Chapter 194 Before the Arena Game

The night before the Mecha Arena competition, Instructor Kaion paid for all of Moye's students to have dinner at the most expensive restaurant on Yuheng Star.

The champion of the Moye Military Academy League team competition, these 12 words resounded throughout the universe tonight. He was drunk and didn't pretend to save face in front of the students. He wiped his tears and cried with everyone.

"Hey little bastards, I've been waiting for this day for so long. Why did you come to Moye so late? I've been waiting for you so long." Instructor Kaian no longer had the dignity he had when they first met the chief instructor. He hugged every student of Moye. When it was Xu Lingqu's turn, Instructor Chen held him down despite being drunk.

Vice Principal Su Li gave him a look of disdain: "You still have the arena to play tomorrow, let me take you back."

Xu Lingqu, Shen Shouli, Liu Zheng, Jin and Xu Xizhen still have to go to the mecha duel arena tomorrow, so it is not suitable for them to stay here too late. Su Li drove the aircraft alone to send them back to the base to rest in advance.

When they arrived, Su Li called Xu Lingqu alone.

"You tomorrow..." She still remembered that time in the vice-president's office at Moye Military Academy, she was confused by Xu Lingqu's insistence on participating in the mecha arena. At that time, Xu Lingqu's reply to her was:

"I'm going to lead them to victory."

At that time, Su Li didn't understand how Xu Lingqu got the confidence to say this when he was only at level B. But after watching each team competition, this sentence became more and more important in Su Li's heart.

Su Li had a premonition that something big would happen to Xu Lingqu tomorrow, but she couldn't tell what exactly would happen at the moment and could only tell Xu Lingqu vaguely.

"I wish you all the best tomorrow."

The evening breeze blew Xu Lingqu's hair, and she nodded: "Yes."

On the day when the Mecha Duel Arena officially opened, one hundred students from the Empire, led by Lieutenant Colonel Yun, arrived at the venue early in the morning.

The arena was still held in the stadium, but no tickets were sold for the spectator seats. The seats were reserved for the cadets from the eight military academies of the empire who did not participate in the competition.

However, Skynet did not stop selling tickets out of conscience. Instead, they switched to selling audience seats in the virtual arena, which has many more seats than a real venue and can make them more money.

There was also a special reason for today's visit: three Imperial Generals—General Wan, General Xu, and General Shen—were to be present at the venue, along with several Lieutenant Generals. Because of their special status, the Imperial Military had directly instructed Skynet not to allow ordinary spectators into the venue.

Inside the arena, the cocoon pods for the 100-unit competition were waiting for the participating students to enter. Lieutenant Colonel Yun, looking at the 100 students from the Empire before him, repeatedly warned, "Because the arena requires the use of replica mechas, the mental connection requirements are very high, so the pain sensitivity is also set to 100%. Don't try to exceed the mecha's level here. Also, remember the established rules of the arena, such as: don't attack the opponent's cockpit, protect your own cockpit."

The last time Natata talked to Xu Lingqu about the mecha cockpit, in a real interstellar battlefield, everyone would definitely tend to poke the cockpit to defeat the enemy, but in an arena that was mainly for competition, everyone tacitly agreed not to attack the cockpit.

Because in Skynet's mecha arena rules, when two mechas fight each other, the winner can be determined as long as the opponent's mecha is damaged to a certain extent. It does not have to be a life-and-death battle.

Moreover, when the pain is 100%, destroying a person's cockpit will cause that person to suffer the same pain as actual death, and they may even run the risk of suffering real mental damage.

"The arena isn't the Federation's strong point. Last year, we won with only three students remaining. However, this year, we have fewer S-level students than the Federation. We have 12, and they have 15. Oh no," Lieutenant Colonel Yun paused mid-sentence, a look of surprise on his face. "The Federation has temporarily notified Tan Sen Meilin that he has withdrawn, and a student with an A+ in mental strength has been temporarily substituted. That means we have 12 and the Federation has 14."

Tansen Merlin's withdrawal was unexpected, not only for the Empire, but also for the Merlin family far away in the Federation.

Originally, they wanted to let him participate in the arena and the final eight-school battle before dealing with him. These days, Tansen Merlin has been "resting" in the Merlin Manor on a planet unique to the Federation Merlin family.

When the servants of the Merlin family went to look for him in the early morning to ask him to leave for the federal competition venue, they discovered the body of Tansen Merlin.

He committed suicide. After watching the final fight between Moye and Qingjun, he dismantled the parts of the home robot and killed himself.

In the huge Merlin Manor, the room belonging to Tansen Merlin is very small, which can only accommodate a bed and a table. Therefore, the last wail he left to the world was placed on that table.

"My life has been like a gorgeously dressed sewer rat. There are so few things I can decide. Fortunately, at least I am the master of my own life."

When Lin Suomelin heard the report from Merlin's servant, he just frowned slightly: "Tsk, then we have to help him get leave for the arena and the final eight-school showdown. What a hassle."

Tan Senmeilin's final struggle in his life only resulted in Lin Suomelin asking him to take leave from the arena to compete against the eight schools, and asking the teacher from the United Nations University to temporarily find someone to replace him.

In the end, he is nothing more than a self-destructive inferior consumable. The owner sweeps away his body like garbage. Anyway, new consumables will be born in the house tomorrow.

The only place where his absence was "regrettable" was actually the Imperial Arena.

Ye Yu felt a little sorry: "I was thinking of facing him and personally avenging his bad behavior in the United Nations and the Thorn Rose team competition."

The revenge between Ci Mei and Tan Sen Mei Lin should be avenged by Ci Mei's students in person. Ye Yu has been waiting for this day for a long time, but Tan Sen Mei Lin did not come.

It's a pity for her.

"Anyway, having one less S-rank opponent is good news," Lieutenant Colonel Yun concluded. "Everyone, get into the cocoon. The competition is about to begin."

The students of the Imperial Military Academy all entered the competition cocoon cabin together.

What appeared before their eyes was an arena as huge as the ancient Roman Colosseum. The venue here was more than ten times larger than the league venue. On such a huge arena, people on it were as small as green beans. This was the battlefield for mechas.

As soon as the students of the Empire entered, they heard deafening cheers from the audience seats on the Empire side. The number of people in the audience seats was more than ten times that of the actual venue. Skynet made a lot of money from the league ticket revenue.

However, someone in the audience still managed to take some money out of the pocket of Skynet, the black-hearted businessman.

Xu Lingqu came out with the ring today, and Lumen, who connected with Xu Lingqu, successfully evaded the ticket and mixed into the audience.

Skynet President Jatu, as the host of this arena, was the first to appear on the arena stage and bow to the audience.

The traffic of Skynet was overwhelming this time, and many people who were not in the know said that it was done well by Gatu. Therefore, Gatu took the opportunity to raise the issue of shares with the board of directors many times. The board of directors’ response was to give unified awards after the end of the league.

Jia Xianglan's defeat in the team finals did not discourage Jiatu. He had originally asked Jia Xianglan to focus on the mecha arena.

He believed that as long as he performed well in the Jiaxianglan Arena, all previous mistakes could be wiped out.