The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 443 Shooting
The incessant chirping of cicadas and the surrounding lush greenery did not bring Jiang Hui any relief; on the contrary, they made her feel even more tense.

The silent yet treacherous forest gave Jiang Hui the illusion of being a member of an orienteering team again. However, this time she had no trustworthy teammates and had to face the hidden dangers alone.

Alone in his mech, facing enemies with highly accurate data streams, the challenge is undeniably immense. This is especially true for a newcomer who has only recently begun learning mech piloting; the difficulty is compounded.

Jiang Hui didn't initially realize anything was different, and ended up making quite a commotion. She hadn't realized she wasn't there alone, but rather piloting a mecha into the simulated training field. Adjusting her posture with a human body was bound to cause problems; she lost her balance and nearly fell headfirst.

Her slight movement was immediately noticed by a dark figure hidden somewhere in the distance, and the enemy opened fire on the mech she was piloting.

Jiang Hui immediately felt a dull pain in his right shoulder, and the entire machine was forced to tilt backward a few degrees. A mechanical announcement came to his ears: "The main control unit (right joint component) was hit by 65%, resulting in limiting damage."

No, how could this be considered a restrictive injury? She just accidentally exposed her shoulder, and it was enough to cause a direct hit?
Before entering, Jiang Hui glanced at the operation manual placed near the entrance, gaining a general understanding of the training room's rules. Although the user experience differed between the various training rooms, the rules were the same because they all used the same central system.

Generally speaking, a hit rate exceeding 50% indicates a limiting damage. The damaged portion of the performance will be subject to a three-star limitation period, after which it will recover. However, the hit rate reading will continue to accumulate and will not disappear.

So this time she really made a big mistake, and her three-star score will be affected. If she is unlucky and her hit rate is more than 35%, she will completely lose a chance to stay.

Different projects have different time limits, and different topics target different training directions, but the difficulty is open-ended—you can reach as high a level as you can handle. So as long as you have the ability, it's not impossible to set a new school record.

The initial time limit for the single-player shooting event is 15 stars, regardless of the chosen topic.

Each player has three chances to survive, referred to as "three lives". This means that if a player loses these three chances within 15 stars, the game will end early, and they will not be able to wait until the final time.

The training programs in the mech simulator are all based on real-world data. They truly simulate a real battlefield environment and experience for students, evolving based on the degree of damage that different distances, angles, and even different weapons will cause to the operator.

The enemy at that dark spot must have attacked Jiang Hui by exploiting the exposed area on her right shoulder. Because she was caught off guard and didn't manage to dodge effectively, the shot hit her squarely, achieving a 65% accuracy rate.

You should know that if the accuracy of your hits reaches 100%, you will lose one chance to survive. So her unintentional mistake just now almost cost her her life.

Fortunately, it was just a simulation training exercise. If it were a real battlefield and someone were hit like that by a laser gun, their right arm would probably be ruined.

Jiang Hui instantly maneuvered her mech to hide even deeper, to avoid another attack from an unknown enemy. She tried her best to calm herself down, controlling the mech with its weaponry on its back, and began to try to sense the enemies around her.

As if this were a real battlefield... everything was real... she was surrounded by enemies... just then, an enemy spotted an opening, and he raised his gun... "Bang!"

"Whoa!" The training session was met with a commotion in the public area. Everyone who had just finished their session or had been lingering there looked at the rankings hanging in the public area.

The entire wall was covered with lists from top to bottom, and they were being refreshed several times per second. The records on the top half were naturally rock solid, all of them being all-time highs, covering various time periods.

The central section remains largely unchanged. If one looks closely, some records even date back decades. Of course, there are some newer ones, with the words "second or third grade" flashing after the names.

The changes at the bottom are much more significant, jumping and changing almost every second. In the blink of an eye, the name in the same position may have changed four or five times, and the time is also freshly released today's ranking.

Today is Saturday, which is also peak time for the simulated mech training ground. Many combat soldiers who stayed on campus chose to come here for extra training. However, most of those on the list were second- or third-year students.

For the first-graders, today was their first open day. They hadn't even figured out the rules yet, let alone anything like climbing the leaderboards; basically, no one even broke through the first round.

It's not that there aren't any... but here's one, isn't there?

Abu Shore also chose the individual shooting event and did well, but he was still a ways off from breaking the first-round standard. However, he was already quite satisfied because he was one of the few who entered the simulator at the same time and made it to the end before going out. Most people lost all their chances of staying and were forcibly sent out of the training field before they could even reach 15 stars.

Holly, who was supposed to come out with him, did not, because the other party had just shown that he had qualified for the first round and could start the next round.

Right now, everyone in the public area is marveling at Holly's breakthrough.

Abshori glanced at his opponent's rapidly rising stats after entering the second round, which were getting closer and closer to the lowest rankings. His opponent might truly be the first freshman to enter the rankings as a solo player.

the other side

"Beep beep - Congratulations to the operator for killing 42 D-level star beasts and counterattacking 17 D-level standard armored vehicles of the same type, with a hit rate of over 50% for all of them, of which 7 were completely destroyed... Data analyzed... Please proceed to the next round of solo shooting after eight stars!" Jiang Hui briefly disconnected the port, intending to take a break.

She leaned back in the simulator chair, panting heavily, and found her back covered in cold sweat. Her right hand was clenched tightly, and she didn't know how long she'd been holding it; her wrist was stiff and aching terribly. She guessed that the intense mental strain during the simulation had involuntarily carried over into reality.

But can anyone explain the principle behind the mental connection in the simulated training environment? Why does it feel like I'm back in reality… her right shoulder, where she was hit, is still throbbing!

(End of this chapter)