Chapter 54 Showing Off
Zhou Jiu blinked, indicating that she was fine, but perhaps she and Chu Ming really didn't understand each other's signals, because Chu Ming didn't understand her signal at all.
Zhou Jiu stared at Chu Ming, who was fiddling with her helmet. After fiddling with it for a while, he removed the helmet's front visor. The copper coin in Zhou Jiu's palm carried a faint energy, which continued to transmit energy through the mecha's mental energy threshold detection device, changing the measured value.
It would take a little more time for his mental energy to recover. Zhou Jiu continued to blink, and the two made eye contact for a moment, but Chu Ming quickly looked away, ignoring Zhou Jiu's little gestures.
Zhou Jiu had no extra strength. She wanted to tell Chu Ming to stop moving around. This distance would keep her constantly watching the person in front of her, keeping her on guard, and preventing her from relaxing and opening her mental palace to recover her mental energy.
Zhou Jiu stared helplessly as Chu Ming finished checking the instruments connected to her body and then shut down the other weapons and equipment inside the mecha, leaving only the basic functions and the heat preservation function.
She thought that was the end of it, but unexpectedly, Chu Ming checked it again and, after finding no problems, pulled her mask back up.
Zhou Jiu glanced sideways, watching Chu Ming climb out of the hatch again and close it. Zhou Jiu then turned his gaze back to the front window of the mecha.
Soon, Zhou Jiu sensed a change in her vision; she saw the starry sky in the desert.
The stars, scattered across the sky, shone with a gentle, dazzling light that pierced through the sand in the darkness and reached Zhou Jiu's eyes. Zhou Jiu blinked; she could clearly feel that she and her seat had turned sideways.
It seemed that the S88 melee mech had been carried by the mech piloted by Chu Ming. Gazing at the beautiful starry sky that adorned the night sky, Zhou Jiu gradually cleared her mind, focusing on restoring her mental energy. She slumped back in her seat, letting Chu Ming's mech carry her mech.
What just happened?
[Was Zhou Jiu's sudden decline due to excessive mental energy?]
[Impossible. Excessive use would cause players to be ejected from the virtual space directly; there must be other reasons.]
Has anyone seen the energy blade shatter?
[That's perfectly normal. A level 5 beast's shell is incredibly hard; the fact that it lasted until the fight was over before breaking is already quite astonishing.]
Zhou Jiu was carried back to the large rock in the sheltered spot by Chu Ming. Leaning against the rock, the temperature gradually rose, and the temperature of the mecha's outer shell also returned to normal.
Not long after resting here, Zhou Jiu felt her weakened mental energy greatly restored. The moment she could move, Zhou Jiu shut down her live stream and all the audio-visual equipment inside the mecha.
Zhou Jiu moved his hand, took back the copper coin, turned his head slightly, looked at Qi Qi who was floating over, nestled next to her face, and continued to send spiritual energy into her body.
Zhou Jiu gently patted Qi Qi's head, stopping Qi Qi from transmitting any more energy. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Qiqi floated in the cramped mecha cockpit. Zhou Jiu looked at Qiqi, pointed to the mecha's control buttons, gave a brief explanation, and then said, "Qiqi, you should go back first. Come back and help when I call you, okay?"
Qiqi nodded and disappeared with a hint of reluctance.
Zhou Jiu performed a few simple operations inside the cabin and said to Chu Ming, "I've rested enough, it's your turn to rest now."
"Um."
Nothing else happened that night, and the night passed peacefully.
Zhou Jiu opened her eyes, playing with a copper coin in her hand, and crawled out of the mecha cabin. Standing in the sand, she gazed at the rising sun in the distance. It had been a long time since she had had the leisure to appreciate the natural scenery like this, without any research or preconceived notions.
Chu Ming also came over, took the equipment and crawled out, inspecting the damage to the mecha's outer shell and performing lubrication and repair work.
After checking his own mecha, Chu Ming carried his tools to Zhou Jiu's mecha, standing in a position away from Zhou Jiu.
Zhou Jiu raised an eyebrow, and seeing the evasive look in Chu Ming's eyes and the faint fear that her spiritual power could detect, she smiled with pleasure.
At least fear was more acceptable to her than love.
"No need, I've already repaired it. The supply drop will take about half an hour. Let's go to the supply point first," Zhou Jiu said with a hint of relief.
"Your energy blade is broken, is there anything that can be replaced?" The S88 melee mech relies most on its energy blade weapon for its rapid-fire critical strikes, and Zhou Jiu understood Chu Ming's concerns.
"It's okay, your score isn't too low now. After you score some points by fighting a few low-level monsters, we'll hide in the crowd. That way, even if we're discovered by high-level monsters, we can shift the blame to other monsters."
Zhou Jiu said in a calm tone that she was in a good mood. After fighting the strange beast last night and looking at the starry sky, she had gained new insights into the rune array and her understanding of runes had also improved.
"...People are also difficult to deal with."
Chu Ming hesitated for a moment before saying something.
Zhou Jiu chuckled and entered the mech cabin. "Let's go get supplies."
"We haven't been notified about the supply depot yet."
Zhou Jiu typed in the commands with one hand while fiddling with a copper coin in the other.
"Be smart. The supply points here can only be distributed in a few locations. Just guard one of them and you might just manage to hold it."
[Did I hear that right? Zhou Jiuwei seems a little smug.]
I think so too. She seems really happy; it's kind of cute.
[This seems more in line with her being a minor.]
[Luckily, Chu Ming's live stream is still open. Could someone remind Zhou Jiu to turn it on?]
[Even the assistant has stopped talking; Zhou Jiu probably shut them down.]
I'm still curious about what that fleeting shadow I saw last night before closing was. It looked like a person.
[You guys have been digging since last night and haven't found anything yet? I'm tired of watching you guys talk about this.]
[This is Chu Ming's live stream. Aren't you all getting annoyed by constantly mentioning other people?]
[Who says there are rules about what you can talk about in a live stream? I can watch and talk about whatever I want, it's none of your business!]
[Zhou Jiu's fans are so rude, coming to someone else's live stream to cause trouble. Get out of our little Chu Ming's live stream!]
[Stop arguing, everyone just watch quietly! You can't even watch the qualifiers in peace? There wasn't this much arguing before. The atmosphere on StarNet is getting worse and worse.]
[Haha, wherever there are people, there's a dynamic. You guys love watching mecha battles, but honestly, what's so interesting about mecha battles? It's the arguments in the comments that are truly entertaining.]
"If you guard the wrong place, you're done for. It'll be difficult to even survive the next day." Chu Ming's voice grew softer and softer. As soon as Zhou Jiu's mecha faced him, Chu Ming saw the mental fluctuations that Zhou Jiu had generated when he killed the alien beast last night. His mental strength still retained the instinct of fear.
"If you're wrong, just steal someone else's." Zhou Jiu's voice was lighthearted.
[She's here! She's here! She's coming with her energy blade!]
Poor Chu Ming, he seems a little afraid of Zhou Jiu!!!
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