novelraw Chapter 662: Safe Journey, Ji You
Chapter 662: Safe Journey, Ji You
Ji You frowned, staring at the tall wall in front of her. In fact, the most difficult part of the 5th challenge was how to get past this wall covered in ’Sword Mountain and Fire Sea’. Once over, the path ahead would be wide open...
Hesitation lasted only a few seconds before Ji You immediately took out a rope and fiercely threw it towards the top of the wall.
This rope, whose main material was the Iron Pear Wood that Ji You, Grandma Jenny, Uncle Xie Yi, and Brother Ryan had previously collected together. Iron Pear Wood is both flexible and durable, making it one of the main materials for climbing equipment. It also had a few alloys of similar properties mixed into it, hence it was one of the basic standard weapons for Mechas, and of course, also stocked in the antique mech.
Ji You tossed the rope upwards, and it immediately caught onto the top of the wall, but just as it did and before Ji You had a chance to test its sturdiness, several sharp blades shot out from the wall.
Swoosh~
Swoosh~
Swoosh~
After three sounds, the rope was neatly sliced into pieces.
Ji You: "..."
Ji You’s face darkened, and she couldn’t help but curse, "Damn, it’s just an examination, does it have to be this brutal?" This rope also cost at least 500 credit points. What if students have to compensate for the wear and tear on examination Mechas?
It was very likely something the school would do.
Ji You, heart in pain, collected the segments of rope and stuffed them back into the storage compartment.
Originally, she had planned to use the rope to climb the wall, but now it seemed that ordinary methods were clearly ineffective.
What to do?
Ji You glared at the ’wall’, temporarily out of ideas. Since she couldn’t think of anything, she decided to take a brief pause.
Then, Ji You glanced at the time – about 15 minutes left until the end of the examination.
And then—
Everyone saw Ji You’s Mecha bend its knees slightly and plop down on its bottom on the ground, and she even deliberately lifted her hand and lightly tapped her leg.
The students: "..."
second.
seconds.
seconds.
...
A full minute passed, and Ji You was still sitting on the ground. The students couldn’t hold back any longer and loudly said, "Student Ji You, what are you doing? Now’s not the time to rest. Look at the time."
"Yeah! Why are you so laid-back in the middle of the examination?"
"Be serious!"
"Focus!"
...
"Cough cough..." Ji You cleared her throat, feeling the complaints coming from all sides. She cleared her throat again and said with a serious tone, "You weak chickens, what do you know? I’m thinking of methods to clear the challenge here!"
Someone asked, "So, have you thought of anything?"
Ji You admitted, "No."
The students: "..."
Facing the speechless expressions of her classmates, Ji You showed not a hint of shame but instead declared boldly, "Although I haven’t thought of a way, I’ve already got an idea!"
The students: "What idea?"
Ji You raised her hand and said with confidence, "One word: Charge!"
The students: "..."
Ji You put on a stern face, the spitting image of a rash warrior, "My head is so hard, I refuse to believe I can’t climb this wall! Even if I can’t climb it, I’ll smash it down!"
Everyone thought she was joking, but as soon as Ji You finished speaking, she didn’t waste any more words. She abruptly stood up, and the mech’s thrusters were pulled to the max—a whooshing sound was heard—
The antique Mecha had already begun to soar rapidly upward.
It was at the moment the Mecha flew up that a huge amount of ’trash’ poured down from the top of the wall—
In the blink of an eye, the ’trash’ engulfed the antique Mecha.
Students: "..."
"How come she’s so reckless?"
"We’re doomed!"
"It’s over!"
"We’re gonna crash!"
...
The atmosphere in the waiting room suddenly became tense: she was the only student in the group who might have succeeded in breaking through and passing the test so far, but she just had to court death...
Everyone felt pained and stared resentfully at the antique mech submerged in ’trash’, but thinking that Ji You with number 4444 was tough as nails, she probably wouldn’t die so easily, many still held a glimmer of hope in their hearts.
Just then, boom——
A loud explosion suddenly erupted from the pile of trash, undoubtedly, unmistakably, the ’trash’ bombs had detonated!
Students: "..."
This is the real deal, she’s gone~
Someone covered the corner of their mouth, grimacing and howling, "Ji You, you died a horrible death..."
"Ji You, may you rest in peace."
"Ji You, every year on this date, we will never forget to burn incense for you..."
...
Amidst the doomsaying, right at the epicenter of the explosion, from within the billowing smoke, suddenly something leaped out, using both hands and feet, directly climbing up the city wall...
Students: "Holy shit!"
"She’s not dead?"
"Resurrected?"
"What’s happening?"
Amidst the astonished speculation, Shen Changqing cleared his throat and explained: "You all seem to have forgotten about the Protective Shield, haven’t you?"
"Cough!"
"Cough!"
"Cough!"
As soon as these words were spoken, awkward coughs echoed around them, indeed, in their worry, they had been so confused by 4444’s series of flashy moves that everyone had forgotten about it.
The Protective Shield is also one of the standard equipment of a mech, installed on every unit. With the advancements in technology, the Protective Shields of mechs produced by the Alliance are increasingly powerful. However, due to different performance and roles of each model, not every Protective Shield is the same, and they also vary in strength; the Protective Shield of the antique mech is clearly the weakest.
However, the students were only facing a basic mech test, and the ’trash’ bombs’ power was something the Protective Shield of the antique mech could undoubtedly withstand for a while.
And——
Not only that, the force of the explosion also swept up the ’trash’ continuously pouring down from the top of the wall and detonated it all in a blink of an eye. Due to the chain reaction caused by the explosion, there was a brief moment of vacancy on the entire wall, and this short interval was Ji You’s only chance!
At this moment, the watching students finally understood Ji You’s strategy—she was taking advantage of the gap to climb to the top of the wall!
You could see——
Ji You was piloting the antique mech, clinging to the wall, like a nimble monkey, scaling a distance of a thousand meters in just a few breaths.
Spiritual World.
Boss: [Master, there’s a bomb coming from 200 meters to the left, run.]
Second: [Master, there’s a bomb coming from 500 meters above you, run.]
Third: [Master, to the right, to the right, 400 meters, quick, quick, quick!!!!]
Fourth: [200 meters to the left, 300 meters to the right, Master keep it up, you’re the best!]
This Fourth really is a slick one, not only not disrupting Master’s important tasks but also cheering and boosting morale while they can, slapping on the flattery to strive to be the most endearing Sisi in the Master’s heart...
Old Five and Sixth weren’t slacking off either, as Ji You was climbing, they diligently provided warnings, helping the Master perfectly dodge the ’trash’ bombs tumbling down from the wall again...