Lang had already informed the team members to hurry over for a meal.
Of course, Luo Lang was working so hard because he needed to inform Lin Zhong-qing. As the head of the logistics department of the Lingtian Battle Clan, he was in charge of all the honour points of their team. If they wanted to have a good meal, how could they do without Lin Zhong-qing?
In less than five minutes, everyone had arrived. Li Lanfeng, Li Shiyu, and Zhao Jun were the fastest to arrive. As fifth-year students, they did not have many classes to begin with; they had only been in the dormitory preparing some materials for the military academy application.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, after asking what they wanted to eat, Lin Zhong-qing dragged Xie Yi and Luo Lang out to order. There were no waiters in the private rooms of the military academy. Whatever the students wanted to eat, they had to order and get it themselves.
Fortunately, there was tea provided in the private room. Li Lanfeng did not dare to put on airs as a fifth-year senior. He stood up politely and poured tea for the others. For the sake of the rabbit, he had to please the rabbit's team members...
Chang Xinyuan picked up his teacup and took a sip. After calming himself down, he said to Ling Lan, "Boss Lan, do you still remember that ace mecha you gave me half a year ago?"
Ling Lan, who had just picked up the teacup, suddenly paused. She nodded in realization.
One day half a year ago, not long after Ling Lan had advanced to ace operator, Chang Xinyuan had suddenly contacted Ling Lan, telling her that he was currently researching the composition of an ace mecha. Although he had already grasped the theory, without a physical mecha for him to disassemble and analyse, there were some parts he could not understand. Hearing this, Ling Lan did not hesitate to lend the ace mecha she had been rewarded by the mainframe for successfully advancing to ace operator to Chang Xinyuan for his research.
Ling Lan knew very well that only by combining theory with practice could one truly grasp the knowledge one had learned. Meanwhile, Chang Xinyuan, who had been stuck at the peak of intermediate mecha, had no chance of obtaining an ace mecha with his own strength.
The conditions for exchanging for an ace mecha were very stringent — one had to be at the same level to have the right to exchange. Often, mecha mechanics were extremely poor at operating mecha, unable to rely on their own efforts to obtain the mecha they needed. This was also one of the reasons why mecha mechanics wanted to join a strong battle clan. If they wanted to progress further, without a battle clan to help them obtain mecha of a higher level, their modification skills could only stagnate.
Of course, the reason why Ling Lan was so generous in lending Chang Xinyuan her mecha was because she was confident. The high points she had earned from challenging those of a higher level would be enough for her to exchange for a new ace mecha. Even if Chang Xinyuan was unable to piece that mecha back together after taking it apart, it would not affect her future plans.
Just like that, that ace mecha was loaned out for over half a year. It had been so long that Ling Lan had already forgotten about it. Now that Chang Xinyuan had brought it up again, she was reminded of it. Ling Lan quickly asked, "You've already fully grasped the internal composition of an ace mecha?"
Chang Xinyuan nodded solemnly and said excitedly, "Yes, that mecha has been with me every day. If I still don't fully grasp it, I would be letting it down." At this point, Chang Xinyuan once again sighed with emotion at how lucky he was to have met such a good leader like Ling Lan. Just think about it, which battle clan's leader would be so generous as to directly give an ace mecha to a logistics mechanic for research? Just being able to let you take a few glances at it was already very good.
"Actually, I was more or less done with my research three months ago. In these three months, I've been researching how to make the necessary modifications to an ace mecha..." Chang Xinyuan set aside his inner sigh and continued to speak.
These words caused the other members who had been sipping tea to be stunned, especially Zilong — he could not help but spit out the tea he had not swallowed...
Han Jijun glared fiercely at Zilong. Sitting opposite Zilong, his face was unfortunately washed directly by the tea...
Zilong quickly put down his teacup and casually pulled out a tissue from the table. He handed it over with an apologetic smile, his mouth repeatedly saying sorry. There was no other way. At this time, he could only put on a humble front and beg his best friend for forgiveness.
Li Lanfeng, who had been pouring tea, heard Chang Xinyuan's words and quickly put down the teapot. He sat down beside Chang Xinyuan and asked in surprise, "Is that true? I've never heard of an ace mecha being able to be modified. Aren't mecha mechanics only able to modify mecha below special-class? "
Chang Xinyuan had always been a gentle and reserved person, but when it came to professional matters, he was extremely serious. Li Lanfeng's words were obviously filled with doubt, and this made him feel insulted. His expression darkened and he retorted, "Says who? In theory, as long as a mechanic's modification skills continue to evolve, it's not impossible to modify even god-class mecha. "
"But the Federation has never seen an ace mecha modified before." Faced with Chang Xinyuan's anger, Li Lanfeng acted very innocently. This was because what he said was the truth. Partial modifications could still be seen on special-class mecha, but above ace mecha, there had always been the Federation's unified five main types of mecha. At most, there would only be changes in colour and hanging weapons...
"Actually, at the level of ace mecha, mecha are indeed very difficult to modify. After countless generations of research and testing by the Federation, these mecha are already close to perfection. Any immature modifications would instead reduce the mecha's performance, and the losses would outweigh the gains." Li Lanfeng's innocent expression and extremely realistic words made Chang Xinyuan quickly calm down.
"But in Mecha World, there are limitless possibilities. Some materials and weapons we would never have thought of will appear in Mecha World. This also allows mechanics to break through the boundaries of reality and carry out modifications of higher levels of mecha." Chang Xinyuan finally revealed the reason why he could modify ace mecha.
It should be said that Chang Xinyuan's luck had been really good recently. He had completed a triple-S modification mission and received a generous reward from the mainframe. These were materials that only existed in legends in the real world and were extremely valuable. It was because of these materials that he had fulfilled all the requirements for modifying ace mecha.
Chang Xinyuan's words made everyone fall into deep thought. Indeed, Mecha World was a virtual world. Just like mecha piloting, many extremely difficult flying maneuvers that were likely to crash in the real world could be done with a certain degree of success in Mecha World. Because there was no need to fear sacrifice, all mecha operators dared to try. Even if they failed, they would at most lose a large number of points and just have to start over. It was also because of the existence of Mecha World that mecha piloting in the real world became more diversified. Many mecha maneuvers that had been researched by mecha operators to ensure a certain success rate gradually appeared in the real world...
Since such breakthroughs existed in mecha piloting, then the other specializations would naturally have such characteristics as well. Sitting to one side, Li Shiyu began to ponder. Perhaps he should move his research on medicine to Mecha World. The various mystical medicines in Mecha World might help him find a cure for his eldest cousin brother's physical problems faster...
At that moment, Han Jijun finally wiped away the tea that Zilong had spat out. Only then did he have the heart to ask a question that had been hanging in his mind all this while, "But why is it that in Mecha World, I've never seen any ace mecha modified before?"
This question received everyone's agreement, because whether it was in the real world or the virtual world, they had indeed never seen an ace mecha modified before.
Chang Xinyuan was dumbfounded by this question. He had also never seen ace mecha modified before in the virtual world. Could it be that those mecha engineers had not discovered that ace mecha could actually be modified?
"Could it be because of a fixed mindset? No, no..." Chang Xinyuan shook his head vehemently. As an excellent mecha engineer, he would never allow himself to set restrictions on himself. A mecha engineer's thoughts must be free — this was the belief that mecha engineers persisted in. Then, how could so many mecha engineers, as well as those research and manufacturing masters of higher levels, not have discovered this point? Right then, Chang Xinyuan suddenly thought of the outer appearance of the ace mecha he had modified. In a flash of inspiration, he had thought of...
"Could it be that those modified mecha we saw in Mecha World, subconsciously, we all thought that they should not be ace mecha, but mecha of other levels?" asked Chang Xinyuan excitedly.
Chang Xinyuan's words were like a bolt of lightning, blasting away the restricted mindset of everyone present. Yes, modified ace mecha would definitely look different from the original ace mecha. At first glance, without even trying to understand them, they had immediately assumed those mecha to be special-class mecha, or even mecha of a lower level...
Everyone was stunned by this possibility. Ling Lan had noticed the change in Chang Xinyuan's expression just now, and a thought struck her. She asked, "Chang Xinyuan, did you succeed in modifying your ace mecha?"
Ling Lan's calm demeanor, as if she knew everything, completely stunned Chang Xinyuan. He asked in surprise, "Boss Lan, how did you know?"
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