Chapter 55 Encountering an Obstacle
Zhou Jiu walked on the rolling sand dunes, his mecha's right arm swinging back and forth as if it were about to break at any moment.
"...Do you have any repairs on your mech?" Chu Ming followed Zhou Jiu at a slightly larger distance, asking hesitantly.
"It's been repaired. The damage was too severe; it was the limit of what could be repaired. It won't affect our mobility."
Zhou Jiu continued to swing his arms, maintaining a strange balance, and swayed forward as he answered.
The two hadn't gone far when they spotted two groups of people fighting in the distance.
"If we encounter someone blocking our way, we'll just have to deal with them! Chu Ming, you go get the kills, I'll support you."
After clearly recognizing the insignia of the Mecha Comprehensive Military University and the Central Alliance Military Academy, Zhou Jiu called out to Chu Ming.
“…If I’m not mistaken, I’m the defensive mech.” Chu Ming looked at Zhou Jiu’s stopped steps and gestured to him with his injured mech arm, and was speechless for a moment.
"You're an all-rounder! I've already watched your old mecha battle videos. Don't hold back, go for it!" Zhou Jiu had already crouched on the hill, leaving only Chu Ming exposed to the sight of the two groups opposite.
"You've changed." Chu Ming remained silent for a few seconds, it was too late to hide it.
But perhaps they only saw him alone, as the two groups in the distance continued fighting, ignoring his appearance.
"I haven't changed, it's just that I was a little embarrassed before." Since she no longer saw that embarrassing look in Chu Ming's eyes, Zhou Jiu spoke without reservation and even mocked Chu Ming, revealing her usual attitude towards her teammates.
"They all look down on you. Why don't you hurry up and take down some enemies to show them what you're capable of?"
"oh!"
Chu Ming did not refute, and he piloted his mecha in another direction.
Zhou Jiu ruined Chu Ming's plan to launch a sneak attack, so Chu Ming had no choice but to pretend to leave before launching another attack.
Zhou Jiu lay prone under the sand dune, extending his viewing goggles to observe the battlefield.
Chu Ming's mecha was no longer visible in the viewing equipment. Zhou Jiu slowly climbed up the sand dune, but he still couldn't see Chu Ming's figure on the screen. However, the green dot on the monitor gradually moved and approached the two groups of people from the north.
It was probably another mobile ambush from the sand. Zhou Jiu estimated the distance between Chu Ming and the two groups and transmitted the message through the communicator: "I'll snipe the other side first, you wait for the right opportunity, okay?"
good!
Zhou Jiu received Chu Ming's reply and activated the weapon cannon in the melee mech. The S88's weapon cannon has a wide attack range but a short firing range, making it very effective as an attack to disrupt the opponent.
When the two groups of mechs engaged in combat, Zhou Jiu swiftly fired his weapon cannon at a position slightly south of the two groups, just enough to affect the opponents without harming Chu Ming.
With a deafening boom, the shells overturned two groups of melee mechs. Zhou Jiu didn't continue observing Chu Ming's further actions amidst the swirling sand. Zhou Jiu rolled to dodge the enemy's long-range fire and quickly ran through the sand to close the distance between herself and the ranged mechs.
Perhaps it was the exposure of the Zongda long-range shooting mech that gave the Alliance University long-range shooting mech the opportunity to attack Zongda, which had been confronting them.
Zhou Jiu twitched her lips, her legs sliding through the sand. Before the opponent could attack her first, the Zongda long-range shooting mech had already entered the range of its weapon cannons. Without hesitation, she directly blasted at the long-range mech.
Zhou Jiu made a waving goodbye gesture with his mecha, leaving this scene in the eyes of the eliminated contestants.
Zhou Jiu stood quietly in place, one hand still on the mecha's control keyboard, the other hand stroking his chin as he watched Chu Ming's movements.
"Truly worthy of the name 'Assassin's Armor'!" Zhou Jiu's voice came through the communicator.
How did you know?
Zhou Jiu released his chin, continued to hold the copper coin in his hand, and said with a grin, "StarNet video, huh?"
As a qualified mech pilot, one must understand not only the opponent but also one's teammates. Although she learned this a little late, after Lin Xiu shared a video with her in the Spree Galaxy.
Anyway, there was a saying online that summed up Chu Ming's strengths very well: a mech pilot who likes to play defensive roles but plays them like an assassin.
Zhou Jiu had mastered the art of manipulating copper coins, while Chu Ming's mecha stood motionless in the sand after finishing its battle.
Sensing that Chu Ming's mental energy was moving steadily, Zhou Jiu let Chu Ming rest without moving. After a while, Zhou Jiu checked the time and urged, "Don't rest anymore, the supplies are almost here."
Zhou Jiu's tone was casual, and Chu Ming gradually lost the restraint he usually showed when they were together.
"I don't want to go. You only have two cannons left. I don't want to be eliminated. I want to live long enough to qualify for the official competition," Chu Ming said, expressing his thoughts.
"It's okay, we'll get it and run. I'm here for you." Zhou Jiu said confidently.
"...Lin Xiu said that you are particularly confident when you have divined something. Once that happens, let us hold you back and make sure you don't act impulsively."
“I’m very good at divination,” Zhou Jiu retorted, somewhat displeased.
"Lin Xiu also said that at this time you will fall into blind confidence, and asked me to remind you about three years ago." Chu Ming quoted Lin Xiu's words.
Zhou Jiu pursed her lips. Well, she had only done one, two, three, or four stupid things, but that was another matter entirely.
“If you still don’t give up, Lin Xiu has me remind you again why you named your shop ‘Half-baked Shop’.”
Zhou Jiu rolled his eyes, walked over, and kicked the outer shell of the defensive mech with his mech leg. "Stop nagging, stop calling me Lin Xiu. Just be a quiet, handsome man. Besides, you're almost as long-winded as Lin Xiu. Lin Xiu isn't our captain. If I listened to him, I would have died long ago. Get up."
"Oh." Chu Ming slowly got up.
"To go or not to go."
Hearing Zhou Jiu's voice and facing the mecha standing in front of him, Chu Ming couldn't help but think of when Zhou Jiu fought the level-five alien beast, and he couldn't help but shrink back, "Go."
Zhou Jiu moved the copper coin in his hand, and the mecha continued to accelerate in the original direction.
After three days, she had to log off immediately. She needed to grab the rewards she received during those three days in advance and also make sure she could separate from Chu Ming in a reasonable way.
The two arrived at a cratered area, where there wasn't a single alien beast or mech in sight.
Chu Ming couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure you want to place it here?"
"The first wave of supplies will be dropped in ten minutes, don't rush," Zhou Jiu said in a steady voice.
The buzzing sound of supplies being replenished echoed throughout the battlefield.
Before the supplies even landed from the air, Zhou Jiu activated his accelerator, leaped up from the ground, grabbed two bags of supplies, and shouted to Chu Ming, who had also grabbed two bags of supplies, "They're here! Split up!"
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