Chapter 44

Chapter 44

As the game ended, everyone else in the live broadcast room fell into silence, as if they had not expected Chi Liz to be eliminated in such a miserable way and miss the victory in the last minute.

【? ? ? The last ones to appear are Hidden and Guard! ? 】

How did you find out? How long have these two followed Chi Liz! ? 】

[Where on earth did this talented person come from?] ? I originally thought 01 was very strong, but there were several more that popped up. 】

[Am I the only one who cares about the person who survived to the end? Who is this awesome guy who can survive against this crazy team? 】

By the time the race was over, many people in the live broadcast room had not yet recovered. The race was only 60 minutes long, but they were completely unable to react to the endless tricks of this team.

This kind of fighting style is really rare. It was clearly a team battle, but Gunner 01's teammates were nowhere to be seen from the beginning. After they finally cleared the surrounding mechas, 01's teammates appeared one after another. Moreover, 01's teammates are not ordinary stuff either. There is a control mecha that can seize the opportunity to kill alone, two melee mechas lurking outside the battle, and a gun mecha with superb operation.

【etc? ! Is there a tank in this convoy? 】

[I just checked the battle results. That tank took the most damage in the game. 】

What does it mean to have the highest damage in the whole game? It means that this person has been at the center of the fire, but has never been eliminated by any mecha. There was only one mecha that met this condition, and that was the tank mecha that was at the center of everyone's fire when the second wave of melee broke out and was suspected of having made a mispositioning mistake.

Chi Liz just realized at this moment that the mecha was not Ace's bait at all. This convoy had been around them from the beginning to the end, adding fuel to the fire and turning the situation into what it was in the end.

He stared at the results, unable to react for a long time before being called off the broadcast by others.

In the CEF4 mecha base in the Tiannu Galaxy of the third star region, Gunner Mecha Master Ai

Si was sitting in front of the virtual screen. The clip of the head-on confrontation with qpdik01 had been played repeatedly several times. The opponent's actions always made him alert.

"Ace, you've seen it 20 times." Another mecha master in the base said, "This gunner mecha master is definitely not a mecha master from our Third Star Region. We have never seen this kind of operation style in the Star Alliance."

Ace frowned and said, "He must be at the level of a professional mecha master. It may be that we have never encountered him."

A teammate said, "A mecha master who can fight you head-on must be at the level of the Star Alliance Tournament. If he has participated in the Star Alliance Tournament, he must be on our base's research list, but the coach just said that he doesn't have it anymore."

"If you haven't participated in the Star Alliance Tournament... then your strength level must not be enough. You don't have to worry too much."

Ace still couldn't let go of his worry, he always felt that the other party would be his future opponent.

In the YDS base, Hu Luobu left the virtual warehouse and saw Colin, who had already exported the battle data. He was standing in front of the virtual screen, surrounded by two tactical coaches from their base. The three of them reviewed the game with heavy expressions.

Hu Luobu first reflected on himself: "Although it was a virtual game, I still underestimated the opponent."

"Underestimating the enemy is one thing, but I can only say that the person who came up with this tactic behind the scenes is really wicked." Colin turned on the virtual screen, which showed the game at a high magnification. From the strong entrance of Gun Cannon at the beginning to the start of the second wave of melee, every detail was played out. "Did you see it? At the beginning, Gun Cannon used such an eye-catching method and eliminated two people in a strong way. In fact, he was always covering his teammates to leave the center of the battle."

Gunner's high-profile appearance became everyone's core target. His teammates did not support him, but used this time to move to the right position and wait for subsequent tactical arrangements. The center of the small contaminated area map was divided into two battlefields, the inner battlefield had only one Gunner mecha, and the outer battlefield was all of Gunner's teammates.

No support is better than support.

The coach next to him frowned and said, "A team like this will have a great advantage when encountering a small map like this."

Hu Luobu said: "Then we should just block their guns and cannons at the beginning. No... we can't kill him."

In this game, there are at least three long-range core gunners in the center, including him and Chi Liz. What's more, there is also Ace, a gunner who ranks sixth in the Star Alliance. Even such an encirclement cannot suppress this gunner.

"Their tactics are very core and have great drawbacks. But even if we know their drawbacks, as long as we can't conquer the core of guns and cannons, we will never be able to break this situation."

Colin said: "This kind of fighting style is actually a test of the personal qualities of the mecha division. Look at every step of this game, the guns and artillery opening, the tank bait, the control of the field of view... and the final harvest of stealth and guards. Think about it, they are so divided, if any one of them is eliminated early, their tactics will be completely useless."

"But no, all five of their mechas are alive and well."

The team's individual qualities are excellent, which shows that the mecha division is very strong. At least in Colin's league experience, he has never seen a team with such complete individual qualities. This team is either a mecha team combination that has never appeared in the Dawn Galaxy, or a team from another galaxy.

The coach next to him continued, "It seems that we have to pay close attention to the next knockout rounds. Maybe there will be a dark horse this year."

Hu Luobu thought carefully about the battlefield just now. For a period of time, he always felt a strange sense of familiarity, "I seem to have seen it somewhere."

Colin frowned and looked at him. "Have you seen it? But we have never played against a team like this."

Hu Luobu didn't know how to describe it. He couldn't see the details when he watched the video now, but he definitely had this feeling when he was in the battle: "I always feel very familiar, but I can't remember where I have met it."

He was sure that he had never seen such tactics before, but why did he feel so familiar with it?

-*

In the KID base, several KID players who finished the game exited the virtual warehouse with great satisfaction.

Lin Yao: "I think my last ultimate flying kick was really cool."

"Yeah, I just think my restraints are really good." Ji Qingfeng thought narcissistically, "One tie, one stick, and then one cut. I dream of killing the gun mecha like this."

When Ying Chenlin just exited the virtual warehouse, he saw Jiang Simiao and Shen Xingtang sitting next to him, both of them looking at him.

Shen Xingtang smiled at him.

Ying Chenlin felt a little guilty for some reason. He turned his head and saw the virtual screen in the training room replaying their previous fight. "Sorry, the fight just now was my idea. I didn't do it on purpose."

Hearing the sound, the KID mecha warriors who had been having a crazy time finally reacted. Jiang Simiao asked them to train on the battlefield, but they ended up playing like individual soldiers on the battlefield, and the more they fought, the more excited they became, without practicing any of the original tactics.

Jiang Simiao raised his glasses and said with a smile: "You played well."

KID and the others instantly got goosebumps. They were used to seeing Jiang Simiao with a cold face all day long. It was a long time since they saw him smiling.

Seeing that no one said anything, Jiang Simiao looked at them in confusion: "What's the matter? Why are you all so sad when I praise you for fighting well?"

He pulled the virtual screen in front of everyone, "What are you doing standing there? Come here, let's review it."

When he said he was reviewing the game, he really did it. When KID and others were playing, Jiang Simiao had already quickly reviewed the entire game. He really saw another possibility from this battle. In the past, he was too limited in the scale of traditional team battles. He wanted to find ways to adjust the rhythm to suit KID as much as possible, until he just finished watching that game.

"I was not careful about some things before, but after seeing your play today, I have a new idea." Jiang Simiao opened the map again, "Have you heard of splitting the battlefield? The core of our original combat method was actually traversing, but after watching today's game, I think our core can be placed on both short-range and long-range."

When you really do a review, you have to analyze every detail from every angle.

In addition to Ying Chenlin's command factor, the more important factor in the whole game was the performance of KID's mecha division. Team battle is a form of competition that focuses on team cooperation, but the personal qualities of the mecha division cannot be ignored. Before today, he had never expected that after being cut apart, their mecha division would even perform at a better level. They should not accommodate or force cooperation, but find ways to adjust the combat method that suits their core.

You Su has excellent personal strength, but his fast pace makes it easy for him to become disconnected from his teammates. As a single core player on the court, he will definitely be targeted from all sides. Originally, Jiang Simiao wanted to adjust this weakness by improving their coordination ability, but now he has completely changed his original idea. For example, in today's game, You Su became the focus of the whole audience. While serving as a bait, he also opened up another field of vision for his teammates, thus dividing up another battlefield.

This may seem like a one-man-war method, but in fact every key point comes from the silent support of other teammates.

This includes Lu Xi's solo kill of the control mecha master Lina, and Lin Yao and Ji Qingfeng's encirclement of Chi Liz. The routines are dead, but people are alive.

After listening to Jiang Simiao's simple analysis, KID and others also noticed another problem.

Lin Yao's poor brain thought for a moment and said, "It seems to make sense. Da Feng and I are both goalkeepers today, but it's more fun to play than usual!"

"But this is a virtual battlefield. A virtual battlefield is a designed fair environment. There are no mecha levels and no weapon ability crystals." Lu Xi is the one who has the most experience. She found that the key to keeping up with You Su's rhythm is to completely let You Su go. But if it were in a real league, she might not dare to let You Su go. "With weapons and pollutant ability effects, it's not easy to escape."

Huo Yan also had this feeling: "Yeah, I can move around in the crowd with a tank because I calculated the damage so as not to destroy me. If it is a league, it will be different. The performance of the mecha and weapons will be improved, and the difficulty will be different."

"That's true." Ji Qingfeng: "When we caught Chi Lizna in the end, if he had brought his real weapon, it would have been impossible for Yao Bao and I to finish him off in the last thirty seconds."

A virtual battlefield is always virtual. The sense of oppression brought by a real contaminated zone is completely different, and the strength of the opponents will also be different.

Lin Yao said "oh". He couldn't think of any strategy, but he had a clear idea of ​​his own battle. "We have to catch people. It's easier to fight if I can get close. If I encounter a control mecha, it will be hard for me to catch up with it once it runs. Their weapons have too many control features, which is a mess."

Ying Chenlin had been listening nearby. Over the course of the night, his data board had already been densely filled with various parameters. When he heard Lin Yao say this, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at him: "Why don't you just catch them?"

Lin Yao scratched his head. "It's hard to catch. It's like a fish. It runs away very fast every time."

It’s different from the game, where the parameters of weapons are all the same, and catching someone is equivalent to entangled the opponent to death.

Ying Chenlin: "They have weapons, don't you have any?"

Lin Yao was stunned. His usual weapons on the field were a close-range protective shield and a lightsaber. His protective shield was used when charging in the front row, and the sword was to ensure his close combat ability. Normal guard mechas will carry two types of weapons: control and attack. However, the control weapons suitable for guards are all short-range artillery weapons such as thunder and magnetic cannons, and Lin Yao knows nothing about artillery weapons.

He once trained hard in the artillery weapons arena for half a month, but in the end he was kicked out in disgrace.

He has A-level mental strength, S-level physique, and excellent talent as a mecha pilot, but the problem is that he knows nothing about artillery weapons.

Ying Chenlin looked at him suspiciously: "Who said that melee weapons can't hold back people?"

Lin Yao: “?”

You Su looked at Ying Chenlin. He had been staying in the maintenance room all this time, studying weapons. Several times when he passed by the maintenance room to see Theo, Ying Chenlin was still in the laboratory where the energy crystals were stored, repeatedly calculating something. The energy crystals that had been seized as spoils of war were said to have been put into use in the mecha.

Ying Chenlin's tone of voice was not fast, but every word was clear and precise, giving people a sense of security: "Cannon weapons are indeed easy to use, but they have a fatal flaw: they need to be charged. The knife weapons you often use have a short charging time and a fast combo speed."

"Since we are going to adopt a multi-core combat method, if the other side strengthens their offensive capabilities, we can also strengthen our capabilities." Ying Chenlin placed the data board in front of everyone.

"We have weapons, too."

-

The main office of the Dawn Galaxy Mecha Alliance is very busy. The league is about to begin, and the information of all mecha bases needs to be reviewed one last time, including the latest mecha information submitted.

Mecha League competitions have special competition time standards. In order to ensure competitive safety, mechas can only be modified within the standards specified by the league, so the annual pre-match review is the busiest time for the league.

"Have the accompanying lists of the major mecha teams come out? All the mecha data will be sent to the chairman's office after they are reviewed and approved. The chairman is urging us to do so."

"There is a document that needs to be modified. The KID base sent the mecha data the day before yesterday. I will send it over after updating it."

"Why has the mecha information at the Sirius base changed so much this year? Even the core weapons have been changed."

The staff conducted a simple review and then quickly delivered the sorted information to the office of Li Jingyan, chairman of the Dawn Galaxy Mecha Alliance. As soon as they knocked on the door and entered, they saw Li Jingyan standing next to the virtual screen, seemingly flipping through some information.

"Chairman, the information on all the mechas is here." said the staff.

Li Jingyan nodded slightly and said, "Put it over there."

The staff member left after putting the documents away. He had only taken a few steps when he heard a colleague rushing over and asked, "Why are you here? There is another base over there that is being rebuilt.

Submitted the information. ”

Mechas in the Mecha League are often worn out, and they need several days of repair after almost every game. Therefore, mecha review information is submitted to the league almost every day. It first passes the intelligent review and then the manual review, which is also the busiest work during the Mecha League.

Staff: "But I just delivered the document to the Chairman."

The colleague said, "It's from the Sirius DE team. I saw that they have replaced the weapon core. There shouldn't be any problem."

In the office, not long after the staff left, Li Jingyan imported the data board recording all the audit documents into the virtual screen. He flipped through them one by one and stopped when he saw the KID base. He remembered this base. The KID base had seen the most changes in the upper echelons of the Team Battle Alliance in recent years. During the two years, accidents had occurred to everyone from the management to the maintenance technicians. It was only recently that they hurriedly submitted the information of the gunnery and mecha division.

Li Jingyan sighed, thinking of the mecha master information. The mecha technology of the Dawn Galaxy had been in decline for a long time. He was watching every talented mecha master, including the trace newly submitted by KID, who was once a good seedling he was optimistic about. Who knew that he was a thorn in the side, and was banned for violations one after another, and finally applied for retirement on his own.

Flipping through the information, Li Jingyan scrolled down the list. When he saw a name at the very end of KID's list, his expression suddenly froze.

[KID maintenance technician: Ying Chenlin]

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After submitting some weapon information to the alliance, KID entered into a busy life again.

Ying Chenlin still spent the whole day in the maintenance room, while KID and other mecha technicians spent the whole day in the training room.

KID and his team ignored the elimination rounds. In order to carry out the devilish training, they even reduced the number of times they went shopping on the Star Network. They rushed to the training room and dormitory every day, operating mechas with their eyes open and closed. The only difference was that after each week's training, Jiang Simiao always asked them to change to a small account and continue practicing.

Lin Yao: "Isn't that necessary? We are the only team that has people researching tactics? How unconfident are they?"

Jiang Simiao: "Just change it if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

The last time, qpdik caused such a big stir online just because of that game. During this period, he could see people digging out details and information in the technical forums. How could he not change his account?

After all the mecha masters entered the training room, Shen Xingtang looked at the expense reimbursement form for the training expenses during this period: "Can I ask? Why has the cost become so high during this period?"

Jiang Simiao coughed and said, "It's quite expensive to hire a power leveler for a high-level account, and we can't buy a mecha master account, so I can only register and find someone to power level me."

Shen Xingtang: "......? Are these the IDs you chose?"

Jiang Simiao was busy analyzing the data: "What's wrong with the ID? Isn't it easy to remember?"

Shen Xingtang looked at the IDs written on the recording board, such as qpdik, qgdik, lndik... For a moment, he didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Simiao spending so much money to find someone to practice high-scoring trumpets? "Forget it. When they are done with their work, remember to ask them to take down the team uniforms so that we can take the official announcement photos."

Jiang Simiao then remembered the matter of team uniforms and promotional photos.

There were too many things to do this season, with a lot of mechas that needed to be repaired. Shen Xingtang was busy running around to arrange everything. Jiang Simiao and Shen Xingtang acted as temporary cameramen, shooting promotional videos for several mecha technicians.

Huo Yan asked as he put on his coat: "So why do we have to take promotional photos? When we go on stage, we only see our mechas, not the people."

Lu Xi: "It seems to be like this. It is said to be a tradition left over from the old Earth era. At that time, everyone had to take photos when playing games."

Ying Chenlin happened to come here as well. The maintenance engineer didn't need to be in the camera, so he stood by and watched. He had taken promotional photos before, and he had stayed in another base for a period of time during his short career. At that time, he was accompanied by a team when taking promotional photos, and the professional equipment could fill an entire room, instead of temporarily converting an office into a photo studio like now, and the boss of the base would take the photos.

He looked at it with a little curiosity and someone patted him from behind.

You Su stood behind Ying Chenlin, holding a team uniform in his hand, "Here, it's yours."

Ying Chenlin was forced to hug his clothes. KID's team uniform was similar to that of later generations, always the same, red and white, and even the style and stripes of the uniform had never changed. He felt a little nostalgic looking at the team uniforms. Maintenance technicians also have team uniforms, but their clothes are different from those of mecha technicians. Mecha technicians wear a set of outer combat uniforms, while they wear slightly loose maintenance uniforms with many special pockets on their bodies to carry maintenance tools.

He had received team uniforms in his previous life, but he was unable to go on the expedition with the team, and he had never worn them since he received them.

"Chen Lin, do you want to come in and take some pictures?" Shen Xingtang called from inside the room.

Ying Chenlin shook his head and said no. He was about to hold the clothes more steadily, but suddenly noticed that there seemed to be another set of clothes tucked under the maintenance work clothes. He reached out and pushed aside the work clothes, and caught a glimpse of a thinner combat uniform underneath.

His eyes froze for a moment, and his hands holding the clothes tightened a little.

You Su looked at Ying Chenlin who was staring at the combat uniform beside him.

After all, they are still children. Whatever they like is written on their faces.

Lin Yao came over and looked at Ying Chenlin. Seeing that he was still holding the clothes, he said, "Chenlin, why don't you try on the clothes! We have a sponsor this year, and the clothes are more comfortable to wear than in previous years."

Jiang Simiao: "...Do sponsors still bring buffs? Besides, the material of this clothing is the same as last year! Isn't your combat uniform worn out by you?"

Lin Yao: “Is that so?”

Ying Chenlin stood nearby, looking down at the clothes, but couldn't see anything special about the materials used.

After he finished studying, he looked up and saw Jiang Simiao looking at him, and he gave him a puzzled look.

Jiang Simiao coughed and said, "But you have to try it. You will have to wear this outfit when you repair the mecha on site. If there is anything inappropriate, you have to change it as soon as possible."

Ying Chenlin looked at him, seeming to understand what he said.

Jiang Simiao reacted, "Hasn't Xingtang told you yet? We have put you on the list as a maintenance engineer. When the promotion match starts, you will be KID's maintenance engineer. You are the only one who can enter the backstage maintenance area."

Ying Chenlin was slightly stunned, "Isn't it Sister Tang?"

"No." Jiang Simiao looked at him puzzledly: "What's wrong? Don't you want to join the team? If you don't want to go, it's not too late to change the roster now."

"I want to go."

Ying Chenlin answered very seriously, "I haven't been there yet."

For the first time in his two lives, he could go to the stadium with KID as a team maintenance technician.

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