Chapter 74 (link to shared bike)
Instead of returning to Xingxing first, Qiao Mei, like a traveler who had been thirsty for a long time, opened several tubes of recovery fluid and then gulped them down.
Despite this, the throbbing pain in her head did not subside, only the bleeding from her ears and nose stopped.
With Xingxing's help, she stood up and headed towards the Flying Ape mech, which was 40% damaged. There, she answered the questions that Xingxing, Shu Qingqing, and her viewers in the live stream had.
"It's because the Flying Ape Mech uses relatively soft granules in the materials used for its armor. This design was originally intended to save costs and allow it to bounce off physical attacks. Otherwise, it would have been smashed to pieces when it collided with the A+ grade Three-Tailed Wolf Mech."
Xingxing seemed to understand but not quite: "You mean, the boomerang bounced off its mech and that's why it hit the Three-Tailed Wolf mech?"
Qiao Mei glanced at Xingxing, who was unusually quick-witted, and nodded: "Yes, I specifically calculated the direction the boomerang would hit after being launched, which is why I told you not to attack the Three-Tailed Wolf, so as not to change his position and prevent my pre-prepared plan from working as expected."
【OMG! In such a short time, and with such an urgent situation, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't have had the mind to think so much. This contestant, number 233, Rose, is truly a master! I regret not voting for her to make it into the top 100. With her talent and cunning, she would have been a shoo-in!】
[Luckily, I bet on the same thing as Qingqing, the streamer. I'm just waiting to make a fortune, hahaha!! ~]
Shu Qingqing felt a bit strained. She stroked her chin and looked at Qiao Mei on the screen, who was using the repair resource box on the Flying Ape Mech. She looked worried and said, "I feel like it's still a bit of a stretch. Rose has only used the mech enchantment twice and opened the mech twice. Her mental energy is really too depleted."
[By the way, Qingqing, I almost forgot! I'm so curious about how she managed to enchant a B-grade mech like the Flying Ape!]
No sooner had this viewer asked than Xingxing asked the same question while helping Qiao Mei hand over a new repair resource box.
"Can B-grade mechs be enchanted? I've never heard of that before. And Rose, you've used mech enchantment twice in a row, your mental energy must be depleted a lot, right? The recovery fluid can't help you recover much mental energy. If it really comes down to it, shall we just withdraw from the competition later? Making it into the top 200 would be pretty good."
Qiao Mei opened the repair resource box and looked at the repair progress bar that had popped up. Instead of going back to what Xingxing said later, she explained why the Flying Ape Mech could be enchanted.
“Ordinary mechs might not be up to par, but the Flying Ape Mech is different. It has a large X-322 Star Stone embedded inside that can help with successful enchanting. That’s why I considered getting it in the first place. For the same price, I could probably buy a mech with similar performance, but I couldn’t buy a mech that could be enchanted regardless of its level.”
The following words were spoken by Qiao Mei in a very emotionless tone; it was more like she was reciting them than speaking them.
Before the finals, Gan Gan sent her many messages, reminding her to remember to promote the Flying Ape Mech as a highlight during the competition. Since she got the mech for free, she couldn't just leave empty-handed, so she simply memorized this line, which was practically an advertisement.
Shu Qingqing saw from outside the screen that Qiao Mei was almost ready to put up a link to the Flying Ape Mech. After thinking for a moment, she decided to do Qiao Mei a favor and contacted Gan Gan to ask about his inventory.
Gan Gan had been watching the live stream the whole time. Although he had a feeling that after Qiao Mei's soft promotion, a live streamer would soon ask him to sell his products, he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. He quickly told her the truth about the remaining 300 units in his inventory.
The two communicated quickly, and when Qiao Mei's Flying Ape Mech was repaired to 80% by the repair resource box, they finalized the profit-sharing model: Shu Qingqing would get 2, and Gan Gan would get 8.
When the halftime break, a unique feature of the final round, arrived, Shu Qingqing set up the shared bike link and started selling goods.
"Family members, I don't need to say more about how effective the Flying Ape Mech is, right? Those who are interested, get ready. I'll be uploading the link to the shared bike later. Count down this number and be on time to grab them. If you're late, they'll be gone. The manufacturer has made it very clear that there are only 300 units available. If you don't buy now, who knows when the next batch will arrive? Family members, think it through carefully!!"
After Qiao Mei, the buyer, demonstrated the use of the Flying Ape Mech, it did attract a lot of viewers. Coupled with Shu Qingqing's silver tongue, the live stream was soon filled with comments urging Shu Qingqing to stop talking nonsense and quickly provide the link.
In terms of quantity, selling these three hundred Flying Ape mechs is not a problem.
Qiao Mei, who was on the screen, was unaware that she had successfully promoted the Flying Ape Mech. After the Flying Ape Mech was repaired to 90% and the last resource repair box was used up, she unexpectedly put the mech away. Then she looked at Xingxing and answered his question about whether they should withdraw from the competition now.
"My goal is to make it into the top 100, so withdrawing now is definitely not an option. However, my mental strength won't recover to its best condition in the short term, and I won't be able to pilot the mecha for much longer. But..."
Qiao Mei paused for a moment, then released the water-type familiar superpower in her palm towards the stars: "The people we offended in the arena are all offline now. As long as we are flexible in our survival strategy and take new routes, I estimate that we can still manage to sneak into the tail end of the top 100."
"A new route?" Xingxing looked at the boy who had put away his water-type familiar's superpowers and opened the quantum map, and leaned her head closer.
"Yes, the reason we ran into Camellia before was because of a problem with our route planning. We shouldn't have gone this way. We should have circled around the edge of the safe zone. No normal person would have known we would do that."
Before meeting Rose, Xingxing had no idea what the concept of "ugly" meant.
After hearing what she said, he immediately raised a starry-eyed hand in admiration and gave her a thumbs up: "Bullfrog, if you play it safe like that, you definitely have a good chance of making it to the finals. But there's always a chance of something going wrong, what if we..."
Qiao Mei glanced at the halftime break, which was almost over, and then stretched out her little hand towards the stars after releasing her water-type familiar's superpower. She said in a light tone, "There's nothing we can do if something goes wrong. We can only try first. If it really doesn't work, then we're just really unlucky. You'd better pray that you don't get infected by the plague again."
Unfortunately, when the competition resumed and the number of eliminated players reached the tail end of the hundred-plus, Xingxing's plague-like constitution still flared up.
Qiao Mei, holding Xingxing's hand, lay hidden beneath the lake's surface. They could clearly see the Sniper God controlling a dual-wielding sniper mech above them, its head lowered as it stared at them with a deathly gaze.
Qiao Mei: ...What bad luck.
Star: Waaaaah, how dare I speak?
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