We agreed on mecha combat, so what the hell is this about your physical body exploding into a planet

"Master Lin Shuang, what brings you here?"

An examiner rushed forward, his attitude as respectful as if he were meeting a superior.

"Come see my work."

Lin Shuang's gaze fell on the holographic screen, and on the figure sitting in the simple cockpit.

"Let's see how far he can go."

I also wanted to see how well her fireworks turned out.

"The 'work' you're talking about... is it Ye Yan's mecha?"

Upon hearing this, nearby students couldn't help but speak up, their voices laced with sarcasm.

After all, such a showy display has no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.

Not to mention its practicality.

"Otherwise what?"

Lin Shuang glanced at the man, her eyes looking at him like he was an idiot.

The student was about to retort when his classmate suddenly covered his mouth.

"What are you doing?!"

"Do you want to die?"

The classmate lowered his voice, and his face changed.

"That's Lin Shuang! Do you know who she is? Her teacher is Old Shen!"

The student immediately shut his mouth, his face turning deathly pale.

Lin Shuang ignored these minor incidents.

Her gaze remained fixed on the screen, on Ye Yan.

"That idiot"

She murmured softly.

"No wonder, no wonder that mecha, though simple, had every part perfectly configured."

The examiner offered compliments from the side.

"So it was modified by the renowned Master Lin Shuang!"

"But even if it was modified by Master Lin Shuang, isn't that configuration too extreme? Completely lacking defense, isn't that just suicide?"

Lin Shuang's lips twitched slightly upon hearing these comments.

She offered no explanation, her gaze fixed intently on Ye Yan.

I initially thought this guy was trying to commit suicide.

Now it seems this guy really does have some skills.

Suddenly, someone pointed at the screen and shouted:

"Look! Those three monsters are charging at us again!"

On the screen, three C-level Abyss Hunters simultaneously pounced on Ye Yan's mech from three directions.

They are incredibly fast, their claws tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

At this moment, Ye Yan's mecha's right arm's shipborne particle cannon is overloaded and unable to fire a beam.

"It's over."

Some people shook their heads.

"There's no way to avoid it this time."

Even if you dodge it, his attack won't break through your defenses.

A student wearing glasses offered an analysis.

"That's a Hell Mode monster, its exoskeleton is three times harder than a normal monster! A Tier 1 mech pilot's particle cannon would be like a tickle to it."

"That's right, that's right."

The others nodded in agreement.

"His shabby mech, even if it's all about attack, how much damage can it do? Can it even penetrate the exoskeleton of a C-rank monster? Don't dream about it."

They are actually right.

Ordinary test takers' mechs are indeed unable to penetrate the abyssal monsters in Hell Mode; after all, they are just a group of people who can barely even become Tier 1 mech pilots.

Many outstanding students can reach the first-tier mecha pilot level, but that's about it.

This is why the death rate in the Hell Mode assessment is so high.

Ordinary mechs simply cannot break through the armor of the Abyss Demon King in Hell Mode.

"Just wait and see, that claw is about to tear his cockpit apart."

The mocking laughter resumed.

Those who were just stunned by Ye Yan's actions have now regained their "rationality".

Yeah, so what if you're good at it?

The monsters in Hell Mode have very high defense.

A standard particle cannon fired by a Tier 1 mech pilot would at most leave a white mark on this kind of monster.

can.

brush!

A beam of blue-white light shot out and struck the monster that lunged at him.

Everyone thought that the blue-white beam of light would bounce off the monster's exoskeleton, or just leave a charred mark.

But the next second, everyone's mouths dropped open.

The beam of light pierced straight through the monster's chest.

Go in from the front and come out from the back.

Ye Yan's mecha is no ordinary mecha.

Rather, it is a product of the pursuit of ultimate attack.

A charred hole the size of a bowl pierced through the entire torso of the monster.

The thick, black shell was as fragile as paper in the face of the beam of light, offering no resistance whatsoever.

The monster's body froze in mid-air for a moment, then split in two and fell to the ground.

Black blood gushed out, and internal organs scattered.

Sold out instantly.

A C-rank Abyss Hunter in Hell Mode was pierced through by a single shot and killed instantly.

The hall was deathly silent.

The candidate who had just been saying "I can't break through" had his mouth wide open, unable to utter a single word.

"This...this is impossible..." someone murmured, "A particle cannon from a Tier 1 mech pilot, how could this be..."

"Even ship-mounted cannons couldn't possibly have that much power..."

"What exactly is inside his mech?!"

Lin Shuang stood on the stands, arms crossed, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"Do you still think that was luck?" she said softly.

"Master Lin Shuang!"

Someone asked eagerly.

"How can his attack power be so high? That cannon is clearly a retired old model, and its theoretical maximum power can't even penetrate the exoskeleton of a C-level monster."

"Theory?" Lin Shuang chuckled. "That's the theory based on standard configuration."

She paused, then her gaze returned to the screen.

"You can see from that mech that it abandoned all defense in pursuit of maximum attack power."

"And then?" someone asked, confused.

Even so, it shouldn't have such power.

"Even if all energy circuits were redirected to the weapon systems and all safety locks on the core reactor were released, the maximum energy output should only increase by a maximum of 75%!"

"Oh"

Lin Shuang glanced at the student with glasses and smiled:

"Did you even hear me clearly?!"

"I'm also researching how to improve the power of mecha weapons," Qiu Zhixia said, raising her eyes with a thirst for knowledge.

"Therefore, I know that these alone are simply not enough to achieve that kind of power."

"yes!"

Lin Shuang nodded.

"But what if I said that his mecha's core reactor is the 'Vermilion Bird Core'?"

"The 'Suzaku Core'?!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

"Isn't that kind of thing explicitly banned by the federal government?!"

The "Vermilion Bird Core" is a taboo in the world of mecha modification.

It removes all safety restrictions, increases energy output to the theoretical limit, and can even break through the limit to some extent.

But this comes at a price!

Not only is it prone to explosion at any time, but it also requires a massive amount of mental energy from the mech controller.

Even a first-tier Vermilion Bird Core is not something a candidate who has not yet passed the mecha pilot exam can withstand!

Once overloaded, the mech pilots in the cockpit will be reduced to ashes.

"No wonder, no wonder his attack power is so high."

"But he'll die too!"

When Qiu Zhixia looked at Ye Yan on the screen, the contempt in her eyes disappeared, replaced by boundless longing.

I thought he had gone mad, but compared to the person in front of me, what am I?