Chapter 88
Holographic world.
In a popular online dessert shop in the central city, a large number of pink and blue bows are dotted in every corner, and the air is filled with a sweet smell.
A young man with fiery hair and a handsome face with a little anger, poked the cake under his hand sullenly, and then looked at the beautiful young man opposite with resentment.
"You are late."
Xia Yan's face showed a trace of embarrassment.
He was only a little short of points to ascend to the ninth level, so he thought of a quick battle, and after the game, he would come to find the protagonist.
Who knew that the opponent in the last round was particularly difficult.
Of course, it was not that he was strong, but that the opponent was too cunning. He kept hiding himself by the terrain and did not fight head-on. He wasted four or five minutes looking for someone.
"..." But with the original owner's personality, it was impossible to apologize. Xia Yan looked at the blueberry cake in the boy's hands and decisively changed the topic, "This one seems to be inedible. I'll order you a new cake."
After saying that, he lowered his eyes, avoiding the boy's resentful eyes, and placed an order on the virtual panel.
Just ten seconds later, a small robot in the shape of a black and white panda, wearing a cute pink skirt, walked wobbly and brought the dessert cutely.
"Guest, the blueberry flavor cake you ordered."
It turned out to be a national treasure on Earth!!!
"Thank you."
Xia Yan exclaimed "cute" in his heart, and a warm light appeared in his eyes. His face was as calm as before, without revealing any clues, but his five fingers couldn't help but rub the little panda's head. The warm and furry touch made people feel satisfied.
Ahem... who can resist the temptation of a panda?
The mechanical panda is probably often touched and hugged by guests, and it has a program set to get close to people, so after being touched by Xia Yan, it not only did not run away, but rubbed its head against his palm enthusiastically.
Xia Yan: “!!!” He was tired of saying the word cute.
He was having fun, but Ian was very unhappy to be ignored.
Ian didn’t like the netizen ‘Xu Yan’ before. The reason why he kept accompanying him was just because the interstellar voyage was too boring, and he used him as a fun way to pass the time.
But after yesterday’s interaction, he had some affection for this person with evil intentions - yes, Ian had already labeled ‘Xu Yan’. He was willing to reveal a little something to the other party through the gaps between his fingers.
The result!!!
He was late!
Being late would be fine, but he was also touching and kissing a robot that could be bought with money, and he didn't even look at him. He was really calculating, could he work harder!!!
Ian was so angry that he almost broke his teeth. He glared at the innocent little panda viciously. Sooner or later, he would tear it apart and put the wires inside in front of the young man to let him see clearly that this thing was just a pile of broken copper and rotten iron.
The black and white cute creature tilted its head without any sense of crisis: "?"
Ian: "..." He actually dared to provoke!!!
He couldn't bear it anymore, so he chose... chose to attract Xia Yan's attention. Ian took a sip of rose milk tea and complained casually: "I've been drawing a lot of drawings recently, and my wrist is a little tired." It was
a one-shot kill, directly hitting the part that the young man was most interested in.
As expected, when Xia Yan heard about the blueprint, he reacted quickly like a cat seeing a mouse. The little panda stopped rubbing and looked at him with sparkling eyes. But he had to pretend to be calm: "What blueprint?"
"Mecha blueprint." Ian held the milk tea. His image in the virtual world was thin and frail, with a baby face that looked young and fragile. He looked very deceptive. "I didn't tell you before that I'm a mecha designer."
After saying that, he secretly glanced at Xia Yan.
Seeing that he was fully focused and all his mind was on him, he felt inexplicably satisfied.
Yes! That's right! Look at me! Keep looking at me!
Ian has always been generous to those who can provide him with emotional value, and he doesn't mind revealing a little bait to let the beautiful little fish take the bait.
He did not take out the most important complete mecha design drawing. Instead, he shared the recently designed mecha weapon with Xia Yan.
Ian is confident that his professional knowledge is not inferior to anyone.
In terms of mecha design, he is a well-deserved genius.
"... Just adjust the angle of this axis, change this, and activate mica... In the end, without increasing the weight of the mecha, the firepower can be doubled."
To be honest, Xia Yan didn't understand a lot of things.
But it didn't prevent him from understanding that this thing can enhance the performance of the mecha.
You know, the empire has developed for thousands of years, and technology has basically reached a bottleneck period. Every change is extremely valuable, not to mention doubling the firepower at once.
Is this it?
The design drawing that the system wants.
Xia Yan secretly opened the task panel in his mind: [Task 3: Steal the mecha design drawings from the pirate Ian Hyde. (Unfinished)]
"..."
That's right, this is just a change in the weapon, and it is far from being called a 'mecha design'.
Xia Yan suppressed the disappointment in his heart and told himself not to panic. He has only been here for a day and a half, and he can get the design of the new weapon after the second meeting.
There are still a full twenty-eight days before the battle with Huo Ruihe. There is plenty of time and no need to rush.
Ian, who was sensitive to the young man's emotions: "???"
Damn! He was given a weapon design for free, why would he be disappointed? He sold this drawing on the black market and sold it for two or three hundred million interstellar coins every minute.
Is he that bad?
Ian was choked with anger, and turned off his brain in frustration, falling into a deep state of isolation.
"???" Xia Yan didn't understand, "Why did you turn it off?"
Ian raised his eyes, looked at him with resentment, and then lowered his head, exuding a dark aura from head to toe, like a stinky man who failed to please his wife and was scolded for accomplishing nothing: "Anyway, you don't look down on my little tricks."
Xia Yan said nothing: "???"
Ian was frustrated and sad, but he didn't log off. After just two or three seconds, he raised his head and looked at Xia Yan, over and over again, without end.
This operation is like a primary school student throwing a tantrum, waiting for his partner to step down.
Xia Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and felt a little cute. He supported his chin with one hand, suddenly sighed, and said meaningfully: "I have a competition in a few days. I just saw your drawings and thought I could use them on my mecha."
Ian secretly pricked up his ears.
"But since you took it..."
Xia Yan only said this, and someone jumped out impatiently: "Ahem, since you want it, I'll give it to you."
"Really?" Xia Yan pretended to be surprised, "This blueprint should be very expensive."
Ian raised his head: "It's not worth much."
Since Ian killed his adoptive father with a human face and a beastly heart, and seized the control of the pirates and all their wealth, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich enough to rival a country.
And the most important thing is his brain. He draws a steady stream of design drawings. Each drawing is worth at least hundreds of millions, and at most tens of billions.
The most popular agile mecha on the market today is designed by him. That design was fully applied to the scouts on the front line of the army. Its flexible posture design reduced the mortality rate of the scouts by 30%.
At this moment, Ian had forgotten the persona of "backward, ignorant, poor boy" that he pretended to be in front of "Xu Yan".
Xia Yan raised the corners of his lips. His beautiful face, which had been transformed in the holographic space and was a little dull, showed a variety of styles and was dazzling and charming with this smile.
"Thank you."
The young man spoke, his voice was clear and pleasant, with a bit of just the right joy in his eyes, and his figure was reflected in his eyes, as if he was looking at his whole world.
Damn!
Ian cursed in his heart, and the whole person seemed to be drunk, a little tipsy.
He finally understood why some people would get dizzy and do incredible stupid things when they saw a beautiful woman, and now he had an impulse.
As long as the young man opened his mouth, he wanted to do everything for him.
Xia Yan received a free new weapon design drawing, and felt that it was enough for today, and he couldn't show it too obviously, in case the man noticed something was wrong.
How did he know? Ian had seen through the original owner a long time ago, and by the way, he also labeled him, a time traveler, as a person with ulterior motives.
Ahem, in a way, Ian's feeling was not wrong.
Ian came back to his senses: "..." Damn! Was he just bewitched by a ghost? ? He turned his head and coughed awkwardly twice: "Can you find someone to modify the mecha?"
Xia Yan: "There are classmates in the mecha department."
"Oh." Ian nodded, and the topic returned to the beginning, "Do you have any competitions in the next few days? Is it dangerous?" He knew that 'Xu Yan' was a military school student, but he didn't know which school he was in.
There is nothing that cannot be said about these things. Xia Yan concealed the key information and only said that it was a school exam and there was no danger.
The two of them were chatting here, and it was a little awkward.
Although Xia Yan is no longer socially anxious, he has not become a social expert. As for chatting and making friends... it is a skill that he cannot light up for the time being.
If they want to find something that both of them are interested in... it must be mecha.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yan looked at the protagonist earnestly: "Do you want to have a fight?" Who can refuse the joy of driving a mecha? Anyway, he can't.
Ian: "Huh??!!!"
An hour and a half later.
Xia Yan came out of the mecha with satisfaction. After the intense exercise, his cheeks were flushed with a layer of light red, and the soft hair on his forehead was wet with sweat. His lips were slightly parted, and he exhaled hot breath.
"I had a lot of fun."
His level in the mecha exhibition match was still too low. Those low-end games were not fun at all. They ended in just two hits, which was completely different from the feeling of the protagonist.
Ian was initially trained as a warrior because of his S-level mental power, and later he changed his career after discovering his talent as a mecha master.
Of course, this does not mean that his combat ability is not strong, because he is familiar with every inch of the structure of the mecha, and he is very smooth in switching and using various weapons.
"Ah...oh."
Ian was still a little dazed, as if he had not come back to his senses.
When Xia Yan left, he was still very puzzled. He was obviously here to feed the little beauty and go on a date together, so why did it turn into a mecha training that was not romantic at all?
He vomited every day in reality because of this thing!
After Ian went offline, he thought about it and couldn't help but secretly go online with a fake identity. He posted a message, blurring most of the details and asking the omnipotent netizens.
[After confirmation, the host has been PUA. ]
[The design drawings worth hundreds of millions, if you have a peanut, you won't be so drunk. ]
[Online romance in the virtual world? Hahahaha, you are crazy, OP. Now everyone can pinch faces at will, you are not afraid of meeting an ugly freak. 】
【It is obvious that he is just after your money and treats you as a free trainer. 】
...
Ian read them one by one and replied unhappily: 【He has a good family background and is not short of money. You should not think too badly of him. 】 You can say that Xia Yan "appreciates" his talent, but you can't say that Xia Yan is after his money.
【Uh... OP posted it online yourself and didn't let others say it. What do you want? 】
Ian pondered for a moment: 【I want him to pursue me wholeheartedly and only like me, not to be attracted by irrelevant things, and not to be perfunctory. 】
Netizens: 【??? 】
【OP, are you okay? 】
【Another love-crazy person, get off my account.】
【My account is useless after seeing your post.】
Seeing the netizens talking more and more outrageously, imagining him as a fool who was deceived, Ian angrily went offline. What do these people know about love? Can't you be deceived voluntarily? It turns out that you have to do love yourself.