Chapter 26 (1/2)

Translator: Noodletown Translations  Editor: Noodletown Translations

The tables had turned after Mu Fan eliminated those two mechs; it became three versus two between the green team and the red team.

“Body motion synchronization deactivated.”

Mu Fan stumbled as the black metal tubes retracted away. He stood inside his cockpit as he shook his head, trying to clear up his mind. He had lost senses of his right arm, and now his brain could control it again.

He looked at Black who was flying around him and asked, “What was that just now?”

There were many hidden questions in this one question. But somehow after Black had entered the PO Battle Network, something about it evolved, and it didn’t have any trouble understanding Mu Fan’s question.

“The pressure from the external environment after your synchronization with the mech probably triggered your stress response,” Black said in a calm manner as it flew around Mu Fan and continued, “Your body is a bit special. More precisely speaking, there’s something unique about your bloodline.”

“Okay,” Mu Fan said after remaining quiet for a few seconds, “So what were you doing before that?”

The two dots representing Black’s eyes transformed into vertical straight lines. “Before accessing the PO, I had confirmed with you that you would give me the authority of making plans in the virtual world. I had been collecting related information, reactivating my dormant data, and thus updating my database. ”

“My name is unusual.”

“It’s normal!”

“My rookie training camp was odd as well.”

“It’s normal!

“Was my mech abnormal as well?”

“It’s normal!” Black wasn’t going to admit to anything; he could be shameless since he wasn’t human anyways.

“Why?” Mu Fan asked, ignoring Black’s answers.

“It is a part of the plan.”

“Alright, I accept that answer,” Mu Fan sighed.

“Now, I have merged into the PO Battle Network, and I’m currently trying to merge into the UGF administrative network. I already have some authorizations to amend certain features in the network, including the body motion synchronization that you have just experienced. However, as a part of the plan, you wouldn’t get a second chance to experience that again this year. You will need to get familiar with mechs and how to operate them starting from the generation-zero, getting prepared for real mech battles in reality,” Black said to Mu Fan seriously this time.

Mu Fan nodded and moved his right arm as he tilted his head and asked, “Then, what do we do next?”

“Wait for death,” Black said while squinting its eyes.

It quickly flew away and merged into the wall of the cockpit before Mu Fan could do anything. Its voice echoed in the cockpit, “You don’t know how to operate a mech, so that’s the same thing as waiting to die, isn’t it? Don’t worry, the next time you use this mech, I’ll restore it to its original condition.”

Silence spread across the cockpit as Black had ran away again.

So mischievous! Why couldn’t it be a genuine A.I. and learn something good.

Mu Fan glanced at the empty cockpit around him. The black metal tubes were gone as well, and he wondered why Black had to wait until next time to restore everything. After the modification, there was only the display screen remaining. However, he still didn’t know how to reply to Chubby Harry who was on the other end of the team voice communication channel.

At six o’clock direction on the map, there was a half-crippled white skeleton-like mech that stood still, stepping on a destroyed Raider. Without a sound, it emitted the vibe of a pro player.

“Hey, Lord Egg, add me as a friend after we exit the battle, will you? It’s amazing how a generation-zero mech eliminated two first-generation mechs within seconds.”

“Mu Fan? Mu Fan, bro, can you say something?” Chubby Harry asked, but silence was the answer.

“Fine, I’ll come and find you.” Chubby Harry gave up.

Mu Fan also gave up. He decided to stand in this cockpit until the battle was over because too many things happened today, and he needed some time to digest them all.

Chubby Harry decided to move towards the red dot that represented Mu Fan. What’s he doing? He didn’t move nor talk after that double kill.

Chubby Harry took out an Illusion Grenade, which was a unique one-time-use item that could be purchased with a reasonable price in the PO Battle Network; it could project a three-dimensional holograph of the user. From afar, others wouldn’t be able to tell it apart from the real player.