Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Driving.
"Is it, is it that simple?" The security lady looked dazed.
"We were attacked so badly by the tentacles just now."
"That's why I told you that no one other than the unlocker can do it. Why should I lie to you?" Lao Liang explained again helplessly.
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In the cargo hold and mecha parking area, researchers are busy debugging the launch system.
In order to allow the mecha to leave the cabin, it is necessary to release the automatic lock that fixes the mecha in place, guide the mecha to the sealed cabin in the middle layer through the magnetic levitation track, and then use the catapult track to quickly send the mecha from the deck into space.
As the lock of the mecha was released, the parking signal indicator light in front of the mecha jumped from red to green, and the hydraulic support arm slowly retracted to make room for the mecha to move.
[The magnetic levitation track has been connected and the automatic guidance program has begun.]
[The sealed cabin opens.]
The mecha followed the magnetic levitation track into the sealed cabin, and then the huge isolation door closed behind it.
The air valve starts, making a hissing exhaust sound.
The hatch leading to space slowly opened, and faint starlight flickered in the dark universe.
[The sealed cabin is sealed and the ejection track is activated.]
[Ejection distance: fifty meters.]
[Countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1—launch.]
In an instant, a blazing white beam of light burst out violently along the catapult track, driving the mecha to eject.
The black swan soared into the sky, leaving a light blue arc behind its tail.
Since it only needs to reach the surface of the mecha, the speed of the acceleration device is set to the minimum, and the mecha is just slowly pushed to two hundred meters away via the catapult track.
That's how it should be. But the premise is that the pilot performs reasonable control operations.
Tao Ying obviously didn't.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to.
Mainly, she lost consciousness.
The thrusters on the mech's back never activated, and the energy core didn't even light up.
Due to the lack of atmospheric obstruction, the mecha had no one to control it and lost its balance, and was about to fly all the way to the asteroid belt dozens of kilometers away.
"...Hey, classmate, you have to stop the mecha!"
Lao Liang and the others behind him were so anxious that they were about to jump up.
Because of the signal jammer, the researchers' communication could not reach Tao Ying, and they could only watch.
"I was like, how can you let a student do this kind of thing?"
Inside the starship, the security lady slammed the table.
"What do you mean by unlocker, unlocker? She's just a child! What if she can't come back? You researchers only use your brains and don't care about the dangers at all!"
Researcher Che tried to control the situation.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. She rewrote the energy system herself. If she didn't have confidence, she wouldn't have gone up there."
Lao Liang pushed his glasses up in disbelief. "Rewrite the energy system?"
What's going on? Can ordinary people rewrite that?
"What did she change?"
"Oh, it's just that the energy module is missing a core, and she wrote a bypass program."
Lao Liang almost fainted.
"You're just going to let a student modify the program like this?!"
"Well, this is very simple, right? She spent more than ten minutes on it. Our boss only took five minutes..."
"What's normal about this? The core system was written by Researcher Tao Ying. You're comparing a student to the chief researcher at the Laiji Institute?! Don't you know Tao Ying's level?"
"That's definitely better than you. Anyway, who told Bai Industries to take the machine away for destruction? Isn't that your fault?"
"Hey, hey, you really are." Lao Liang was so angry that he kept wiping his glasses.
Researcher Che crossed his arms. "Based on my twenty years of experience debugging mechas, as long as the mecha can be operated, there won't be any major problems."
"only……"
"Just what?"
"It's just such a coincidence that the unlocker appears here at this time."
Moreover, the unlocker's behavior style is too similar to their boss's.
Could it be...
Researcher Che turned his head seriously and looked at Dalong.
"You really didn't steal the boss's ashes? You didn't use her DNA to perform any illegal genetic modification, did you?"
"..." Dalong raised his hands, "I really didn't steal it."
"That's strange. Who else besides us would have the guts to go to the Iowa family cemetery and dig up graves..."
"Wait, it's started, it's started, the machine has stopped spinning!"
At this moment, Tao Ying in Hengwo finally woke up after a brief loss of consciousness. After coughing for two minutes, he successfully activated Hengwo's thrusters through his mental power.
[Xiaoying... Master, are you okay? ]
“Not very good.”
Tao Ying clutched her chest, a little out of breath. She hadn't recovered from the dizziness from the spinning.
I feel unwell all over and want to vomit.
Her waist, legs, and chest hurt, and she couldn't breathe. She suspected that the strong push on her back had just stretched her chest bones.
By the way, why did the voice of the optical computer assistant sound wrong? It seemed like it suddenly changed to a young boy's voice for three seconds, and he also called her Xiaoying?
The last time anyone called her that was ages ago.
...She must have misheard because she was confused.
Tao Ying shook her head and sat up straight:
"Light brain assistant, physical condition."
The optical computer system paused for a moment and quickly scanned her physical condition according to the instructions.
[Hello Master, just like before, there are problems everywhere.]
Tao Ying: “…”
Which part do you want to know first?
“No need to understand.”
Tao Ying had no expression on her face.
Not dead means you are still alive, and being alive means there is no problem.
The tentacles on its head flashed with fluorescent light, and the mecha's right hand followed suit.
Tao Ying's gaze fell on the HUD panel.
The panel displays information such as remaining fuel, weapon modules, and the most important information for the pilot - field of view.
She was now about ten kilometers away from the starship and was approaching the dangerous area marked by the Interstellar Transportation Bureau.
Fortunately, I woke up at the right time. If I had woken up a little later, I would have crashed into the asteroid belt.
Tao Ying operated the panel not very skillfully.
She had operated a psycho mecha before, but most of the time it was just basic testing at the experimental site, and she had never done long periods of high-intensity driving. In short—
She only knows the principles of driving, but is not very good at driving a perceptual mecha.
There's often this misunderstanding in academia: "Your research focuses on mecha systems, so you can't operate a mecha? At least a little bit, right?"
Yes, no.
Who on earth thinks that all programmers can drive mechas?
This is a misunderstanding, a big misunderstanding.
Tao Ying tried hard to recall the driving precautions he had written down before and tried to control it in his mind, but he was not proficient in mental control.
She could only use the mechanical buttons on the console to operate it.
Although these buttons are very cumbersome from the perspective of perceptual mecha design, they are quite suitable for her, a mecha rookie.
Let her see, this button is... lift your left foot.
Heng lifted my left leg.
Right foot.
Heng lifted my right leg.
Left left right up up.
...No, there's something important to do now.
Tao Ying coughed lightly, almost becoming addicted to the game.
You know what, these buttons have pretty strong positive feedback. If the situation wasn't urgent, she would have wanted to try them all out one by one.
The mecha swayed and bumped left and right as it flew towards the starship.
At this moment, everyone in the cabin was also watching the developments here.
The passengers pressed their lips against the windows, watching the mysterious and elegant black mecha flying towards them in a very comical way.
"Boom—"
The mecha crashed into the surface of the starship and made a solid hole.
The researcher couldn't help but knock on the cabin window.
"Isn't he the unlocker? How come his driving skills are so..."
"Didn't she just say that she had no experience in piloting a mecha before, so it's normal that she's not proficient."
"I really don't know what the conditions are for selecting the unlocker. Mental strength? My mental strength is also B+."
"Who knows, maybe the unlocker's mental strength is A?"
"Spiritual strength is linked to physical fitness. How can her mental strength be high when her physical fitness is so poor? This doesn't make sense."
"The mechas can even acknowledge their masters by dropping blood, what common sense are you talking about?"
“…”
On the other side, the passengers in the cabin also obviously noticed the movements of Tao Ying's mecha.
Everyone pressed their faces against the portholes, trying hard to look out.
"What happened?"
"Well……"
"Not very good. That black mech is driving all over the place."
"Isn't this pilot unreliable?"
Everyone was quite distrustful of the unlocker's driving ability, but soon, the pilot of the mecha seemed to have mastered the operation and stood up.
"Ohhh! She's moving, she seems to be able to operate it! She's standing up!"
Soon, the mecha came near the signal jammer and took out its only weapon - the thermal knife.
After a series of shaky operations, it finally aimed at the signal jammer and chopped it down.
"Come to the Internet, come to the Internet!"
"I'm going to tell my mother I'm safe."
“Don’t panic when something happens, post a circle of friends first.”
“I’m going to start a live stream!”
When everyone was excited, a passenger suddenly frowned.
A hundred meters away from the starship, there are two small dots. Are they some large pieces of space junk? I can't see them clearly.
The passenger took out his binoculars, put them in front of the eyepieces, aimed at the two small dots, and adjusted the image to be clear.
Those are two mechas.
The blue mech has laser cannons on its shoulders.
On the back of the yellow mecha's right hand, there is a vibrating blade extending out.
Both are obviously combat-type mechas.
Laser cannons can cut and destroy the key parts of enemy mechas from a distance, quickly and accurately. Vibration blades are close combat weapons, often used to destroy armor.
The passenger's grip loosened, he put down the binoculars and muttered.
"Why would a combat mecha appear in a place like this?"
Sonya took the telescope from her and pressed her face against the porthole. "Their weapons seem to be specially designed to destroy armor... I have a bad feeling."
Benjamin swallowed his saliva: "I agree with you."
The starship suddenly shook violently, and the slightly crowded cabin was filled with chaos and shouting.
Rustle, rustle.
The annoying noise on the radio still didn't stop.
Just as everyone was about to open the cabin door and seek help, a sharp and piercing metal scraping sound cut everyone's eardrums like a knife.
At the same time, the yellow mecha disappeared from the telescope. Then, another mecha also disappeared - no, not disappeared, it was obscured.
The huge mecha gradually emerged from the deep universe, and its outline instantly blocked the porthole on the right.
The yellow machine clung to the starship like a spider—the sharp vibration blade was inserted into the top of the ship, and with the harsh cutting sound, the cabin began to vibrate again.
Then, its head was attached to the starship.
The electronic eye turned a few times, flashing blue scanning light, and looked coldly at everyone through the small porthole.
A chill that made their scalps tingle crept up the backs of their necks from their spines.
"Yes, it's the pirates' mecha!"
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