Chapter 79

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Chapter 79- ABO Interstellar (9)

“All students in the mecha engineering department get in your respective positions. Ready, set, go! Please start assembling!”

At the moment the announcement was broadcasted, Gu Anran’s mental power flowed out of her body and immediately spread around all of the parts in front of her. There mecha’s worth of parts floated easily into the air.

Less than ten people were able to achieve the same speed as Gu Anran. Most of them were only able to start with a few of the smaller parts at a time. Therefore, Gu Anran’s behavior was especially eye-catching and made many onlookers exclaim at her prowess.

However, Gu Anran’s mind was completely cut off from the outside world as she concentrated on the task at hand. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with her spiritual energy, she started assembling.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk……Once one set was finished, she immediately moved onto the other. There was no pause in her movements and she wasn’t panting either, as if using her mental power was not exhausting to her at all.

In less than 15 minutes, three mechas stood neatly in front of Gu Anran, and Gu Anran let out a breath of relief.

Hahaha….she has outdone herself this time…..

She looked around and saw that Hong Qingyi was still assembling her third mecha while Duan Hongwu seemed to be one step away from finishing…and there! He has finished his three sets!

Meanwhile, most of the others were on their second mecha or letting out a sigh of relief at finishing their first set. Some of them were a little too excessive, perhaps a little too nervous or something, and actually messed up the first one, causing the mecha to be trashed. Gu Anran could only shake her head as she looked at their nervous and sweaty faces. Mental power is greatly affected by emotional fluctuations, so the more nervous they are the more mistakes they will make.

Gu Anran ignored the stunned gazes from the engineering students and the excited gazes of the piloting students. There was only one person in her eyes and that person was smiling at her, giving her a thumbs up. Gu Anran pressed down on the smile that was spreading at the corners of her mouth. She pursed her lips and waited for the final results.

Ding-dang, dang…..the sound of a bell ringing sounded out.

“Alright, may the students of the mecha engineering department please stop what you’re doing.” A voice announced over the broadcast.

All the students stopped what they were doing, whether or not they had finished their assignment, and looked at one another nervously.

“There are many outstanding seedlings in this year’s class.” The headmaster suddenly said.

Wuahhhhhhh! You’re still here! Gu Anran jumped.

Her intense concentration made her forget that the headmaster was still watching them from the screen above. In fact, the headmaster was watching the entire time!

“I believe that the students of the mecha piloting department all have a candidate in their mind.” The headmaster glanced at the excited piloting students. Wait, was it just her or did the headmaster also glance at her?

“Now then, may the students from the mecha engineering department stand to the side and let the students of the mecha piloting department come forward.”

Eh? Were they not announcing the results? Gu Anran raised her eyebrows and followed the flow of people to the sides of the track field. Soon, a few employees came forward to remove the mechas that had just been assembled and the parts that were not assembled.

The students of the mecha piloting department all lined up in neat and orderly lines. They were all exactly a certain length away from each other as if they had practiced this beforehand.

“Take out the mechas!” The broadcast sounded again.

When the students enter the mecha piloting department, they are each given a first-level mecha and are responsible for their own maintenance. The mechas are usually stored in a special bracelet, and according to Gu Anran, it’s akin to a storage ring! When you click on a certain button on the bracelet, a mecha pops out in front of you! Not only can it store mechas, but it can store other things as well! It really was the best tool for escaping or running away at the drop of the hat!

However, as a princess, Gu Anran could only sigh. Even with a storage bracelet, how could she run away? What if she runs into the hands of a kidnapper? And as a delicate omega, she can’t even run away if she wanted to, ok?

Moreover, if an omega runs into an organized crime group, their fate is basically sealed and the higher their mental power, the more miserable it is. Usually, the omega becomes a birthing machine and used only for giving birth to children. There was one incident Gu Anran came across when reading the news about an organization that was arrested for kidnapping omegas. The omegas in the photos were all yellowed and thin, and their minds seemed to be broken, a few even went crazy. This was something Gu Anran can’t imagine, let alone want to experience. It was way too scary!

Ahhh, let’s not speak of such sad news for now.

At this moment, a crowd of mechas was neatly arranged on the field. The sight of a thousand mechas glistening in the sun was rather spectacular. The mecha engineering department only has 600 people, so why were there nearly 1000 people on the field right now? Of course, it’s because there were so many leftover seniors mixed in!

“Please enter your mecha.”

The doors of the mechas opened and the students jumped into their mecha.

Gu Anran looked at Mu Qingli’s dark red mecha. Although the mecha was only the first-level, the aura it exuded seemed different under the sunlight. It was so cool and awesome that it made one’s eyes light up.

“The headmaster will speak now.”

The mechas immediately saluted the headmaster above after hearing these words. The headmaster then spoke quickly and very orderly without pause.

“Piloting students, you are all the future pillars of the imperial army. Your growth will bring peace to the empire, and your growth will ensure the safety of the people. Now, show us how much you have learned and how much control you have over you mecha!” The headmaster’s monotone voice finally held a trace of emotion as her eyes showed the pride of being a soldier and the honor of serving her country, “Now defeat the enemies in front of you.” As she said that, the headmaster pressed a button on the table.

In front of the mecha, a hole appeared and a robot slowly appeared. That’s right, a robot! Although it was a little shorter than a mecha, it was almost indistinguishable from a real mecha.

Gu Anran knows that these robots are often used for mecha combat practice. They are easily produced and rather cost-effective. So some people asked, why not let these robots fight?

It’s because robots still use batteries and electricity. If the circuit is cut, the robot becomes nothing but a pile of scrap metal. It is not as flexible as a mecha pilot who can still fight even if most of their mecha is destroyed. If they wanted to improve the robot’s prowess, then it required greater power consumption.

They have tried using robots to fight before. At first, it was fine, but then the Zergs grew exponentially. With experience, the Zergs were able to easily destroy the system programmed robots. With their power cut, the robots simply become metal scraps and the empire spent a lot of money to recall the production of the robots. It was a rather heavy loss.

Thus, the robots could only be used as practice dummies for the mecha piloting department. Of course, only for beginning students. Once the students gain some experience, they’ll need to fight other students to improve. That way they can get some actual combat prowess.

In order to prevent the students from interfering with one another, the floor slowly began to move. The ground was lifted up into the air and separated the students in enclosures of about five meters. The field now looked like a beehive with the enclosures shaped like honeycombs. Each area was separated by at least one-meter width with a hole opening up in between and it was a rather strange sight.

“If you fall into the holes, it is an automatic disqualification. Please pay attention to your environment. The battle begins…now!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The mechas took out various weapons as they began to attack the robots while the robots all uniformly took out their guns. When they shot, there were no bullets, but something similar to a laser. The temperature of the lasers must be very high as some mechas that couldn’t dodge the lasers were shot straight through, leaving behind a hole. There was even white smoke blowing from the hole left behind.

Qingli’s choice of weapons was two laser swords about 2 and a half meters long. Despite the size of the huge swords, the mecha moved very quickly and flexibly. The swords were also easily lifted and danced in the air.

The mecha used the long swords as a shield to reflect the robot’s lasers right back at it. Immediately, several holes appeared on the robot’s body.

The robot seems to have realized that a frontal attack would be useless. Instead, it dodged Mu Qingli’s swords and moved behind her. It raised its hand to shoot another shot, but how can it land an attack on the powerful mecha?

Mu Qingli seemed to grow eyes on her back as she barely avoided the laser shots and then made a backhand crosscut. The robot’s head was cleanly cut off and immediately flew into the sky.

Bang! The robot’s head fell onto the ground.

Wuahhhhhh!!! Gu Anran exclaimed and cheered in her heart. Her wife was just too awesome!

Mu Qingli was one of the first to have finished off her robot and Chi Mengyan, who was right next to her, was able to finish about three seconds later.

Chi Mengyan used different weapons from Mu Qingli. A laser gun similar to the robot’s, and a long sword reminiscent of a samurai sword.

Her way of fighting made Gu Anran rather speechless. Just look at how she shoots! It was almost like Chi Mengyan could see into the future and predict what the robot was going to do. When the robot shot at her, Chi Mengyan shot a second later. Then the two lasers would collide and explode in the air. Then, who knows what the samurai sword was made of as it was able to directly cut the laser shots in the half and even directly cut the robot’s head off.

“She won! She won! My Mengyan is so awesome!” Hong Qingyi grabbed Gu Anran’s arms, shaking her as she whispered excitedly.

Gu Anran steadied her shaking body and couldn’t help rolling her eyes a few times at Hong Qingyi behaving like a lovestruck idiot.

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