In the year 1245 of the Star Calendar, the S-level mecha athlete [sink] shone brightly, setting numerous records. Despite his immense glory, he announced his retirement after achieving the grand sl...
Chapter 136
Chapter 136
There are several trophies placed right in front of the office. When Ying Chenlin retired, he did not take the glory that belonged to him back with him. These trophies have been placed in the Dawn Alliance, as if waiting for something.
Li Jingyan had thought about a lot of things. When she knew that Ying Chenlin had recovered well from his genetic disease, she also imagined that he would return to the arena. This was just a fantasy, and he had no intention of forcing anyone. But when he saw the application, he seemed to have returned to the time when he personally signed Ying Chenlin's retirement application more than a year ago.
The secretary noticed Li Jingyan's silence, "Chairman?"
Li Jingyan looked at the application for a long time, and only signed his name at the end when the secretary reminded him again. "It's okay, I'm just a little happy."
After leaving Li Jingyan's office, the secretary returned the application to the mecha division management department.
The director of the management department had very complicated feelings when he looked at the application. If this news was released, it would be a big deal. This was not just a simple application for retirement and transfer. This person was a sink. The Dawn Alliance was paying close attention to him. People in the higher-level department, the First Star Region, were also paying attention to him.
"Director, has the registration list on our official website been updated?" the staff member asked.
The director hesitated and said, "Let's see what KID plans to do first. At least we have to wait for their official announcement."
However, after waiting for a month, there was still no news from KID. The entire base seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and even the telephone could not be used to communicate.
After her application for the medical mecha technician was approved, Shen Xingtang was so busy that she didn't remember it until the end of November when the Mecha Alliance asked her in a tactful way. They were so busy with training that they completely forgot about the official announcement.
All KID members have gone through tough training, and the mecha masters have finally come out of the training room. However, when it comes to the official announcement, the promotional photos inevitably need to be re-shot.
The team uniforms sponsored by Jianheng Company have been delivered to each team member.
The combat uniform was still KID's usual red and white color scheme, but this time, the maintenance suit was placed under the combat uniform, leaving the close-fitting and thin combat uniform on top. The new combat uniform had been changed in size, and Ying Chenlin only noticed this when he got the new clothes. After putting them on, they fit him very well. Maybe the situation was different, and when he put on this combat uniform again, he felt a little different than when he was on a mission.
You Su changed his clothes and watched from the side, and saw Ying Chenlin carefully putting on his coat beside him.
Shen Xingtang said: "It has grown a bit taller, luckily I had it resized."
You Su leaned against the wall and echoed, "At 19, there is still a lot to grow."
A group of people changed into combat uniforms and coats, and were rushed out of the training room to Shen Xingtang's office and temporary shooting point like ducks.
When photos were taken before the last game, Ying Chenlin was standing at the door watching, but now he was pulled by Huo Yan and Ji Qingfeng, squeezed in the middle of the crowd, facing Jiang Simiao who was also serving as the cameraman in front.
Jiang Simiao: "Is everyone ready?"
Ji Qingfeng took a breath and said, "Yaobao, you stepped on my foot!"
Huo Yan was about to start making the V sign: "Wouldn't it be better if we made this gesture to show that we have more team spirit?"
Lin Yao: "I don't want to stand in the middle. I can't even see the front."
"The short ones stand in front!" Shen Xingtang couldn't stand it anymore.
Soon, the pose for the photo was adjusted. Lu Xi stood in the middle of everyone, with Huo Yan behind her, and Ying Chenlin and Lin Yao on her left and right respectively. $$This$$work$$is$$made by$$
Ying Chenlin stood straight and looked at Jiang Simiao in front of him. He treated the photo shoot just like his usual training, cautiously and carefully.
You Su lowered his eyes slightly and saw the whorl of hair on the head of the child in front of him. The hair seemed to be a little longer than before.
The three tall guys were standing at the back, and six people had to squeeze into two rows to take pictures. The reason was that Shen Xingtang's office was not large enough. Jiang Simiao saw that the six people were standing well, and even took several pictures to get the job done.
Shen Xingtang looked at the well-behaved children standing in the crowd and said, "Didn't Old Huo say that we should take some photos of the team spirit? Just be casual, okay?"
As soon as he said "be more casual", the narrow office became messy again.
Jiang Simiao looked at the crowd that was so crowded that they were standing in a mess for taking photos, and finally shouted from the side: "Are you taking photos or fighting? Can't you be more intimate?"
Ying Chenlin was originally standing nearby, but was also pulled into the crowd by Lin Yao. A group of people were mixed together in a lively atmosphere. Ji Qingfeng insisted on squeezing together with the short people. You Su and Huo Yan fell to the back. He was just about to take a couple of pictures to get by, but Huo Yan suddenly put his hand on his left shoulder, and the distance between them was immediately shortened.
Huo Yan put his arm around You Su's shoulder and said, "Don't just stand there. Why don't you compete with me?"
You Su tilted his head and saw the silly movement of Huo Yan's other hand.
Looking further ahead, we see a group of people doing all kinds of actions.
Shen Xingtang: "You Su, are you ready? I'm waiting for you."
Ying Chenlin was half-crouching in the crowd, listening to Huo Yan's instructions and making a "yeah" gesture. When he heard Shen Xingtang's words, he was about to turn around to see the situation behind him when he suddenly felt a little weight on his head.
You Su: “Okay.”
Ying Chenlin paused and someone put a hand on his head.
"Okay, okay, don't move!" Jiang Simiao took a few pictures quickly.
Ying Chenlin did not move. He listened to Jiang Simiao's voice in the distance. You Su's hand was very big, and it seemed as if he covered his head. The other party did not move, nor did he use much force, but Ying Chenlin's attention was unconsciously focused on his head.
Outside the office, Shen Xingtang and Gu Xiaotian stood together.
Gu Xiaotian was in charge of the official blog for the first time. He said, "I see that other bases on Starnet pay a lot of attention to the order of publicity. We have already missed the first wave of publicity. Should we just post the photos and the list directly?"
"Don't post photos." Shen Xingtang's laptop was full of photos taken by Jiang Simiao. Her eyes stayed on You Su's hand, and then she said, "It's okay as long as the business is done. Chen Lin has never shown his face in the league before. Although the league is no longer obligated to provide him with underage protection, I still want to put his affairs on hold for later."
Gu Xiaotian: “?”
"The league didn't stipulate when the official photos should be released. We can release them before the elimination rounds." Shen Xingtang saved several photos: "They're pretty good."
Shen Xingtang: "Let's officially announce the list first."
On StarNet, by the end of November, most mecha bases had officially announced the participating lineups for the new league.
The new league has a special competition system. Compared with last year's league, the addition of medical mechas has brought more highlights to the audience and netizens. As early as October, many people were digging into the lineup of each base, such as which mecha base signed xx mecha division at a high price, and which mecha base mecha division switched to become a medical mecha division.
Among them, the most noteworthy are the teams that have always been in the top four of the Dawn League. The other lineups of Swift and Black Crow have not changed, but they have officially announced a medical mecha technician who was previously unknown. He looks like a medical rookie who has been trained in the mecha base for a long time and is specially prepared for the new season. Surprisingly, YDS, their control mecha master switched to medical position, and signed a control mecha master from other teams in the alliance at a high price.
The overall strength of the mecha division has risen to a higher level.
The top teams have undergone so many changes, and the other teams have undergone even more changes, so much so that all the netizens watching are looking forward to the knockout rounds in December. However, among the top sixteen teams in the old league, only KID has not yet officially announced its lineup.
KID's reputation now is very different from last year. Previously, it was facing the risk of disbanding due to the management's escape. As a result, the official announcement of a trace showed that it performed well in the league, and the entire team performed exceptionally well in the Qiujin pollution area. The fans who ran away in the early years have come back, and new fans have also joined one after another. However, the last update of their official blog was two months ago, when they forwarded a news about an online store auction, and no other news was revealed.
While other teams were promoting the new league, KID was diligently selling mecha parts and materials.
Other teams have officially announced new medical mecha pilots, but there is no trace of KID’s medical mecha pilot, and there is no news at all during the transfer window.
[I seem to have seen this situation once before.] 】
[You'll get used to it. They didn't sign anyone in the transfer window. Last time they brought back a retired Trace. 】
[Don't say that. There are several bases in the top 16 that have signed mecha divisions from other star systems. Do you think KID has also signed people from outside? 】
[Does KID have money?] 】
【KID has no money.】 】
Because of this, people who follow KID are even more curious. In particular, some mecha bases that regarded KID as their rival asked people in the Dawn Alliance to inquire again and again, but the result was nothing. There was really no news at all. Just when other fans were preparing to look for a list of retired mecha masters, KID finally released the news.
[@KID Robot Base: List of participants in the 16th Robot League of the First Star Region Dawn Galaxy
Tank: KID-Yan
Guard: KID-Yao
Control: KID-Lucy
Hidden: KID-QingF
Guns: KID-Trace
Medical: KID-Sink]
After seeing the list news, KID fans who had been waiting for a long time rushed in. They quickly skimmed through the known news and went straight to the KID medical mecha division promotion item, and saw the four letters following the KID prefix at a glance.
sink? ? ? ?
They watched it again, sink! ! !
【etc? I knew everyone in front of me, but when I saw the last one, my eyes suddenly went blind. 】
[I knew all the words, but when I saw the last one, I suddenly couldn’t recognize it. 】
[I remember the alliance rules... I think we can't use the ID of a retired mecha master? 】
[The alliance also has a rule that when a retired mecha technician re-registers, his ID cannot be changed within one year. 】
[Oh shit oh shit, is this the person I was thinking of?] 】
They even left the KID official blog and came back again, reading the official blog of KID Mecha Base from beginning to end several times, and reading the ID 'sink' from beginning to end.
When they wanted to go in or out again, KID’s official Weibo exploded. After receiving the news, people from all walks of life rushed in and directly squeezed the entrance of KID’s official Weibo.
Less than 3 minutes after KID’s official announcement was released, the entire KID official blog space was crowded with netizens, and the comment area was filled with question marks.
Who is sink? A solo genius who retired at the age of 18.
The only young overlord in the history of the Dawn Galaxy in the First Star Domain to have won the individual Star Alliance Championship trophy. He won three consecutive championships in the Dawn Galaxy League, the First Star Domain League, and the Star Alliance Championship in two years, becoming a legendary figure who won the individual grand slam in one fell swoop. This man received the highest honor at the most ambitious age, but when everyone thought he was going to create a dominant era for the Dawn Soldier, he retired quietly.
After his retirement, news related to him was circulating for more than two months, and there were only more and more rumors related to him.
As for him, apart from his brief appearance in the Qiujin polluted area at that time, there is no other news about him.
But now this ID has reappeared, not in the thank-you list of some contaminated zone, but on the official list of a base that was in the top 16 of a team competition (almost in the top 8) and was busy making money all day long and was not doing its job properly. It was not a single soldier, but a medical mecha division! ?
They had seen some outrageous rumors about sink, but they had never seen anything this outrageous, and it was an official list announced by a team.
[KID is trying to get attention?] ? ? 】
[Medical mecha?] ? ? Sink hits medical care? Is KID mistaken? 】
[I believe that Sink will inherit a huge fortune after retiring. 】
[Something went wrong with the alliance review?] 】
What went wrong? Believe it or not, Li Jingyan would fire someone on the spot if he got the sink ID wrong. 】
A group of people frantically asked @Dawn Mecha Alliance for an explanation.
Immediately afterwards, the Dawn Mecha Alliance added a separate piece of news to its routine official list of incoming mecha divisions, with an announcement of the approval of the [Application for Sink Transfer of Retired Individual Mecha Divisions] attached. The special red alliance seal, just like the seal on the retirement application two years ago, was blatantly slapped in the faces of netizens.
[First Star Region Dawn Galaxy Mecha Alliance: Announcement on matters related to the Medical Mecha Division (ID: sink) [Registration application approved] [Transfer application approved]]
The entire Dawn League circle exploded.
Fans of the team battles were full of questions, and the individual fans who came were even more confused. This time the explosion was no longer limited to the team battle league circle, but all the soldiers in the neighboring galaxy league that had just finished were also directly blown up.
Netizen: “???”
At the KID base, when the official announcement was made, everyone else was crowded in the training room reading comments from netizens on Starnet.
"With this level of popularity, can our official blog handle such a large amount of traffic?" Ji Qingfeng asked.
Huo Yan: "It's okay. StarNet is sensible. They will definitely expand the capacity if there is traffic."
Jiang Simiao was flipping through the laptop. Although they had expected that the IDs on the official list would cause a response, they did not expect it to be such a big response. Looking at the dense replies under the official blog, he understood that Shen Xingtang's initial concerns were normal. It was really a pity that such a genius had to serve as a medic in team battles.
Shen Xingtang looked at Ying Chenlin, who was sitting cross-legged in the virtual warehouse, also reading other people's news, "There are a lot of news on the Internet, read less, it's easy to affect your mentality."
Perhaps because he had experienced even more regretful comments, Ying Chenlin's mood was not affected at all when he saw these netizens' discussions. In his previous life, when he was seriously injured in a contaminated area and the news broke out, countless people felt sorry for his situation, and he had heard even more regretful voices.
But Ying Chenlin knew that everything he had now was not easy to come by.
He knew that his physical condition was no longer suitable for high-intensity individual matches. Even if he switched to team battles and applied for other mecha positions in other bases, other bases might not let him serve as the main output position, nor would they bear all the risks caused by his mistakes... Not to mention that people like KID would consider his physical condition and be willing to try more lineups for his imaginative combinations. Everyone was willing to bear his risks.
Ying Chenlin knew that KID could go further into the future even without him.
It was as if Shen Xingtang had helped him in his previous life, and his luck had changed since then.
It is his greatest luck to be reborn and be able to return to the league.
"Then let's set a goal." Ji Qingfeng said, "We also want to win the team competition grand slam."
Jiang Simiao almost fell down: "Is it so easy to win the team competition grand slam? You have set a goal?!"
Shen Xingtang looked at the excited faces of the group of people and felt relaxed for some reason: "Let's set a goal. If one year doesn't work, then two years will do. It's a good thing to have a goal and a dream. Shuguang is still too small. We need to go out and make more money to expand the base."
Huo Yan: "Haha, ten years is fine, I can still fight until I'm 40."
Lin Yao said: "Then Chen Lin is very awesome! It will be a double grand slam by then!"
You Su looked at the child next to him. The child didn't seem to be affected by the Star Network. He just looked at the comments quietly. "Do you think it's a pity?"
Ying Chenlin had seen the peak of an individual soldier, but he had never seen what the peak of a team battle was like. ⑥
It’s like the peak that Future KID has never reached, the highest event in the Mecha League - the Team Battle Star Alliance Tournament.
"Nothing to regret." Ying Chenlin turned off the computer and said with a smile, "When I was 17, I also fought my way up through the knockout rounds."
He has been to the deepest valley, and there is nothing to be afraid of, nor anything to be regretted.
It's just that after two lifetimes, he can walk the path of his dreams again.
I am so lucky to be able to start over again.
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I'm having my period today so I'm writing slowly, so I'll post one update here first. I'll post the second update after I finish my meal.
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