Strange, there are even fewer people this time.
Xia Shizhao looked around at the contestants with a puzzled expression. There were less than a hundred people, and several of them had frighteningly pale faces.
Could it be that Chengdu is suffering from acclimatization problems?
"Welcome everyone to the finals of this Mechanic Competition. I am Hei Shou, the person in charge of the organizer, Hei Jia. We have prepared all the materials you need. If you need more materials, please let us know and we will do our best to meet the needs of the participants. The competition requires you to create your final entry within three days."
The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a custom-made suit. He was also very handsome and seemed like a good person, but Xia Shizhao didn't like his aura.
It was gloomy and sticky, like the slimy, fishy, and cold worms in a swamp.
After listening, Xia Shizhao took the sign for his own laboratory and looked at Ge Shiyi, "Did you bring the deworming medicine kit I gave you?"
Ge Shiyi patted her pocket. "I brought it with me."
"That's fine then." Xia Shizhao had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He glanced at the black bow and saw it looking at him with a sinister gaze, which made him feel even more uneasy.
strangeness.
This person is so strange.
He walked towards him step by step and politely asked Xia Shizhao, "Does Xia have any questions?"
Xia Shizhao withdrew the suspicion from his eyes, a blush spreading across his face. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "No, no, I'm just a little bad with directions, I don't quite remember where I am."
"Then I'll take you there."
"OK, thanks."
Xia Shizhao's eyes were wide and round, and his face was full of innocence.
Walking into his lab, Xia Shizhao looked at Hei Shou with gratitude, "Thank you, Uncle. You're so kind. I'm going to the competition now."
Okay, best of luck.
The black bow had a fake smile on its face.
Watching Xia Shizhao hop in carefree, he suppressed the doubt in his eyes.
I shook my head; maybe I was overthinking it.
Once inside, Xia Shizhao sensed his departure, opened his eyes, looked at the materials in the lab, closed his eyes again, sensed the indoor surveillance, then opened his eyes again in a daze, pretending to be stupid, walked to the materials, and began to mutter to himself what he wanted, innocent, romantic, and a little silly.
The Black Bow, who had been paying extra attention to her in the monitoring room, completely lowered its guard against her.
Xia Shizhao found nothing unusual after checking the materials, which made him even more suspicious. What exactly was this guy surnamed Hei up to? He had a feeling that he was up to no good.
Shaking his head, Xia Shizhao looked at the materials.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. If there's nothing wrong with the components, I'll try making a mecha.
This is my first time making this, and I don't know how much material I'll waste. I hope the manufacturer will be generous.
She calmed down and started drawing design sketches on her desk. This time, she planned to make a mecha with an ordinary appearance, so she didn't need to put too much effort into designing the exterior. What was special was that this mecha did not require mental energy. Simply put, anyone could use it. She replaced the mental energy collection slot with ten energy stones to provide energy. The feasibility was fifty percent. Xia Shizhao was not sure if she could succeed.
Xia Shizhao rubbed his aching back after listing all the theoretical principles on paper. He glanced at the time and realized that three hours had passed.
Alright, now we can pick up the electric gun and start working on the exterior.
Xia Shizhao took a sip of water and walked towards the lab table.
He put the black ore into the melting machine, added his design blueprints, and the machine created the mecha according to all the required shapes.
Five hours later.
Xia Shizhao then put the required parts design drawings into the machine to make them. All the parts were made in ten minutes. Then he put the weapon design drafts to be assembled into the machine again.
After obtaining all the parts, Xia Shizhao picked up the electric gun and began assembling it.
Just after assembling one leg, Xia Shizhao suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach.
She put down the stun gun, squatted down, clutched her stomach, and gasped. What was going on?
She only drank one sip of water in ten hours, how could she possibly get an upset stomach?
Surely someone couldn't have poisoned it, could they?
Xia Shizhao ran frantically to the toilet.
Xia Shizhao almost collapsed from exhaustion after running to the bathroom, so he simply put all his work aside, went to his desk, put his things away in the safe, and rested.
Feeling bored sitting there, I wandered over to Ge Shiyi's lab and knocked on the door.
"who?"
"I."
Click—
The door opened, and seeing Xia Shizhao, Ge Shiyi rubbed her dark circles. "You're resting already?"
"I have diarrhea and I'm hungry now."
Xia Shizhao gave an honest and straightforward account.
Glug glug~
Ge Shiyi's stomach also rumbled in agreement. She awkwardly touched her nose and said, "Let's go eat then."
"Okay, go and tidy up the design drafts."
Xia Shizhao was really hungry. Normally, she could go a whole day without eating when she was focused on her experiments, but this time, diarrhea interrupted her concentration. She would rest for a bit and then continue working. Anyway, there were still two days left.
On the way to the restaurant, Xia Shizhao casually asked, "Did you drink any water from the lab today?"
Ge Shiyi licked her dry lips and shook her head: "No, I've been playing the drums on the control panel the whole time."
"Oh, then try not to eat it. I had diarrhea for half an hour after drinking just one sip of water today..."
Thinking about how he had just been on the toilet, Xia Shizhao was numb. He added, "Don't eat anything that you didn't buy yourself, that wasn't in front of you, or that has been out of your sight. Whoever gave it to you might have poisoned it."
"Hmm, probably not."
"It's better to be careful."
Xia Shizhao didn't want to think the worst of others, but the diarrhea was just very strange to her.
Aside from being sensitive to the cold, she was otherwise in good health, and the fact that she had diarrhea without eating anything made it even stranger.
Xia Shizhao regretted not taking out the bottle of water to test it.
When she returned, the opened bottle of water had been taken away and replaced with a new one.
She asked around and found out that it was the cleaning lady who cleaned their house and changed their water.
There was even surveillance footage; the auntie simply swept the floor of their lab and changed the water, leaving no trace.
Xia Shizhao looked at the newly changed water, picked it up and took a sip.
I lay quietly on the sofa for half an hour.
I felt nothing.
It seems that only that bottle has a problem.
But Xia Shizhao couldn't find the reason why the Hei family harmed the contestants. It couldn't be that they were reluctant to part with that mermaid's tears, could it?
Unable to figure out the reason, Xia Shizhao could only remain vigilant about her surroundings, because she had no evidence to accuse the Hei family of harming people. If she rashly went to the police, she might be falsely accused of framing them.
All the participants spent three days in this state of uncertainty, barely having enough to eat.
After stuffing in the energy stones, Xia Shizhao looked at the imposing yet understated mecha she had created and laid it on the ground, her head and body exposed.
I'm exhausted.
All that's left is the testing phase.
The venue is too small; we need to go to a dedicated mecha testing area.
Xia Shizhao took out her stamina replenishment potion, rubbed her hands together, and clicked the "Complete Work, Apply for Test" button.
Soon, staff members arrived to help Xia Shizhao open the door.
"Xia, do you need an alpha to help you drive it out?"
Xia Shizhao waved his hand, "I'll drive out; it might be a bit crowded inside for the Alphas."
"Oh? Then be careful."
The staff member sounded a little confused but respectful.
When will beta users be able to use mechs?
The mecha started up. Xia Shizhao looked at the screen displaying energy data. The battle hadn't even begun yet, and the startup had already consumed five percent of the energy.
If a fight breaks out, the mech will shut down and crash immediately, unless the mech is full of energy stones and someone is constantly replacing them.
We still need to remodel it and see if we can replace the energy input with something else.
The mecha arrived at the test site. Xia Shizhao watched the constantly moving target, clicked on the weapon to start automatic aiming and tracking, and so on.
There are no problems.
Xia Shizhao controlled the machine to land and glanced at the remaining energy.
Ten percent.
The losses are too great.
Rubbing his temples, he left the mecha control room and found a bunch of people staring at him.
Looking completely bewildered, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"Can your mech beta be piloted?"
The question is from the black bow below.
"To be precise, anything that can move its limbs can be driven, but it takes a lot of energy, and we still need to find a better way." After saying that, Xia Shizhao jumped down and noticed a hint of manic joy on the face of the black bow, which it quickly concealed.
"Very good, very good, truly a formidable young man." Black Bow grabbed Xia Shizhao's hand and gripped it tightly, its eyes bloodshot. "Can other species also operate it?"
"Yes, as long as there are enough energy stones inside, it can be opened."
Xia Shizhao thought the question was directed at the beastmen, so he answered honestly.
"How much are you planning to sell it for? Of course, you don't have to sell it if you don't want to." But his eyes were fixed on her.
"Hmm? You want to study it?" Xia Shizhao looked up at him, almost laughing. "I don't plan to sell it. Is Mr. Hei trying to force me to buy it?"
"..." Black Bow waved his hand, his face becoming much calmer. "That's not true. It's just that I'm a beta and haven't experienced a mecha before, so I lost my composure a bit."
"Oh, really? No problem, you can experience it once it's improved and mass-produced."
As Xia Shizhao spoke, he pressed the button on the mecha, and the more than two-meter-tall mecha compressed into a one-meter-tall, square box.
Others also arrived one after another with their creations. It was too difficult for the participating students to build a mecha in three days, and many of their mechas broke down before they even got started.
The completed mechs were not equipped with weapons. Ge Shiyi's mech, which was equipped with weapons, could not be compressed. Of the more than twenty people, only Xia Shizhao's mech could be compressed.
The contrast is even more striking; everyone lost clearly and unequivocally, and was completely convinced of their defeat.
Xia Shizhao also obtained the mermaid tears and the potion.
Ge Shiyi patted Xia Shizhao on the shoulder, admiringly saying, "I didn't expect you to actually do it your own way."
Yes, all their teachers had taught them how to make mechs; they just had to follow the steps. But no one expected that they only had three days, which was far too short to finish.
It takes a day just to build the parts, and weapons and functions can't be made in just two days either.
Ge Shiyi barely managed to finish the match, even with limited rest time. She thought she could beat Xia Shizhao, but she still lost.
"Come on, come on, treat me to dinner."
"Wait a minute, I'll have someone send my mecha to the teacher."
"OK."
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