Chapter 490: At Full Force (2/2)
Xi Qing and Shu had surpassed their teacher, that they did training more dead serious than Ye Chong. Mortality, casualties were none of their concern. They actually had 35 trainees wounded or passed out one day.
The mechanic trainees were arranged to be assistance of actual mechanics in the spaceship. Under the arrangement, every mechanic was naturally assigned with at least two assistances. As Shang had suspected, there were indeed a great deal of talents hidden among the folks in the fleet. He actually found out a masterly mechanic in the crowd, along with 30 advanced mechanics. The technician team alone was far more superior than whatever Haskel had in the beginning.
That was fun but Ye Chong was really bored...
...(Meanwhile at the mechanics' site)...
”Take a careful look now. This pressure-control valve is the most important part of the entire structure. It is what determines if this would be a machine or a piece of trash,” said Harrell as his hand adjusted the valve constantly. There were 12 young men surrounding him as he explained working of every part in details. They were all ears to his words, and Yang Ming was one of them.
Underneath that snowy white hair of the master, Harrell had rosy cheeks of a child. The years he spent wielding the wrench had given him a strong physique. His voice was forceful to reach almost corners of the room. Being one of the top masters in Gray Valley, he was low-profiled. He declined any form of services associated with a particular force. He preferred getting indulged in his research at home alone.
Nevertheless, he was a rational person. He understood how every ounce of strength mattered at the moment. So he decided to provide assistance the best he could, and he offered himself becoming the head engineer of the entire modification operation. As inspired by Haskel, he had provided a new modification plan.
Most features highlighted in Haskel's version of modification blueprint were retained, except the few new additions of offenses Harrell added. It had a similar concept, where the battery would still be the bait, inside a pathway which formed like a trap. So that would at least provide basic defense mechanism for the other spaceships.
But it was tricky to execute. The weaponry involved just be strong enough to penetrate the defense of red-tailed beasts.
It took great efforts among Harrell and the other advanced engineers to devise a proper plan. Of course, Ye Chong gave a few touches too, since he was that one genius who happened to know much about the almost-forgotten field of ancient mechanics.
Well, that was probably his greatest contribution during the period.
Ye Chong yawned, looking at the clusters outside the window.
”Ye, I want to play a game,” said Shang, a rather preposterous proposal at a period like this.
Ye Chong was bewildered. It was a foreign term of luxury to him. He grew up without games to be honest. He had been racing with people, with money, with time. Never once he stopped strengthening himself and had something called... ”Game...?”
”Jajaja...” Shang knew how to keep the boy interested, ”Let's play a game that could strengthen yourself. Well, you could think it as a kind of training if you want to.”
”Okay.” Shang seemed pleased by the response.
”Take the helmet.”
And Ye Chong, still bewildered, placed this strange, out-of-nowhere virtual world helmet on top of his head.
”Hehehehe, Ye, here we go~” Shang sounded excited...
”So am I, Ye.” A cold voice rang in his head, unexpectedly.
”Mu?” Ye Chong was shocked. He was supposed to in a kind of hibernation...
”Hehehehehehehe, Ye, it took me some efforts to get Mu to join us. Well, the game would be fun with Mu here... Sinc-” Said Shang proudly, since it was indeed almost-impossible to get the artificial intelligence of cold logic to join the a game. ”I'll explain the rules,” Mu interrupted.
Shang's flashback was interrupted.
”Okay.” Ye Chong went focused. He knew it would be fun.
If it was a game that caught Mu's interests, very likely it would be...
Wow, this would be exciting.