Silicon Invasion

"Thank you, Boss Betman, for the Flying Whale! Oh my god, the special effects of this gift are so beautiful! This is the first time the streamer has received such an expensive gift. It's really so beautiful!" Liu Yu said with a face full of surprise, then became regretful and said:

"It's a pity I didn't see it clearly just now. It would be great if another boss would send one..."

This is still a barbecue buffet. Liu Yu was babbling non-stop, and Luo Rui was just eating silently. These were all ordered with the bosses' money and had to be finished.

Luo Rui didn't quite understand why some people were so happy to give gifts online like this.

But to be fair, the dishes at this buffet were much more abundant than at Meiyangyang, especially the added barbecue and roast duck, which were both very delicious.

It's just a pity that both of these required waiting in line. Even with Liu Yu helping to wait in line, he didn't eat much.

After a two-hour meal, Luo Rui and the chief director Liu Yu, who had finished the program, parted ways.

Watching Liu Yu, who was holding a selfie stick, get on the elevator, Luo Rui wasn't in a hurry to go home. The sounds of gongs and drums were so loud in front that he could hear them clearly even on the sixth floor.

The equipment that he saw being assembled and debugged when he arrived must have been set up. Now they were already putting on a show.

Laizhi County's large shopping malls hold such competitions from time to time to attract young people. Luo Rui used to take the bus specifically to watch them. Now that he happened to be here, he had to go and watch the excitement.

The exhibition hall at the entrance was straight up and down, without any obstructions. Luo Rui leaned on the railing on the sixth floor and looked down, only seeing a dense crowd of people moving about.

On the stage, two mechanical arms moved from time to time, and the cockpit floated up and down.

However, the large projection screen was not clear because the angle was not very good.

There was no way around it, Luo Rui went down the escalator. He first came to the second floor. The view should have been very good here, but unfortunately there were too many smart people like him. The good spots had already been taken. Luo Rui walked around for a long time, only hearing people shouting excitedly, but he couldn't see anything.

Forced to, he could only come to the first floor.

Below the stage, a large area was circled off with caution tape, and it was filled with blue and green plastic stools, which were already fully occupied.

Outside the caution tape, there were also people standing, mostly men, including students with childish faces and young fathers holding children. At this moment, men who didn't like to go shopping all had a place to belong.

Of course, there were also many women, and even many middle-aged and elderly people. Mecha competitions have a very wide audience these days.

Although there was a sea of people in front of him, fortunately the projection screen was hung high enough. Although there were countless heads blocking it, it didn't have much impact on Luo Rui, who was 1.8 meters tall. It's just that the distance was a bit far, and the sound from the speakers had some reverberation, not as enjoyable as watching up close.

With the cockpit blocking it, the true face of the pilot inside could not be seen, and even if he could see it, Luo Rui probably wouldn't be able to recognize him.

On the big screen, two fourth-generation mechas were fighting back and forth very vigorously. These were gold coin mechas that could only be used with recharges, and they were the long-range fire mechas that ordinary players like Luo Rui hated the most.

This kind of long-range fire mecha basically has no market in reality, because when fighting in other worlds, the ammunition supply cannot keep up, and the dazzling sound and light effects can easily attract unknown dangers.

And on Blue Star, although there is enough ammunition, its functionality overlaps with cheaper, more stable, and more powerful tank vehicles. There is no need for these expensive big guys to carry small cannons to find a sense of existence.

However, although they failed miserably in reality, they have unleashed unimaginable brilliance in virtual competitions because their quite cool attack methods are deeply loved by many people.

Watching the intense battle above, Luo Rui unconsciously substituted himself into one of the parties and began brain training and response exercises.

Alas, that shell looks like a bursting incendiary shell. Even if the armor of long-range fire mechas is generally thin, it won't kill anyone to withstand it, but dodging it will lose the initiative and fall into a passive position.

Damn it, that's an armor-piercing shell. You can't resist it head-on. See? You got hit, didn't you?

Oh dear, the ammunition compartment is exposed!

When a person is in a third-person perspective, because there is no involvement in hand and foot operations, the mind is often clearer and the thinking is clearer. If you can use people as a mirror at this time and learn from the lessons, you can also gain a lot of benefits.

"Boom!"

There was an obvious gap in strength between the two on stage. One of the mechas was restricted in its movement by the other mecha's artillery fire, and an armor-piercing shell hit the root of its thigh.

The reactive armor, which had been weakened to enhance mobility, could not withstand this depleted uranium armor-piercing shell. Most of the entire thigh was torn apart. Even if it was not completely broken, it lost its corresponding function and even created additional obstacles.

Although the damaged mecha could still move relying on the multiple thrusters on its body, without a leg to support it, many weapon systems could not be used, and it could only fall into a passive rhythm of being beaten.

Before long, the damaged mecha was hit by several more shells. One of the incendiary shells used for harassment happened to hit the ammunition compartment that was exposed due to a mistake, instantly triggering a sympathetic detonation.

The game is over!

This is also one of the reasons why long-range fire mechas are not very useful in other worlds. The ammunition compartments are basically externally suspended and have no protection, making it easy to trigger a sympathetic detonation.

However, it is not to say that there are no long-range fire mechas fighting in other worlds. It is said that there are some more advanced armors that have long-range fire systems directly removed from advanced silicon-based beasts. They are similar to energy weapons and belong to the same lineage as the energy core of silicon-based beasts. They can be directly grafted onto mechas. The power is good, and there is no trouble with ammunition compartments.

But those are all legendary things. Ordinary people can't see the real thing. There are a few of those in "Ace Mecha Pilot", conceptual mechas imagined with reference to them, but because they are too destructive to balance, they are banned from competitions.

Luo Rui was shaking his head and sighing, when a sentence suddenly interrupted from next to him: "What's with your expression?"

Luo Rui was stunned and turned his head to look. The speaker was a petite girl who looked like a high school student, but there were many people pretending to be young these days, and coupled with the tendency of makeup techniques to evolve into disguise, even forty or fifty-year-olds could be made to look like little girls. Luo Rui didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

The girl was very pretty, with bright eyes and white teeth. Her doll face had big, round eyes with cosmetic contact lenses. Her hair was dyed bright yellow, and her clothes were also strangely dressed, not like normal shopping attire, but more like she was cosplaying a certain anime character.

At this time, she was puffing out her cheeks and looking at Luo Rui with a disgruntled expression.

Luo Rui was a little confused. He turned his head and looked around, repeatedly confirming whether the woman had any companions around, but he didn't find any suspicious people.

"Yes, it's you. What did you mean by that expression just now? Are you looking down on that contestant?"

Seeing Luo Rui pointing at himself and asking silently, the girl nodded affirmatively.