Of course Lin Zimao is not in the audience, he is a contestant, one of the top sixteen.
The opponent he faces today is still from the Mecha Combat Department.
Lin Zimao finished studying his last week’s match video, the opponent played steadily in the knockout round, neither aggressive nor conservative, he is also good at observing the opponent’s tactics and finding the weaknesses from it.
Those who can enter the top sixteen are not students who can be underestimated at will, his opponent today is Liang Yuanyu, who ranks sixth in the Mecha Combat Department, his style of play is as low-key as his personality, but if he is a little careless, he will seize the opportunity to press his opponent and will never let them have a chance to turn the tide.
Was Lin Zimao afraid of him? Of course, not afraid.
What’s more, this Liang Yuanyu also posted a post before the game to mention Shen Youhui’s revenge, saying that Lin Zimao bullied his friend until he’s sick, he wanted to take revenge1找回場子 (zhǎo huí chǎng zi): lit. to find the place; it’s often used in the context of fighting between street gangs, it can also be used when someone feels he was taken advantage of by someone or lost face because of him somehow, then he will also do something in retaliation. for his friend!
The pre-game shout-out really aroused Lin Zimao’s interest!
He likes strong opponents very much, and hopes to bring him more stimulation in battle, otherwise, it would be boring.
Of course, he will not underestimate the other party.
The system familiar prompt sounded: “Enter battle mode, five, four, three, two, one, GO!”
Lin Zimao didn’t change the offensive mecha because the opponent is good at attacking and defending, he had been using the J-series model before, he changed the mecha today, but it is not the J-series, but the K-series offensive mecha K0808.
Although both JK series are offensive mecha, but different series will have different designs, equipped with different shells, and their functions are also different, it may be particularly difficult for general operators to switch to another series of mechas after habitually using the same type of mechas.
The map is in a random mode, this time, the random map is a storm map, sand flying about and stones hurtling through the air2飛沙走石 (fēi shā zǒu shí): sand flying about and stones hurtling through the air; sand and stones flying; pebbles are swept along the ground., and garbage being blown into the sky, if one don’t pay attention, one may be blinded by garbage, however, the current field of vision is not good, the visibility is too low.
Moreover, now there is a hard rule in the game, in the eighth-finals, all AI functions are banned, mainly to prevent new students from relying too much on AI, otherwise, when they really encounter insufficient energy on the battlefield, their own capacity to act will deteriorate, being too dependent on the AI is not a good thing.
Therefore, the current Lin Zimao has no way to detect whether there is an obstacle in front of him through AI.
The mecha he is using today is gray in color, so it is easy to hide its figure in the flying sand and stones.
His dynamic vision has been maintained at a constant level, he saw a green figure flashing past him on the right, Lin Zimao quickly chased after him.
The green mecha is the one usually used by Liang Yuanyu, he is a cautious person, naturally, he will not easily change his style of play in important games, the green mecha is more defensive, and it is a model that seize the opportunity to counterattack only after the enemy has struck3後發製人 (hòu fā zhì rén): T/N: May or may not be a typo of the idiom, 後發制人 (hòu fā zhì rén), gain mastery by striking only after the enemy has struck; let one’s opponent start hitting and then get the better of him; spar with one’s opponent，more for defence than attack..
He is not reckless, keep an undetectable distance from the opponent, tailing is easy to fall into the opponent’s trap, but if he is not discovered by the opponent, then he can take the opponent by surprise.
Liang Yuanyu was indeed as cautious as he imagined, he hid from time to time, hasn’t changed his tactics, which means that he hasn’t found Lin Zimao who is following him.
Liang Yuanyu maintains the principle take no action if the enemy does not make any move, however, Lin Zimao is doing two things at once4一心二用 (yī xīn èr yòng): to do two things at once (idiom); to multitask; to divide one’s attention., while observing his opponent, he monitored the wind speed of the sandstorm, the data shows that the wind speed of the sandstorm is getting faster and faster, in the beginning, it was only a weak wind and sandstorm, now, the dial shows that the wind speed is constantly increasing, and the terrain environment will become worse and worse.
Lin Zimao realized that he couldn’t delay, because the two sides may be submerged by the terrain later, the referee will judge them as a tie, which means that they will play three rounds, if Lin Zimao loses another round after the tie, then the two of them will have to play four rounds.
He doesn’t want to play the fourth game, he wants to go home and rub the cat.
The sandstorm weakened a little, a flash of green flashed, and the green mecha stopped in front of it the next moment, Liang Yuanyu carefully looked for Lin Zimao, but he didn’t know that Lin Zimao had been following him closely and knew his whereabouts like the back of his hand5了如指掌 (liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng): to know sth like the back of one’s hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out; have a thorough knowledge (of); variant of 瞭如指掌 (liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng), to know like the back of one’s hand..
Lin Zimao didn’t hesitate even for half a second, he rushed straight behind the green mecha, got close to the opponent, and quickly pressed buttons that were not commonly used one after another.
Many people may not have discovered this function when using the K0808 mecha, it can make a mecha lose power within three seconds.
This function has a straightforward name, called unloading force. In other words, to remove the defense force opened by the opponent, this K0808 offensive mecha is not commonly used, because its attack ability is not very good among many single-person mechas, but Lin Zimao wants to use it just for this moment!
With a bang, the defense system in the green mecha suddenly lost control, and then his energy began to drop rapidly, Liang Yuanyu was taken aback for a moment, he quickly started attacking mode, but it was too late, his opponent, Lin Zimao had already retreated to the blind spot of his sight, and threw all the shells on him, Liang Yuanyu’s reaction speed has never been slow, but this time he felt extremely strenuous, he was able to fight from the knockout rounds to the present because of his defensive system, which he considers to be tenacious, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack after the opponent has struck.
This time, he realized that he had kicked the iron plate6踢到了鐵板 (tī dàole tiě bǎn): thinking that the other party is easy to bully, but it turns out that the other party is more powerful than expected (like kicking a thick iron plate and hurting yourself); didn’t achieve its purpose, but was rejected or reprimanded., and the iron plate was still very hard, he didn’t even have time to cry out for pain!
Although today is only the eighth-finals, the school has made sufficient preparations for the competition and is very professional.
There are not only hosts, but also two commentators to explain tonight’s game.
As the contestants’ operation became faster, their their speaking speed also increased, twice as fast as talking normally, almost twice as fast as watching a video.
The excited commentator A: “Oh my God, Liang Yuan Yu is being controlled!”
The calm commentator B: “Today, Lin Zimao uses the K0808 model, this is a model that is rarely used in competitions, when he got it today, I wondered if he was scared of Liang Yuanyu, in fact, I’m still too young7我還是太年輕 (wǒ háishì tài niánqīng): lit. I’m still too young; might mean the speaker is too young and immature, didn’t think things through., Lin Zimao is still the familiar Lin Zimao.”
The calm commentator B: “Maybe many people don’t know why Liang Yuanyu suddenly stopped. Because K0808 has a function called unloading force, it can remove the defense system of high-level mechas, originally, this function was used for the personnel who were seriously injured and passed out on the front line, but the mecha was on defense, K0808 is the battlefield nurse in the offensive type mecha. I didn’t expect Lin Zimao to use this function.”
The excited commentator A: “He’s too good! My God, who would have thought! Who would have thought he would use a mecha that had been left to collect dust! He even made perfect use of the characteristics of the mecha, how did he come up with it!”
The excited commentator A: “Let’s take a look at his next solo performances! It’s another simple and neat end to a round of battle!”
The excited commentator A: “Three minutes and twenty seconds! Oh my goodness! Is he still human?”
At this time, Liang Yuanyu couldn’t feel the excitement of the commentator, other than the the flames in front of his eyes, there is also the blue text ‘Defeat‘ that follows!
The time is three minutes and twenty seconds, he thought that more than ten minutes had passed, but it turned out that he overestimated himself and underestimated Lin Zimao.
Liang Yuanyu took a deep breath, still underestimated this student from the other department, at the same time, he also felt great pressure and a sense of powerlessness, that kind of attack is frightening, if he really went to the space warfare and encountered such a strong attack, he might have died on the spot.
Sitting under the stage, Ji Chen patted Jiang Xuan’s arm: “Did you see it, did you see, the junior I admire, isn’t he very good, isn’t he a good match for me.”
Jiang Xuan didn’t understand why he was so excited about a stranger he hadn’t even met before.
However, the match just now was indeed really thrilling, if the winning side hesitates even for half a second, he may miss the opportunity, but he grasped it, he is not a simple student.
Jiang Xuan became a little interested: “Which department is he from?”
Ji Chen sighed: “Mecha Maintenance Department, don’t understand how he get into the Mecha Maintenance Department with his ability.”
Jiang Xuan doesn’t know the other party, of course he doesn’t know.
There are still two minutes before the next game starts.
The top of the screen quickly shows the energy consumption and output of both parties, and all the details are plainly visible8一覽無遺 (yī lǎn wú yí): to take in everything at a glance; be plainly visible; to have an uninterrupted view; have an uninterrupted/unobstructed view of..
Jiang Xuan was stunned when he saw the names of the contestants on the red side on the screen.
Same given name and family name?
Is he too tired, his eyes dazzled?
Jiang Xuan pinched the center of his eyebrows lightly, then fixedly looked at the name on the screen that was so familiar to him, Lin Zimao from Mecha Maintenance class two.
His heart was suddenly struck by something, a quick thump, thump, thump, pounding.
At this moment, he wanted to rush into the simulation cabin to see if it was Lin Zimao or not.
Jiang Xuan was a little absent-minded, he stood up abruptly, and looked at the simulation cabin that did not open the transparent mode to the outside world.
He got up a little abruptly, Ji Chen was taken aback and asked him: “What, do you have an emergency?”
Jiang Xuan realized that he had lost his composure, and sat back: “It’s okay, just wanted to go to the bathroom, the game is about to start, I won’t go.”
Ji Chen usually only listens to a few words that jumps out, suddenly explaining the reason to him, he is still a little unable to adapt.
Probably because he persisted for so long and finally warmed his friend’s heart? Maybe this is the power of friendship!
It’s unknown if it is the power of friendship, but Jiang Xuan is a little dazed at this time.
He took a deep breath, compose himself, and thought of Lin Zimao asking him if he would watch the competition again.
His answer at that time was that he was not interested.
If he hadn’t answered that way that day, would he have known in advance that Lin Zimao had participated in the simulation cabin competition?
Panicked for a moment without reason.
Seeing that Jiang Xuan pursed his lips and not speaking, Ji Chen didn’t bother him either, thinking that he was thinking about the design, but he didn’t notice that his friend was clasping his hands tightly on his knees.
The second round began!
The commentator guessed that the routine Lin Zimao used with K0808 in the last round, may not be used again, because Liang Yuanyu is a player who knows how to reflect, he will definitely find a way to avoid it.
But the commentators guessed wrong, Lin Zimao still chose K0808 in the second round!
Liang Yuanyu did change his ways during the three minutes of rest.
The start is randomized to the mildest wetland, because there is water, in Lin Zimao’s eyes, this scene looks very beautiful.
But when the fight really started, his movements were not gentle at all.
There is nowhere to hide in the wetland, but if the mecha falls into the wetland, it will be absorbed and sink continuously, can get up, but the energy consumption will increase.
Liang Yuanyu had a very good idea, he wanted to lure Lin Zimao to the wetland, hold him in the wetland and beat him violently.
However, he couldn’t get near to Lin Zimao, he also has a force-unloading function that makes him need to be avoided.
Lin Zimao could guess what Liang Yuanyu was thinking, since the other party thought so, he lures the enemy deeper9誘敵深入 (yòu dí shēn rù): (military) to lure the enemy in deep; Bring the enemy in and put it in a disadvantaged position of being isolated and not easy to escape..
The shells of both sides flew around each other, there is enough space in the sky above, so they can shoot at each other and dodge.
When Liang Yuanyu felt that there was no progress in this fight, he found that the distance between him and Lin Zimao was already very close!
Lin Zimao suddenly accelerated and rushed towards him, pushing him downwards!
Once again, he was unloaded by force once again!
In the next second, the only thing left in front of Liang Yuanyu’s eyes was the mud on his face and the loud banging in his ears!
This time it should be more than five minutes, right?
Looking at the time on the screen again, Liang Yuanyu cursed: Fuck!
Obviously, he has already studied his style of play, but he still couldn’t keep up with his quickness at all, and he can’t figure out his thoughts, this Lin Zimao is poisonous!
At the same time, commentator A shouted: “Three seconds faster than the first round!”
“Lin Zimao, he won again!”
“Wow, what a great match!”
“Let’s interview him for a while!”
After Lin Zimao released the sound isolation, he heard enthusiastic applause and whistles.
He stepped out of the simulation cabin, and the applause seemed even more enthusiastic.
Lin Zimao glanced at the audience with a calm face, seeing Liang Yuanyu come out, the two shook hands.
Liang Yuanyu wanted to say something, but he had already become a defeated opponent, so he could only say nothing.
On the contrary, Lin Zimao smiled.
The host first gave a brief interview to Liang Yuanyu.
Lin Zimao stood behind and waited, a man with a back combed hair and a textured shirt stood in front of him: “Hello, junior, your game today is so exciting.”
Lin Zimao said politely and distantly: “Thank you.”
Ji Chen makes persistent efforts10再接再厲 (zài jiē zài lì): to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts; to make persistent efforts; to redouble one’s efforts; to keep up one’s good work; redouble/intensify one’s efforts; work ceaselessly and unremittingly.: “I’m Ji Chen, a second-year student in the Command Department, I really appreciate your operational skills, can I add your social account to communicate with each other?”
Lin Zimao was about to bluntly refuse, but seeing that standing behind Ji Chen was Jiang Xuan who was exuding cold air all over his body, he turned to smile slightly at Ji Chen: “Okay.”
Jiang Xuan: “…” The pickled cucumber he ate at night may have expired, his stomach is a little sour now.
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