Oriel was only stunned for a second, before he interpreted the murderous aura as an illusion.
After all, he is alpha. His body is full of muscles, and both his reaction speed and explosive power are excellent. And Yun Xingze is an omega, or the weakest omega rather. He has a crushing advantage over him.
Finding the right timing, Oriel reached out and punched Yun Xingze’s face directly.
On the sidelines, Lu Ranxu was taken aback by the attack, and frightened by what would happen.
Yun Xingze could see Oriel’s punching action, but he was not familiar enough with fighting with his current body. He barely managed to dodge, and the bridge of his nose was almost rubbed with Oriel’s aggressive boxing style.
Oriel’s eyes flashed at the unexpected miss, but he didn’t intend to let Yun Xingze go easily. He turned around without hesitation and sent a flying kick. This blow was directed at Yun Xingze’s forehead!
Yun Xingze’s eyes widened, and quickly moved back to avoid the blow.
However, the action was not over yet, and Oriel’s other fist came at him again.
Lu Ranxu sucked in a breath of air as he watched.
Zhuo Feiyue also frowned slightly. He knew the strength gap between an alpha and omega. Oriel would definitely hit Yun Xingze with his fist. It was very likely that it would…
However, before Zhuo Feiyue had time to intervene, he saw Yun Xingze easily blocked his fist with his elbow.
After a few rounds, Yun Xingze finally adapted to fighting with this body.
Oriel was surprised that his moves were continuously blocked or evaded continuously. And in this short interval, Yun Xingze keenly grasped his flaws.
He grabbed Oriel’s right wrist with his left hand, pulled back hard, and then slammed Oriel’s nose with the elbow of his right hand.
Oriel punched out with his fist just now, and he responded with the same position exactly!
Oriel’s eyes widened, and subconsciously hid.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Yun Xingze unceremoniously pulled his elbow back in the opposite direction and delivered another elbow!
This time, Oriel’s cheek was directly hit, making a muffled noise.
“Ah—” Oriel cried out in pain, covering his face in disbelief as his eyes widened.
It was too embarrassing to be hit by the weak omega. Immediately, gritting his teeth, his expression distorted as he lowered the hand covering his face.
The crowd watching by the side also collectively fell into a sluggish state.
After a while, someone finally spoke. “I’m not mistaken, am I? Oriel…was hit by Yun Xingze?!”
“It, it seems to be…”
“That’s pretty heavy… Looks like it hurts.”
The shocked eyes and comments made Oriel feel extremely embarrassed. Clenching his jaw, he shouted at Yun Xingze: “I was careless!”
Yun Xingze resumed a defensive posture again, motioning him to continue.
However, the last blow left a psychological shadow on Oriel. He looked at Yun Xingze’s bottomless black eyes and felt… a frisson of fear.
Of course he refused to admit that he had lost to Yun Xingze. Taking a deep breath, Oriel mustered the courage to continue attacking Yun Xingze.
His reaction power and speed might not compare to Yun Xingze, but he has an absolute advantage. That is, he has plenty of physical strength.
After sparring for a few minutes, although Oriel was still pressured by Yun Xingze, the latter also obviously beginning to feel the strain.
Just as Oriel was about to retaliate, Zhuo Feiyue shouted angrily to stop the confrontation between the two: “Enough!”
Oriel was startled and froze, and Yun Xingze also retracted his fist in time.
“Oriel, you have already lost.” Zhuo Feiyue said coldly.
Oriel was not convinced. “Teacher, I haven’t conceded yet…”
“Do you really think you are fighting?” Zhuo Feiyue stared at Oriel with his eyes, his tone mocking. “In the mecha field, your opponent’s will and strength is magnified countless times. Based on your performance just now, your mecha has long been hammered!”
Oriel’s face flushed red instantly.
Yun Xingze breathed a sigh of relief–if he continued to fight, his physical strength would be overdrawn immediately, and he would definitely be beaten easily by Oriel.
Although this body is healthier than his previous life, it is an omega after all, and still has a physical disadvantage.
However, Yun Xingze was still very satisfied with this battle. At the very least, it showed that his practice in the virtual cabin in his previous life is useful. Now he only needs to exercise more to become a strong fighter.
At the end of the confrontation training, Oriel lowered his head and said in a strange tone: “Yun Xingze, I really didn’t expect that someone like you can actually fight.”
“I didn’t expect you to be so weak.” Yun Xingze said calmly.
Clenching his fingers into a fist, Oriel’s shame turned into anger. “Why are you so happy? What are you proud of! I can drive mecha, can you?!”
Upon hearing this, Yun Xingze glanced at Oriel blankly, his eyes were icy cold, eliciting Oriel to shiver.
“If you lose, you lose. You picked Xingze yourself. How can you not even afford the loss?” Lu Ranxu attacked him unceremoniously. As an omega with a violent personality, he can’t stand these pretentious alphas in the class.
The people next to him also felt that Oriel was too much, and they ridiculed:
“Alpha can’t beat omega, he really sucks.”
“It is said that he’s the strongest in the class, but turns out his level is only this?”
“So impatient after losing? Really lackluster.”
Amidst the group laughter, Oriel left the classroom unbearably humiliated.
“Xingze, when did you learn to fight?” After class, Lu Ranxu walked to Yun Xingze. “Just now you beat Oriel like teaching a grandson. So cool!” His tone was full of curiosity.
Yun Xingze didn’t know how to answer, so he said, “When facing danger, the potential of human beings is limitless.”
Obviously it was just nonsense, but Lu Ranxu took it seriously, staring at Yun Xingze in a daze: “Awesome…”
Yun Xingze originally wanted to take the opportunity of the mecha practical class to drive a mecha, but he still failed to achieve it.
After leaving the training hall, the hustle seemed to suggest some student activity outside. The registration booth was bustling with a crowd of people.
“What are they doing over there?” Yun Xingze asked curiously. He has never been to school in his previous life and felt these student activities were very novel.
“Registration for the Mecha Contest.” Lu Ranxu glanced at it. “I heard that the top ten can enter the school team and represent the school to participate in the national competition, and there is a large bonus.”
Mecha Contest?
“Is it the match Luo Wenchuan participated in?” Yun Xingze asked, remembering what the waitress said in the cafe.
“Yes.” Lu Ranxu replied, and his eyes became confused afterwards. “Do you know Luo Wenchuan? When did you pay attention to this… Ah, what are you doing?!”
“Going over to see.”
Before his voice fell, Yun Xingze had already gotten into the crowd and walked towards the registration booth.
Lu Ranxu followed in confusion. It took a lot of effort to keep up with Yun Xingze’s pace.
Before the registration booth, a spherical white robot was enthusiastically distributing leaflets. A light spot floated in front of Yun Xingze. He reached out and clicked, and the light spot quickly spread out into a horizontal plane.
The virtual images of the six mechas appeared above the plane, like a bunch of small figurines. Each of the models made some handsome debut actions, seeming both realistic and cute.
Then, they began to fight.
The lightsaber mecha shaped like a samurai pulled out a red and blue sword and slashed towards the storm mecha that was many times larger than it. The storm armor that was good at defensive opened its protective shield, and like an indestructible city wall, the lightsaber slash turned into a buzzing sound and was deflected.
The meteor mecha fired it’s long-range artillery. Like it’s namesake, it was like a brilliant flame, smashing into the double star mecha composed of two mechas. In response, the double star mecha threw out its reconnaissance mecha out and rushed to the enemy, while the host armor avoided the artillery fire and fought back.
The comet mecha, full of disassembly tools, focused on the phantom mecha, which is good at concealing itself, and attempted to dismantle its invisible enemy. Flashes of collisions burst between the two flexible mechas.
Yun Xingze’s eyes widened slightly, drawn in by the gorgeous battle scenes.
Although he designed many mechas in his previous life, there were more variety in the types of mecha in this world. The technology is not mature enough, but he has a wild imagination, and the battle scenes are extremely exciting.
After the projected picture is over, all the mechas assembled together, and a line of gilded gold words slowly appeared above them: [Let mechas become humanity’s protection. —Xinghai Military Academy Mecha Contest Organizing Committee] Afterwards, the picture dissipated into golden dust, drifted into the air, and the mission of the “leaflet” came to an end.
Yun Xingze watched with enthusiasm, and he couldn’t wait to immediately drive a mecha in the competition. He immediately ran to the staff in charge of registration and said: “I want to sign up.”
Lu Ranxu finally squeezed in from behind, panting. When he finally reached Yun Xingze and heard these words, he immediately lost his breath, and his eyes widened: “What are you talking about?!”
“Sign up.” Yun Xingze looked at Lu Ranxu, “Don’t you want to register?”
“Xingze, listen to me, this contest is very dangerous…” Lu Ranxu persuaded with all his heart.
Yun Xingze was unmoved. “There is always risk in a contest.”
At this time, the staff smiled and said: “As long as you have your own mecha, you can sign up for the contest.”
Yun Xingze was stunned. “Doesn’t the game use the same mechas?”
“Of course not.” The staff member was amused by his words and explained, “Everyone has different mental power ratings, and the types of mechas used to operate each mecha also different. Why would it be the same?”
Lu Ranxu breathed a sigh of relief: “Fortunately, you don’t have a mecha.”
Yun Xingze left the registration booth unhappily.
Before leaving, he stood in front of the propaganda robot again, turned on the light spot that the robot threw in front of him, watched the wonderful scene of the mechas fighting again, and then reluctantly left.
Lu Ranxu scratched his hair upon seeing his depressed face. “Xingze, you don’t usually like mechas. Why did you suddenly want to sign up for this competition?”
“I like it now.” Yun Xingze raised his eyes and looked up. “I want to drive a mecha, and I want to participate in the competition.”
Lu Ranxu was stunned, and said in surprise: “Yun Xingze, are you irritated because of lost love? I used to encourage you learn some mecha knowledge, but you said omegas don’t drive such an ugly big guy. Now you…”
“I’m not doing this due to lost love.”
Yun Xingze sighed, he didn’t know how to explain to Lu Ranxu. After thinking about it, he could only explain. “I took the initiative to break my engagement with Chi Yu. Now I want to make a change. I want to experience a different life.”
The afterglow fell on the boy. His black hair and cold white skin were smeared with a warm orange. The sunset glow reflected in his dark eyes, and the firm conviction in those obsidian orbs was more dazzling than the sunset.
Lu Ranxu looked at Yun Xingze. After a long time, his expression changed from dull to serious.
Afterwards, he gently patted Yun Xingze on the shoulder and said seriously: “I understand. If you want to change, I support you.”
“But I don’t have mecha…” Yun Xingze wrinkled his eyebrows with a troubled face. “Where can I buy a cheap C-class mecha?”
His mental power is C-class, and the world’s neural connection technology is relatively backward, so he can only drive a C-class machine.
“Are you kidding?” Lu Ranxu showed disbelief. “Yun Xingze, doesn’t your dad, Yun Changsheng, own the Changsheng Mecha Company? Just ask him if you want one?”
“After I broke our marriage contract with Chi Yu, the family became angry.” Yun Xingze shrugged helplessly. “Now I can only save money to buy mechas.”
With that, Yun Xingze turned on his optical brain to search for the price of mechas online. Within seconds, he showed a shocked expression: “The cheapest lightsaber mecha costs three million star coins?!”
In his original world, mechas were also very expensive, but the cheapest machines only cost a few hundred thousand star coins.
Following, Yun Xingze checked the price of secondhand mechas, and discovered they also started at millions of star coins.
“The price of mechas on the market has always been very high. You should be very clear.” Lu Ranxu was confused at first, but immediately figured it out. Yun Xingze usually doesn’t care about mechas at all, so it was naturally he did not understand. “If you want to save your own money to buy mechas, it’s better to go to places like the black market.”
With that, Lu Ranxu called up his optical brain, found the map, marked the black market location with his finger, and shared it with Yun Xingze’s light brain.1
“The security is not very good over the black market at night. You can go early tomorrow.” Lu Ranxu explained conscientiously.
“Thank you, Ranxu.” Yun Xingze looked at Lu Ranxu gratefully, “You are very kind.”
Lu Ranxu has also helped Yun Xingze many times in the past, but Yun Xingze has never shown such sincerity before.
“You rarely want to do things for yourself.” Lu Ranxu scratched his head, his expression was a bit awkward. His personality was more like alpha, and the roots of his white ears were a little red. “The guy is a stupid…”
Yun Xingze’s mood became depressed because he couldn’t compete, and he got better at this moment.
After the two left the registration booth, Lu Ranxu turned his head and looked at the crowd.
Most of the people who signed up were alphas, and most of them were seniors. He and Yun Xingze seemed incompatible here.
A touch of worry flicked through his eyes, and then it was covered up again.
Last year, an omega named Su Zinan who could drive mecha appeared in Xinghai Academy. Even though his mental and physical strength was inherently stronger than others, he could only become a substitute for the school team.
Lu Ranxu thought, when Yun Xingze leaned how difficult it was for an omega to use mecha, he would probably give up on his own.
But now, when Yun Xingze needs something to take him out of the shadow of lost love, he would support him wholly.
After dinner, Lu Ranxu had something to leave the school, and Yun Xingze asked for leave on the grounds that he was unwell, and left the school to go to the black market.
He didn’t want to wait for a moment, and he wished to drive a mecha sooner.
Because of Lu Ranxu’s instructions, Yun Xingze put on a black mask. Due to his taller height, he looked more like a beta.
Taking an aircraft to the station near the black market, Yun Xingze looked for the entrance among the tall buildings.
High-rises crowded together in the highly civilized metropolis. After night fell, the neat lights and colorful virtual projections on the buildings gradually turned on. The aircraft occasionally passing between the lights and shadows turned into black spots the size of ants.
Yun Xingze basically never went out in his previous life. Now that he had an opportunity, he found himself looking curiously around, and unknowingly came to the door of an unmanned convenience store.
Yun Xingze walked through the convenience store, through an alley, and entered the underground black market.
Stepping on the steps leading to the black market, his damp breath drifted over his face, with a slight chill. It was a sensation Yun Xingze never experienced before in his life; each breath was cold and air.
Compared with the openness on the ground earlier, the shops in the black market are not large. Signs of dazzlingly colors and varying heights were haphazardly squeezed together.
The first floor sold clothing, the second floor was a variety of bars and gambling establishments, and the third floor sold various weapons and equipment.
Mechas were on the third floor.
Yun Xingze saw a lot of mecha shops, but most of them were selling brand new mechas.
There was only only one hundred thousand star coins in his account, and he can only afford a second-hand machine…No, he may not even be able to buy a second-hand one.
After searching for a long time, a sign in the corner that said “Secondhand mechas” came into Yun Xingze’s eyes, and he hurriedly walked into the store.
A mecha pictorial was displayed the wall of the shop, and on the shelves were magic cubes for storing mecha.
The boss, a fat middle-aged man, glanced up and down at the white and clean boy wearing a mask. Seeing that he was wearing brand-name clothes, he stepped up to greet him warmly: “Oh, what does this handsome brother want to buy?”
Yun Xingze replied, “Mecha.”
“I have all models here. I’ll show you.” The boss turned on the light screen and showed Yun Xingze the mecha models. Most of the mecha models displayed were more expensive. “The quality is guaranteed and the price is absolutely cheap.”
Yun Xingze looked at the price tags, and saw they were still very high. He directly asked: “How much is the cheapest mecha?”
The boss was stunned for a moment, losing most of his previous enthusiasm. “The cheapest? Let me see…”
He then pointed to a black cube on the shelf: “That C-class lightsaber mecha is second-hand. I bought it from an alpha student of Xinghai Academy. Although it was damaged before, it was repaired. The performance is good.”
Yun Xingze thought that a lightsaber mecha was relatively simple, but it is also a good choice, so he asked, “How much is it?”
“I think you are quite young, like a student. I will give you a friendly price,” the boss replied. “503,800 star coins.”
It was absolutely impossible to find a lightsaber mecha on the market for such a price, but it was still out of Yun Xingze’s budget.
“Can it be cheaper?” Yun Xingze asked cautiously.
The boss rubbed his chin, thought for a while, and asked, “How much can you accept?”
Yun Xingze swallowed and said seriously, “Can you remove a zero?”
The boss smiled, thinking it was not a problem, but a moment later, the boy followed in a nervously, sincere question: “Is 50,000 okay?”
The boss’s smile suddenly froze on his face.
About five seconds later, a very angry voice rang out from the second-hand mecha store, resounding through the entire third floor: “I think you look like a zero!”