You Don't Have to Say It

at the same time.

In front of the external system projection, the cursing that had just subsided gradually transformed into another kind of intense discussion.

"Wait, guys, while it was impressive, don't you guys think there's something off about that verification screen we just saw?"

"Indeed! The Pilot in the promotional video was practically a god, flying and dodging everywhere, and doing wall-sliding double jumps all the time. But when Lu Xiu was fighting just now, apart from his insane marksmanship, his movement was just like a pure infantryman!"

"Yes! And when she encountered the mecha, she was thrown out of the water; it wasn't like in the promotional video at all!"

"Could it be that this instance actually has two paths? We can only enter the instance as infantry, while those Pilot in the promotional videos are just background NPCs?!"

"No way! If all we can do is take hits as infantry, how good can the rewards be? Don't tell me we'll only get a rifle in the end, then what's the point of having this mech?!"

"Actually, thinking about it, it's quite possible. I've also tried being Architect —how would I possibly do the things in the promotional video? It seems completely impossible."

"Pity."

"I thought all those incredibly cool moves in the trailer would actually be possible—but even so! I still want to try this dungeon!"

While countless people were feeling anxious and discussing the possibility of losing, thinking that this instance was just a place where they could only be ordinary infantrymen getting beaten up.

[The Architect is currently verifying the completion of the level. To ensure fairness, the video will be shown intermittently. There are two scenes remaining. Please wait patiently.]

[The large-scale civilian war instance "Titanfall" is coming soon, stay tuned.]

On the projection.

Suddenly, this notification popped up.

"?"

Countless people once again slowly typed a question mark.

Then, the person who originally intended to leave immediately stopped leaving.

The World Gamification for four whole years—I've never seen so many people crowd around the System GG projection before!

Nearly an hour later.

The screen finally lit up again!

Without any unnecessary transitions, the first-person HUD interface instantly appeared before everyone's eyes.

But everyone noticed that the UI on the retina had completely changed, with a wider field of view, a new charging indicator for the Jump Kit in the lower left corner, and icons for tactical skills lit up in the lower right corner.

The mission objective in the top left corner has been updated: [Find a usable battery and restart the Vanguard-class Titan BT-7274].

I don't know what happened.

But Lu Xiu has already become Pilot!

Because the opening sequence had just shown a scene of riflemen struggling to survive, the contrast after Lu Xiu became Pilot is so stark it's almost outrageous.

Wearing the full set of Pilot gear, Lu Xiu seemed to have completely broken free from some kind of restriction.

The scene begins with an execution.

Under everyone's watchful eyes.

Lu Xiu's body emitted a strange optical refraction, and she silently disappeared into the environment.

She approached silently, like a ghost, and suddenly appeared behind an enemy soldier like the Grim Reaper.

Then, without the other party's knowledge, he shot them in the arm holding the gun, disarmed them, and then fired three shots into their head.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A flash of blood!

After emptying his pistol magazine, Lu Xiu Don't Look. He casually tossed the broken gun aside, turned around, switched to his assault rifle, and with an incredibly smooth pull of the trigger, unleashed a torrent of fire, instantly mowing down the two soldiers beside him who had just reacted.

Isn't this exactly the scene from the promotional video?!

It's incredibly smooth!

It actually works in practice!

He really is that handsome!

And this is just the beginning.

As Lu Xiu was completely exposed in the enemy ranks, the IMC soldiers in front of her could see her helmet with the cross-shaped flashing light.

"It's Pilot! Enemy Pilot detected!"

"Requesting heavy fire support! Damn it, she's charging in!"

The enemy's terrified, hoarse screams rang out in the communication channel; the sense of despair, as if seeing their natural enemy, pushed the immersion in the entire battlefield to its peak.

Faced with encirclement and suppression, Lu Xiu's tactics not only remained unchanged, but became even more agile.

Various relocations and shifts.

Blue flames continued to spew forth.

The smooth operation was almost unbelievable.

and.

What's even more chilling is that Lu Xiu was still able to aim during this extremely bumpy, gravity-defying high-speed movement.

She held the gun in one hand, the muzzle moving with her gaze, without deliberately pausing to aim, yet her marksmanship remained impeccable, as if she had practiced it countless times.

In the scene, Lu Xiu faced the enemy's barrage of fire and leaped into the air, his trail of dark blue flames shooting out. He abruptly changed direction in mid-air, clinging to a vertical wall and sprinting across it at high speed as if walking on flat ground.

Simultaneously, holding the gun in one hand, he headshots the enemies below one by one while Extreme Speed sliding down the wall.

Reaching the end of the wall, she jumped again, dodging a volley of gunfire. Her double jump traced a perfect arc in the air as she landed steadily in the enemy ranks on the other side. Then, she slid in, threw a grenade, and instantly wiped out the enemy!

Wall-sliding, warp-jumping, headshots, grenade throwing.

Flowing like clouds and water, swift as lightning.

Those players who were anxious and uncertain just a moment ago are now dumbfounded.

This incredibly flexible fighting style, this art of killing that disregards gravity and elevates violent aesthetics to its peak, has completely shattered everyone's concept of dungeons, and also completely shattered many people's concept of clearing dungeons.

Players who usually had to fight monsters to the death in the mud were so shocked by what they saw that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Is this the scene of a genius Architect clearing their own dungeon? How can it be so smooth, so cool?!"

No wonder [the Wolf Played by the Constructor] was so terrifying----

"This is a human being!"

After a brief moment of amazement.

Then, someone, seemingly unable to contain their excitement and desire any longer, suddenly shouted, "Let me play! Can I play?!"

Coordination Bureau.

Yan Fushou stared in astonishment at Lu Xiu's ghostly figure in the screen, his mind buzzing.

He subconsciously glanced again at the frontline military representative whose forehead veins were bulging with excitement, as if he could see a huge "danger" character above his head.

The word "danger" had barely flashed through Yan Fushou's mind when the image on the big screen went black again with a transition.

[The Architect is working on a key milestone; please wait patiently.]

[The large-scale civilian war instance "Titanfall" is coming soon, stay tuned.]

A unified chorus of curses erupted again in front of the projector.

However, the people in the Coordination Bureau's meeting room still had some self-respect and didn't utter a curse; they just sighed.

The next half hour was agonizing.

The projector resumed its normal GG carousel, occasionally showing a data segment from a system copy, but there was no new gameplay footage.

Some people in the meeting room were flipping through documents, some were talking in hushed tones, and some were pretending to rest with their eyes closed, but no one left; everyone was waiting patiently.

The frontline military representative sat motionless, directly opposite the projector, like a statue.

finally.

The image of the copy reappeared on the projection.

This time, the opening ceremony was the climax.

With a muffled thud of air pressure leaking, the heavy armored hatch slammed shut in front of Lu Xiu's first-person perspective.

The screen went dark briefly.

Immediately afterwards, a deep, resonant electronic voice rang out.

[Protocol 1: Connect the Pilot.]

[Neural Connector in progress - Neural Connector complete - Rifleman Jack Cooper, are you now confirmed to be BT-]

7274's agent Pilot.

[Agreement Two: Adhere to the Mission.]

[Pilot, we must hold the mission. Orders are to continue Special Operation 217 and rendezvous with Major Anderson.]

BT stopped there.

Suddenly, a barrage of gunfire and explosions erupted outside; enemy heavy fire was bombarding the Titan's outer armor.

[I have detected an approaching enemy force.]

After giving a reminder, BT calmly stated the final agreement.

[Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot.]

As the final agreement was announced.

Before my eyes, which were completely dark, there was a flash, and then—it lit up.

Three enormous holographic screens lit up one by one, displaying the external environment clearly and without any blind spots.

The first-person perspective was abruptly elevated by more than ten meters, giving off an unprecedented sense of power and control over everything!

Outside.

A group of IMC heavy infantry and several enemy light mechs had surrounded the cockpit, and a hail of bullets and rockets was raining down on it.

Lu Xiu controlled the Titan, raising its massive mechanical left hand.

An energy shield, shimmering with a deep blue light and swirling like a nebula, instantly opened in front of him.

The next second.

Countless armor-piercing shells and rockets trailing white smoke, defying all the laws of physics, hovered in mid-air the moment they made contact with the dark blue shield!

What happened next needs no words to describe.

"

Coordination Bureau.

Meeting room.

Upon seeing this scene, Yan Fushou slightly opened his mouth, then seemed to remember something, looked at the frontline military representative again, whose face was full of astonishment, and then abruptly turned his head away.

But this time, Yan Fushou reacted much faster than him.

With a swift and decisive movement, Yan Fushou stood up from his chair.

He didn't glance at the projection again, but instead lowered his head, calmly straightened his suit jacket with both hands, and then reached out to gently smooth his tie.

Then, Yan Fushou raised his head, looked at the excited frontline military representative, and raised one hand, palm outward, to make a stop gesture.

"Old Wang."

You don't need to say anything.

Yan Fushou strode towards the conference room door, tossing out a sentence without turning his head. "Take your guard platoon and come downstairs."

"I'll take you directly to Lu Xiu's house and wait there!!!"

At the same time.

Lu Xiu was unaware of everything that was happening outside, and even less aware that the matter was far from over after the Goddess Intervention.

That short goddess actually had a backup plan; she didn't tell the Architect about it—she was forcibly promoting the [Titanfall] dungeon.

--

now.

She's having a great time in the dungeon.

Yes.

Play.

Compared to the previous two dungeons, this third dungeon is pure pure fun!

As the game progressed, Lu Xiu became increasingly happy and her movements became smoother and smoother.

It was as if he had truly transformed into a legendary Pilot, constantly shifting and maneuvering, his hands getting hotter and hotter, and his marksmanship becoming more and more accurate.

In the vast and intricate automated assembly plant, huge robotic arms are moving prefabricated house modules.

Lu Xiu was like a ghost traversing a steel forest, using the Jump Kit to scale the fast-moving metal walls. Even after BT was captured, she could still happily chat with BT while frantically slaughtering enemies.

Even after rescuing BT, he still had the mind to boast about his accomplishments.

"BT, tell me I'm awesome, tell me I'm awesome!"

Through the Effect and Cause hurdles, Lu Xiu obtains the Time Gauntlet and constantly switches between the abandoned, overgrown, and beast-infested ruins of a research institute and the once brightly lit, clean, and cold military base guarded by IMC elites.

They were having a great time.

You'd think the Time Gauntlet belonged to her.

The following [The Beacon] level involves high-altitude operations, a brutal Trial by Fire progression, and a thrilling chase through the [The Ark].

Lu Xiu swept through the enemy lines, showcasing the charm of parkour and mecha warfare to the fullest.

Until the very end, the level featuring the folded time-space weapon.

When BT's massive machine was completely destroyed by the heavy firepower of the IMC mercenaries, its armor peeled off, exposing its core.

The steel behemoth that had always been with her and would come to her rescue no matter what danger she encountered collapsed with a crash.

Lu Xiu crawled out of the wreckage, pulled out the Smart Pistol with the sure-kill lock and the Data Knife used for hacking from the core of BT, and then put away her playful attitude.

He was completely immersed in the role, his hands clasped together, one holding a gun and the other the core, ruthlessly cutting his way through.

When Lu Xiu finally heard BT utter the phrase "Protocol 3," she was quite moved.

But ultimately...

She was Architect, and she knew the plot by heart, so she didn't feel anything too deeply.

The main problem was that a system window popped up, interrupting her.

[Dear Architect! You have successfully completed the dungeon you constructed. Congratulations!]

[System is generating clearance rating - Part 1]

[evaluate:----]

Lu Xiu looked at the familiar ellipsis, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

Not again?

"?"

I was perfectly normal this time, okay?!

Fortunately, the system didn't make her wait too long this time; the evaluation was refreshed after about two seconds.

[Evaluation: This should have been a story of a rifleman taking on a critical mission, transforming himself in dire straits, forging a bond with his mech, and ultimately becoming a legendary interstellar ode.]

But your process of clearing the game was a blatant insult to the word "new recruit".

You can move freely in complex environments with your eyes closed, and you can turn around and headshot people in mid-air with extreme ease.

Your understanding of Jump Kit and your mastery of weapons make even the most seasoned mercenaries look like a bunch of polio-stricken sitting ducks.

If they knew your story, I believe that every enemy you killed would, before dying, be unable to help but ask themselves this soul-searching question:

If you're so skilled, why weren't you directly made Pilot?! Is the Militia's selection system blind?! They actually made you a Big Head soldier?!

Furthermore, your mindset throughout the process seemed somewhat problematic.

On the alien battlefield strewn with corpses, you showed no reverence for war and death.

You treated brutal positional warfare as a springboard for parkour, and Effect and Cause Wristwatch capable of causing spacetime collapse as a prank toy.

You're chatting and laughing with a mech amidst a hail of bullets, your mind filled with nothing but boasting and amusement.

You are recklessly Deconstruction the seriousness of this massive war with an extremely malicious, amusement park-like mentality.

But in the end...

When the Titan machine, numbered BT-7274, was destroyed, its core was exposed.

When you hold that lifeless, Smart Pistol, and that Data Knife.

But that carefree, nonchalant attitude of yours suddenly vanished.

You miraculously became serious in the final stage.

There was no gimmicks, no unnecessary chatter, and it even stopped pursuing any fancy parkour moves.

You hold guns in both hands, transforming into a pure, emotionless machine of revenge.

You executed a swift and efficient massacre in the most efficient way, bringing a bloody end to this war that you treated like a game.

----It's unbelievable that you would do such a thing.

[Evaluation Summary:]

[You find amusement amidst the interstellar gunfire, and toy with death in the cracks of Effect and Cause.]

[You are a wolf disguised as a flock of sheep, a creature that treats warships like dance machines.]

[But thankfully, as this absurd solo performance neared its end, you still managed to reveal a fleeting glimpse of your true human nature to your fictional partner.]

[Thankfully—at least it was a human being.]

A brief pause.

A new window pops up.

[Instance Completion: 100%]

[Overall Customs Clearance Rating: SSS]

[Please check the settlement page for related rewards]

[Automatic teleportation in 60 seconds]