After replenishing their supplies, the Coxcomb finally left Windstar. Coxcomb did not stand out too much among the starships that were taking off and landing. Zika class starships might be large, but none of the aid agencies were in need of money. Large starships were not as common as mechs on the streets, but they were not rare either.
This was exactly what Ye Chong wanted. He never thought that being ignored by others was a bad thing. On the other hand, Shang preferred to do things that were more eye-catching.
The Coxcomb flew steadily and left the Windstar.
In the vast space, Coxcomb was like a silent whale, gliding through the void.
Ye Chong was overjoyed. Interstellar travel was a long process, and the journey from Windstar to Rainbow was too long. Even though Ye Chong had the Coxcomb, it would still take him a long time.
The long journey was unbearable. But to Ye Chong, it was no different than any other day. After the grand warship modification project, Ye Chong had gotten used to the equipment in the Metal Lab. Since he still needed a mech to hide his identity, Ye Chong decided to build his own mech. After all, the equipment and materials here were more than enough to build a mech.
Since it was to hide his identity, the mech would not be too good. Ye Chong grabbed a few things from the various models of mechs. The final design was rather weird, with colorful stripes all over the mech, like a clown. But it was the best way to hide his identity. These parts could be bought from the market, so people would not be suspicious.
The design of the mech looked complicated and nondescript, but upon closer inspection, one would notice that the mech's key parts had been optimized, and the parts that looked like they were pieced together were not essential.
Ye Chong named the mech as Puppet, which was a name that Shang would make fun of for a long time. Ye Chong himself felt that the name was quite appropriate. The parts of Puppet looked like common mech parts in the market, but it was a real product of the lab.
Ye Chong was having a lot of fun. He found the metal lab to be very useful. All he had to do was set up the holographic image of each part on the optical computer, set the size, and then add in the materials he was going to use to make the part. He didn't even have to worry about it, and the part would be ready almost immediately. This surprised Ye Chong. This meant that his idea could soon be realized. There were a lot of alloy materials on the ship, and Ye Chong was so excited that he made all kinds of accessories. The mech and the puppets were the final combination Ye Chong had decided on.
The colorful puppet looked like a clown, but Ye Chong did not mind. However, if someone looked down on puppets because of this, then that person would be gravely mistaken. To increase the puppet's close-range combat ability, Ye Chong installed miniature engines on all the joints of the puppet. However, there were still many shooting chambers on the puppet's body. Of course, these were only used to fool others. If Ye Chong wanted to rely on shooting to save his life, who knew how long that would take?
The puppet held two parrying spears in its hands. Coupled with its petite body, it gave off an indescribably eerie feeling, giving off a rather ghostly aura. These two parrying spears were Ye Chong's real lethal weapons. With his current combat skills, as long as he did not encounter the Three Sides, the two parrying spears would be enough to save his life. Besides, the puppet was only for show. If his life was in danger, Ye Chong would not hesitate to use Han Jia or Guardian.
Ye Chong melted down the extra parts, made them into alloy ingots, and threw them back into the warehouse. This was an obvious advantage of metals. Of course, not all metals were worth recycling. For example, the scrap metals on Trash Planet were discarded due to the high cost of recycling. However, this was not something bone materials could compare with.
From this, one could see the difference between bone materials and metal materials. Metal materials had a wider range of applications, but bone materials had unique characteristics that metal materials could not compare with. Making a single bone part required a lot of procedures, more than anyone could imagine. This meant that full-skeleton mechs could not be widely used.
However, if the metallurgy experts saw that Ye Chong only used such an advanced laboratory to make mech parts, they would probably go crazy. No matter which metallurgy research institute he was in, these instruments would be among the most advanced.
Ye Chong's understanding of mechs had deepened after this ordeal. Whatever ideas he had in mind, he could use the metallurgy laboratory to verify whether his ideas were correct or not. No other mech modder had Ye Chong's conditions. After all, the raw materials here were free for him to use, and the materials could be melted down, so the wastage would be minimal.
Ye Chong was immersed in it. He worked like a scientist all day. Every day was spent in these three laboratories. His interest in alchemy grew. As his studies progressed, Ye Chong began to learn the chip's alchemy attack methods. Alchemists often ventured into forests and wilderness, and would naturally need some means of self-defense. Ye Chong could still remember Lunatic Guan's final trick against him.
No matter what discipline it was, Ye Chong seemed to be able to learn as soon as he encountered a similar attack method. In this aspect, Ye Chong was like a natural-born warrior.
With the alchemy laboratory, Ye Chong could do some alchemy experiments. It was a pity that some of the rare plants could not be bought in the market, and Ye Chong had to pick them himself. Besides, Lunatic Guan's alchemy system was very different from the current academic system, and this was evident in the raw materials. Some of the materials were not precious, but Ye Chong had to handle them in a special way, which was to be prepared by the alchemist himself.
Fortunately, Ye Chong was gradually becoming interested in this discipline, and did not find it troublesome. Besides, compared to making bone parts, these steps were really easy.
"Ye!" Mu interrupted Ye Chong's experiment through the comms.
"Mu, what's wrong?" Ye Chong lifted his face and asked plainly. He understood that Mu would not interrupt him if there was nothing wrong.
Ye Chong, who had been through so much, had a calm and steady temperament, and would not panic under any circumstances.
Mu spoke calmly, "We just received a distress signal. Someone was attacked by pirates. The location of the signal happened to be on our route. " In order to reach Windstar as soon as possible, Mu had planned a direct route. With Coxcomb's strength, he was not afraid of pirates.
"Oh," Ye Chong pondered.
"And they are already within the radius of our holographic scanning. This is the holographic image from the holographic scanning," Mu added, and a holographic image popped up on the photon processor in front of Ye Chong.
Two mechs were struggling to hold on, with a few engineering mechs behind them. With Ye Chong's experience, he could easily tell that these two mech pilots were the best of the best in the Five Galaxies.
The number of pirates was less than Ye Chong expected, only 15 mechs. Compared to the overwhelming number of pirates Ye Chong encountered last time, this was just child's play.
These 15 mechs were obviously veterans, and knew that the two mechs were strong, so they did not fight them head-on. Instead, they circled around them like a pack of cunning wolves. The two mechs knew the intention of the pirates, but they had to keep firing their laser beams to keep the pirates away. Both sides were in a stalemate. One side was helpless, while the other side was calm, waiting for the pirates to run out of energy, and then they would reap the fruits of victory.
As the Coxcomb got closer, both parties noticed the sudden change.
The pirates were alarmed. They knew that a starship of this size was not something anyone could own. There would be at least a hundred and fifty guards on board. They would not even be enough to fill the gaps between the ship's teeth. Without any orders, the pirates began to attack in a frenzy. As long as they could capture these few people before the mech pilots arrived, it would be a joke for the turtle-crawling starship to catch up with them.
The speed of a starship was really slow compared to a mech. For example, Coxcomb could only reach Mach 3. Compared to the mechs that could reach Mach 5 or Mach 6, it was like a turtle crawling. The Guardian could reach Mach 10 in a short sprint, and Han Jia could reach Mach 9.
The two mechs were in a tense situation. If it was not for the fact that the opponent did not want to destroy the loot, the two mechs would have been a pile of scrap metal.
"Huh?" Mu seemed to have noticed something.
"What's wrong?" Ye Chong quickly asked. Once Mu let out such an exclamation, it meant that he had made a shocking discovery.
"Ye, save them first, they have something good with them!" The excitement in Mu's voice made Ye Chong understand immediately that it must be something really good. Something that could make Mu so excited must be rare.
"Mhm," Ye Chong replied and did not ask further. He immediately deployed Puppet and hopped into the pilot cabin. The interior of the starship was spacious enough for a mech pilot to move around. Of course, the mech pilot must be very skilled in piloting a mech.
Qin Zuo and the mech pilot who were still struggling did not dare to be distracted. It was already their limit to make it this far. If they were distracted, the balance would be broken. He heard from his comrade that a Zika class starship was flying towards them. He was overjoyed. But why did they not send reinforcements?
Qin Zuo groaned inwardly. If they did not send reinforcements soon, he and Han Ben would not be able to hold on for much longer. If it was only him and Han Ben, he was confident that they could break out of the encirclement. However, there were still three non-combatants behind them. They could only defend with their lives.
Suddenly, Qin Zuo felt the pressure lightening. He relaxed a little. He knew that the opponent must have sent reinforcements.
There were only 10 mechs left. He and Han Ben each took on 5 mechs. The pressure was much lighter than before. When he looked at the holographic screen on the photon processor, he felt anxious again.
He did not expect that only one mech from the Zika class starship would come out of the spaceship!
Qin Zuo felt a little dizzy. What good would one mech do? Wouldn't that be suicidal? The pirates before him were much stronger than he expected. As a teacher in the mech pilot faculty of the Alliance Academy, one of the top mech pilots in the Five Galaxies, he was qualified to evaluate these people. While they did not undergo systematic mech pilot training, he could see that they were experienced in battle. They worked well together, and were difficult to deal with.
Even he himself might not be able to win against five mechs at once.
Ye Chong watched as the five mechs approached him, his expression calm. While the Puppets had never been in combat, Ye Chong was not afraid.
The 5 mechs fanned out towards Ye Chong. In the eyes of the five of them, the colorful mech flying towards them was like a clown. The light mech was like a young girl that could not be trampled on! The 5 of them were even discussing in the team channel how to dismember the clown, to show off their strength to the people in the starship.
Just when everyone was wondering why the starship would only send one person out, the situation suddenly changed!
Just when the clown was about to enter the attack range of the 5 mechs, the 5 of them looked on in surprise as the clown mech suddenly accelerated! The clown mech's speed made everyone's heart skip a beat.
So fast!
The sudden change caught the 5 of them off guard. Fortunately, they were experienced in battle, and did not panic. The mechs fired their guns at the clown mech. This was a common tactic. The 5 mechs fired at full power, covering a wide area. The laser beams were not all aimed at the clown mech, some of them were aimed at the gaps around the clown mech. They were very familiar with this tactic. After so many years, they had lost count of the number of famous experts who had died under this tactic.
They could imagine how the thin armor of the clown mech would be pierced by the laser beams, and then explode into pieces with a loud boom! The thin armor had no shields, and they could not even see the clown mech's weapons. The barehanded clown mech was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
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