Volume 6: Mecha Contest Chapter 328: The Ground Tremors
"This...this is impossible?" Ye Yan subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the sofa.
"It's possible that the person was targeting you." Ke Lan said, "After all, Master Ye, your 500 million is a bet on us to win today, right? And except for the quasi-rich team 'Flash Wolves', the other opponents are just 'make-up teams' without ace pilots. If you want to make Master Ye lose all his 500 million, this game is probably your only chance."
"Targeting me?" Ye Yan was shocked, and the fat on his face trembled. "Impossible, I just placed the bet last night. It's only been one night, how could it be possible..."
"Nothing is impossible." Chi Hanfeng said coldly, "With the ability of an ace pilot, it won't take more than a few hours to memorize a two-kilometer square race map."
"Doesn't that mean we're doomed?" Ye Yan collapsed onto the sofa with a dejected look on his face. "Shiyun...does your cat food have a lot of meat in it?"
"That's not necessarily true... If you think this cheating method can really help you win, then you underestimate Valentina." Chi Hanfeng said, "The underground pipeline is not a hidden shortcut."
"Vibration." Ke Lan took over the conversation and continued, "When Wolfgang's mecha runs at high speed in the pipeline, the vibration generated will quickly spread along the pipeline wall throughout the entire pipeline network. Even Valentina on the ground can feel this vibration."
Just as they said, Valkyrie suddenly walked out from the building where she was hiding and walked to the center of the main road in the city.
She swept away the debris scattered on the exposed surface, and knelt on one knee on the ground to control the mecha... The next second, the door of the cockpit opened, and Valentina, wearing a gray-green camouflage cockpit suit, jumped out.
Then, she did something that made the entire audience exclaim in surprise: she removed the anti-fragmentation gear worn over her combat uniform, unzipped it, took off the upper part of her one-piece driving suit, and turned it over behind her waist... At this time, Valentina was left with only a black sports bra on her body. Her well-defined eight-pack abs and waistcoat lines on both sides instantly attracted the attention of most of the audience.
Valentina took a deep breath and fell to the ground.
She pressed her cheek and body tightly to the ground, not moving.
"Valentina's move..." As an experienced ace pilot and senior commentator, Alex obviously understood Valentina's purpose from the beginning, but in order to mobilize the audience's emotions, he deliberately pretended to be very surprised, "I understand! She is feeling the vibration from the ground! Although Wolfgang's advance route is underground, the vibration generated by the high-speed running of the aircraft will be transmitted to the surface along the concrete pipe! But what makes me curious is, can Valentina determine the opponent's current position based on her own perception without relying on any technological equipment?"
"Of course..." Looking at the red dot on the map that was getting closer and closer, Ke Lan whispered, "Although it is a simulated venue, there is still a certain deviation compared to the real city in the old era... and this deviation happens to be in this key place."
"What deviation?" Ye Yan asked subconsciously. He had neither understood the structure of the earth's cities in the old era nor participated in the design and construction of the competition venue. He was completely confused by what Ke Lan said.
"In the old days, underground urban pipelines were often built with a metal frame outside the concrete pipes to prevent earthquakes and leakage. Outside the metal frame, a protective layer of cement was poured before covering it with soil... This protective layer is like the shock absorber in a car's suspension system, which can minimize the impact of external vibrations on the pipelines, and vice versa."
Ke Lan continued, "But the map you made directly buried the prefabricated concrete pipes underground. The vibrations reflected on the ground are definitely several times stronger than those of real urban underground pipes ... Even Valentina sitting in the cockpit can feel this vibration. Do you think it can be strong?"
"There is such a saying?" Ye Yan opened his mouth slightly, with a look of surprise, "Brother Ke Lan is really well-informed... He even knows the underground pipeline structure of the city in the old era so well, amazing!"
"I just looked it up when I was bored . I only know the basics." Ke Lan said, "Let's focus on the competition. This is a big deal that is closely related to your 500 million, Master Ye."
From the small electronic map in the upper right corner of the viewing screen, it can be seen that at this time Wolfgang's mecha was less than two hundred meters away from Valentina's position. Valentina finally stood up, returned to the cockpit, and then, controlling the body, deliberately stomped heavily on the ground.
"Deliberately expose your position to the opponent, and see if the opponent will take the bait." Ke Lan said. As soon as he finished speaking, Alex said almost the same line: "Valentina is deliberately exposing her position! She wants to lure Wolfgang into taking the bait!"
At the same time, Wolfgang, who was sitting in the cockpit of the beast-shaped mecha and could not hear the commentary at all, showed a ferocious smile. He pushed a joystick at the bottom of the seat hard, and a pair of extremely sharp claws extended from the end of the beast-shaped mecha's forelimbs!
"I got you!"
The sharp claws forged from Nino alloy opened suddenly, and the next second, they began to spin at high speed like a drill. Wolfgang leaned back, grabbed the joystick and pulled the upper body of the mecha upright. The thrusters hidden inside the hind limb armor burst out with powerful thrust, causing the entire body to jump up directly and pounce on the top wall of the pipe above!
But... when the beast-shaped mecha tore through the concrete road and broke out of the ground, Wolfgang only saw a faint trail extending upwards -
A second before he emerged from the ground, Valkyrie had already leaped into the air, and now, was hovering right above the beast-shaped mecha!
Two rapid-fire shotguns opened fire at the same time, and dense shells lashed at the beast-shaped mecha like a torrential rain. In a blink of an eye, the back armor of the beast-shaped mecha had fallen apart, and many places had exposed its fragile internal structure. For the sake of mobility and explosive power, the beast-shaped mecha did sacrifice too much in terms of armor. Except for the shoulders, limbs and chest, there was only a thin layer of light composite armor, which was unable to withstand the barrage of bullets pouring down from the sky by Valkyrie.
