Chapter 50: Chapter 50 An Introduction to the Adults
Editor: Noodletown Translations
Mu Fan at this moment had no idea that his hand speed was steadily increasing, stabilizing around 340. It improved by 10%, perfectly corresponding to a tenth of a layer of Dark Breath. He was also unaware that the tricky Black had set his APM display 30 points lower than normal, so his current APM was an almost miraculous 370!
Without noticing any of this, Mu Fan executed a second’s worth of command inputs within 0.7 seconds.
“Bang!” The RX-16, controlled by Mu Fan, spun up from the ground at an incredible speed. The pulse energy storage bomb fired by the opponent barely grazed the shield, blasting past and producing a huge resonating sound at the edge of the alloy shield.
“Well done! The Big Egg Man is angry! Roar!” Wang Nuonuo took a deep sip of soda, her cheeks flushed with excitement, but her short and chubby appearance really didn’t captivate anyone’s interest.
Mu Fan naturally didn’t hear any of this. He was now entirely in a state of full concentration, with only the basic combination key positions of the step skills, as taught by Black, occupying his mind. He continually adjusted and recombined data based on the mecha’s state every 0.1 second.
A premonition formed by consciousness and intuition! Then, with advanced hand speed, he performed synchronous or even more advanced actions on the mecha, creating a scenario where the clumsy and crude mecha controlled by Mu Fan bounced on the ground and began accelerating with a strange step.
From falling to standing, then charging, the movements flowed seamlessly like running water.
Completely entering the rhythm of Dark Breath, Mu Fan was now completely aware of every action he was doing, and this state of absolute clarity was something he found irresistible.
No one was around Mu Fan in reality at that moment; otherwise, they would have been surprised to find that Mu Fan’s breathing was inaudible. However, if they observed his lips closely, they could clearly understand that he was breathing. If they closed their eyes, Mu Fan wouldn’t even appear in their perception.
Dark Breath! Synchronization of virtual and reality!
The player of the Winged Snake mecha found that his charged strike hadn’t worked; it was unscientific! Seeing the clumsy mecha charging at him again, holding a shield and sword, and even maneuvering!
Is he looking down on me? No matter how advanced your tech, you can’t escape the fact that you’re piloting a sword and shield mecha. Changing to burst mode, another round of targeted shots commenced, but this time he was surprised to find the opponent really evaded his shots. The opponent’s advancement path was not straight, seeming arc-shaped yet inexact, and although his firepower covered the opponent, the rising sand fog indicated that all his attacks missed.
This kid is strange!
“Wow, it’s actually a maneuverable big bear! Not stupid at all!!” Wang Nuonuo’s eyebrows unfolded. This battle indeed surprised her, and it seemed that something interesting might happen soon.
Should realistic close-combat mechas be looked down upon like this? Piloting the RX-16, Mu Fan could never have imagined that the stable mecha he saw was a clumsy and crude figure in the opponent’s eyes and a big bear in the audience’s view.
Huh, the charging path of this clumsy mecha seems to have a pattern, advancing in a zigzag shape. The Winged Snake mecha player seemed to have figured something out; now, with 500 meters remaining, shouldn’t he test with remote firearms? How confident or mocking could he be!?
Having confidence in seeing through the opponent’s pattern, the Winged Snake mecha player brightened the muzzle of his pulse rifle, preparing to predictively fire again. The weapon’s low recoil allowed him to cover the clumsy mecha’s advancement path completely.
Mu Fan was indeed executing an orderly zigzag step, from starting the charge to being orderly, then to being chaotic, with the difficulty level rising.
Huh? Was he using the zigzag step to operate the mecha? Moreover, he could clearly know that he was just performing an orderly zigzag step! Unconsciously completing that string of evasive actions, Mu Fan suddenly realized that the training bottleneck he previously sensed didn’t exist.
He seemed able to continue trying the chaotic zigzag step. In the cool state under the support of Dark Breath, Mu Fan’s fingers danced lightly over the console, his palms and arms rhythmically moving in waves, with his right hand constantly making fine adjustments between several control sticks with an accuracy of 0.5 degrees.
At this moment, the Winged Snake mecha on the opposite side had just started shooting in bursts. The pulse rifle fell from high to firing, and the actions were skillful and leisurely. Even the stance of holding the gun was constantly adjusted to further reduce the already low recoil, proving that this wasn’t an inept opponent.
But the next five seconds made Nuonuo, who was keenly watching the show, open her mouth in an O shape. The clumsy sword and shield mecha made tactical evasive maneuvers that completely defied its own image just when the firepower shot over.
Mu Fan entirely treated this as practice for the chaotic zigzag step, first mastering it and then using this skill as a prerequisite for the step skill Virtual Flash.
Mu Fan, who struggled while using this helmet, was directly locked by Black to an 85% simulation degree. Even now in the generally low simulation Fantasy Zone, the same applied, coupled with piloting a realistic mecha that was genuinely real… Mu Fan had already completely infiltrated this bizarre Fantasy War Zone.
At this moment, the clumsy RX-16 seemed not to be in the desert but in a complex maze. As the Winged Snake mecha’s shots swept over, the RX-16 stepped with eerie precognition, making the Winged Snake mecha player feel a twinge of pain in the back of his neck from the forced sprints that were abruptly interrupted.
In his eyes, this clumsy and crude mecha had its shield covering the upper body, still maintaining its posture, even the left arm hadn’t moved, but the cross-stepping legs indicated that the mecha was continuously running. Clearly, it moved left and right, but the radar was constantly warning, 450m, 412m, 394m… An apparently clumsy mecha kept advancing without taking a single bullet hit!Upd@te by n0vgo .c0
Impossible! This is a fifth-generation mecha’s firepower benchmark! How could it completely miss! This was totally playing dumb to catch a tiger. With such skills, why come to the public War Zone to match against my silver-level self? Why not join a challenge match!
The Winged Snake mecha player was a bit flustered, already shooting continuously for more than five seconds, with over a hundred rounds spent. He hadn’t seen the slightest mark of being hit on the opponent’s mecha.
“You, big bear, you hid so well! What skill is this!” Taking a strong sip of her drink, puffing her cheeks, Wang Nuonuo stared wide-eyed at the suddenly explosive clumsy mecha.
Getting closer and closer, the Winged Snake mecha player was really becoming anxious, now starting to retreat and shoot, but the distance was still being closed within ten short seconds to just 200m.
With the front and heel connections heavily sunk in the yellow sand, in an invisible fine adjustment, the energy furnace output was reduced to a subtle level. The RX-16’s movements slightly stalled for less than half a second before moving forward again.
Within that half-second, several more bullet holes appeared within a meter in front of the mech.
A hair’s breadth, reaching the pinnacle!
Then, a tragic scene occurred, “Please change the magazine,” with this system prompt, a wail came from within the cockpit of the Winged Snake mecha. The bullet output speed was too fast, needing a change; how could it change when it was already within 200 meters?
The jet wings initiated, and the nozzles of the wings started turning red, desperately attempting to pull away for reloading.
“Hmm?” Sensing the firepower disappearing, Mu Fan suddenly noticed the abnormal wings of the opponent’s mecha, and without a second thought, in 0.4 seconds completed the mechanical boosting and angle adjustment of the right arm. With the powerful engine force emerging, the RX-16 raised its right arm and released the heavy metallic great sword with a sudden swing!
A silver-white streak flashed across the desert surface. “Sizzle!” The jet wing of the desperate-to-escape Winged Snake mecha got pierced through!
The jet energy furnace went haywire! Stability was out of balance!
“Mmm!!~” Miss Wang Nuonuo cooperatively let out a long hum. The clumsy mecha indeed lived up to its promise, transforming into a violent giant bear that crashed forward with the shield.
“Boom!” Like a meteor crashing into the ground, they saw the golden Winged Snake mecha carve out a perfect arc on the sand dune…
System prompt: “Egg Lord” won!
“Oh yeah! Big Egg Man is so mighty!! Even a big bear can be used so wildly! A man should be so brazenly charging! I knew you could do it!” Wang Nuonuo excitedly threw her drink to the ground, looking more thrilled than the person involved, her red eyes rivaling those of concert fanatics.
Mu Fan was waiting for the ten-second countdown to end to exit the battlefield, the chirp from the bracelet at this moment being selectively ignored by him.
“System prompt: Audience ‘Beautiful Girl Nuonuo’ tipped 188 Star Coins to cheer for the player ‘Egg Lord,’ message: I added you as a friend, care to get to know each other!”
Only then did Mu Fan look down to check, player ‘Beautiful Girl Nuonuo’ requested to add you as a friend. The countdown had already ticked down to 5 seconds, 4 seconds…
The watching Miss Wang was angrily stomping her foot: “How dare you not accept when this Miss makes the move. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!”
Countdown 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second…
Beep, player “Egg Lord” accepted your friend request.
Yeah!