From scrap mecha to science fiction paradise

Chapter 202: Losing Only One Move

"This...is this a loss?"

The first pilot to challenge stood there with a dazed look on his face.

He even forgot to feel sorry when Lin Yu casually dismantled the most expensive Pioneer three-phase battery pack in his entire machine, which he had accumulated merits for a long time to buy.

Naturally, he was not completely unprepared when he came to challenge Lin Yu.

You have to know that according to the pilot social work database, I am at least ranked eleventh as a D-class pilot.

He also watched the battle between Lin Yu and Zhong Changhe.

It was a one-shot kill, and looked powerful, but in reality there wasn't much to it. It was more like a sudden attack that caught Zhong Changhe off guard.

It was not until this moment when he himself faced this attack that he deeply realized the despair that Zhong Changhe was facing at the time.

It's not that I was caught off guard, it's not that I don't have time to hide.

But... the opponent seemed to have planned everything, and the attack landed at a spot that you couldn't dodge.

How desperate this is.

You can only deeply understand it when you stand in front of him in person, watch the halberd fall, and think frantically about how to deal with it.

However, when I realized it, the only thing I could do was to let the coldness that felt like falling into an icy cave spread in my heart.

"The defeated contestants please move aside to make room for others, thank you."

Qiao Wa drove out in his F-class "Sky Soldier" and kindly made room for the paralyzed mecha that had lost its energy source.

It was not until this moment that the challenging pilot woke up from his dream.

When he heard the word "defeated pilot" from Qiao Wa's mouth, his face instantly turned red.

He has the metaverse vision turned on.

In other words, the challenge is essentially for fame, it is impossible not to do it, and the more viewers there are, the better.

But the result now is that he was also killed instantly in one move.

The main reason is that I had made bold statements on the Internet before in order to challenge myself.

How can this not be shameful?

As shame emerged, the previous mental shock gradually faded away, and clear consciousness completely returned to the mind.

"My pioneer three-phase state!"

The feeling of pain instantly occupied my mind.

The pioneer three-phase battery pack is one of the most advanced battery technologies in the entire federation.

Energy and power are the two most basic and most expensive components of a mecha.

After all pilots are promoted, the normal process is often to accumulate merits for a long period of time and equip themselves with a higher-level energy system, so that they can obtain output power and endurance time sufficient to support other high-level modifications.

This pioneering three-phase battery was the result of nearly a year of hard work and many life-and-death experiences.

But not everyone is like Lin Yu, who completes the mission with almost no losses, and can even capture entire enemy aircraft, and gets the maximum merit reward every time.

The missions that allow pilots to go into battle are either high-intensity battlefields or there are enemies who are fellow pilots or similar.

In many cases, it is good enough to complete a mission without major repairs. At the very least, armor replacement, energy supply, damage repair and replacement of damaged parts are necessary.

In order to prevent accidents, a round of maintenance is often necessary in addition to necessary repairs.

With ammunition supplies, a micro missile can easily cost hundreds of thousands.

Various logistics teams, maintenance technicians, etc., this is another expense.

For some companies that establish cooperative relationships with corporate groups or accept capital injections, they will even have to share a share of the final profits.

If you calculate it all up, it's pretty good to be able to make a few dozen or a few hundred merits each time.

When I first advanced, my machine had not been modified and I didn't dare to take D-level missions. I was struggling to save up merit to buy the Pioneer Triphase.

During this period, the aircraft body alone underwent more than ten overhauls.

I have been in danger countless times.

The cost is simply incalculable.

This is not a pioneering three-phase battery.

This is my youth!
This is the blood I shed!
It was dismantled like this...

It was demolished...

Regret.

It's too late to regret.

"Humph, you useless bastard. You have no ability to get ahead of others. You have brought shame to us."

The first challenger had just been moved aside by Jova in a daze when the second challenger also rushed over.

When passing by the first challenger, the second challenger snorted sarcastically, probably because he was dissatisfied with the first challenger being killed instantly at the beginning.

After all, we are all here to challenge ourselves.

Even if they are not familiar with each other, they are still a camp in the eyes of those who are watching the fun.

The first one who went up was killed instantly, and the others couldn't save face either.

"hehe."

The first challenger wasn't even in the mood to retort.

Just chuckled.

At this moment the second challenger didn't know what this meant.

However, he soon understood.

puff!

A halberd!
Instant kill!

"My God King D-12 main motor!!!"

With one leg paralyzed, the second challenger was also moved aside by Jova like a statue.

Right next to the first challenger.

"understood?"

The first challenger, who was still able to perform some operations with the help of backup energy, turned his head.

"I'm sorry, I spoke too loudly just now..."

The second pilot, who had successfully felt the same way, wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

No, it should be that he wishes he could find a wormhole in time and space to crawl into, go back to the past, and beat up his yesterday self.

At least this way you won't be so embarrassed in public.

Even if we could go back a few minutes and not make that sarcastic remark.

At least a slap in the face isn't that serious.

"Pfft hahahaha."

"Killing me."

"These two are so funny. They were so arrogant before, but in the end they were defeated in one move."

"No, no, no. To use Zhong Changhe's words, if I'm killed in one move, I can survive one move. If you're killed in one move, the minimum you can survive is one move."

The performance of these two brothers in distress naturally made the onlookers in the Metaverse laugh their heads off.

They don't like loud noises.

But there is a way. After all, it is a virtual world, and old-fashioned functions such as sending texts directly are still available.

The text bubbles popping up above my head were clearer and more heartbreaking than verbal teasing.

Fortunately, the two brothers soon found a way to relieve their embarrassment and vent their shame.

Here comes the third challenger.

"This...you all lost?"

This time the challenger arrived late, but was obviously more cautious. Seeing the miserable appearance of the two men, he was somewhat doubtful and walked forward as if intending to inquire about information.

The first challenger nodded and sighed unwillingly: "I did lose. I was just one step behind. I am so angry."

"I only lost one move, it was so frustrating."

The second challenger also followed suit and clapped his hands in frustration.

"Then what are you..."

The third challenger breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then he became suspicious again when he saw the miserable state of the two machines.

"Oh, this is just a bet. If you lose, you will get a component removed."

The first challenger pretended to be relaxed, and the second challenger nodded.

"I see."

The third challenger nodded after hearing this. It was indeed true.

Yesterday, someone was criticizing him online, saying that he was not idle. As the top D-class pilot in Ceylon, he didn't have time to deal with clowns like them.

Then someone threatened and proposed a bet that if the loser lost, he would let the other party remove a part, and then these people followed suit.

Looking closely, they really didn't seem to have any injuries on their bodies, and the damaged parts were obviously completely removed by professionals.

This way, he felt a little more relieved.

But I still felt a little awe-inspiring.

It seems that I must be extremely alert.

I don't want to have my core parts dismantled like them.

"I'm……"

puff!

At this moment, he felt that he understood everything.

No, it's not a feeling, but I really understand everything.

What the hell is losing by just one move!
It turns out that the two useless bastards in front were killed in one move.

The so-called losing just one move turned out to be just losing just one move.

"Hey, just tell me if you only lose by one move."

Seeing that someone had the same misfortune as themselves, and was "tricked" by themselves, the first and second challengers instantly felt refreshed.

It was as if I was on the same side as that monster.

I feel proud of having cheated others.

There is also a sense of schadenfreude and a unique sense of satisfaction that I am not the only one suffering.

"You all... lost?"

After waiting for a while, the fourth challenger finally arrived.

At this moment, the third challenger immediately understood and reached a tacit understanding with the first and second challengers.

Even if it's not for the pleasure of tricking people, it's always good to create some show effects.

This will not only increase popularity but also ease embarrassment, allowing you to turn an embarrassing situation that can be resolved in an instant into a joking atmosphere.

At worst, it would be good to pull one more person into the water.

It was embarrassing for everyone, as they were all killed in one move. It wasn't because we were bad, but because the enemy was too strong.

Maybe I can get away with one move and turn out to be pretty good?
"Brother, you came just in time. Hurry up and avenge us. We all lost by just one move. We are almost dying of anger."

"Then what about you..."

"Bet, the parts are disassembled."

A similar scene just happened again.

The fourth person stepped forward to challenge.

The first three looked at each other tacitly and smiled knowingly.

It's true that they only lost by one move.

The damage to the fuselage is indeed mainly due to dismantled parts.

They are speaking from the heart.

Not surprisingly, the fourth challenger followed suit.

Be it to save face, to take advantage of the opportunity to improve the show, or simply to have fun.

In short, different reasons made them make the same choice.

Trap the next one!
Their behavior was indeed effective enough to entertain the audience, at least it made the onlookers laugh so hard that they fell over.

Unfortunately, the others were not fools. Four of them came one after another and were all defeated. So no one came again after that.

"It seems like I used too much force. I should have used some water earlier."

Lin Yu, who had tasted the sweetness, now felt a little regretful.

It’s a bit less to just remove one part, but I can’t resist the temptation to have it delivered to my door.

Moreover, normal pilots would not engage in cross-level challenges. Those who come to challenge must be D-level pilots, or even the best among them.

In this way, the parts obtained every time can be of high quality among D-level parts.

A little bit adds up to a lot. If there were another dozen people, maybe he could put together another D-class armor.

I should have given them some hope.

"Boss, you think too much. They are not fools. No one will come even if they win a few games in a row."

Qiao Wa's "Sky Soldier" mecha was in real-time tactical communication with Lin Yu. After hearing Lin Yu's mumbling, he complained speechlessly.

Lin Yu naturally understood this principle.

Most people are just having fun online, but not many of them actually dare to come and challenge offline.

If we see a few more losses in a row, no one will come anymore.

The grumbling just now was purely out of greed.

Of course, he would definitely deny this.

"I feel sorry for you. My flying general has already been modified to the limit. If I had a few more parts, I could have given your sky soldier a major upgrade."

Lin Yu's tone was full of regret, and he said: "Even if the overall level of all the accessories cannot reach D-level, replacing the energy source and several core power centers is enough to surpass most E-level machines."

"what?"

Now, the greedy moment became Qiao Wa.

D-class mecha!
It turns out that this D-class mecha originally belonged to me!

It was because these people were afraid of fighting that we missed the opportunity.

This is simply unreasonable!
People are like this. They can talk without any worries about things that have nothing to do with them, but the situation is completely different when it comes to things that are related to their own interests.

In an instant, I felt as if I had missed out on hundreds of millions.

However, no one came.

After waiting for another hour, even many of the bystanders in the Metaverse had dispersed, but the next challenger still hadn't come.

Qiao Wa couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Lin Yu, who had successfully transferred his greed away, felt much calmer.

Waited a few more minutes.

Just when Lin Yu was about to finish work, another pilot finally arrived at the gate of the Tianting Mecha Group’s base.

But this new challenger was a little surprising.

“Noelle! Noelle is second in the pilot rankings! Only one place lower than Lin Yu!”

"Is she here to challenge me too? This is going to be a good show!"

"Is this true? Isn't this still lower than Lin Yu?"

"This is the second one. Can it be the same as the ones that are more than ten places ahead?"

"You are ignorant, right? This is Noelle. I heard that she once defeated an E-class pilot with a standard machine from the Inspection Bureau."

The arrival of a heroic girl wearing the blue and white uniform of the Inspection Bureau and with short beige hair finally cheered up the onlookers again.

"Are you here to challenge me too?"

"We just lost one move..."

The first four challengers were even more excited than the bystanders.

Even Qiao Wa went up to greet him very actively.

"You...only lost one move?"

The dashing girl looked at the four people who had already come out of the cockpit of her own machine, and tilted her head in confusion and a little surprise.

"Well, of course, I lost just one move, and I'm so angry."

The four of them felt uncomfortable with the girl's piercing gaze, but they still tried to be tough and persuaded them:

"You are the one who was promoted to the second place among Ceylon D-class pilots yesterday, right? Actually, this guy is just so-so. We believe in you. You will definitely be able to beat him and take the first place this time."

"Sorry, I'm not here to challenge you."

Unfortunately, all they got was the girl's shake of her head.

She had fought against Zhong Changhe yesterday, but Skynet was still under the control of hackers at that time, so the relevant footage was not leaked.

He couldn't even beat Zhong Changhe, so how could he possibly be a match for Lin Yu who killed Zhong Changhe with one strike.

With such a clear contrast in strength, it was certainly impossible for her to come here today to challenge.

(End of this chapter)