What Else Did You Learn in Bailin Country?
Kormir followed the sense of crisis in his heart, Dodge Rune had already condensed. In that instant, the machine suddenly lowered its waist and stood up, assuming a fighting stance with a bit of Martial Artist's feel.
However, due to the limited mobility of the machine, this posture appears rather awkward.
However, having experienced the previous encounter, Kormir was not about to make the mistake of thinking that "this machine's fighting techniques are neither fish nor fowl." He adopted the same mindset he had when fighting the barbarians of Bailin Country, always ready to deal with that earth-shattering killing move.
Although Kormir had taken a stance, Feng Xue continued typing on the keyboard even though the AI had already started counting down on the monitor.
Under his control, the mecha began to exert its power. In a sense, the mechanical joints were easier to integrate than those of the human body. As a series of commands were issued, the mecha began to rotate all its joints with a peculiar rhythm, starting from its feet.
Ordinary alloys would obviously not be able to withstand such an operation, but under the protection of the Internal Force secretly infused by Feng Xue, the machine managed to complete this punch that combined waist and stance.
The powerful fist easily tore through the barrier of sound, and the shockwave generated by pushing the air was also ripped apart by this punch. Even though he had been well prepared, when Kormir saw this punch, he only felt a blackout. It was not because he was scared out of his mind, but because the blackout was generated by the Dodge Rune at full power.
"The dodge command has to be strong enough to cause me blackouts to be effective enough to evade? This is definitely not a pilot from the Parlin Kingdom! Only the Bailin Country could execute something like this..."
Kormir thought to himself, "No wonder Palin and Pegasus dared to do something under the noses of Budali and the Ideal Country; it turns out they have the support of the Bailin Country." But then, a loud bang rang in his ears.
"Boom!"
The machine's right fist suddenly exploded as its arm extended, causing Kormir to sigh involuntarily.
"Is the machine's performance inadequate? It seems Bailin Country didn't bring out their true technology..."
But this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, because immediately afterward, another thing happened that made Kormir's vision go black—
This time it wasn't just blackouts, but a complete blackout, because he watched helplessly as a fireball, shimmering with orange light, swung in an arc like a meteor hammer from within the exploding fist, hurtling towards him!
"Grass!"
Even Kormir didn't dare to take this attack head-on, not because he lacked Energy Shield or anything like that, but because this thing, damn it...
"Isn't it too dirty?"
Mang Ke, who was in the cockpit, saw this attack and couldn't help but complain. Feng Xue, however, rolled her eyes at her and said:
"When life and death are at stake, why be afraid of getting dirty?"
The filth here isn't about the methods used, but the sheer filth of the filth itself, because this stuff emits strong radiation.
Using the arm interface of the Ideal Country mecha, Feng Xue directly overloaded the system. While shattering the limiter with her fist technique, she used her Internal Force to envelop the still-reacting energy in the Power Reactor and threw it out.
The damage from this attack is comparable to that of a heavy-firepower mech cannon, but if this thing were to hit the mech, regardless of whether the Energy Shield could protect the pilot or whether the energy radiation would affect the mech's operation, the electronic warfare equipment would definitely be burned out at such close range.
Moreover, this output power itself depends on the design of the mecha in the Ideal Country. If it happens to encounter a certain interface, the mecha may be overloaded!
It was fortunate that Kormir came from the Ideal Country; if it had been a barbarian from the Bailin Country, this move would have been enough to decide the outcome.
Even though he dodged the first blow, Kormir's fate wasn't much better. The orange-red sphere swelled wildly like a ball being constantly filled with water, looking like it was about to perish together with the enemy.
The warning text that had started to snow on the monitor made Kormir step back slightly. Then, he saw that this machine, which looked like it was about to self-destruct, actually pulled off that meteor hammer-like arm!
"Is this thing even pluggable?"
The arm with the orange energy ball resembled the handle of a meteor hammer. Feng Xue swung the mecha around several times before hurling it at Kormir. Kormir tried to bypass the meteor hammer and subdue the mecha directly, but before it could reach him, it exploded with a deafening roar, releasing blinding light and heat, and causing the radar to malfunction as well.
As the static and pale light on the screen subsided, the one-armed machine had completely disappeared from view.
"Good technique!" Kormir's expression was grave as he checked his own machine's condition.
"There are no large shelters nearby. Even the Sea Monster's propulsion system can't fly very far in less than a second. That last burst must have consumed a lot of fuel. Contact the brothers on the outer perimeter, quick!"
"Where is this place?"
As Kormir led the Silver Knight in their search, Mang Ke looked at the scene before him with a slightly strange expression.
"Don't you know?" Feng Xue said, typing furiously on the keyboard. Mang Ke looked at the flattened luxury car and her lips twitched.
"What I mean is, why would a high school have such a large underground parking garage?"
"Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid?" Feng Xue finished the self-check of the machine and sighed.
"Do you know how much the tuition is for the Parlin Industrial University Affiliated High School? What about the transfer fee? Do you know what the prices are for houses in the surrounding school district? Although it can't compare to the Four Extremes, it's already one of the top high schools for college entrance exams in the Parlin Kingdom! Alright, hurry up and grab your things. We can't hide here for long. Oh, right, we also need to dig out the Power Reactor for this machine. Otherwise, not only will it benefit Ideal Country, but we won't be able to use this garage anymore."
She quickly sealed off all energy channels, shutting down the reactor. Feng Xue then kicked open the cockpit hatch and nimbly jumped out.
Watching Feng Xue's movements, Mang Ke's eyes twitched wildly. Regular pilots should be more accustomed to the elbow-knee-ankle three-stage landing method. This kind of suicidal behavior of jumping down with an interface attached is something only the maintenance crew would dare to do—judging from her skillful movements, she's clearly a veteran pilot.
After jumping out of the cockpit, Mang Ke saw that this "student" had already skillfully pulled a nearly new toolbox from the car, which had been half-crushed by a foot. Finally, he couldn't help but ask:
"Are you really a student?"
"Nonsense!" Feng Xue swung a wrench and started banging on the mecha. Mang Ke glanced at the vehicle and said again:
Is this car yours?
"I can't afford the Ling Jun 8 Series, but there's an emergency toolbox under the passenger seat. However, people who can afford this car usually don't know how to fix it themselves." Feng Xue replied casually, but she had already removed the back panel of the engine and taken out the still-warm Power Reactor.
"Did you learn this from the Mecha Factory?" Mang Ke asked, but Feng Xue unexpectedly shook her head.
"No, I learned this when I was twelve, working at the Lingjun 4S store in Bailin Country. Oh, I forgot to mention, I started lying about my age to work when I was eight."
The mosquitoes are insane this season! Even at the hottest times, there aren't this many. There are seven or eight mosquitoes every night. You kill one swarm and another comes. You can't shoo them away; it's driving me crazy...