"If Fenghua had not been ill."
"If he had been driving a Divine General Mecha."
"Then that sword strike wouldn't have merely shaved the high-rises off the Undercity. It would have flattened the entire Undercity."
Di Zheng looked up at the black-and-white portrait on the memorial platform. "But with his temperament, he wouldn't have done that."
"He was such a good-natured man. I told him so many times—stop always thinking about others and think about yourself more."
"But he just couldn't change."
"So in the end, he used his most brilliant strike as his final curtain call, and as the annotation to his life."
Luo Yan looked at the man before him. "That 'Edge Opening Stance'—can you use it too?"
Di Zheng smiled. "I know what you're thinking."
"Don't worry."
"I'm not ready to die yet."
"Especially now that Fenghua has left us. I'm even less willing to die."
"I want to live well."
"Only by living can I take back what we've lost."
"Yes, I can use that 'Edge Opening Stance' too. It isn't difficult."
"As long as you turn off the empathy restrictions, ignore Boundary Erosion, and raise your empathy rate above 300%, you can use the 'Edge Opening Stance.'"
"The power of this stance is influenced by the mecha's level and type, as well as the Mech Master's combat realm."
"So factors such as the mecha's level and type, and the Mech Master's realm, all affect the power of that strike."
"But there is one thing they all have in common. For every Mech Master, that stance is their final—and most dazzling—strike."
"If it isn't necessary, I won't use it."
Hearing this, Luo Yan relaxed slightly.
He had already lost Wei Fenghua. He didn't want to lose Di Zheng as well.
"Besides, I heard that the Strategic