Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: Noodletown Translations  Editor: Noodletown Translations

Lu Qingxue knew she was at a disadvantage as she became certain that the three mechs were teaming up against her, and if she was hit by their Vulcans, which had high firing rates at close range, it would instantly consume her mech’s energy shield. With the three mechs surrounding Lu Qingxue and firing their Vulcans all in her direction, she had to dodge faster and quicker to avoid their firepower. Behind her was a tropical forest with magnificent tall trees which could decrease the effectiveness of their radars, and as she retreated towards the tropical forest, a yellow-green mech suddenly appeared behind her, with its high-frequency proton knife already turning red! It was an Investigator-Class mech with invisibility and camouflage ability, and it had been hiding in the forest for a long time! If the high-frequency proton knife was to pierce through Lu Qingxue’s mech, her energy shield would shatter in an instant from the high damage.

The survival tournament was set at Devil’s Island, a volcanic island where midsize space corvettes would randomly fire at ground mechs. The system was set to analyze data every ten minutes, and each of the survivors would be awarded three points and one extra point for every mech they destroyed; boundaries would also shrink at the same time and those who failed to relocate within the effective boundary would be forcefully eliminated.

It didn’t matter if the four mechs were a team or if there were two teams against Lu Qingxue, she was already in a dangerous situation at the moment.

“Oh no! Senior Lu didn’t seem to notice the mech behind her!” The crew-cut guy, who spoke before, shouted.

Rayno stared at the three-dimensional light screen, his thin lips were still pinched together but the corners had started to curl upwards into a smile.

“Long Er you idiot!” a young man wearing glasses said coldly, and he didn’t give the crew cut a chance to speak up as he continued. “Senior Lu’s mech was revised and customized based on the military-use Mulan Model, and it’s specialized in long-range attacks. The mech has the fifth generation engine and is equipped with a standardized Warble Corp-made 165 caliber gauss sniper rifle, a 35 caliber close-range gatekeeper, and a 32 rocket launcher. According to Interstellar standards, the mech would be graded as A-level in long-range attacks, D-level in defense, D-level in close-range attacks, and C-level in maneuverability. You’ve already watched for this long, but have you ever seen Senior Lu’s sniper rifle, you idiot?”

“Feng Yu, you!” The crew-cut boy’s face flushed red.

“Watch for yourself. The combustion from Re:Mulan’s engine has changed colors from orange to yellow, meaning that it’s been switched into a sixth generation engine already. Senior Lu was the President of the Kendo club, so the reason she chose Mulan to customize and painted it white was for solely aesthetic purposes and not for long-range attacks! Take a look at the high-cycle sword on her back, idiot!” Feng Yu continued to mock Long Er with an indifferent expression.

“Was that a Flash Wave Jump?!” Long Er suddenly shouted as his face twisted together in shock.

There was an alloy sheath on Re:Mulan’s back that was painted the same color as her mech armor! The barely noticeable sword was pulled out of its sheath in an instant, and Re:Mulan bent her knees as the jet underneath her feet stored up energy at the same time. The white mech leaned back seventy-five degrees and pointed the sword onto the ground. Using the sword as a pivoting point, it flipped and flew backwards in a parabolic arc at a speed three times faster than when it retreated in a straight motion, and she managed to dodge all the projectiles from the three mechs. As for the yellow-green mech holding the particle knife in its hand that was once behind the white mech, it had suddenly stopped moving, and with a loud boom, its engine exploded. The white Re:Mulan’s back was turned towards the yellow-green mech, and it slowly pulled out the high-cycle sword from the opponent’s energy cabinet… She then slowly turned around.

“It’s… It’s… Senior Lu just did the Flash Wave Jump! Isn’t that an A-level military strategic evading movement? How did she incorporate the sword into this move and even kill the opponent mech, all while piloting a mech?!” Long Er’s jaw dropped so far that a fist could probably fit in his mouth.

“It’s not easy. Qingxue is no doubt the Valkyrie of Dingchuan Academy’s Kendo Club! There’s no need to watch further, the standard to completing an A-level military move is extremely high, so she must have surpassed her first-stage mental lock,” Rayno said with a trace of surprise and admiration in his eyes.

According to the United Galaxia Federation, for candidates under forty years of age that weren’t selected through the military academy, if they could perform three A-level, or above, military combat skills during the open examination on September 17th of every year, then they could directly become a UGF officer. The examiners wouldn’t question the background of the candidate as long as they passed the political inspections, and even if they were selected to be the lowest-ranked second lieutenant, that would still mean a huge leap for others who worked hard to move up step by step. The military officially had 379 A-level movements, and over a hundred years of improvements, every single movement became difficult as hell! Those who could master three A-level movements were strong enough to be considered outstanding.

There was no doubt that the three Platinum one-star candidates paused their steps towards Re:Mulan immediately after they saw the A-level movement.

“Senior Lu’s sixth generation engine has just entered overload compensation mode, and it’s bound to burst out energy now,” Feng Yu said as his eyes glistened behind his glasses.

One of the mechs was about to run away while the other two started to fire their Vulcans at once. Re:Mulan had entered into the sixth generation engine overload mode at 150% energy, making it skip two levels from C-level in Maneuverability to 2C-level in Maneuverability; so it had completely suppressed the other three C-level Maneuverability mechs in speed control! Not to mention that with Lu Qingxue, who was riding the Re:Mulan, it was more like a close-range combat artist hidden in disguise as a long-range sniper.

Flash Wave Jump, close proximity, one stab into the engine cabinet!

Close range, rocket launcher fired until damaged, another stab into the engine cabinet!

Jump and slay! With the explosive speed adding force to her sharp high-cycle sword, the last opponent mech’s assault rifle was instantly split in half!