The Path You Choose, You Must Walk to the End

"Piloting is an art form.

Whether it is a bicycle or an airplane, as long as it is a tool that can be operated by a human, someone will eventually turn it into a specialized art!

I believe that for those of you who have undergone special driving training, this is something you understand very well.

And now, let us learn a new kind of piloting art—Gundam piloting."

The reason I say Gundam piloting is also an art form is because you must not only know how to operate it, but you must also be able to perform Wing Chun and Tan Tui with the Gundam just like a real person!

If it were merely about walking, running, jumping, and flying a Gundam, it wouldn't be worth spending so much money to build them, nor would it be worth me wasting so much energy researching them!"

After laughing, Guo Yi began to speak seriously.

At the same time, various simplified demonstration animations appeared on everyone's goggles in accordance with Guo Yi's words: "An airplane looks like it is flying high in the sky, neither touching the heavens nor the earth.

But in actual combat, its nature dictates that the battle remains two-dimensional.

Most of the time, you only need to look forward and fly for your life.

All movements are performed in arcs.

However, a Gundam is different; it can hover, fly backward, fly sideways, attack from above, and even attack from below.

It faces a more multi-faceted and complex battle.

And because a Gundam is operated by a single person, there is no dedicated radar operator to warn you where an attack is coming from.

Everything depends on you!

Therefore, we will start now: while improving your physical fitness, we will learn the first lesson!

Three-dimensional spatial perception!"

As soon as Guo Yi finished speaking, the people on the treadmills suddenly felt something strange about the machines beneath their feet, or rather, the entire room felt strange.

Everyone began to float, as if the room could no longer perceive gravity.

At the same time, the treadmills remained firmly attached to their feet.

"This room is equipped with gravity control devices, and the training suits you are wearing are specialized for zero-gravity.

Don't worry about gravity shifts affecting your bodies.

Train with peace of mind."

Guo Yi looked at the astonished group, first explaining the issue they were most worried about, and then continued: "This stage of your training is very simple.

Your goggles are linked to a standard Gundam attack scanning radar.

It will display attacks from fourteen directions: up, down, left, right, front, back, front-up, front-down, back-up, back-down, left-up, left-down, right-up, and right-down.

You must jump off the treadmill within three seconds of the radar alert and face your front toward the direction of the attack..."

"How is this possible?"

Ostrich retorted immediately: "In zero gravity, it takes us more than three seconds just to float up!

And you want us to twist and turn!"

"Relax, relax." Guo Yi's indifferent voice rang out: "The hoops on your bodies are there to assist you. Oh, right, your goggles are also linked to a mental control system for steering.

So..."

"Snap~"

Everyone's goggles suddenly flickered, and then they felt a slight abnormality in their heads.

It felt like having a brick balanced on top of their heads; the body didn't perceive it, but the mind did.

It was strange and very awkward.

"Is this the Mental Load?" Geng Jihui frowned and confirmed with Guo Yi.

"Yes, this is just the Mental Load for the steering system. If it were the Mental Load for the full system, you would all be collapsed on the floor by now.

Alright, let's begin!"

Just like that, the group began their official first stage of training.

However, after a short while, Ostrich began to twitch and stammered: "Holy~ crap~!

There's something wrong with this suit!

Why does it suddenly feel like the electric current has increased?"

Shi Dafan looked at Ostrich's electrocuted appearance and said with a grin: "Tell me, Ostrich, are you acting like a fried chicken?

That's just an electric pulse simulating current; how could you possibly be getting shocked?

Did you hide a taser in your suit..."

Suddenly, before Shi Dafan could finish, he saw Ostrich floating in mid-air, his mouth trembling: "I'm~ not~ kidding~ it's~ for~ real~"

"Oh, I forgot to mention." Guo Yi suddenly popped up and said cheerfully: "I also increased the electric pulses in your suits. Didn't Ostrich say that this training volume wouldn't require the medical pods?

Originally, these two types of training were separate, and I wanted your muscles to adapt, but since you requested to speed things up, let's do them together!"

"Alright, I'm off to sleep. Good luck, everyone!"

"Whoosh~"

As soon as Guo Yi finished speaking, everyone turned their heads and fixed their unfriendly gazes on Ostrich.

Ostrich, who had just recovered, saw the hostile stares and laughed awkwardly, "Look, you all tacitly agreed when I suggested it back then!"

"We'll deal with you after training!" X9.

"Hey, no, Xiao Zhuang, Leng Feng, you two were accomplices too!" Seeing all the firepower focused on him, Ostrich didn't hesitate to sell out the other two.

Xiao Zhuang simply turned his head and muttered, "You were the mastermind. At most, we can only be considered—how—did—it—get—to—me—"

Halfway through his sentence, Xiao Zhuang, just like Ostrich, began floating in mid-air, shivering uncontrollably.

"I—am—too—" Leng Feng followed suit.

"Oh, I forgot to mention. If you don't meet the requirements for the turn, the electrical pulse will increase. Consider it a penalty!" Guo Yi suddenly popped up again, silently twisting the knife: "Keep it up, I believe in you~"

"..."

Forget it; the others who were watching the show quickly composed themselves and focused intently on the radar alerts.

However, they hadn't been quiet for long before Ostrich was once again floating in the air, shivering: "I—refuse—to—accept—this—there's—a—problem—"

The others listened to Ostrich's words with puzzled expressions, not knowing what he meant, and waited quietly for Guo Yi's explanation.

"Oops, I forgot.

Ostrich~ I set the difficulty wrong for you three~" As expected, Guo Yi appeared again, explaining with a smile: "That was for the second stage. I forgot you haven't even passed the first stage yet~"

"..."

Subsequently, Leng Feng and Xiao Zhuang were both lifted into mid-air again, shivering violently.

The others looked at the shivering trio with helpless expressions, completely speechless.

Needless to say, Guo Yi was blatantly abusing his power for personal gain and malicious retaliation.

Regarding this, they could only silently offer their condolences; after all, better a friend dies than oneself—at times like this, brothers were meant to be sold out!

However, it wasn't long before they also experienced the sensation of floating in the air and shivering.

It was just that throughout the morning, their frequency was far lower than that of the trio.

So, during the lunch break, the others were still relatively normal, save for some weakness in their limbs and a bit of dizziness.

As for the pitiful trio, they were lying flat on the ground the moment it ended.

Their limbs and bodies were still twitching involuntarily.

If not for their heavy, ragged breathing, the others would have thought Ostrich and the others had been played to death.

"Brothers~ are you just going to stand by and watch us die?" Ostrich feigned a crying face, pleading for help: "If this keeps up, we're going to be played to death!"

"I miss Doghead Lao Gao~" Xiao Zhuang lay in a spread-eagle position, wanting to cry but having no tears: "I regret it!"

However, before anyone else could speak, Guo Yi's evil voice rang out.

"That, we have a new lesson this afternoon. Make sure to rest up~"

"Forget it, just accept our fate!" Shi Dafan covered his face with one hand: "This is what we chose, there's no regretting it now~"