Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2444 Strategic Planning
There were three semi-finals, but what no one expected was that after the first game, more than half of the contestants’ main mechas became scrapped “with no repair value” after evaluation by engineers. Some contestants even chose to let their mechas self-destruct. They were given an ultimatum by the engineers - if the spare mecha self-destructed in the second game or any other subsequent games, they would no longer be given spare mechas, and could only use the main mechas to “repair and fix” before participating in the competition.

This also prompted many gambling platforms to make major changes to their odds.

The odds of the player who relied on the mecha's self-destruction to get a lot of kills were directly adjusted to the bottom. It was like betting on him. If he made a profit, it was equivalent to no profit, but if he lost, he would definitely lose everything.

The odds of the two players Xu Xiu and Zhou Long have also been adjusted to the bottom.

Dragon Spine and Dragon Turtle, these two mechas have been called "champion mechas" by the audience.

The various special materials, powerful weapons, and advanced designs on the mecha all tell everyone that this is the "welfare prize" that the two champions originally received.

Many contestants were so angry that they slapped their thighs and complained: "They are not even on the same level! What the hell is going on?"

However, the veterans, although they knew about this situation, were not angry. They had even begun discussing among themselves how to deal with the two champion mechas.

"Zhou Long is one of us. He can definitely think of the battle plans we come up with, so we must be innovative and make breakthroughs in tactics, and we must not go astray and give him the opportunity to defeat us one by one! In the first game, there were still some problems and loopholes in our coordination. Of course, after a short assembly, we have done the best we could at that time, but this also means that we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future... Perhaps we can make some more focused and team-oriented changes in the next small-scale mecha transformation and equipment installation plan, such as replacing sniper rifles with long-range artillery devices..."

"Although Xu Xiu is the champion, and although he defeated others in the second "Omnic Crisis" Global Martial Arts Tournament and became the champion, in our post-match review, we also found that his combat qualities are different from those of conventionally trained warriors. His mecha control and synchronization rate are very high, which also gave him a strong advantage in the second competition dominated by cold weapons... And there were no high-frequency large-scale mixed escape operations at that time, and most of them were 1v1 matches. So to target him, in addition to taking into account the defensive attributes of the "Dragon Turtle" mecha, we can use tactics to pry open his tortoise shell first and make him offline with us first..."

"01's analysis is very good. I agree. The purpose of our union is to integrate our strength and defeat these troublemakers one by one. In the end, we will see who will win in the final round."

"I agree. I have had two matches with Xu Xiu before. His fighting style is very similar to Zhou Long's. I heard that Zhou Long was his trainer during his training. Will these two also cooperate to deal with us?"

"I personally think that, based on the results of so many games, it is impossible for Xu Xiu and Zhou Long to cooperate. In addition, the 'Dragon Turtle' mecha designed by Xu Xiu restrained Zhou Long's 'Dragon Spine' mecha in many ways, and even sacrificed the most important agility of the mecha. However, this did have a miraculous effect. In the first semi-final, he managed to hold on to the end and won first place."

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When Zhou Long was discussing the repair and optimization of the main mecha with the engineer, he also heard the engineer complain: "It is said that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The defense armor of the Dragon Spine has been attacked so many times, and some attacks have even destroyed a fixed position continuously. It seems that the players have reached a consensus to some extent."

Zhou Long said with disdain: "Wild beasts always travel alone, while cattle and sheep travel in herds. During the repair process, help me add a layer of defensive armor and a self-destruct device."

Seeing the engineer's slightly surprised look, he said coldly: "If they beat me up like this again, I will let them know what it means when a tiger or leopard is desperate, even a tiger or a leopard will climb a tree." "Then I still have to remind you that because there have been too many self-destructions in the previous matches, the 'Dragon Spine' is the champion mecha. If it is equipped with a self-destruct device, you can only control the backup 'Dragon Spine' in the next three games after the device is activated. Its power core function and weapon damage are both weaker, and it is very likely that you will not be able to perform normally in the finals."

Zhou Long nodded in response to the engineer's reminder: "I understand. If I can avoid using it, I won't activate it. But if it really comes to that, they can't blame me for being unjust."

"Okay, since this is your decision, then sign the mecha modification agreement. The 'Dragon Spine' mecha is a custom-designed mecha, so you need to read this text. We need to record a video for record keeping..."

With the desperate idea of ​​dragging everyone down with him, Zhou Long began to sign agreements and record videos.

At this moment, Xu Xiu was already working with the spare mecha engineering team to reduce the load on the 'Dragon Turtle'.

"The other devices will remain, but can the outer layer of defensive armor be replaced with a thinner one? And what is the maximum power output of the Infinite Array Engine that can be increased?"

The materials and equipment used in the spare machine have been reduced compared to those of the main mecha.

This shrinkage also allowed Xu Xiu to see a direction for the transformation, which is to increase agility and damage as much as possible and lower the defense value.

The contestants began to make plans and transform their mechas.

A new batch of invited audiences started a new round of their life journey of eating, drinking, shopping in Kunlun City.

There are tourists and internet celebrities checking in at major "check-in points" such as the public library, sky garden, public canteen, and virtual projection technology fountain at all times.

The entire Internet once laughed at the abstract story of Harvard professors outside the public library, but now some professors from top international universities are still performing the same story simultaneously.

However, perhaps because the embarrassing deeds of Harvard professors in the academic circle have spread, these professors from top international universities are not so "shameless".

If they find that a document is too complex to read, and they still can't read it after trying every possible means, they will decisively turn around and leave to continue reading other documents.

Many tourists who wanted to eat melons ended up leaving disappointed.