Once the thought surfaced, he could no longer suppress it.
He sprang out of bed.
It had the same fiery-red paint job.
The difference was that this mecha's design focused more on long-range attacks.
Its left arm incorporated a double railgun, while the other arm directly incorporated miniature missile launch ports.
Xu Fan fell in love with it at first glance.
Just as he was about to do something, his phone rang.
When he answered, Tong Yao's weary voice came through.
"I'm at the entrance. Open the door so I can unload."
Xu Fan acknowledged her and hurried toward the warehouse doors.
"Creeeak-"
The iron doors swung wide open.
Tong Yao's petite figure appeared, driving a heavy truck toward him.
Xu Fan was not surprised, since Tong Yao had personally delivered the previous batch of materials, too.
She had said it was to keep the mecha secret.
It was not time to reveal it to the public yet.
They could not let anyone else know.
After the truck entered the warehouse.
Tong Yao climbed out, her eyes bleary with sleep.
She was still muttering,
"I'm dead tired. I'll have to go back and get some proper sleep in a bit."
Rubbing her eyes, she looked over beside the Super God Workbench.
"Huh?"
"Why does the mecha look different?"
"No! That's not Crimson Sky No. 1!"
As realization struck, Tong Yao gave a sudden start.
She instantly guessed something.
Her mind became crystal clear at once.
She raised her head to look at the colossal machine before her.
An intense visual impact rushed straight at her.
Tong Yao felt as though a towering, ten-thousand-meter wave of flames was crashing down over her head.
For a moment, she actually found it hard to breathe.
Her mind and soul trembled.
Her delicate chest rose and fell in waves.
Even her legs trembled, leaving her barely able to stand.
The sharp-looking double railgun, the ferocious miniature missile launch ports, and that fiery-red paint job.
In an instant, they blew Tong Yao's eyes away.
The delicate girl froze.
Even after a long while, Tong Yao still could not calm down.
Her small chest kept rising and falling.
She gasped for breath.
After calming down a little, Tong Yao asked, brimming with anticipation,
"Xu Fan, could I go inside the cockpit and have a look?"
"Of course."
The research base had commissioned this mecha, and Tong Yao was, after all, one of its people. Never mind going inside for a look-even taking it out for a spin would be fine.
Xu Fan took his customers seriously.
Taking out the phone modified by the system, Xu Fan tapped it a few times.
The mecha entered quick-start mode.
It was essentially no different from Crimson Sky No. 1.
The two soon entered Crimson Sky No. 2's cockpit.
The cockpit was so futuristic that it seemed to have come from the future.
Tong Yao's eyes seemed to hold a scattering of crushed stars, glittering brightly.
So cool!
"Could I take it for a test drive?" Tong Yao asked timidly.
This time, she felt a little embarrassed to ask.
"No problem!"
Xu Fan agreed again.
His guiding principle was that the customer was God.
People could take a car for a test drive before buying it.
Taking a mecha for a test drive before buying it was not too much to ask, was it?
And so, under Xu Fan's guidance.
Tong Yao, a computer genius, quickly learned the controls.
Moreover, this mecha's weight distribution differed somewhat from Crimson Sky No. 1's.
It might be a little harder to control.
The sacrifice in handling bought it the ability to snipe targets beyond visual range.
To Xu Fan's surprise, Tong Yao's top-tier understanding of the central control system allowed her to operate this mecha remarkably smoothly.
Half an hour later, she could already perform simple maneuvers in beginner mode.
As the sky began to brighten fully, the mecha was driven back to Xu Fan's old warehouse.
Tong Yao stayed tucked inside the cockpit, saying she wanted to run driving simulations to improve her proficiency.
She wanted to become a mecha warrior herself someday.
Xu Fan left her alone. Sometimes, the client's demands were just that bizarre.
It was not his place to interfere.
With the truckload of scarce materials Tong Yao had brought.
Xu Fan could finally begin truly perfecting the mechas.
Neither Crimson Sky No. 1 nor No. 2 had been fitted with the aurora weapons or the Dragoon System.
Now came the process of manufacturing and installing them.
Xu Fan worked all day, only stopping midway to eat the takeout Tong Yao had ordered.
That evening, the system notified him that all weapons had been successfully installed.
The complete forms of Crimson Sky No. 1 and No. 2 stood before Xu Fan's eyes.
Each now had an additional laser emitter on either side of its body.
Above the vector thrusters on their backs, each had gained a pair of things resembling mechanical wings.
Fully extended, they spanned a full six meters.
This was the Dragoon System.
Xu Fan woke Tong Yao, who was lying asleep in Crimson Sky No. 2's cockpit.
The two delivered the mechas back to Zhonghai Military Research Base that very night.
With everything finished, Xu Fan could finally get some proper rest.
Once this military exercise ended, his Technology Points should reach over 8,000, and then he could fulfill his father's last wish.
The following evening.
Southeast Military Exercise Base.
Li Guozhong led the 8th Marine Armored Combined Arms Division into the exercise city overnight.
From every angle, this place was a thoroughly modern city.
The difference was that no civilians lived there.
It had been built specifically for exercises.
Three tank regiments, a motorized infantry regiment, a self-propelled artillery regiment, an air defense regiment, and the rest all deployed into position.
They defended the entire exercise city like an iron barrel.
But many officers were deeply worried, fearful of the enemy force's exoskeleton armor.
In the pitch-black night.
Two humming sounds passed over the soldiers' heads at incredible speed.
They could not make out what they were at all.
Li Guozhong had established division headquarters in a single-story building in the city center.
Open squares lay in front of and behind the building, with six-story brick-and-concrete buildings to either side.
Open to the front and rear, with buildings providing cover on both sides, it was extremely suitable as a temporary combat command center.
However, Division Commander Li Guozhong was not at headquarters at that moment.
Instead, he had brought his guard squad to a secret location in the exercise city.
Watching the two mechas plummeting rapidly from overhead, Li Guozhong's chest heaved, his expression excited.
"Crimson Sky No. 1, Crimson Sky No. 2, it's been a while!"
The two mechas plunged down from the sky.
They whipped up a fierce blast of air, sending dust flying everywhere.
It stung their eyes so badly they could not keep them open.
"Boom, boom-"
The ground shook violently twice, and the dust dispersed.
Two visually explosive mechas stood revealed before Li Guozhong and the guard squad.
Li Guozhong swept his gaze over the two mechas.
Crimson Sky No. 1 had gained a pair of steel wings, while he had never seen the other mecha before.
That slightly extravagant double railgun and those miniature missile launch ports.
Along with the enormous steel wings on its back, they seized his gaze the instant they appeared.
His chest heaved, and his breathing quickened.
He trembled with excitement.
He wished he could run up and wildly plant a couple of kisses on them.
So cool!
So flashy!
Anyone who took one look would fall in love despite themselves.
They had practically been designed entirely to suit a real man's tastes.
Behind him, every member of the guard squad stared wide-eyed at the two mechas.
Their eyes were practically splitting open.
Their mouths hung open in shock.
They liked the sight even more than seeing their own wives.
If asked to trade their wives for a mecha, they would absolutely do it without a second thought.
Who needed a wife? Wasn't piloting a mecha and showing off far better?
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