As a "super mech", its cockpit was larger than any other mech Duan Hengye had ever been in. Although Duan Hengye was already familiar with the internal structure of this mech, he was only able to experience it after the data was visualized.
It was truly amazing that a human's mind could drive such a large mech.
Similar to the exterior of the mech, the interior of the cockpit was also made of silver-white metal. At this time, the mech had not been officially activated yet. The dashboard and screen were not lit up, so the cockpit looked exceptionally cold.
Seeing Duan Hengye standing motionless at the door of the cockpit, Meng Jinhuai who was standing behind him slowly walked over. He gently placed his hands on Duan Hengye's shoulders and said, "Come on, let's go in and take a look."
Meng Jinhuai's words brought Duan Hengye out of his daze. He nodded and walked into the cockpit of the mech.
Mech piloting was not an easy task, especially when the mech's level was higher and larger. The requirements for the pilot would be even higher. Although the cockpit was large, it was not half a meter wide. Duan Hengye knew that when the war began, the cockpit would be filled with various screens. Although the data recorded on the screens were different, each one was related to the safety of the pilot and the outcome of the war.
At this time, the Marshal walked over to the pilot seat of the mech. At the same time, a thin red curtain of light fell from the ceiling of the cockpit. Meng Jinhuai slowly closed his eyes. The red light swept across his face. Then, the red light suddenly turned into a light blue color. Meng Jinhuai opened his eyes at this moment, waiting for the blue light to sweep across his eyes.
"Welcome: Yetian Empire Nan zhuxing Marshal Meng Jinhuai, activating the mech."
As soon as the cold electronic voice faded away, the control panel in front of Meng Jinhuai finally lit up. At the same time, at least ten light screens of various sizes appeared in the control room. These screens didn't light up for no reason. When they appeared, densely packed text and data began to scroll. It looked very lively.
Duan Hengye had previously used the Army's internal system to view driving videos, but the angle of the Army's camera system was fixed. Normally, it would not be able to capture so many screens in the cockpit. Even though Duan Hengye had imagined this scene countless times in his mind, he was still shocked when he saw it in real life.
Extreme technology and extreme beauty never clashed.
Now that the mech had been officially opened, Duan Hengye, as a mech researcher, couldn't help but pay close attention to the data displayed on the various screens. At this time, Meng Jin Huai, who was sitting in the driver's seat, suddenly turned around and said to Duan Heng Ye: "A-Heng, come here. I'm going to open the front passenger seat."
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye was stunned. Unlike Meng Jinhuai, who always piloted mechs alone, many weaker or younger mech pilots would first find a partner to operate the mech together. Therefore, when they designed their mechs, they actually reserved at least two pilot seats.
But … Does the Marshal really trust me that much?
Once he was bound to the co-pilot seat, he would have a certain amount of control authority. When that time comes, it would be easy to interfere with the Marshal …
Duan Hengye couldn't help but look at Meng Jinhuai suspiciously. After receiving his gaze, the other party nodded at him with certainty.
Seeing this, Duan Hengye didn't say anything else. He walked to Meng Jinhuai's side and slowly sat down in the sea-black pilot seat.
As soon as Duan Hengye sat down, a bluish-purple light curtain fell from the pilot seat. Even though he had no experience in piloting this mech, Duan Hengye was still a top mech designer. After verifying his identity, he smoothly entered the activation information on the control panel and confirmed the status of the mech.
While Duan Hengye was doing all this, Meng Jinhuai was watching him from the side.
From his point of view, Duan Hengye's waist and the back of the black leather pilot seat were perfectly aligned, forming an extremely beautiful angle. Because he was lowering his head to enter information, Duan Hengye's chin was slightly lowered, revealing a patch of cold white skin that almost blended in with the color of his jacket.
Even though his hand was on the mech's control panel, if one just looked at the way he was typing, it would be easy to have the illusion that Duan Hengye wasn't typing on the control panel, but rather the keys of a piano.
… In fact, Duan Hengye had already noticed that Meng Jinhuai was staring at him, but he really couldn't figure out why the Marshal was looking at him.
He was a little nervous under the other party's stare.
After entering all the information, Duan Hengye's hand was still silently hovering over the control panel. After waiting for a while, he finally slowly raised his chin and said to Meng Jinhuai in an unusually stiff voice, "It's done."
"Mm." The Marshal didn't seem to find it strange that he was staring at someone. He nodded and turned back to say, "Let's go take a look at Nanzhu's moon." As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Hengye felt a force firmly binding him. Lowering his head, he found that the fastening device on the driver's seat had appeared, fixing his waist tightly to the driver's seat.
After all, mecha were different from starships. In order to avoid unexpected danger, the system would automatically activate this device to ensure the pilot's safety before official takeoff.
Last time when Amro had activated his mecha, Duan Hengye hadn't actually set the command to let it fly off the ground, so the fastening device hadn't appeared. In fact, he hadn't been nervous at first, but when the device appeared, Duan Hengye felt as if he was riding a roller coaster … and his emotions unconsciously began to stir.
Meng Jinhuai sensed this and said to Duan Hengye, "I've set the minimum operating speed, don't worry." As soon as Meng Jinhuai finished speaking, the silver-white wall in front of the mecha's cockpit slowly fell down.
As the person who designed this feature, Professor Duan suddenly remembered that … in order to ensure combat safety, when the mecha was officially in operation, the front and side of the cockpit would be made of this transparent material.
In an instant, Duan Hengye's line of sight was unobstructed. This angle is really exciting …
Although Duan Hengye was an otaku, no matter what, he was someone who had studied ancient martial arts since he was a child. He wasn't afraid of heights, and after adapting to this height and angle, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel excited.
In an instant, the mecha rose from the ground and flew into space.
The ground instantly shrank and disappeared into the distance. In just a few seconds, the mecha had passed through the atmosphere and entered the vast sea of stars.
Unlike a large starship, the mecha didn't need to follow a fixed route. Meng Jinhuai was an excellent mecha pilot. He didn't appear to be as tense as the average person. Instead, he had a relaxed expression on his face.
From this, it could be seen that Meng Jinhuai's control of the mecha was abnormally high.
Looking at the galaxy outside the window, Meng Jinhuai said to Duan Hengye, "That's a satellite of the Southern Star in front of us. It's called Planet Nan Wei."
Following Meng Jinhuai's gaze, Duan Hengye saw a planet glowing with a white light. Unlike Earth, Nan Zhuxing had more than one satellite. Planet Nan Wei was one of them, and the one with the largest surface area.
Meng Jinhuai stopped the mecha and said to Duan Hengye, "Actually, this satellite wasn't originally called 'Nan Wei', but 'Nan Zhuxing No.1 Satellite'. Later, when people migrated to Nan Zhuxing, they gradually developed feelings for this huge satellite that accompanied them every night. That's why its name changed from 'Nan Zhuxing No.1 Satellite' to 'Nan Wei'. "
As he said this, Meng Jinhuai's tone was soothing, as if he was telling him a bedtime story. The Marshal's voice was extremely superior. When he spoke tirelessly, his voice turned into a pool of warm water that wrapped around Duan Hangye's fingertips and heart.
Duan Hengye didn't pay attention to whether the author of "Stargazing" had purposely described Planet Nan Wei's appearance, but from his perspective, this satellite really did look like the moon.
In traditional Chinese culture, the moon's waxing and waning seemed to be linked to people's joys and sorrows. Duan Hengye grew up in contact with ancient martial arts and traditional Chinese culture. Although he began to engage in scientific research after he became an adult, the image of the "moon" and its accompanying images had already been carved into Duan Hengye's bones.
In the interstellar era, people no longer lived on just one planet, so the moon was no longer the only thing that accompanied them at night. They abandoned the sorrow of separation, and Duan Hengye, the unexpected interstellar interstellar era, was particularly lonely.
Ever since Duan Hengye transmigrated into the book, he had intentionally forgotten his past life. However, at this moment, when he looked at Planet Nan Wei from afar, there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.
I wonder how my family on Earth is doing? Do they still remember me …
Duan Hengye was so engrossed in looking at Planet Nan Wei that he didn't notice that a thin layer of water had appeared in his eyes. Even though he didn't cry, his sparkling eyes couldn't escape Meng Jinhuai's eyes.
When Meng Jinhuai saw Duan Hengye's nostalgic and regretful expression, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. However, he didn't want to disturb Duan Hengye's emotions. He just silently watched him from the side.
When Meng Jinhuai saw the thin layer of water in Duan Hengye's eyes, he couldn't help but move his hand away from the control panel. He paused for a moment and didn't follow his instinct to caress Duan Hengye's cheek. Meng Jinhuai was waiting … waiting for the day when Duan Hengye could truly cry in front of him.
After a while, Duan Hengye finally walked out of his emotions. When he felt the tears in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Duan Hengye secretly glanced at Meng Jinhuai. When he saw that the marshal was looking ahead, he couldn't help but sigh in relief.
Of course, Duan Hengye didn't think that Meng Jinhuai didn't notice his strange behavior. He just felt that Meng Jinhuai was a person who really knew how to take care of other people's emotions.
Seeing that Duan Hengye had recovered, Meng Jinhuai ended his mecha's hover mode and piloted it in the direction of Planet Nan Wei.
As they got closer, Duan Hengye finally noticed something strange about Planet Nan Wei. The surface of this silver-white planet was as uneven as the moon, but these craters were obviously not caused by meteorites.
After coming clean with Meng Jinhuai, Duan Hengye suddenly seemed to have the courage to ask questions. He glanced at the craters in front of him that were obviously formed not long ago, then turned to face Meng Jinhuai and asked, "Why are there so many craters on Planet Nan Wei?"
Duan Hengye didn't realize that he had asked a question that lacked common sense in the interstellar era … After hearing his words, even Meng Jinhuai couldn't help but be surprised. The marshal couldn't help but glance at Duan Hengye, then confirmed with him again, "Which crater are you talking about?"
Although the mecha's speed had slowed down, it was still close to the surface of Planet Nan Wei. Although Duan Hengye's EQ wasn't very high, he still understood some of the meaning behind Meng Jinhuai's question. He hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the largest crater in front of them.
After seeing what Duan Hengye was pointing at, Meng Jinhuai realized that … as the spouse of the director of the Mecha Research Institute, he seemed to lack common sense even more than he had imagined.
The marshal was silent for a moment, then replied, "The special silver soil of Planet Nan Wei contains a certain type of metal. These craters were left behind when people were excavating the soil to extract the metal." After saying that, the mecha landed steadily on the surface of Planet Nan Wei. Meng Jinhuai promptly changed the topic.
"The temperature outside is negative 200 degrees," he said.
After Meng Jinhuai finished speaking, Duan Hengye saw a golden and purple light suddenly appear in front of him.
"This is the star of Planet Nan Wei's solar system." After discovering Duan Hengye's surprising lack of common sense, Meng Jinhuai immediately explained the light source to him. Then, the mecha's cockpit fell silent once more. Duan Hengye watched as the golden and purple light gradually expanded, dyeing the silvery white surface of Planet Nan Wei with different colours.
Because Planet Nan Wei was originally pure white, Planet Nan Wei was now like a clean canvas. As the dreamy light from the star shone on Planet Nan Wei, the craters on Planet Nan Wei also had their own unique shadows.
How beautiful … Duan Hengye finally understood that perhaps Meng Jinhuai had brought him to Planet Nan Wei today for this special 'sunrise'.
He didn't know how long the sunrise lasted, but in the end, Planet Nan Wei returned to its pure white, only brighter.
Even though Duan Hengye was a little reluctant to leave, he was already very satisfied with the beautiful scenery. Just as Professor Duan was about to turn around and ask Meng Jinhuai if he wanted to return to Nan Wei, Meng Jinhuai unexpectedly spoke first.
Meng Jinhuai asked, "A Heng, do you want to try piloting this mecha?"
What?
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that when Meng Jinhuai said this sentence, Duan Hengye's entire soul trembled.
This wasn't because he was excited by the pilot's invitation, but because an alarm suddenly went off in Duan Hengye's mind, reminding him over and over again:
According to his character's settings, he should be a person with zero spiritual power!
Duan Hengye didn't know that the General had already found out about him trying to pilot a mecha in Amro.
Right now, there was a question in his mind, and that was … What else did Meng Jinhuai know? If he knew, where did he get it from?
But right now, the reason wasn't the most important thing. Duan Hengye was thinking … Should he just come clean with Meng Jinhuai, or continue to play dumb?
At this moment, Meng Jinhuai suddenly said, "If you're willing, just relax your spiritual power and enter the L09 command."
After hearing Meng Jinhuai say "L09 command", Duan Hengye couldn't help but sigh in relief. It seemed that Meng Jinhuai didn't know that he had already recovered his spiritual power.
The "L09" command that Meng Jinhuai spoke of was one of the two pilot modes of the mecha. Under normal circumstances, it was used by first-time pilots. After entering the mecha piloting course in the military, students temporarily didn't have the ability to pilot a mecha on their own. At this time, they would activate the L09 mode, and under the guidance of the instructor's spiritual power, they would slowly sense the mecha's surroundings.
This command actually reflected the miraculous nature of mechas and spiritual power. This was because only when the mecha was used as a medium, people's spiritual power could sense each other.
In this mode, the person sitting in the co-pilot seat didn't even need to use spiritual power. After all, from a certain point of view, he was just playing the role of a "spectator".
Although Duan Hengye was familiar with mecha, he didn't have a deep understanding of spiritual power. He had clearly forgotten one thing. Generally, auxiliary perception could only be completed on an entry-level mecha. Since Meng Jinhuai could bring him to activate L09 mode on his mecha, that meant that Meng Jinhuai had tacitly agreed that Meng Jinhuai had spiritual power above [A] rank...
He had long been completely exposed.
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye tried to relax his spiritual power, and then quickly entered the L09 command on the control panel.
After a few seconds, his fingertips lightly tapped on the control panel's confirm button. Duan Hengye slowly retracted his hand, and then relaxed his spiritual power.
At this moment, he felt another golden and powerful spirit that could almost materialize wrap around his entire body. Duan Hengye was a little nervous at first, but when that feeling appeared, he finally relaxed completely.
Then, Duan Hengye felt his brain connect with the spiritual power. In the blink of an eye, his consciousness had spread to every corner of the giant mech.
Meng Jinhuai activated the mecha and flew into the sky. As the mecha moved, Duan Hengye also had the illusion that he was controlling it.
"This is the feeling when you activate the mecha." Meng Jinhuai was teaching Duan Hengye how to get the giant mecha to leave the ground.
Duan Hengye saw the hole in the ground begin to shrink, but the mecha didn't completely leave the South Wei planet. After a few seconds, the mecha was hovering a hundred meters above the ground. Duan Hengye once again felt his spiritual power focusing on a certain point in the mecha.
Meng Jinhuai said, "Try entering the 5vx command."
Duan Hengye was very familiar with the mecha, and his grasp of the commands was also far better than the average mecha pilot. As soon as Meng Jinhuai finished speaking, he quickly entered the command. Then, with the help of his spiritual power, the silver mecha's outer wall immediately glowed with a faint blue light.
The protective system was activated.
After the blue light had completely covered the mecha, Meng Jinhuai said to Duan Hengye, "If you encounter any danger in the future, remember these two commands."
Duan Hengye was shocked when he heard the other's words. Only then did he realize that Meng Jinhuai wasn't helping him with his perception like he was teaching the freshmen in the military. Meng Jinhuai was actually teaching him how to protect himself in the event of danger.
Duan Hangye knew how demanding L09's command was for the person in the driver's seat. In the military, it would take at least a year for the pilot to activate and activate the protective system.
After all, if the person in the front passenger seat accidentally lost control of his mental power during this process, then both of their mental powers would be damaged.
… Why was Meng Jinhuai doing this?
Did Meng Jinhuai know that his spiritual power was zero and that there was no possibility of him losing control, or did he have absolute confidence in his own abilities?
As he pondered, the mecha slowly landed on the surface of the South Wei planet. Duan Hengye was just about to ask Meng Jinhuai if he should deactivate the protective shield now when he felt his spiritual power stir again.
This time, he didn't try to activate the mecha. Instead, he let Meng Jinhuai guide him to explore the corners of the large mecha – just like he had done in Amro. Meng Jinhuai was guiding him, using his spiritual power as a medium to explore the internal structure of the mecha!
This time, Duan Hengye was completely shocked.
Activating L09 mode already required a lot of effort from the person in the pilot's seat, but compared to the person in the co-pilot's seat who used spiritual power as a medium to explore the details of the mecha, it was nothing at all.
This could only be done by someone with extremely strong spiritual power. If he failed, the consequences would be unthinkable! Now that he had sensed Meng Jinhuai's spiritual power flowing smoothly through the various structures of the mecha, Duan Hengye finally had a new understanding of Meng Jinhuai's abilities.
To be precise, he thought, Sir Marshal was no longer 'piloting the mecha'. What he was doing now was completely 'controlling the mecha'. In the eyes of others, the silver super mecha was incomparably dangerous, but in Meng Jinhuai's hands, it was unbelievably gentle.
This could only be done by someone who had the ability to control a mecha beyond their level!
After thinking about this, Duan Hengye realized that … the upgrades he had made to Meng Jinhuai's mecha were far from enough. If he wanted to design a mecha that was truly compatible with Meng Jinhuai's abilities, he would have to at least improve it by three generations.
Duan Hengye couldn't help but glance at Meng Jinhuai. Then, a sudden suspicion flashed through his mind – Sir Marshal looked like the male lead no matter how he looked at him, but why did the author of "Toppling the Stars" clearly state that he would never be the male lead of this novel?
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