The Mecha Combat Classic Plot, Thrice Over

"Surrender. Even with the Heavenly Court's Power System technology, your foundation is too weak. Why not hand it over to the Ideal Country? Compared to your enemy, Pegasus, we are the allies, aren't we?"

In the Wide Area Communication Channel, the voice of the Gold Knight of Ideal Country was neither loud nor soft.

The pilot, pushing the thrusters to their limit, gritted his teeth and couldn't help but speak out:

"Allies? We have no allies who are fighting in the capital under the guise of a friendly visit! If it weren't for you and Budali, Palin and Pegasus would have been reunited long ago!"

"Since that's the case, then there's nothing more to say." The Gold Knight ignored the other party's angry rebuke, watched the machine fly further and further away, and placed his hand on the launcher.

"With the technology of the Parlin Kingdom, to be able to create a machine with such linear acceleration capabilities in just six months, the Heavenly Court's Power System is indeed extraordinary."

With that thought in mind, Kormir wouldn't give the enemy a chance to escape his sight. As the auxiliary targeting device locked on, two air-to-air missiles were instantly activated.

Two dazzling White Light precisely caught the tail of the machine in front. The pilot wanted to Orbital Maneuver immediately to evade, but this machine was only Prototype Unit. Its technology in various aspects was not yet mature, and its Operating System was not up to par with its outstanding power. It was wishful thinking to try to evade missiles while trying to escape at all costs.

"If it had been two more months later..." The pilot gritted her teeth, knowing this was not the time to complain. She pushed the thrusters to their limit, but before the damage from the acceleration, which had already exceeded her tolerance, could be released, a strong shockwave entered the fuselage along with the explosion.

"Boom!"

"It fell, it fell down!"

The aircraft, over ten meters tall, plummeted from the sky and crashed heavily onto the playground of the Parlin Industrial University Affiliated High School, causing such a jolt that the students who had hurriedly tried to get out of the way could barely stand.

"Falling from that height, you're definitely going to die!"

The students watched the dust and smoke rise from afar, but Feng Xue suddenly rushed towards the spot where the debris had fallen.

"Wait! Feng Xue! Danger!"

The classmates who had developed some rapport over the past few days exclaimed in surprise, but their friendship wasn't yet strong enough to catch up. The only one with that kind of rapport, Ke Ya, was now eagerly awaiting the answer to the mystery that Feng Xue had kept hidden for almost a month.

"A student?" The pilot looked at the high school student who suddenly rushed over, but she didn't have time to pay attention to him. At this moment, she only wanted to open the hatch and fix that thing before the Gold Knight arrived. Unfortunately, neither the Gold Knight, who was already close at hand, nor her body, which had lost the ability to move due to the impact, supported her idea.

"Laugh--"

Suddenly, with a soft hum from the hydraulic system, the hood opened abruptly, and the student in school uniform stood at the cockpit entrance, shouting:

"Is he still alive? Can he move?"

"Run! It's dangerous here!" The pilot instinctively reached for the item in the side storage compartment, but seeing the Gold Knight no more than two hundred meters away, he knew that even if he handed the item to the student, he would likely perish. He finally gave up the idea of struggling, only hoping that the kind student wouldn't lose his life because of him.

But the Gold Knight seemed to have no intention of giving them time; as he landed, he raised his gun and said:

"Everyone stop what you're doing and raise your hands, or I can't guarantee your safety!"

"Damn it!" Feng Xue, who was admiring the beautiful figure of the female pilot in the white coat, immediately crawled into the cockpit upon hearing the big oaf's declaration. While pushing the pilot aside, she reached out and pressed the closure button.

The next moment, a burst of bullets struck the front of the machine. Although it was a warning shot, Feng Xue reacted as if her life was threatened, quickly pulling the Joystick while shouting:

"What's going on? Terrorists have now managed to get their hands on Ideal Country's active-duty equipment?"

"No, he's a soldier from the Ideal Country." The pilot sighed, looking dejected.

"Thirty-three percent of your flight thrusters are damaged; escape is impossible. Surrender. You're a civilian; he won't harm you..."

"Auntie, are you kidding me?"

Feng Xue rolled her eyes, pulled out the control panel of the Onboard Computer, and muttered to herself as she retrieved background data:

"This guy is a terrorist, and can only be a terrorist, so I'm definitely going to die, and who knows, everyone in this school might die too. Damn, why are you guys using a domestically made Operating System from the Parlin Kingdom?"

"Auntie... never mind, anyway, we want to use the good stuff, but where can we find the good stuff? Use the Ideal Country's stuff, and then get countered?" The pilot's face darkened upon hearing Feng Xue's words, but Feng Xue replied matter-of-factly:

"With such a powerful Power System, I thought Palin was really the Heavenly Court's headquarters!"

"If only that were the case." The pilot sighed, looking at the students and teachers who had already retreated far away under the intimidation of the Gold Knight.

"We only got some parts... Don't waste your time. He didn't fire because he was afraid of damaging the machine."

"If you're so stubborn (pun intended), then give me your seat. Can't you see how awkward this position is?"

Feng Xue nudged the pilot with her bottom again. The pilot frowned, but shifted slightly. However, when she saw the lines of code flashing on the screen, her expression changed, and she said:

Who are you?

"Feng Xue, a student in Class 3-1 at the Parlin Industrial University Affiliated High School, aspires to become a mecha designer at Palin University of Technology. Do you have any further questions?"

Feng Xue rattled off her identity like a menu, but the pilot in the white coat looked on in disbelief.

She's an amateur pilot, but when it comes to making mecha, she's a professional!

"That hand speed, that Command Module architecture, and you're telling me you're a student?"

Unable to resist asking the question aloud, Feng Xue replied in a serious tone:

"I lied about my age when I was fourteen to work in a mecha manufacturing plant. This is nothing, a drop in the ocean!"

As he spoke, he pulled on the Joystick and said helplessly:

"Not even a weapon, but that's alright. Right now, the only decent thing about this machine is its power. Sigh, I guess I'll just have to learn how those barbarians from Bailin Country play."

"White..."

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in the pilot's mind, but before she could speak, the student abruptly pulled the Joystick, and at the same time, his voice rang in her ears—

"Grab what you can, or you'll bump your head!"

"Aren't you going to surrender yet?" Looking at the machine that hadn't moved for a long time, the Gold Knight frowned, but seeing that his subordinates had already reported that the suppression was complete, he didn't rush forward.

Although I don't think I'll lose to this kind of opponent, it's always safer to suppress them with my teammates than to go it alone.

However, just as the monitor was able to capture the black dot in the distant sky, the machine that had been motionless suddenly moved.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Gold Knight almost subconsciously completed the entire process from aiming to firing. Just as he began to worry that he might have blown up the target, the machine jumped up in a strange posture.

"You... you avoided it?!"