While dodging the attack.

Qu Jian'er took the time to use her mind-reading ability.

She saw into Takumi's heart and discovered that he was actually a promising young man with exceptional character.

That feeling of a discerning eye meeting a talented individual resurfaced, making her smile with appreciation for talent.

And so.

Qu Jian'er appeared behind Takumi and called out very gently, "Takumi."

Takumi was stunned, even stopping in his tracks: "How do you know my name!?"

Unlike others.

Takumi really made thorough preparations for the championship.

After arriving on the virtual planet, he did not interact with anyone except for training in the virtual world every day.

This is to prevent information from being collected by others.

The saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

The reverse is also true.

He firmly believes that as long as he remains unknown to others and maintains his mystery, he will definitely win the championship.

So.

Here's the problem.

Why does the person in front of me know his name?

Qu Jian'er rubbed her hands together as she sneakily approached Tuohai: "Don't be afraid, I mean no harm."

Takumi: "..." Do you really believe that?!

A perfectly good combat mech, under Qu Jian'er's control, somehow revealed a sneaky and underhanded development approach.

Like Takumi, everyone else was also on high alert: What kind of trouble is this guy up to now?!

The combat robot analyzed Qu Jian'er's behavior and discovered that she was actually quite "friendly".

In a life-or-death battle like this, showing friendliness for no reason is practically suicidal, isn't it? Right?

Takumi gripped the metal hammer, trying to bolster his courage: "Give me a straight answer, or not?

Qu Jian'er shook her head: "You can't beat me."

Takumi: "..." Although what you said is true, please don't be so blunt.

Today, Qu Jian'er is piloting a small mecha, which is not only lightweight and inexpensive, but also won't hurt if it gets damaged, perfectly meeting Qu Jian'er's needs.

Compared to Takumi's mecha, which combines heavy weight, strength, and defense.

Qu Jian'er's mecha was incredibly weak, but after several days of battles in the main arena, no one present judged the mecha by its appearance.

A person's strength has nothing to do with mechs. For a true strongman, having a good mech may be icing on the cake, but it is by no means a lifeline.

Qu Jian'er stopped teasing and said very seriously, "I admire you. Join my team, and my team can provide whatever you want."

Dani and the others outside the competition area were embarrassed: Why do you try to win everyone over? Don't you think you're a pyramid scheme leader?

The combat robots were on high alert: they'd snatched her talent! She brazenly hijacked a talent belonging to the virtual planet!

Takumi scoffed: "You know what I want..."

Qu Jian'er interrupted, "You want your adoptive parents, who are far away on the wasteland, to live a good life. You want your younger siblings to go to school like other children their age. You want to win the recruitment in the virtual planet. For this reason, you gave up the long road to becoming an officer and took the shortcut of competing in the competition, all to win the championship."

The combat robots on the side wanted to refute it, but their investigation data showed that Takumi's personal information was indeed as described, and he had indeed brought this momentum to where he is today.

No, it will stop it.

But before it could prepare for anything.

Qu Jian'er drew her long sword and aimed it at the combat robot, laughing happily: "You'd better behave yourself, or I won't hesitate to destroy your connection."

The robots on the virtual planet are a little different. Under the experimentation and research of alien races, they have been instilled with certain ideas, and these ideas have allowed these machines to fall in love.

And the so-called connection port.

To put it bluntly, it's their lifeline, allowing them to "share" resources with other robots.

Each robot has only one connector, and it cannot be repaired once damaged. Without the connector, they are no different from eunuchs.

Qu Jian'er's threat successfully made the robots tuck their tails between their legs, and they all denounced Qu Jian'er as a shameless bastard.

The combat robot dared not make any more rash moves, because its data analysis told it that Qu Jian'er was capable of doing what she said.

A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.

Combat robots that come to participate in the competition should be prepared for a "death format"—data wipe, return to factory for repairs, and so on.

It can die.

But it cannot be allowed to die.

Seeing the robot threatened by a single sentence, Takumi was deeply shocked; he had never seen a robot suffer a loss before.

In the virtual world, humans are merely subordinates.

In this robot kingdom, a native robot was successfully threatened by a human!

This is bound to set a world record!

That doesn't make sense.

Takumi frowned: "These things."

He hesitated for a moment.

This situation has never occurred in the main venue before.

He strongly suspected that Qu Jian'er was sent by the robot to increase the difficulty of winning the championship.

This is the only reason that can explain why Qu Jian'er knew his information. In today's hyper-data-driven era, his personal information and data are transparent.

For the first time, Takumi showed a dejected expression under his mecha helmet. If that were the case, he had no chance of winning the championship.

Besides compromise.

It's a fight to the death.

Takumi looked at the crest card that his childhood friend had sent via express delivery. The friend told him that this kind of card was different from ordinary crest cards, and he hesitated whether to take a chance.

Qu Jian'er changed the subject: "Listen to me, I can help you win the championship."

Takumi subconsciously questioned it.

Who would give up their chance to survive and let their opponent win the championship on a battlefield where it's either you or me?

Qu Jian'er has gone mad.

Or has he gone mad?

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