Chapter 153

Chapter 153

After the elimination round, all mechas need to be repaired in order to prepare for the subsequent promotion rounds.

Although the new season's competition system has changed, the overall schedule still follows the old system. After the knockout rounds, there will be a 32-man qualifying round, and after the qualifying rounds, there will be a top 8 ranking round. The time difference between each schedule will not exceed half a month, and the base will only have 10 days to repair the mecha.

Now that Grandpa Gu and Shen Xingtang are helping out in the maintenance room, Ying Chenlin spends more time in the training room training with KID every day, but whenever he has free time every day, he will go to the maintenance room first.

Theo didn't participate in the last competition. The S-class mecha data needs new weapon data to be imported. During this period, Theo's mecha has been kept in the maintenance room.

As soon as Ying Chenlin entered the maintenance room, he saw Grandpa Gu busy repairing the worn-out mecha.

He did not disturb Grandpa Gu's work, but looked at Mecha Theo.

The weapons prepared for the new season of Dawn have actually been tested and implemented, but not all of them have been installed due to tactical considerations. Among them, Theo's weapon is relatively difficult. The mechas of other people are all A-level mechas, only Theo is an S-level mecha, and the adaptability of the weapon needs to be adjusted all the time.

Ying Chenlin climbed into the cockpit. As soon as he entered the cockpit, the entire cockpit lit up and all the functions in the cockpit were turned on.

He paused for a moment, "Theo?"

The cockpit lit up, as if the mecha was greeting him in a friendly manner.

Ying Chenlin sat in the cockpit, opened the operating table and began to check.

It was a little hard for him to get used to the S-class mecha cockpit when he first entered it. The air was filled with You Su's presence. Every time he entered the cockpit, he felt as if You Su was standing nearby. He quickly adjusted the data inside the mecha, installed two new weapons on Theo, and the values ​​of the weapon box changed.

"Chen Lin is always so careful when he checks on me!" Theo watched the repairman at work and greeted the other AI very enthusiastically.

Yuan stayed in the necklace, listening to Theo's voice and occasionally responding with a word or two.

Theo asked, "I noticed that he has been tinkering with the S-level data recently. Hasn't he already repaired the damaged part you have?"

"It will take time to repair, I'm not in a hurry."

The Yuan was severely damaged in the Kolya contaminated area, and even now its full functions have not been restored.

Theo had been in the maintenance room for a long time and had been hearing the discussions between Grandpa Gu and Shen Xingtang. He knew that Ying Chenlin had his own plans for repairing Yuan. Even the energy crystal obtained from the polluted alien was used as the core of the weapon and had entered the design process.

The rapid regeneration ability of that alien species is very special. I don’t know what weapon Ying Chenlin made it into.

While Ying Chenlin was examining Theo, it continued chatting with Yuan.

It was not until Ying Chenlin left the cockpit that it reluctantly said goodbye to him. ㊣

Coming out of the cockpit, Ying Chenlin noticed the heat of the key around his neck. He glanced sideways at the tall mecha next to him. There were even a few new red spray paints on the originally white mecha.

Theo seems to have a good relationship with Yuan.

Ever since his mental strength eased, Yuan would occasionally say a few words to Ying Chenlin. Ying Chenlin had always been cautious in modifying Yuan. This plan had been in his design since his previous life. Now that it was about to enter the later stage of modification, he naturally should not slack off in the slightest.

Ying Chenlin walked around the maintenance room and checked everyone's mecha before returning to the high programming table.

He retrieved the weapon data of each mecha from the programming table, checked them all before connecting them to the optical computer and exporting the half-finished design draft.

KID has acquired a lot of energy crystals in the past two years, but there are actually very few that can be used for Yuan.

S-class mechas will react to different types of energy crystals based on the initial weapon attributes, just like Theo's preference for wind-attribute energy crystals. S-class mechas will be more strict in their choice of weapons, and mecha pilots will also focus on choosing some attribute crystals that they prefer or are good at.

When Ying Chenlin was driving a single-soldier mecha, he particularly liked to use fire-attributed energy crystals.

In the initial stage, Yuan used the Flowing Fire Sword and the Karma Fire Cannon. Maybe it was due to the mutual influence between him and Yuan that Ying Chenlin preferred to choose materials with fire attributes when screening materials.

In the Koria contaminated area, the Inferno Cannon produced an abnormal high temperature reaction due to the influence of the mutated pollutant. Ying Chenlin originally thought that it had been damaged, but in fact, the weapon core of the Inferno Cannon was not completely damaged. The good news is that Yuan’s two weapons were not damaged, which means that as long as they are properly modified, Yuan can continue to use these two weapons.

But such weapons reserves are insufficient.

Ying Chenlin hesitated a little before pouring out a supernatural crystal from the storage device. The supernatural crystal, which was slightly dull in color, was slightly suspended under the influence of Ying Chenlin's mental power, and a faint flash of lightning flashed across the interior of the red supernatural crystal.

“It’s energy rich.”

Ying Chenlin was fiddling with the energy crystal when he suddenly heard Yuan's voice.

He paused for a moment and then replied, "But we don't know its special abilities."

This supernatural crystal was an S-level supernatural crystal that Ying Chenlin picked up accidentally when he first came to Sirius. After taking it to the relevant agency for testing, it was only concluded that it was a dual-attribute attack-type supernatural crystal, and there was no other information.

Ying Chenlin knew that Yuan could passively absorb energy from this energy crystal. Judging from the speed at which the S-class mecha absorbed energy, the energy of this energy crystal should have been almost consumed. However, after such a long time, apart from becoming dim, the S-class reaction on its body did not weaken at all.

This is the only fire-attribute attack-type crystal left in Ying Chenlin's hand. Unfortunately, he doesn't know its power and has never been able to make it into a weapon.

The dual attributes of fire and thunder, such a standard dual attribute configuration is rare among offensive energy crystals.

Not only that, he also has two special S-level power crystals that he inherited from his father's estate, but he doesn't know the effects of their powers.

He asked the pollutant expert Mr. Qiu about this. Mr. Qiu was helping him investigate the origins of the two energy crystals in the inheritance, but no news has been received yet.

Ying Chenlin withdrew his mental power, and the energy crystal fell steadily into his hand again.

He was about to put the things away when he caught a glimpse of the special letter that was placed with the things.

Ying Chenlin read the name: "Master Xuejun."

"Something your mother gave you?"

A voice suddenly came from behind him. Ying Chenlin paused for a moment, turned around and found that You Su was standing behind him at some point.

Noticing Ying Chenlin's surprised look, You Su shrugged slightly and said, "I've been here for a while, but there was no response to my message."

Ying Chenlin opened his laptop and found that You Su had sent him a message 20 minutes ago, asking him to

Go to the conference room for a meeting, "I was busy and didn't pay attention."

He placed the optical computer on the table, hurriedly tidied up the things on the programming table, and put all the energy crystals he had taken out into the memory.

You Su stood nearby and watched. He recognized the memory device, which was often hung together with the key to Yuan mecha. His gaze stayed on the fire thunder energy crystal for a while, then he quickly looked away, inadvertently sweeping his eyes to the computer that Ying Chenlin placed on the programming desk.

The computer page has not been closed yet, and there are still several messages that have not been read.

His gaze stayed on the top position for a moment, and he did not look away until the person in front of him finished packing his things.

"Have you finished the work in the maintenance room?" You Su asked.

Ying Chenlin nodded and said, "Leave the rest to Grandpa Gu."

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When the two rushed to the conference room, it was already full of people.

What was placed on the table was not information, but nutritional supplements that Ji Qingfeng had just collected from the store not long ago.

"Isn't the original flavor good?" Jiang Simiao remembered that he had always been disliked when buying nutritional supplements. "I even picked the best and most expensive ones. I've read the nutritional ratio table and it definitely meets your body's needs."

On the other hand, what Ji Qingfeng bought were obviously the kind of snacks and nutritional supplements that fooled children.

Ji Qingfeng: "Is the nutritional supplement a question of nutrition? It's a question of taste!"

The nutrient supplements in Keze Floating Island were also bought by Jiang Simiao. The group of six had been eating the original nutrient supplements in the contaminated area for nearly 30 days. Now they felt physically nauseous when they saw the original flavor. They would soon enter the promotion round, and they could not let Jiang Simiao coordinate the purchase of supplies.

Jiang Simiao was too lazy to pay attention to these people. He even specifically asked about the nutritional supplements that Doctor Eric bought. How could a mecha master eat junk food every day? There were other people growing up in the base. "I won't pay attention to you if you eat whatever you want. There are still some original flavors in the warehouse. I'll give them to Shen Lin and Yao Bao."

Ying Chenlin was about to walk over to take a look at the nutritional supplements, but stopped when he heard this.

Lin Yao had already put his head into the nutritional supplement to try out the flavor. He was immediately displeased when he heard Jiang Simiao say that: "Ah? I don't want the original flavor."

Shen Xingtang just walked in. "Do you still want to grow taller?"

Lin Yao: "You said the same thing last time. Shen Lin has grown 2cm, but I haven't grown at all."

Ying Chenlin glanced at the pile of nutrients and asked, "I've grown taller, can I eat something else?"

Jiang Simiao was just about to explain the importance of physical growth to the dwarfs in the team, but the next second he saw You Su picked out a few tubes of nutrient solution and placed them casually in front of Ying Chenlin's seat.

You Su said: "Honey."

Ying Chenlin was stunned: "Thank you, Brother You."

Jiang Simiao: “?”

He swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, turned around and saw Lin Yao who was about to get the nutrient solution: "Do you know what the physical data survey of Star Alliance citizens said? It's very difficult to grow after the age of 23! I'm talking about you, Lin Yao, you're almost 22, and you won't grow any taller in another year!"

When Lin Yao heard this, he asked, "Isn't there still a year left?"

"Don't listen to Sanshui's crooked theory." Ji Qingfeng: "Anyway, there is no rule that dwarves can't drive mechas."

Huo Yan smiled and said, "They are all like this when they are young. Let them eat whatever they want."

Ying Chenlin took the honey-flavored nutrient and put it away. After putting it aside, he noticed that Shen Xingtang, who was sitting opposite him, was looking at him. He hesitated for a moment, thinking that Shen Xingtang had something else to say, and then he saw Shen Xingtang's eyes fell on You Su next to him.

Jiang Simiao did not argue with this group of mecha masters who had perverse ideas. Instead, he put out the virtual screen and got to the point of the meeting: "I called you here today to arrange the schedule for the next game. After the knockout rounds, there will be the promotion rounds. Our opponents are a bit difficult to deal with."

If the combat readiness levels of the mecha teams are similar in the knockout rounds, then once they reach the top 32, they will face strong teams with complete mecha equipment. There is currently very little combat data on these strong teams, and their performance during the knockout rounds was pretty much as Jiang Simiao had expected. They did not take out the new weapons in the mecha reserves, and everyone was using the old tactics to play the game.

"There's no need to say more about the Jifeng side." Jiang Simiao took out the information of all the teams, "Zhao Lejie's new weapons didn't appear in the elimination round. Judging from the situation, they probably refurbished all the weapons."

Gale has been the top-ranked base in the Dawn Galaxy for several years, and the weapons reserves of this base are unpredictable.

Under the Wind, there are Black Crow and YDS, and in the future there are the old top 8 teams. The strength of the top 16 teams can still be estimated, but the most difficult to predict are still the old top 8 teams, and the most difficult among the old top 8 are the top four.

Ji Qingfeng: "Didn't we play BZZL1 last year? Wasn't the top four at that level?"

Jiang Simiao immediately poured cold water on him: "BZZL1 has become stronger this year. It is definitely not possible for you to repeat the way you dealt with BZZL1 last year. Last year, there was a canyon that you blew up to find someone. This year, let's change to a competition venue where there is nothing to blow up. I want to see how you can find their hideaways."

The promotion matches are all arranged by draw, and according to the current situation, it is impossible to predict who the opponent will be.

However, the promotion match will not be like the knockout match where there is only one qualifying spot per game. After the round of 32 will be the round of 16, and after the round of 16 will be the quarterfinals.

The qualifying round is not the issue they need to consider now. What KID needs to consider is how to advance to the top 8.

The virtual screen displayed the information of each base. Jiang Simiao coughed and said, "After Shen Lin was exposed in the elimination match, other Dawn bases will definitely study our weapons reserves in detail in the next period of time. Shen Lin's attack medical and Lao Huo's control tanks will be targeted."

This is also a difficult point, as attacking medical care is too easy to target.

Ying Chenlin said: "You can change the weapons according to your opponent."

Although he had not yet fully designed the weapons for the medical mecha, the arsenal he could use was still relatively sufficient. Jianheng provided them with an arsenal of A-class mechas. Without considering the effects of advanced supernatural crystals, ordinary weapons could also be used.

The worry is that the other teams' weapons reserves are too luxurious. The higher the stage of the competition, the greater the impact of the supernatural crystal weapons will be.

Shen Xingtang said, "We have a set of weapons ready, but this is not enough. During this period, I have been searching for various types of supernatural crystals in major auctions and market channels based on the tactics you have trained before, and strive to fill our weapons reserves within a period of time."

Jiang Simiao: "We can't hide our weapons until the end of the Star Tournament. Given the difficulties faced by teams like Jifeng, we will have to use up all our weapons after the promotion round."

You have to dig, but you have to know how to dig properly.

Jiang Simiao came to the meeting for this purpose. They must formulate strategies based on the characteristics of each team.

Ying Chenlin knew Jiang Simiao's considerations when the other party was talking about the characteristics of each team. He also read the hundred-page data board to the end. Judging from KID's current situation, if he wants to advance to the top eight, the opponents he needs to be most vigilant against are the top four teams.

BZZL1 had played against each other in the last season, and Huo Yan and his team were well aware of the operating characteristics of this team's mecha division.

Jifeng has also worked with YDS and has a certain degree of familiarity with them. Ying Chenlin knew the command capabilities of Qi Sicheng and Ke Lin. Their levels were higher than BZZL1. They might not necessarily have an advantage in weapons against opponents like that. If they wanted to win, in addition to taking out a full set of weapons reserves, they also needed to formulate tactics.

The other team that is most difficult to describe is actually Black Crow.

KID's cooperation with the Black Crows was not deep. Although they had cooperated with the Black Crows during the time in the Koria contaminated zone, they were separated by two planets, and they obtained very little information related to the Black Crows after the mission review. From this point of view, they lagged behind the Black Crows in intelligence.

The most special thing about Black Crow is the combat system of their mecha division. If Ying Chenlin's attack and medical treatment is an unpopular system, then Black Crow Lichi Liz's long-range stealth is also one of the unpopular systems.

According to past experience, Black Crow's Chi Liz long-range stealth system is one of the core elements of Black Crow, but it is not just this core. Black Crow has a very similar point to KID, that is, they also have three long-range core systems. If we use the same core system of three long-range mechas used in the knockout rounds to deal with Black Crow, it would only be considered as showing off one's skills before an expert.

There is a reason why Chi Liz is so popular on Starnet. Ying Chenlin once fought a virtual battlefield with him. The reaction ability of this mecha master is no worse than Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao. He can quickly detect the situation and make adjustments. His mobility is very high.

Such a mecha pilot is very comfortable as a teammate, but extremely difficult to deal with as an opponent.

Ying Chenlin thought of this and flipped through other information about Black Crow, and saw Black Crow's gun mecha and control mecha in it. ⊕This⊕work⊕is⊕made⊕by⊕

Normally, each team's combat system will revolve around a core, such as the YDS system with Colin as the core, and the comprehensive development system of Gale. The Black Crow system is a dual-core system, one of which is the long-range stealth mecha Chi Liz, and the other is the high-attack gun mecha Wen Yi.

"Are you reading Black Crow's information?" Huo Yan noticed Ying Chenlin's focus.

Lu Xi heard Black Crow, "This team is a bit difficult to beat. We were defeated by them before."

"Black Crow is a typical dual-core team, Chi Liz and Wen Yi. They play an unpopular system, so many tactics are not applicable to them." Jiang Simiao pulled out the information and explained it more clearly when mentioning Black Crow. "Chi Liz and Wen Yi are both long-range players. The two of them have always been in the back row of the team, and they are snowballing wildly with the advantages created by their teammates in the front."

"When fighting Black Crow, the most fearful thing is not being able to find their concealment and guns." Huo Yan continued: "Their tanks are flexible tanks, and the control mecha division also carries dual long-range control cannon mechas. Judging from the situation in the elimination round, their guards and medical personnel are also half tanks and half control."

Ji Qingfeng felt a little numb when he heard this: "Doesn't this mean that this team is both strong and has control? And the back row is also flexible?"

Jiang Simiao said: "To put it simply, they capture people in the front row and kill people in the back row. In addition, they are highly flexible, so the teams that confront them are often eliminated by them before they can find their players."

Shen Xingtang said: "Aren't you familiar with their tactics? Three long-range systems, Chi Liz's play style is very similar to Shen Lin. And their medical mecha also looks like it can use long-range weapons..."

Lin Yao: "Ah! Isn't that the four-range system?"

Black Crow is a team that is absolutely good at using long-range mechas, but KID is different. KID’s previous advantage was the front-row mechas.

Ji Qingfeng is a traditional stealth mecha, Lin Yao is a guard who can't even use a cannon, and Huo Yan is a more comprehensive tank mecha.

Therefore, facing the Black Crows is definitely a terrible obstacle for KID.

Jiang Simiao: "It's okay. There are 16 places for the top 32. Even if we run into the same game, we just need to avoid a head-on confrontation with Black Crow."

KID doesn't want to encounter Black Crow. They will definitely suffer if they encounter Black Crow.

Ying Chenlin listened to his teammates' discussion and drew the outline of the four-range system on the data board. After he finished drawing the outline, he suddenly thought of something and looked towards Lin Yao's position.

Lin Yao: "What's wrong Shen Lin?"

Ying Chenlin: “Nothing.”

The promotion match was conducted in the form of a Star Network draw. When it was time to draw lots, everyone unanimously asked Ying Chenlin to sign.

The knockout rounds are like a huge team competing on a single plank bridge, and the qualifying round for the top 32 requires even higher strength from each team. The teams are divided into four groups, ABCD, with each group having 4 qualifying spots. When the draw results came out, we could only say that KID was extremely lucky, as he was assigned to Group D, which had few strong teams, in the round of 32.

When this result came out, many netizens on Starnet who thought the game was going to be a Shura game from the start were stunned.

[Has Kid ever been so lucky? 】

[This grouping is just shit luck.] 】

Before the draw, Jiang Simiao had even arranged

Fu Qiang's team used a tactical lineup, but when they saw this grouping, they put the weapons they had half-pulled out back into the basket. The other mecha teams that wanted to study KID were also speechless. With this kind of grouping, wouldn't it be possible for KID to hide again?

There is no strong team in Group D that KID is most worried about. Most of the teams in Group D are dark horses from the old top 32 or the knockout rounds.

This did not pose much competitive pressure for KID. After entering the contaminated zone, he quickly stabilized his record in the top four. He made a comeback at the last minute to win the Group D match and secure a spot in the top 16.

The Dawn Mecha Alliance got richer after the black hole wave. Starting from the knockout round, the bonuses given out each time were very generous. For strong teams, ordinary bonuses became a pool of available liquid funds for KID, which filled all the vacancies in the maintenance room in one go.

Shen Xingtang was much better at managing money than some of the mecha masters in KID. Once she had money to spend, she would immediately put every part of the base in order, so that she could provide more protection for the KID mecha masters and even refurbished the virtual warehouses in the training room that had been used for several years.

"Let me draw it?" Ying Chenlin was pushed to the drawing page again.

Ji Qingfeng: "If we draw another retirement group, we can definitely make it to the top 8."

But the results of this draw were not ideal when all the grouping results came out.

KID was divided into Group A, and the teams in Group A were BZZL1 and Black Crow.

Among the top four teams in the Dawn season, two are in Group A!

One of them is the Black Crow, the one KID least wants to encounter.

Ying Chenlin was slightly surprised when he saw the result and looked at the others: "It seems okay?"

You Su: "I'm really good at smoking."

KID and others: "..."

Jiang Simiao: "It's over. This time I have to reveal my true colors."

The author has something to say:

We came too late and made it to the round of 32.

Mainly write about the next round of 16 matches, the opponents are BZZL1 and Black Crow!

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