Chapter 53: Mecha Building Competition Final

"You ...... haven't you ever been to the underground arena?" Xie Ruhang asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

The first time Tang Bai approached him at the Federal Military Academy, all he said to him was "Hello, do you know 'Rat'", proving that Tang Bai knew from the start that "Rat" and Xie Ruhang were the same person.

But how did Tang Bai know that he had never been to the Underground Arena?

"I came to know about this mechatronics through some special information channel." Tang Bai said politely.

It's just that I suddenly have a book in my head.

Xie Ruhang understands.

Tang Bai may have known him through Old Tang's investigation of him.

The old man had wanted him to be a weapons tester at the Weapons Institute, but he failed the subsequent tests, but he did have a file with Old Tang.

He had thought Tang Bai had been to the Rat's matches, and although the Underground did not allow video footage, a man of Old Tang's calibre could always find a way to get it, but Tang Bai's performance was clearly not suited to the Underground's match videos.

Xie Ruhang's voice was a little dry, "You haven't seen him play a single game, so why do you consider him an idol?"

"There are many different ways that a good person can attract fans, and you don't necessarily have to have seen him fight." Tang Bai can't give away the plot of the book, but Xie Ruhang's current performance in reality is amazing enough: "Entering the underground arena at fourteen, becoming a top competitor at eighteen and entering the Federation Military Academy at twenty, he played a bad hand like an ace."

The huge ring of fire around the stage instantly burst into flames as the commentator said with passion, "'Blood Wolf' wins!"

Reflecting the bright light of the fire in his white lacquered tin mask, Tang Bai whispered, "He was determined to walk a path that everyone thought was impossible, he was the light and he shone on me."

The firelight swayed in the dark eyes, Tang Bai looked at Xie Ruhang, "By the way, do you know where I can buy a human skin mask?"

Xie Ruhang: "?!!!"

Luckily, the black mask hid most of his emotions, so that Xie Ruhang didn't lose his temper on the spot, "Why do you ask?"

Tang Bai winked, "Secret."

Xie Ruhang: "Good." Just don't pick my little vest.

*

The site of the Mecha Building Competition Grand Final.

Wearing a human skin mask, Tang Bai and the remaining nineteen contestants were placed in twenty closed rooms, with the necessary materials in front of them to prevent cheating, and all twenty were disconnected from the internet and had twelve hours to answer the test.

With twenty players, twenty live balls and twenty split screens, the live room was filled with the thrill of watching others take their exams.

[Front row around the schoolboy exam!

[Abandoned from the first question]

[So this is Jun Tongchen, the winner of the preliminary round and a guaranteed finalist, but look at him, he's so unimpressive]

[???? Is it my eyes? Why did only Jun Tongchen and Cheng Yangbin do an A paper and the other 18 players did a B paper?

[What is this? What is this?

[Where is the official @mecha-building contest group? Come out and explain?

The ten judges in the final group were also full of surprise at the sight of it. One judge surnamed Cheng wanted to call a halt to the competition, but as soon as he raised his hand, he was stopped by a kind-eyed old man.

Grandpa Tang slowly said to the exploding pop-ups, "There have been minor adjustments to the format of this year's final, and the new rules will be explained in detail at the end of the tournament for the sake of spectacle."

Inside the twenty single examination rooms, the players were totally unaware of the changes in their answer scripts.

Cheng Yangbin's lips turned up slightly when he took the paper and scanned the questions, finding that the questions were similar to what he had been told in advance.

The answers to the questions emerge the moment he sees them, and Cheng Yangbin reads them in a pretentious manner, and when he encounters a difficult question, he even looks sad.

[Cheng Yangbin is the fastest and steadiest! Unfortunately, I made a small mistake on question 8]

[Are you angry? Some people can be good looking and smart!

[I would venture to guess if it is because Cheng Yangbin and Jun Tongchen are stronger than the other players that the regular papers are not distinguishable and Old Tang is divided into AB papers?

After completing the written part of the exam, Cheng Yangbin made a small mistake in a particular detail and hesitantly began to check the exam paper.

The answer to question eight was deliberately wrong, a small mistake that had been worked out with someone, but the more Cheng Yangbin looked at it, the more it stung.

The one-point difference in the first scoring of the preliminary round, the frustration of being completely outclassed by the same type of mecha in the mecha evaluation, and the high value of Xie Ruhang's persona that kept getting slammed after being in the same frame ......

Cheng Yangbin crossed out the wrong answer and wrote down the correct one, and the moment he finished, all the anger that had been building up for days was dispersed.

"A full mark in the written exam, that's good." One of the judges was about to give a few compliments when he saw Cheng Luliu, who had been staring at the monitor, looking a little less than stellar.

This ugly look culminated when Jun Tongchen and Cheng Yangbin drew up a design for a mech with the same frame.

The internal structure of the mech design is not visible to the audience, only to the jury and some officials of the Ministry of War.

It was unheard of for two contestants to have identical first draft ideas, and all the judges' faces turned serious for a moment.

Cheng Yangbin has copied the design hundreds of times, each stroke etched in his mind, and although he doesn't understand some of the designs 100%, he feels completely at one with the design as he traces it over and over again, and he can imagine it shocking the audience.

Guilty of the honour?

Was his painstaking efforts to collect the best work of others to extract the essence of it a sham?

Was the money he had spent to get the perfect composition to curry favour with the master of eccentric mecha design a sham?

Was the effort he put into staying up all night copying this design a sham?

The other contestants just put in the simple mental work, but he's paid for and suffered, he's flexible, he's got Cheng Family behind him and he's devised a foolproof plan for the final!

The mech building competition is just a springboard on his path, he will have to face more challenges when he becomes a councilor later on, but in the meantime he can dictate the fate of countless people -

These pariahs don't have to cry about the injustice of fate, there is no absolute fairness in this world, if you have to say it's unfair, it's clearly because God is unfair to him! He was not given the brain of a mech-building genius! He was not given the perfect looks! He was crushed by a beta in the preliminary rounds, and compared to a slum dweller!

But that's okay ......

What he has lost, he will get back with his own hands!

Cheng Yangbin's design was completed in one go with a vengeful sense of pleasure.

His handsome face was covered in a sickly flush, even his heavy foundation could not hide the full redness of his face, and those blue eyes shone with a dazzling light, as if they were a reaction to his inner world.

Marvel at it!

Let's all praise my talent!

I will be the overall winner of this year's mech building competition!

Cheng Yangbin picked up his answer sheet and walked confidently out of the examination hall, and the moment he opened the door to the door, he met the stony gaze of a group of judges outside.

He looked at Cheng Luliu with a subconscious look of hatred and chagrin in his second uncle's eyes.

" Mr Cheng Yangbin, can you explain why you and Jun Tongchen ended up with the exact same design?" Bai Zhi set off the entire pop-up screen as soon as he spoke out.

[What? Exactly the same? I'm begging the officials to stop coding the design! I want a melon!!!]

[No wonder the judges' faces are all black, this is a massive cheating scene! The key is who copied who?

[Did I hear you wrong? What's happening?

[I'm laughing, even twins don't have this telepathy]

[Crap is that why Cheng and Jun both used A rolls?!!]

At that moment, Tang Bai came out of the examination hall, his examination paper in the hands of the judges, and the drawing of the mech on the last question was a design that Cheng Yangbin had bought at a high price.

How is it possible?

How could Jun Tongchen have made a drawing exactly like his?

Cheng Yangbin took a deep breath and steadied his shaken mind, knowing that the more he came to this point, the more calm he had to be, "Since there are two identical drawings, one person must have copied them, and I don't know how Mr Jun Tongchen made this drawing, but this drawing is a distillation of my usual practice assignments summary."

"I keep track of my creative inspiration every day and often manage to create mech designs, not realising that a satisfying piece of practice happened to meet an exam question that matched its design concept."

Several judges nodded silently at Cheng Yangbin's explanation that a talented mech builder creates a lot of practice pieces on a regular basis.

"With the usual practice, I was able to finish my work in the shortest time possible, and Jun Tongchen and I entered the different examination rooms at the same time and got the questions at the same time." Cheng Yangbin said forcefully.

"I came out of the examination room before Jun Tongchen and finished the finished product before him, there was no question of me peeking at his papers, and I don't know whether others had some special means to do so."

His blue eyes tried to look determined, but the force of his performance made it look like a glare, and Cheng Yangbin said in a quiet voice, "I think this matter needs to be investigated and cleared by the authorities."

[Support Cheng Cheng! Boy God you are the best!

[I had suspected Jun Tongchen of cheating before, how could he be better than Cheng Yangbin as a beta who had not attended a formal university].

[My heart goes out to Cheng Yangbin, keep your practice work safe]

[Look at Jun Tongchen, he doesn't even dare to say a word.

[Bai Zhi must have leaked the questions to Jun Tongchen!

" Jun Tongchen, do you have anything to say?" Bai Zhi asked, turning his head.

The eyes of the crowd fell on the other party involved in this affair, an average looking beta, though his stance was erect and his excellent physique was unforgettable.

"I designed this picture myself." Tang Bai says nonchalantly.

Cheng Yangbin snorted with disdain in his eyes.

Although he didn't know why Jun Tongchen's drawing was exactly the same as his, he was certain that Jun Tongchen was definitely copying this design!

Jun Tongchen has the audacity to claim this as his own, having begged the master mech builder of another country for it?

Tang Bai looked to Cheng Yangbin and asked in a soft whisper, "I have a question for Mr. Cheng Yangbin, may I ask how the weapon system of this mech is carried?"

Cheng Yangbin's mind was blank, his knowledge of mecha theory was not solid and he had not listened to the master's analysis of the mecha design process, he was more like a student who had memorised the answers by force.

Which profound theory is it?

When he showed this design to his second uncle, Cheng Luliu clapped his hands and praised it, saying that this mech used a lot of highly sophisticated technology, but unfortunately he wasn't given an analysis of the weapon systems against carry, so which theory was actually used here?

Cheng Yangbin remembers hearing in his classes that one of the weapon carrying technologies was space folding quantum technology?

Cheng Yangbin did not move to look at his second uncle and saw Cheng Luliu giving him a slight nod, Cheng Yangbin saw that he was gaining strength and he spoke eloquently, "This place I used the space folding quantisation technique ......"

Tang Bai wanted to laugh but stifled it for the sake of seriousness, with a slightly derisive expression.

The judges were stone-faced and frowned upon, with a hint of regret passing through the eyes of some judges as they looked at Cheng Yangbin, who paused to find his second uncle looking away uncomfortably.

Cheng Yangbin: "????"

Pop-ups: "????"

[What is Jun Tongchen laughing at? I feel like a fool myself]

[Didn't Cheng Yangbin say it sounded pretty awesome?

[Anyone out there?

[The big guy can't see the drawing either, analyzing the mosaic?

"The problem of how to carry the weapon system is solved by me using weapon system backpacking, which may not be visible on the mech drawings, when it is actually built, all the weapons in its second form can be tightly put together into a backpack that can be discarded if necessary."

Tang Bai regretted to Cheng Yangbin, who was frozen in his expression, "It is too big for you to use space folding quantization to answer this question."

The concept of weapon backpacking Tang Bai is not mentioned in the artwork; the second form Tang Bai in the artwork portrays more of a different transformation pattern.

Experienced judges were quick to realise the clever design of the weapon carrying system, something that a half-wit like Cheng Yangbin would have struggled to think of at first.

"Fantastic! This design is so ingenious!" Professor Li clapped his hands in praise, "Such a design satisfies the need for powerful firepower attacks during ground combat, but also the mobility of the armour during air combat and alleyway stations!"

I'm sorry I'm so stupid, can any of you help explain]

[Although I can't see the design, I really want to applaud Jun Tongchen's design, not to mention the concept of weapon backpacking and the difficulty of fitting the weapon perfectly].

[Kneeling for a big man to appear, I'm dizzy]

The design is really good! Some mechs sacrifice movement speed in order to have the firepower to take strongholds, but in fact that much firepower is only useful in breaking through the most difficult fortress-like defenses, and is too big to be useful in other situations, and getting inside the fortress is not enough to adapt to the small and changing environment, and the detachable weapon system provides the option to transform the mechs]

[Cheng Yangbin answered the question, space folding quantum technology is difficult to implement in single man mechs, it is usually used in giant starships]

Cheng Yangbin's forehead was dense with cold sweat, and he realised by this time that the details of Tang Bai's casual question were more subtle than he could ever hope to achieve.

Cheng Yangbin's face turned red as he stared at the man in front of him with the same damned nonchalance and dignity as if nothing could shake his mind at the moment, no matter what happened.

" Mr Jun Tongchen, although I don't know anything about mech design, I noticed that the original design has some buckles that can be transformed into a backpack, is this the basic design for backpacking?" Bai Zhi asked.

Tang Bai nods.

Bai Zhi smiled and looked at Cheng Yangbin, who was already sweating profusely, and wondered, "Since Mr Cheng Yangbin knows the principle, how did the clasp appear on the design?"

Cheng Yangbin's face was pale and he opened his mouth for a moment, unable to think of anything to say in his defence.

The pop-ups have exploded: the

[It's obvious who copied who, but Cheng Yangbin can't even come up with a theory of his own work.

[I had a feeling there was something wrong with this guy, and look at him flip-flopping]

[Vomit, I can't believe I've ever been a fan of this kind of person!

The truth of the matter has not yet come out, just based on what backpack design can prove Cheng Cheng plagiarism? That's too childish!

[Expect the truth, expect another reversal!

[Someone must be setting up my god, go god! I'll always support you!

Although Cheng Yangbin could not see the pop-ups scolding him, he could see the disappointed eyes of the judges. ......"

At this moment Cheng Yangbin does not know how panicked he looks, his eyes flashing, his fists clenched, his gaze on Tang Bai as fierce as if it were hardened with poison, but with a certain amount of fear that he does not even know is there.

He was afraid that the player, who had spoken at the drop of a hat, would ask further questions that he did not know.

Tang Bai looked Cheng Yangbin straight in the eye and said aloud, "Did you think it was unnecessary to mention it, or did it never occur to you that there was such a design? Can you answer one more question I ask you?"

When Tang Bai took a step forward, Cheng Yangbin took a step back, his face bloodless as he listened to Tang Bai's loud voice: " Cheng Yangbin, you're not right-minded, you're over-packaging, you're ignoring the rules of the competition, you're overriding fairness and justice, you're trying to use the mech circle as a springboard, but you don't know that the mech circle is about real kung fu! "

Déjà vu flashed through his mind and an impossible thought came to his mind, Cheng Yangbin pointed a trembling hand at Tang Bai, "You, you ......" No way, no way, he had just overlooked his chat with the Master! He was so young, how could he be a master!

And that master had signed a confidentiality contract with him, and would never publish the chat between them!

Tang Bai didn't talk nonsense to the discombobulated Cheng Yangbin, he calmly said, "I have already handed over Cheng Yangbin's evidence of cheating to the auditing team, I believe Lieutenant General Mo and the auditing team will handle the matter fairly and give everyone the truth."

Lieutenant General Mo, who had already finished his investigation with the audit team, came out with a solemn look on his face, and without any nonsense, he directly put all the evidence on the public screen.

The screenshots of the chat on the public screen clearly show the conversation between Cheng Yangbin and the "master" and other evidence, whether it is "I cursed my own performance", the transfer records of Cheng Yangbin's bank account, or the IP address of the military technology. The IP address of Cheng Yangbin's bank account, and the military technology, all confirm that the groveling buyer is Cheng Yangbin!

"Cheng Yangbin bribed the judges to learn the topic in advance and contacted a mech building master on the Coffin of Machinery to buy the design drawings. From today, Cheng Yangbin will be disqualified from all mecha building events and Cheng Yangbin's personal credibility will be deducted.

Cheng Yangbin was dazed as he said blankly, "No way, no way, we have a confidentiality agreement ......" He clutched at it like it was the last straw: "You're the ones breaking the rules!"

Lieutenant General Mo's eyes were cold, "The first article inside any confidentiality agreement is that it must not violate the laws of the country, your act of using another person's design drawings for the competition has affected the state notary, and that confidentiality agreement was not protected by the law from the beginning."

"No!" Cheng Yangbin's entire being had lost any trace of his flamboyant nobleman's manners. He staggered back two steps, unable to take such a heavy blow and could only look around aimlessly for help.

Cheng Yangbin's limbs were cold when he saw Tang Bai's compassionate gaze, which had turned his despair into anger.

Cheng Yangbin yelled with a fierce expression: "You! You're a copycat too! You copied that master's design too!!!" Cheng Yangbin went to grab Tang Bai by the neck, but was easily subdued by Lieutenant General Mo, who was watching him.

"We have investigated and that account was used by Jun Tongchen at the time, and the guru you are referring to is Jun Tongchen."

That one sentence almost completely destroyed Cheng Yangbin's last vestiges of fighting spirit, "No way, that's impossible, I don't believe it ...... That is clearly an exotic label!" He stared hard at Tang Bai, "You must have hoodwinked everyone by some means! I'm innocent! You've framed me!!!"

The exotic label of that master mech builder was the reason why Cheng Yangbin thought his ploy was foolproof, as the finalists' mech technology would most likely be used on the battlefield, and only the judges and the military ministry would be able to see the drawings; it was unlikely that mech masters from other countries would see their competition, which is why Cheng Yangbin was so comfortable using the drawings.

Tang Bai looks at Cheng Yangbin in a frenzy, his gaze cold as if he were looking down on a mole.

Grandpa Tang's account was tagged with another country because of his former special status, which was protected by the Federation during the war, and many of his identities were false, but there is no need to explain all this to Cheng Yangbin.

Lieutenant General Mo said with an expressionless face, " Mr Cheng Yangbin, please trust the impartiality of the War Office investigation, if you make any more noise, I will have to ask you to be dragged out."

Basking in the cold glare of the crowd, Cheng Yangbin's legs went limp and he could not stand still.

[Damn, is Jun Tongchen that strong? I want to laugh when I think of Cheng Yangbin cursing himself in front of Jun Tongchen, strong! Strong in every sense of the word!

[Cheng Yangbin You've gone too far! You just said that you want the judges to clear your name, do you have such a thing?

[Course Stupid Stone Hammer]

I heard that Cheng Yangbin was supposed to take over his grandfather's position, but now his reputation is tainted and he won't be a good mech designer in the future.

" Cheng Luliu, as a mech builder of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has illegally leaked the examination questions, which is a serious violation of the judge's code and military regulations of the mech building competition, and the specific punishment will be decided by the judge of the military court!"

Cheng Luliu, who was lucky, almost fainted as his eyes went black. ,,,Website m... ...