Chapter 60 Chapter 060

After about five or six seconds of silence, Ke Lei finally realized that something was wrong.

He looked at Luo Wechuan and Yun Xingze standing at the door of the room with some confusion, and felt that there was an awkward atmosphere around them.

Did he say something wrong? Ke Lei couldn’t help thinking.

In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Ke Lei cleared his throat and said humorously: “That “I’m so weak” is probably scared. If he knew that ‘L’ was Dachuan, how would he dare accept the PK request? Right? Haha. ”

Yun Xingze: “…”

Yun Xingze glanced at Ke Lei calmly. Very complicated emotions flashed in his eyes.

Ke Lei continued: “It’s also possible that the guy is using a plug-in, and his strength is not that strong at all. Dachuan, why did you send me to test him? You aren’t interested in him, right? Haha.”

Luo Wenchuan: “…”

Ke Lei: “I’m just joking with you, haha. The one you like is…”

“I think a mouse ran into your room.” Luo Wenchuan suddenly turned his head and pointed to Ke Lei’s door. “Aren’t you going to take a look?”

“What?!” What Ke Lei hated most was mice, and he quickly returned to his room.

Yun Xingze and Luo Wenchuan stared at each other.

When Ke Lei was present just now, Luo Wenchuan didn’t make it clear.

But there was some sort of tacit understanding in both their eyes.

After Ke Lei left, Luo Wenchuan walked into Yun Xingze’s room.

Yun Xingze took a step back, and with a soft click, the door closed.

Yun Xingze couldn’t help swallowing when the two of them finally stood face to face.

“Aren’t you going to explain?” Luo Wenchuan raised his eyebrows, revealing long, narrow eyes with a bit of inquiry.

Even after racking his brains, Yun Xingze didn’t know how to answer, so he simply reversed the question: “What about you, what did Ke Lei mean by ‘testing’, Senior Luo?”

Luo Wenchuan looked at Yun Xingze calmly. After a while he said: “Intuition tells me that the account called “I am so weak” belongs to you.”

Yun Xingze whispered: “Your intuition is too scary…”

Luo Wenchuan stared straight into his eyes and asked, “Why did you hide it from me when I asked you at the time?”

“Actually…” Recalling his various bad behaviors in the game, Yun Xingze suddenly had an idea and thought of a good explanation. “I did cheat. It’s all done by cheaters, and has nothing to do with me.”

Luo Wenchuan made another “oh” sound and asked slowly: “What cheats? They can even provoke people?”

Yun Xingze fell silent for a while, struggling to come up with an explanation. Finally, under Luo Wenchuan’s sharp eyes, he gave up the struggle, broke the jar and said: “Okay, I did it. But I was definitely not malicious.”

Luo Wenchuan looked at him silently, waiting for him to continue.

“I was just afraid that ‘L’ would not PK with me, and I wasn’t sure that ‘L’ was you.” Yun Xingze said sincerely. “You won’t be angry, will you?”

“No.” Luo Wenchuan said succinctly. “Then how did you confirm it later?”

“The next day when I saw that you looked very bad, I confirmed it.” Yun Xingze said.

Luo Wenchuan: “…”

After a moment of silence, Luo Wenchuan asked again: “Then why did you run away after the fight?”

“I’m afraid you will be sad.” Yun Xingze looked at Luo Wenchuan seriously. “I hate crying alphas the most. I did it because I care and want to protect you.”

Luo Wenchuan sneered. “You care about and protect a lot of people. You even ‘cared’ about the other three school teams in the group stage.”

Yun Xingze pretended he didn’t hear Luo Wenchuan’s words.

Yun Xingze’s behavior of running after winning really stimulated many people, and Luo Wenchuan was also very angry at that time.

However, when the culprit stood in front of Luo Wenchuan, there was no anger in his heart.

On the contrary, he felt a little uneasy.

Luo Wenchuan saw the guilt in Yun Xingze’s eyes, so he didn’t continue his line of questioning. Softening, his tone, he asked: “Playing so late at night?”

Yun Xingze was stunned for a while. He never expected Luo Wenchuan to let the matter go so easily.

He thought that an employee who provokes their boss will definitely be fired.

“Mr. Richard said that I don’t have a competitive spirit.” Yun Xingze replied truthfully. “So I want to try PK with you.”

Luo Wenchuan lowered his eyes slightly after hearing the words. A few seconds later, he asked: “When we PK… are you so eager to win.”

Yun Xingze nodded, and with a slightly serious tone, said: “Yes, I really want to defeat you.”

After speaking, he felt that saying so might not be so good, so he scratched his head and added, “I just want to win the PK, Senior Luo. Don’t take it to heart.”

Luo Wenchuan’s eyes stayed on Yun Xingze’s face for a long moment. Duddenly the corner of his lower lip hooked upwards: “What’s the matter. Next time you want to fight, just come find me directly.”

Yun Xingze looked at Luo Wenchuan in a daze, and immediately smiled. “Will do!”

Suddenly, Yun Xingze remembered something else. He looked at Luo Wenchuan and asked, “But there’s something I don’t quite understand. Is the desire to win or lose that important?”

Luo Wenchuan replied without hesitation, “Of course it matters.”

Yun Xingze couldn’t help but ask again, “Then… the state of human-machine integration. Do you have to have a strong competitive spirit to achieve it?”

“That’s right.” Luo Wenchuan replied.

A flash of disappointment flashed in Yun Xingze’s eyes, and he frowned slightly. “But winning or losing the game isn’t that important to me.”

Luo Wenchuan looked at him and lowered his voice: “Don’t you want to win?”

“I just think that,” Yun Xingze’s voice involuntarily softened, “If the opponent is not you, it doesn’t seem interesting to win.”

Luo Wenchuan was stunned.

Yun Xingze’s words surprised him.

However, when he recalled the image of him and Yun Xingze PK-ing in the game, he did have a sense of mutual understanding between masters.

His lips involuntarily twitched.

Yun Xingze raised his eyes, saw Luo Wenchuan smiling, and was stunned.

“It’s an honor to be treated as the only worthy enemy by the notorious “I’m so weak”,” Luo Wenchuan said half-jokingly and half-seriously. “After hearing you speak, I will definitely not lose to you in our next PK.”

Yun Xingze finally reacted. Amused by those words, he couldn’t help refute them. “I’m not at the point of notoriety yet though.”

After a minute, Luo Wenchuan suppressed his smile and his tone became serious. “However, having said that, you must understand one thing. Mechas are weapons for war, and we are soldiers who will use these weapons in the future. If soldiers don’t have the determination to win, how can they maximize the lethality of their weapons?”

Luo Wenchuan rarely spoke such long sentences.

Yun Xingze was stunned when he heard the words. It was a long time before he recovered.

Luo Wenchuan’s words pointed out a crucial fact that Yun Xingze had been ignoring.

He lived in a medical cabin in his last life and had never experienced war. Although he was keen on designing mechas, which improved the survivability of human beings to a certain extent, in the end, mechas are still used in warfare.

No warrior fights a war relying on their love of weapons.

“Of course, we are only participating in a contest now.” Luo Wenchuan paused for a moment before continuing, “Even if you can’t have firm conviction belonging on the battlefield, as long as you have the necessary skills, you can still win.”

Yun Xingze knew that Luo Wenchuan was comforting him and nodded.

But he could see from Luo Wenchuan’s eyes that Luo Wenchuan did not agree with the concept of “relying on love1love of mecha to fight.”

Even if it’s not a battlefield, the cadet arena is equivalent to simulating war.

“As for the state of human-machine integration…” Luo Wenchuan thought about it and said, “I haven’t studied it. It’s just that when you understand the importance of a battle to oneself, you will give everything to your mecha, and that feeling will make you stronger.”

Yun Xingze took a deep breath, feeling that he still had a long way to go.

“Thank you, Senior Dachuan, I understand.” Yun Xingze said.

The two stood at the door for a long time, and Luo Wenchuan told him so much. Yun Xingze felt a little embarrassed, and ran to the freezer to get him a can of drinks and let him sit for a while.

Luo Wenchuan sat on the leather sofa, his eyes fell on the vase on the freezer.

After taking the drink that Yun Xingze took, he opened the can with one hand and casually asked, “Who gave you that bouquet?”

Yun Xingze followed Luo Wenchuan’s line of sight and replied: “Ah, the bouquet was sent by a spectator. I originally forgot it in the waiting room, and Oriel helped bring it back… He said he specially came to watch me fight, so I found a vase to keep it.”

“Really.” Luo Wenchuan took a sip of his drink before standing up and walking to the flowers. His throat rolled. “You shouldn’t accept flowers from strangers.”

“I found someone to look at them. They said that this kind of flower is called Noah flower, and it is a specialty of Noah Star.” Yun Xingze took a can of Coke out for himself. “It should be alright?”

Luo Wenchuan looked at the vase of flowers seriously. After confirming it, he said: “En, it’s an ordinary flower.”

The Noah flower’s fragrance is very light. Drifting in the room, it gave people a sense of relaxation and joy.

“It’s getting late. Next time you want to PK, remember to find me directly.” Luo Wenchuan returned to the sofa. Bending down gently, he reached out and tapped his can to the can in Yun Xingze’s hand, making a soft sound. “I’m leaving.”

After Luo Wenchuan finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the door, his back looking tall and straight.

Yun Xingze was unable to respond for a while, and then he couldn’t help drinking a few sips.

The coke that was touched…

Seems to be sweeter?

Gotta love Ke Lei. I think the side characters in this are sometimes more interesting than the main ones. Lu Ranxu with his crow’s mouth and strange upsidedown drinking habits. Kaleb, who reminds me of those fierce looking, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted anime characters. Ashley, the fujioshi, shipping our MC/ML. And then the ugly cat.

And, of course, there’s our beloved bear child, Yun Xingze.

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 The match between Xinghai Academy and St. Klito Mecha Academy was scheduled for a week later.

In the interim, the NCLM organizer provides players with a dedicated training venue and conference room.

Every morning, after the school team members finished their daily training, the coach called them together for a meeting to discuss tactics.

Today, Xinghai Academy and St. Klito Academy happened to be be meeting in adjacent conference rooms.

“The personnel for the individual competition and the team competition has been adjusted.” Richard said to the crowd. “He Haomin, you will bring Chi Yu and Kaleb in the next game. Ke Lei, you’ll swap with Ashley. And… Yun Xingze, you will fight in the individual competition.”

Everyone was a little surprised by Richard’s assignments.

After all, Richard didn’t like Yun Xingze very much before, and his attitude was not very good.

They didn’t expect him to trust Yun Xingze so much this time.

“Look, Brother Yun, you will be appreciated once you have strength.” Oriel whispered in Yun Xingze’s ear. “You are much stronger than Chi Yu, Kaleb, and the others…”

However, Yun Xingze’s mood did not ease much because of this. After all, the responsibility laying on his shoulders was heavier in the individual competition.

The following remarks made everyone worry about Yun Xingze’s situation.

“St. Klito has always been strong in individual matches, and they will do anything to win. Although there was no foul last year, the rules were changed several times because of them. In recent years, their actions have been restrained a lot, but their playstyle is still very insidious…”

After speaking, Richard played a video of a team match between St. Klito vs. Yuanshan.

In the video, two St. Klito members entangled Yuanshan’s C position, but they did not quickly eliminate them.

After catching him, the St. Klito players put smoke bombs on him, and then the third person used took out a light whip to “humiliate” him, slapping him on the face.

It didn’t break the rules, but it looked very uncomfortable.

Sure enough, the other two teammates from Yuanshan couldn’t stand it any longer.

The St. Klito players locked the main C position’s mecha joints and threw the entire mecha onto his teammates.

The two teammates wasn’t able to, and couldn’t not catch him. In the end, the player fell to the ground.

Because of this, the remaining two Yuanshan players were surrounded and suppressed by the three St. Klito players and fell to the ground.

Everyone thought that their behavior was very excessive.

However, when they saw the performance of a St. Klito player in the individual competition, their expressions became more solemn.

This player is called Bai Jiashi, and he drives an S+ comet mecha. He is like a snake and scorpion in the individual competition, and his methods are insidious and vicious.

In the video, he stepped on the back of his opponent’s mecha. As the referee counted down, he removed the other party’s mecha’s fingers one by one.

The sound of the mecha’s fingers breaking was consistent with the referee’s countdown, clear and loud.

In ten seconds, Bai Jiashi removed exactly ten fingers.

The player whose mecha’s fingers were broken will probably have a psychological shadow hearing referee countdowns in the future.

“This…” Oriel couldn’t believe it. “This fighting method is too disgusting.”

Richard said solemnly: “They are not weak, and their coaches personally teach them how to disgust their enemies. Even Noah Military Academy, last year’s champion, did not want to face them. There will be another fierce battle next week. So before that, I hope all of you can adjust your combat style…”

Richard opened a file and listed a detailed training plan for everyone.

Yun Xingze took a look and found that Richard hoped that he could fight less on bright side, and use more dirty tactics. That is to say, he hoped that he would become more insidious.

Yun Xingze said to Richard: “Coach, I think I’m quite insidious. Teacher Zhuo praises me for being immoral.”

“Facing St. Klito, it’s not enough,” Richard said seriously. “Not only do you have to rid yourself of morality, you also have to get rid of human nature. It is better to be more sinister than them. If you can’t do it, let your cat do it.”

Yun Xingze thought that Richard was joking, but the amazing thing was that his teammates all showed expressions of approval.

Yun Xingze could only answer: “…I will try my best.”

At the same time, members of St. Klito were having a meeting in the conference room nextdoor.

Gamma, St. Klito’s coach, said to everyone: “Our goal is to win. Please remember that St. Klito Mecha Academy represents the hope and glory of our Black Swan Galaxy. It is our duty to win this game.”

The Black Swan Galaxy is located in a remote galaxy. Only a little further away is the borderland which contains the Empire’s barren planets.

In the past, Black Swan Galaxy developed very slowly because of their sparse resources and small population.

However, the sudden emergence of St. Klito Mecha Academy as a strong rookie in the NCLM attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the Empire.

Since then, the Black Swan Galaxy has obtained unprecedented resources. Over the past decade, various developmental indicators have risen significantly.

Many people say that Black Swan Galaxy civilians can finally hope for the future.

And St. Klito Mecha Academy is the starting point of this hope.

Therefore, everyone on the St. Klito school team knew one thing in their hearts – they couldn’t lose the game and have their galaxy return to the way it used to be.

Gamma sent the information to the optical brains of the school team members. “The weakness of Xinghai Academy’s players are all here. You must memorize everything, so no matter who you meet, you can use it against them.”

Each school team will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the other party’s mechas.

But only St. Klito is different. They will not only analyze the opponent’s mecha strength, but also analyze their opponent’s human weaknesses.

Seizing an opponent’s mecha weaknesses and human weaknesses, using all means to exploit those weaknesses, and even repeatedly treading the edge of the rules… this is St. Klito’s fighting style.

“Are there any opponents that need special attention this time?” Bai Jiashi, captain of St. Klito, asked the coach.

Gamma closed his eyes and replied, “Luo Wenchuan is naturally a very troublesome player. But in addition, there is one other person who needs attention.”

Bai Jiashi looked at the information on the virtual screen, and saw a name was circled – Yun Xingze.

“This guy’s origin is unknown. He is an omega, and he knows a lot of fancy moves.” At this point, Gamma sneered. “An omega’s shortcomings are obvious – lack of physical strength. No matter who encounters him, exhaust his physical strength. At the end of the day, when the time comes, you can play casually. It is best to start ruthlessly, and then step on him a few times before winning. This way he will have a psychological shadow, which will make fighting him easier when we encounter them in the future.”

Bai Jiashi blinked his long and narrow eyes and asked, “Coach, isn’t this too cruel?”

“Isn’t this what you’re best at?” Gamma asked instead.

Bai Jiashi raised his lips and smiled harmlessly. “Then I have to meet him. I will feel distressed if he is not my enemy. After all, he is an omega.”

There was a bit of pity in his tone.

When the two school teams finished their respective meetings, the two sides came out, and bumped into each other.

The air was quiet.

Compared to Jicot’s arrogance, St. Klito looked much more low-key. There is a bit of simplicity from those from a backward galaxy, but there is also untamed wildness.

Gamma stepped forward first and smiled brightly. “I didn’t expect to meet you here…” He exchanged a few words with Richard very enthusiastically.

Afterwards, Gamma looked at Yun Xingze and said with admiration: “Oh, an omega, your school is really good. I don’t know who has the honor to PK with you. Bai Jiashi, what do you think?”

Bai Jiashi also stepped forward. He glanced at Yun Xingze curiously, and then showed a simple smile: “It’s still the soil and water of the Imperial Capital that’s better at nurturing people. St. Klito Star does not have such a good-looking omega, nor is there one in the entire Black Swan Galaxy.”

Hearing these words, Luo Wenchuan felt a little uncomfortable, and moved to block their eyes.

“I heard that you guys won Jicot.” Gamma raised his lips, looking at the members of the Xinghai school team. “It’s really unexpected.”

Yun Xingze always felt that there was a knife hidden in this coach’s smile.

Bai Jiashi’s scrutinizing eyes also made him feel very uncomfortable.

Like a hunter spying on his prey.

“It’s really unbelievable that you can win Yuanshan Academy.” Yun Xingze raised his eyes to look at Gamma and said with a smile.

The atmosphere became a little colder at this moment.

“I’m really looking forward to the next game.” Eyes sweeping over Yun Xingze, Gamma’s smile faded. “I really want to know, how long will your good luck last?”

“We never rely on good luck.” Richard said with a blank face. “Gama, you are still the same as before. The way you talk is annoying.”

“Really? Why I don’t believe that.” Gamma said slowly. “Then we will wait and see…”

After speaking, he showed a polite smile again and left with the St. Klito group.

The two teams walked back one after another. The people from St. Klito seemed to be at ease, while those from Xinghai Academy couldn’t smile.

Even a mature-minded person like Yun Xingze found it hard to believe that the cruel and insidious person in that individual competition video just now, was the innocent looking alpha – Bai Jiashi.

In the following days, members of the Xinghai school team increased their training during the day.

This wasn’t only because St. Klito is a difficult opponent, but also because they were uncomfortable with St. Klito’s behavior.

Everyone in the Xinghai school team is unwilling to lose to such a team.

At night, just as Yun Xingze returned to his room, he saw Luo Wenchuan moving a game cabin.

“Why… why did you bring this here?” Yun Xingze asked in astonishment.

Luo Wenchuan looked at Yun Xingze, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Accompany you to find your desire to win. And discuss tactics along the way.”

Yun Xingze scratched his head: “Senior, it’s so late, this really is troubling you…”

“Didn’t you say it,” Luo Wenchuan said. “Only I can inspire your desire to win. Since this is the case, then I have an obligation to accompany you to practice.”

Seeing Luo Wenchuan working hard, Yun Xingze could only accept and help him bring the game cabin over.

It didn’t take long for the two to log in to Mecha Star at the same time.

However, when Yun Xingze looked for the name “L” on the leaderboard, he found it was missing.

The ID in first place was changed to “Then I will protect you”.

“What’s the matter?” Yun Xingze got out of the game cabin and knocked on the cabin next door. “Dachuan, Dachuan, your number one spot is gone.”

Luo Wenchuan’s game cabin door opened. He stuck his head out, hair a little messy from just taking off his helmet.

He looked at Yun Xingze with his long and narrow eyes, and his tone was calm: “Gone?”

Yun Xingze nodded: “Yes, the first one became another ID…”

Luo Wenchuan pretended to be serious and said: ” However, I just checked, and I’m clearly still at the top of the rankings.”

After speaking, Luo Wenchuan returned to the game cabin, and the cabin door closed automatically.

Confused, Yun Xingze could only return to the game cabin. Just as he was about to double-check the rankings, he saw many messages sent over.

Clicking on one, he saw it was from Xi Bolai.

[Please eat shaved ice]: “Why are you like this?! While saying that you don’t have time to PK, you have time to fall in love with others?!”

[Please eat shaved ice]: “Is this game for you to fall in love?! Get a couple’s name?! Are you naive? Do you still have any career aspirations!”

Yun Xingze was stunned.

In the next second, he suddenly realized what the Xi Bolai words meant.

Hehehe. Who thinks LWC’s action is one of those dumb, sweet things? ‍️

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