Chapter 61 Chapter 61 So who hit her?
There are still six hours until the Sky Cup Interstellar Mecha League officially begins.
All processes are proceeding in an orderly manner.
The mecha programmers of the entire ninth competition area are now busy conducting the final self-inspection of the participating mechas.
The elevators opened fully, and the mecha technicians operated the mechanical arms, tightening the joints of the mechas. The head of the mecha association walked around the mecha hangar, taking a final inventory.
"Thirty teams in total, providing fifty Aurora T4 mechas, forty-six Fool MK2s, twenty VEGAs, and four Tianji Zeros, a total of ninety official mechas and thirty spare mechas. The exact number."
"Lao Zhan, Tina, Kumiko, report the mecha status."
"The system self-tests have all passed, no abnormalities." Lao Zhan answered mechanically.
Kumiko nodded slightly. "According to the scheduled process, the energy filling is complete, and the energy core is confirmed to be in good condition. Thank you very much for participating in this work with you. I wish you good health—"
Tina grabbed Kumiko, interrupted her long string of honorifics, and waved cheerfully to the person in charge.
“ALL OK!”
"Okay." The person in charge reached out and pressed the headset, saying to the other end, "Team Leader, the mecha status has been confirmed. There are no problems."
On the aerial inspection starship, the team leader said "hmm" briefly. She put her hands in her pockets, stood in the room with the best view, and looked down at the competition field.
The stadium was covered in white snow, the sun shone through the clouds, and the rugged ridges were exposed due to the thin snow, revealing the "乀"-shaped black peaks.
The ninth division of Chester Star is located in the snowy area of Zone C of Chester Star.
The highest altitude is 5,000 meters, and the temperature at the summit can drop to minus 25 degrees Celsius. The main competition venue is on the snowfield at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 meters. Due to direct sunlight, some of the snow near the snow line melts.
The temperature at the stadium is around five degrees.
In the heated parts of the snowfield, the snow melted, and the ground became mottled and slippery.
This should be a big challenge for students who have never encountered similar terrain.
The team leader switched the communication partner.
"Lily, open the arena to the players. Inspectors are in place to check for cheating devices. No items unrelated to the league are allowed into the arena!"
Lily saluted: "Roger that!"
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On the other side, there is the entrance inspection area.
The inspectors are waiting here for the contestants to enter.
[Please enter the testing cabin and stay for 30 seconds.]
If the green light is on, please proceed directly. If the red light is on, please go to the waiting area on the right. Inspectors will manually screen your belongings. Thank you for your cooperation.
A drone buzzed overhead, singing cheerful sponsor songs and flying around with a banner advertising nutrient solution.
Everyone entered the venue in an orderly manner, and green lights lit up in the testing cabins one after another.
Suddenly, a high-frequency alarm sounded from the third inspection port, and the red warning light flashed brightly and unignorably.
The inspector's eyes fixed and he quickly surrounded them.
An inspector prompted the student to pull over and then directed him to the manual screening area.
The student twirled the hem of his clothes, turned around, and searched all his pockets to indicate that they were empty.
Then, his eyes flickered as he said, "There must be something wrong with the instrument. You saw it just now. I didn't bring anything with me."
But the inspectors didn't believe it; they had seen too many students taking shortcuts.
"If it's an instrument error, we'll know after a scan."
The inspector said this coldly, raised the scanner in his hand, and the blue light swept across the student. When the light stopped at the chest, it suddenly turned red.
The student's face changed and he was about to put his hands up to cover his chest, but the inspector got there first and tore off something from his chest.
It's a metal button.
After scanning with the instrument again, the screen showed that this was the latest type of radio wave transmitter, and its appearance was very deceptive.
"According to Article 3, Section 2 of the Interstellar University Mecha League Competition Regulations, anyone caught carrying a cheating device will be banned for three years."
The student and his team were asked to leave the competition venue.
"Really? You're always focusing on this kind of thing. Even if you pass the audition, what's the use?"
The inspector shook his head and sighed, then began to direct the students behind him to line up and continue the inspection.
A freshman whispered, "It's just a radio transmitter, is that a big deal? He'll be banned for three years. Basically, he won't have a chance to participate again."
"You don't understand technology very well, do you? If the radio transmitter is used properly, it can disable a mecha and even remotely control it."
"He was lucky to be caught before the game. If he had been caught during the game, he would have been banned permanently."
Afterwards, the students all entered with green lights and there were no unusual incidents.
The inspector checked the time and saw that there was still about an hour left and most of the teams had already entered the venue.
Ah, I feel like it’s time to get off work.
They were lazily fishing when suddenly three people walked into the testing cabin carrying large and small bags.
The machine started to alarm frantically.
The inspector rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen it wrong.
No, did these three students just walk in with their things in their hands, ignoring his presence?
Because their attitude was so natural, all the inspectors were stunned for a moment.
The inspector closest to the three people reacted and walked forward with a sigh.
"You three, stop."
The three students followed him to the screening area very obediently.
But the inspector scanned it up and down with the instrument, and the instrument in his hand was full of blue light from beginning to end.
No cheating devices?
So why were they carrying five backpacks? I initially thought it was a cover-up to hide the cheating device, but it turned out to be just five backpacks.
Are you here for a competition or a spring outing?
The inspector squatted down and asked: "Why do you carry so many things? I need to confirm the contents. Is there any inconvenience?"
The three of them shook their heads.
Quite cooperative.
Then the inspector inexplicably took out a pack of sunflower-flavored instant noodles from the largest backpack.
"Why did you bring instant noodles?"
"I brought an electric kettle to fill my stomach in case I get hungry during the game," answered the student who was conspicuously tall.
"..." The inspector said with a forced smile, "Electric kettles are so inconvenient. You can boil water directly in the mecha engine. It's very fast, boiling in five seconds."
The student clapped his hands: "There is such a technique. I have learned it."
The inspector thought, "What the hell is this guy learning? He can't even tell the difference between good and bad." He's already thinking about eating! As Lin Biege stared at him in shock and reluctance, the inspector placed her food-filled backpack into the "confiscation" basket behind him.
“Food and unrelated electrical appliances are not allowed on the premises and have been confiscated.”
After the inspector finished checking the five large bags of food, he was about to wave his hand to let them in when he saw Tao Ying, who was dressed tightly behind Lin Biege, move sideways, revealing a backpack.
“…”
The inspector crouched down with a small scanner.
"What's this bag? Is it food too?"
Tao Ying raised her hand: "Oh, these are my emergency supplies."
"Emergency supplies?" The inspector raised his head and observed for a moment, his eyes seeming to be asking about emergency.
That is of course an emergency life.
Tao Ying sniffed.
The temperature was very low, and she was wearing a warm and windproof coat, wrapped up tightly from head to toe, practically fully armed. Even so, she would still cough from time to time.
A gust of cold wind blew, piercing my throat like a knife, and my perceived temperature dropped by at least five degrees.
Tao Ying felt a little overwhelmed, raised her hand, and then pulled a blanket from the backpack she was checking and wrapped it around herself. After thinking about it, she felt that it was not enough, so she took out a few heating packs from the backpack and put them in the back of her jacket.
Although Tao Ying made preparations in advance after being drawn into the ninth division, she did not expect it to be so cold.
Sneeze.
After the heat pack took effect, I finally felt a little warmer, but even so, I was still very cold.
I want to get into the mecha as soon as possible. There is no wind in there and it will be much warmer.
Tao Ying said to the inspector: "Can you please hurry up?"
"We need to check everything. This is the procedure. I hope you understand... What is this?" The inspector held up the tissue paper in his hand and asked curiously, "Why do you bring a pack of black tissues?"
"I'm afraid of blood, so using this color of tissue will make the blood less noticeable."
Fear of blood, what a rare genetic disease... No, why would I bleed when operating the mecha normally?
The inspector suppressed his doubts and decided to continue questioning with a professional attitude.
"Paper towels are fine, but what is this?"
The inspector pulled out a medicine bottle, then another.
Thirty seconds later, the floor of the inspection area was covered with more than two dozen medicine bottles. The students at the other checkpoints had already passed through, leaving only Tao Ying and her group. A group of inspectors gathered around them, chattering.
"Isn't it some illegal drug? The kind that can instantly increase a person's physical fitness."
The experienced inspector looked through the list again and again, but he had never seen any of the diseases listed there before.
"If you don't declare it in advance, it's also considered cheating."
Tao Ying said briefly, "Oh, this is a legal drug. I applied for it after registering, and it's in the system. Please check."
The inspector checked and found that there were indeed records inside the system, but this made him even more scared.
The inspector's forehead began to sweat, and his eyes looking at Tao Ying gradually became strange.
Which wicked person would send a student with F constitution to come without notifying them in advance!
The inspector turned around and quietly sent a message to the medical department, asking them to make preparations in advance, and the medical department was also in an uproar.
The inspector counted the espresso liquid, oxygen cylinders, quick tourniquets, and medical dressings in his hands one by one, his expression becoming more and more doubtful of life.
When they pulled out the air purifier, they all asked in unison, "Is it really necessary?"
Tao Ying sniffed: "It's necessary. If I enter an area with low air quality, I will faint—"
"Okay, you don't have to say it."
The inspectors worked together and finally sent the giant Buddha away after confirming that all items were in good condition.
On the cold snowy mountain, the inspector wiped the sweat from his forehead.
It is always the students who breathe a sigh of relief when they pass the checkpoint, but why are they the ones who feel relieved when this team is checked? Damn it, who on earth allowed this student to successfully register!
There are still ten minutes until the game starts.
All the mechas were arranged in the designated areas according to the models selected in advance by each team.
Tao Ying quickly adjusted his teammates' mechas and asked, "Do you remember the competition format?"
"Of course! In the points competition, each effective attack counts as one point! In our case, the Dawn T4 uses thermal blade slashes, while the Fool MK2 uses hammer strikes. The monitoring system installed in the mecha will automatically calculate the score. After further judgment by the referees, the final score will be displayed on the starship in the sky."
As he spoke, Lin Biege pointed to the sky.
There will be no spectators on site. The judging of this audition, including the on-site personnel scheduling and the broadcast of the competition content, will all be completed in this medium-sized starship.
At this moment, the names of the participating teams were displayed on the external screen of the starship, and the "Space Ghost Team" was of course among them.
“And the opening position.”
If all the mechas were crowded in the same area to compete, there would definitely be nothing interesting to watch, so randomly teleporting the starting point is basically a major fun of the mecha league.
"The teleportation system will randomly teleport all players to five areas, similar to the coordinate draw in Turantis, except that players on the same team won't necessarily be drawn together.
"After the transmission is completed, if the area is different, contact teammates first." Tao Ying added.
"Okay!"
There are two minutes left before the game starts.
Everyone got on the machine and started warming up, and made a final confirmation of their own mecha. If any problems were found during this period, they could contact the staff to replace it with a spare machine.
The temperature of the snowfield rose slightly under the sunlight.
The snow was compacted by the mecha, and where it had melted, the snow water flowed everywhere.
The ground is very slippery.
At once, several mechas fell to the ground.
Just as Tao Ying sat on her Dawn T4 and was thinking about how to arrange her two teammates today, her butt was shaken violently.
After the screen spun for a while, she realized that she had been hit from the right side.
Before he could react, the Dawn T4 fell to the ground with a bang and slid ten meters away.
It seemed like there was a series of collisions while skating.
A series of "bang bang" collisions and the sharp sound of metal rubbing against the ice spread throughout the stadium.
"Who bumped into someone before the game?"
"So annoying! It's too late to change mechas now. Aren't you a jerk?!"
Tao Ying heard a series of curses, but she was dizzy from the shaking, and the only thing she could think of was: Fortunately, I had fastened my seat belt, otherwise I would have died gloriously right now.
She shook her head, rubbed the bruise on her thigh, and sat up to inspect the damage.
There was a crack in the optical lens, and the middle third of the image displayed on the HUD panel was missing.
System prompts:
[Leg armor damaged by 30%.]
[Right shoulder armor damaged by 20%.]
The left hip joint is 50% damaged, with loose structures and missing parts.
【It is recommended to re-debug and replace the corresponding parts. 】
The body's condition is not optimistic.
Tao Ying touched his chin.
Who hit her?
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