Interstellar Mecha Life

Chapter 30

Sokoseth's clear starry sky is deep blue.Along the way, Qi Yue already knew the place where Gu Zhifeng was going to bring them - the waste mecha warehouse in the upper courtyard of the Mecha Academy.

"The mechas here are all outdated, or the mechas are too faulty to be repaired, or the mechas are not cost-effective to repair." As the teacher of the mecha driving department of the Upper School, Gu Zhifeng naturally has the right to enter and leave this warehouse. "The Mecha Academy has never been short of money, especially the Upper School. Every year, the sponsorship from the military and various families is endless. Many so-called waste mechas can actually be used after repairs, but no one is willing to repair them. .It’s more convenient for the school, the students, or the system as a whole to get a new one.”

"Then where will these mechs go in the end?" Qi Yue was surprised, "Just throw it away like this?"

"Of course not." Angel said at this time: "Our school donates a certain amount of mechas to this planet or nearby planets, or even poorer planets in the star area every year."

This is also normal.Be aware that not all schools are so well-funded.There are still many colleges that can't even afford a mecha.Although the students there are majoring in mechs, they can only simulate the operation of mechas in the virtual system.It is very likely that you haven't touched a mech until graduation.

"So these are all going to be donated? If we assemble them, won't people find them?"

Gu Zhifeng grinned again when he heard this, his rough face looked even more frightening at the moment: "Don't talk about whether you can assemble it, even if it is really assembled, no one will find out!"

"Yes." Angel continued to add that he seemed to be very familiar with these procedures, "When the school donates mechas every year, it is written in the file according to the number of mechas, but there is no complete and detailed statistics on the newness and damage of the specific mechas. , there is only one general assessment. Since the Mecha Academy wants to donate these mechas, they will not repair them. Many times, those institutions that accept donations get damaged mechas—even so, they are very happy. This The best thing about it is that the donated organizations don't care about the damage of the mechs, and the Mecha Academy doesn't issue any detailed statistics. So no one knows what these mechas should look like!"

"That is to say, even if we fix them all, no one will find out?" Qi Yue became excited.

Gu Zhifeng's heart moved, he patted her thin shoulder and said: "You are small and ambitious! Don't be so anxious, come, let's take a look at the set of mechs I found today!"

He took four curious and expectant students into the huge warehouse with a height of 15 meters.Because people and mechas often come and go, this place doesn't look old.After pressing the switch, the lights in the warehouse turned on little by little, and the whole space was clean and bright, except for the mechas that collapsed or sat there, giving people a little sense of death and fear.

This place is like a cemetery of mechs.

"Okay, let's go this way." Gu Zhifeng walked in front, Qi Yue and others followed closely, not daring to fall behind.In the huge and empty warehouse, only the sound of their footsteps echoed, which intensified the sense of fear brought about by the silence.Lulu's face turned pale with fright, and she wished she could get into Angel's arms.

Qi Yue is fine.She just felt that her nerves became more sensitive, her hands clenched tightly and her limbs tensed.When she saw Angel and Lulu snuggling up, she couldn't help but feel a slight chill all over her body, which made her shiver.

Gu Zhifeng finally stopped, and it was already 3 minutes later.They walked up to the most common army green mecha.

"Green Soul. It is a model of the seventh generation of military mechas. It has been 30 years since it came out." Gu Zhifeng introduced in a low voice: "The balance system of these mechas is quite excellent, even if the It is difficult for many subsequent products to surpass it. I once drove this mech to take three students and demonstrated various action details for them.”

As he spoke, he stepped on the bent mecha legs, jumped to the cockpit, and patted it.For a while, a dull voice echoed.

Qi Yue knew about this batch of mechas, but was not familiar with them.But soon, McDull began to introduce the various characteristics of Green Soul to her.

"He is right. The balance performance of the Green Soul is very outstanding. Its core seems to be a mass distribution system similar to that used by modern shuttles. However, in the development process of the next generation of military mechs, in order to give more and more power This system was canceled to make room for the system. After all, in the universe, fighting in a vacuum environment. Power is more important than balance."

Qi Yue nodded in agreement.

"Because this mecha has been used for too long, various parts have problems to varying degrees, and recently it has fallen off due to old age. But its body shape is the closest to the mecha used in the school trials. You can try it It can’t be powered back up.” Gu Zhifeng said, “Don’t worry, I can guarantee that its internal circuit is intact and smooth, as long as you can reconnect and assemble it, you can definitely make it move. Of course... it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t , anyway, you guys just treat it as acting before the competition, you can just practice your hands and have fun!"

Even though he said so, Gu Zhifeng really aroused Qi Yue's fighting spirit.Whether she can succeed or not is secondary, the important thing is, how could she not make good use of such a precious resource.

"McDull, scan and model." Qi Yue immediately walked in front of the mecha, and began to examine the mecha from head to toe.She wears special contact lenses with cameras and information collection systems that relay signals to McDull.Soon the status model of this mech was successfully established.

"Start working now?" Qi Yue turned her head and looked at Claude and the others with expectant eyes.

"But we have no tools."

Gu Zhifeng clapped his hands at this time, and said: "Okay, don't worry, I promise no one will come here before the game starts. You can go back today with peace of mind, take a good rest, and it won't be too late to start working again tomorrow."

However, Qi Yue who returned to the dormitory did not stop there.She immediately let McDull find the blueprint of the Green Soul Mecha.This set of mechs has a long history, and the drawings are not high-level secrets, so McDull quickly put two sets of three-dimensional drawings in front of Qi Yue.

"Qi Yue, you should know that I can't help you find the blueprints during the competition."

"Of course." All network signals will be blocked during the game, so naturally McDull cannot communicate with Qi Yue.

"So you should now practice assembling mechas without blueprints?"

"Don't worry, the qualifiers are all using the simplest prototypes, even if I don't have blueprints, I know it. Besides, didn't Teacher Gu say that this set of mechas is very similar to the ones used in the competition? Remembering its blueprints will also help me .”

While looking at the picture, Qi Yue asked McDull to list all the parts and the data of each part.The long list turned over dozens of pages before it ended.After reading these, Qi Yue's eyes hurt a little.

"It is recommended to take a proper rest." McDull said.

Qi Yue obediently fell back with a bang and lay on the bed.However, the picture she just saw was still recurring in her mind.She doesn't have a photographic memory, but compared to ordinary people, her memory is quite outstanding.

"McDull, I always feel that something is wrong." Qi Yue frowned and sat up, "Is the list of parts you gave me incomplete?"

After about half a minute, McDull replied, "It's complete."

"That's it..." Qi Yue thought for a while, but had no idea, so he could only say, "Forget it, let's go to sleep first, and start repairing the mecha tomorrow morning!"

In fact, when it was still daylight, Qi Yue found a trolley, packed up his commonly used tools, and headed for the upper courtyard where the warehouse was located.Last night she was so excited that she couldn't even sleep. When she closed her eyes, all she could see were various blueprints and three-dimensional models of the Green Soul Mecha.

Open the door of the warehouse, the sky is already bright.The dread of last night was gone.She quickly found the location of the green soul mecha, and then began to build the workbench.

The contract is already wearing black and gray overalls, and all kinds of commonly used tools are in their pockets.There is no condition for them to use large cranes, not even automatic loaders.All she can use is a variety of hand tools—this undoubtedly adds to the difficulty of the repair work.

But Qi Yue is most familiar with this method.

"McDull, start working." Qi Yue took a deep breath and walked to the feet of the Green Soul Mecha.

This mech is 5 meters 64 tall when standing, and its legs are 2 meters long. It is a typical short and stubby type.But because of this, its lower center of gravity makes it easier to control.

At this moment, it was sitting on the ground because its feet could not support it, and the control room was only one meter high from the ground.It was easy for Qi Yue to touch the hatch switch, and it opened with a light push.The power supply of the mecha was not turned on, and the control room was also completely dark.Qi Yue did not turn on the power system hastily, but activated the backup detection power supply.

Soon, the lights on the keyboard turned on, and the clear and standard patterns on the keys unfolded in front of Qi Yue.

She was almost dumbfounded.

Qi Yue reached out and stroked every key on the keyboard.It only had a glass texture and a piece of coldness, but it made her extremely excited.

Gu Zhifeng was right.If it was really the first time seeing a mecha on the competition field, Qi Yue would probably be stunned for a long time, only to be moved by the crystallization of the wisdom of human beings for thousands of years.

It was so easy to regain his mood, Qi Yue didn't touch those ready-made buttons but opened the program panel and entered background commands.Soon, the engineer interface hidden behind the standard panel appeared before her eyes.Qi Yue set the parameters as skillfully as if he had simulated it thousands of times.What she has to do now is to detect where there is a problem with the connection of the entire mech, where it needs to be adjusted, and where it can operate normally, and transmit the command signal normally.

The repair procedure of the mecha that Gu Zhifeng found for them was actually the final inspection procedure for the official competition a few days later.

If they can successfully assemble the mecha that day, they will also need to follow this sequence to check whether the internal circuit of the mecha is smooth and whether the signal can be transmitted normally.

Soon, the information on the screen jumped quickly, and the feedback signals from various parts were transmitted back. According to the value of these signals, it is possible to judge their connection status and how to adjust and repair them.

Two of the limbs of this mecha have the problem of active signal loss, and the other one can communicate normally, but it cannot feedback commands.This may be due to the normal connection of the signal system, but the installation of the joints is incomplete or not firm. In short, if you make a rash action, it may damage the mech.

Qi Yue thought about it and decided to repair the right leg first.

This is what Claude saw when he came in.

"Qi Yue, you're here so early." After he greeted him, he didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and soon took the initiative to join in the repair.

Not long after, Angel and Lulu also arrived.Their repair process naturally centered on Qi Yue, and Qi Yue did not disappoint them.She has made enough preparations, and every step is carried out in an orderly manner, even if she encounters problems, she does not panic.

Even so, until the day before the competition, the mech still hadn't moved.

This made all three very frustrated.

Qi Yue's eyes were almost red, but she still didn't know what the problem was.

All the signal feedbacks are normal, indicating that the connection is normal and the command can be transmitted smoothly, but why, the command transmitted is not executed by the limbs?She thought, could it be that there is something wrong with the transmission module?Or is the instruction translation chip damaged?Or is the power system of this mech already old and unable to support its activities?

"Okay, okay!" Gu Zhifeng couldn't help regretting seeing her bewitched, "Maybe I made a wrong judgment before, this mecha may have internal problems, and simple dredging of limbs cannot fix it. "

He put his hands on Qi Yue's shoulders, relaxing her muscles like a masseur: "What you have to do now is to forget about this and go back to sleep. Although this mecha didn't move, but its The signal feedback is indeed smooth. Isn’t this your achievement? Believe me, in tomorrow’s competition, as long as you can achieve this level, the mecha will definitely be able to move!”

Angel and Claude thought so too.They are not as discouraged as Qi Yue, but they are full of expectations for tomorrow.

"Teacher Gu is right! After these few days of practice, I am more confident." Claude comforted, "Qi Yue, cheer up, the next three days are the most important thing."

Lulu also came up and hugged Qi Yue's arm, and said in a coquettish voice: "Qi Yue, it's a big deal that we can come back to study after the competition."

These words hit the point in Qi Yue's heart.

"You're right!" A relieved expression finally appeared on her previously tense face, "Tomorrow's game is the most important. We will definitely succeed!"

(End of this chapter)