Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Brother Takes You Flying
Chen Luan was driving a fourth-generation mecha back then.
At that time, few people had differentiated into a second gender, so naturally there was no such thing as advanced mechas requiring pheromone guidance.
Whether it's the F armor made of junk parts or the S armor of a battlefield commander, anyone can drive it as long as they can successfully establish a neural network link.
Mechas below Class B lack pheromone guidance networks. Chen Luan is a mecha combat instructor who is accustomed to modifying his own mechas according to the battlefield environment and is extremely familiar with the structure of mechas. Therefore, for the new generation of mechas, he only needs to read the manual and start the machine once, and he can already operate it with ease.
After all, although the materials, weapons, engines, etc. have been updated many times, the underlying logic of mecha control has not changed.
The academy naturally did not dare to let these precious young masters and young ladies, who were not yet old enough to take the mecha pilot license exam, get on the plane right away. Instead, they were all taken to the simulation training room first to gain initial basic operating experience in the simulation cabin.
It is very complicated to fasten the safety belt inside the mecha, with so many straps hanging here and there that most people don’t know how to fasten them, so the teaching assistants are needed to help one by one.
The most popular one is naturally Chen Luan.
No other reason, just because he is good-looking.
No matter what era, appearance is justice.
Chen Luan has been an instructor at the base for eight years, bringing out batch after batch of students and seeing off one young life after another.
So every time a new passenger gets on a plane for the first time, Chen Luan appears extremely calm and pious when helping them fasten their seat belts.
Because in the war years when the mortality rate of mecha warriors was as high as 70%, this represented a road that was almost doomed to have no return.
Faced with the wild beasts' iron-hard armor plates, humans have no other options except for their mecha warriors to fight head-on with their iron lumps.
Fifteen or sixteen years old was just the age when new mecha warriors first boarded a machine during wartime, so Chen Luan would inevitably recall the humid air and dim light of the underground base, as well as the children he sent out of the rookie training camp and never returned.
After stopping and starting several times, Chen Luan stopped again to check his seat belt when he heard a familiar voice.
"No thanks. I can't possibly go wrong with something so simple."
As soon as he looked up, Chen Luan saw Jiang Ling raising her face and looking at him with her beautiful eyes.
"No." Chen Luan rejected Jiang Ling: "This is my duty."
After carefully checking Jiang Ling's seatbelt, Chen Luan suddenly chuckled, reached out, and fished out a thin strap from Jiang Ling's lower back. He raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "It can't be wrong?"
Jiang Ling: “…”
Shit, where did this come from?
I was careless, I guess it fell off because I didn't fasten it properly.
Chen Luan pinched the metal buckle of the seat belt and tapped Jiang Ling lightly on the head:
"If you don't take it seriously now, you'll lose your life on the battlefield."
"The war ended eight hundred years ago, Chen Luan. At most, there are only some remaining contaminated areas." Jiang Ling covered his head and couldn't help but retorted to save face, but he saw Chen Luan almost hugging him with his hands through his lower back.
Beta clearly does not have pheromones, but when Chen Luan approached, Jiang Ling still smelled a light scent, similar to the misty grass and trees deep in the forest.
"Hiss—itchy! Chen Luan, what are you doing?!" Jiang Ling suddenly felt his face getting hot for no reason. He struggled for a bit, but Chen Luan held his head down.
"Tsk, don't move."
With a "click", the vague feeling at the lower back disappeared, and the seat belt was buckled.
"Okay, no problem." Chen Luan clapped his hands, looked at Jiang Ling's neatly fastened safety belt with satisfaction, and left without any reluctance.
Jiang Ling was left standing there in a daze for at least half a minute before he blushed and cursed: "Damn! Is he sick? He actually dared to touch my head!!!!"
Jiang Xun was sitting right behind Jiang Ling. When Chen Luan turned a corner, he ran into the same face again.
Jiang Xun looked at Chen Luan, and Chen Luan looked at Jiang Xun.
"I tied it, it should be fine."
Jiang Xun lowered his eyes and looked away, allowing Chen Luan to bend down and come closer to check him, and tidy up his seat belt and clothes.
Chen Luan's skin is very white, and you can even see some blue blood vessels on his neck showing through the skin.
There seemed to be a vigorous vitality beating there, which had never appeared in Chen Luan before.
It was not until Chen Luan approached to the alert distance that Jiang Xun could hardly accept under normal circumstances that he discovered that there was a bright red mole on the right side of Chen Luan's neck, diagonally behind the base of his ear.
The mole seemed to be located on the aorta and was beating faintly.
Before...did he have a mole like this here?
I don’t seem to remember it.
"It's really no problem. You're very serious." Chen Luan nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Ling in front of him tilting her head to look at him. He added teasingly, "Oh, much more serious than some people~"
"Chen Luan!!"
The sound of Jiang Ling breaking through defense came from behind.
Chen ran away.
Well, it’s quite fun to amuse children!
After becoming familiar with the basic operations in the simulation cabin, it is time to experience the actual machine.
The light training mecha used in the experience class has two cockpits, one main and one deputy. The deputy cockpit can take control of the mecha from the main cockpit of the trainee at any time for emergency response.
As luck would have it, Jiang Ling was grouped together with Chen Luan to board the plane.
"Yeah, there's nothing wrong this time." Chen Luan hooked Jiang Ling's seat belt and looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"I won't make the same mistake a second time." Jiang Ling slapped Chen Luan's hand away.
This guy has become more and more annoying since he came back from the hospital!
"Ignite and start. There are a total of 12 basic ground exercises and one aerial project. I need to evaluate it before confirming whether I can let you experience it." Chen Luan sat down and put on the sensor helmet. "If the evaluation does not meet the standards, I will not take you to participate in the aerial project."
"I see. You're so long-winded."
The current generation of mechas relies on the coordinated control of brain electrical signals and limb muscles. Once the coordination is unbalanced, it will lead to the inability to smoothly control the mecha or even control failure.
In addition to the fact that most of them were stumbling around, some students even failed to control their mechas, causing them to stall and break down.
At this level, you are not qualified to participate in aerial projects. It will be dangerous. You should get off the plane after the ground experience.
However, compared to others, Chen Luan found that Jiang Ling was quite talented. After only two hours in the simulation cabin, he could perform 12 basic movements very smoothly on the actual machine.
Knowing that he would definitely pass the assessment, Jiang Ling finished the ground exercises, raised his chin towards Chen Luan, and his eyes were full of energy.
Like a furry and proud dog that just won a battle.
"Yeah, that's great."
Chen Luan was not stingy with his praise. He clapped his hands and took control of the mecha: "Hold on tight, I'll take you flying."
"Who wants to be your brother?" Jiang Ling rubbed the goose bumps on his arms.
The dark blue mecha activated its thrusters and rose from the ground, trailing a brilliant stream of light.
It was clearly a bulky C-class training mecha, but in Chen Luan's hands it seemed incredibly light. Every dive, climb, and turn was as agile and graceful as a flying bird.
Jiang Ling also experienced the perspective of flying through the air in a mecha for the first time, and saw Chen Luan driving a mecha for the first time.
This man was clearly sitting in a sloppy position, leaning back in the cabin chair, his expression relaxed and even a little lazy, but he controlled the mecha as flexibly as if it were his own body.
It's like...
He has been driving mechas like this for many years.
Chen Luan controlled the mecha so steadily that Jiang Ling did not feel any discomfort after it slid a few times in the air and stopped.
"Want to try it? I can teach you."
"want!"
As a novice driver, Chen Luan naturally did not dare to stay in the air. He did not let go of the control until he descended to a position about 60 meters above the ground.
"Start the thrusters now. Yes, let go slowly." Chen Luan patted Jiang Ling's arm. "Relax your muscles. You're too nervous. What's wrong? Are you not familiar with your arms? You make the mecha look like it has just tamed wild limbs."
"...Why didn't I realize you had such a poisonous tongue before?"
Jiang Ling gritted his teeth, but still obediently relaxed his arms.
[Beep—Impact warning! The organism is approaching rapidly!]
[Beep—collision warning…]
A red warning pop-up window suddenly popped up on the console, and the cockpit began to glow red.
"Damn, what's going on!"
Jiang Ling's hand trembled, and when he looked up, he saw a mecha crashing towards them out of control, even opening its weapon bay, and a bright light was gathering at the location of the energy cannon!
Even if it is a training mecha loaded only with training ammunition, the driver may be injured if he is hit by an energy cannon at such a close distance!
Jiang Ling, who had no experience in dealing with this, turned pale. The electrical signals in his brain began to fluctuate, and coordination failed. His body instantly shut down and became unbalanced.
Falling!
At the same time, two dark blue training bullets also rushed towards the machine!
There was a scream from outside the field, and someone was preparing to call for emergency medical services.
"Chen——" Jiang Ling looked at Chen Luan with a pale face, but was interrupted by Chen Luan.
"What are you panicking about?"
In a flash, Chen Luan took full control at a speed that Jiang Ling could hardly imagine.
Thruster Restart
[Stabilizer start]
[Landing Buffer Shield Open]
[Emergency landing system activated]
[Cockpit No. 3 safety protocol activated]
[Cockpit ejection preparation]
【……】
A series of dazzling commands popped up instantly, and the console screen was almost completely covered with pop-up command boxes.
The mecha that was stalled and falling in mid-air suddenly restarted in a tricky manner, twisting its body and passing by two speeding training missiles!
"boom--"
The two training bombs collided with each other, and the exploding energy tore the flying shrapnel, but happened to get stuck in the descent stabilization component of the mecha where Chen Luan was.
【Stabilizer abnormality! 】
【Stabilizer abnormality! 】
【Restarting! 】
[Please be prepared for a hard landing! ]
Chen Luan reached out and patted Jiang Ling's forehead, who was still in a daze: "What are you standing there for? Protect your head!"
But it was too late.
In a hurry, Chen Luan didn't care about anything else. He immediately reached out and pressed Jiang Ling's neck, holding Jiang Ling in his arms.
There was only a loud bang, and smoke and dust rose up -
The fallen training mecha revealed a clumsy but stable shape after the dust and fog cleared.
The mecha that had just had a brush with death was half-kneeling there, with a faint red light flashing in the cockpit.
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