Chapter 309: IF Path Bazel: Unexpected Situation
After settling in the lounge, Anno and the others went to watch the game.
The spacious indoor venue can accommodate tens of thousands of people. The match is being broadcast live in the center, and the audience is cheering and shouting enthusiastically.
Anno is usually quiet, but he only becomes more lively during matches, cheering and encouraging the other spectators.
There were many fans of the A7 team in the venue. Some sharp-eyed fans spotted Anno and gathered around her. They wanted her autograph and photos, but since the game was still ongoing and they were worried about any unexpected situations, the engineers had to be on standby at any time. So the fans suppressed their excitement.
Anno felt gratified and overjoyed as he watched the fans holding up banners for A7 and various small flags and other merchandise.
Someone tugged at her sleeve from behind. She turned around and met a pair of big, round eyes.
She was a little girl who was only six or seven years old. She was wearing a blue jellyfish hat and clothes with the A7 team logo printed on them. The most eye-catching thing on the clothes was a chibi version of Anno wearing his battle uniform and jellyfish hat.
The two girls next to the little girl, who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen, were probably her relatives, as they were wearing jellyfish hats and the same clothes as her.
When Anuo turned around, her expression was somewhat frightened.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This is our sister. She's a fan of yours just like us. She didn't mean to bother you."
Anno smiled faintly and shook her head: "It's alright."
The little girl looked at Anno with admiration, "Vice Captain Anno, you're amazing! I want to become a mechanical engineer as amazing as you when I grow up!"
Seeing her adorable appearance, Anuo smiled and patted her head, "Go for it, you can do it!"
The little girl was so happy when Anuo patted her head that she almost jumped for joy. She excitedly spun around in place, opened her small backpack, took out a beautiful cloth bag, and handed it to Anuo: "Vice Captain, this is a gift that my sister and I made together. We hope you will accept it."
Seeing the little girl's eager gaze, Anno graciously accepted the gift, saying, "Thank you, little friend."
She opened the cloth bag in front of the little girl and took out a gift: a colorful jellyfish hat, knitted from soft yarn.
Anuo felt a warmth in her heart and said to the little girl and her two older sisters, "Thank you, I like it very much."
A7 has only been a team for two years, but she has already made a name for herself in various competitions. The gifts she receives from fans are all kinds of hats. She doesn't actually wear hats often when she's out, so she doesn't know how her fans know she likes hats.
Anno put the hat on his head and said to Bazel 29 next to him, "Look, it was a gift from a fan."
Number 29 smiled and praised, "Very cute, very suitable for you."
Bazel adjusted her hat, then suddenly whispered in her ear, "So, who do you prefer who gave it to you?"
Anno blinked at Bazel. It was the first time she had ever heard Bazel ask such a question. She hugged Bazel's waist, getting so close that her cheek brushed against his lips. He stiffened slightly, coughed lightly, and pulled away.
Anuo, oblivious, looked up at him and said, "This was a gift from a fan. The gift you give me is different from what the fans give me. I like whatever you give me."
Bazel looked at her tenderly and quietly took her hand, which was resting on her knee.
Anno had gotten used to their way of getting along. Turning his attention back to the arena, Bazel glanced to the side and saw that Anno's several high-ranking relatives were only a few seats away from them, their eyes fixed on them.
When he grasped Anno's hand, those gazes clearly turned cold.
A faint smile played on Bazel's lips. Nono would return to the Zerg one day, and when that day came, he thought, he would make his own choice.
As the race neared noon, the first relay race was already halfway through. Currently, Team A7 and Team Hurricane were in the lead, and the two teams were neck and neck. Every time one team took the lead, the other would immediately overtake or tie. The live broadcast was showing the two team captains taking over, and the two entered the valley track.
The valley track is very narrow and has many obstacles. A collision can easily occur if you are not careful, making the audience's hearts race and they hold their breath for them.
Just as the two were flying around a bend, an explosion suddenly occurred ahead, and a large amount of debris fell from above, distorting even the live broadcast footage.
Both Luo Zhou and Lan Sai's aircraft were hit, and the two braked and shut down their engines.
The unexpected incident caused the audience to gasp in surprise. In the live broadcast, numerous small instruments, all of which were offensive weapons, flew overhead and strafed the aircraft participating in the competition.
The Zerg guards on the track immediately mobilized to deal with the weapons that had flown onto the track.
As soon as Luo Zhou's aircraft shut down, Anuo immediately grabbed her toolbox and rushed to the site.
No matter what happens on the field, the results will still be counted. This is Saint Tan, which is not peaceful to begin with. Among the teams participating in the competition, there are some with ulterior motives who want to win the competition by using some underhanded means.
Although the security level at the venue was already quite high, there were always some who slipped through the net.
Therefore, the teams that emerge from the Saint Tann competition each year are among the top teams in various interstellar leagues.
The obstacles set up on the outside competition venue are nothing compared to the near-death human intervention on Saint Tan. The spacecraft teams from Saint Tan could directly participate in fighter jet competitions.
It was still raining outside, which added to the difficulty of the competition. Before Anuo could even leave the indoor arena, a figure quickly blocked her way.
She looked closely and recognized him as the silver-haired member of the family from yesterday, whose name seemed to be... Caesar?
She didn't have time to talk to him right then and there. Just as she was about to ask him to move aside, a spatial portal opened in front of her, and the opposite side was where Luo Zhou had stopped.
“Your Highness, this is faster.” Caesar lowered his head and stepped aside.
Anno paused for a moment, then passed through the portal.
"How's it going? Has it met the criteria for replacing the backup aircraft?"
Luo Zhou was quite surprised to see Anuo emerge from the spatial portal, and Lan Sai next to him also showed a hint of astonishment in his eyes.
"No, it just hit the balancer and damaged one of the drives, but it didn't meet the criteria for replacing it with a spare aircraft," Luo Zhou quickly composed himself and said to An Nuo.
Anno didn't say anything more, and simply took out his tools to perform emergency repairs on the aircraft.
Major repairs are not an option at this time; the priority is to stabilize the most severely affected parts and allow the game to finish.
Bazell, No. 29, and Caesar stood to one side. They were not from Team A7, and the rules of the game did not allow people outside the team to interfere.
The auxiliary robot beside Anno quickly replaced some small parts for her.
A fierce battle was still raging above, with rocks constantly falling from overhead.
A shell landed on their heads, and a figure quickly stepped in front of her, placing his hand on her back.
Anno did not feel the expected tremor. She looked up and saw that Caesar had used his spatial abilities to move all the rubble away.
She heard Caesar say coldly, "I'll give you one more minute at most, and then we'll all be done."
But Caesar clearly didn't say anything?
Caesar's gaze met hers, and he asked with concern, "Your Highness, are you alright?"
“…It’s nothing.” Anno quickly regained his senses and continued what he was doing.
In less than two minutes, she had replaced the parts. She patted Luo Zhou's aircraft and said, "Okay, go quickly."
Luo Zhou immediately boarded the aircraft. Two seconds later, he poked his head out of the aircraft and looked at Lan Sai, who was leaning against the aircraft and waiting for his team's engineers to come over.
Anuo and Luozhou exchanged a glance and instantly understood what he meant.
Luo Zhou scratched his head and said, "That Xiao Nuo, it's not that I'm being overly kind, I just want to compete fairly with this guy, otherwise he won't accept it."
Anno nodded: "Understood, you wait."
She walked over to Lancer's aircraft. "Excuse me."
Lancer hesitated, "You...you're going to fix it for me?"
Anno: "Well, otherwise we'll cheat."
Lanse immediately understood. She had come through a spatial portal and was not a member of the team. If Luo Zhou continued the competition, it could be considered cheating.
But if they start all over again together at the starting line, that's a different story.
Although Lancer knew they were trying to avoid being accused of cheating, he still said to Anno, "Thank you."
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