"Ding~Ding~Ding~"

"The Eye in the Sky virtual campaign is about to begin, and the 10-minute countdown begins!"

A prompt sounded in the virtual training pod, and at the same time, a huge countdown to the start of the battle appeared on the surround screen of the training ground.

The battlefield channel has been opened, and it is divided into three channels in total, one is a public channel, one is a squad channel, and one is a temporary grouping channel.

The public channel is already very lively.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Li Shuang, I am 19 years old, and I have outstanding training results. When the battle begins, you'll see how I perform! ”

"Go, go, a standout evaluation dares to come out and show off. My name is Ren Yufei, I am 23 this year, and I have excellent results in basic training, and the first credit for this virtual battle should be mine. ”

"Shameless!"

"It's all quiet, it's all quiet, your Uncle Liu hasn't spoken yet, what are you shouting?"

“.......”

From the speeches of the people, there was not the slightest hint of tension that the battle was about to begin.

Zhang Yuanquan was in his ears with these words, and he was watching the situation of this battle.

The Eye in the Sky virtual campaign is based on a border conflict between the Crimson Empire and Sky City 30 years ago, and all battlefield information is real, which has a very high combat training value.

The backdrop of this battle is that at the junction of Sky City and the Crimson Empire, there is a large super-nebula called the 'Infinity Wall'.

This large nebula is 2,000 light-years long, 800 light-years wide, and 30 light-years thick, and inside the Infinity Wall, there is a very violent energy reaction, so strong that it even affects the fluctuation of the quantum field, which directly isolates the possibility of quantum jumps.

Therefore, the Infinity Wall has become a natural border between the two interstellar empires.

Since ancient times, trade between the two countries has required a detour of more than 300 light-years from the Aum Empire. For more than 1,000 years, the two countries were largely at peace, until 41 years ago, when things changed.

In Sky City, there is an adventurer named Dan Li who finds a safe passage on the Infinity Wall, through which the fleet of Sky City can quietly enter the hinterland of the Crimson Empire.

After receiving this news, the upper echelons of Sky City immediately blocked the news, and they named this passage 'Sky Eye', and they quietly built a fortress fortress in Sky Eye, and built various detectors to observe the news of spying on the Crimson Empire.

In the next 10 years, Sky City gained a huge information advantage with the help of the 'Sky Eye', and gained the upper hand in the interstellar political and economic game.

After suffering several losses, the Crimson Empire finally realized the existence of the Sky Eye.

One year later, the battle for control of the Eye in the Sky broke out. The two major interstellar empires surrounded this narrow interstellar passage, and 3 major battles and countless skirmishes broke out, and the war lasted for 1 year, and finally ended with the Crimson Empire successfully seizing control of the Sky Eye.

The virtual combat training that Zhang Yuan participated in this time was one of the countless skirmishes between the two sides, called the 'Loren Star Encounter', which was a bloody battle that took place after the patrol warships of the two sides accidentally spotted each other around a wandering planet in the eye of the sky.

Just looking at it seriously, Zhang Yuan suddenly heard a 'beep' prompt from the communicator, he glanced up and found that there was a message in the temporary grouping channel.

When he opened the group channel, he saw that there were two more people inside, one was called Liancheng and the other was Bai Su, both of whom had unfamiliar names.

As soon as Zhang Yuan entered the channel, a male voice sounded: "Let me tell me about the situation, I, Bai Su, and you Zhang Yuan are all candidates for disciples who are favored by the Thunder Emperor." From now on, the three of us will be in direct competition, and whoever performs the best in training will be the true disciple of the Thunder Emperor. ”

Thunder Emperor is the name of Zhang Zhenze of the First Fleet of Heyue Province, this guy is very proud, but he has the capital to be proud.

In the Crimson Empire, there are 9 masters whose combat power is second only to the God of War Wang Qianyuan, and the combat level of these 9 people is equal, all of them are at the top of the apocalypse, they are distributed in major provinces, known as the Nine Emperors. Zhang Zhenze, known as the Thunder Emperor, is one of the Nine Emperors.

The huge Crimson Empire, with a population of tens of billions, Zhang Zhenze is one of the ten strongest people, and he doesn't want it.

A delicate girl's voice sounded: "I am Bai Su, 16 years old, from the Bai family." What I want to say is, I won this competition. ”

"Sister Bai, don't talk to death. But then again, Zhang Yuan, I think you can just give up the competition now, you are 20 years old this year, too old, and your plasticity is low. You had no foundation before, and your physical fitness was also very average, and the two of us, I am the lower elite stage, and Bai Su is the middle stage of the elite....... There's no way you're going to win. ”

"......" Zhang Yuan was speechless for a while, these people are really arrogant when they speak, and in a few words, it makes people feel that he is begging to become a disciple of the Thunder Emperor, but God knows, it was Zhang Zhenze who found him by himself.

"I'm free, you two fight." Zhang Yuan said a word, and simply exited the temporary grouping channel.

Originally, to become a disciple of the Thunder Emperor Zhang Zhenze, Zhang Yuan must be on the rise in Heyue Province, and he will soon become the core layer of the province, but while getting these benefits, he will also have to pay the price, he will be branded as the Thunder Emperor, and there will be an extra layer of eye-catching aura on his body, and everything he will do in the future will be restrained, will be concerned, and may even be jealous of the governor Ye Liuyan, which is not conducive to his plan.

Moreover, the level of the Thunder Emperor is quite high, but to be his mentor, it is not qualified, and it is almost the same in exchange.

In the group channel, Liancheng and Bai Su were stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds, Liancheng laughed: "Tsk, the hillbilly is still arrogant." ”

Bai Su grinned: "Where is arrogance?" People are self-aware. ”

"Haha, Sister Bai, then we are left, whether you can win or not depends on your ability."

"When the time comes, don't cry if you lose."

On the other side, after Zhang Yuan quit the channel, the countdown to the start of the battle had come to an end.

“10，9，8。。。。。。 3，2，1。。。。。。 ”

"The battle is about to begin! Be prepared! ”

The image on the surrounding screen suddenly changed and became gray, with a nebula background on the front and back, left and right, and not far ahead, a white dwarf star emitting a white shimmer, which was the only light source in the area, and from here, it was only the size of a grain of millet.

Not far ahead, is the wandering planet Loren, a solid planet with a radius of about 4,000 kilometers, surrounded by a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, one side of which reflects the light of a white dwarf, showing a faint gray, and the other side is completely plunged into darkness.

On the opposite side of Luo Lunxing, Zhang Yuan saw a strange battleship with blue and white colors composed of two rotating rings, which was the most classic double-ring battleship in Sky City, known for its high maneuverability.

Obviously, neither side expected to encounter the enemy here, and the unexpected encounter made both sides stunned for a moment.

Immediately after, the double-ring battleship plunged headlong into the thick atmosphere of Loren Star, covering itself with the help of the atmosphere, and about 3 seconds later, a high-speed guided missile rushed out of the clouds, and the missile accelerated rapidly, heading straight for the warhawk that Zhang Yuan was riding.

"Didi~ encounters a nuclear missile attack and begins to evade automatically!"

The warhawk battleship quickly tilted its hull, and at the same time released a large number of force fields of the warhawk virtual light and shadow, about 5 seconds later, the warhawk also slipped into the atmosphere of the Loren star, behind the warhawk, the missile exploded, and the dazzling light instantly illuminated the gray sky.

"Whew~Whew~"

A violent wind sounded, and in the large atmosphere, the warhawk flew at 5 times the speed of sound at high speed, looking for the hide-and-seek double-ring battleship.

In this process, there are constantly various attacks from the clouds, in order to avoid the attack, the war eagle under the control of the main control brain, make a variety of high overload maneuver dodge actions, reflected on the virtual screen, that is, the screen is rolling at high speed.

In the public channel, the recruits have long lost their initial calmness, and at this time they are already full of sorrow.

"Damn, I'm a little out of breath."

"I'm sick and want to throw up!"

"I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack! Ah, I'm going to die! I'm going to die! ”

The high-intensity chase lasted for a full three minutes, and after three minutes, a small red dot appeared on the battle map around the screen, and the Warhawk successfully locked on the signal of the double-ring battleship.

As you can clearly see from the map, the green and red dots representing the warhawk are rapidly approaching, and soon, the distance between the two sides is only 50 kilometers, and the two sides begin to drop small warships.

After these small warships entered the battle, they were like swarms, rushing towards the opponent at high speed, and after about 5 seconds, the two sides entered the firing range, and a large amount of fire broke out in the sky in an instant, with the light of energy cannons and the brilliance of the battleship being destroyed and exploding.

After another 5 seconds, the two main battleships began to make contact and entered the main battlefield, the main guns of the two battleships fired at each other, and the kinetic energy shells, energy cannons, and guided missiles instantly filled the space, and it was completely a big brawl.

The high-intensity battle lasted for a full 2 minutes, and both the warhawk and the double-ring battleship were greatly damaged, the warhawk's mobility and agility were not as good as the double-ring battleship, and the injuries were much heavier, but the maneuverability of the double-ring was also greatly damaged in the warhawk's attack, and if it did not retreat, it could be destroyed by the warhawk, which was known for its fierce firepower, at any time.

To this extent, both sides had to temporarily abandon the battle, land on the ground and begin to repair the battleship.

At this time, no one spoke in the public channel, some were vomiting frantically, some were dizzy and talking nonsense of unknown meaning, some fainted directly, and the rest of the recruits who could still bear it were also silent.

Although it is a virtual battle, it is enough to make the recruits feel the cruelty of war.

Two minutes later, the Warhawk successfully landed, and the ship's engineers immediately got busy to urgently repair the ship. Medics were busy treating the wounded.

In the sky, the surviving small warships were still dogfighting frantically. In terms of small warships, the Crimson Empire has a slight advantage, but from time to time, there are still small warships in the sky that are not fatal, breaking through and frantically attacking the warhawks on the ground, trying to delay the progress of the warhawks' repairs.

It was against this background that the battle of the MechWarriors really began.

The tactical brain battle prompt sounded in Zhang Yuan's ears urgently: "The weapon system is unlocked!" First Objective: Protect the Eagle and repel the incoming enemy! ”

"Click~Clan~Ding~" In a metallic sound, Zhang Yuan felt a vibration in the cabin, and the virtual warehouse surround screen showed that he had already piloted a standard battle mecha in the middle of the ordinary middle into the battlefield.

Behind him, there were warhawk warships with thousands of holes and black smoke everywhere. Around him, from time to time, fires erupted, and beams of energy frequently passed through the air. In the sky, small warships were flying, energy beams flickered frequently, and from time to time battleships fell. There were frequent explosions in my ears, and all kinds of danger warnings sounded frequently, densely making people breathless.

The Crimson Empire is worthy of being an industrial power, with a high level of technology, although it is a virtual battle, the realism is outrageously high, and Zhang Yuan is a little difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake without using the eye of insight.

In his heart, there was a sense of battle tension in the flames of war and the line of life and death.

"This virtual technology is amazing."

'Dididi~ Enemy target appears, prepare! 'Tactical Brain gives a hint.

Zhang Yuan looked at the battlefield map, more than 20 kilometers ahead, there were 523 mecha warriors in the sky city rushing over, and in terms of speed, the highest level was only the elite mid-section.

In a battle of this intensity, even if he only piloted an ordinary mid-level mecha, he still couldn't arouse the slightest interest, and he could finish the fight with his eyes closed.

After thinking about it, he picked up the SMG that comes standard with a standard battle mech.

"The performance of the mecha is not good, it takes too much energy to rush up and fight, and the performance is against the sky and it is easy to expose my physical strength, so I still shoot in the rear."