Chapter 598 Participating in the Test Driving for the First Time
"There are still five days until the Fifth Fleet arrives at the Shark Star Region." Tilan sat at the desk next to the bed in the dormitory and wrote this line in her diary.
For the current federal subject, the entire western star region is like being shrouded in a black fog and the situation is unknown. Although it is difficult for the two to have a huge change, this unknown situation has also aroused some people's concerns.
Closing the diary, Tilan came to the mirror, took care of her hair a little, then put on a black beret and walked out of the room.
"Have you considered participating in the development of new mechas, Tilan?" Arnansha found the girl yesterday and told her about the recent situation.
"Many research institutes know about your situation and want to invite you to participate in the experiment. These requests have been blocked by me at present, but there are also good options. If you are interested, I will send you the information."
So today, Tilan met with representatives of several research institutes that had agreed to meet.
When she came to the meeting room on the side of the actual combat camp, as soon as Tilan entered, she saw many representatives in research uniforms. They were wearing different badges and their styles were also very different. After a brief introduction to each other, everyone sat down.
After reading the information they handed over, Tilan nodded slightly, and had a general understanding in her mind.
Among them, there are three research institutes with the best conditions, namely the "Sacred Feathered Serpent Research Institute", the "Sixteen Prism Research Institute", and the "Meteoric Red Lotus Research Institute". The slightly inferior ones, but more in line with her ability style, are the "DS Research Institute", the "Three-phase Sword Research Institute", and the "Time Seed Research Institute" that she had contacted some time ago. Although the remaining research institutes also extended olive branches, they were either poor in strength or stingy in treatment, and they were not particularly interested.
After that, Tilan closed her eyes and recalled the words of the representatives of the remaining six research institutes at that time. She felt that the representative of the "Sixteen Prism Research Institute" was hiding something, so she crossed it off the list. Among the other institutes, the "Meteoric Red Lotus Research Institute" focused on weapons in the "burning fire" and "annihilation" aspects, and the "Sacred Feathered Serpent Research Institute" focused on the "glory", "thunder" and "giant snake" aspects of the system, which did not match her personality, so she silently crossed it out. The direction of the "Three-phase Sword Research Institute" was almost all close combat, which was too single, and she also silently crossed it out.
Of the remaining two, the DS Research Institute focuses on frost and ice, while the Seed of Time Research Institute is one of the few research institutes involved in the field of time and space.
"Let's choose the Seed of Time Research Institute." Tilan hesitated for a long time and chose this one. Although they didn't have any particularly outstanding products in the past, this is also one of the few research institutes involved in the field of time and space.
However, if there are deficiencies in conventional weapons, we can ask the DS Research Institute to supplement them, but I don't know if they are willing to cooperate.
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"I am very happy to cooperate with Miss Hecate, and I am very grateful for your trust." The blond flat-headed man with gold-rimmed glasses bowed and then took Tilan to visit the Seed of Time Research Institute.
"Our institute is sponsored by two giant companies, Alice's Watchmaker and Lone Star. The institute also participates in military projects and has completed many advanced military projects, such as the core architecture of the large Titan-class flagship." "
Although this is the first time we have been involved in a mecha project, we have done enough preparation. We have not only invited engineers with many years of experience in mecha design to participate, but also provided technical support from Lone Star."
"Lone Star is currently the most advanced hyperspace engine manufacturer in the Federation. It is unique in the fields of space and speed. This is also the reason why we dare to venture into new fields."
On the wall of the main hall of the institute, the rabbit pocket watch and the rising rocket are arranged side by side, and below is the license certificate of the Eighth Fleet.
"We sincerely welcome your arrival."
In the next two days, in addition to participating in daily training, Tilan came to the institute to assist in data collection and adapt to the mecha cockpit that was still under trial.
"This cockpit is connected to a magic resonance furnace with a power of 40 million mana. When you sit on it, input your own magic power into the magic furnace and it will start."
"The magic furnace will gradually resonate with you, and then you have to use your mind to control its internal core. In this way, the magic power generated by the magic furnace will gradually be consistent with your own magic frequency."
"40 million mana." Tilan blinked. She remembered that the elite mecha 'Black Letter' served by the Four Leaf Crystal was only about 10 million mana. This one was directly expanded by four times. It seems that the technical level and strength of the central star field are far superior to the local star field. "
Let me try it first." After all, the power of the training machine she usually drives is also about 2 million mana. This one is directly expanded by 20 times, as if driving 20 training machines at the same time.
"No problem." The researcher believed in her strength more than Tilan.
So Tilan sat in the cockpit and started to connect the neural signal.
[Detected a new pilot entering, started recording data, created a file, temporarily named 'Qualified Person 004']
[Neural connection successful, started to detect synchronization...]
[Synchronization successful, please gradually input magic power.]
[Detected magic power input, started to start the magic furnace...]
Then Tilan felt the seat behind her become slightly cold, like a black hole that absorbs magic power, no matter how much is put in, it can't make a splash.
Fortunately, this feeling did not last long. After about 30 seconds, a strong energy was transmitted from the magic furnace, and the entire cockpit lit up. The data on the side of the body appeared blue one by one, and the entire cockpit also appeared in the surrounding vision, but this was not enough. On the ear side of Tilan's helmet, a vortex-like aperture lit up, and its color gradually changed from white to blue, from blue to purple, and then from purple to deep red, and finally to a constantly flowing golden ring.
The entire cockpit was surrounded by a magical power that seemed to be real. The magical power was so full that it slowly materialized into a golden liquid, drowning Tilan. With such a high concentration and high activity of magical power, even a simple thought could trigger a violent extraordinary effect. For example, a small spell that could only light a candle could now be transformed into a blazing bombardment that could blast hundreds of meters. In
such an environment...
Tilan had never felt her mind so clear and her thinking so agile, as if she had not been able to fully exert her performance due to insufficient energy supply in the past. With just a thought, hundreds of people in the institute were scanned by her consciousness, and she knew the emotions and vague thoughts in everyone's heart.
Not only that, as her thoughts and perceptions continued to extend, she could sense the positions of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire base, and even a staff member who was eating secretly in a corner of the kitchen was "seen" by her. The other party was in a particularly good mood and hummed a little tune.
The lives and work of hundreds of thousands of people appeared in her mind like high-definition movies. She vaguely felt that she could connect with the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of people at the same time, talk to everyone, and even affect their movements, and perceive their moods and reactions.
Taking a deep breath, suppressing the desire for knowledge in her heart, Tilan gathered her mind and began to focus on the changes in time and space.
The previously vague perception of time and space also became clear at this time. Under normal circumstances, people cannot see the curvature of space. Black holes in the universe are rare existences that can distort space. The space there will collapse towards the center of the black hole, and any "thing" will involuntarily slide into it.
The time and space here are very stable, or the special structure in the space maintains the stability of the time and space of the star field to prevent external interference. Looking at the source of this structure, Tilan saw the fortress-like planet in the Crown Star Field.
As a legacy of the Mechanical Council of the glorious era, this planet is indeed special. No wonder it was chosen as the federal capital. If this hyperspace defense network is opened, it will take at least ten years to walk from the outer galaxy to the fortress city purely relying on the power of the starship itself.
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Half an hour later, Tilan finished the test and gradually turned off her magic power. Then the liquefied Aigeka particles in the cockpit dissipated.
After leaving the cockpit, Tilan felt like she had left a high-level state and became extremely weak. In fact, she was the same as usual and was fine. It could only be said that she was too powerful during that period of time and had some kind of illusion.
No wonder some people say that driving a mecha is addictive. Once you get used to that powerful state, there is indeed a gap when you return to reality.
"How do you feel, Miss Hecate?" Before Tilan could fully return to the laboratory, several researchers and doctors rushed to the mecha warehouse, looking at her anxiously, nervously, excitedly, and worriedly.
"It seems nothing serious." Tilan thought for a moment and tilted her head slightly to answer.
"Wow! I can't believe it." The researcher who was very elegant and calm before was now grabbing his hair, with an extremely excited look, as if he had endless joy waiting to be vented.
"Hekate! You... are... simply... completely... indescribable." Another tall researcher at the side had difficulty organizing his words because of his emotional excitement.
"You actually sat in there for half an hour and didn't feel tired at all." Finally someone said the reason.
"Huh?" Tilan didn't understand. What's so special about this? She usually trains for several hours.
"The training machine has only a limited power, and it's never been fully utilized. Even skilled elite mecha pilots won't always use the mana furnace at maximum power. They will only adjust it to this stage during the most critical battles." "
Generally speaking, a mecha with 40 million mana power that can fight at full power for 5 minutes requires a very strong will and a very strong physique. If it is used at full power for 8 minutes, there is a risk of fainting. If it is filled with stimulants and used for a full 10 minutes, there is a risk of nervous breakdown and mental disorder. During normal navigation and low-intensity combat, it is generally sufficient to open the power to 30%."
"It's just like a person can jog for a long time, but if he accelerates at full speed for only one minute, he will feel muscle soreness and lactic acid accumulation, which is unbearable. A good driver will be very good at allocating his full power time, and will always find gaps in the battle to ease the pressure on his nerves and will, instead of blindly doing it."
Originally, they planned to test for three minutes and then let Tilan turn off the engine. Unexpectedly, Tilan was in a good state from beginning to end, and she was conscious and there was nothing unusual. Only then did they watch her continue the test operation with trepidation. In the last half hour, the supervisor was really afraid of any accidents and irreversible sequelae, so he interrupted the test.
"Miracle, it's simply a miracle. Sure enough, this world is advanced by some extremely rare genius. I always thought that it was slowly accumulated by time. It turns out that the real world is so illogical." A researcher's three views have changed dramatically.
"Ahem." Tilan actually disagreed with this sentence, but it seemed a bit Versailles when she said it. In the end, her mouth opened slightly and she chose to remain silent.
"Today's test is over. We have to do a great job. We will use today's test data analysis to thank Miss Hecate for participating." The supervisor wanted to shake hands with Tilan excitedly, but the girl avoided him calmly because she was afraid of his crazy look.
"Yeah, I just contributed a little bit of insignificant strength. No need to thank me so much." She waved her hand and left the institute with a little fear.
Shortly after Tilan left, a group of people in dark blue uniforms blocked the entire institute. As a patrol officer of the Inquisition walked in with his ID card, every researcher here was taken away from the scene and received "education". Unfortunately, Tilan did not see this scene, and the next time she was notified to participate in the experiment was three days later.
In the actual combat camp, because of what happened that night, the students of the same period had an unconscious awe of Tilan. Although the girl was still as gentle as usual, no one dared to joke or comment in front of her since then.
Are you kidding? The officers who molested the girl before have not come out yet. No one knows where they have gone. Some say they were put in solitary confinement, some say they were transferred out of the base, and there are outrageous rumors that they were executed, but no one believes this.
After another day of training, Tilan jumped lightly from the mecha, her body passed through the air, and when she was about to land on the ground, she was slightly lifted up by the airflow, and then she lightly touched the ground with her toes and stood safely.
"Hecate~" Maggie came to Tilan holding two boxes.
"This is the supply for this week." There were black and dark blue stripes and a string of numbers and letters on the two boxes. If you didn't know clearly, you might think there were ammunition inside.
"One of the boxes contains 12 bottles of T4-level drink 'Hummingbird Honey Tea' and 12 bottles of T4-level drink 'Star Energy Liquid'. The former is very good for maintaining a good figure and removes impurities, toxins and excess fat in the body. The latter can quickly replenish energy and physical strength, and restore a certain amount of magic power." "
The other box contains six boxes of T4-level 'Compressed Nutrition Biscuits' and six boxes of T4-level 'Green Plum Snowflake Cakes'. The former can quickly replenish nutrition and physical strength, and the latter can relieve neurasthenia and has a good effect on drivers."
"Thank you." Tilan was about to take it, but Maggie took a half step back.
"I'll take it to the dormitory for you. It's not convenient for you to take it alone." Maggie moved her shoulders, showing her broad arms and muscles. Compared with Tilan's slender figure, it was indeed much easier.
"This, then thank you Maggie." Tilan didn't want to refuse the other party's kindness, so she nodded and agreed.
After that, the two walked on the way back to the dormitory, talking about recent things.
"Ordinary supplies are once a week, all of which are T4-grade food and drinks. At the end of each month, there are special supplies. The quantity is small, but it is T3-grade."
"Generally speaking, only lieutenant officers have T3-grade supplies, but as elite mecha pilots, we are treated the same as lieutenants. If we are promoted in the future, we can also get the treatment of school-level officers."
"Few people eat the 'compressed nutritional biscuits' in the supplies. Many people will keep them and take them home to share with their families or sell them. Other drinks and foods are different in categories depending on the position and camp. Sometimes people will take them to the hall to exchange and choose their favorite flavors."
"I see." Listening to Maggie talking about life in the barracks, Tilan nodded and felt interesting.
"No one has disturbed Hecate recently?" Maggie asked casually after she said that.
"No, everyone seems to be much quieter these two days." The girl recalled the recent training.
"This... it should be that everyone recognizes your strength." Maggie wanted to say that everyone was stunned by you, but she changed her mouth and said it more tactfully.
"That's how it is in the military camp. As long as you show enough strength, you can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles, and the superiors will also value and protect you."
"I understand." Tilan blinked, indicating that she remembered it.
"Haha, Hecate, good job, next time I will teach you some powerful skills. Let me tell you, when I was in college, my teacher was once an ace pilot of the Federation..."
Maggie and Tilan walked while talking about their college life until their figures slowly disappeared at the corner of the corridor.
The sight shifted to the projection screen in the dormitory hall, and a short message below slowly passed by.
[The Fifth Main Fleet will arrive at the Federation's Western Shark Star Region at 21:46 today...]
(End of this chapter)
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