Chapter 29: Which mech builder made this improvement?

The criteria for judging new mechs are strict, requiring not only a new design but also a design concept that is less than 30% overlapping with previous mech designs.

"Only one step has been changed?!" A professor from the mechanical department exclaimed, "I don't believe it! Unless I'm allowed to take it apart and see!"

The next second, the new mech was being hauled away by Xie Ruhang. The new mech, which resembled the basic defence mech, was not light in weight, but the dark-haired alpha could easily haul it away.

The old professor, an old and frail beta, tired of carrying a toolbox, watched in awe as Xie Ruhang.

"Sensei, I need to use this mech for the competition and I can't lend it to you to study for now."

The old professor was stunned: "...... Well, well, when and where are you going to compete, classmate?"

Xie Ruhang walked up to the lift and without looking back said, "Now, the martial arts arena."

As soon as the words were spoken, the platform rose at breakneck speed and instantly landed on the ground floor of the martial arts arena high above!

The overly bright and harsh light made Xie Ruhang squint slightly as he placed his mech on the transparent ground and looked around the large martial arts arena.

The Federal Military Academy's arena looks like a tower in the air, suspended in the blue sky and clouds, with the audience surrounding the sphere like an asteroid belt.

Atmospheric and immaculate, it is a very different style from the underground arena.

And the opponent he faced this time was different.

Gu Tunan stands in the centre of the stage, behind him is a sleek, slender humanoid mecha by a top mecha designer.

Compared to the rugged, bizarre alien mechs, the humanoid mechs are like polite gentlemen.

[Humanoid mechs are really good looking]

[I'm still craving for humanoid mechs even though I get more bang for my buck with the alien mechs]

[Stop looking, you'll be dreaming. It's better for ordinary families like us to have alien mechs]

[Gu Tunan is so handsome, if I were Tang Bai I'd marry Gu Tunan ~]

[Isn't Xie Ruhang and his new mechs good too?

[What's new about Xie Ruhang's new mech? It looks like a basic defense mech to me.

[A new mech that hasn't even been authenticated, maybe it's weak]

[Yes, I remember a few years ago a junk mech was identified as a new type of mech when it was junked in a unique way]

......

When Xie Ruhang saw Gu Tunan's starting gesture to him, he raised his eyebrows slightly and returned the gesture in a decent manner.

Compared to Gu Tunan, who gave a textbook salute, he returned it with a lazy intensity.

Gu Tunan frowned, "I want you to take this game seriously ......" He glanced at Xie Ruhang's converted mecha and added coldly, "Don't give up on yourself."

Innovation in mechs is hard to come by, and Xie Ruhang's change of just one step does not seem like a serious modification, but rather a gimmick to create a new type of mech by taking away the biggest advantage of the basic defence mech.

Winning too easily was not what he wanted.

Looking at Gu Tunan's back as he stepped into the mech, Xie Ruhang didn't say a word as he raised his head and looked up at the sea of live pop-ups over the spherical martial arts arena, which were chanting with fervor something like "War on alpha love", "Xie Ruhang, "Marry me if you lose", "Gu Tunan is so handsome", "Is it going to start? Is it going to start?" ......

Dark phoenix eyes gazed at it all in silence.

Then he turned into the bulky mech.

The heavy mech looks like a clumsy turtle, the original basic defence mech has no bonus to speed, this new mech looks like it not only has zero bonus but is even dragging down all aspects of the stats.

Gu Tunan circled the mech cautiously, then realised that the mech operated by Xie Ruhang had difficulty even turning around to observe the enemy.

[What is Xie Ruhang doing? What's the matter with you?

[Is this a mecha version of the Hare and the Tortoise? I'm laughing]

[Sure enough, Xie Ruhang's new mechs are just a bunch of crap, making my mentor come all the way here for nothing]

[Yeah, Xie Ruhang, a slumdog, couldn't have come up with a new mech unless he'd found a treasure trove of drawings in the trash]

Gu Tunan, stop spinning your wheels and turn this turtle over early! I'm waiting for the money to be paid out from your race bets! (Gu Tunan's stock is overjoyed)]

As if hearing the impatience of the bouncing screen, the humanoid mech in the arena suddenly rushes forward like a lightning bolt, the concealed bursts of its mechanical hands bursting forth! A fist hammered into the chest of the Xie Ruhang mecha! The ground trembles!

"Ah!"

All the spectators could not help but let out a gasp, their hearts hanging in their throats as they saw the hulking mech being knocked to the ground with a single blow.

Going to lose?

In full view of the crowd, the clumsy mech sluggishly climbed to its feet and then, was knocked down again by a Gu Tunan punch!

Unlike his polite appearance, Gu Tunan's fighting style was surprisingly open and wide, with his strikes being met with a constant barrage of muffled sounds and thunderous blows, his shifting positions sending smoke into the arena and making it almost impossible for the audience to see Gu Tunan's movements.

[Fuck no, Xie Ruhang didn't move a muscle and let Gu Tunan hit him!

Xie Ruhang was afraid that Gu Tunan wouldn't do enough damage by throwing his chest at someone else's fist].

[It is reasonable to suspect that the bet between Xie & Gu was made by Xie Ruhang]

[Turtles are not as stifled as Xie Ruhang!

Tang Bai clutched his thighs unconsciously, the sharp sound of his mechs scraping together making him want to cover his ears, but instead he looked at the scene with self-abuse.

With such a violent and continuous attack, the person inside the mech may also be injured.

" Tang Tang, don't you worry too much ......" Tong Meng's voice with a crying tone came to my ears.

Tang Bai gritted his teeth and held on: "I'm not worried about Brother Xie, I trust him."

Tong Meng cried, "Well, then, can you stop pinching the flesh of my thighs for a while?"

Tang Bai: "......!"

Tang Bai rubbed Tong Meng, but his mind was on the battlefield as he saw Xie Ruhang's mech being knocked down and getting up again and again.

The pop-ups went from mockery at the beginning to silence at the moment, as everyone watched in silence as the mech struggled to stand up, the thick armour based on the defensive mech modification finally unable to take the damage and deep cracks appeared.

The blackened fissure through which the pale face of Xie Ruhang can be faintly glimpsed.

Gu Tunan exhaled a sigh of relief as the feeling of frustration that had been swirling around his heart finally dissipated.

He had never encountered a basic mech that took such a beating, that could take such a long beating from him until now without showing wear and tear.

It seems that Xie Ruhang's new mechs have innovated in the area of defence, discarding other superfluous attributes and leaving behind even the basic agility in return for such amazing defence power.

I wonder which step Xie Ruhang actually changed?

In particular, the part Xie Ruhang used in the last step, which he had never seen before, and what role did that part play in this transformation?

Also, which mech builder actually made this improvement?

The defence points of basic defence mechs are difficult to raise, and tens of thousands of mech builders have tackled this challenge, but all have given up.

The Federation's five most basic mechs were designed by Old Tang and took another half-life to perfect, making it difficult for later generations to improve.

It's a good innovation to be able to increase the defensive attributes. After the competition, let's see if we can get something out of Xie Ruhang, he admires the unknown mech builder and it's best to ask him to do something to customize his mech ......

Gu Tunan thoughtlessly as he maneuvered his mech to continue his attack, until the combat system scanned the damage rate of Xie Ruhang's mech, and the message "97% damage" popped up, Gu Tunan hesitated for a moment, put away the stinger in the attack system, and lightened the force of the hammer --The damage to the armour was 97%.

[Alarm! ALERT! Damage rate has reached 97%!!!]

His tired phoenix eyes rejuvenated by this warning, Xie Ruhang coughed and tasted the blood in his throat.

When the mech is cracked, its defences are much weakened and the attack from the opposite mech can ripple directly to Xie Ruhang.

Although this mech's defence was high, under the high intensity of the blow, Xie Ruhang, even a top alpha, was wounded, and he hung his head and sprayed a spray of blood at the console with a miserable white face.