Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Behind is a bottomless abyss, and the opponent...
The mecha's wear and tear rate exceeded Tao Ying's expectations. At this point...
He had no choice but to go ahead despite suffering heavy damage to his mecha.
There was a noisy communication in her ears. Tao Ying readjusted the frequency and controlled the Dawn T4 back to her previous position. She looked around to confirm the status of the mecha around her.
The attack just now came too fast and Tao Ying didn't see clearly who hit her.
Lin Biege and Nan Gua's mechas were on her left, and the attack just now came from the right.
Tao Ying turned to the right.
A red-painted VEGA was inside the transmission ring, occasionally poking its head in Tao Ying's direction, as if it wanted to come over, but it would stretch its legs and then retract them.
The pilot is very indecisive.
Tao Ying checked the snow marks on the ground and VEGA to her position. There was no trace of heavy footsteps where she landed.
It wasn't this red VEGA that hit her.
Sure enough, Tao Ying quickly received the close-range communication from the VEGA.
On the small window of the HUD panel, a knitted woolen hat with ethnic style suddenly appeared - sorry, it was a brown-skinned boy wearing a knitted woolen hat with ethnic style.
The main reason was that his hat was so eye-catching against the pitch-black background of the cockpit that I couldn't see where he was for a moment.
"Is there anything wrong, classmate?" Tao Ying asked.
As if noticing Tao Ying's gaze on his hat, the boy coughed lightly and pulled his hat back uncomfortably.
"I just wanted to ask how you were doing. I was talking to my teammates when I saw you get hit from the corner of my eye. I wanted to come over and pull you out, but you were already flying."
Tao Ying said naturally: "Thank you, then did you see who hit me?"
The boy hesitated for a moment and replied, "I didn't see it clearly either."
Judging from the tone of Hat Classmate, it doesn't sound like he didn't see it clearly, but rather that he saw it but didn't dare to say anything.
The area here is not big, and dozens of mechas have their vision modules turned on. It is impossible that no one saw who hit her.
It can only be that everyone is wary of that person's identity, and it is better to have less trouble than more.
Tao Ying smiled faintly, holding her chin and said, "You saw it."
Her tone was firm, and she continued with the next sentence without waiting for the boy to refute.
"Let me guess which one?"
The mecha that hit Tao Ying was among the twenty-six mechas on the left.
After observing for a while, Tao Ying's sight finally stopped on a black and white machine.
This mech stood four meters tall, about a meter shorter than the others. It was white in front and black in back. Its head was round, and from the side it resembled the yin-yang Tai Chi diagram. It held a silver-white sniper rifle, standing there with a spirited demeanor.
Tianji Zero, a mecha with strong sniping and stealth capabilities.
The exterior paint job was pretty good, but there was one flaw – a bit of black paint remaining on its left arm, revealing what it had just done.
"The one who hit me was Tianji Zero from the Alzeta Military Academy, right?" Tao Ying leaned on the driver's seat with her arms crossed, tapping her elbows.
The boy screamed twice and waved his hands around the screen.
"What Alzeta Military Academy? Don't say I said that! I know nothing!"
The other party cut off the communication in panic.
Tao Ying understood and chuckled.
There were four teams using the Tianji Zero model this time. Tao Ying was able to lock onto it so quickly because, of these teams, only the Alzeta Military Academy was so feared by all the other players.
As a third-level military academy, Alzeta is not of a high rank, but they are very famous, even more famous than some first-level military academies.
Because the school atmosphere is quite gangster.
Things like verbal insults on public channels to disrupt the opponent's mentality, backstabbing teammates after taking resources in group matches, and deliberately provoking opponents to cause them serious injuries are all commonplace for Alzeta's students.
Go to the league forum and ask, "What do you think of the Alzeta Military Academy?" Everyone's response is, "Oh, them. They'll do anything to win, and they hold grudges. Don't get involved with them."
But Alzeta's behavior was in line with the rules of the game.
This time too.
The Alzeta Military Academy deliberately got stuck a few minutes before the transmission and hit Tao Ying's mecha, leaving her no time to change to the spare mecha, which was not considered a violation.
Some people who were also hit expressed their dissatisfaction and shouted at the staff.
His teammates stopped his meaningless behavior: "The short-distance jump ring is about to be activated, and the competition organizers don't have time to replace us with a backup device. We have to abandon the competition."
The man was anxious: "Why is it too late? At worst, we can enter later."
"The short-distance jump device needs to cool down. This means that after the initial jump, you have to wait at least an hour before you can jump again. By the time the second jump begins, the game is already over."
"This is really destroying the fairness of the game. Isn't there anyone who can do something about it?"
The teammate sighed: "They will just say they bumped into it accidentally, there is nothing we can do."
"So we can only give up the game?"
"We are not familiar with the snowy mountain environment. If the mecha breaks down again, it will be too dangerous. Don't worry, we can come back next year."
"But someone just got hit harder than us, and she didn't give up the race! Why should we?" The man was so anxious that he was about to cry, pointing at Tao Ying's Dawn T4.
Their collision was even relatively minor, but Tao Ying's mecha slid more than ten meters on the ground, which was a truly horrific collision.
The teammate shook his head. "Don't imitate her. Once her mech enters the arena, it will undoubtedly become a target, subject to concentrated attack from Alzeta and perhaps even all the participating teams... It's too dangerous. She's simply a newborn calf fearless of a tiger. Let's go. We can't just follow the freshmen and act recklessly."
Although the three wanted to continue the competition, they had no choice but to withdraw.
The staff crossed out five items on the list.
She sighed, "Including the team that just cheated, six teams have already been eliminated from the ninth division before the competition even started, including some very experienced third-year students... Sigh, what will become of this competition?"
…
An urgent prompt tone came from the public address system.
[There are 30 seconds left before the short-distance jump. Please return to your designated positions.]
The Tianji Zero that caused the disturbance stood naturally into the transmission ring as if nothing had happened.
"Shadow, how are you?"
"I'm fine, it's just that my mecha is a little paralyzed." Tao Ying joked leisurely.
"What should I do then?"
"Go in first, and then we'll see what happens. My body is dangerous to do anything, but that doesn't mean I can do anything."
Lin Biege: "..." Can your meticulous logic be used in a safe place?
"Hey, I don't care! Don't call me if anything happens later!"
The screens of the seventy-two mechas present displayed the countdown simultaneously.
[Short-distance jump is about to begin, please be prepared. 】
[Five, four, three, two, one, start!]
After a flash of light and a violent vibration, Tao Ying's eyes were filled with white. She could feel the air coming in from the ventilation port instantly become several degrees colder.
The altitude has increased.
The good news was that she and Lin Biege were teleported to the same place, the highest ridge of the main peak, where they could have a clear view of the battle situation on the snowfield.
The bad news is that this is the side of the ridge, the snow layer is 3-10 meters thick, and the snow under your feet is very soft, which can easily trigger an avalanche.
Snow flakes are already falling.
Tao Ying reminded: "Lin Biege, don't move yet."
Lin Biege just raised his foot, but upon hearing the words, he silently retracted it.
"What will happen if I move?"
"We'll go down with a thud."
"Is there a more respectable way?"
"Yes, do you want to experience the feeling of skiing in a mecha, rushing to the foot of the mountain in one go?"
Lin Biege glanced at the altitude they were at. Uh... 5,000 meters above sea level. To reach the snowfield, they would need to descend 3,000 meters.
There are various snow hills and rocks on the road, and the thrill of rushing down feels like riding a roller coaster.
It will be smashed into pieces along the way.
Lin Biege shook his head desperately: "I don't want to die, thank you."
"Well, I was kind of thinking about giving it a try, but forget it. I'm lucky enough to randomly land on the high ground. Let's contact Pumpkin first and then formulate a strategy..." Tao Ying tapped the contact button and casually reminded Lin Biege that looking at the white snow for too long could easily cause snow blindness and blurred vision, so she reminded her to remember to turn on the mecha's eye protection system.
As soon as Tao Ying finished speaking, her feet suddenly shook and she subconsciously grabbed the edge of the operating table.
The vibration lasted only a moment.
Accompanied by the faint sound of stepping on snow, Tao Ying thought that the vibration did not seem to come from deep in the snow layer, but rather like a nearby mecha stepping on the snow.
But neither she nor Lin Biege moved.
Tao Ying glanced around and saw their two mechas standing on the edge of the slanted side ridge.
In the silent snow, it seemed that there were only her and Lin Biege's Dawn T4 in the world, emitting faint heat.
No other mechas can be seen here.
But Tao Ying was not mistaken.
If the vibration just now was not caused by her and Lin Biege, then there must be an invisible third person here.
The snow behind me was slightly distorted for a moment under the sunlight.
Others may not notice it, but Tao Ying once set up an optical camouflage system at the Laiji Institute.
The air flow caused by temperature difference will have a certain impact on optical camouflage.
Tao Ying was very familiar with this subtle shaking.
"Lin Biege, raise your right arm."
"ah?"
"Do as you say."
Lin Biege did as Tao Ying said and raised the right arm of Dawn T4.
The sunlight shone directly on Lin Biege's front, casting a shadow behind her. The moment the direction of the light changed, the shadow on the ground changed unnaturally.
"It's indeed optical camouflage."
Lin Biege still held up his hands obediently, a look of confusion on his face: "Ah? The Dawn T4 has optical camouflage?"
It was obvious that this person hadn't memorized all the functions of the phone model she gave him.
Tao Ying held his forehead with his hand.
"There are four models available for the qualifiers: the Dawn T4, the Fool MK2, the VEGA—and the only one with optical camouflage, the Tenki Zero."
"Tianji Zero is a sniper-type mecha with strong stealth. If we seize the high ground, we will be invincible from the start. We can kill anyone with one shot."
"This player is lucky to be able to bet on this place."
Tao Ying threw out a series of analyses.
After listening to this conversation, Lin Biege finally realized that the captain was testing the position of this Tianji Zero.
She also wants to test Tianji Ling's position!
Lin Biege was eager to try it and decided to try it now.
She grabbed a handful of snow and started throwing it at Tao Ying.
Tao Ying: "? What are you doing?"
Lin Biege said excitedly, "I want to locate him by throwing snow at him, but I can't make it too obvious, so I'll pretend to have a snowball fight with you first so he won't get suspicious!"
Tao Ying: “…”
Sometimes she wishes her teammates wouldn't think.
Especially a certain beagle.
Lin Biege's movements were so big that they attracted the attention of Pilot Tianji Zero.
And the other party did notice.
For a sniper mecha pilot, the most feared thing is exposing his position, because once this happens, he will immediately become the center of concentrated fire.
Sniper's exposed position = death.
Tenki Zero's pilot decided to take out the two opponents closest to him first.
Tao Ying heard a slight "click" sound in front of her.
Like the sound of a bullet being loaded.
She confirmed that the Tianji Zero was facing her at the moment.
Tao Ying raised the thermal knife as if to fight, cutting through the air in front of him.
In the distorted light, a black muzzle of a gun suddenly appeared in the center of the HUD panel.
There is an abyss behind, and the opponent has pulled the trigger.
And on the left shoulder of the black and white mecha——
A black paint spot.
Tao Ying put on a smile, took a step back, and clenched the thermal knife in his right arm, thrusting it fiercely into the ice.
That's where the ice is weakest.
A heavy, muffled sound, as if coming from ancient times, erupted from the depths of the snow-capped mountains.
The snow beneath my feet began to peel off layer by layer.
The mountain roared and screamed, and the snow gathered into a white monster that rushed down from the top of the mountain.
The scene was spectacular.
But no one had the time to appreciate it.
The contestants who had just finished warming up on the snowfield: "..."
The staff inside the starship: "..."
Audience members watching the auditions: "..."
Sky Cup Mecha League, Chester Star Ninth Division.
Two minutes into the game, there was an avalanche.
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The author has something to say: Tao Ying: To deal with Bigger’s teammates, you need to be more Bigger than her.
Lin Biege: Just call my name.
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