Mecha and Knife

2022-03-26

Chapter 163 The old man who wants money

“Brother, is there a Special Level mecha warrior in your mechanic area? Repairing mecha, the one with forty-five gold stars.”

“You mean the old man who wants money?”

“What do you want money for?” The soldier frowned: ” Special Level mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars, brother, should you show some respect?”

The mecha soldier who was eating hehe said twice: “I speak frankly, why don’t you respect me? Did you know that he needs money to fix a mecha.”

“Want money?” The soldiers who admired the Special Level mecha warrior suddenly felt that a certain concept was about to collapse.

“Yes, the contribution point will be settled according to the standard of the mechanic of the living base.” The mechanic said dissatisfiedly: “He has repaired fifteen mechas in the past seven days, and the repairs were completed independently. , we were all astonished, and we wanted to go to apprentices to learn art, but we met him looking for an acceptance person to settle the contribution point. Brother, can you imagine how we felt at that time?”

Of course I can imagine it.

Soldiers full of reverence, the feeling at the moment is no better than that of these mechanic soldiers at the time, a Special Level mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars, can also complete the maintenance of mecha independently, they It was equally astonishing, so after hearing the news, I wanted to inquire more.

Then they got a ‘deadly asking for money’ comment, which made them all in a bad mood.

“I can’t say that.” A soldier who knew more helped to explain: “Lieutenant Ji Xinghe I heard before that a comrade-in-arms went to the No. 6 living base where Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was at that time. He told us that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was not a serious soldier. His identity was the auto mechanic in the living base. As a result, his skills were very good. He went directly to the mecha area to repair mecha, so he changed Become a mechanic.”

“Auto mechanic? /p>

“Because there was a mission at that time, it was necessary to go from Base No. 6 to Base No. 3, but the number of mecha warriors at Base No. 6 was too small at that time, and there were two Level 1 mecha warriors who could perform this mission. Inside, there is a mechanical leg that is missing one leg and installed. Lieutenant Ji Xinghe applied for him to drive mecha to perform this mission. I heard that it was through a competition and proved that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe has this ability, so he let him go. As a result, in Sanliu great valley, he encountered three imperial mechas, and then he got three gold stars.”

Because of the reason I heard, the soldier didn’t know the details, but Suffice it to say, it can make people yearn for it.

“This is too powerful. From an auto mechanic to a mechanic, and then to a mecha warrior, I got three gold stars on the first mission, no wonder I can become a Special Level. .”

“Have you forgotten the age of Lieutenant Ji Xinghe? He seems to be in his sixties, and he is still so fierce.”

“Sixty-five years old, over A few days after New Year’s Day, I’ll be sixty-six.”

“Fuck, it’s unimaginable to be able to play like this at sixty-six.”

“Not only can he play, he We can still repair mecha. One person has completed the repair of fifteen mechas independently. Among the mechanic soldiers in the entire camp, only three people can do this.”

As he spoke, Ji Xinghe very difficult to deal with has become a recognized fact, and there is no controversy about this.

But the mechanic who first said Ji Xinghe wanted money, still frowned dissatisfied: “Even if he is a mechanic at the living base, he can’t be used in our military camp. Make money by repairing mecha, it’s all about making money.”

This sentence made everyone around him silent, they were all professional soldiers, including mechanic soldiers. Professional soldiers are paid, but the meaning of the salary cannot be generalized to the salary and commission of other jobs. If every professional soldier has to exchange his merits for money, this war cannot continue.

The Federation doesn’t have that much money, and the people who go to war for money are also impossible to help the Federation win this war.

“Perhaps, what is his last resort? It’s like he is already this age, but he still wants us to fight for the Federation. If he really wants money, then he doesn’t need it at all. Come to Alien, with his technical level of repairing mecha, isn’t it easy to get a high salary on Azure Star?”

“Is there a mecha on Azure Star for him to repair? No, I think he is just here to earn Money. Otherwise, he has already got forty-five gold stars. Why is the rank still lieutenant? Logically, he should not be promoted to captain.”

“Yes, in general, forty Special Level mecha warriors with five gold stars can be promoted to captain. Those with more than 60 gold stars can get the rank of major, depending on the credits other than breaking the mecha.”

“He does not Would it be the trouble of just looking for those ordinary imperial mechas on the battlefield, and seeing the noble mecha fleeing directly? Otherwise, how can there be so many gold stars, and so many mechas have been repaired, but the rank is only lieutenant?”

“But I heard that this time he teamed up with Major Jackson to destroy a count-level imperial mecha, but he still chased a long way to complete the destruction.”

“That’s Major Jackson. It was not broken by him. I saw his mecha when he came back, and there was no damage at all. Maybe he was holding him back. Major Jackson’s mecha had a lot of damage.”

“Then his forty-five gold stars have too much water.”

Life in the camp is actually very boring. They can’t do anything except fight and train. They had just ended a counterattack and occupied an imperial camp, and they haven’t even had a fight recently.

Everyone has a heart for gossip, even professional soldiers.

“Be quiet, he’s here.”

“Why be quiet, I just want to ask him when he’s here.”

In the cafeteria, Ji Xinghe, who had just walked in, felt a lot of eyes looking towards him, and the emotions in these eyes were a bit complicated.

But he didn’t care. He walked to the food pickup and took off his protective helmet. After picking up his lunch, he found a place to squat and eat.

There are no dining tables and chairs in the canteen in the camp to save resources, so everyone eats while squatting.

Ji Xinghe, who is squatting alone, is still not used to eating because of wearing protective clothing. He doesn’t need to wear protective clothing when he is in the living base, but he has to wear it all the time in the camp. When he travels between buildings, he has to be exposed to the surface environment of alien planets. Without protective clothing, people will die. of.

Generally, he will only take off the protective suit when he repairs mecha in the mechanic area, or when he is resting at night, because he has to stay inside the building for a long time. It doesn’t take too long to come to the cafeteria for a meal. There is time to take off the protective clothing and put on the protective clothing, and the meal is already finished.

The soldiers in the camp have long been accustomed to this way of life. Many of them have to wear protective clothing when they sleep, with their helmets beside them. So they ate fast, but today some soldiers didn’t leave immediately after they finished eating, but hesitantly came to Ji Xinghe’s side.

Ji Xinghe, who was squatting on the ground to eat, raised his head.

“Is something wrong?”

“Yes.” A soldier gathered his courage and asked, “Sir, why do you ask for money for mecha?”

Ji Xinghe slightly frowned, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at the soldiers, mechanic soldiers and the others surrounding him, replied softly: “Because, I really need money.”

This answer It was beyond everyone’s expectations, so that no one could respond for a while.

“Why?” The soldier who wanted to inquire about Ji Xinghe because of his admiration for Ji Xinghe asked in a daze: “Is your purpose in joining the army just to make money? ?”

This is a very serious accusation.

Ji Xinghe sighed in his heart and asked, “Corporate, what’s your name?”

“Report sir, my name is Yu Yan.” The corporal was a little nervous when he answered, because He is facing Lieutenant Ji Xinghe.

Ji Xinghe got up, because of his height, he could look down at almost everyone around him.

“Corporate Eu Yan, why do you want to ask me these questions?”

“Because I also want to be a mecha warrior, a Special Level mecha warrior like you.” Yu Yan took a deep breath and looked Ji Xinghe in the eyes and replied: “But I don’t want to be like you, making money in the war.”

It turned out to be because the idol’s image was shattered, so by Love to hate?

Ji Xinghe expected this before, because what he did was really ugly, but he had a last resort.

In his communication to him, Su He directly put forward Tu Yuan’s reminder, and also said that the breakthrough progress of neural link technology has been confirmed.

This also means that his previous fears will become reality, and the Federation no longer needs him, a 66-year-old Special Level mecha warrior. After some time, it will be difficult for him to obtain resources related to mecha.

A soldier like Yu Yan who wants to become a mecha warrior, but cannot become a mecha warrior due to the difficulty of operation, may become an excellent mecha warrior after a period of time, they all need Resources related to mecha.

There are also 300,000 mecha warriors in active duty in the Federation. Many of them can greatly increase their strength due to the technology of neural link. If the mecha is not enough, why should they be given this one that cannot be used? What about the old man of neural link technology?

But he has to drive mecha, because only by driving mecha can he continue to take revenge. To this day, he already knows very well how ridiculous the request he made to Tu Yuan.

Not to mention giving him a gun, even giving him a single starship, what he can do is better than giving him a mecha.

It doesn’t mean that firearms are useless in this war. In fact, the main force of this war is still hot weapons such as firearms, shells, and snipers like Lieutenant Colonel Chen Xun who can threaten mecha, but Ji Xinghe is very clear that he does not have such innate talent, his innate talent lies in mecha driving and melee combat.

The contribution points that he had exchanged for merit before were all used by him to complete the upgrade of Xingyue, but Xingyue can continue to upgrade, and upgrading requires resources. When driving Xingyue to fight in the future, Xingyue will be damaged, and resources will be needed to repair it.

So he needs money and uses it to buy resources.

“Sir.” Eu Yan’s courage was fading, so he pressed, “Please give us an explanation.”

Do I need to give you an explanation?

Ji Xinghe wanted to say this, but he couldn’t say it, because the people he faced were not his enemies, not those who suppressed him, but a group of people who revered him A person is a group of people with ideals and beliefs.

For the same reason, the real reason cannot be said. A suppressed Special Level mecha warrior will inevitably arouse the indignation of these people, which is not conducive to unity.

The same is true for neural link technology. If he says it, some people will definitely think that his idea is a waste of resources. He didn’t want to argue with other people, didn’t want to explain that even if he didn’t use neural link technology, he was very capable of driving mecha.

Also, he thinks it’s actually possible for him to use neural link technology, it’s just a possibility.

So he has no evidence and can’t convince anyone now, arguing and arguing will only waste time and energy.

“I’m old.” Ji Xinghe decided to lie and give an excuse: “I’m already sixty-five years old, I’ll be sixty-six in a few days, I don’t know I can still fight How long, I may sacrifice on the battlefield at any time. But… I have a granddaughter who is only six years old. I have no other relatives. Have a better life. Yes, Corporal Eu Yan, this is my explanation to you, may I ask, are you satisfied?”

Eu Yan was stunned, and so were the others around him. Living.

Ji Xinghe stood there and continued to eat. After three or five bites, he ate the rest of the food. Then he walked out from the gap between the crowd, put the plate in the recycling window, and put it on. The helmet just left the cafeteria.

Until now, the people surrounding him just now finally made a sound.

“Sorry, I forgot one thing, Lieutenant Ji Xinghe’s son is also a mecha warrior, he has been sacrificed, but I really don’t know that he has left a child.”

“If you say that, Lieutenant Ji Xinghe seems to be right.”

“Yeah, I would do the same if it were me.”

“Hey, Yu Jen, what are you doing?”

Yu Yan who suddenly ran outside the cafeteria said without looking back: “I’ll go and apologize to him.”

“Then you have to bring Put on the helmet, I don’t think you are Yu Yan’s Yu, you are a fool.”

Eu Yan, who hastily put on the helmet, was unable to find Ji Xinghe to apologize because Ji Xinghe finished the lunch. After leaving the camp, the transportation resources he had been waiting for were finally in place, and he could take his spoíls of war back to Base No. 5 in the Shunfeng convoy.

Actually, he could have left two days earlier, but there was only one seat at the time, and he couldn’t bring his spoíls of war, so Ji Xinghe waited for another two days.

He also wants to go back and apologize, because he used Ji Rong Xinyue as an excuse, which is very bad.

The Ji Xinghe who left seems to have never been here, but a corporal who wanted to become a mecha warrior remembered that he owed Ji Xinghe an apology.

He decided to train himself harder to become a mecha warrior, then join Ji Xinghe’s Star River squad one day in the future, and say sorry in front of Ji Xinghe.

If Ji Xinghe and Star River squad were still there at that time, if he was still alive.

In this war, anyone can die at any time.

Ten days later, Corporal Yu Yan, who was using the second-generation simulation system in the camp to train the ability to drive mecha, suddenly received a mission.

“Corp. Yu Yan, do you still want to be a mecha warrior?”

“Yes, but I can’t pass the test, but give me some more. How is the time? I’m still seventy minutes away.”

“Your operation is really good, but your body test results meet the criteria for participating in an experiment. This experiment can also be said to be an Mission. Because there is a certain risk, you can choose to accept or reject, if you pass, you can become a mecha warrior…”

“I accept.”

“Don’t ask about the consequences of failure?”

“No, I will accept whatever the consequences are. However, I have a request.”

“Please say .”

“If successful, can I join the Star River squad?”

(end of this chapter)