A massive explosion transports Yu Sheng, an Earthling, billions of light-years away to Mantou Star.
However, upon waking, Yu Sheng finds himself locked in a cage, slated to be the grand final...
Porcelain Dragon Mecha
This mecha is exactly the same as the Silver Dragon mecha that has always accompanied Yu Sheng on StarNet.
No other mecha has made Yu Sheng pour so much emotion into it. Although the Silver Dragon is just a virtual mecha, it has accompanied Yu Sheng for hundreds of days and nights. They trained together, fought together, and even faced death together in simulated scenes. These thrilling memories cannot be replaced by other mechas.
Unexpectedly, Caesar really made the silver dragon come into being in the real world.
The extremely familiar giant stood there, as if saying to Yu Sheng: My friend, I am here, let us fight side by side.
Caesar was fed water and food in a daze and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he found himself in his bed at home. Two dogs beside him were staring at him with tears in their eyes, and they were so excited that it seemed as if there was a tail wagging wildly behind them.
"Xize! You will be Silver Dragon's biological mother from now on! You are so awesome!" Yu Sheng said solemnly.
"Cisely, Cisely, when will you give birth to a baby for me?" Haydn stared at Caesar with his big, bright eyes, expectantly.
Caesar: "...both of you, get out of here."
With Caesar around, Yu Sheng could finally try piloting the Silver Dragon. It wasn't that he couldn't operate it himself, but since it was a mecha Caesar had built himself, and Master Miller had specifically instructed him to operate it under Caesar's guidance, Yu Sheng suppressed his eagerness and waited patiently for Caesar to wake up.
In the mecha training ground, Yu Sheng held the mecha buckle hanging around his neck with anticipation and nervousness.
This mecha button was incredibly unique. It wasn't a miniature humanoid mecha, but rather a soaring miniature porcelain dragon. When Yu Sheng saw it, he almost wanted to kiss Caesar. Haydn was still puzzled. What kind of creature was this? He'd never heard of it before.
But Yu Sheng didn't expect that the biggest surprise was far more than just this small mecha buckle.
With his mental power, he activated the armor buttons and summoned his familiar giant companion. Yu Sheng patted the giant's instep like an old friend, then climbed into the mecha cabin along the giant's lowered arms.
Xi Ze followed Yu Sheng and saw Yu Sheng carefully touching things left and right in the mecha cabin. He couldn't help but curl his lips and sat in the co-pilot seat, "Hurry up and sit down, dad."
"..." Yu Sheng almost fell off the driver's seat when he heard Caesar's words out of the blue. He finally understood how speechless Caesar was when he heard him call her "Silver Dragon's biological mother" when he woke up.
Donning the psychic connection cap, he channeled all his psychic energy into every inch and part of the silver dragon. Yu Sheng couldn't help but sigh. It felt so comfortable, so perfectly in tune.
The silver dragon in the real world was even more compatible with him than the silver dragon in the virtual world. Although Yu Sheng's 100% mental coverage allowed him to achieve a fusion of human and robot with any mecha, the unilateral coverage of mental power was completely different from the dual-direction tolerance and acceptance of the mecha. This was Yu Sheng's greatest feeling.
"Try to move." Seeing Yinlong still standing there stupidly without any movement, Xi Ze poked Yu Sheng in the driver's seat speechlessly, "Are you asleep?"
Yu Sheng turned his head, his eyes shining, "Xize, thank you!"
"Well, I'm glad you know." Caesar held his chin and raised the corner of his lips. "This is my first successful birth. Take good care of him."
Yu Sheng was embarrassed. He really couldn't tease Xize casually, otherwise Xize would tease him back sooner or later.
The silver giant tentatively moved his palms, stepped forward with his right foot, and took two adaptive steps. Then, he began to perform smooth and difficult maneuvers. Haydn's eyes widened as he watched these dazzling demonstrations, wishing he could pull Yu Sheng off and take over the controls.
Master Miller gave Haydn a look of disdain and said, "Wipe your saliva."
"Ah?" Haydn quickly reached out and wiped his mouth, but there was no saliva. He said angrily, "Master Miller, you lied to me!"
"Hmph!" Master Miller glared at Haydn arrogantly, then turned around and continued to observe the silver dragon's functions through the perspective window.
The seamless connection and twisting, the beautiful lines, the smooth and solid shell—even more remarkable, this mecha is unlike any mass-produced military model. It's not a conventional model, but rather a creation in which Nishizawa incorporated his own design concepts. It's more like it was custom-made for Yu Sheng, as evidenced by the smoothness with which he initially operated it.
But all of this combined wasn't as good as Master Miller's expectations for Caesar's innovations. The old man stared intently at the silver giant, unwilling to take his eyes off it for even a moment.
"Yusheng, feel the head of the mecha. There's a small red box." Just as Yusheng had experienced all of its functions and was about to take off the connection cap to celebrate, he suddenly heard Xi Ze's voice, "Fill it with your mental power."
"Okay." Although he didn't know what Caesar was trying to say, Yu Sheng naturally trusted Caesar wholeheartedly. He drew out a small amount of his mental energy and easily filled the small red box.
The next moment, the silver dragon emitted a faint light, as if it came alive, its whole body dyed red, its body kept stretching and deforming, and its appearance kept dissolving and changing. Yu Sheng also felt that his mental power was expanding and diverted with the changes of the mecha. This feeling was very magical, but before Yu Sheng could perceive it carefully, the change had been completed within seconds.
Haydn, who was watching, was stunned. "Isn't this what the mecha looks like when it's holding that creature? Too, too cool, isn't it?"
The huge body formed several circles in the air, its red scales seemed to be burning with flames, its sharp golden horns stood proudly, and its sharp five claws were clasped on the ground, as if it could cut the enemy's throat in the next moment.
Just standing there motionless, the huge aura and imperial deterrent power around him were enough to strike the heart, making people want to kneel down.
Not to mention Haydn, even Master Miller was so shocked that he was speechless.
Yu Sheng couldn't see the silver dragon's appearance after transformation, but his mental power was like a palm, which could caress the silver dragon's entire body.
The mental power flowed through the silver dragon's body bit by bit, and Yu Sheng's eyes also burned with flames bit by bit.
"The head is like a snake, the horns are like a deer... the claws are like an eagle, and the paws are like a tiger!" As his spiritual power covered him, Yu Sheng's voice became louder and louder. "A dragon, it's a dragon from the Porcelain Country!"
"Porcelain Dragon?"
Master Miller and Haydn repeated the name in unison.
The next moment, the silver dragon soared into the sky, spewing out a huge flame from its mouth, and hit the test wall directly. With a loud "bang", the extremely tough test wall trembled and cracks appeared.
"This is a test wall with a maximum bearing capacity of level eight!" Haydn exclaimed, "How powerful is this energy cannon to be able to crack it?" Fortunately, Master Miller has a good relationship with the owner of this training ground, otherwise he would not be able to afford the compensation if he damaged the test wall.
"Humph, this is the weapon I personally provided to Fan Er!" This time, Master Miller, as an insider, was not shocked. He proudly boasted to Haydn, "It's powerful enough to reach nine stars!"
Nine-star level. Currently, even the generals on the battlefield use military mechas and thermal weapons with a power of only ten stars. This is really amazing.
Finally, after trying out the dragon form, Yu Sheng walked out of the mecha.
Looking at the mythical beast representing the totem of his hometown, Yu Sheng was mesmerized. It took him a while to realize that he was in tears.
How embarrassing, Yu Sheng thought.
I miss home a little.
"The human form is stable, highly adaptable, and has a long endurance, while the dragon form is agile and explosive, but consumes a lot of energy. In actual combat, you can switch forms according to the situation, but the prerequisite is that your operation must match it."
Thinking of the encouragement that Xize had given him, Yu Sheng gritted his teeth and once again integrated his mental power into the silver dragon's body, soaring into the sky and circling around.
Pouncing, biting, wrapping, dodging, these basic actions may be easy for a snake to perform, but for Yu Sheng, a human being, it is not so simple.
In order to truly master the Silver Dragon's dragon-like operation, Yu Sheng practically lived in the mecha training ground. Except for classes during the day, he spent the rest of his time in the Silver Dragon's cockpit, not going home at night. When he was tired, he would sleep directly in the mecha cabin. In the end, he was forcibly carried home by Haydn and Caesar.
Xi Ze crossed his arms, looked down at Yu Sheng, and said coldly, "If you dare stay out all night again, I'll beat you to death, don't you think?"
Yu Sheng, with dark circles under his eyes, said ingratiatingly, "I was wrong, Xi Ze. I won't do it again."
After his life returned to normal, Yu Sheng came to the Interstellar Network again, and as usual, he received Yunxiao's news as soon as possible.
"Why haven't you come these days?" Yunxiao asked with concern as always.
"I'm..." Yu Sheng paused mid-sentence, "Don't you know everything? Do you still need to ask me?"
Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, then said frankly, "I have been following your movements, but I only know that you have been going to the mecha training ground. I don't know why you go there so frequently."
"Then I won't tell you." Yu Sheng said decisively.
Yunxiao was caught off guard and choked, remaining silent.
The two practiced a Zerg scenario on a virtual battlefield, then exchanged a few rounds in their mechs. Ultimately, Yu Sheng's Silver Dragon was blasted through its energy tank by Yun Xiao's Thunderbolts. Yu Sheng marveled at Yun Xiao's skill, yet also felt a sense of resignation. He thought, "If this were real, my dual-transformation Silver Dragon would definitely defeat you!"
"You're too impatient," Yunxiao bluntly pointed out Yusheng's problem. "Every time the game starts, you rush in with impatience. It seems like you're overwhelming your opponent, but in reality, if you run into an opponent who's calm and strategic, they'll quickly discover your flaws."
Yu Sheng thought about it and it seemed to be true. In order to defeat the enemy with one move, he would often use a big move to catch the enemy off guard at the beginning. This method seemed to be very effective against some arrogant and impetuous opponents, but if he met a calm and collected type, he would probably suffer.
"Let's play another round!" Yu Sheng stood up, in high spirits.
"Beep!" A notification chimed from his personal dashboard. Yu Sheng clicked on it and saw it was an official announcement from the Interstellar Mech Competition, reminding participants to prepare for the preliminary rounds, which would officially begin the day after tomorrow. It then listed the location and precautions for the preliminary rounds, but naturally, didn't reveal anything about the format.
Based on the experience of this year's StarCraft competition, many people online are speculating whether this year's mecha competition will also be combined with a fight against the Zerg. After all, the Zerg are ready to make a move, and cultivating combat-ready talent is urgent.
There were also so-called insiders who came forward to reveal that they were guaranteeing a combination with the fight against the Zerg, as this was now the only remaining avenue. Previously, the Mousse Forest at the Mousse Military Academy was a place where actual combat with the Zerg could take place, but problems had arisen in the Zerg at Mousse Forest, and the military had heavily guarded it, preparing for its complete annihilation.
This statement was met with opposition from many, with comments like, "How could such a major event go unnoticed? You're just spreading rumors!" Yu Sheng, upon seeing this news, however, agreed. Since the Mousse Forest had been surrounded by military forces for several days, the United Interstellar Alliance was unlikely to leave such a significant threat on Mantu Star.
At the same time, Randy, who had just entered the Mousse Military Academy and was busy as a bee, suddenly received a message:
Wu Ke will go to inspect Wu Ke's R&D base on the anniversary of the Blue Star Tunnel in a month and a half. This inspection is secret. In order to prevent the outside world from seeing through it, Wu Ke will not bring too many guards. This is a good time to kill him.
Randy narrowed his eyes. Killing Wu Ke or not was secondary. The most important thing was that he had to find a way to destroy the unknown activities done by Wu Ke's research and development base.
An agent sent by the Free Alliance once sent a photo of the research and development base. The photo showed a mountain of corpses of Snow Star orcs, including many young babies, which was horrifying.
However, the base is heavily guarded and the agents have no access to the interior of the R&D base. That is why the Freedom Alliance has been trying to uncover the secrets of the R&D base.
Now, the opportunity has finally come.
After a while, Randy's face showed a sad look as if he had thought of something. He completely erased the traces of the message, then threw away the pile of work, lay down on the bed, and tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.
Caesar was still sorting out the core layout for the Transformer Mech when he received Randy's tip. He knew Master Miller wanted this, but he felt embarrassed to trouble his young apprentice. In fact, other than organizing his ideas and building a few more Transformers for Master Miller's reference, Caesar had nothing much to offer his master in return.
To Nishizawa, Master Miller is no longer just a mentor who imparts knowledge and provides help, but also an elder and family member whom Nishizawa wants to protect throughout his life.
"Come on, Yu Sheng, come with me to help Master!" Xize stood up and put on his coat.
"I'll go too, I'll go too. I want to help too!" Haydn munched on the cake made by Caesar and spoke vaguely.
Caesar knocked him on the head without any hesitation, "Stay home and don't make trouble!"
Yu Sheng also rubbed Haydn's head and said, "Be good, I'll bring you something delicious when I come back."
Then the two of them left the aggrieved Haydn at home and went away together mercilessly.
On the way, Yu Sheng said, "Is there any mission for the Freedom Alliance?" Only matters related to the Freedom Alliance needed to be avoided by Haydn.
While Haydn was someone they both trusted wholeheartedly, maintaining organizational secrecy was a different matter. Unless Haydn joined the Liberal Alliance, he wouldn't be allowed to know its inside information. It was a matter of principle.
Xi Ze took Yu Sheng to Randy's residence, which was a mess, full of information that he had read and not read, which was very different from Randy's neat and tidy image.
Randy told them the news and said bluntly, "Boss, I'm afraid this task will have to be left to Yu Sheng."
Sneaking into the R&D base and filming and recording the secrets within limited the number of people who could participate in the mission. And while completing the above tasks, they also had to kill Wu Ke, which was not something that could be accomplished simply by hiding.
Looking at the Freedom Alliance, apart from Yu Sheng, who has the strongest combat power, there is probably no one else who can do the job.
The danger involved can be predicted without any analysis.
Yu Sheng felt obliged to do it, and without hesitation, he said, "Leave it to me, I guarantee that the task will be completed!"
Caesar frowned, pondered for a long time, and said something that surprised Randy and Yu Sheng, "Yu Sheng and I will be together on this mission."