Ninth class citizen

Chapter 183: Killing a chicken with a bull’s knife
"I was wondering what was wrong. When the J91 dived down, if it was unprepared, shouldn't it have been knocked to the ground? How come the K31 was still standing there?"

"So, what happened in that moment just now? It would be great if we could replay it!"

"No noise allowed!" An examiner came over and scolded impatiently, "There is no replay. If you want to watch, watch it. If you don't want to watch, leave. Don't disturb other students' battles!"

The students who were chattering just now became very well-behaved and honest when they saw the examiner, but after he left, they started whispering again, but their voices were much lower.

"It's my turn next." Wood, an all-round athlete from Taifei University of Technology, got into the simulation cabin.

He still chose the ordinary mecha fighting arena from the previous game, the same J91 mecha.

Nanrong still chose K31.

There are fewer people making sarcastic remarks than before, but there are still some.

"You're definitely going to lose this time." The petite Wei Duo turned to General Manager Jin and said, "Our brother Wood is the best at beast-type mechas. No matter what tricks your Nan Rong uses, it will be useless."

"If I were you, I would just watch the game to the end." General Manager Jin said bluntly, "Don't set your goals too high, or you'll end up hurting yourself."

"How can you talk like that?" Two other male contestants from Taifei University of Technology came over and stood in front of General Manager Jin without any hesitation.

Wei Duo is the only girl in their team. She is sweet and lovely, so naturally she has no shortage of protectors.

"Hey, what does this mean? You can't win in the online competition, so you come down offline to take revenge on other teammates?" General Manager Jin said with narrowed eyes.

"What are you talking about?" A boy said angrily, "How could our brother Wood lose to you?"

Before he could finish his words, he saw Wei Duo and another boy with their eyes wide open, and heard low calls coming from all around.

At the beginning of the game, J91 still launched the attack first, but there were slight differences.

This time, J91 did not jump high, but ran on all fours until it got close to K31, then it pushed off the ground with its hind legs and bounced high.

Wood, the all-around player of Taifei Nengwu, is indeed very good at beast-type mechas. While attacking, he also does not forget to defend.

He manipulated J91's right claw to hit K31 hard, while his left claw was always protecting the cockpit area in front of his chest.

The waist and abdomen of J91, as well as the cockpit on the chest, are the weakest links of the beast-type mecha.

It doesn’t matter if the attack rhythm is a little slower, as long as you can protect the vital points, victory will be yours sooner or later.

Wood thought this through very clearly.

However, a sharp alloy mecha sword suddenly appeared where it should not be.

When Wood received the alarm from the mecha, the alloy sword had already pierced into J91's lower back from the side.

A shrill alarm sounded throughout the cockpit, and rows of red prompts rolled on the void screen. Wood subconsciously wanted to step back, but was tightly held by the left arm of K31's mecha.

Just looking at the postures of the two mechas, it looks like a long-reunited owner and a large domestic dog hugging each other affectionately.

J91 struggled hard, opened its huge mouth and bit K31's neck, but just when it was about to bite, it loosened its mouth weakly.

In Wood's field of vision, a big word "failure" appeared, and he exited the mecha fighting interface.

It was obviously just a little bit, just a little bit, and he still had a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Wood contacted Nan Rong immediately and wanted to restart the game, but Nan Rong refused without hesitation.

He resentfully invited him again, only to find that the other party's status had changed to "in combat." Wood walked out of the simulation cabin without saying a word.

"Brother Wood." Wei Duo came over and whispered, "Don't be angry. Nan Rong is a bit weird. There were so many of us that we didn't see clearly when she drew the sword."

"Maybe there's some conspiracy or some malfunction in the simulation cabin that they took advantage of."

"Heh." A sneer came from the side. "You blame the simulator for your poor eyesight. So, those of us who won the competition relied on crooked means?"

It was the first time that Wei Duo heard such impolite words, and her whole face turned red.

She looked up and found that the person who spoke was none other than the brave Caesar.

He had finished three challenges and stepped out, and was watching the game with his arms folded, enjoying it.

"Captain Caesar is right." Wood took a deep breath and pulled Wei Duo aside: "We lost, and it's all my fault for being careless - you don't need to comfort me like this."

He neither denied Caesar's words nor gave Wei Duo a way out.

Normally both parties should stop here.

But Caesar curled his lips in disdain: "You speak as if you can beat her if you are careful."

He pointed at the screen and said, "Do you believe it? After this game, the loser will feel that he was just one step away from winning."

Wood heard something different from his tone.

Caesar seemed to have extraordinary confidence in Nan Rong's abilities.

This seems to be different from the previous rumors among the teams that he was blinded by love and gave up the victory on his own initiative.

He frowned, perked up, and watched the game seriously.

Nan Rong still chose K31, but the opponent changed to L28.

This is also an extremely famous high-sensitivity humanoid mecha, which sacrifices some defensive performance and body strength to improve the maneuverability of the mecha. At the same time, it is equipped with more long-range weapons. Not only is there a large-caliber energy gun installed on each arm, but there are also two miniature energy cannons added to the shoulders.

The operating difficulty of L28 is at least several levels higher than that of J91, and mecha warriors below level three generally do not choose it.

The one currently driving the L28 is a Tier mecha warrior: Wu Lu, an all-around athlete from Hanhai University, which ranked seventh last term.

When the two mechas debuted, few people thought that the K31 could outperform the L28.

The gap between the two sides is too big. The basic version versus the advanced version are not on the same track at all.

"This isn't fair." General Manager Jin muttered to himself, "The mechas of both combatants should be of the same rank, how come there is such a huge gap?"

"Your players can also choose?" Xi Rui from Hanhai University blinked her big eyes and said with a smile:
"It doesn't say we can't use the same mechs to fight, as long as she can handle the L28 as well."

General Manager Jin had seen Nan Rong fighting a monster with long pincers and pink whiskers, and had also seen her driving a K31 towards a medium-sized military mecha through the floating car window, so he didn't care about this kind of boring provocation at all.

Despite this, she is definitely not behind others in her words.

"Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? The K31 is enough to deal with that Hulu in your team."

"What snoring!" Xirui was furious: "That's our all-round player Wu Lu!"

"Okay, why are you so excited? Who cares if it's Wu Lu or Hu Lu? We'll talk about it after we defeat my Nan Rong."