novelraw Chapter 651: What a Trap
Chapter 651: What a Trap
Upon hearing the danger from Teacher Mu, Ji You hurried back to the light screen, seriously selecting her Mecha.
Firstly, she immediately ruled out the Heavy Armor type like ’Po Jun’, which required great Physical Strength and at least B-level spiritual power to pilot. This was definitely not an option for Ji You.
Secondly, Mechas that required extremely complex operations, needing thousands or even tens of thousands of Spiritual Silks for simultaneous control, like the reconnaissance type ’Chasing Sun’, were not for Ji You either. It couldn’t be helped; her disadvantage was having only six Spiritual Silks.
...
After ruling out options one by one, Ji You could only choose Mechas like the special edition Small Mecha, which were simple to operate and didn’t have high physical requirements. But the choices were way too limited.
So limited that after Ji You scanned over a hundred Mechas, she found not a single suitable one.
Ji You’s face darkened.
Frustrating.
How frustrating could it get?
...
The students around started to get noisy, as those who had chosen their Mechas received them quickly from the robots. Seeing the real Mechas, many students couldn’t help but let out gasps of amazement:
"Wow!"
"This is so cool."
"Awesome!"
...
Ji You blinked and leaned over to look for a few seconds, understanding why the students were amazed. The Mechas for the examination were a bit different from the ones used for routine training—they were more massive, more majestic, more dazzling, and more...
In short, there were too many adjectives to express the students’ excitement.
This is—
Ji You’s eyes sharpened: "This is—"
Before she could finish, Shen Changqing continued, "This is a real Mecha."
"Damn!" Yue Qiguang was already jumping up excitedly. His eyes were glued to his chosen Po Jun, which was about thirty meters tall, with a gleaming black body exuding an aura that was both understated and domineering.
"Dad’s Po Jun! Cool!"
After circling the Po Jun, Yue Qiguang’s excitement couldn’t fade. He raised his hand excitedly to touch the Mecha’s body and exclaimed, "Dad, I can’t wait anymore!"
With that, Yue Qiguang immediately activated the login system and requested to enter the pilot’s cockpit.
"Wait!" Shen Changqing promptly called out, but—Yue Qiguang had no patience to listen and swiftly stepped into the cockpit.
Shen Changqing closed his mouth.
Next to them.
Sheng Qingyan covered her mouth, chuckling, "Let’s wait and watch the drama."
Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes twinkled, her excitement and anticipation not less than Yue Qiguang’s. She was too impatient to watch the commotion and busied herself with selecting her Mecha, waiting for it to be delivered by a robot.
Ji You, on the other hand, lifted her head, staring intently at Yue Qiguang.
Then—
Just as he logged into the cockpit and established a spiritual connection with Po Jun, anticipating showing off his skills in piloting it, something happened—
Thud—
With a loud noise, the thirty-meter colossus, in front of all the teachers and students, fell flat on its face!
Everyone: "..."
Yue Qiyuan raised his hand to his forehead: "Fool, I don’t know him."
Chu Jiaojiao quickly followed: "I don’t know this person either."
Sheng Qingyan covered the corner of her mouth: "I don’t know him either."
Shen Changqing remained silent.
Ji You frowned, touching her chin: "Something’s not right!"
As soon as her words landed, other students like Yue Qiguang, unable to contain their excitement and having logged into the cockpit prematurely, also experienced the same moment, falling face first.
One.
Two.
Three.
...
The students fell flat on their faces as if they were dumping dumplings, looking utterly abnormal.
At this moment—
Teacher Mu Jianling’s cool voice rang out: "Ugh—your falling postures are still as ridiculous as ever."
The students: "..."
Teacher Mu Jianling continued: "I forgot to tell you, these mechas are all wartime mechas, compared to the castrated versions you normally train with, the difficulty of piloting them is at least five times higher."
The students: "..."
Once she said this, the surroundings became silent as chickens, the students’ faces turned as black as the bottom of a pot, despair emanating from them, and the air in the examination room seemed to be filled with a deathly stillness.
A few seconds later.
Teacher Mu Jianling lifted her foot and kicked the butt of the mecha closest to her, cursing, "Why are you lying there like a dead fish? Get up!"
By coincidence, this mecha happened to be the Po Jun driven by Yue Qiguang.
Inside Po Jun, Yue Qiguang’s voice carried a clear hint of grievance: "I... I can’t get up."
Wah—
Dad wants to cry!
Inside the cockpit, Yue Qiguang was sprawled out in disarray, unable even to maintain a basic sitting posture. He covered his face, hiding the despair:
Done for!
If Dad can’t get up, he’ll be utterly humiliated, but what’s terrifying is that he fears he really might fail the assessment.
Dammit!
The more Yue Qiguang thought about it, the sadder he became.
...
"Oh—" Teacher Mu Jianling said with a pair of falcon-like eyes, staring at the Po Jun sprawled on the ground, and sneered lightly, "It’s number 2222, Yue Qiguang— turns out you’re not only skilled at drilling through walls, but your belly crawl posture is also pretty standardized, huh."
Yue Qiguang: "..."
I want to die!
Dammit!
This darn old hag, one day, I’ll beat her until she’s covered in lumps!
Normally, Teacher Mu Jianling’s mockery of Yue Qiguang would make the students burst into laughter, but what about now? Watching their classmates fall down one by one, almost unable to get up, those who did manage to stand couldn’t even keep their balance...
Everyone’s heart felt incredibly heavy: Such simple operations, so many students couldn’t do it, what about themselves?
Who dares to guarantee they would be able to manage?
[Retake!]
In an instant, the word ’retake’ loomed over the students’ minds and heads like a plague, including Ji You...
Especially thinking about the hefty retake fee—
My life!
One by one, the students felt their scalps go numb, their hearts filled with despair.
Misery loves company, no one ridiculed Yue Qiguang, no one took the initiative to speak up at this time.
Dead silence all around.
Teacher Mu Jianling raised an eyebrow and said, "I’m extending the time by half an hour for you to familiarize yourselves with the mechas."
"Half an hour, is that enough?"
"Uh—somehow it feels like you’re giving us half an hour to walk to the guillotine."
"The difference between dying sooner and dying later."
...
"What are you dragging your feet for?" Teacher Mu Jianling said coldly, "Those who haven’t chosen a mecha within 5 minutes, the system will automatically select for you!"
The students couldn’t help but have doubts in their hearts, while Yue Qiguang and other students who had fallen were struggling to get up, the rest who hadn’t chosen a mecha dared not delay any longer and began to seriously select one.
Now that they knew the assessment mechas were wartime models, which differed from the training ones, no one dared to mess around. What to choose then?
Thinking it over, most people still chose the same model as the castrated version. Even if it was a castrated version, familiarity was key.
At this moment, choosing an unfamiliar mecha would be the real foolishness.
Everyone else had made their selections, only Ji You staring bitterly at the light screen: which one to choose?
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a mecha interface that was exceedingly familiar, Ji You’s eyes suddenly lit up—