After the assessment, Xiao Tianhan did not return to the Federal University immediately. Instead, he asked the students to rest at the base for a day and leave early the next morning.
Resting in the base naturally requires spending points, including accommodation, meals, and souvenirs. After a while, everyone noticed that the points list had changed again. Several teams with similar rankings had swapped ranks just because they spent more points during the rest period. This immediately caused a round of complaints in the class group, saying that the base was too shady.
Twelve o'clock at night.
Xu Peng came to the door of the maintenance room and was surprised to see that the lights were still on. He pushed the door open and saw a thin figure stepping on the elevator to replace parts for the mecha.
"Yan Hao?" Xu Peng felt that the figure looked a bit like Yan Hao, so he tried to call out.
Yan Hao was replacing parts of the leg joints for Manniu when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He was startled and almost dropped the wrench in his hand.
"Xu...Senior Xupeng?"
"Did you get scared? Sorry." Xu Peng said with a smile.
"No, it's okay." Yan Hao scratched his head a little embarrassedly. He was obviously timid, so why did he let others apologize to him?
"Aren't we leaving for the capital star tomorrow? Why are you still here so late?" Xu Peng asked, looking up.
"Senior Cheng's mecha has several broken parts. I'm replacing them with new ones." Yan Hao said.
"I heard you spent a lot of points on parts these days."
"Well, I didn't learn much about maintenance, and I was afraid that it would break down, so I bought new parts." Yan Hao said, turning around and continuing to tighten the last two screws of the parts with a wrench. After making sure there were no problems, he operated the elevator back to the ground.
"Why don't you go back to school to change it? The parts in the base are more expensive than those outside." Xupeng asked.
"I want to fix it before I go back. Both the Barbarian Bull and the Dark Soul were intact before I came here, so they can't be broken when I go back." Yan Hao said with a smile.
"You're right. As a mecha maker, you must always keep the mecha you are responsible for in the best condition." Xu Peng nodded with satisfaction. "Then you can continue. Rest early when you are done."
"yes."
Xu Peng didn't say anything else. He nodded and left the maintenance room. Yan Hao pushed the ladder to the other side of the Manniu and began to replace the worn parts on the other leg. He was busy until after one o'clock, and then Yan Hao went to the dormitory to rest.
The next day, at half past eight in the morning.
After breakfast, the students gathered in the square again. After a night of rest, they were in much better spirits and were now lining up in high spirits.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get on the spaceship." After counting the number of people, Xiao Tianhan signaled the students to start boarding the spaceship.
"yes."
Returning to the city was much easier than coming here, and Xiao Tianhan did not tell the students any more precautions in the spaceship, but just let them arrange their own time to return to the city. The students also consciously followed the room arrangement when they came and went back to their own rooms to rest.
It takes three days to get from the deserted planet back to the capital planet. It is impossible to stay in the room for three days. Yan Hao rented a maintenance room on the spaceship and went in when he had nothing to do. Sheng Heng would deliver three meals a day on time.
"It's time to eat." The next night, Sheng Heng brought dinner into the maintenance room and reminded Yan Hao to eat.
"Oh, wait a minute." Yan Hao smiled at Sheng Heng, and continued to disassemble the parts in his hand until they were all taken apart. Then he clapped his hands, stood up and walked towards Sheng Heng.
Sheng Heng had already prepared the food, and when he saw Yan Hao coming over, he handed him a pair of chopsticks very naturally, and the two of them sat down together to eat dinner.
"Senior, what is this?" Yan Hao asked curiously when he saw a large box on the table.
"Gift." Sheng Heng said with a smile.
"Gift? For whom?" Yan Hao asked.
Sheng Heng said nothing, looking at Yan Hao with a pair of eyes that were both helpless and amused.
"For... for me?" Yan Hao reacted belatedly.
Sheng Heng simply put down his chopsticks, moved the box next to him over, opened it, and revealed a piece of something inside that was shining coldly. It looked like metal, but it also looked very strange.
"What is this?" Yan Hao didn't recognize it.
"You really forgot." Sheng Heng sighed.
Forgot? Did Senior Sheng Heng mention it to me before?
"A week ago, I asked you..."
"Zerg front claw?!" Hearing the prompt, Yan Hao immediately remembered, "Is this a Zerg front claw?!"
"Yes." Sheng Heng explained, "I should have given it to you two days ago, but the Zerg's body fluids are corrosive to the human body. I spent two days cleaning them and only brought them to you now."
Yan Hao put down his half-eaten dinner, leaned over to the box and said curiously, "This is the front claw of the Zerg. This is the first time I've seen it."
In his previous life, Yan Hao spent almost all his time in the laboratory and had never been to the battlefield. All his knowledge of the Zerg came from news reports. Later, he went to the military's sanatorium, which was used as a residence for wounded soldiers. The military would not allow the Zerg to invade there, so this was the first time Yan Hao had come into contact with the Zerg in his previous and next lives, although it was only a front paw.
"But it looks like it's not as big as I imagined." The front claw is only as long as Yan Hao's forearm, and it doesn't look like a weapon that can tear apart a mecha.
"When the Zerg's front claws are stretched to their maximum length, they can reach three meters, but the only sharp part is the small section at the front of the claw," Sheng Heng explained.
Yan Hao nodded in understanding, then raised his hand to knock on the Zerg's front paws on the box.
"Don't move! What are you doing?!" Sheng Heng was startled and grabbed Yan Hao's hand which was about to hit him. His voice became louder due to his excitement.
"I want to test the hardness of this thing." Yan Hao explained.
"I just told you that this thing is the sharpest. Why are you still hitting it with your bare hands?" Sheng Heng was speechless.
"I'm sorry." Yan Hao lowered his head guiltily.
"If you want to knock it, use tools." Sheng Heng stood up, took a metal wrench from the side and handed it to Yan Hao.
Yan Hao took the wrench and became lively again. He started to knock on the Zerg front claws in the box with the wrench. Listening to the crisp metal collision sound, Yan Hao sighed: "If you hadn't told me that this thing is a Zerg front claw, I would have thought it was some kind of metal."
"It is harder than many metals, and as the Zerg evolves, the sharpness of its front claws will also evolve." Sheng Heng said with some regret, "I wanted to cut off the front claws of that level 6 mutant Zerg and give them to you, but I was unconscious at that time."
"This is already very good." Yan Hao asked Sheng Heng to bring back a Zerg front claw, but it was just a casual mention. Seven days later, he had forgotten about it. He didn't expect that Sheng Heng would really bring it back to him just because of his casual words. Even in the dangerous situation of hunting level 6 mutant insects, he still remembered this matter. This feeling of being valued is far greater than the gift itself.
"Thank you, Senior."
"You're welcome." Sheng Heng saw that Yan Hao liked it, and his mood also became happy.
Yan Hao was like a child who got a new toy. He kept hitting the front paws of the Zerg with a wrench. For a while, the maintenance room was filled with the sound of "clang clang clang". After knocking for a long time, Yan Hao seemed unsatisfied. He suddenly stood up holding the box and ran away.
Sheng Heng was stunned, then stood up and followed.
Yan Hao ran to a place where the metal shell of the mecha was placed, then wrapped the upper end of the Zerg's front claws with the velvet in the box, and hurriedly used the Zerg's front claws as a long knife to chopped down the metal shell of the mecha.
The front paws collided with the metal shell, making a crisp metallic collision sound. Because Yan Hao used too much force, he was knocked back by the recoil force. Seeing this, Sheng Heng hurriedly took two steps forward and supported him.
"careful."
"I'm fine. Come and see if the metal shell has been cut open." Yan Hao went to see the metal shell he had just cut with great interest.
Yan Hao leaned over and touched it. After checking for a long time, he didn't find any cracks on the metal shell. He was immediately disappointed: "Why is there no trace at all? Didn't they say that the shell of the mecha can be torn apart?"
Sheng Heng walked over with amusement and stretched out his hand to Yan Hao: "Give me your front paw."
Although Yan Hao didn't know what Sheng Heng was going to do, he subconsciously gave his front paw to Sheng Heng.
"Back off." Sheng Heng signaled Yan Hao to move away.
Yan Hao had already guessed what Sheng Heng was going to do, so he stood up excitedly and hid to the side. As soon as he dodged, Sheng Heng held the front claws of the Zerg and slashed hard at the upright metal shell.
With a "swish", Yan Hao only felt a flash of black light in front of his eyes, and the metal shell that he could not cut even a trace on just now was split into two right in front of his eyes.
"This... is cut open?" Yan Hao looked at the metal shell that was split in two, then looked at Sheng Heng, his eyes full of admiration, "Senior, you are amazing."
"Nothing, I'm just stronger than you." Sheng Heng said modestly. The physique of mecha warriors is much better than that of ordinary people, but not everyone can cut through metal shells with bare hands. Because of his hand injury, Sheng Heng has spent much more time on physical fitness than on cultivating his mental strength since he was a child, so his physique is also considered strong among mecha warriors.
"Senior, the Zerg's front claws are so sharp, why doesn't the Federation collect the Zerg's front claws and use them as weapons?" The reason why the Zerg has been able to confront the Federation for so many years is because the Zerg's shell is extremely hard. If there is a weapon that can easily break the Zerg's shell, then the Federation will have an easier time fighting against the Zerg.
"Although the Zerg's front claws are hard, they are not made of real metal after all. After the Zerg dies, these front claws will begin to degenerate. Within a week at most, the hardness will decrease, and they will break if the slightest force is applied," Sheng Heng explained.
"I see."
At this moment, the spaceship suddenly vibrated violently. Sheng Heng realized something was wrong and immediately grabbed Yan Hao's hand and dragged Yan Hao against the wall. Then he supported the wall with both hands and used his body to protect Yan Hao.
With a "bang", a piece of mecha parts hit the two people not far away. Because of the strong impact, the mecha parts were directly scattered, and the screws and springs flew all over the ground. One of the screws flew past Sheng Heng's forehead, and Yan Hao broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this scene.
"Senior." Yan Hao exclaimed.
"Don't move!" Sheng Heng growled.
"Beep, beep~~~" A shrill alarm suddenly sounded, and Xiao Tianhan's anxious voice came from the radio.
"The spaceship is under attack by interstellar pirates. All mecha warriors, assemble on the deck and prepare to fight."
Space Pirates?!
At this time, the vibration amplitude of the spacecraft was much smaller. Sheng Heng made a prompt decision and pulled Yan Hao out of the maintenance room. He found a room nearby and pushed Yan Hao in: "You hide here, I'll go outside to take a look."
"Senior, be careful." Yan Hao didn't say much, just reminded him to be careful.
Sheng Heng nodded, left the room and ran towards the deck.
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