Was it over?
This match had ended even faster than the previous two.
And it had all happened so suddenly.
Hailing College's dean, Han Ruchao, sprang to his feet the moment the break was over. His eyes were wide with disbelief.
Xu Renjian's surprise was no less than his own. But after the initial shock came joy.
He knew what Tang Xiao was capable of, how could he have changed so suddenly?
Everything had been turned upside down.
In front of Tang Xiao, Hua Qianhu couldn't even stand a chance.
The sim pod popped open, and the handsome, average built Hua Qianhu leapt out. His face was dark and gloomy.
"Bastard, that's impossible.
How did his speed suddenly increase so much? "
The teacher in charge of the Lir Academy team was a young man in his thirties, a calm expression on his face.
His brows furrowed, and he shook his head. "Did you get crushed?"
This young man was the man that even Hailing College's dean, Shi Jiujiu, had to treat with respect. Su He!
Hua Qianhu stared at Su He with a strange look in his eyes. "Teacher Su, are you saying that his equipment is better than mine?"
Su He nodded, and pointed to the monitor. "Look at his energy consumption."
Hua Qianhu looked at the screen. Tang Xiao's silver suit had lost three percent of its energy.
Hua Qianhu's eyes went wide.
Although the match had ended quickly, if his opponent had wanted to kill him, and especially if he'd been able to survive that blast, it should have taken a lot of energy!
What made him even more dumbfounded was that the 3% was still gradually decreasing.
In other words …
Back in DreamNet.
Tang Xiao's suit was regenerating on its own.
What was going on?
Hua Qianhu had never heard of a suit that could regenerate on its own.
"Cheating, they're cheating!" Hua Qianhu screamed in fury.
"Shut up!
Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough? "Standing not far away from him,
Xiao Han's voice was cold.
"Xiao Han, what is the meaning of this?" Hua Qian Hu's eyes narrowed as he stared coldly at Xiao Han.
He and Xiao Han represented two different forces in Hailing College.
Xiao Han snorted disdainfully, "That's all you know.
As far as I know, there are at least three types of A-rank energy gems that can help a mecha recharge. "
"A-class?" Hua Qianhu turned his head to look at Su He.
Su He was still expressionless. He gestured towards another student, "Ming Han.
You go.
He chose a new map.
Try to deal with the other party as much as possible, and don't easily come into contact with them.
Take advantage of your speed.
The opponent's mecha are extremely well-equipped. "
"Yes, Teacher Su." The ordinary-looking male student immediately entered the simulation pod.
Hua Qianhu stood to the side in a daze. A-grade power gems?
This was indeed beyond his understanding.
Among all the energy gems he had come into contact with, the highest grade was only C-grade.
Moreover, it was in reality.
In DreamNet, how could he possibly have C-grade gems or higher?!
The price of power gems in DreamNet was no less than in the real world.
Su He turned to Xiao Han, his voice low. "Watch this fight carefully. Do your best to identify what's special about the opponent's equipment.
Be careful when you go up. This guy's mecha isn't any worse than yours. "
Now that Hua Qianhu was dead, Tang Xiao's anger subsided somewhat.
Crushing.
Of course it was crushing.
Thinking back to the things his teacher had given him upon entering DreamNet, he couldn't help but grin.
Come on.
Today I'll show you what I'm made of, Lil 'Ling!
There was a flash of light, and his second opponent appeared.
Tang Xiao looked at his opponent's name: Bi Minghan.
Bi Minghan's mecha was small. Measured in real life terms, it was only about twelve meters tall. That was much smaller than the average mecha.
Agility-type mecha!
Tang Xiao's heart skipped a beat.
On the other side, Bi Minghan had already chosen a new map.
The different maps flickered for a moment before coming to a stop.
Desert!
"Desert terrain. Prepare for battle.
Three, two, one. Begin! "
The light flickered, and Tang Xiao's silver mecha appeared in the middle of the desert.
This sort of desert terrain was much larger than the arena itself. It wasn't a real desert, but the sand dunes were still more than five kilometers in diameter.
Unless you flew up into the air, it would be difficult to see your opponent.
Tang Xiao didn't even have to think about it. His silver mecha was the first to react.
With a ferocious leap, he actually plunged into a sand dune just like that.
The mecha's mechanical systems shut down, and a soft yellow light appeared over its surface.
The audience could see the mecha's movements through the screens.
Of course they could see the yellow light as well.
This time, even Lir University's Su He had a look of surprise on his face.
Xiao Han's mouth twitched. "Professor Su, is that an assimilation gem?"
Su He nodded. "C-rank gem. Assimilation."
Hua Qianhu stood at the back, his expression troubled. When he heard the words "assimilation gem," he snapped out of his daze.
The effects of the gem popped up in his mind.
Assimilation gems allowed all metals to temporarily assimilate with their surroundings. They could evade most radar detection, but only if there were too many energy fluctuations around the gems.
This was why Tang Xiao had shut down the mecha's energy systems.
But doing so would require time to restart the mecha.
Besides, judging from his equipment, did he really need to do so?
In the audience stands, Lan Jue was speechless.
He had given Tang Xiao a few power gems today, but not the assimilation gem.
Those belonged to Tang Xiao. That wretched fatty!
Was he trying to play dirty?
Just as Tang Xiao dove into the sand dune, Bi Minghan began to move his mecha.
He didn't fly to confirm Tang Xiao's position. Instead, he activated his radar to search for traces of Tang Xiao.
At the same time, his agility-type mecha began to move horizontally at high speed.
He held a plasma knife in each hand.
His movements were swift and fierce.
The audience could see the movements of both sides at the same time. Many of them couldn't help but admire Tang Xiao's actions.
In truth, Tang Xiao's mecha wasn't far from Bi Minghan's.
Not long after he activated the assimilation gem, the radar swept over.
Tang Xiao didn't even activate his own radar. He only left a hole in the sand dune to observe what was going on outside.
Bi Minghan was oblivious to all this. He continued to move at high speed.
Tang Xiao's sudden burst of power against Hua Qianhu had left a deep impression on him. That was why he didn't dare stop.
His nerves were taut, and he prepared to evade Tang Xiao at any moment.
From Su He's orders, he knew that he didn't have to win this fight. He just had to keep his opponent busy, draw out all sorts of tricks, and exhaust his energy.
The audience could see that Bi Minghan's mecha's energy levels were beginning to dwindle.
Tang Xiao's mecha, on the other hand, was already full.
The first three fights had all ended in the shortest possible time.
This one, however, seemed to drag on.
Ten minutes passed.
Bi Minghan's forehead was beaded with sweat as he sat in the simulator. Ten minutes of intense mecha piloting, and his nerves were stretched taut. He was exhausted.
But his opponent seemed to have evaporated into thin air. There was no trace of him.
What was going on?
He'd scoured every nook and cranny of the map!
What made the audience even more speechless was the fact that several times Bi Minghan brushed past Tang Xiao's mecha, and yet Tang Xiao didn't react. It was as if he were asleep.
Twenty minutes passed.
Bi Minghan was growing more and more anxious. He knew where his opponent was hiding, but his radar hadn't detected him. How was this possible?
Twenty-five minutes.
Only five minutes until the fight was over.
Bi Minghan glanced at his mecha's energy bar. Twenty percent had been drained. This was the price of moving at high speed.
But five minutes until the fight was over.
DreamNet mecha fights were judged by how damaged the mecha was. It had nothing to do with energy expenditure.
If he and his opponent were to draw, then both sides would lose the right to continue.
His side would be the victor of the student competition.
The change in Bi Minghan's mentality made him start to be more conservative. He began to try to fly higher so that he could see more areas at the same time, so that he could more directly observe the large area of the map.
Twenty-eight minutes.
Only two minutes left.
The fight was about to end.
But his opponent was still nowhere to be seen.
Let it end like this!
A draw wasn't a bad result. Perhaps his opponent was hiding his true strength. He wanted to find a way to win in the fight.
Twenty-nine minutes.
Bi Minghan made what he believed to be the wisest choice. He piloted his mecha and soared.
His opponent was a close-combat type, with a certain amount of speed.
But Lan Jue wasn't any slower than his opponent.
That made things simple.
All he had to do was put some distance between them in the last minute. Maintain a draw. That was enough.
More than enough.
Just then, Bi Minghan's radar finally responded.
The silver mecha's massive body emerged from the sand dune. Bi Minghan stared, dumbfounded, as a meteor shower of light shot towards him.
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