Li Feng, who was in the cockpit of the Purple Sea Mech, narrowed his eyes when he heard these two words. He knew who the pilot in the white mech in front of him was. Then, he fell silent.
Ever since he had found out that he was going to participate in the MX Mecha Battle Test, Li Feng had never bothered to find out who the Nutshell Mecha Pilot was. Even though he had killed his way from the foot of Mount Kaki all the way to the peak, he still did not pay too much attention to this unknown pilot. Even if an ace pilot from the Empire suddenly appeared in the white mech, he would not be so surprised. When it came to opponents, Madman Li would always just defeat them and step on them. Since that was the case, what difference did it make who the opponent was?
However, he would never have thought that the pilot in the white mech would actually be that skinny technical director. Li Feng did not know that Xu Le was now officially part of the Federal military. He thought that he was still a civilian second lieutenant. From his perspective, Xu Le had once displayed exceptionally strong close combat abilities in Linyuan. However, fighting was always different from operating a mech. How could the other party be so strong in a mech?
Li Feng's eyebrows furrowed. Through the distorted vision of his helmet, he looked at the quiet white mecha in front of him. The shock in his heart dissipated after a long time. He said coldly, "You really do surprise me."
"Since it's a bet between us, of course I have to defeat you personally. I don't think it's appropriate to let anyone else destroy the house sign of Philadelphia."
Xu Le listened to Li Feng's voice from the communicator and said coldly.
Waiting for him at the peak, revealing his identity, everything he did was just to provoke the other party. If things had gone according to the previous course of events, Xu Le knew that he was destined to be the loser of the mecha battle. If he wanted to infuriate Li Feng, who was absolutely calm in battle yet was able to display a crazed aura, other than that bet and the fact that he was in a mecha, he could not think of any other way.
Li Feng frowned. He looked at the white mech in his field of vision and suddenly said, "You really surprised me. But congratulations, you've successfully provoked my desire to kill you."
"That's my wish," Xu Le thought silently in his heart. Then, he heard Madman Li's cold voice from the communicator.
"I don't know why you brought the mech to the peak, but I can tell you this. Before coming to the base, I've already looked at the surface features of the polar regions of Old Moon. On this peak, you have no way out. On this point, I've taken advantage of you."
The successor of the Lees of Philadelphia had a special status in the Federal military. Before coming to Old Moon, naturally, there were military staff members who had drawn up the terrain features of the battleground for Madman Li. Xu Le heard Madman Li admit it himself and felt a little complicated. Although this young genius lieutenant colonel was violent and arrogant, in a direct battle, he did not lose his integrity.
Xu Le suddenly thought of his real intention of dragging the other into the overclocking battle. After a moment of silence, he stopped thinking about this problem and said, "Work hard. Actually, I'm only a few years older than you. I don't want to be your uncle."
After saying this sentence full of mockery, Xu Le took two deep breaths, opened a safety valve beside the control stick, and lightly pressed the start button.
Hearing the voice from the communicator, Madman Li's delicate features flashed with a trace of darkness. Xu Le's voice was very calm, but it was this calmness that made Madman Li feel a trace of humiliation. You want to tear down the Li family of Philadelphia? You want to humiliate me? You actually want to participate in the mecha battle personally … Xu Le's choice surprised him, but he also felt that it was a challenge. His delicate features gradually calmed down, but a cold murderous intent had already risen up like a burning fire. It followed his body and fingers, and transmitted to the heavy and huge Purple Sea mecha.
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The super-close encrypted conversation was not captured by satellites or electronic surveillance networks. Whether it was in the Old Moon base's viewing room or in the S1 capital's command hall, there was no third person who could hear the conversation between Xu Le and Madman Li.
The people watched the huge widescreen screen. On the screen, the Purple Sea mecha and the little white flower mecha stood at the peak of Kaqi Peak, at the border between light and shadow. No one dared to blink. They did not know what kind of surprise the two powerful pilots inside these two latest MX mecha would bring them in the next moment.
However, at this time, the people were only puzzled. After the Purple Sea mecha caught up to the peak, it did not immediately launch a wild attack like before. That little white flower mecha also did not escape in a wretched and delicate manner. The two mecha, each seven metres tall, just stood silently on the peak, like two divine statues overlooking the mortal world.
"What are they doing? Don't tell me they've run out of energy? "asked an official in the command hall with a frown.
The military bigwigs beside him ignored this official because they knew very well that the self-contained energy of the MX mecha was enough to support this new mecha for several hours of continuous battle. However, they did not mock this official, because looking at the two silent mecha on the screen, these military bigwigs also did not know what was going on. According to the battle style of the old War God, how could that brat Madman Li be so stupid as to pay attention to elegance in battle?
Director Lin Yuanhu, who had been sitting quietly on the stage, suddenly leaned forward and then sat up straight. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the two silent mecha on the screen. He could vaguely guess what was going to happen next. He was not worried at all because he believed in the performance of the Purple Sea mecha and Lieutenant Colonel Li Feng's absolute strength. However, why did he feel a chill in his chest? Could it be that as he got older, he could no longer withstand stimulation?
"What's going on?" On the left side of the command hall, the experts from the Nutshell Engineering Department stared blankly at the data and asked with some unease.
"Perhaps these two pilots sympathized with each other and could not help themselves?"
Shang Qiu said with a smile as she took a tissue from a staff member beside her and wiped the blue ink from the corner of her eyes. Seeing this scene, her heart finally relaxed a little. Although she did not know what had happened on the distant Kaqi Peak of the old moon, it was clear that neither Xu Le nor Madman Li were willing to wait any longer.
"What happened?"
The crowd in the command hall was all discussing what was happening on the screen, but this voice was especially panicked and loud. The First Military Academy's Mobility Department director on the stage stood up abruptly again. He was the first to notice the abnormal situation of the two mecha on the peak. He pointed at the screen and shouted loudly at the engineering staff below.
On the wide screen, although the temperature on the peak of Kaqi Peak was high, because of the weathered rocks and white light, it appeared incomparably cold and desolate.
The Little White Flower mecha and the Purple Sea mecha exhaled several extremely fine streams of air almost at the same time. Those milky white streams of air shot out quickly, just like the old-fashioned steam locomotives in museums, but also like two leaky old-fashioned boilers.
The people watching this scene could not hear the sound on the peak of Kaqi Peak, but they seemed to be able to hear the sizzling sound coming from beside their ears. That was the sound of the high-speed streams of air.
The fine white streams of air stopped as soon as they shot out. The two mecha on the peak still stood quietly, but then a metal component fell off from the white mecha's mechanical arm and smashed heavily into the weathered rocks on the peak, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Another object fell heavily, and the dust rose again. At the same time, the Purple Sea mecha not far away also began to shed its components. Those components also fell to the ground, shaking up the dust.
The dust filled the peak and gradually covered the figures of the two mecha. Then, it gradually calmed down, revealing their true appearance. It was still the two MX mecha, one purple and one white. Around the mechanical legs of the mecha were countless pieces of equipment of various sizes scattered.
It was like a reptile shedding its skin, or like a branch full of fruit, unwilling to bear the heavy weight anymore. The branch broke, and the fruit fell. These comparisons were actually not appropriate. These two MX mecha were actually like two humans who had suddenly entered the height of summer from the dead of winter, shedding all of the thick and heavy cotton jackets on their bodies.
"Mecha Number Two, long-range weapon system automatically detached!"
"Auxiliary balancer ejected!"
"Alloy plate caterpillar detached!"
"Hidden repair arm detached!"
"Block 41 hidden door opened, firmware detached!"
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"Mecha Number One, weapon system confirmed to have failed and detached!"
"Infrared auxiliary capture system detached."
"Alloy plate caterpillar detached!"
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As the two MX mecha on the screen began to shed their components, the electronically synthesized voice in the command hall once again sounded. The cold electronically synthesized female voice fell into the ears of the people in the hall, but it stirred up endless shock.
However, these shocks were all very well suppressed in the hearts of the people. They silently and nervously watched everything on the screen.
Only now did they know that those thin white streams of air that had danced wildly like silver snakes in the vacuum earlier were the connection devices used to separate these components from the mecha body. However, other than the expert engineers from the Nutshell Engineering Department and the Federal Academy of Science, many of the other important figures watching the battle did not understand why the two MX mecha on the mountain peak would do such a thing at this time.
"Mecha Number One, dual engines on full power, joint micro-engine power synthesis, auxiliary flying wing engine on full power, power breaking the upper limit, entering the 15% range."
"Mecha Number Two, dual engines on full power, joint micro-engine power synthesis …"
"Attention please, officially entering overclocking mode!"
"Attention please, officially entering overclocking mode!"
The people in the command hall were first silent, and then they immediately began to silently bustle about. The technicians and experts in the three areas at the front of the hall began to record data. The people watching the battle did not need to personally deal with this situation, but under the commentary of the technicians at the side, they also fell into a tense silence.
On the screen, the red beam of light that represented the mecha's power output had been continuously rising, and had long broken through the line that represented safety. The technicians and experts stared nervously at the part of the system they were responsible for, and no one on the viewing platform was talking. This was because everyone knew the horrors of overclocking mode, and knew that the time to truly test the new MX mecha had arrived.
Removing all long-range redundant devices, integrating all the power of the mecha's joint micro-engine, discarding the heavy firepower system, and forcibly adjusting the position of the electronic jets to provide power beyond the limits of the mecha — this was overclocking mode.
This was the absolute state for close combat in the design concept of the new mecha, but it was also the most dangerous state. If this was on a real battlefield, a combat mecha in overclocking mode was basically the same as fighting to survive. This was because at this time, the mecha no longer had a complete life support system and long-range capabilities. In a situation where there was no strong backup, even if the opponent was defeated, the only thing left for this mecha in the end was the possibility of self-destruction.
The two MX mecha participating in the test on the summit of Kaqi Peak had simultaneously detached themselves from those life-saving components and entered an overclocked combat state at almost the same time. This was putting themselves in a death zone where they could not lose, where they could not retreat.
This was not the planned arrangement of the battle test, and the risk was extremely high. What reason had prompted those two pilots to make such a decision? Could it be because of the hypocritical silence earlier?
On the viewing platform, Lin Yuanhu slowly stood up and stared at the mecha images on the giant screen, silent for a long time.
Below the viewing platform, the people in the Nutshell Engineering Department were busy tracking Little White Flower's data, ensuring that the overclocking power was within the acceptable range of the engine material. No one noticed that Shang Qiu had already left her workstation.
She walked to the bottom of the screen and looked up, clenching her hands tightly as she counted silently in her heart.
"175,174 …"
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On the summit, Little White Flower's mecha suddenly trembled. It only trembled a little before it stuck close to the weathered rock surface of the platform and swept towards the Purple Sea mecha.
If it was said that the high speed of the two MX mecha in running mode with the help of the auxiliary flying wings had already shocked everyone in the command hall, then the mecha's movements in overclocking mode right now were so fast that it was almost a blur.
The surrounding dust and smoke kicked up by the heavy mecha's footsteps could not keep up with the movements of that white shadow at all!
The Purple Sea mecha's speed was faster than Little White Flower's, and its movements were more precise and direct. Its heavy mechanical legs were as nimble as air. The spherical joints opened slightly, and the body of the mecha made a strange twist, causing the alloy toothed blade in front of the white mecha's mechanical arm to graze the white mecha's right arm. The Purple Sea mecha's right shoulder trembled, and the three-edged alloy blade at the front of the mechanical arm stabbed viciously into the white mecha's side ribs.
There was no strong wind at the summit, but a great cloud of dust and smoke covered the sky. The two newest MX mecha were like two fearless warriors in the midst of the dust and smoke, neither retreating nor escaping. The anti-skid mechanical legs gripped the ground tightly as they performed extremely difficult attacks and chops.
In less than 20 seconds, who knew how many alloy fists had smashed heavily into each other's bodies. The powerful power provided by the twin engines was now completely converted into speed and close-range combat strength under overclocking mode. That was a destructive force.
The 80 cm alloy tri-edged blade drew a streak of faint purple light across the summit and stabbed viciously into the white mecha's body. Then it was pulled out, leaving behind several trails of liquid, and the impact knocked over several pieces of armour connected to the mecha's body.
In overclocking mode, the Purple Sea mecha was more like a space chariot driven by a god. Its power was unstoppable, its power unmatched.
Xu Le did not have the time to wipe away the fresh blood at the corner of his lips. Narrowing his eyes, he stared at the data display on his helmet, using all his strength to move the power in his body and control the simulation system to perform mecha movements one after another that even he himself could not imagine, dodging the terrifying attacks of the Purple Sea mecha. At the same time, he counted silently in his heart, "159,158 …"
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