Ke Lei wanted to reply to Luo Wenchuan’s messages, but his fingers trembled. It took him a long time to enter a sentence: “Is it really that bad?”
This time Luo Wenchuan responded almost in seconds, with only two words:
“Not bad.”
These two words stunned Ke Lei. It took ten seconds for him to react.
Luo Wenchuan has always been very picky about mechas. Mechas are to Luo Wenchuan as one’s beloved katana is to a samurai. He’s always in the pursuit of keeping his mechas in the best condition.
This is why he had to hand over the mecha to Ke Lei for overhaul whenever he leaves the school.
Ke Lei breathed a sigh of relief and replied: “Then, let’s wait for you to try it after you go back to school.”
After a while, Luo Wenchuan replied with the word “en” and added the sentence “thank you” at the end, politely showing estrangement.
Ke Lei has never been able to guess what his roommate thinks, but it seems that Luo Wenchuan is satisfied with the modification of the mecha?
It seems that the omega does have some skills.
[Ke Lei]: “By the way, when will you return to school?”
[Luo Wenchuan]: “This week.”
[Ke Lei]: “Did this mission go smoothly?”
[Luo Wenchuan]: “Not bad.”
[Ke Lei]: “Should be able to get a lot of bounty?”
[Luo Wenchuan]: “A lot.”
Ke Lei sighed in his heart. As expected, children of the poor matured quickly.
He and Luo Wenchuan are both second-year students in Xinghai Academy’s command department, and have been roommates for a year.
No one knows the origin of Luo Wenchuan, but it was said that he came from a remote barren star. When he first arrived at school, he was ridiculed by many people. But with a terrifying SS-level mental power and SS-level physical power, he quickly became legendary within the entire school, and then he soared in the National Mecha Contest.
Children from the barren stars are relatively poor, but Luo Wenchuan can afford the most expensive mecha in the school. This is not only due to the scholarship he obtained with almost perfect scores, but also related to his frequent completion of bounty assignments outside the school.
Bounty missions are a popular way to earn money in the empire. People who accept the tasks are strictly reviewed. Those who can accept the tasks are mecha masters, and Luo Wenchuan, who relies on bounties for food, is a master of the masters.
However, Ke Lei always felt that Luo Wenchuan was…not like a child raised by a poor parent.
The cultivation and demeanor his body often reveals was not something obtainable with money.
And the swordsmanship he used when he drove the lightsaber mecha was not something that an ordinary teacher could teach.
Coupled with his beautiful three-dimensional features, tasteful handwriting, occasional artistic talent, clean and fashionable dressing style… these characteristics drove countless betas and omegas crazy.
Ke Lei often felt that compared with Luo Wenchuan, he was simply a rice bucket.
Luo Wenchuan hadn’t returned to school yet, so Yun Xingze couldn’t get the money before he tried the repaired mecha.
Seeing that there was no movement—plus his account was missing a thousand yuan, Yun Xingze sighed and continued to look for repair orders on the website.
But it’s a pity that no one except Luo Wenchuan paid such a high price for repairs. Basically, repair costs were less than five hundred star coins.
Forced by life, Yun Xingze had no choice. No matter how little money was offered, he could only continue to take orders.
Few omegas would be a maintenance worker, which is why Ke Lei questioned Yun Xingze. In the next two days, Yun Xingze encountered people who treated him as a liar several times. Most of these people were arrogant alphas. Betas were relatively easier, but some still showed contempt in their words.
Fortunately, Yun Xingze’s skills are first-rate, and his repair speed is very fast. Everyone who questioned him would finally show a surprised look and be convinced by the impeccable repair results.
Yun Xingze’s practice of leaving early and returning late attracted Lu Ranxu’s attention.
After Lu Ranxu learned about the situation, he asked in surprise, “You can still repair mechas?”
Yun Xingze said that he had learned a little from his father’s company.
“Speaking of this, I heard that someone took Luo Wenchuan’s maintenance order two days ago.” Lu Ranxu suddenly came up and said. “I don’t know who is so bold and dared to take Luo Wenchuan’s order.”
Yun Xingze was a little puzzled. “What’s wrong with Luo Wenchuan?”
“Don’t you know? The man is an iceberg demon and has high requirements for mechas.” Lu Ranxu explained. “There should be no one in our school who can modify his machines. Even if it was repaired, he would definitely not be satisfied. ”
Iceberg devil? Is it that scary?
Yun Xingze thought of the brown-haired alpha, a little confused for a while.
He has done his best to help refit the mecha. Will Luo Wenchuan not give him the money?
Yun Xingze glanced at his account, and the 40,000 still hadn’t arrived. Disappointment flashed through his eyes-is Luo Wenchuan really dissatisfied with his mecha modification?
But why is this? What he has gained on the Xinghai Mecha Mutual Help Network are all good reviews, and even today there are people who approach him to repair their mechas.
Because he was worried that Luo Wenchuan would not pay, Yun Xingze accepted more repair orders.
In addition, he also exercised every day and went to the mental training room to practice.
When Yun Xingze’s brain was connected to the tempering instrument for the first time to temper his mental strength, it was as if a heavy stone was pressing on his nerves. The painful headache almost made him almost faint.
In desperation, he could only adjust the tempering intensity to the lowest level and slowly adapt to the tempering process.
Due to the backwardness of nerve connection technology, the process of mental power tempering was also much more painful than in Yun Xingze’s original world.
On this day, Yun Xingze went to the mental power tempering room again.
He first turned on the evaluation instrument, and wanted to see if his mental power had improved.
However, in the past five or six days, the letter on the instrument stilled showed big “C”.
Of course, there are also high and low grades within C-level mental power. Within In the C-level, Yun Xingze’s progress bar has reached 95.7%, which is a big improvement compared to the original 88.1%.
It will take a while to break through to level B.
Yun Xingze turned on the tempering equipment, and not long after putting on the helmet, his head hurt badly. The bottle of mineral water he brought was almost deformed in his hand.
Yun Xingze clenched his teeth and persisted. Within ten minutes, beats of sweat covered his back.
Every second, his neurons seemed to be eaten by ants, and he couldn’t even tell whether the water drops on his face were sweat or tears.
In the tempering room, there are many students like Yun Xingze, most of whom are betas.
Alpha’s have inherently superior mental power, while the number of omegas in school is very small. Betas are caught in the middle, and could only try to catch up with their alpha classmates little by little in this way.
Every day, there are betas fainting in the tempering room.
Yun Xingze’s sweating and tears are considered good in comparison. He has also seen a beta losing a pool of blood through a nosebleed, and then losing consciousness and fainting. It frightened him.
Half an hour later, Yun Xingze reached his limit and disconnected the machine, gasping for breath.
Because his fingers were clenched for too long, his palm was numb and his knuckles could not be straightened at all.
The beta girl next to Yun Xingze looked at him in admiration. “You are so amazing, you can hold on for so long!”
Yun Xingze collapsed on the ground, panting. “It’s still not enough…”
“You are… an omega right?” The girl asked carefully. “Is the improvement of mental power so important to you? I don’t mean anything else, I just think it’s too painful.”
She was telling the truth.
Omega’s physique is weak, which directly has consequences – they are naturally sensitive, including to pain. Their pain sensitivity may even be two or three times that of alphas.
Refining mental power is a hellish trial for omegas.
Yun Xingze often thought if the original owner put in regular practice, he should be a B-level now.
But on second thought, he himself had to clench his teeth to persist in training; there was no way to criticize the original owner.
Yun Xingze rested for a while, sat up, drank half a bottle of water, and calmed down: “It’s important. I want to drive mecha.”
The girl was stunned, suspecting that her ears were wrong.
After Yun Xingze finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the simulated pulse device in the corner of the tempering room.
Compared with the evaluation instrument, the simulated pulse machine is specially designed for the students of the mecha department. It can directly evaluate whether a person can drive mecha. As long as one connected to it, it can use micro-electric pulses to test one’s neurons.
If one can bear the load, it will be no problem to drive a mecha.
Sitting in front of the simulated pulse device, Yun Xingze connected the band, took a deep breath, and turned on the B-level button. He wanted to try to see how far he was from bearing the B-level load.
At the moment when the pulse was connected, Yun Xingze closed his eyes, and the pain came again.
He stayed calm and used his experience of invoking mental power in his previous life to the extreme, using almost all of his mental power.
In addition, in order to reduce the load, Yun Xingze tried his best to distribute his mental power evenly on the bonds, and each bond was maintained at a certain precise value.
This is very difficult for alphas to do, but Yun Xingze did it.
For about half a minute, the pulse device failed to operate successfully.
Sweating again, Yun Xingze felt was not far from bearing the B-level pulse load. Just when he was about to disconnect the link, a crisp electronic audio sounded:
[The B-level pulse device was activated successfully.]
Yun Xingze’s was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes flashed incredulously. He suppressed the excitement and joy in his heart, hurriedly broke the link, and ran to the tester to re-evaluate his mental power.
But the evaluation still showed C-level.
Yun Xingze fell into an extremely confused state. His mental power was C-level, so how did the device show the B-level pulse being activated?
“Classmate, can I ask you a question?” Yun Xingze glanced at the beta girl who spoke to him just now, and asked seriously, “If the mental strength is C-level, is it possible to activate a B-level pulse device?”
The girl was dumbfounded by his question for a while, and then she hurriedly replied: “It is theoretically possible.”
A huge joy rose in Yun Xingze’s heart.
However, before he had time to speak, the girl’s next sentence surprised him. “However, the mecha drivers who can do that level are all mecha geniuses, and there are barely any within the entire empire.”
Yun Xingze stared blankly at her.
The girl saw Yun Xingze’s shock, thinking he had been unduly affect, and hurriedly added: “For us ordinary people, slowly tempering and upgrading, is also a good choice.”
After a while, Yun Xingze nodded. “En, thank you.”
At this moment, Lu Ranxu called on the optical brain.
After Yun Xingze picked it up, he heard Lu Ranxu’s anxious voice: “Where are you Xingze! Mecha practical class is about to begin! Don’t forget to arrive the classroom five minutes earlier!”
Hearing the words, Yun Xingze hastily ran out of the tempering room and in the direction of the training hall.
The girl looked at his departing back with some sympathy in her heart-he must have been stimulated by the mental strength rating, and had a delusion he could control mechas. It’s too pitiful.
When Yun Xingze reached the door of the training room, out of breath, Zhuo Feiyue’s voice came: “This time you arrived in time. En, there is progress.” There was a bit of teasing in his tone.
Yun Xingze was already too tired. Sweat slipped from the tip of his nose. He panted and walked into the classroom. He was planning to cruise through the class when he suddenly heard Zhuo Feiyue say: “I’ll let you experience mecha in this class.”
Yun Xingze looked at the teacher in surprise. The alphas around him were even more excited, and couldn’t help screaming out one by one.
“Really?!”
“Teacher, take out the mecha!”
“Quick, hurry, let me try…”
Yun Xingze didn’t expect that even if he hadn’t saved enough money to buy a mecha, the chance to drive a mecha came first.
He will definitely use a mecha this time!
Zhuo Feiyue took out a camouflaged storage cube from his bag, asked the students to step back, and then threw the mecha cube in the open. It quickly unfolded and turned into a five or six-meter high camouflage-painted training mecha.
The training mecha is a small mecha with very basic functions. It is not equipped with any weapons. It only has a brake engine and a jet engine, which can help students familiarize themselves with some basic movements.
The alphas were eager to try, and couldn’t wait to go up and show their skills immediately. The crowd kept squeezing in the direction of the mecha.
Yun Xingze’s exhausted body suddenly had energy. He pushed aside the students in front of him, wandering flexibly between the gaps, and finally reached the first row after all the hardships.
Zhuo Feiyue turned on the light screen, enlarged the screen, and began to explain the precautions after entering the cockpit.
Yun Xingze listened very carefully, although this knowledge was all kindergarten to him.
After finishing the precautions, Zhuo Feiyue planned to let the students get on mechas.
“This is a difficult operation B-class mecha.” Zhuo Feiyue looked at the class. “That is, students with spiritual power higher than B-level can try it…”
Before he had finished, countless hands shot in the air.
Yun Xingze raised his hand while bouncing on his feet, and yelled loudly: “Teacher Zhuo! I want to try!”
Seeing Yun Xingze raise his hand, Oriel mocked: “What are you doing running over for fun? Do you know how difficult it is to use a mecha?”
Yun Xingze ignored him and kept waving at Zhuo Feiyue.
Zhuo Feiyue ignored him and pointed his finger at Oriel: “Try it.”
Oriel lost to Yun Xingze last time in a fight. He was looking for a chance to regain face and walked up proudly, accepting the baptism of everyone’s envious eyes.
Afterwards, he quickly climbed into the mecha and entered the cockpit.
His mental power is A-level, and driving a B-class mech is very easy for him.
Throwing away the time to wear the driving suit and helmet, Oriel activated the pulse device in less than ten seconds. When the mecha detected the driver’s mental strength, it activated the brake engine and the energy light followed and lit up.
“Wow, that’s great, succeeded in one shot!”
“I heard that Oriel could drive mechas before enrolling. We can’t compare with him.”
“Look, the mecha moved!”
Oriel controlled the mecha to talk forward slowly, and performed a few simple movements by the way, completing them very smoothly.
Such a level may not be a big deal in other classes in the department, but in Class E, it’s considered a top student.
Yun Xingze watched the mecha walking in front of him, the ground vibrating with each step, his eyes glued to it.
After Oriel came down, Yun Xingze walked up to Zhuo Feiyue while everyone was applauding him, looked at him seriously and said, “Teacher, I want to try.”
Zhuo Feiyue always thought this kid was joking, but he didn’t expect he was serious. After a two-second pause, he said, “But the difficulty of the mecha is B class, you can’t start it.”
Lu Ranxu was also frightened by Yun Xingze’s actions, and hurriedly ran over to discourage him: “Xingze, it’s not too late to try after you improve your mental power.”
“Yun Xingze, you shouldn’t force it.” Oriel, surrounded by other students like the sun, mocked Yun Xingze. “With your mental strength, why go up there? To visit?”
There was a burst of laughter around.
Everyone knew that Yun Xingze couldn’t drive this mecha.
Zhuo Feiyue looked at Yun Xingze helplessly: “I’m glad you finally became interested in the mecha class, but you are not qualified yet, so please exercise your mental strength first.”
“Teacher Zhuo, can you please allow me to… “Yun Xingze said seriously, “Go up and take a look?”
Everyone was taken aback.
After being mocked by Oriel, Yun Xingze didn’t care and insisted on getting on the mecha.
Zhuo Feiyue did not expect Yun Xingze to be so persistent.
The training mecha has a protection mechanism for novices. If it detects that the driver’s mental strength is insufficient, the energy light will not turn on.
“I don’t know why you want to go so badly. Don’t you have a lot of mechas in your house?” Zhuo Feiyue sighed. But in the end, he lost to Yun Xingze’s sincere eyes, and waved his hand. “Okay, you go up quickly.”
With Zhuo Feiyue’s permission, Yun Xingze finally showed a happy smile, like a child who received a long-awaited gift. Nodding vigorously with a warm and sincere smile, he ran all the way to the back of the mecha.
Upon seeing him, Oriel sneered: “Yun Xingze, can you climb up?”
As soon as the voice fell, everyone saw the boy grabbing the most stable position on the back of the mecha and crawling neatly into the cockpit.
Oriel felt a little embarrassed so he hurriedly changed his statement: “Yun Xingze, hurry down, don’t waste everyone’s time!”
“Why are you speaking so much nonsense?” Lu Ranxu looked at Oriel coldly. “Your mecha is voice-controlled?”
“You!” Oriel erupted in anger. Smiling disdainfully he shot a look of contempt at the mecha. “No matter what you say, even if it’s Tianwang Lao Zi1 here today, Yun Xingze is a waste that can’t activate the training mecha!”
Yun Xingze could hear the noisy voices underneath.
Some people were questioning, some people were encouraging, but none of these sounds were heard above the drum-like pounding of his heart at the moment.
When he was putting on the nano suit, his fingers trembled slightly, and he almost didn’t button the button.
This feeling of excitement slowly subsided until Yun Xingze put on the helmet and connected the spiritual bond.
As long as he successfully activates the Class B pulse device like in the tempering room, the dream of driving a mecha that he has been longing for since his previous life will be realized.
Yun Xingze closed his eyes and began to repeat the process of using his mental power in the tempering room.
However, this time did not seem to go so smoothly.
After all, the real pulse device is quite different from the simulated pulse device. The circuits are also much more complicated, and the spiritual requirements of the driver are slightly higher.
What’s more, Yun Xingze’s current behavior is performing leapfrog manipulation!
As time passed, Yun Xingze tried to adjust his breathing, trying to find a balance.
Outside of the mech, Zhuo Feiyue’s eyes were puzzled-if he was just taking a tour, why isn’t he coming out yet after so long?
Finally, about five minutes later, Yun Xingze succeeded in filling every bond with spiritual power.
Spiritual power gradually filled every corner of the mecha through these bonds. It is like blood starting from the heart and spreading to the limbs.
Just when Yun Xingze thought he was going to succeed.
He suddenly felt a strong sense of exhaustion.
This week, he trained physical stamina every day, went out early and went back to repair mecha at night, and performed high-intensity mental tempering…
Yun Xingze’s body was almost at its limit.
However, his mental power successfully activated the pulse device.
The energy light flashed suddenly.
Everyone looked at the light on the chest of the mecha in surprise.
“Fuck. How, how did he do it?”
“The energy light just turned on? Was it an illusion?!”
“It really turned on!”
Oriel suddenly became nervous and kept staring at that the energy light.
Dozens of seconds ticked by.
Yun Xingze seemed to have failed.
Oriel heaved a sigh of relief. “I’ll say, how could he activate a mecha?”
The nanosuit was wrapped around Yun Xingze, and the fastenings on the back supported him forcefully, keeping him suspended upright. He closed his eyes, frowning slightly, as sweat ran down his face.
It’s just a little bit…
Just a little bit closer…
He’s so very close to the dream carried over from his previous life…
Yun Xingze resisted the exhaustion, gritted his teeth, using the last traces of mental energy, and pushed it towards the pulse device.
Zhuo Feiyue picked up the PA equipment and shouted to the mecha: “You come down, Yun…”
Halfway through the conversation, his voice suddenly got stuck.
The noise of the audience fell silent at this moment.
Because they saw that the energy light of the training mech was really on. The orange lights were abundant, dazzling and shining, reflecting in everyone’s pupils.
Like a sleeping behemoth, it suddenly opened its eyes.