hsntnovel Chapter 44 Lu Ling's Angry
Chapter 44 Lu Ling's Angry
Level 6.8!
"It actually increased by 0.6 levels!"
Beside the workbench, the veteran mechanic looked at the data on the screen and couldn't help but gasp.
According to modification conventions, even a top-of-the-line Storm Transmission kit can only increase a level 6 general-purpose mech by 0.3 to 0.4 levels at most.
But Wang Xing's Tiger Mech actually leveled up by 0.6!
He abruptly turned to look at Wang Xing, his gaze as if he were looking at a humanoid monster in a school uniform: "Kid, just how terrifying is your synchronization rate with this mech's abyssal nerves? This mech's foundation must have been severely compressed by that broken transmission shaft before. Once it encounters a true dragon, it will rise straight up from the abyss."
Lei Zhen, standing on the sidelines, was also deeply shaken.
He suddenly understood why the Western Theater Command dared to give an S-rank enlistment appointment to a civilian student whose mecha was only level 6.2!
It's not that the mecha is holding us back.
This is clearly because the previous resources were too poor, which limited the roar of this tiger!
"Profound qi and blood, monstrous combat prowess, and such terrifying potential in mecha..."
Lei Zhen muttered to himself, finally understanding why the Western Theater Command had spared no expense in securing an S-level contract.
"A true all-around genius. Raymond's loss was not unjustified, not at all."
His level jumped 0.6 immediately after the replacement. Once he gets used to the new kit, a jump of 0.7 or even 0.8 levels won't be a problem!
If we wait until the "Howling Tiger Striped Steel" outer armor and battle sword, which took a month to forge, are fully deployed...
Lei Zhen simply couldn't believe it.
What kind of terrifying killing weapon will this Tiger Mech transform into?
"What a prodigy..."
Lei Zhen sighed silently to himself.
……
After the initial amazement, the modifications continued.
The veteran modifier brought out several high-precision nanolaser scanners, allowing Wang Xing to control the Tiger mech and perform various tactical maneuvers.
Red and blue beams intertwined to form a net, performing a comprehensive, in-depth scan of the mech.
In particular, extremely detailed three-dimensional mechanical records and molecular-level 3D model constructions were made for the outer plates of the shoulders, elbows, knees, and arms.
"Alright, the base mold is now complete."
The old mechanic put away the instruments, locked the heavy piece of Howling Tiger-striped Steel back into the specially made safe, and said to Wang Xing:
"Next, based on these stress models, I will use supercomputing to design your outer armor blueprints, and then perform plasma cutting and shaping. This is a very gradual process. In about four weeks, I will notify you to come over for the final welding and bioelectric field matching."
Wang Xing nodded earnestly and wrote it down: "Thank you for your hard work."
"As for the leftover materials..."
The old mechanic pulled up a blank weapon design panel. "Does your mecha sword have any special size or center of gravity requirements? You can tell me now, and I'll design it for you as well."
A glint flashed in Wang Xing's eyes, and the various killing moves of the "Three Forms of Breaking the Army" immediately came to mind.
"I want this knife to be a little longer. It should be 1.45 meters long overall, with a blade width of five fingers... and the tip should be offset by seven centimeters..."
"Hiss... Longer and wider, center of gravity shifted backward?"
The old mechanic looked at Wang Xing in astonishment and said, "Young man, tiger-striped steel already has an incredible density. If you design it like this, it will take at least a hundred kilograms of force to forge this knife... Can you even swing it?"
"As long as you can hit it, I can swing it!" Wang Xing's lips curled into a confident smile.
"Fine, you've got guts."
The old mechanic chuckled and quickly entered the parameters on the screen.
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at the same time.
Chengdu, inside the council hall of the temporary garrison of the Eastern Theater Command.
"Bang!"
A chilling explosion rang out.
A tactical conference table made of polymer composite material was smashed into pieces by a single slap!
Major Lu Ling of the Eastern Theater Command, whose physical strength had reached a terrifying 2600 kilograms, stood amidst the debris with a murderous expression.
Her palms were shaken red and numb.
But this could not conceal the barely suppressed anger and astonishment in her eyes.
"What on earth is going on?!"
Lu Ling's chest heaved violently as she uttered a sharp question:
"It's one thing for Wang Xing to be immature; he's only eighteen, after all, and I don't blame him for his limited knowledge. But is Principal Li of Rongcheng No. 2 High School brainless?!"
"Our Eastern Theater Command extended a private invitation, and he actually refused it on behalf of his student? Does he want to watch his student miss out on an A-level appointment slot?!"
"Team Leader Lu..."
Standing to the side, Deputy Director Fang Bin swallowed hard and forced a smile as he replied, "This matter... it seems we really can't blame Principal Li."
"I just checked with the Academic Affairs Office of No. 2 High School. Principal Li said that Wang Xing had already completed the advance appointment agreement with the military region system yesterday afternoon and took the initiative to ask the school to refuse all private meeting invitations from other military units."
"His exact words were... he wanted to focus on preparing for the Hundred Schools Competition and didn't want to be distracted by external matters."
"Miscellaneous tasks?"
"Bang!"
Lu Ling stomped her foot on the broken table, her anger flaring even more: "He treats our Eastern Theater Command's special recruitment invitation as a trivial matter? What an arrogant attitude!"
"Does Wang Xing, a poor student with only a level 6 mecha, really think he's invincible? Does he even realize how important this meeting is to him? We're already considering applying to our superiors for an S-rank pre-enlistment!"
"And what's wrong with Wang Xing? The Western Theater Command clearly gave him a B-level rank right in front of us, so what reason does he have to refuse us?"
"Major, that's the problem..."
Chen Feng said in a low voice, "Actually, I also think it's unlikely, but Principal Li told me that the Western Theater Command later offered Wang Xing an S-level pre-enlistment appointment."
"What did you say?"
Lu Ling seemed to be frozen in place, her entire body instantly stiffening.
"S-rank?!"
She suddenly raised her voice.
"impossible!"
"Lin Xishan offered a B-grade rating right in front of us! Even if he later changed his mind in private, he could only raise the price to A-grade at most, how could he possibly jump straight to S-grade?!"
"This matter is suspicious. I didn't believe it at first either. I thought that Principal Li was cooperating with Wang Xing to bluff and get us to raise the price."
Chen Feng cautiously said, "But Principal Li's tone... seemed quite certain, not like he was acting... Should we log onto the military region's intranet to verify?"
Lu Ling's eyes flashed suddenly, and her pupils contracted instantly.
Although the S-level reservation agreements of each war zone are top secret, as the head of the special recruitment team of the Eastern Theater Command, she still has the authority to access the national special recruitment list through her superiors.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, activated the microcomputer terminal on her wrist, and made an encrypted call to Colonel Xing Zhiguo to request a temporary investigation key.
A moment later, a top-secret key was transmitted.
After obtaining the key, Lu Ling couldn't wait to turn on the micro-brain projection on her wrist and enter a long string of complex dynamic passwords.
A blue holographic screen unfolded in mid-air, with lines of top-secret data rapidly flowing through it.
This is the real-time updated list of S-level reserve special recruits from the four major military regions of the Dragon Kingdom.
[Yancheng No.1 High School, Chu Tianxing, 18 years old, mecha level 8.5... Contractor: Northern Theater Command, S-rank.]
[Shen Luo, 17 years old, from Zhenhua Middle School in Shanghai, mecha level 8.3... Contractor: Eastern Theater Command, S-rank.]
……
Lu Ling stared intently at the screen, scrolling rapidly down.
When she flipped through the list of several slots belonging to the Western Theater Command, her pupils suddenly froze.
That line of cold data was like a resounding slap across her face:
[Wang Xing, 18 years old, from Rongcheng No. 2 High School, mecha level 6.2, no Void Element awakening. Contractor: Western Theater Command, S-rank!]
"This is a ghost!!"
Fang Bin, who was watching closely, couldn't help but swear:
"Those lunatics in the Western Theater Command actually gave it an S-rank! Didn't they promise a B-rank? What's going on?"
"Are you asking me?"
Lu Ling turned her head abruptly, her eyes sharp and cold as knives, staring intently at Fang Bin with a questioning gaze:
"Why didn't you remind me to apply for S-level clearance from my superiors yesterday at the training grounds?! If we had decisively granted S-level clearance then, we might not have lost this battle to recruit him!"
"I……"
Fang Bin was speechless when questioned, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"You were the one who called the shots in the special recruitment team! When we left the office, you said we should first secure the A-level position, and then consider whether to apply for an S-level!"
"Now that someone else has snatched it from you, you're blaming me?"
But when he saw the glaring "one bar, one star" major rank on Lu Ling's shoulder insignia, he swallowed hard and wisely shut his mouth.
A higher rank can have a crushing effect...
Ignoring the adjutant's frustration, Lu Ling paced back and forth in the office like a raging lioness.
As her emotions gradually calmed down, her mind raced, reviewing everything that had happened at the No. 2 High School training ground the day before.
suddenly.
She stopped, a sharp glint of realization flashing in her eyes.
"I see……"
"That old fox Lin Xishan! He deliberately gave us a B grade yesterday in front of us; it was all an act!"
Lu Ling gritted her teeth, her voice icy cold:
"He deliberately lowered the rating to induce us to take advantage of our 'habitual thinking' in recruiting talent and give us a rating slightly higher than B!"
"In a race against time like the special recruitment drive, once a person's subconscious defenses are swayed, it's very difficult to make a decision that transcends two levels instantly. He calculated that we would never directly pull out our trump card and play the S-level!"
"Then, when we let our guard down and thought we had victory in the bag with our A-rank weapon, he immediately contacted Wang Xing privately and delivered the decisive blow with his S-rank weapon!"
Lu Ling clenched her fists, her knuckles cracking.
"Using the 'openly repair the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang' tactic from military strategy to snatch a few promising high school students... These peasants from the Western Theater Command are truly despicable!"
Lu Ling felt like a clown being played for a fool.
She was born strong-willed and was known as an iron lady among the young officers in the Eastern Theater Command. She had never suffered such a great loss in leading troops into battle.
But she never expected that in the bloodless battlefield of the talent war, she would be outmaneuvered by that old fox Lin Xishan!
"Hmph, this time it was indeed my oversight..."
Lu Ling took a deep breath, a cold, extremely defiant sneer appearing on her face. "But Lin Xishan, don't be too smug. You so decisively used a precious S-level spot to sign a student whose mecha is only level 6 and who hasn't even awakened his Void Element Power... you yourself are gambling!"
Lu Ling didn't think that the Eastern Theater Command losing Wang Xing was a huge loss.
Under the heavens, the Dragon Kingdom has a vast territory and countless geniuses.
Not to mention looking at the whole country, even in Chengdu alone, there are no shortage of outstanding talents.
Even without Wang Xing, the foundation of the Eastern Theater Command will not be shaken in the slightest.
What angered her was that she had been manipulated by Lin Xishan in this game.
"Fang Bin, immediately apply to your superiors for an S-level pre-enlistment slot!"
Lu Ling turned around abruptly, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, and said, word by word:
"We want Wang Taishi, that top student from Rongcheng No. 1 High School, nicknamed 'The Avenger of the Earth,' who possesses the [Rage Stone Mech]!"
"I'll max out all the special resources and mecha equipment. I want to see him make a name for himself at the Chengdu University Competition."