Chapter 50 (1/2)

Mu Fan had no idea that his APM was steadily increasing until it reached around 340. The 10% increase corresponded to his comprehension of one-tenth of the first tier of Dark Respiration. Also, he didn’t know that Black had set the APM recorder to display the number 30 less than the actual data. His real APM was close to 370! It was like a miracle!

Mu Fan didn’t notice any of this, and he had just finished pressing the buttons and issuing the commands in 0.7 seconds; it would usually take him one second to complete.

Pang! Under Mu Fan’s control, the RX-16 spun on the ground and jumped up at an incredible speed, barely dodging the pulse charged bullet as it glided past his shield. This contact made his alloy shield create a huge vibrating sound.

“Good job! The Big Egg is angry! Haha!” Wang Nuonuo took another gulp of her soft drink, and her cheeks flushed from excitement. However, her figure as a short and chubby girl was unable to attract any attention.

Mu Fan obviously couldn’t hear all this, and he had entered his zone as the sets of control buttons for the basic movement technique that Black had taught him were appearing in his head. Based on the current status of the mech which would update every 0.1 seconds, all he had to do was to constantly calibrate it by combining different sets of buttons.

He predicted the movements of his opponent by using his consciousness and instinct! Then, his hands flashed across the control panel, and the mech was able to perform more advanced movements. Therefore, what others saw was that his clumsy-looking mech had spun off the ground and charged towards his opponent in a strange way.

From falling to getting up and charging forward, the mech’s movements were natural and smooth.

Mu Fan had completely entered the breathing rhythm of Dark Respiration. He was aware of every single one of his movements. He felt intoxicated toward the state of absolute clarity.

There wasn’t anyone beside Mu Fan in reality. But if there was, then that person would be surprised to notice that Mu Fan’s breathing wasn’t making any sound. They would be able to tell that he was breathing through the movement of his lips, but if they were to close their eyes, then Mu Fan would disappear from their senses.

Dark Respiration! Mu Fan’s state was synchronized both in reality and in the virtual world.

The Winged-Snake player was confused when he realized that his charged attack didn’t work. Then, he saw the clumsy mech charging in his direction while holding its shield and sword; it was even moving with anticipation, trying to dodge the attacks!

Is he looking down on me? Your black technology isn’t going to save you from the fact that your mech is still a sword and shield mech. The opponent thought as he changed his shooting mode from single shot to burst and aimed his gun at Mu Fan, but he was surprised when he noticed that Mu Fan dodged all his bullets once again. He realized that Mu Fan wasn’t moving in a straight line, nor was it accurate to describe it as a curve; he could see his bullets covering where his opponent was, but the sand that flew into the sky told him that he had missed all the shots.

Something is strange with this kid!

“Woah! He’s actually a clumsy bear who knows how to sidestep! He’s not all that stupid!” Wang Nuonuo’s frown smoothed out. She was surprised by the battle, and she started to anticipate more interesting things to happen.

Should close-range mechs in Reality-Mode be despised like this? Mu Fan would never have thought that the RX-16 which was steady and stable in his eyes would be a clumsy mech in his opponent’s eye. He was even just a big bear in the only viewer’s eyes.

Mm? There’s a pattern in the way it’s charging towards me. It seems to be in the Z-shape. The Winged-Snake player noticed something when Mu Fan was 500 meters away. Still not going to use long-range attacks within this range to probe? How confident is he? Is he simply mocking me?!

The Winged-Snake player aimed his rifle at Mu Fan again; he was confident that he had decoded the pattern of his opponent’s movement. He was prepared to shoot based on his predictions, and he believed that with the low recoil of his weapon, he could completely cover path of his dull-looking opponent.

Mu Fan was indeed performing the Regular Z-Shift. There was an exponential growth in the operation difficulty from starting up the mech to Regular Z-Shift and onto Irregular Z-Shift.

Hm? Did I control the mech to do the Z-shift? And I was completely aware of myself completing the Regular Z-Shift! Mu Fan suddenly realized that the bottleneck which he had during training had disappeared after he performed those dodging movements subconsciously.

It seems like I could try the Irregular Z-Shift next? Mu Fan remained in a calm state under the effect of Dark Respiration. His fingers danced around the control panel as his left arm and left hand moved rhythmically, and his right hand bounced around the levers, calibrating them to a precision of 0.5 degrees.

Meanwhile, the Winged-Snake player began to shoot at Mu Fan. His series of movements from lifting the electromagnetic pulse rifle to lowering it to sending the bullet flying was smooth as well. All the minor adjustments that he made to his position to decrease the little recoil that his gun had shown that he was a skilled player as well.

However, the only audience of this battle, Nuonuo’s mouth opened into an O-shape as she watched the next five seconds. The heavy-looking sword and shield mech performed a series of tactical dodges that didn’t match up to its clumsy image as soon as the Winged-Snake shot at it.

Mu Fan was simply practicing Irregular Z-Shift at this place. He needed to master this technique before he could use it to initiate the movement technique – Hollow Flash.

Black had locked Mu Fan at the 85% simulation level as soon as put on his helmet, including now in Fantasy-Mode where it was common to have lower simulation levels. On top of that, Mu Fan was riding one of the most basic Reality-Mode mechs. He really shouldn’t be in the battle zone for Fantasy-Mode mechs.

At this moment, it was as if the clumsy-looking RX-16 wasn’t in the desert and entered a complex maze. When the Winged-Snake’s bullets shot over, it felt like the RX-16 had foreseen the attack as it charged forward a strange way. The way that it moved was like being forced to stop before resuming the charge repeatedly; that made the head of the player in the Winged Snake hurt just watching it.

The upper half of the mech covered by the shield remained in the same position, not even moving its left arm. However, the legs that were crossing each other showed that the mech was constantly running. It seemed like it was shifting left and right, but the radar on the Winged Snake was giving warnings as the RX-16 moved.