The vast universe was grand and mysterious, and in the dark starry sky, a silver spaceship tens of meters long swept through it rapidly and disappeared in an instant.

Not far away, six spaceships were sailing at a constant speed in a shuttle formation, and the lights on the ships flashed like stars. The hull has an emblem consisting of three silver stars and the Milky Way. The three silver stars symbolize the three largest forces of the Galactic Alliance. This is a small formation to which the military of the Galactic Alliance belongs. Routine patrol missions are underway.

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Marfa Planet, with a 97% similarity to the Earth, is the 84th immigrant satellite developed since the Earth entered the era of interstellar migration three hundred years ago, and the star field record number is YH-84. 60% of the planet's surface is covered by green vegetation. The seasons alternate obviously, but the winter is short and the summer is long, the climate and environment are very comfortable, suitable for living and raising people, and are deeply loved by the wise scholars and experts of all races in the galaxy and universe. They have taken root on this planet to do research and do knowledge. Therefore, since its development, a large number of colleges and universities of various types have emerged one after another, and it is one of the educational centers of the Galactic Alliance. Among them, mecha teaching colleges are the most significant, with more than 100 schools. The vast majority of the Alliance's mechfighters come from the planet Marfa.

And more than half of these mecha warriors are from the First Mecha Academy. In fact, this mecha academy is not called the "First Mecha Academy", as for the real name of the school, many people don't remember or selectively forget. Because since a hundred years ago, outsiders have called this place the first in the world. The academy simply placed four huge stones at the entrance of the academy. The silver hook iron painting outlines the four blood-red characters of "heaven, bottom, first, and one". It's like smeared blood. It looks a little crazy, but I have to admit that these four words are very powerful and domineering.

The college is located far from the city and is built in a mountain col, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters. Surrounded by peaks, the mountains and mountains are stacked on top of each other, looking at it from a distance, it is lush and green, the environment is beautiful, elegant and pleasant.

At 10 p.m., it was still raining heavily after almost the whole day. Sudden raindrops crackled on the glass, and water splashed. Looking at the rain, it still seems to show no signs of stopping.

In the northernmost classroom on the top floor of a white six-story teaching building in the northeast corner, the lights are on, the walls are snow-white, and the interior is bright, but the atmosphere is serious and dreary. Five young men and women of sixteen or seventeen years old sat in chairs, some at tables, and sat around casually. They wore the blue and white uniforms of the lower grades of the Mecha Academy. The youthful faces of boys and girls have the youthfulness and immaturity and fluttering that are unique to this age. These five people should be very good, which can be judged from the temperament and appearance of each person. Because excellent people have their own aura, invisible, powerful and oppressive, mediocre people can't learn anything.

Excellent people are naturally proud, and the arrogance that comes from the bones makes them look down on mediocrity, and the knowledge they think they have learned is armed with strong minds and makes them doubt everything. Super self-confidence, let them despise everything. But at this time, they were all frowning when they should have been flying proudly. The knot between the eyebrows that could not be opened, and no one spoke, made the atmosphere extremely dull. The reason is that they have a problem, a very big problem that is almost impossible to solve. Whether this problem is solved or not, to put it farther, will be related to their lives. Speaking of which, it is a matter of personal and group honor.

Tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. will be the qualifiers for the elite group of the Mecha Fighting Tournament. The elite group of the Mecha Academy is a special group. It's also a special class. The curriculum of this class, as well as the daily training and even the teaching location, are specially designed. Teaching staff and logistical support, as well as the allocation of various resources, are all of a first-class order. Only by being selected into the elite group can you become a real elite, not only within the Mecha Academy, but also in the society, and you are also the pride of the sky that has attracted the attention of all parties.

Elite panel selections are held every four years. Every time the selection competition begins, it attracts attention from all walks of life. At that time, not only celebrities, military and political dignitaries from all walks of life will come to the scene to watch the battle, but even the Alliance House and the Presidential Palace in the Imperial Capital Star will send important figures to watch the battle. The momentum is very significant. The major news outlets of the pan-league will also broadcast the latest news on a rolling basis during the tryouts. And the planet Marfa, which is the location of the Mecha Academy, will attract the attention of the entire alliance for a while. Overcrowded, unbelievably hot. It was also a rare occasion for the inhabitants of the planet Marfa. It's like a big festival.

The scope of participation in the competition is extended to the whole school, not only for a specific school year, nor for a specific individual. According to the old principal Miles Green, everyone has a chance, as long as you have enough confidence and strength, you can participate in the elite group competition.

That being said, in fact, if you want to really participate, it is better to have a good relationship. Because the competition is divided into individual and team competitions. The team competition was held first. After the eight strong teams are decided, the individual competition will be held. However, the qualification for the individual competition must be selected from the eight strong teams that have already been selected. In other words, it is necessary to join or form a strong team to be able or qualified for individual competitions.

Controlling mechs is a hot and extremely cutting-edge technical activity. Whether you join the military or work in the enterprise in the future, excellent mecha pilots in the Galactic Alliance are among the high-paying professions that are envied and admired by the public. Especially in the military. If a mechwarrior with great achievements does not die on the battlefield, then he will definitely become a general in the future. Fame is no problem.

For this elite group selection competition, all members of the Purple Phoenix team mobilized the family forces behind them and prepared non-stop for three months. Fortunately, everything was in order, and when I was just relieved, just this morning, I suddenly received urgent news that the five latest models of the sixth-generation "Raptor-D" mecha stored in the warehouse of the Crescent Wharf found that the shock absorbing rings on the important joints of the legs, knees and ankles of the mecha were missing when the maintenance personnel were doing regular maintenance. It was not destroyed, but simply unloaded and stolen. After a strict internal investigation, it was confirmed that it was done by outsiders. The person who can do this kind of thing quietly is obviously an expert who is proficient in mecha construction.

If the main drive system is rewritten or infected by a virus, it can be restored urgently, but if the shock absorbing ring at the joint is missing, the entire mecha is basically incapacitated. It has become a live target that can't move, and it can't bear a mecha that directly collides and weighs more than ten tons, and its weight is basically on the legs. There is no substitute for the role of shock absorbing rings.

And this time, in order to win the best results in the selection competition, the five Raptor mecha specially prepared by the Purple Phoenix team are not only the latest models purchased from the military through special channels, but also modified machines that cost a lot of money. Especially the shock-absorbing rings in the joints. Its material is a rare mineral extracted from blue gold, the hardness of this metal is currently dozens of times that of the world's hardest alloy HR, it stands to reason that the hard super strong metal is hard because of its hard texture, hard but not bent, lack of flexibility, but blue gold is different, rich in hardness while being specially refined, and will give rise to another characteristic, that is, fire resistance, corrosion resistance and super flexibility, contradictory characteristics exist in one. In addition to the legendary recoverable metal --- Memory Adamantite, it belongs next. It is one of the indispensable materials for mecha manufacturing in terms of protection and shock absorption. The channels for sales and storage have always been controlled by the military and the Alliance's scientific research institutes, and the control is extremely strict, and there are very few on the black market, which is a scarce material that money cannot buy.

The blue gold shock absorber ring is missing, and although it can be replaced with the same accessories, the entire mech needs to be redeployed, including the main control system. In this way, performance and other aspects will drop by 30%, this data can almost become the decisive factor in the victory or defeat in the master duel, and the workload will also be very large, and there can be no even very slight deviation in each link. Even if the Purple Phoenix team has a team of top technicians behind them, it will take three days to deploy it at the shortest.

They don't have time. With the forces behind the Purple Phoenix team, it is impossible to re-purchase five mecha in a short period of time. Even ordinary industrial mecha is difficult, let alone in the arena of master duels such as the elite group selection competition. After receiving the news, the Purple Phoenix team was immediately stunned by a stick, and they wanted to die. The leader of the team, Zifengyuan • Beautiful Bird, this eldest lady has not spoken a word since the morning, and has been staring at the rain outside.

When she came before, she was looking up at the sky outside, but now she was indoors, and the girl was looking out the window. The fair and tender face has no expression, and the finely crafted perfect facial features are flawless. His expression was calm, as if nothing had happened. Her bright black eyes, clear as water, were still so charming that it was impossible to guess where the focus of her gaze was. The whole expression seemed to be indifferent to everything around him, isolated from the world. This calm flame, once erupted, was enough to burn everything. For a high-minded person, if she encounters an unfortunate thing that makes her depressed and has nowhere to vent, the calmer her face, the more angry she is.

The unexpected blow came too hard. has always been the backbone of the team and the highest-level mecha operator, is Miss Meitori really so sluggish and loses her fighting spirit......

Of course not, the reason is that she missed the appointment and has lost the opportunity to face off against her old rival Plantagenet Feather. In the future, I will never be able to raise my head in front of the girl with the delicate blonde hair and blue eyes as cute as a porcelain doll. No matter what happens, a breach is a break. If there is a problem, it is also on your side. Who can blame you for your own mistakes? Besides, the arrogant girl doesn't need a reason, she doesn't need an explanation. Breaking the contract is tantamount to admitting defeat. Losing once is equivalent to losing countless times.

Miss Meitori didn't say a word for a long time, and the person became a sculpture, and her excessive silence made the team members even more depressed. There is nowhere to vent the depression. People are about to explode.

"Damn, it must have been the Hellfire guys who did it. They and the family behind them have an underworld background, and they love to do this kind of dirty thing of stealing chickens and dogs, despicable, shameless, hateful, hum, when I find evidence, I will definitely break their bones one by one. With one leg on the ground, half of his ass sitting on the table, the big man Alley clenched his fist and slammed it to the ground, and a fist mark was smashed on the tempered wood table. His forehead was throbbing, and his face was swollen/red and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

Sikong did not slap Alai on the ass and told him to move away from the table. Reaching out to the marks smashed by him, he slowly groped around the edges of the clear marks of four fingers, and said slowly: "I also suspect that it is them, and there is a chance to take revenge in the future." Now the question is what to do with the destroyed mechs? Without mechs, what do we take to the tryouts? Two fists alone? With a swipe of his hand, the finger-thick mark on the table was smoothed out. If you don't look closely, it's hard to spot the faintly recessed side of the tabletop. It's terrible, today's children are about to become monsters, so hard desktops can smash out of the pit and then smooth it with their bare hands, and people's hands are about to catch up with hammers and shovels.

Han Xing covered his face with his hands, wiped it vigorously, looked at his teammates in front of him, and finally stayed on the soft side face of the long-haired girl leaning against the window and holding her chin in her hand to look out of the window for a few seconds, her vision was excellent, and she could vaguely see the fluff on the tips of the girl's delicate ears.

His eyes showed a trace of nostalgia, and he suddenly noticed that the girl's ears moved slightly, as if he felt his own sight, lest the other party notice, quickly retracted his gaze, thought for a moment, and then took a deep breath and said loudly: "Everyone, there is only one night, and it is not a way to wait like this, I have an idea, but I ......" The words came to his mouth, and he stopped talking, as if there was something unspeakable.

"If you have an idea, say it. Now there is no time. "Nord, who has a pair of blue eyes, is burly, with blonde hair, fair skin, a straight and tall nose bridge, with Germanic blood on the ancient earth, and also has the character characteristics of Germanic people, he doesn't have to be very loud when he speaks, he behaves like him, he is straightforward, and he is not afraid of offending people.

Han Xing smiled, quickly looked serious, and said, "We can go to Tang Xiaobao for help." ”

"Tang Xiaobao? Who is it? ”

The eldest lady Meiniao didn't react, she still held her chin and looked out the window when the sky was getting darker and darker, and the other three frowned at the same time, the name Tang Xiaobao was very unfamiliar and had no impression. Suspicious eyes looked at Han Xing. Sikong Fuji asked, "What class is this person from?" Why look for him? Then he sneered and sneered, "Can he give birth to five mechs out of thin air?" ”

"Of course he can't get the mecha, but, but ......" Han Xing grinned awkwardly, rubbing his hands back and forth, and whispered, "He, he, hmm...... He is a supernumerary auditor of this year's mecha design, construction, repair and maintenance major! He has a good hand at mecha maintenance and repair, oh no, it should be said that it is very powerful. Very powerful! ”

The girl suddenly stood up and walked towards the door of the classroom, and the people around her were startled, looked at each other, and their heads were confused.

Han Xing said cautiously: "Miss......"

The girl turned around, her eyes cold. Han Xing broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly changed his words: "Captain, who are you?" ”

"Lead the way and go find Tang Xiaobao." The sound is crisp and pleasant, if it does not give people a feeling of cold currents passing by, it is definitely a smart and abnormal natural sound.