Chapter 11 Failure
Waiting
In the second game, Huo Ran directly changed to an A-class mecha.
He no longer cared whether the victory was glorious or not, he only wanted to defeat the Demon Lord, otherwise the consequences... he didn't even dare to think about it.
Huo Ran indulges in holographic battles to escape the humiliation of reality.
After being asked to leave Edith's coming-of-age ceremony, he felt extremely humiliated and embarrassed. Not only did he lose his own face, but he also dragged the entire Huo family into trouble.
The Huo family has always been under the four major families, and had many descendants in the early years, but now there are only the old man of the Huo family, Huo Ran's mother, and Huo Ran's three generations.
Although Huo Ran did not shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family, he at least grew up with high hopes and love. For a poor family, the family's reputation was not more important than the child.
However, Mr. Huo, who had already handed over the authority of the head of the family, and Mrs. Huo, the head of the family, had a serious talk with him about Shi Hanqiao.
"She is a waste, and the Bai family doesn't recognize her."
Huo Ran was very puzzled. What was there for Shi Hanqiao to be afraid of? She was weak both physically and mentally. The only powerful background she had was that she was the granddaughter of the head of the Bai family. But if the Bai family did not recognize her, then there was nothing to be afraid of.
Huo Ye: "In two years, the Grand Marshal will retire. Shi Qi is a candidate."
Shi Qi, recognized as the strongest Alpha in the galaxy, whose second gender is female, serves as the general of the Ninth Legion and has guarded the border for more than twenty years.
At the same time, she is also Shi Hanqiao's mother.
Huo Ran was paying close attention to the situation. "She has no family behind her, leads the worst Ninth Army, and is stationed at the farthest border. She probably has no hope of becoming a marshal."
Huo also frowned: "You should listen less to Ander and the others. Many things are not what you think."
Under Shi Qi's leadership, the Ninth Army has become the leader of the nine legions. It is because she has persisted on the most dangerous border line for twenty years that she is the unspoken first choice for the next marshal by all the soldiers.
Some things are not suitable to be told to the young and energetic Alpha. She gave her son a few words of advice and warned him: "No matter whether Shi Qi's daughter is a waste or not, don't mess with her again!"
Huo Ran asked reluctantly, mumbling, "What if she provokes me first?"
Huo also wanted to say that if the other party provoked him, he should fight back appropriately, but Mr. Huo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "She provoked you, so you should endure it."
"grandfather!"
"dad?"
Old Master Huo closed his eyes: "Don't mess with Shi Qi's daughter, don't let her notice the Huo family."
In response to his daughter's doubts and his grandson's dissatisfaction, Mr. Huo did not explain, but waved his hand and asked them to leave.
The room became quiet, and he returned to the bedroom and entered the dark room, where he took out a badge from the secret compartment.
The pattern on the badge is a circle wrapped around five stars, with a huge word "Huo" on the back and a line of small words below: The most loyal apostle.
The dead memories revived, and Mr. Huo was so scared that he sealed his former glory back into a dark box and put it in a secret compartment that never saw the light of day.
Shi Qi, the young man he had met twenty years ago, had eyes that could see through the evil in people's hearts. She had become a separate force outside the royal family and the four major families. The Huo family could not be her enemy, but instead had to make friends with her.
Therefore, Shi Qi must not be allowed to know the secret of the Huo family. When Old Master Huo lay on the bed, nightmares followed him like a shadow.
He was old, and had been living in fear for many years, so he could only be extremely cautious.
The young and energetic Alpha had never felt any fear. Huo Ran just felt aggrieved, as if he was hit on the left cheek by Shi Hanqiao, and his doting family asked him to extend his right cheek to let her hit him.
How could he bear such grievance!
Huo Ran vented his emotions wantonly in the Star Realm, enjoying the pursuit, praise and admiration of his fans. He was obsessed with the feeling of being high and mighty and being worshipped as a god, because only in this way could he temporarily forget the anger and frustration in reality.
He had heard of the name of Demon Lord. Contrary to what netizens had speculated, Demon Lord didn't care who his opponent was, but Huo Ran was afraid of meeting her.
Huo Ran was also affected by being the first future military academy student to be promoted to L5 this year, the praise from countless fans, and the abuse against the Demon Lord and the speculation that her data was falsified.
He didn't think she could tamper with data in the star realm, but he still accepted the accusation of bribing her opponent, because he couldn't achieve 39 consecutive victories, so how could a village girl who came out of nowhere do it?
So when the Demon Lord challenged him, he accepted it.
He took the first battle lightly.
This time he changed to an A-class mecha, which can definitely crush the Demon Lord.
He would twist her mecha skull off, just like she did.
This time, it was the Demon Lord who launched the attack first, attacking towards the head of Huo Ran's mecha at a speed so fast that only the afterimage could be seen. Sparks streaked across the fuselage, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.
Huo Ran just took two steps back and was unharmed. His defense power spanned two levels, which was not fake.
The Demon Lord attacked Huo Ran, hitting his head, neck, elbows, waist, legs... Sparks flew everywhere. The first blow left a deep mark on Huo Ran's neck, and only shallow marks were left on other parts of his mecha.
The audience at the scene were all watching the game nervously, and the fans who were watching from Huo Ran's first-person perspective slowed down the speed at which they scrolled through their screens.
【Come on, Huo Ran! 】
【Well done, Huo Ran! 】
"You can even brag about this? It's so embarrassing!" Josephine touched her arm. It was embarrassing for an A-class mecha to not be able to defeat a C-class mecha with one strike.
Luo Wusheng analyzed, "They're all just here to watch the fun. This is such a hot topic, Huo Ran's fans aren't just mecha enthusiasts, they're also paying attention to other people who don't like it."
Compared to the entire interstellar population, the huge group of people who love mechas and battles are just a drop in the ocean.
Celia: "There's a huge gap between A-class and C-class mechas, but the Star Realm mechas can be operated solely with mental strength, not physical strength. The Demon Lord won't necessarily lose."
Everyone agreed. Ulysses didn't say anything, but Luo Wusheng sighed deeply.
Luo Wuming turned around and asked, "Why are you sighing? Do you think the Demon Lord will lose?"
"she..."
"Is she walking Huo Ran?"
Ulysses pressed the frame of his glasses. He was now in Huo Ran's first-person perspective. The Demon Lord's first attack seemed normal, but the force in the following attacks was not strong, which was very different from the force that broke his neck in the first round.
Luo Wusheng paused: "I guess so."
In fact, he was once again shocked by the Demon Lord, and he became even more curious about her.
How strong can she be?
The situation on the field changed rapidly. Within a minute and a half, hundreds of shallow scratches were left on the A-class mecha. No attack really hurt it. The right arm of the C-class mecha was broken, and a big hole was torn at the waist and abdomen connection. It looked shaky.
"You're dead!" Huo Ran waved his right arm. He had been upgraded to L5. The A-class mecha had been modified, and three cannonballs were installed in his right fist.
The C-class mecha definitely cannot withstand his second shot.
Is she crazy?
Synchronized with the barrage of comments were the exclamations from the audience.
The Demon Lord did not dodge or evade, but instead rushed towards Huo Ran, his speed was so fast that only a black afterimage could be seen with the naked eye.
Bang bang——
Dust flew, and two large pits appeared on the field. A parabola passed through, and the head of the A-class mecha lay steadily in the pit.
The Demon Lord stood safely on the field, with the A-class mecha arm protruding from the hole in the mecha's abdomen, and its neck was bare.
She pulled her arm free and threw the A-class mecha body into another pit.
"continue?"
Huo Ran gritted his teeth and said, "Continue!"
There was no suspense in the subsequent battle, but the intense atmosphere on the field remained unchanged. All those who came for the fire became supporters of the Demon Lord.
Fans who put themselves in Huo Ran’s perspective went from being full of anticipation at the beginning to being in disbelief, and their hopes before the second battle were shattered again in less than two minutes.
Later they found that not only could hope not be rekindled, but they could only feel depression, fear and despair.
From Huo Ran's first-person perspective, the audience could not see the Demon Lord's movements at all. In the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of them or behind them. After a while, the world was spinning, and the head that served as the cockpit rolled to the ground.
Except for the second battle which took a little longer, every battle thereafter was over within a minute.
They followed Huo Ran's perspective and there was never an opponent in their sight. They could not see the figure of the Demon Lord's mecha. They were in depression and panic, and were in a desperate situation psychologically.
Time and again, they were hit on the head without even seeing the opponent's face. Frustration grew from the bottom of their hearts. The dizziness of having their heads twisted off again and again made most people choose to quit.
Even after they withdrew, the oppressive feeling and fear brought by the Demon Lord still followed them like a shadow. Almost everyone couldn't help but look around behind them, as if the Demon Lord would appear and break their necks in the next moment.
The ninth game ends.
Demon Lord: "Okay, no more fighting."
Huo Ran came back to his senses from his numbness, his eyes burning with fire: "What do you mean?!"
"This one fight doesn't make any difference." Shi Hanqiao felt good as she looked at Huo Ran, who seemed to want to kill her.
She learned from Edith that Huo Ran was Huo Ran. If Huo Ran was not Huo Ran, she would not have to let W stir up the hype.
Her target from the beginning to the end was Huo Ran.
The higher you praise him, the more painful it will be when he falls.
Shi Hanqiao was in a good mood. He returned to the lounge and was about to log off, but he saw W with a gleam in his eyes.
"What's the matter?" Shi Hanqiao thought for a while, but couldn't figure out why W appeared here.
She looked around the lounge and looked at him questioningly.
Green plants are placed in a corner of the lounge, and the gray and white walls are covered with warm yellow cloud-patterned wallpaper. In front of the sofa, a coffee table in the same color is placed, on which is placed a matching tea set...
W: "You win."
"So... you came to congratulate me on my win?"
Shi Hanqiao's expression was a little weird, even distorted.
W nodded, a little nervously: "I don't know if you like it."
He is not very good at decoration, so he chose these according to the recommendations and struggled with them for a long time.
Shi Hanqiao didn't care much about the environment she was in, but when she saw W Mingming's bright and clear eyes that were full of expectation but still trying hard to endure, she shook her head.
W's expression didn't change, but the light in his eyes dimmed immediately, like a kitten with drooping ears and tail.
"I don't mind."
Shi Hanqiao raised the corners of her mouth in a good mood, and saw his eyes brighten up again as she wished.
I don’t know if this counts as the friend that Hunyuan Ling was talking about.
But the feeling of being waited for seems to be quite good.
【Author’s words】
Joe is a bit sinister!
The military training will start at the beginning of the school.
Very soon~~
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