Chapter 123
When Fang Yun appeared at the banquet again, he was immediately discovered by Huo Zhengchuan and Ji Fangtao, and their expressions immediately changed.
However, seeing that Fang Yun seemed a little absent-minded, they tactfully did not go forward to disturb him. They just felt very distressed when they saw Fang Yun looking a little lost beside Ye's parents, while trying to concentrate on dealing with those people.
The two people had no idea what was going on in Fang Yun's heart. Looking at Fang Yun's expression, they just thought that he was worried about Ye Wangxing's matter.
So, the two of them naturally began to criticize Ye Wangxing.
After all, he had made their loved ones angry. Even if they couldn't really do anything to him, he could only endure these little words.
"Ye Wangxing likes to show off a little too much. The second session of the Mechanical Manufacturing Competition is not a big event. Why does he want to participate so much? If he wants, he can definitely participate in the Capital Star competition. Although it is three months later than this manufacturing competition, he just graduated and participated in the preliminaries of the Mechanical Manufacturing Competition. Does he have a solid foundation?"
Huo Zhengchuan said with a frown.
Ji Fangtao on the side was not as polite as Huo Zhengchuan. As the little bully of this generation of the Ji family, he would pretend to be well-behaved in front of those few people he should not mess with, and for the rest of the time he would naturally say whatever he thought.
"Ye Wangxing is a bit too pretentious. Doesn't he just want to take advantage of this competition to get the attention of the Ye family's parents so that he can seize the family property? He acts as if everyone knows his little tricks."
Ji Fangtao said with a pursed lip.
He was not so narcissistic as to think that Ye Wangxing would still like him and Huo Zhengchuan. After all, he was pregnant with someone else. No matter how good he felt about himself, he would not let himself be cuckolded.
However, Ye Wangxing's behavior can be explained by fighting for family property.
After all, the Ye family's assets are a huge sum of money for them, and probably only a few people at the top of the food chain can not care.
Ye Wangxing himself also said that he would never give up what was his.
However, Ji Fangtao and Huo Zhengchuan felt that Ye Wangxing had no idea which of the family properties belonged to him - after all, in their opinion, the Ye family had already done their utmost to Ye Wangxing by providing him with a house. If Ye Wangxing wanted more now, it would be completely ungrateful of him.
But after all, they are not the Ye family's parents. What they think is up to the Ye family's parents themselves. However, if they dare to wrong Fang Yun, Ji Fangtao and the others will not go easy on them.
"That's right, Brother Tao is right, I think so too. I even feel that Ye Wangxing is trying to please you. After all, you said before that you appreciate those who are self-reliant and strong."
The people in the small circles around them naturally also received the information from Huo Zhengchuan and Ji Fangtao, and immediately spoke in a flattering manner.
Huo Zhengchuan frowned: "Don't involve us with Ye Wangxing. He is pregnant. How can he still think about this kind of thing when he is pregnant?"
Ji Fangtao had a slightly different opinion from Huo Zhengchuan.
"It's not like we can't raise an illegitimate child. What if he takes the baby out after three months of pregnancy and gives it to the Ye family to raise? Wouldn't that just prove his fertility? And I think my mother should like Ye Wangxing very much. It's easier to control him by saying that he doesn't think before he speaks."
Although Ji Fangtao said this, his eyes were full of disdain.
It was clear at first glance that he did not agree with his mother's statement, and he even said directly:
"You're just being stupid when you say it's easy to figure out. I don't want to take care of a child. Besides, I don't know if the pregnancy is real or not. What if the medical robot suddenly had a system error that day? It's not impossible."
As Ji Fangtao spoke, the people around him naturally began to agree.
"Yes, and the Ye family has been acting as if nothing happened these days. This must be fake, otherwise Uncle Ye and Aunt Ye would have been furious. How could they let Ye Wangxing out to participate in this damn mechanical competition?"
"That's right. If it was an important competition, I would still doubt that they would not let Ye Wangxing give birth to the child for the sake of the trophy. But in this kind of mechanical competition, even if the proportion of combat is relatively small, the contestants will still be allowed to fight in person."
"Yes, no matter what kind of mechanical manufacturing competition it is, there will be competition items for contestants to make weapons. Contestants have to personally go into battle and fight against their opponents. Considering Ye Wangxing's current situation, if he really wants to give birth to the child, there is no way he would participate in such a dangerous competition. He must really not want the child. Is the child's biological father an ordinary beta with no money or power? That's why Ye Wangxing doesn't want this child?"
As they spoke, there was a hint of vulgarity in their tone.
Just as they were lamenting how cruel Ye's parents were to Ye Wangxing, a few friends who used to play well with Ye Wangxing frowned and looked at them with a hint of contempt.
"Isn't there a medical cabin at the competition site? How can you say you don't want children? Besides, the battle is a battle between mechas controlled by mental power, not a close combat between the contestants. I understand why your parents don't want you to inherit the family business but let your sister inherit it instead. With your brain, you should be glad that your sister is 10 years younger than you, otherwise there would be no place for you by His Highness' side now."
These words were so harsh that the faces of the people who had just spoken began to turn red. Even Huo Zhengchuan had a look of unnaturalness on his face.
Although he knew that this was not directed at him, Huo Zhengchuan always felt that he was also hit on the point. Indeed, if his eldest brother had not cared much about the position of crown prince, how could he have been allowed to take over?
He always felt that his position as the crown prince was unstable. Although he had the support of many old families behind him, his father's attitude was always ambiguous. In other words, he simply didn't care which of his two sons would inherit his position. After all, these two children were created for him by the royal family. He really had no fatherly love for these two children, or perhaps he had some for his eldest son.
After all, he is the first child and is always special, but his father completely ignores him, the second prince.
However, Huo Zhengchuan was not envious. After all, when he was three years old and was still able to grow up step by step with the royal teachers, his elder brother had already begun to learn how to fight under the guidance of his father.
This was also one of the reasons why Huo Zhengchuan was not too surprised when his eldest brother was in his rebellious period.
I'm getting off topic. Anyway, if his elder brother wanted to compete with him for the position of crown prince, he himself would not be very competitive. This is one of the reasons why he was so active in making friends with the children of these aristocratic families. Sometimes, after having tasted power, he really didn't want to give it up. He needed the power of the aristocracy to keep his footing.
As for Fang Yun, Huo Zhengchuan liked him and he was also the most suitable candidate. Although the Ye family had fallen into decline in recent years, Mr. Ye's former students and friends were all over the interstellar space. In addition, his own status, although it was only a little better in appearance, was enough to make things easier for them or make them defect at some critical moments.
Thinking of this, Huo Zhengchuan's eyes became sharp.
"Father, big brother, you can blame yourselves when the time comes. It's all your fault for nurturing my ambition. Once you get a taste of power, there's no way you can get rid of it."
Huo Zhengchuan thought about it, drank the champagne in his glass, and his expression became a little vicious.
"Brother Tao, is Your Highness...being stupid?"
This situation was also seen by the friends who were arguing nearby. One of them spoke to Ji Fangtao cautiously, with an obviously frightened look on his face.
When they came back from the quarrel, they found Huo Zhengchuan staring into the void with empty eyes and a fierce look on his face, and then he drank the champagne in his mouth viciously.
If you don't know, you might think he has some deep hatred with champagne.
When Ji Fangtao looked at Huo Zhengchuan like this, there was an indescribable look on his face.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long. It was not that Huo Zhengchuan returned to normal, but...
"What are you doing here?" A serious voice sounded, and the expressions of everyone present immediately became honest and well-behaved.
When Huo Zhengchuan, who had a vicious look on his face just now, heard this voice, he immediately became more obedient than a sheep, and then he shouted honestly:
"Brother."
Huo Zhengchuan's friends nearby all looked very obedient, looking at the eldest prince approaching, and none of them were as angry as before.
The handsome Huo Han nodded and said, "What are you doing here? Aren't you going to play with other young people?"
Upon hearing this, the young dandies who had just gathered together immediately dispersed, fearing that they would be caught by this person if they were too late. Although they knew that the eldest prince's temper was much better than His Majesty's and he would not do anything to them, they were still afraid of seeing his facial features that were similar to His Majesty's.
——Besides, they didn’t know if it was their illusion, but they always felt that the eldest prince seemed to be in a bad mood today.
Even Ji Fangtao left without any courtesy, leaving Huo Zhengchuan standing there alone looking at his eldest brother. Huo Zhengchuan was a little embarrassed and was about to say that he was leaving too, when he saw his eldest brother's eyes slowly falling on him.
"It just so happens that you are here, and there are some things I need to inform you of."
Huo Zhengchuan heard his eldest brother speak in a calm tone.
"I just noticed that in recent years, whether it is the capital planet or other planets, the education level of the children of the nobility has obviously declined. As the crown prince, you need to take the lead."
At this time, Huo Zhengchuan still didn't understand what his elder brother meant.
Three days later.
"——So why do we still have to be assigned homework and write movie reviews like children even though we have all graduated as adults?"
The few playboys who had been talkative at the banquet before were sitting in the specially provided viewing box and made sharp explosions.
"…This is not called a review. This is to let you write down whether you have observed the empire's policy tendencies from this game. This is to improve your political sensitivity." Huo Zhengchuan said weakly. Although he also felt that this reason was not very reliable, as the crown prince, he did have to take the lead.
Especially when he couldn't compete with his elder brother in both politics and career.
"But what's the point of us writing this stuff! With our poor abilities, we may not even be able to come up with 6 words in three days, and you still ask us to write this stuff!" Ji Fangtao said again, still with an impatient tone.
These words also made Huo Zhengchuan a little annoyed. Ji Fangtao had been saying this since the beginning, making Huo Zhengchuan, who had already accepted his fate and reality, even more annoyed.
"Alright, alright, it's okay. We can all work together to come up with some ideas. When the time comes, we can discuss them and have a review, right? Don't make things unpleasant. We're all friends after all."
Fang Yun, who was sitting nearby, stepped forward to act as a peacemaker and spoke with a gentle expression.
With Fang Yun's words, Ji Fangtao and Huo Zhengchuan finally stopped arguing. Ji Fangtao shut his mouth, and Huo Zhengchuan relaxed his frown. However, he still had some doubts in his heart, so he asked:
"I don't know why Big Brother asked us to write reviews. I don't know what national political leanings these games could have."
However, Huo Zhengchuan just complained for a while, then turned around and began to resign himself to writing his review. He did not notice that Fang Yun's mouth twitched.
Yes, why did the eldest prince ask them to write their reviews?
Fang Yun smiled tiredly and looked up, just in time to see Ye Wangxing who was building a machine in the room provided by the organizer.
"It's really hard to guess." Fang Yun read out this sentence in his mind in a loud voice.
When Fang Yun heard that Huo Zhengchuan was going to bring his noble friends to watch the game and write a review, he realized that something was wrong. As expected, Huo Zhengchuan and Ji Fangtao's words successfully angered the eldest prince.
Although the eldest prince was very obedient and did not announce the relationship between him and Ye Wangxing, he would definitely be punished severely in private.
——The temper of a beast whose mate is pregnant is not much better than that of a beast that is pregnant.
It is estimated that the playboys will have to stay here for at least several days before the eldest prince can calm down.
However, this also made Fang Yun's heart, which had originally been relieved, tense again.
Fang Yun was originally relieved when he saw Yan Yi leave to earn money for milk powder. Otherwise, if the eldest prince discovered the relationship between him and Ye Wangxing, it would be really over.
——Although this person knows about the existence of the other four people, there is currently no evidence to show that the eldest prince also knows!
Just as Fang Yun was thinking about it, he suddenly found that another person walked into their special box, and walked directly to the first row without any courtesy and swagger, and sat down next to Huo Zhengchuan. This made those dandy boys who were already very unhappy frown.
However, since they had the review in their hands, they did not attack him for the time being, but just looked at him like he wanted to kill him, trying to make him move away. But unfortunately, the man seemed to be unaware of the countless sword-like eyes behind him, and just leaned back in his chair with sunglasses on, watching the game with interest.
Huo Zhengchuan no longer had the heart to argue about the seat issue. He waved his hand to signal the playboys beside him to be quiet, and seeing Huo Zhengchuan was silent, the playboys naturally shut up, but their eyes looked quite unfriendly.
However, when the contestants started to compete with their works, they had no time to think about this.
Because this mechanical manufacturing competition focused on people's livelihood projects, many contestants colluded with enterprises to cheat and defraud funds. This time, the mechanical manufacturing competition was quite bold and asked the contestants to make military missiles.
The system's missile production permissions were also directly opened up - of course, this permission would be taken away after the game, but this was enough to make the live broadcast audience scream with excitement. The ratings were also slowly increasing.
Especially when they saw that after getting the missiles, the contestants all asked the master brain to make an experimental product for them to play with, all the audience burst into laughter.
The famous scene on the first day also attracted many viewers to stay and persist until the second and third days, which was the day when the missile was completed.
Those who could only make missiles but not modify them were eliminated in the early auditions. After three days of continuous experiments, the missiles on site were debugged by AI and no longer had the problem of not being able to be launched.
But the shape is weird.
Some missiles have become quite gorgeous after being modified, others appear simple in appearance but are actually incredibly expensive, and still others look very plain and simple in both appearance and cost, even revealing a sense of shabbyness.
——When the missile was finally brought out, even the commentator didn’t know how to comment on it. They could only praise him for saving costs for the military.
"...But judging from the situation, his missile is still quite powerful. It's just that compared to those missiles that can destroy a planet, this missile that can only destroy a small area is still a bit too shabby. I hope that the standard version of the missile can allow this player to achieve a better combat-damage ratio."
The commentary was already extremely tactful, but it still made Huo Zhengchuan and the others in the box burst into laughter.
They laughed and said, "What on earth was Ye Wangxing thinking? He was asked to build a missile, but he built something so shabby. Didn't the uncle and aunt of the Ye family give him pocket money? He's even bringing his stinginess to the competition."
Yes, this missile was made by Ye Wangxing. After hearing the commentary, Ye Wangxing could actually smile, and his expression was full of confidence in his missile.
They didn't know what Ye Wangxing was so confident about, they just thought his expression was really funny considering the current situation.
While they were talking, the person sitting in the front row was laughing so hard that he was bent over.
This made the playboys present feel more favorable towards him, thinking that he was probably one of their own, and they spoke even more unscrupulously.
——Until they saw the official referee input all the data into the main brain's simulation system.
Then they saw these missiles appear in the simulated battlefield, and the initial budget funds and budget materials of all bases were the same.
However, the personnel present were still very confident in their missiles, after all, the authorities had already told them about this matter. In their view, the missiles they made only needed to be launched, and even if they were intercepted, the aftermath would destroy all the defenses in the military base.
Most people did exactly that, and the simulation results were pretty much what they expected.
After consuming most of the base's resources, the missiles they produced broke through the military base's defenses and directly destroyed more than half of the base. Although there were still a few drone hangars that had not been destroyed, it was already very good.
"——After all, this is just a competition. In the real battlefield, being able to destroy 80% of the enemy base is already a great achievement. After all, nowadays, we are fighting unmanned. Although it is possible to continue fighting after destroying 80%, the base will generally be abandoned due to the heavy losses."
Huo Zhengchuan said seriously that he really learned something, and the other playboys also had an expression of enlightenment on their faces.
"Your Highness, if you hadn't told me, I would have thought it was normal for His Majesty to inflict 100% damage on the enemy every time." One of the dudes said with a bit of admiration.
Others looked at the dude with disdain, thinking he was trying to suck up to them.
"But then again, if that's the case, then wouldn't Ye Wangxing be able to achieve a result where the opponent's base is 100% intact?"
The other dudes said something malicious, which made Ji Fangtao frown. After all, they grew up together, so he didn't care if he said it, but he would still feel uncomfortable if others said it.
"Don't say that. This is probably Ye Wangxing's first time participating in this kind of competition. He doesn't have much experience. Maybe he will be better in the future."
Huo Zhengchuan said this kindly, but then he heard a sneer from the side. He turned around and saw the familiar man wearing sunglasses looking at him with a half-smile on his face.
“…It’s not certain who has no experience, you know?”
Huo Zhengchuan's face immediately turned gloomy. After saying this, he put on his sunglasses and continued to look at the big screen.
In order to maintain his image, Huo Zhengchuan did not press on to gain victory and just silently took note of the opponent.
The next second, countless missiles swarmed out from Ye Wangxing's base and bombarded the AI's military base. Unsurprisingly, they were blocked by the opponent's defense system.
Originally, everyone in the box was ready to laugh at Ye Wangxing, but the subsequent scene made them realize that something was not right.
——The budget of Ye Wangxing Base is decreasing too slowly.
The resources and materials consumed by his shabby missiles were so few and so insignificant compared to the military budget.
But the other side's defense system is really different. Although their defense system can withstand waves that are enough to bombard the entire planet, the energy consumed every time to resist the opponent's attack is a huge number.
The energy consumed by all defense systems to resist enemy attacks is not calculated in real time. After all, what if the calculation speed cannot keep up and the enemy bursts energy? What if the missile model is estimated incorrectly?
——This also results in the energy consumed by the defense system every time being at the highest level, and the defense system is open in all directions without blind spots, which also causes the defense system to be consumed much faster than Ye Wangxing’s base.
Even if there were energy facilities in the base, the missiles made by Ye Wangxing had a simple manufacturing process and were cheap, and their energy replenishment speed was far slower than the speed at which Ye Wangxing's base made missiles.
The audience seats, which had been noisy just now, suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked in shock at the base damage percentage calculated in real time on the big screen.
Although the enemy base still has a 0% share, everyone knows that with the energy consumption of this base, they will not be able to hold out for long.
Even if the enemy continues to send missiles to attack Ye Wangxing's base, if the defense system is consistent, Ye Wangxing can also defend against the enemy's missiles, but the energy consumed will be much slower than theirs.
As expected.
With a "click" sound, the defense system of the enemy base in the picture was instantly shattered, and the next second countless missiles that could only destroy one small area poured towards the enemy base.
But this time there will be no defense system.
Ten minutes later.
The big screen broadcast the report calmly.
"Contestant No. 190 Ye Wangxing, enemy damage rate 100%, current ranking."
"--First!"
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