The communications channel fell silent for a moment before the Mecha Engineer said helplessly,
"Sorry, Commander. There is a way to shorten the restart time, but it cannot be operated remotely."
"Besides, even if we shorten it, it will only be by a dozen seconds or so at most. An immediate restart is impossible."
Di Zheng finally exploded. "So all I can do is just sit here and watch?"
At that moment, as the system restarted, some functions began to recover.
The panoramic window was the first to come back online. Di Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up—he could see the outside of the mecha again.
Right after Mystic Wing went down, the Red Beast climbed off the Scale Shield. Several nearby mechas immediately attacked, leaving it no chance to damage Mystic Wing any further.
But the Red Beast changed direction and charged toward Hundred Battles Academy again. Several mechas were now desperately trying to stop it.
Seeing the Red Beast head for Hundred Battles Academy again, Di Zheng grew as frantic as an ant on a hot pan. He wanted to leave the mecha and chase after it himself, but what use would he be without a mecha?
Thus, he could only remain in the cockpit and watch the progress bar inch forward bit by bit.
Di Zheng did not waste any time. He shouted into the communications channel, "Hurry! Notify Hundred Battles Academy to evacuate!"
Zheng Fan's voice came through the communications channel. "They've already been notified."
"Besides, everyone is doing their best to intercept it."
"Don't worry. We'll do everything we can."
Di Zheng closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Old Zheng, you have to stop it."
"We can't let anything happen to Hundred Battles Academy."
Zheng Fan replied heavily, "We will."
"We'll stop it."