Under everyone's expectant gazes.
The mecha suddenly finished charging and slashed diagonally upward.
Clang-
An upward slash.
The blade, like a ripple across water, swept along the T-54 tank's tracks and through its entire steel body.
It cut diagonally out through the armor plate above the turret.
Everyone's eyes suddenly widened, their eyeballs almost popping out.
The blade had actually pierced the entire tank!
And it wasn't over yet.
The mecha leaned slightly forward.
Its hydrogen engine roared to life.
The four vectoring nozzles on its back opened, abruptly blasting out a fierce burst of orange flames.
With a reverse grip, the mecha held the particle blade horizontally at its left side.
With an instant of maximum thrust, it shot forward.
Its soles scraped against the massive rocks on the ground, throwing up a brilliant shower of sparks.
The long blade swept horizontally.
In an instant, it sliced the T-54 tank horizontally apart.
With the slash complete, Wang Yixue returned the particle blade to her back.
She turned to look at the T-54.
Elder Wang, Elder Hua, and the others all held their breath, their eyes glued to the phone screen.
They didn't dare breathe heavily.
Li Guozhong's jaw trembled slightly, and something like anticipation filled his eyes.
The officers looked utterly stupefied, unable to tear their eyes from the phone screen.
At that moment, time practically froze, froze.
"Thump, thump..."
Only everyone's rapid heartbeats remained audible around them.
Rumble-
Accompanied by a tremendous sound of shattering metal.
The tank, which had still been fairly intact, fell apart in an instant.
A cloud of dust burst into the air.
They could clearly see straight cuts through the ten-centimeter alloy armor.
The cuts were smooth as mirrors, as though freshly polished and waxed, capable of reflecting a person's image.
Even alloy armor as tough as the T-54's had been hacked to pieces by two slashes of the particle blade.
In front of the phone.
Profound shock rose in Li Guozhong's heart.
His thoughts instantly short-circuited, his brain turning into freshly cooked tofu, still steaming.
He couldn't think.
It had gone straight to his head!
It was too shocking!
His outlook on life collapsed on the spot.
There really was a divine weapon in this world that could cleave gold and forge iron!
It was sheer madness!!
The officers were speechless too, sucking in cold breaths in unison.
If they hadn't experienced it firsthand, they would never have believed what had happened before their eyes.
After a brief deathly silence, the corners of Li Guozhong's mouth gradually spread.
Wild joy gradually filled his face.
Then he laughed aloud, his laughter growing louder and louder.
"Hahaha..."
"With this, forget military exercises-even Little Japan's emperor and Eagle Sauce's president will have nightmares in their sleep!"
"Hell yes!"
Li Guozhong looked at the mecha, his excitement beyond words.
He knew better than anyone what this thing represented.
Superbly agile maneuverability, plus this high-frequency particle blade.
On the battlefield, even an F-22 would have to kneel and sing "Conquest"!
Xia Nation, this sleeping lion, had once been humiliated by the great powers.
Now let those former great powers give it a try.
Who the hell were the great powers now!
The officers made no effort to hide the smiles on their faces, trembling with excitement.
Some even shed burning tears.
"This is wonderful!"
"With this, let's see how Eagle Sauce keeps throwing its weight around."
"Let them taste what it means to fall behind and get beaten!"
"..."
Watching the excited Li Guozhong and his officers, Elder Wang's and Elder Hua's eyes reddened too.
They were just as excited, even wanting Wang Yixue to pilot the mecha over right now and kill Little Japan's emperor.
But that wasn't advisable. The international situation was tangled and complex, and every country had its own trump cards.
It wasn't that simple.
"Guozhong, the particle blade test is finished. This power should count as decent, right?" Seeing everyone getting somewhat overexcited, Elder Hua humblebragged.
"More than decent! I can practically see Old Kong's exoskeleton armor getting crushed under Crimson Sky No. 1's feet already! Hahaha..."
Li Guozhong was clearly still very excited.
Elder Hua wasn't surprised at all. After all, they had been even more excited than this earlier.
He then asked,
"There's another weapon, the shoulder-mounted railgun. Shall we continue with live-fire testing?"
"Test it!"
Li Guozhong nodded emphatically.
"Of course we have to test it!"
It had completely gone to his head today.
He had fallen deeply in love with this mecha thing. Beautiful women, wives-how could any of them compare to this!
Elder Wang called Wang Yixue again.
"Yixue, there's a stationary target on the little hill at your eleven o'clock, meters away. Take it out with the railgun."
"OK!"
Wang Yixue answered and spun around.
Lines of text commands appeared in the display before her eyes, visible only to her.
As she quickly made her selections, the commands were completed almost in the blink of an eye.
[Shoulder-mounted railgun functioning normally] [Quantum-source phased-array radar lock complete] [Current ammunition: 50,000 rounds. Sufficient!] [Open fire?]
As Wang Yixue focused her gaze on "Yes."
A ball of scorching red light instantly gathered at the mecha's shoulder.
Boom!
A streak of red light trailing a long line of fire struck the bull's-eye in an instant.
Then a violent explosion erupted.
The earth shook violently.
It shook Li Guozhong until the world spun around him and his vision blurred.
Some officers shouted outright, "Holy shit, an earthquake!"
"What are you panicking for!"
Li Guozhong glared at the panicking officers.
Through the phone screen, he looked at the empty stretch of flat ground where the target had been.
Li Guozhong was dumbfounded.
"Where did that little hill go?"
Deep confusion rose in his heart.
Then he simply raised his binoculars and personally looked toward the target's position.
However.
No matter how he looked, the little hill really was gone.
All that remained was gray dust.
What the fuck!
Where's my hill?
Where did the hill go??
I told you to blow up the target, not blow the whole hill out of existence!!
That shot had already fucking rivaled a small "poached egg."
Li Guozhong couldn't hold himself together anymore.
With an almost contorted expression, he toppled straight backward.
The guard beside him hurriedly caught him.
The officers anxiously crowded around too.
They all called out in alarm.
"Division commander, what's wrong, division commander!"
"Nothing can happen to you, division commander!"
"Don't die, division commander!"
"..."
"Screw you! Who was cursing me to die just now!"
Li Guozhong panted heavily, struggling to calm the shock and excitement in his heart.
Today's trip had truly been worthwhile.
With Crimson Sky No. 1.
Forget the military exercise three days from now-even a real fight with those prancing clowns, with real weapons, was nothing to fear!
The target tests were finally over.
Everyone's emotions surged, a powerful excitement pent up in their hearts.
They would have to celebrate with a barbecue tonight.
Otherwise, this excitement wouldn't wear off anytime soon.
If one meal wasn't enough, then two!
Everyone returned to the research base's reception hall.
Li Guozhong gulped down two great mouthfuls of tea.
Only then did his emotions settle considerably.
He looked at the old man beside him.
"Elder Wang, I have a presumptuous request."
"Guozhong, why are even you hemming and hawing now? If there's anything you need this old man to help with, just say it!"
Elder Wang rolled his eyes at him with a smile.
"I... want to recruit Yixue into the military through special enlistment."
Hearing this, Elder Wang's hand holding his teacup trembled.
His expression instantly froze.