Chapter 69: First Experience with Virtual Mecha
She can no longer recall much about her life before the apocalypse. She only remembers that she was in her second year of graduate school at that time, and she and her supervisor tortured each other every day, but she lived a relatively happy life.
But those memories were so distant to her that they didn't seem like the life she once had.
Xu Lingqu brushed back the long hair on his forehead and sat in the cocoon cabin to continue his Skynet exploration journey that had been interrupted before.
She still chose the default appearance and the default name. Liu Ming followed her helplessly: "Your image is tied to your identity as Xu Lingqu. It's really damaging to your public image!"
"Really? I can only use my real name to go online?" Xu Lingqu was a little surprised. She touched the [Personal] icon with small wings floating in front of her eyes, and when she clicked on it, there was indeed a certification icon for Moye Military Academy students.
It seems that a place like Skynet can continue to exist because it has given up enough rights... However, as a company, it is sandwiched between the Empire and the Federation. If it ever switches sides, it will inevitably cause huge damage to the other side.
"Yes, but you have me. I can help you remain anonymous." Liu Ming reached out and touched Xu Lingqu's personal identity icon, which flashed a few times and disappeared. "I'm awesome, right?"
Liu Ming seemed to be able to do whatever he wanted in the Skynet world. Xu Lingqu asked, "And how come you are so familiar with Skynet?"
Liu Ming froze for a moment, then lowered his head slightly. "Well, I was sometimes too bored when you were not around, so I connected to the black box through the home robot's smart network. But because I didn't go through the formal channel of the cocoon cabin, I couldn't just wander around here with my real body as a string of transparent code..."
Its behavior is really like that of an elementary school student caught in a black Internet cafe.
"Alright, I don't blame you. Let's go. You're already familiar with this. Where can I try out the mecha?" Xu Lingqu was currently standing in a place similar to the lobby interface for logging into an Earth game. It was a huge square, with people constantly arriving and departing.
Some people walked towards the surrounding streets, while some people simply turned into a flash of white light and disappeared. Xu Lingqu's ordinary appearance and unchanged garbled name allowed her to hide well in the crowd, but the image of the bright silver-haired boy attracted people's attention.
"Then we need to go to the mecha area. Let's go!" Liu Ming pulled her, and the two of them instantly flew into the air and turned into two white lights and disappeared on the spot.
When I landed again, I saw a huge venue in front of me, which looked like the Roman Colosseum.
When Xu Lingqu stepped into the door, two options appeared before his eyes.
1. Arena
2. Training Room
Xu Lingqu chose 2, and the scene in front of her changed instantly. She came to a gray-white space. It was wide and high enough, but at present, there were only Xu Lingqu and Luminaire, who turned into a ring and wore it on her hand for convenience. It seemed too empty and deserted.
Lumen changed back to his original form: "Master, you can now experience the mecha. However, let me tell you first, the quality of the virtual mechas here is very average. They can't even compare to the replicas, let alone the real ones. But none of those real mechas can compare to mine."
Xu Lingqu noticed the mecha selection interface on the right. When he clicked on it, a page about one meter long appeared, with categories of virtual mechas and replica mechas.
As an anonymous black user of StarSky, she was unable to choose a replica mecha, so she just clicked on the virtual one.
The virtual mechas have no special names, they are divided into five types and named directly as such: Speed, Strength, Defense, Attack, and Heavy.
Xu Lingqu chose the first one, speed.
A giant gray-green mecha about six stories high suddenly appeared in front of him. After coming to the interstellar space for so long, this was the first time that Xu Lingqu had felt a mecha so intuitively, although it was virtual.
The tall mecha was made of tens of thousands of mecha parts. Last time, when he saw Natata and the others taking a lot of effort to make one, Xu Lingqu accurately recognized the value of a mecha technician this time.
No wonder there are so few mecha master teams that can independently design and manufacture mechas.
In the middle of the giant mecha is the cockpit. Xu Lingqu put his hand on the mecha and entered it directly the next second.
The cockpit space is neither big nor small. There are hundreds of operating buttons in front of the seat, and behind it is a round table with a diameter of two meters. I don’t know what it is used for.
"That's where you stand during combat, allowing the mech's nerves to connect to your body." Lumen's voice rang out, though he didn't appear. His voice echoed within the mech. "Don't be afraid. I can parasitize any mech. With me, you can directly drive automatically. I can also help you optimize the mech's performance and enhance its mobility."
Xu Lingqu stood up and stepped onto the round platform. Metal tentacles immediately extended from the top of the platform, forming a protective suit on her body like a mechanical exoskeleton.
"For ordinary people, even a virtual mecha without mental limitations would have to endure a lot of pressure and pain. But, obviously, you are not, hehe." Liu Ming said to himself again.
Xu Lingqu indeed did not feel any pressure or pain at all. Standing on the circular platform, she raised her hand tentatively, and the mecha indeed raised its hand as well.
Still no pressure.
Xu Lingqu jumped up directly this time. There was still not much pressure, so she just let go. The giant mecha jumped up and landed in this gray-white space. It turned around and kicked back. The whole movement was extremely smooth. If this was in reality, it could destroy a building in an instant.
Liu Ming was very satisfied. Xu Lingqu's mecha had a very strong adaptability. Others were still trying to walk back and forth after a month of use, but she could demonstrate fighting skills skillfully after only ten minutes.
"Try the weapon!" said Lumin.
Two weapons of this speed-type mecha instantly appeared in front of Xu Lingqu's eyes. One was a long sword, and the other was a laser cannon equipped on the left shoulder.
As soon as she thought about it, a smaller version of the long sword appeared in her hand. A gray long sword also appeared in the hand of the giant mecha. As Xu Lingqu moved, the sword turned smoothly in his hand.
This mecha is just as its name suggests, a speed type, and is overall light. It can quickly approach in combat, and equipped with a long sword to quickly deal damage and then move away. Its main feature is fast running.
"It's faster to practice using weapons in actual combat." It seemed a bit silly to hack and swing around randomly in this space by myself.
Xu Lingqu clicked to cancel combat mode and jumped off the platform.
"Then we can go to the arena!" Liu Ming said excitedly.
For the sake of fairness, the Star Skynet arena does not allow the use of replica mechas. For the experience of ordinary people, only virtual mechas are allowed.
The Imperial Military also issued a clear ban on mecha soldiers coming here to use dimensionality reduction to attack the experience of ordinary people.
Some military academies simply forbid mecha cadets from competing on this list, citing shame. However, some schools don't have clear regulations, so some mecha cadets who can't be selected as military mecha cadets still play around, after all, high rankings pay off.
Therefore, the top 100 are basically a mixture of civilian masters and military academy students, and the top 20 are basically monopolized by military academy mecha soldiers.
Fortunately, Xu Lingqu did not choose Moye's mecha soldier, otherwise he would not be able to enter the arena for a while.
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