Shi Jijia pulled the joystick, leading the insect tide to cross the mountain ridge, and then let go of the lever to fly to the edge of the cliff: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu."
Yu Tang sat on the swing and swung back and forth: "Senior Zhan, Senior Zhan."
Zhan Chen was redecorating Yu Tang's sea of consciousness. He put down his rolled-up sleeves, stood up and returned to the light screen.
Zhan Chen: "What's the matter?"
This was Shi Ji's first time doing something like this, so he was a little nervous: "Excuse me, can I exchange the mechanical bugs for experience points?"
Zhan Chen: “…”
“There is no need for temporary tools.”
Shi Ji hovered over the wingman and followed the process taught by Mr. Yu to make a report in a proper manner: "I will destroy them all directly. The wreckage of the mechanical insects fell under the cliff, and the military will not search for them and recover them."
Shi Ji was afraid that his request was over the line, so he paused and explained in a low voice: "Don't give too many experience points... Just enough to exchange for a skill card to repair the captain's body."
Zhan Chen: “… I can redeem it.”
Zhan Chen looked at the hundreds of ferocious mechanical bugs and pressed his forehead: "We need employees to participate in killing them so that we can determine the ownership. Let Mr. Yu control the Dolphin, okay?"
Shi Ji nodded quickly.
He thought about it and gave an additional assurance: "I will make sure that the Dolphin flies more steadily."
The Dolphin flashed its tail lights twice, performed a smooth circle as if to show off its skills, and returned steadily to the side of the wingman.
Yu Tang was very pleased. He secretly high-fived Shi Ji in his mind, threw down the shell of the mecha, and floated up with his hands rubbed.
Zhan Chen looked at the two people who were so excited and felt a little headache: "Be careful..."
The small ball of light floated in front of him and performed a small neon light show for him.
Zhan Chen sighed softly, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
He stretched out his hand and let the ball of light fall on his palm, helping Yu Tang add a set of basic data to prevent motion sickness.
All the products in the mall are actually data with special effects.
The main job of the mall manager every day is to process these existing data into physical commodities and sell them to the host through transactions.
For example, a set of free basic data for protection against electric shock can be stacked into bubble gum to turn it into a few experience points of bubble gum for protection against electric shock. It can also be stacked with an umbrella and a raincoat to turn it into a set of umbrella and raincoat for protection against electric shock with hundreds of experience points.
For example, a set of free data on preventing motion sickness can be combined with blank pills to become a super-effective and invincible motion sickness medicine.
"Don't take motion sickness pills as candy next time."
Zhan Chen said: "I will directly introduce it, the effect will be better, and there will be no side effects that will harm the body."
Zhan Chen: “It’s not spending money yet.”
The little ball of light looked at the expensive experience points in the transaction record and flashed him an incredible rainbow question mark.
Zhan Chen pressed the corner of his mouth, reached out and touched him, and paused for a moment: "Actually-"
In fact, Shi Ji worked hard to accumulate experience points, hoping to buy the body repair card for the captain, and it was basically the same.
The program for repairing the body is ready-made, and the price of selling it as a card is very high. However, if you only call the basic program data, it is actually just a matter of raising your hand by the person in charge of the mall.
As long as this matter is fully entrusted to Yu Tang, he can directly repair Zhuang Yu's body without any experience points...
Yu Tang dodged secretly and said softly: "Shh."
Zhan Chen smiled and stopped talking.
… When Zhan Chen discovered that Yu Tang began to instigate Shi Ji to earn experience points, he had more or less guessed what Xiao Guangtuan was planning.
Shi Ji's talent and growth rate are both terrifying, and there is no need for much interference. The only problem is that Shi Ji has almost no competitive spirit.
Being too competitive is certainly not good, but not having any competitive spirit at all, and having the biggest wish of not having a headache, lying in a cake shop, drinking Coke, playing the violin and basking in the sun, is also more or less troublesome.
What Yu Tang wants to guide Shi Ji to break free from is not only the actual anti-OOC system, but also the invisible prison set up for Shi Ji by this system.
Compared to a system that can be brought down by a virus, this invisible prison is much more difficult to break free of.
Yu Tang sent him a message on the internal employee communication channel: "Senior Zhan, help Xiao S7 open a personal account and save all the experience points for him."
Zhan Chen nodded.
He knew Yu Tang's plan and was ready to exchange experience points in the background. He asked on the internal communication: "Now that Zhuang Yu has repaired his body, Shi Ji's goal has been achieved. What should we do next?"
Yu Tang planned it very carefully: "Don't they have a whole team?"
Zhan Chen: “…”
"Let's repair them one by one, starting with Nie Chi."
Yu Tang: "Shi Ji and Zhuang Yu both need this kind of mission."
The members of the spearhead team stayed in the storm for a long time. Zhuang Yu also briefly entered the electronic storm several times. Yu Tang came into contact with the particles of each of them.
Every grain of rice in everyone's heart is filled with regret and unwillingness that burns like a branding iron.
They did not regret their fate, nor were they unwilling to repel the Zerg, but were betrayed from behind.
What each of them regretted most was why they did not try harder at the time to push their comrades out of the electronic storm.
"Their fate was messed up by malicious intent."
Yu Tang: "I can correct it."
It was hard to tell his expression when he spoke, but his tone was extremely firm and stubborn, leaving no room for doubt.
Zhan Chen didn't say anything. He touched the soft and slender light flow of the small ball of light to help open the transmission channel connecting to the sea of consciousness.
The wind chimes rang.
"And ours." Yu Tang said softly.
… our destiny.
Can all be corrected.
All need to be corrected.
Zhan Chen did not stop moving. He maintained the transmission channel steadily and helped Yu Tang connect to the Dolphin's operating system neatly.
Countless streams of light formed by the data were reflected in his eyes.
Zhan Chen opened the backstage and blocked the inquiries regarding the types of items to be exchanged for experience points that came from the Book Bureau for the umpteenth time.
"Hit slower."
Zhan Chen smiled. He looked at Shi Ji and Dolphin who were rubbing their hands in preparation on the light screen, and rolled up his sleeves. “Otherwise, we won’t be able to move in.”
At the exercise headquarters, senior military officials who had come specially for the exercise stood in front of the monitoring screens and watched a bizarre battle situation that had never happened before.
Hundreds of mechanical insects that simulated night-flying insects were powerful even without the leadership of the insect king. A fully-organized military team would inevitably have a headache if they encountered them.
Not to mention there was only one wingman and one mecha.
…But on the screen, there was no sign of a fierce battle at all.
The mechanical bugs were chasing their wingman and were confused. Before they could figure out what was going on, they ran into the powerful muzzle of the mecha.
The mechanical insects lined up and fell at a constant speed under the firepower of the mecha.
The swarm of insects that were supposed to be coming in full force was now listless and lifeless. Some mechanical insects wanted to escape, but before they could fly far, they were driven back one by one by the wingmen.
"…" The military leader asked, "Is there something wrong with the program of the mechanical bug?"
A combat staff officer stood up and shook his head cautiously: "It won't be a problem... The program of the mechanical bug can completely simulate the action logic of the night bug."
With the current level of technology, although it is impossible to completely transform a person into AI, we have mastered the technology to convert the Zerg's brain area into data storage.
This program is completely closed source and is directly converted from surviving captured nocturnal insects. It has no backdoors and cannot even be manually modified or debugged.
In other words, once the mechanical insects riot, these mechanical insects are no different from night insects, except that they are not real Zerg.
A senior military official frowned: "But what's going on?"
The current situation cannot even be explained if someone is not secretly helping.
The senior military official who raised the question was originally inclined to resist reform. He looked at Zhuang Yu and his tone was already questioning: "Colonel Zhuang, we need an explanation."
The military high-ranking officials looked gloomy: "We also know that you want your subordinates to be in the limelight, but this -"
Zhuang Yu ignored him and walked straight towards the white-haired old general behind him.
The old general has been silent since he entered the headquarters. His eyes were always on Zhuang Yu as he watched Zhuang Yu walk up to him.
Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "Captain."
The old general's shoulders trembled violently.
He didn't speak immediately. He turned his head away, took a deep breath, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Did he really figure out that little observer?"
"We have figured it out." Zhuang Yu nodded. "Take a look."
Zhuang Yu returned to the screen and tapped the keyboard a few times. A silver track was simulated by the computer.
"This is the flight path of the wingman."
Zhuang Yu pulled up another picture: "This is the movement path of the Insect King that we roughly recorded and drew based on the report of trainee No. 7."
The mutated Zerg have extremely strong attack power and destructiveness, and humans have been resisting the invasion of the Zerg. During this period, although some research has been conducted on the Zerg, it is difficult to obtain complete samples because the battle is too tragic, and it is even more difficult to have a sufficiently stable observation environment.
People only know that the Zerg King has a way of commanding the Zerg. Most speculate that it is through some special pheromones, while others believe that it is through special frequency waves that only the Zerg can send and receive.
But when S7 was in the team, he always kept asking Zhuang Yu why it wasn't like the bubbles around the ice cubes in Coke.
—The shape, density and distribution of the bubbles depend on the movement trajectory of the ice block in the middle.
The gathering and dispersion, movement trajectory, and combat strategies of lower-level Zerg may also depend on the flight angle and trajectory of the Zerg King.
"He's trying to control the insect tide?"
The military leader understood Zhuang Yu's meaning and quickly walked to the screen: "Is there any video of his previous battles?"
A staff officer called up the previous combat records, trotted over and imported them into the spare screen on the side.
Everyone gathered there immediately.
The senior military official who had raised questions earlier was left alone on the sidelines. He looked a little unhappy and retreated to the outermost layer of the crowd in silence.
The main computer responsible for monitoring suddenly made some chaotic noises.
The military leader stood in front of the screen, concentrating on watching Shi Ji use flares to control the battle situation. He was a little annoyed by the noise: "What's going on?"
"The active duty troops and special operations team members have reached a joint agreement and are now contacting the trainees to escort them to a safe area on the edge of the war zone."
The staff officer reported: "A small number of students were unwilling to cooperate, and some conflicts occurred..."
The military leader frowned and asked, "Who is unwilling to cooperate?"
Staff Officer: "They are the eliminated ones who entered the war zone later. They don't have numbers... They probably don't want to be protected and want to fight the Zerg on their own."
The military leader didn't care and waved his hand: "Just send a team to protect them secretly."
The staff officer stood at attention immediately: "Yes."
Every year during the exercises, there are always such new recruits and students who perform well in the arena and training, and they are full of confidence and brave enough to challenge the Zerg alone.
There is no need to spend too much time on guiding them. As long as you suffer a little and endure some hardships, you will definitely know more than others.
The military leader didn't take the extra soldiers seriously and walked back to the video to watch the scene where Shi Ji and the mecha cooperated to kill the Insect King in a critical moment.
"Captain Zhuang, I submitted an application report before, saying that we would form a team with observers as the core for him, right?"
The military leader's gaze fell back on Shi Ji, and he could not hide his admiration: "He is a good candidate."
The military leader was somewhat regretful: "It's a pity that he has no temper and is not powerful enough. He was a little too soft in giving orders..."
Zhuang Yu raised his eyebrows.
He didn't plan to explain and was about to get another videotape when the image on the surveillance screen suddenly changed.
…
In the abandoned factory, Ye Hanfeng frowned, looking at the extremely tricky situation in front of him.
He didn't understand why Sheng Yi was making a fuss at this time and refused to accept the protection of the special forces and go to the relatively safe marginal area first.
"What we need to keep are viable forces that can fight."
Ye Hanfeng tried to persuade him: "Mr. Sheng, your individual combat capability is very strong, but we are fighting against the Zerg, not wrestling with mechas—"
“You look down on me too, don’t you?” Sheng Yi’s eyes were bloodshot, “You all look down on me… I know!”
Shi Ji's performance tormented him, like a knife cutting him into pieces, tearing him into pieces and throwing him on the ground for people to step on.
He had never experienced this feeling before and found it extremely unbearable.
"Can't I just rely on him?"
Sheng Yi growled: "Can you guys just ignore my life or death? I just want to know if I can't fight those bugs without my wingman!"
Ye Hanfeng pursed his lips and looked at him with a headache.
Sheng Yi couldn't stand his look. He had been with these people for a whole night, listening to them praising Shi Ji for a whole night, and he was almost going crazy: "Get out of the way!"
Ye Hanfeng stretched the wound on his arm during the tug of war. The corners of his eyes tightened and he gritted his teeth to try to stop the attack. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a wingman landing behind them.
The silver streamlined mecha landed along with the wingman.
Shi Ji jumped off the wingman.
He nodded to Ye Hanfeng and walked to Sheng Yi: "Xiao Yi, there are still mechanical bugs moving around. You and the others need to evacuate to a safe area."
Sheng Yi stared at him intently, his teeth clenched and clattered: "Why do you care about me?"
Shi Ji stopped and recalled what he had learned.
Mr. Yu taught him that it is the guardian's fault if he does not teach, and it is the guardian's laziness if he does not beat him hard enough.
Senior Zhan said that Sheng Yi might be put into a sack, beaten unconscious, and then placed on a wooden board and floated away in the sea.
…
Shi Ji said gently: "Until you come of age, I will still be your guardian."
Sheng Yi looked at his usual gentle expression and almost felt that the powerful wingman in the sky was a strange dream.
He probably had a dream, in which Shi Ji became a hero admired by everyone, and he became a miserable clown.
“…Guardian.” Sheng Yi mocked, “A guardian who can only talk?”
He still refused to believe that Shi Ji was that powerful. This realization directly destroyed the entire foundation of his self-deception.
Sheng Yi could no longer endure this torture. He stared at Shi Ji and took a step forward: "If you have the guts, do it!"
"Come and beat me up!" Sheng Yi yelled, "Let me see how powerful you are! Are you the hero who fought off the mechanical insect swarm?"
Sheng Yi reached out to push Shi Ji's shoulder, but his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
… He felt that he might have had an illusion when he heard Shi Ji say “OK”.
Shi Ji's tone was still gentle, but his left hand had already easily clamped his wrist.
Sheng Yi’s eyes widened.
He didn't even have time to react - before he could instinctively fight back, Shi Ji's figure had already rushed in front of him at incredible speed, leaning forward with one shoulder to press against one of Sheng Yi's chest and ribs.
Sheng Yi's shout was stuck in his throat and his mind went blank.
Shi Ji grabbed his shoulders.
Shi Ji turned his body around, used his right shoulder as a fulcrum, swung him up, and slammed him to the ground with the wind.