In the early days of the interstellar Age of Discovery, the main mode of warfare was the landing operation of air-based forces and marines and mecha groups. At that time, the technology of orbital weapons was not mature and could not be suppressed or struck remotely from space.

At that time, humanity often had to pay a heavy price for every time they occupied and established a colony star. Similar to the wars that swept the world several times during the era of the home planet, new technologies, especially weapons and equipment used in warfare, have developed by leaps and bounds. Among them, we have to mention the evolution of mechas.

From the initial bulky "tank on foot", to the lightweight "individual mechanical exoskeleton", and then to the ancestor of modern mechas, "humanoid mechas", these three generations of innovation and upgrading have been completed in less than 30 years.

The third-generation humanoid mecha has completed the leap from MEMS nuclear energy to Pademund energy block in the energy system, and has the ability to cruise for an all-weather ultra-long time on land and air amphibious.

If the momentum continues, humanity will usher in a prosperous era of mechanical civilization, if the first remains of a prehistoric civilization are not discovered.

The legacy of the Demon Pattern Civilization allowed the first batch of new nuclear forces in an embarrassing situation to complete a magnificent transformation from "comics" to "deification", and at the same time diverted the attention of the vast majority of human elites from their own mechanical civilization.

One hundred and seven years have passed since the earliest research into the magic patterns in the ruins to the birth of the first magic pattern mecha!

However, then again, to this day, mecha is still the most important weapon of the country.

Even if it is a transcendent class in power, the nuclear power makes up too little of human society.

"A good mecha may not be as good as a nuclear man, but a well-equipped and well-trained mech unit can wrestle with a comparable number of nuclear powermen." A young officer slapped the M-F09-W Warrior mecha beside him twice, and continued: "Most of you should have been exposed to mechas, and I believe that there are several freshmen who have more than 3,000 hours of 'machine hours', which is enough to qualify for the mecha master's license. Of course, if you add the machine time in the 'martial arts', maybe most of your students are already mecha masters. ”

The freshmen sitting around the campfire let out a good-natured laugh.

There are several other campfires in the vicinity, ranging from the exchange of grappling techniques to firearms, to tactical combat, and so on. The two satellites of Chang'e and Guanghan echo each other in the night sky, sprinkled with brightness.

From the first month of military training, the freshmen came to the jungle area far away from the city to clear the woods and build barracks, and these night interest groups were organized by the instructors to carry out activities, and this process of mutual understanding and familiarization was also to prepare for the enrollment of the second-level colleges of the military academy after the military training. The opinions of the instructors and the performance of the students will be the reference materials that should not be taken lightly when the secondary academy decides on the final list.

"It's the mule, it's the horse, it's the horse that comes out for a walk. After playing the W series civilian mecha for a month, are you 'martial arts masters' interested in challenging the M series military mecha? The young officer's gaze swept over the cadet and continued: "This warrior mecha is almost exactly the same as the one you have used in the martial arts, except for the two points of 100% simulation and the fact that it cannot be resurrected, everything else is exactly the same. ”

Although the students all had impatient expressions, they all chose to stand still for the time being.

After a month-long practical operation of civilian mecha in the interest group, the trainees have a good idea of each other's mecha skills. The ancients said: There is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts. Most of the students who participated in the mecha group practiced the machine in units of 1,000 hours, or they had been in the "martial arts". At first, it was naturally competitive, but later they all agreed with a truth: a big fist makes more sense.

The eyes of the students were invariably focused on a boy with a tiger brain.

"Since everyone expects it, then I, Zhang Xiao, will be ugly." This person didn't have any stage fright, jumped up and strode to the middle of the field, and made a very heroic gesture, then turned to the instructor and said, "Report to the instructor, freshman student Zhang Xiao is here to challenge!" ”

"Let's go around the pole first." After the instructor finished speaking, he entered a few simple instructions on the watch, and shook his chin at Zhang Xiao: "Keep track of the time and run back and forth." ”

I saw that one of the aerial cameras used to shoot military training footage above my head moved a distance of dozens of meters in the direction of the woods, and then hovered above the canopy of a large tree, which is equivalent to passing through the staggered dozen or so big trees, where it is the switchback. Dot.

Zhang Xiao responded, smiled, and didn't wait for the rope to be lifted, and directly climbed into the mecha cabin cleanly.

After starting the engine and self-checking, a set of standard procedures was completed, and the warrior made two flashing warm-up movements, then turned to the instructor and made a gesture to indicate that it could start at any time.

Reentrant. The drone's own signal light above the point flashed: red..... Yellow.....

Call!

Just as the green light came on, the warrior pounced!

It uses the penguin's swing steps before entering the water: leaning forward, swinging left and right, small stride, high cadence!

Get up the speed and rush into the woods: small jumps, double jumps, one-legged, strides, broken steps, backward turns, side flips......

The slender warrior gestures to a pleasing rhythm, like a sika deer that is being chased by hunters and running wildly! Weird, changeable, light and fast!

The way to the switchback. The route of the point is not a straight line, and the route of the return route is detoured from the other side, and the two routes before and after do not overlap at all, but are equally smooth.

A sliding tackle, the Warrior stops at the starting point.

The hatch slid open, and Zhang Xiao stepped on the halyard pedal to return to the ground, not forgetting to wave and bow halfway. Seeing this, the students naturally responded in a coax.

"Not bad." The instructor looked at the time data displayed on his watch, and instead of announcing it immediately, he asked, "Leave a little suspense for now." Who else wants to take on the challenge? ”

The instructor looked around and saw that the students were talking a lot, but it was obvious that no one was interested in coming up to "sacrifice ugliness".

"This is my personal VIP card in the practice room, which has just been charged for 100 hours, so it's used as a lottery head." The instructor flicked his finger twice on the card and continued: "As long as the time difference between the challenger's time and Zhang Xiao's time is not more than two seconds, the challenge will be considered successful!" ”

Rumble!

The students were boiling, and their enthusiasm was instantly ignited!

Although everyone's level of controlling mecha has improved in a month, these "two seconds" are almost a release of water! If you play well, you have a chance! There are a few students who are closest to Zhang Xiao's strength and are obviously eager to try.

"Hey, people are poor, there is no way. In exchange for a year-old nuclear power orb, my Quikin was cleared again. Long Jie put away the 50 core force ball close to his body, and said to himself: "I obviously told them the area where the abnormality occurred, but I haven't found the reason for the malfunction of the Demon Pattern Array until now. In this way, it is not known when the subsidy will be received. Like the Ashram, the VIP practice room is only for Kuijin..... No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat......"

Long Jie passed through the aisle reserved by the students, came to the field, and said to the instructor: "Report to the chief, the freshman student Long Jie applies for the challenge!" ”

With the appearance of Long Jie, the discussion of the students has become a little less. When Long Jie applied for the challenge, there was a strange period of silence in the field.

The instructor glanced at Long Jie with a complicated expression, noncommittal, and said: "Long Jie, you hide behind and nap every night when you come to Miss Interest. You give me a reason to challenge Zhang Xiao. ”

"Miner mecha W-07A series, I'm familiar with it." Long Jie turned a deaf ear to the sudden buzzing of the students, ignored the instructor's frowning expression, and continued to himself: "I have obtained the first-level license of mecha master in Flea Star. The total number of mecha maintenance orders and modification orders exceeds 1,000, and more than 70% of them are this miner mecha W-07A series. As you know, Flea Star is a mining star! ”

"Odd over thousands? Brother Jie, at what age did you start practicing? Zhang Xiao couldn't help but interject.

"Eight." Long Jie pouted and said, "No way, the children of poor families are in charge of the house early." ”

"Then at what age did you start working with mechas?" Zhang Xiao was relentless.

"Four." Long Jie scratched his head and said, "I don't know what the reason is, the person who adopted me is the only mecha master in the airport." ”

The students' discussions were a little louder, and the gazes that looked at Long Jie were a little different from before.

"That's not right!" Zhang Xiao suddenly found something critical, and frowned at Long Jie and said, "I said, Brother Jie, you shouldn't be here for this VIP card, right?" ”

Long Jie coughed lightly, turned his head to look at the instructor, and asked, "Instructor, is my reason acceptable?" ”

The instructor looked at Long Jie's eyes with interest, waved his big hand, and signaled that the latter didn't need to say anything and started practicing directly.