Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 539 The First Battle
Luo Gandao walked up the metal steps, holding his helmet in his hands, his mind echoing with Mu Xiang's earlier words...

"Beast fighting... No wonder the mechs in this world are used in such places."

So what if it's just a beast fight? Luo Gandao wouldn't feel humiliated at all. After all, this isn't his world, and he just needs to do what he's supposed to do.

He said he couldn't let down the Central Continent team's cultivation, and he wasn't joking... but he certainly wouldn't ignore his own wishes.

Yes, he wanted to win... just like he wanted to win countless car races before. Logan wasn't stupid; he used to drive unlicensed taxis to make money, but the benefits of mech combat now were far greater.

As for the risks… in less than two months, his understanding of mech combat had advanced by leaps and bounds. To be honest, the risks of mech combat were far less than those of driving an unlicensed taxi. In the world of reincarnation, which veterans described as filled with endless terror, this risk was negligible.

In a place that should have been hell... Logan, as a newcomer, seemed to have arrived in heaven.

Of course, when he was thinking this way, Luo Gandao was definitely not undergoing grueling training.

"Тишеедешь, дальшебудешь."

Every staff member who met Logandao said this to him. Under normal circumstances, Logandao would never have understood what these Slavs were saying with their tongues, but with the translation of the Supreme God, he understood.

"Steady progress leads to long-term success."

This is the pre-battle mantra that the Allies must recite to the Mech Dragon before every duel… According to the veterans, the United States’ pre-battle mantra is something like “shattered to pieces,” but the two are quite different in style. Contrary to stereotypes, the Allies’ mech pilots value technical expertise, perhaps influenced by Alexei.

“The Way?” Logan suddenly remembered what Alexei had told them. The old man’s Chinese was quite good, and he especially liked to use various Chinese allusions when he spoke to them. When it came to mecha piloting, Alexei often talked about the so-called “Way,” and Logan often used his piloting style as an example.

"The fierce and relentless offensive, no matter how amazing, is only at the level of 'tactics'... The true secret to the Mechanical Dragon's strength always lies beneath the surface of mechs and tactics."

"Calm down... Whether in training or in battle, you must have a calm mind. Only in this way can you become one with the steel beneath your feet and touch the road leading to the distance."

The words "steady progress leads to a bright future" still echoed in his ears, but a thought suddenly popped into Luo Gandao's mind, making him laugh.

"Old man, the way you talk is just like a foreign old scholar in a movie who is obsessed with Chinese kung fu."

After crossing the long boarding bridge, Logando arrived at the cockpit. The surrounding staff were all large Slavic men; they all smiled at him and patted him on the shoulder. Logando knew, however, that as a first-time pilot of the mechanical dragon, their attitude towards him was mostly because of Alexei.

Luo Gandao nodded to them and was about to climb into the cockpit when two large hands grabbed his shoulders. Luo Gandao's heart skipped a beat, and his whole body tensed up, a strange feeling rising within him. But when he turned around, he saw the helpless look in the eyes of the two burly men.

"oh oh."

Luo Gandao smiled sheepishly; he had almost panicked… It turned out he had forgotten to prepare his equipment outside. Two burly men helped him prepare; one put a helmet on his head and connected it to the breathing apparatus on his back, while the other adjusted the mechanisms on his combat suit with his hands and tested the equipment's performance with an instrument.

With everything completed, Luo Gandao took a deep breath, but instead inhaled the specially formulated oxygen from the breathing device on his back... A faint, peculiar smell invigorated him; if he had to describe it, it was like the taste of mineral water mixed with regular drinking water.
Two burly men shoved him into the cockpit, as if they were afraid he wouldn't be able to climb in on his own... This made Luo Gandao smile wryly as he thanked them.

The last technician finished his inspection in the cockpit, bumped fists with Luo Gandao, and then bowed his head to leave. Unfortunately, although he wasn't the biggest man among the staff, his physique was still considerable, and he needed someone outside to pull him up.

"Inspection complete... Canopy closing..."

The procedure announcements echoed inside and outside the cockpit, while the cockpit hatch slowly closed.

Logandao stepped onto the motion-sensing area, and his combat suit began to connect with the mech. Countless previously hidden devices popped out from the cockpit, surrounding him. He lowered the control stick and performed a few operations according to the tester's instructions, after which signals appeared on the screen.

"The mech is communicating normally with the control center... The circuit is fully connected... Pilot self-check initiation."

Luo Gandao nodded and began checking the combat suit and the equipment inside the mech according to the procedure. Stepping on the sensory area, his mind calmed down, and countless tedious procedures naturally flowed into his consciousness without him needing to recall them... In this way, he wouldn't miss anything like before.

The mech beneath his feet is Volvalsky 40… It's also making its debut, and aside from its model number, it doesn't have a name of its own. As is customary, if Logando manages to secure his first victory, this mech will become his personal mech, and Logando will also have the right to name it; his naming will be recognized by the Allied Powers and the Tribunal.

In other words, the whole world will remember him and his mech... remember the birth of a new mechanical dragon.

This mech has fewer features than the Vowalski 42 that Alexander used at the beginning of the movie, but it is still one of the mainstream models of this era.

"I quite like this mech," Luo Gandao muttered to himself, squeezing the control stick.

The vibrations beneath his feet signaled to Logan that the mech was ascending. Sunlight streamed down from above, but it wasn't blinding, perhaps due to the superior performance of the special glass in the cockpit, or perhaps because the sunlight in this world was hampered by the lingering effects of the nuclear winter, making it less intense.

"Go for it, kid, beat that European to a pulp!" A loud, rough laugh rang in Logandao's ears. He looked at the screen and saw Alexander squeezed in front of the communicator in the command room, waving his fist at him.

Luo Gandao chuckled and also clenched his fist.

Alexander was pulled aside by a hand. The hand didn't use much force, but Alexander obediently stepped aside. The owner of the hand revealed himself to be Alexei in full military uniform. The old man said nothing, only nodded to Logandao.

Behind him was Zheng Zha, grinning foolishly, and Mu Xiang, giving a thumbs-up.

(End of this chapter)