Chapter 12: The Crusher-Locks Webb

Run, endless run. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The recessed street lamp emitted a faint but bright light, and Edward followed behind Lin Jue, chasing the morning light.

What would I feel like to be dying? Am I afraid of the pain that has been reduced by 70%? I will...... Fear of death?

How is this possible! The ground beneath my feet flew faster, and I was...... The man who wants to take revenge on the Red Emperor! I want to be the No. 1 martial artist in the country; I'm going to get a meeting with the hermit, Adolph Jones; I'm going to question him personally......

Countless images flashed through my mind, Ethel's smile, Adolf's victory, the completion of the mechanical build, the perspective of Atlantis, Sem's hairstyle, the handshake with Anne, and King Kong's boxing......

"Edward." Lin Jue's wheezing but steady voice came from behind him, "You don't have to run so fast, even if you want to exercise like me, you have to have a gradual process." ”

"I ...... It's okay......" Edward slowed down slightly, but suddenly, a feeling of dizziness mixed with tiredness, nausea and excitement hit him, and Edward suddenly stopped, ran to the side of the road and helped the clean-up robot retching in pain.

"You can't do this, Arthur," Seeing this, Lin Jue also stopped, ran behind Edward and patted Edward on the back, "If you exercise again for the purpose of making yourself miserable, I will go alone." ”

"Yes...... I'm sorry. Edward sat down on the ground, gasping for breath, "I ......"

"If there's anything, you can tell us." Lin Jue sighed and patted Edward's shoulder, "You go back to the dormitory first, you can't continue like this, and you run a lot more today than before, right?" I went first. ”

Looking at Lin Jue's back getting farther and farther away, Edward pressed his temples, and the "dying swamp" phenomenon happened again, and Edward instantly sweated like rain.

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In the afternoon, the fourth floor of Beigong University, which is also the main layer of the martial arts department, has few independent AI processing points.

"I'm here to sign up for the Campus Robot Fighting Competition."

"Serial number." As the applicant's AI projection head did not raise his head and said, is it because of the last day, even the AI has become a bad attitude, Edward secretly complained, "There is also the name of the body, you know the rules, right?" ”

"The harmonic serial number is 1196699," Edward said, nodding, "The name of the mechage is Bruce, and there is no backup mech for the time being." ”

"Then your reserve body will be reduced by one, pay attention to yourself." The AI projection nodded and said, scribbling on the virtual paper, "Upload your pupil data." ”

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After everything was done, Edward turned around, only to see an inexplicable figure appear in front of him, with well-developed muscles and a lofty posture, followed by the dark burly robot, which had a dissociation cannon as wide as its torso mounted on its hand.

"Hi owner of Atlantis, remember me? I'm 'The Smasher', the one who sent you the challenge, Rocks Webb. "I'm going to challenge you to wash away your mockery of me." ”

"Uh...... I don't know you. ”

"Won't you get to know each other after a fight?" Locks smiled naturally, "Your new body is good~"

Edward was speechless, but Locks was in the way, and he couldn't just leave......

"Yo, isn't this Edward Arthur?" Edward was about to reject Locks, but a bad voice came from behind him, and Luo Shan walked out from his side with his two thugs, "I said why have your wings been stiff lately, and it turns out that you have become a fighter?" ”

Edward's face sank, he knew that he was still weak in front of Luoshan - he couldn't use Bruce to fight them, and if he did, it would mean facing the robots of the two thugs...... And you will never be able to beat them, but maybe you can run away? It's fine if you have recovered your strength, but now ...... (I ran until I was about to vomit blood in the morning)

"Arthur, I remember you owed us a compensation last time, right? I see that your new mech is pretty good, and it costs a lot of money, right? Luo Shan laughed, and his small mung bean-sized eyes kept scanning Bruce, "You are imitating that Atlantis?" Ha, it's very good, there will be a lot of good builds when it is dismantled......"

"Hey~ Please don't ignore me," a burly figure instantly hooked the shoulders of the two thugs, and the tense muscles squeezed the bodies of the two thugs...... Locks laughed, "What do you have to do with my friends?" ”

"Ha, you don't know that I'm ......" said Generally, Luo Shan's face suddenly froze, "You body?" You are ......"

"Hahahaha, you recognize it? I'm what you call the 'smasher,'" Locks' face changed, and his kind face instantly turned hideous, "Sell rags, don't get out of here." ”

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Locks helped Edward drive out Rosean, but Edward was embarrassed to drive him away as before, and with Locks' sincere invitation, the two decided to settle dinner together in the fighting area.

"Formal acquaintance? I'm Rocks Webb. ”

Edward hesitated, shook Locks' hand, and replied, "Edward Arthur." ”

"You're a mechanic? Was it really just the same tone that day? ”

"Yes, but I'm going to move to the martial arts department next semester, so please don't treat me like a mechanic." Edward replied indifferently.

"Is this your new body? Why isn't it called Atlantis? ”

"I have my own reasons."

"Do you have a girlfriend? Is it good-looking? ”

"Hey! It's a completely personal issue, okay? Edward was speechless, "Just ask whatever you want......

"Well," laughed Locks, "I'll just ask you, did you mean what you said in the Colosseum that day?" ”

What were you saying in the Colosseum that day? Edward thought about it, and finally understood why Locks was chasing him.

"If it were me, I would never install a dissociation cannon, this sentence?" Seeing that Locks nodded, Edward turned his gaze to the "Smasher" behind him again, "Yes." ”

"Can you ask why? I didn't talk to your partner at all, but it was really important to me. ”

Edward was speechless...... You're really going to ask everyone who has an opinion about your body...... What if someone else is just teasing you?

"From your body, the attack pattern of the whole body ...... It's just on the dissociation cannon? Edward glanced at Locks with some surprise, "The Z armor and the large energy supply device are not equipped with any auxiliary structures, and the whole body is just to get close to the opponent and then release one or two dissociation cannons?" ”

A hideous smile appeared on Locks' face: "That's right, unlike your body that is completely biased towards average, the purpose of the smasher is only one, to crush the opponent!" ”

"But the Smasher is not suitable for melee combat, let alone long-range attacks, he belongs to a marginalized middle-of-the-road...... Once you encounter an opponent who specializes in melee or ranged attacks, you will be restrained. Edward said solemnly, "It is true that the dissociation cannon can be close or far, and the lethality is huge, but if it is like a pure melee battle against the Angis Warrior or the mechanical beast (the following paragraphs can be skipped), once it is close to the body, it is easy to be pinned, and in the fierce hand-to-hand combat, it is impossible to use the dissociation cannon once or twice on the blade; Again, if you're a ranged opponent, you can't expect a one-to-two-hit kill, and it's easy to get distracted...... (1000 words omitted here)"

"The dissociation cannon is all about one-hit kills, but you have to have other components that build up enough conditions for one-hit kills," Edward put down his beer glass, "and like the current smashers, they don't have those conditions." ”

After ...... was silent for a long time, Locks poured a bottle of beer in one go, he looked at Edward, gradually smiled, then laughed low, and then laughed louder and louder, "Hahahaha! Good! That's great! It helped me a lot~"

“…… It's good if you're happy. Edward was speechless.

"You gave me a lot of ideas for modding, thank you so much!" After a few bottles of beer, Locks' face was already a little red, "I'm so happy today, I have to tell you something useful." According to you, my smasher will lose as long as it encounters a stronger body with a strong focus on near and far, right? Guess what my win rate is? ”

"Uh...... About 60%? ”

"Wrong! Where do you think my reputation in the martial arts department came from? Locks laughed, patting the smasher standing behind him, "The answer is...... 90%! And half of my opponents were crushed by the dissociation cannon, so I got the nickname of the smasher. ”

Pieces...... Edward suddenly felt uncomfortable, and the "dying swamp" was triggered by Locks's expression and words, and it took him several seconds to recover, but the nervous Locks didn't seem to notice. But the more Edward thought about it, the more wrong it became, why was it 90%? And half of them were not defeated by the dissociation cannon? The Shatterer doesn't look like there's any other way to attack, huh?

"Confused?" Locks smiled, "Fight me after dinner!" I don't need a dissociation cannon. ”

How can a smasher be fought without a dissociation cannon? Edward's brow furrowed slightly, but he felt something bad. Still, he nodded, he didn't allow himself to be underestimated.

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"Please~ Trainees of this training match, novice fighters, Bruce ~~~"

Training matches are the afterglow of the matches, which give the audience some time to rest and relax for those who have been in the arena for a long time, and at the same time reduce the economic consumption caused by the training and competition for the fighters.

Edward entered the parity cabin, and through Locks' guidance, he discovered the fighter's social system, and through that friendship, Locks was able to make voice calls in the fight.

"So, are you ready, Edward?"

Edward smiled and nodded.

"So now, please ~~~ the ~~~ smasher who terrifies the enemy~~~"

Unlike the sparse applause from Bruce, this time, the audience burst into cheers.

"It's a pity that today's smasher didn't bring him 'shattering cannon', it seems that he takes good care of our novices, please appreciate the tender side of our smasher~"

In an instant, the cheers of the audience turned into boos.

Amid the boos of the audience, the bare-handed smasher walked steadily towards Bruce, and in the voice chat, Bruce laughed softly without the slightest fluster.