Chapter 76

Chapter 76

This time, the repairs Song Xiyan needed to perform were almost incomprehensible to Bai Xingshu, but he could understand what Song Xiyan required.

The rapport developed over several months in the repair room still flowed smoothly.

Handing over tools and finding spare parts—sometimes without Song Xiyan even needing to ask—Bai Xingshu would directly deliver them to his hand.

Coach Wang, watching from the side, felt almost envious to the point of tears.

He had originally thought that Song Xiyan brought Bai Xingshu to the Exchange Fair just to see how these matches were played, never imagining that a student from the Combat Department could assist their mechanical engineering teachers in any way.

But now, seeing this, it was truly enviable.

This essentially outsourced all the time-consuming and labor-intensive, non-technical work at once.

Coach Wang, a veteran teacher in the mechanical engineering department with rich experience, had never encountered such a situation before!

Bai Xingshu could certainly feel the occasional glances from the person next to him.

Turning his head, Bai Xingshu saw the unmistakable look of envy.

Bai Xingshu: "?"

What was Coach Wang jealous of?

Bai Xingshu, puzzled and hesitant, also glanced at what Coach Wang was busy with and handed him a tool he would soon need.

Coach Wang had just been looking for the locator, and there it was, right within reach.

His eyes lit up, and Coach Wang happily reached out to take it: "Thank you!"

Seeing Coach Wang's reaction, Bai Xingshu instantly understood.

Helping one person was helping, and helping two was also helping.

It was just a matter of convenience.

After all, each step of repairing the mech mainly consumed time on the actual repair operations; handing over parts and tools didn't take much time.

After easily assisting two people, Bai Xingshu even had plenty of energy left to observe the entire repair and maintenance area.

By judging the types of military equipment sent back for repairs, he could assess the situation on the front lines.

He remembered that he had come to the competition area at the request of Director Liu to provide a report on his observations.

Although the types of equipment sent for repair varied, the rate was not increasing but steadily depleting, with occasional pauses, indicating that the front lines were quite stable...

While working, Bai Xingshu was also mentally compiling various pieces of intelligence. After some time, he heard Song Xiyan say: "We're out of phase connectors, cold chain sheets, and coagulants, and we're short on No. 3 silver wire."

These were very common parts, and Bai Xingshu didn't need to fetch them; they were already categorized and placed by Song Xiyan's side for easy access.

Normally, these spare parts should have been adequately prepared by the students at the supply station, but clearly, the on-site consumption of these basic materials exceeded their expectations, leading to a shortage.

Bai Xingshu reacted quickly, immediately grabbing a batch of materials from in front of Coach Wang for Song Xiyan, then securing his safety buckle and saying to Song Xiyan: "Teacher, wait a moment, I'll go to the warehouse to replenish these for you."

With that, Bai Xingshu swiftly leaped down along the edge of the repair platform.

Coach Wang was stunned, hearing the gasps from below the platform. He hurried to the edge to look down, only to see Bai Xingshu already at the bottom in a flash.

Wait... the safety rope is meant to prevent maintenance personnel from accidentally falling, not for bungee jumping, for crying out loud!

Meanwhile, Song Xiyan, who was already accustomed to such stunts, had veins bulging on his forehead, gripping the spare parts tightly in his hand.

Knowing he would definitely be scolded later, Bai Xingshu, who had long since accepted his reckless nature, was completely relaxed.

Apologizing and admitting mistakes? Oh, he was a pro at that!!

The entire maintenance area was packed with people. Walking down the platform passage meant dodging students and wasting time.

The fastest route between two points is a straight line, after all!

All the teachers from both schools, responsible for scoring and evaluation, who saw Bai Xingshu's stunt: "..."

Especially those grading the Mechanical Engineering Department, who clenched their evaluation boards tightly.

Fail!! This guy fails at everything!!

Even if he's a freshman or from another department, he still flunks!!

Safety education!! He needs to go through it all over again, no excuses!

Bai Xingshu, who had caused quite a stir, quickly reached the warehouse, where several students, noticing the supply shortage, were rushing to restock.

However, their efficiency was painfully slow.

Bai Xingshu casually strapped on a power assist device and, under their astonished gazes, filled the corresponding supplies in large quantities.

When he left, Bai Xingshu wasn't empty-handed either, carrying large and small bags of goodies he had taken from the warehouse.

The scope of this maintenance work was huge and complicated, requiring tens of thousands of spare parts, completely different from the situation in the maintenance room. Only the most common parts could be delivered via conveyor belts; the rest had to be prepared individually from the warehouse.

These were the items Bai Xingshu had grabbed.

And it wasn't just for the two teachers, Song Xiyan and Coach Wang.

For Bai Xingshu, helping two or a group was all the same.

Just a matter of convenience.

On his way to the warehouse, the sharp-eyed Bai Xingshu also kept an eye on each student's progress.

He didn't get most repairs, but his special ability let him spot broken parts.

Bai Xingshu casually brought these spare parts from the warehouse.

As he walked, he tossed them out.

Clattering and clattering, a series of parts fell like a string of light, cheerful notes, accurately landing in the students' parts baskets.

Hearing their parts baskets fill with unnecessary items, many students looked annoyed.

Useless spare parts only increased their search time, making the repairs more difficult and affecting their final scores!

However, their frustration lasted only a second.

Because the moment they looked down, they all discovered extra parts in their baskets... and they seemed to be exactly what they needed.

The students: "...???"

What’s happening here?

If it were just one or two people, it might make sense.

But they watched as every student who received parts from Bai Xingshu went through the same, almost identical motions.

Hearing the sound, they’d turn or look down, glance at their parts basket, and then look up with a bewildered expression.

This could only mean one thing:

The parts Bai Xingshu tossed to them were all the right ones.

The students: '........'

They were questioning their very existence.

Are they the mechanical engineering students, or is Bai Xingshu the real expert?

Bai Xingshu ignored their reactions, continuing to walk and toss parts. By the time he returned to the maintenance platform, the parts he’d brought from the warehouse were down to just a small basket.

After restocking the parts for the two, Bai Xingshu turned to Song Xiyan with a practiced look of remorse.

His apologetic expression was so sincere it could melt hearts.

At least Coach Wang, seeing this, instantly thought... young people, making small mistakes—it’s forgivable.

However, knowing Bai Xingshu’s habit of eagerly admitting mistakes but never changing, Song Xiyan kept a cold expression, staring at Bai Xingshu without saying a word.

Knowing full well that his cute act no longer worked on Song Xiyan, Bai Xingshu maintained his sincere expression and pulled out a flower from his pocket.

Made from various metal parts.

Casually held by Bai Xingshu.

Of course, apologizing and admitting mistakes calls for a gift!

"Teacher, I know I was wrong, please forgive me."

"The little yellow flower I gave you last time dried up in the toolbox, so here’s this one! It’ll never break!"