Chapter 58

Chapter 58

The Qiujin Grand Canyon pollution area is one of the rare pollution areas with complex terrain among all the competition-level pollution areas. The pollution value range of this polluted area is 3000-5000, which belongs to the Level 3 pollution area. The entire area is full of mountains, forests and canyons with steep terrain, which requires a higher level of difficulty in mecha flight.

The top 16 to top 8 is the last round of the promotion match. In this round, the teams that originally advanced to the top 16 are divided into two groups, A/B. The top four teams in the same match will enter the final top 8 ranking match. KID is in the Qiujin Grand Canyon pollution zone of Group A. The strong opponents in this game include YDS team and BZZL1 team. Group B is in the Sente Pollution Area, and the more powerful Gale and Black Crow are in another group.

When they arrived at the venue of the pollution area of ​​Qiujin Grand Canyon, Jiang Simiao was still giving everyone a pre-match analysis: "The Shura level of the Qiujin team this time is not as good as Sente Shura, but we can't underestimate the opponent. As long as we maintain the top four, we can enter the top 8, you know!"

Ji Qingfeng: "The top four, YDS and BZZL1 will definitely take away two, we have to fight for the top two among the remaining six teams."

Lin Yao asked, "Weren't we eliminated by YDS last year?"

Last year, KID ran into YDS shortly after the start of the game and was eliminated by YDS before he could last 4 hours.

Jiang Simiao said, "YDS is indeed difficult. Ke Lin is just a mobile commander on the field. Hu Luobu's gun accuracy is one of the best in the Dawn Alliance, but we are not without a chance of winning. If we really meet them, don't get carried away like last year, okay? Even if we have to divide the battlefield, stand together with me at the beginning. Let's play it safe! Play it safe! Do you know how to write the word safe? Now go over it in your mind 10 times!"

After sending the KID mecha technicians to the pre-match physical examination room, the rest of the KID team returned to the rest area, waiting for the game to start in two hours.

Seeing Jiang Simiao and Ying Chenlin still reading the information about the contaminated area at this time, Shen Xingtang couldn't help but say, "Relax."

"I want to relax, but we failed here last year."

It was hard for Jiang Simiao not to worry. Each game of the mecha league usually lasted more than three days. The mechas needed to be repaired after the game, and there was a rest period after each game. This also led to fierce competition in the Dawn Galaxy Mecha League every year. A mistake meant failure. "The competition system of the Dawn Galaxy has lasted for many years. If we can get to the Star Domain Competition, the points system can give us more buffer time. But if they make a mistake today, we will be back to the state of last season."

Ying Chenlin said: "The terrain of the Qiujin contaminated area is more complicated than that of Sente, and the operation is actually more difficult."

Among all the competition-level pollution areas in the Star Alliance, Qiu Jin's environmental difficulty can be ranked in the top four.

After the top 16, the official competition area pollution zone map set was basically released.

In the subsequent map group, Qiujin Grand Canyon and Sente were excluded, and there were 6 polluted areas left, which was considered semi-public. After Jiang Simiao finished arranging matters for the Qiujin Grand Canyon, he has been studying other polluted areas. "I don't know which polluted area we will be assigned to in this year's top 8 ranking competition, but if we can really enter the top 8, our goal for this season will be stable."

After their KID fell out of the top 8, they almost couldn’t even make it to the top 16 last year.

If we can make it to the top 8, it will be the best result in recent years.

Ying Chenlin's memory reached this point. The black hole incident of [FS Contaminated Zone] in his previous life happened in the quarterfinals, but he was not sure whether it was in this season or the next season. As a result, he could only wait until this game was over to know the final selected region for the quarterfinals.

The alliance will not allow the contaminated areas to overlap in two seasons. If this season's quarterfinals are in the [FS contaminated area], then it will be the node of the black hole event.

The staff on site came over and shouted, "Where's the KID maintenance technician? Come over here to register."

Jiang Simiao: "Chen Lin, I'm calling you."

Ying Chenlin came to his senses, picked up the maintenance kit and ran over immediately.

Jiang Simiao said, "I always feel that Shen Lin has been a little absent-minded recently. He has been distracted in meetings several times. Didn't you ask him before submitting the list?"

"I asked him, and he said he was fine." Shen Xingtang also noticed Ying Chenlin's abnormality. She asked him about his physical condition before the game. If there was anything wrong, she could go to the maintenance test bench for him, but Ying Chenlin refused. "I hope this game won't be a drag. It's best to end it early."

Jiang Simiao folded his arms and looked at the big virtual screen of the stadium. "It should be no problem. We have two more weapons loaded in this game. If YDS wants to eliminate us like last season, they have to be able to keep us first."

Shen Xingtang thought of the weapons made by Ying Chenlin. Naturally, Theo had no chance to play. The design and loading of S-class mecha weapons took longer, so Ying Chenlin loaded the Yousui mecha with a weapon that he had originally designed. "I have a bad feeling."

Jiang Simiao: "I have specifically reminded them this time, they will definitely be stable."

When all the mecha teams were making their final preparations before the game, the official live broadcast room was already crowded. Unlike the previous 32-team qualifying round, more and more Star Network netizens came to watch the game at this stage.

The commentators are analyzing the players before the game. "This game is less competitive than Group B, but there are many strong mech divisions, such as YDS and BZZL1. There are also many teams that stand out. We saw many fans of the teams at the scene."

Tickets for live games are hard to come by, so more people are choosing to watch virtually on StarNet.

At a glance, the live broadcast rooms of each branch are filled with shining light signs of the team supporters.

[Let’s take a look at Team Ke’s performance again.] 】

[Hahaha, Captain Ke and Luobo cooperated to kill everyone, but BLLZ1 seems to be very strong this year. 】∞

[YDS will definitely defeat Gale and Black Crow to become the number one in Dawn this year! ! ! 】

Mechas are popular in the Star Alliance nowadays, and the status of mecha masters is very high in the Star Alliance. In addition, the annual mecha league is held regularly, and there are more and more netizens who are fans of mecha masters. Every time the competition scene is more lively than the celebrity variety shows recorded on the Star Network, there are clear divisions below, and the cheering light boards are of different colors.

Among all the shining signboards, there was one area with weaker light effects, but the people holding the signboards shouted as loudly as anyone else: "KID, when will new parts be available in your online store!!!"

"Even if you are poor, you should not be poor in ambition. Even if you are making money, you should not be lazy. When will you open a shop and make money?"

The security robot on the scene had to control the situation, "Audience member No. 14759, please remain rational."

The sound at the scene caught the camera's attention. The camera in the live broadcast room cut over and saw where KID's fans were sitting. There were far fewer light boards than other teams, but the cheering slogans were all there - [A person may be poor but not poor in ambition], [Open the store quickly after the game], [Don't buy the discounted spaceship tickets]...

[I laughed so hard and went crazy.] 】

[Don’t say any more. They are probably from the technical forum. They are scrambling for parts like crazy. 】

[It is said that the last time Yuan produced an S-level part, it was auctioned off. Now the technical value of Yuan's A-level parts has been hyped up very high. Recently, many mecha companies have been promoting this technology, and Jianheng is the most powerful one. 】

[Jianheng's parts have also made breakthroughs, but the precision is not as high as KID's. 】

[The key is that they didn’t give any advance notice before opening the store! They open and close it as they please. How can they do business like this? 】

[Well, I heard that they paid for customer service, three thousand star coins! 】

【etc? ? We KID fans also have status, okay? Please, Boss Shen, don't buy the special air tickets. Can you give me a post-match interview today? 】

[They don’t show up for sponsorship ads, they skip post-match interviews, they’re poor but still don’t work hard to make money (sigh) Please ask them to kill more monsters, the materials in the online store are really good! 】

"It seems that the enthusiasm of our KID supporters is very high." The commentator looked expressionlessly at the spectator No. 14759 being taken away by the security robot for ideological persuasion. "But please be careful not to disrupt the order of the scene after the game starts."

The match of Group B had not started yet. When the people at the Gale Base who were watching the match saw this scene, they all looked sideways at Brother Zhang, the head of the Gale Base, who was standing with dark circles under his eyes. The latter slapped the table and said, "Why are you looking at me? Watch the match. We have been keeping a close eye on our opponents today. Those with potential are our opponents."

The intern next to him handed over a cup of tea with concern, "Brother Zhang, your throat is hoarse."

Brother Zhang: “…Thanks.”

He sat down with his tea, turned off the pop-up window next to the laptop that still showed a strange shopping interface, and said, "Watch the game seriously. After the game, anyone who doesn't take it seriously will be criticized."

Qi Sicheng noticed that Brother Zhang was different, "Why did he become like this?"

"Oh, didn't you ask him to keep an eye on that Yuan last time? Brother Zhang took his intern ID to apply for the job, and now he's the customer service manager of the KID online store." Zhao Lejie explained: "In order to get inside, he completed his work very seriously. Boss Shen thinks highly of him and even sent him messages at night several times."

Qi Sicheng asked: "Then what?"

Zhao Lejie hesitated: "Maybe I took it too seriously."

"Boss Shen

All the materials were pushed to him. He now works at Jifeng during the day and does the night shift at KID at night. ”

Qi Sicheng: “…”

He looked away speechlessly, then through the pre-match camera, noticed a boy in red and white maintenance gear standing upright in KID's preparation area.

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In the preparation area, everyone is ready.

Lin Yao squinted his eyes and looked at the audience in the distance, "Da Feng, I seemed to hear someone shouting KID just now."

"Who else can call us? Last season, those people called us out every day." Ji Qingfeng said, but his eyes followed Lin Yao's gaze, "...It's not bad, it seems that my fans still have some real love for me."

Ying Chenlin was standing nearby, and when he heard them talking, he looked in the same direction, but he didn't see anything.

The lights on the stage were too dazzling. Out of habit of protecting his eyes, he looked away and continued, "The terrain of the Qiujin Grand Canyon is complex. Flying will waste excess energy. Our energy waste was quite obvious in the last competition. If it is a competition with time or survival limits, we should give more consideration to energy."

He explained some things in detail, then looked at You Su, hesitated for a long time and still did not speak.

You Su noticed it and asked, "Why?"

Ying Chenlin gently reminded him, "Save some energy. You are now an A-class mecha, not an S-class one."

At 15:00 local time, all mecha divisions entered the jump zone and maintenance divisions entered the testing station in the preparation area.

The live camera scanned the preparation area, where maintenance technicians were conducting monitoring tests. Among the older maintenance technicians, the particularly young KID maintenance technician became the focus of the camera.

The boys are still wearing the red and white KID-colored team uniforms today and a white hat.

He used both hands to adjust the coefficients on the operating table. The mechanical limb on his right hand did not hinder his movements at all. His knuckles flexibly moved through the parameters, and he was in no way inferior to other maintenance technicians. He had even adjusted them all while other maintenance technicians next to him were still busy.

[Suddenly I realized that KID, the maintenance engineer, seems to be quite capable. 】

[I was worried about his lack of experience because he is too young, but it seems that he was the one who reported DE's cheating in the last game. 】

[…Of course. Even though he has a mechanical arm, he can carry the branches of a giant Feia tree with one hand. 】

[How strong must his physique be!] ? He didn't look like he had much strength. 】

KID the maintenance technician was very thin. I didn't know what words to use to further describe this thinness. His clothes were a little too big for him, but he stood very straight, and his posture was like those well-trained mecha technicians. Although he had a thin body, many people's original views were slightly changed after seeing this scene.

But some people still have doubts. After all, for something like an operating table, theoretical knowledge is enough. The real way to see a maintenance technician's strength is to repair mechas. No matter how rich the theoretical knowledge is, if the practical experience of repairing mechas is not enough, it may cause the mecha to encounter fatal problems in the field.

The commentator said: "Dear audience, our game is about to begin."

As the commentator's voice fell, all the mechas in the jump zone were instantly moved to the Qiujin contaminated area within layers of protection as the jump system was activated. The complex canyon terrain in the field of vision caught everyone's eyes, and various rules appeared one after another.

[Welcome to the [Qiujin Grand Canyon] contaminated area, group promotion match [16-8] Group A, mecha team 8/8, mecha 40/40 has been loaded. ]

[The game mode is [Limited Survival 72 Hours]]

[Limited survival for 72 hours: All mechas must survive for 72 hours after entering the pollution zone of Qiujin Grand Canyon. Teams can eliminate each other, and the eliminated mechas will have their records reset to zero. The accumulated records for 72 hours will become the final settlement ranking. When there is only one team left in the pollution zone, the game can end early. ]

[Please note: Special rules have been added to this game. When the number of teams in the field is more than 5, the mecha team with the lowest cumulative output/damage/elimination record on the day will be eliminated early. This rule does not apply when the number of teams is 5 or less. ]

Jiang Simiao was suddenly shocked when he saw this scene: "It turned out to be a limited survival in Qiujin Canyon, and it also added a daily performance requirement."

Shen Xingtang also frowned: "It's difficult. This is very difficult."

Qi Sicheng, who was also watching the game from the Swift Wind Team, saw this pattern and said, "Qiujin Grand Canyon uses this rule, and the difficulty of the promotion match is higher than last season. But it's a good thing. The league rules of the Dawn Galaxy are too different from those of the Star Domain Tournament and the Star Alliance Tournament..."

The Dawn Galaxy is the last-place mecha alliance, and its league rules have always been simple and crude.

The rules of other mecha leagues in various parts of the Star Alliance are complex and difficult. Teams from the Dawn Galaxy are often faced with difficulties due to various rules in the star field or even higher Star Alliance competitions. The Dawn Galaxy has been pushing forward changes to the league rules in recent years, and the difficulty is also increasing little by little to improve the adaptability of the Dawn Galaxy's mecha warriors.

After winning the Dawn Galaxy team battle championship last season, Ji Feng went to the Star Domain Tournament. After winning the Star Domain Tournament, he went all the way to the highest event, the Star Alliance Tournament.

However, they were beaten by other star regions in the Star Alliance arena. The gap in strength was visible to the naked eye, both in terms of mecha equipment and operational strength.

The Qiujin Grand Canyon has a steep terrain, is surrounded by mountains on all sides, is high, dangerous and complex, and the distance between the peaks is small.

This type of terrain has too few landing points for ground combat. The mountainous terrain increases the difficulty of flying. There are more peaks with exposed rock walls and no tall trees to provide cover, which means there are few places to hide. The valley is over a thousand meters deep, and escape depends entirely on flying, so combat is basically carried out at high altitudes.

In the polluted area, most of the pollutants are plants lurking in the mountains and animals flying in the air.

For the mecha division, there is a certain degree of survival difficulty, which comes from the polluted environment and the risk of war with other teams. This kind of polluted area is already a polluted area where survival is difficult. In this polluted area, limited survival rules are used and additional performance requirements are set. In other words, the teams are forced to fight each other instead of surviving until the end of the game.

This competition system is similar to the scoring system, but the requirements are different.

The ranking standard for scoring is the number of eliminated mechas, and the ranking standard for survival is to survive to the end and have a high record. This record standard is not just about elimination. In such an environment, the combat readiness, operation, equipment, and strategy of the mecha divisions will have a more obvious gap.

After explaining the rules of the mode to the audience, the commentator said, "The difficulty of Group A's match is very high. The strategies of the mecha masters become particularly important. How to have good results while not being eliminated by strong teams, and how to quickly accumulate results to improve their own advantages and not become the bottom team, are all details that the teams need to consider."

Simply put, you can only fight, and you have to fight strategically.

Being too reckless may lead to being eliminated by encountering strong teams, while being too cautious may lead to being eliminated due to insufficient performance.

Ying Chenlin still stood calmly in front of the maintenance table, his eyes away from the competition mode rules.

This is indeed a difficult rule, but it is not a bad thing for KID, on the contrary - he is competing against his teammates.

While everyone was discussing the difficult rules, the mecha masters in the field had already started to act. Qiujin Grand Canyon has few hidden places and a small area, which leads to——

The Mech teams may meet in a short time.

[With this kind of rules, you’ll be in trouble if you encounter a strong team at the beginning. 】

[That's too scary. YDS and BZZL1 are the mobile overlords. It's difficult to avoid them and fight with other teams! 】

[Oh my god!] ! Look at the perspective of No. 147, KID and BZZL1 collided! 】

[Damn it, how did we run into this? In this kind of terrain, BZZL1 has the advantage! 】

BZZL1 is a team based on control system, the core of which is not their gunnery mecha division, but the stealth and control mecha.

Their stealth mecha carries two weapons, one of which is an invisible magnetic field. This weapon can truly blend into the environment silently. Even if it stands next to you, it is difficult to detect its presence. The other is the Bloodthirsty Blade, which is a short weapon with an extremely fast attack speed. It can be used with the invisible magnetic field to strangle the enemy from behind. Once caught by the hidden mecha, even if it is not eliminated, the damage will be reduced by at least 40%.

BZZL1 controls the mecha division, which carries two weapons. One is called a range water magnetic cannon. When this cannon is fired, it will emit various water magnetic bubbles around the bombardment site. Touching the water magnetic bubbles will bring a sense of paralysis, thereby restricting the movement of each mecha division. Cooperating with guns and mechas to achieve a killing effect, the impact range is wide. The other is the grappling gun, which is similar to the melee weapon restraint lock, but it can shoot out two grappling locks at once. Once you are caught by two grappling locks, the probability of escaping is very low.

On the other hand, KID, this team loved to divide the battlefield in the last game, but this time they listened obediently to their coach's "instructions" and moved forward together. This work is by

As we were walking, we met BZZL1, one of the dominant teams in this game.

In the canyon, KID and his companions had just flown over the angle of a mountain, and when they turned around, they encountered the same turning BZZL1. As soon as the two sides met, the high-speed flight caused the distance between them to shorten, and everyone's eyes were on BZZL1.

The two sides stood in the middle of the valley between the two peaks.

The commentator saw this scene and said anxiously: "At this distance, KID has no time to disperse. BZZL1 controls the mecha to set up the gun."

BZZL1's control mecha master is very strong. He is so strong that the moment KID enters the range, he immediately sets up his range water magnetic cannon and without saying a word, fires at the group of KID's mechas that have no time to disperse.

Just when everyone thought that KID and his group were going to be hit by a cannon, the bulkier tank mecha at the front of the team suddenly flew forward and opened a shield.

The rotating energy vortex of the Devouring Shield opened its big mouth and swallowed the water magnetic cannon in one gulp. The exploding smoke followed the outer contour of the Devouring Shield and turned into smoke and dissipated to the side.

Commentary: "...But don't panic, KID's tank is equipped with a Devouring Shield."

Netizen: “…”

In the KID channel, they did not expect to run into BZZL1 at the beginning.

Huo Yan's Devouring Shield swallowed up the long-range cannons one by one, and he was very skilled in receiving the cannons. "Four radar mechas, be careful of the enemy's hidden mechas that are circling behind! Their control and concealment are very fierce."

Ji Qingfeng: "It's over. I can't keep it stable anymore."

Lin Yao: "Will Sanshui say anything about us when we go back?"

Lu Xi said: "Be careful, their stealth mechas are very capable of flanking us, and they have invisible magnetic fields."

The water magnetic cannon can block it, but the threat of the invisible magnetic field is too great, and it is a huge threat to Luxi and Yousu.

You Su fell behind the team and raised his sight slightly to observe the surrounding terrain. "Stand apart."

In the BZZL1 communication channel, the commander frowned slightly when he saw this scene: "It's difficult. Their Devouring Shield can defeat our artillery weapons. Huo Yan's operation is very stable. It will be difficult for him to block in front of us all the time. Let's hide and go behind."

"I know. I've already cut to the back." BZZL1's stealth mecha has been hovering around the team. He is not good at following the team. Once the team encounters others, it is easy for him to cut to other positions outside the group.

After the last game, their base specifically studied KID's combination and found that their playing style was very chaotic and the front row was very aggressive, but the most important core was still on the gun-control system. BZZL1 is least afraid of the front row. Their control mecha divisions can suppress the front row, so just kill their control and gun mechas.

BZZL1's stealth mecha went around to the back of KID. The opponent had the tank Huo Yan in the front row, so the back row was a little scattered. He immediately locked onto the gun mecha at the back.

Taking advantage of the invisible magnetic field, he moved silently into attack range.

In the live broadcast room, the audience saw this scene from a God’s perspective.

"BZZL1's flanking elimination rate is very high, and their stealth mecha is also on the Dawn Alliance data board.

Ranked second, only behind Black Crows' Chi Liz. "The commentator saw this scene and said, "Watch out, he has entered the attack range! ”

[It’s over, BZZL1 has gone around.] 】

[This kind of detour is very difficult to dodge!] 】

KID were almost standing together, with only Huo Yan, the tank mecha, standing alone in the front row. It was extremely inconvenient to move in this terrain, and their position was against the wind, so flying was somewhat difficult. The gunner mecha chose to fire at this location, which made aiming difficult, and they also had to constantly guard against sneak attacks from behind by the hidden mecha, and they were immediately put at a disadvantage.

【Why! ? Trace is accumulating power! 】

[But he couldn't determine the hiding place, so what was the point of the mecha firing! ? Waste of energy. 】

Jiang Simiao saw the position of the KID team and frowned: "I suddenly have a bad feeling."

Inside the field, BZZL1 had already picked up his main weapon, the Bloodthirsty Blade, and was quickly sneaking towards trace's position.

BZZL1's commander reminded: "Be careful, their guns are charging, and the charging time is long. It is estimated that the energy is above 60%. Be careful of scattering."

While everyone was paying attention to BZZL1, they also saw that KID's gun mecha was charging power. The style of the energy cannon in his hand looked a little different from before, and the surrounding wind seemed to be affected when charging power.

At this moment, the KID mecha stopped charging, and BZZL1's stealth mecha noticed the concentration of artillery fire and made a judgment on the spot that this person was not going to use energy cannon to scatter, so he could go up.

When the energy cannon was fired instantly, BZZL1 quickly dodged the attack of the energy cannon. He said, "This person actually doesn't use scattering, and uses so much energy——"

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly realized something and looked up sharply.

The dazzling light was accompanied by a blast of wind, a violent vibration came from above, and countless pieces of debris fell from the sky.

BZZL1's stealth mecha: "......?"

In the live broadcast room, the commentator saw the energy cannon with a power of over 60% passed over the top of the BZZL1 stealth mecha. The flames were like an irresistible ray, piercing straight through the top of the mountain next to it, and countless pieces of rubble fell from the sky.

Audience: “?”

The commentator looked at this scene in amazement: "KID's guns blew up the hill???"

The author has something to say:

You are late! ! !

Speed ​​​​jumping.

More nutrient solution will be added tomorrow! Today I really can't move.

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