Chapter 471: Fissure Strangle (1/2)
Chapter 471: Fissure Strangle
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
”Hahah …”
”Haha … Oh my God … It's too much … Ohh … No no no … My stomach hurts … Hahaha …”
The entire audience in the mech combat test arena was roaring with laughter. The young people on the stage laughed even more tickled, doubling over with laughter. Even Brahm could not help but smiled.
It was truly a very amusing spectacle. The examiner circled around the strange looking mech while attacking, but the metal stump could always avoid the attacks with all kinds of weird movements. It was not just weird to watch, for the mech itself looked like an oddball, so the end result was comedic instead.
The odd mech suddenly put its left hand and feet to the ground, attempting to do a side flip and avoid the examiner's attack. The thickset metal limbs of the metal stump flipped unceremoniously to the side, and crashed into the ground during its unsteady maneuver. The huge fellow crashed down loudly like a building, kicking up dust that covered the examiner's mech in a layer of dirt.
This invited even more laughter from the floor.The youngsters who were bending over themselves, catching a breath, now laughed again, but their faces showed the pain they were now experiencing in their abdomen.
Inside the pilot cabin, Ye Chong felt helpless. He had wanted to enter a command to do a horizontal step, but the mech had done a horizontal flip instead. Surprised by the mistake, Ye Chong keyed in another erroneous command, and the mech went off balance and crashed into the ground.
Ye Chong was already used to making a series of mistake in a row by now. There was nothing he could do about it. The controls were placed differently than he was used to, and that was a very fatal weakness in combat.
The only reason he had not lost yet was his ability to read his opponent's intentions and react accordingly. Of course, there was also a bit of luck involved. Else, he would have lost a long time ago.
Even so, he was now playing a completely passive role.
The examiner was also puzzled and annoyed. No matter how he looked at it, he had the advantage, while the d*mned Number 231 could not even afford to attack him. However, the clumsy metal stump was incredibly lucky, avoiding all his attacks in ridiculously humiliating ways every single time. This annoyed him to no end.
However, he had decided to end this fight with a killer move!
”Humph, let's see if you'll avoid this!” The examiner thought to himself, his eyes glaring inside the pilot cabin. He was now positively furious.
The examiner's hands flew across his controls, entering the necessary commands. His mech retreated unexpectedly, widening the distance between him and Ye Chong.
Inside the pilot cabin, Ye Chong's face remain expressionless, but the deep calm in his eyes was tinged with worry.
”So? How's the test going?” A casual voice asked from behind Brahm.
Brahm turned over to see a middle-aged man, his upper half body naked, walking towards him. He slung a towel over his shoulder, and his muscles glistened with undried sweat.
Brahm considered for a moment and replied, ”It's getting interesting.”
The middle-aged man sat down heavily beside Brahm, looking surprised. ”If even you think it's interesting, it must be very much indeed.”
”Well, see for yourself.” Brahm nodded towards the test arena below.
”Hehe, I will,” the other man said without meaning it as he dried himself with his towel.
Brahm turned his attention from the fight to the man sitting beside him, and spoke earnestly, ”Tong, thank you for this.” The man called Tong was the examiner who piloted the mech with the shield and sword. He was sent here on a mission, and since Brahm received orders to help with the instructor's hiring process, he had volunteered for to be a guest examiner.
Tong waved off his words. ”It's no big deal, don't worry about it. I haven't had a chance to fight since coming back from the front line. It was enjoyable to say the least.”
”How's the situation at the front line? You know that the news we get here is mixed in with gossip and rumors, it's hard to figure out what's really going on.” Brahm sat up straight and looked at Tong.
Tong shook his head. ”We're not doing so well. So far, we're in a stalemate. People die at the front line everyday. We know too little about those creature.” He paused, looked around them for eavesdroppers, then leaned closer to Brahm and said in a low voice, ”Not long ago, Arwa's scouts found a very strong red-tailed beast nearby, right at the edge of the asteroid zone. Only three out of 30 in the scouting squad came back alive.”
”What?” Brahm turned pale, but quickly composed himself. He looked around to see if anyone noticed, then leaned towards Tong and spoke shakily, ”What you're saying is …”
The two of them exchange a long lok. Tong nodded solemnly and said, ”Yes. The higher-ups are wondering if there are other red-tailed beasts that have already infiltrated Gray Valley.”
Brahm's face was drained of blood. He was a non-combatant still, having never been on the battlefield, and he was shocked by the news. Tong patted Brahm lightly by the shoulder to soothe him, and said, ”Don't worry too much about it. Even if they're here, the soldiers will fight them first.” He added, ”Don't tell anyone about this. It's classified military information, hehe.” However, from the way he told it, it did look like he cared much for so-called classified information.