Volume 6: Mecha Contest Chapter 319: Feint to the East and Attack the West
"I know this guy. This is his sixth time participating in the mecha competition. Apart from those ace pilots, he is already quite famous." Layton in the audience said, "This guy is a Warhammer fan. He nicknamed himself 'Astartes'. His favorite weapon is the chainsaw sword... He was originally a normal person, but later he had several transformation surgeries for this fanatical hobby. However, his luck was not very good. The last operation failed and he almost lost his life. His strength also fell to the level of a first-level cyborg."
"He's really an expert at courting death." Ke Lan commented.
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The whistle had already sounded, and this fellow called "Astarte" changed his teammates' previous strategy of avoiding battle, and began to charge with his chainsword in tow - in order not to slow down his own speed, he did not even use the Gatling gun mounted on his shoulder armor.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening, but just when they were about to engage in close combat, Valkyrie suddenly fired several smoke bombs, and a large cloud of white smoke instantly filled half of the arena.
"Contestant Valentina actually used a smoke bomb at this time..." Alex's tone was full of doubt, "But, in this arena, the role of conventional smoke bombs is very limited. Just like we can still see their figures on the screen, the mechas of the contestants are also equipped with thermal imaging devices. No matter how thick the smoke is, it will -"
Alex's words came to an abrupt halt, and Valkyrie in the smoke did something that many people could not understand: she drew out the combat dagger from her waist, "heated" her energy shield for a moment, and then threw it towards the open space in front of her right.
This operation confused - could an ace pilot make such a low-level mistake? Even if the opponent's figure could not be seen clearly in the smoke, the thermal imaging device could always see such a large block of high-temperature color, right? Even if the dagger was used as a throwing weapon, it should be thrown at the opponent...
But regardless of whether Valentina made a mistake or not, the next moment after she threw the dagger, her opponent "Astarte" made a fatal mistake in a "very cooperative" manner: he seemed to completely ignore Valkyrie who moved to his right and was very close, and instead swung the chainsword in his hand towards the combat dagger in front of him on the left that had not yet landed!
"I understand! This is not a mistake, this is Valentina's tactic!" Alex suddenly realized, "The reason why Astarte made such an outrageous mistake is that he has fallen into the trap designed by Valentina: We can see that in the image displayed by the thermal imaging device, the red-hot combat dagger is far more eye-catching than the player's body. Just now, Astarte's attention must have been attracted by this 'eye-catching' dagger for a moment... In such a tense game, this is completely unavoidable-"
"But..." Alex paused and continued to explain, "When he realized that this was just a bait, the mecha's intelligent assistance system had already made a wrong response plan for him: the AI mistakenly thought that the pilot wanted to attack the 'target' and activated the preset attack action stored in the mecha..."
The mecha that was wide open due to the attack was no different from a living target in Valkyrie's eyes. The other combat dagger easily pierced through the opponent's body, but the loyal Warhammer fanatic was luckier than his teammate - fortunately he didn't even have time to open the energy shield, so he avoided the fate of being roasted half to death.
At this time, the audience had already reacted from their confusion, and the enthusiastic applause could even be heard clearly by Ke Lan and others on the floating platform.
"This is probably why the ace pilot always insists on full manual operation... How else can it be played..." Layton muttered to himself.
Although this tactic was ineffective against ace pilots, in terms of viewing pleasure, it was no less than the fight between two ace pilots. Coupled with Alex's commentary - within just a few dozen minutes, Valentina gained a large number of fans among .
Moreover, compared to those burly male pilots, Valentina's appearance and figure have become her weapon to attract fans - although there is no camera inside the mecha, the photos and some promotional videos of the contestants are still easy to search. Such an ice beauty with a neutral beauty has a very wide audience, especially when paired with a violent machine like a mecha, the contrast is even more obvious.
Ke Lan glanced at the comments on the live broadcast, which included comments like "Ms. Valentina, I want to marry you!", "awsl", "I'm flooded with tears after watching this——"...
"Are these two games... played too high-profile?" Chi Hanfeng showed a trace of worry on his face. "The competition has just begun. Valentina will probably become the focus of research of all participating teams. I'm afraid she will be targeted in the following games..."
"It's a good thing to have an outstanding performance." Ke Lan patted Chi Hanfeng on the shoulder. "Don't worry too much. As an ace pilot, you will be targeted sooner or later, especially in the later eliminations. Playing the pig to eat the tiger will not work at all... In addition, I suggest you check your mailbox. It's probably full."
"Email?" Chi Hanfeng was stunned.
"Valentina is now famous, so there must be a lot of companies that want to discuss cooperation and sponsorship. I think, even if she can't win the championship, she should have enough money for her subsequent medical expenses."
"That's true... But I don't think she would agree to do commercials or anything like that. At most, she could just print a few sponsor logos on her mecha." Chi Hanfeng sighed, "I know her too well. Her stubborn temper has hardly changed in the past ten years."
"I admire this girl very much." Zofia walked to Ke Lan's side and said to Chi Hanfeng, "If she is willing, I can arrange a suitable job for her and bear all her medical expenses. The Soma Group is now planning to develop in the military industry. Talents like her should have a lot of room to play."
"That depends on her own wishes... In fact, she has always had an obsession in her heart. If she doesn't let go of this obsession, I'm afraid she..."
"Obsession? What obsession?" Ke Lan asked in confusion, and Hound and others also came over curiously.
