Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr After receiving news of Little Four's coordinates, the Lingtian members changed their initial caution and began to move. This caused the cadets who had chosen the Receiver's perspective and God's perspective to exclaim in surprise.
"Who would have thought that the Lingtian mecha would actually move first." The freshmen and second-years who had just entered the military academy were extremely excited by Lingtian's initiative. Compared to the Leiting Mecha Clan, the first and second-years were even more excited about the Lingtian Mecha Clan, which had been transformed from the New Cadet Regiment. The deeds of the New Cadet Regiment had greatly motivated these new cadets — it turned out that the new cadets could also fight back and succeed under the pressure of the older cadets.
Compared to those first and second-years who were still unable to control their emotions, the third, fourth, and fifth years were shaking their heads silently. They all felt that the Lingtian members were still a little too inexperienced, actually moving blindly before they had even grasped the true situation.
The cadets who had chosen the God's perspective knew very well that there were one or two Leiting members around the Lingtian members. If they accidentally entered their radar range, it was very likely that they would be caught off guard and attacked by the other. This kind of situation was extremely disadvantageous for the Lingtian members.
However, the subsequent actions of the Lingtian members stunned the older cadets, because they found that the two to three Lingtian mecha closest to each other actually all moved in the same direction. Of course, those who could see this were those who had chosen the God's perspective. They used their long-range observation to analyse the situation and knew that as long as these people did not change direction, they would eventually meet up...
Of course, because there would be Leiting mecha near the rendezvous point, Lingtian might encounter these mecha just as they were about to rendezvous with their teammates. After all, no one could say for sure whether or not the Leiting people would accidentally wander to their point.
"D * mmit, is Lingtian cheating?" Seeing this scene, everyone cried out in surprise. They could not understand — if they were not cheating, how could the Lingtian Mecha Clan members move towards the same target so accurately, with two or three mecha moving at the same time?
The cadets who had doubts about this all voiced their doubts to the mainframe, and the mainframe very quickly gave them an answer. It turned out that the Lingtian Mecha Battle Team possessed a powerful piece of equipment. This equipment could find the exact coordinates of a member and display the exact coordinates of the member to all members. This was also why the Lingtian Mecha Battle Team could react so quickly and move towards the same target.
Of course, this answer was given to the mainframe by Little Four. After all, this was an open tournament, and some things had to be properly explained. Fortunately, Chang Xinyuan had modified Ling Lan's mecha beforehand, so Little Four had used his own simulation methods to add a piece of the legendary heaven-defying equipment of Mecha World to the modified mecha — a member locator that only powerful teams of stars and above were qualified to be equipped with.
"F * ck, the Lingtian Mecha Clan is well prepared for this battle." Regarding this equipment, many veterans of the Mecha World had heard of it. It was a legendary battle equipment that only super powerful teams of stars and above were qualified to equip. It was said that it was extremely difficult to obtain it. Not only did the missions required to be completed were extremely complicated, it was also impossible to complete these missions without a certain level of strength.
Who would have thought that the newly established Lingtian Mecha Clan would be so lucky to possess such a heaven-defying treasure? The senior cadets did not think that Lingtian had the qualifications to obtain this equipment through missions. It was very likely that they had chosen the lottery mode when completing some mission, and had obtained it through sheer luck.
After completing a mission in Mecha World, there were all sorts of strange ways to choose the rewards. It was not as though some extremely lucky people had obtained some legendary equipment or weapons. Thus, the cadets did not suspect anything, only envious of Lingtian's good luck.
It looked like this match would not be as one-sided as they had imagined! Right then, the spectators all changed their initial thoughts in unison. This change made those senior cadets who had initially been forced to come and watch the match but had been disinterested in it begin to grow excited. They liked watching this kind of suspenseful match, not those boring matches where the outcome was already known before the match had even begun.
Very soon, the silence was broken by a portion of the spectating cadets. They actually could not help but cry out in surprise. It turned out that the Lingtian Battle Team's Number 7 mecha, who had been heading towards their destination, had actually been very unlucky to run into a Leiting Mecha Number 9 that had unexpectedly appeared in his path. However, as the distance between the two was less than 3000 metres (the maximum search range of an advanced mecha's radar was 3000 metres), the other was unaware of the other.
However, the spectators were quickly informed by the mainframe that in just a few seconds, the distance between the two would shrink to break through the 3000 metre boundary. At that time, they would definitely discover each other.
"Looks like an exciting first battle is about to begin," thought the spectators who had chosen to watch the omniscient view of these two mecha as they clenched their fists in excitement.
Sure enough, several seconds later, almost simultaneously, both mecha received an alert from their own mecha's radar. 3000 metres ahead, an unknown mecha had appeared.
The two of them simultaneously chose to zoom in on their mecha's screen. When they saw the glow of different factions on the other's mecha, they knew that the other was an enemy and not a friend.
Lingtian Number 7 did not slow down. In the midst of his rapid movements, he operated his mecha to pull both hands behind his back, his left hand holding a beam gun while his right hand gripped a beam saber tightly, preparing for battle. Similarly, on the other side, Leiting Mecha Number 9, who had discovered the enemy, also prepared for battle. Other than one standing still while the other moving at high speed, his battle preparations were almost identical to the Lingtian mecha's.
"Who would have thought that the members of the Lingtian Mecha Clan would also react so quickly." From encountering the unknown mecha to determining whether it was friend or foe, the reaction times of the two were almost identical. This caused the spectating cadets to gasp in amazement once more — who would have thought that these Lingtian members who were still new to the clan would react so well?
In one of the VIP rooms within the military academy, Tang Yu's eyes flashed when he saw this scene. He could not help but turn on the communicator in his hand and begin searching for information on this Lingtian Mecha Number 7.
In contrast to the students who mistakenly thought that the reactions of the two were about the same, Tang Yu, as an instructor, could see very clearly that while moving at high speed, not only was the other's speed equal to the stationary Leiting, his movements were also clean and tidy, without the slightest bit of sloppiness. Without a doubt, this Lingtian Number 7's control ability was definitely a cut above that of that Leiting mecha operator. For a freshman to be able to execute even more perfect and swift movements than a senior, this Lingtian Number 7's control talent was definitely at the level of a prodigy. Tang Yu could not help but feel excited at the prospect.
"Lingtian Number 7, Name: Lin Zhong-qing, Composition: Free Civilian, Age: 17, Physical Skills: Advanced Refinement, Mecha Piloting Level: Advanced, Intermediate to Advanced, Result: Excellent!" Actually, the information that could be found using this simple search method was not much. For truly detailed information, one would need to obtain permission to go to the top-secret files of the military academy to look through them.
However, for Tang Yu, this information was already enough. He could not help but say excitedly, "Who would have thought that the Lingtian Mecha Clan would still have such an excellent member other than those five people?" To be able to advance to Advanced at the age of 17, and to have his results judged as excellent by the mainframe of Mecha World, this proved that the other's basic controls were extremely solid, which would definitely be beneficial for his future development. What he was particularly surprised about was that the other's composition was that of a free civilian. The mecha piloting talent of a normal civilian would not be so good — it looked like this was a genetic mutation.
This made Tang Yu think of himself. Although he was not a civilian and was a citizen one level higher than a commoner, the fact that he could become an elite ace was also the result of a genetic mutation. He had an impulse to take Lin Zhong-qing in and see if Lin Zhong-qing could become an ace operator like him in the future, or even surpass him.
"You're willing to give up on one of those five people?" asked the principal beside him.
Hearing this, Tang Yu smiled wryly and could not help but sigh. Although he was very tempted, he could not give up on those five people he had chosen from the start. Those five children who were about to become his students had mecha piloting talent that was no worse than this Lin Zhong-qing's, perhaps even slightly better. "There are too many prodigies with mecha piloting talent in this year's cohort. I wonder which mecha instructor he chose?"
Tang Yu believed that such an excellent prodigy would definitely be from the mecha piloting specialization. Only the mecha piloting specialization would allow a student to choose a mecha instructor at the beginning of their second year. The other specializations would have to wait until the second half of the semester before they could begin learning mecha piloting. Moreover, it was only an elective — the mecha instructors would not place much importance on these students.
Intrigued, Tang Yu keyed in the search for Lin Zhong-qing's mecha instructor on his communicator, but unexpectedly, a 'unable to search' answer appeared. This greatly surprised him, because he knew that all the students of the mecha piloting specialization had already been decided by the instructors. Initially, he had wanted to know which instructor was guiding Lin Zhong-qing so that he could remind that instructor to properly groom the other. After all, even he was tempted by such a prodigy — he did not want to ruin such a talented child because of an instructor's negligence.
"How is that possible?" Tang Yu could not help but question this answer. The principal suddenly thought of something and reminded him, "You should first check what specialization the other is in."
The principal's reminder stunned Tang Yu. He began to search for Lin Zhong-qing's specialization, and very soon, the answer came out. This answer stunned Tang Yu, and he stared in disbelief at those four large words — Mecha Logistics! This was a specialization that everyone thought only trash would study. In the First Men's Military Academy, it was definitely considered a trashy specialization.
Seeing Tang Yu's stunned expression, the principal was instantly curious. He poked his head out to take a look, and then he too was dumbfounded. Such a prodigy with mecha piloting talent was actually studying Mecha Logistics — this couldn't be fake, right?! Even the usually calm principal could not keep his composure.
"I think that the way our First Men's Military Academy selects specializations is very flawed. Principal, you should resolve this matter properly," said Tang Yu, raising his head, his expression stern.
It should be known that for Mecha Logistics, whether it was the results of the application or the student's physical constitution, the requirements were all very low. Perhaps this Lin Zhong-qing had been assigned to Mecha Logistics by the academy's mainframe due to his results. (Because Mecha Logistics was too terrible, almost no one was willing to voluntarily choose it, so the academy's mainframe had no choice but to forcefully assign students based on their results.)
Meanwhile, the Mecha Logistics specialization also had very low requirements for mecha piloting — as long as you passed, you would be fine. All the mecha instructors were completely perfunctory in their guidance towards the students of the Mecha Logistics specialization, not caring at all. It could be predicted that if Lin Zhong-qing continued to stay in Mecha Logistics, his mecha piloting talent would definitely be ruined — this was something he would never allow.
The principal nodded at Tang Yu's words. He too felt deeply pained that such a prodigy in mecha piloting had mistakenly entered Mecha Logistics. "When this match is over, we will ask the other party. If the other party agrees, we can make an exception and let him transfer to the Mecha Piloting specialization …" Since the upper echelons of the military academy had collectively asked him to make an exception and use his authority as the principal to make this mecha battle an open competition, then if he used his authority as the principal to let a student transfer to a better specialization, those people should have no reason to object.
"If possible, I would like to ask the principal to open the back door. I want an extra student slot." Tang Yu was very satisfied with the principal's decision, and at the same time, he pleaded earnestly with the principal.
The principal smiled wryly and said, "Even you can't bear to let such a prodigy be covered in dust, not hesitating to break the rules. How can I refuse your request?"
With the principal's promise, Tang Yu finally set aside the worries in his heart and turned his attention back to the battle between Lingtian No.7 and Leiting No.9.
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