"Shin Shin, do you want to try your hand at driving Xingyue in the real sense?"

"Is that okay?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

Ji Rong Xinyue cheered, and then began to try to operate according to the method he had learned before.

Unlike all the standard mechs of the Federation, Xingyue's cockpit has two piloting systems, as if they were prepared for the two seats in the cockpit. This design is not the first time in the history of mechas, and the first mechs designed by the Federation with a taller body and an average height of about eight meters have used a tandem pilot mode design.

One driver is responsible for controlling the movement of the mech, and the other is responsible for controlling the mech's fire system, which in a sense is more like a war weapon such as a tank or armed armored vehicle.

However, after many experiments, it was found that this design is not advisable, when the height of the mecha reaches about eight meters, the weight will increase, and in the case of ensuring that the fire system is sufficient, the additional ammunition boxes that must be carried, etc., all make the core engine of the same power under the effect of the mecha's movement speed and flexibility will be greatly reduced.

Instead of building mechs in this way, it is better to build tanks or armored vehicles directly.

"Grandpa, I'm ready."

"Come on."

Ji Xinghe gave up the operation of Xingyue, so that Xingyue calmly stood under the night sky of the alien star, he can clearly see all the operations of Ji Rong Xinyue from the perspective of the visual window, if there is a problem, Xingyue will refuse to perform the operation, if it is an operation that Xingyue's intelligent system cannot distinguish, Ji Xinghe can also stop it at any time.

Ji Rong Xinyue is very cautious, the holographic glasses she is wearing show the picture that is almost exactly the same as what Ji Xinghe can see, without a joystick and a control pedal, there are only two ways to operate Xingyue: voice interaction, brainwave induction.

The former, as the name suggests, tells Xingyue what needs to be done, and if the relevant instructions exist in Xingyue's database, then Xingyue can make them.

The latter is actually similar to playing games, different from the brainwave sensing device used by normal mecha warriors, For Ji Rong Xinyue, who is still a child, she is more suitable for Ji Xinghe to ask someone to help her transform the virtual reality sensing device.

Ji Rong Xinyue, who had obtained permission, began to use the voice interaction system very cautiously.

"Xingyue, twelve o'clock, walk ten meters."

"Yes."

Xingyue had already started to move while responding, fully executing Ji Rong Xinyue's order to go, and when he finally stopped, the position of his heel and his toe when he started to act before was exactly ten meters.

"Xingyue, turn in place at three o'clock."

"Yes."

"Xingyue, turn in place at five o'clock."

"Yes."

One after another, one simple maneuver after another was executed by Xingyue, simple voice operation, and even let the mecha automatically complete some non-standard tactical maneuvers, but it takes time to speak, and the response of the mecha also takes time, this driving mode can never be used in real battles.

When Ji Rong Xinyue gradually got used to the shaking of the body's movements when Xingyue made simple maneuvers, as well as the relatively weak overload load, she finally began to try to use another mode of operation.

The sight brought by the holographic blindfold changed, and Ji Rong Xinyue suddenly felt that she had grown a lot taller and fatter, and her perspective changed to that of Xingyue.

Ji Xinghe, who was also in the cockpit, looked at Ji Rong Xinyue, and in his feeling, Ji Rong Xinyue seemed to be asleep at this time. It's a feeling he's not unfamiliar with, it's about the same as when he played a virtual reality game on Azure Star.

The biggest difference is that the game of Interstellar Glory is an operational competitive game, and after entering the game world, players need to control their bodies in the virtual world to operate mecha and other war weapons in order to make the mecha active.

And the virtual reality operating system that Ji Xinghe asked someone to help transform made Ji Rongxinyue 'become' Xingyue, and all her body movements in the virtual reality operating system were embodied in Xingyue's body.

The delay is very serious, the time error between the two actions has reached three seconds, and there will also be a delay of three seconds if you change to an adult, which is a technical problem, otherwise the Federation's mecha operation mode will be replaced with this one.

Mecha that can perfectly restore human movements, and upgrade the power of human movements based on its own strong power, can exert the maximum combat effectiveness of humans and mecha at the same time.

The consumption of spirit is also very serious, unlike the virtual game cabin used by Ji Xinghe on the Azure Star, the cockpit of the mecha must be equipped with a life support system, and it is difficult to slow down the consumption caused by consciousness entering the virtual world.

There is also the human muscle memory in the virtual reality world, which will involuntarily take effect, so that it will make some actions that are difficult for the mecha to complete, either causing the mecha to not know how to execute, or making the mecha fall directly to the ground, etc.

But these problems are not a problem for Xingyue and Ji Rong Xinyue, Ji Xinghe never thought of letting the current Ji Rong Xinyue drive Xingyue to fight, this is just a birthday gift, just a guarantee of Ji Rong Xinyue's safety.

Half an hour, the toddler-like Xingyue finally stopped, and Ji Rong Xinyue, who was already sweating, took off her holographic eye patch, she was very tired and tired now, but she was very happy now.

Because in her opinion, she is now fighting side by side with her grandfather.

"Shall we go back?"

"Okay." Ji Rong Xinyue hesitated: "Grandpa, will I still be able to drive Xingyue in the future?" ”

"Of course you can, in half a month, grandpa will be able to take you with him when he trains in Xingyue. At the end of each Grandpa training, you will be given ten minutes to operate the stars and moons. ”

"Great, thank you, grandpa, but why is it only ten minutes? I drove for fifty-one minutes today, is it because it's my birthday? ”

"Today is testing your limits and the results show that you can only drive for ten minutes a day, but don't worry, you're growing and you'll be driving longer in the future."

In the process of the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, Xingyue was driven back to the No. 5 living base by Ji Xinghe, and Ji Rong Xinyue was very satisfied with the gift he gave to Ji Rong Xinyue, but the gift he gave to Ji Rong Xinyue was definitely more than this.

Stuck at the time when the cafeteria was about to close, Ji Xinghe came over with Ji Rong Xinyue, and he was going to take the small cake he had pre-ordered in advance. The time was completely in line with Ji Xinghe's plan, he didn't inform anyone, and there were very few people in the cafeteria at this time.

But when he came to the cafeteria, he found that there was a group of people who had been waiting for them for a long time. They gathered around a simple dining table with a large birthday cake, a lot of snacks, fruits, and plastic flowers.

They are the doctors and nurses of Suhe, Shenmu, and the medical area, the soldiers of the training area, the mechanics of the machine repair area, and the officials of the base...... There are also twenty-three children.

"Shin Shin, happy birthday."

People were happy and gave the gifts they had prepared to Ji Rong Xinyue, and the stunned Ji Rong Xinyue subconsciously took those gifts, looked at Ji Xinghe in a little panic, and found that Ji Xinghe seemed to be in a daze.

Following Ji Xinghe's line of sight, Ji Rong Xinyue's gaze passed through the adults surrounding her, and saw her teammates who were full of envy.

"Lao Ji, be happy, everyone knows that Shin Shin's birthday is today, so I prepared a few days in advance, just to surprise Shin Shin and you."

After Shen Mu finished delivering the gift, he came to Ji Xinghe's side, and looked at Ji Rong Xinyue, who was surrounded by the crowd, with an expression of invitation.

Su He was filming with a camera, and he also walked to Ji Xinghe's side.

"Why didn't you take Xinxin to pilot the mecha earlier, after waiting for so long, the children can't wait to eat the cake. Forehead...... Boss, why do I feel that you are a little unhappy? ”

Ji Xinghe took a deep breath and said slowly: "This is actually very bad. ”

"Huh? What's wrong. Shen Mu said in surprise: "The child's birthday, what's wrong with everyone's excitement, even if it's wartime, but we are the rear base, we always have some entertainment and relaxation, and people will have accidents every day." ”

Su He also misunderstood: "Don't worry, Lao Ji, everyone didn't delay for long, and it didn't cost much, just the mind." ”

"That's not what I meant." Ji Xinghe's eyes avoided those children, and he whispered, "It's not fair to them. ”

Su He was stunned, Shen Mu was stunned, and the few people next to him who could hear their conversation were also stunned.

"I can celebrate Shin Shin's birthday, you can give Shin Shin a birthday, but who can give them a birthday? They all have birthdays. Ji Xinghe's tone was calm but full of unwillingness: "Fate is already very unfair to them, we should be fair to them." ”

"No wonder you ordered a very small cake, I thought you were reluctant to ......" Shen Mu's angle was still strange, but he knew very well that there were some things and sometimes he couldn't joke, so he said seriously: "Why can't we celebrate their birthdays?" Twenty-four children, twenty-four birthdays, twenty-four cakes, what are they? Boss, sometimes, you just think too much. Yes, you don't have that much time to do it, and I probably don't have it, but someone does. ”

Ji Xinghe was stunned.

Su He laughed: "Leave this matter to me, speaking of which, I am the most idle person in the base, and I will write down their birthdays in a while." In the future, it will be according to today's standards, and there is no need to worry about the resources needed, I can apply for it, and say that I want to shoot a new show, called twenty-four birthdays, or the children's birthdays, and I will definitely be able to pass. ”

What Su He said was that resources were not money, so no one blamed him for wanting to shoot a show at this time. Under normal circumstances, if you have money, you can buy the resources that are available in the alien living base, just like the parts that Ji Xinghe needs to build Xingyue, but sometimes it can't.

Ji Xinghe's heart knot was finally untied, and he nodded: "Okay, let's celebrate each of them on their birthday, and tell them now." ”

"Well, we'll tell them now."

The envious children finally cheered, and when they laughed happily, Ji Rong Xinyue, who was also really happy, waved his hand.

"This is our gift, let's open it together, choose it together, at least one piece per person."

The simple birthday party was soon over, the cake was divided by the children, no one was eaten, and many of them left early after giving their gifts, not because it was too late and they needed to go back to rest, but because they had to work overtime.

Ji Xinghe, who sent the six children back to his residence, returned to the machine repair area after settling them down, and he also had to start working overtime, in addition to the work arrangement on the task log, he also had to complete the final upgrade of Xingyue alone.

He made a great contribution to the discovery of the diamond-shaped metal body, but his military rank was still lieutenant, because he chose the parts that Xingyue needed.

As time passed day by day, the war became more and more tense, and Ji Xinghe finally received a new task.

"Lieutenant Ji Xinghe, the second orbital airborne experiment is about to begin, your exclusive mecha has been repaired and transported to the Ahuizomi space battleship in advance, this time you will go to space on a single starship."

"Okay."

"The ......"

"Anything else?"

"Nothing, it's just ...... Ahem, Lieutenant Ji, I've heard that someone once lost only one move in your hands? ”

"Huh?" Ji Xinghe frowned and thought: "If you are talking about winning or losing in one move, there are actually many people. ”

"Uh...... It seems to be the truth, one move is only one loss,, I was deceived, and I thought he was really a master. ”

"Who?"

"It's the pilot of the individual starship you flew on this time, a recruit."