Chapter 417: Preamble (1/2)
Chapter 417: Preamble
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ye Chong could not tell if he was lucky or not. That he encountered the Xi Feng Tribe's combat squad was definitely unfortunate. However, he had survived their combined beam attack, and in that sense he was extremely lucky. In the end, Ye Chong was not a born and bred Ye Family member - Moon King's many special features were designed just for the Ye Family, so for an outsider like Ye Chong who did not receive specialized training from the Ye Family, it was impossible to unleash the full potential of the Moon King.
It was still too short a time for Ye Chong to familiarize himself with Moon King. Aside from his final move, the rest of his executions were not up to his standards. Had it been otherwise, a standard Mandate class mech would be more than enough to deal with a combat squad from the Xi Feng Tribe. Nevertheless, Ye Chong dared not test this out himself. He was still unfamiliar with Moon King. If it was only the Phoenix Class mech, he would have gotten the job done. Unfortunately, there were other mech sizes with it, and Ye Chong remembered Xi Feng Tribe's group strategy well enough.
When Ye Chong left the mountain ranges, half a month had passed since that day. In this half a month, he tried everything he could with Moon King, since it was his biggest trump card. The more advanced the mech was, the more skilled its pilot should be to draw out its full potential, else the end result would be even worse than using a low class mech. Hence, it was important for every mech pilot to use a mech that was best suited for him or her, and not simply choose the most advanced mech available.
The Mandate class mech was the most advanced mech that Ye Chong had ever maneuvered before. The commands were complicated, and on an entirely different level compared to low level mechs. Some commands were designed to fit the Ye Family's internal training, and hard to understand for outsiders.
Ye Chong spent most of his time on these particular commands. He could only explore them slowly. Without understanding these special commands, it would be hard to make use of even half of what Moon King was truly capable of.
His hard work paid off, as shown by his current capabilities. Ye Chong believed that if he met the seven mechs again, he would have at least a 70 percent chance of defeating them. However, this success came at a price. Since Ye Chong did not understand all the special commands, every time he initiated one of them, he could only wait nervously until the mech performed its preset maneuvers.
Once, on the ground, Ye Chong initiated one of the unknown commands, and Moon King suddenly turned around and went head first into the ground. Ye Chong nearly vomited from the violent movements. Later, he found out that it was actually a Three-step Zigzag Retreat. Surprises like this happened often and exhausting, even with Ye Chong's strong body and mind.
Ye Chong tried all 326 unknown commands in Moon King. This allowed him to become familiar with the mech and understand more about the Ye Family mech piloting skills.
Feng Su was not doing much better than Ye Chong. The hellish training bore down heavily on her. Whatever weakness left in her was replaced with a steel determination. Her eyes gleamed coldly with the readiness to kill. Tackan and his group kept her under strict watch, monitoring her every move. All her belongings were taken away, including her dimension keystone. They would only return them to her after the Congregation.
”Let's go. Seems that the guy's not coming back,” Tackan said with disappointment.
A young man with a wooden spear in hand walked towards them slowly.
Ye Chong's arrival was met with joy on Tackan's side. Ye Chong stole a glance at Feng Su, and kept his surprise to himself. She looked like she had suffered plenty these days. She now seemed more ruthless due to Tackan and his gang's company. For some reason, Ye Chong suddenly felt indifferent about her situation. If Shang were to see her now, would he still call her a beauty?
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Mu and Shang was not aware of Ye Chong's situation. They were now very busy. Due to the Shi Family's cooperation, they had rapidly obtained a huge amount of resources. The completion of their first virtual world node laboratory marked a significant improvement in their strength. Little Rock, the rigid genius, was the main star of the laboratory. His computing skills were astonishing, and even Mu and Shang were thoroughly impressed.
The virtual world was not as common in the He Yua Galaxy, but any slightly powerful organization would enter the virtual world. After all, information exchange in this place was unparalleled. This also made the virtual world more singular in purpose compared to that of the Five Galaxies, but also more dangerous.
Mu and Shang's node laboratory had been attacked for no less than two dozen times. The strength of each attack was unimaginable in the Five Galaxies. Aside from the first three attacks, where Mu lent a hand to Little Rock, the rest of them were dealt only by Little Rock himself, showing his extraordinary skills as a Maverick. With solid computational skills for backing, careful planning and endless patience, Little Rock grew stronger and stronger as he fought in the arena of the virtual world.
By now, He Yue Galaxy was in a state of great tension. The large scale military personnel reassignments by the Three Aristocratic Families were hard to miss for the curious ones, and even Little Rock could acquire plenty of information in this regard in the virtual world. Nonetheless, the Three Aristocratic Families did not explain their movements. No one knew where the military troops were reassigned to. They seemed to just vanish into thin air.