Chapter 53: The Battle for the King of B

Although Feynman lost, it didn't really have much impact. As S10 Warriors, people like them are all called the "practical school." They don't need to prove anything through EMP scores or victories. Most top players from major military academies are exceptionally reckless in EMP, using all sorts of irrational choices and risky combat styles to improve themselves. They mainly use this method to enhance their reaction times at the limit and accumulate experience. Of course, such choices often lead to exaggerated failures, which neither the audience nor their supporters care much about. When facing challenges from Super Mecha, they basically accept them; improving oneself in a disadvantageous position is more important than the outcome.

But if they are professional players signed by EMP, then victory is exceptionally important. Their popularity and style-based income depend on victory—victory by any means necessary.

Puppet is clearly the latter, an EMP-signed professional player. The more consecutive wins, the more this is true. He is definitely not an S Tournament player, because no S Tournament player has this kind of leisure. Moreover, since the official streamers have already arranged it, he is clearly an EMP-signed player, which means he is a full-fledged internet celebrity. Thus, maintaining victory and mystery is his gimmick.

"Feynman, I think you've become a bit obsessed lately. Look, the streamer has already arranged it, and have you noticed? As long as a VIP pays to challenge him, he basically accepts. He's just an internet celebrity. There aren't that many mysterious experts in the world, really. How about you go train?" Alzi advised.

"No, I have to wait." Feynman is also a very stubborn person. Alzi had no choice; the two are good brothers, so he would just wait a while. Anyway, team training isn't until eight o'clock.

After losing last time, the boss was a bit annoyed, but when challenging the Cougar, these bastards were showing off again. They knew the other side was doing it on purpose, but knowing it and wanting to win it back are two different things, which has caused the boss's training volume to be a bit intense lately, leaving them all breathless.

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Puppet is online. In fact, a large number of challengers flooded in, but those truly willing to spend money to challenge are actually very few; five thousand is not a small amount.

There are many people following along on the ROM side, but perhaps the internet speed in NUP is a bit better.

Li Hao finally selected "Purple Flash" from a pile of challenges. He doesn't know the person, but the fact that the Mecha they specialize in using is the "Lightning Knight" makes Li Hao very interested.

On the other side, Mashu is also a bit expectant. He knows that at this time, there are many people looking for a match. Being popular—who hasn't been popular before? That feeling is addictive.

Ding-dong!

"Your match with Puppet is successful. You are about to enter combat selection."

Bingo!

Mashu clapped his hands hard, and gifts immediately followed in the live stream. It's just that efficient. The next step is the most important. For the sake of the show's effect, it's best for him to use the Lightning Knight, and the opponent has the right to refuse a Super Mecha, which is highly probable. However, he still has to try; what if he happens to run into a stubborn fool?

Li Hao enters the battlefield, and the opponent provides the combination of "Lightning Knight" + "Moon battlefield."

Zhuang Zhou and Huonan also immediately followed up. This time slot is their main working time. Huonan was waiting for someone from ROM, but ended up being beaten to the punch by a shameless Moon Person. Is this bastard trying to steal the spotlight?

For Puppet to be this popular, the promotion by Martians played a huge role. If a Moon Person wins, and it's also a Super Mecha user, doesn't that mean Martians are also trash?

Who can he reason with about this?

"What's the situation? Does this player Mashu not know about Puppet's situation? He only uses the Armor Series, yet he actually chose a Concept Mecha, and he's a T1-level expert in the former S Tournament Light Type Mecha individual competition. Honestly, if I were Puppet, if I had any brains, I'd reject this directly. It would be reasonable and fair!"

At this moment, Huonan stood on the side of justice without hesitation.

If it were the old Zhuang Zhou, he would definitely be filled with gratitude—Martian brother, righteous! But now he understands in a second: this is because he's afraid that if Puppet loses to the other side, it will make him look weak. Whatever, the first time is always the most important, it's just not necessary to undermine him at this moment.

"I completely agree. If he accepts, I think Puppet God could also choose some stronger Mecha. There's no need to always use the Armor Series. I think many viewers also want to see him use other Mecha." Zhuang Zhou laid the groundwork, because Martians are even more shameless. If they also pull this trick, at least don't lock into the Armor Series; that's too damaging.

"Puppet became famous with the Armor Series, how can he forget his roots? Facing such an unreasonable situation, he can choose to refuse, but if he accepts, he must stick to his self!" Huonan spoke eloquently.

It made the Zhuang Zhou beside him want to crush him. He knew with his butt that if it were a Martian, it would definitely be a different set of twisted logic.

However, just at this moment, amidst everyone's debate, Puppet had already chosen to accept.

Lightning Knight + Moon battlefield, this is a perfect match, bringing the speed of this Light Type Super Mecha to the extreme. Let's put it this way: it's almost like using Virtual Mode controls to play in Real Mode.

The problem is, what will Puppet choose? USE also has Super Mecha, although not as many as NUP, at least enough to bring the performance closer.

"Sky Dragon Fighter, maybe! The speed can keep up!"

"I think Puppet God could also choose the Lightning Knight, that would be fair."

"Puppet God might not have used it before."

"Anyway, accepting this is just outrageous, he's too bold."

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Armor Tiger Generation I.

Zhuang Zhou and Huonan looked at each other in dismay. They didn't expect Puppet to not hesitate at all, but this choice... should they still fight?

Might as well just surrender. The Armor Dragon at least has some speed, and at the very least has a finishing Flash Strike; there's still hope for instantaneous speed.

This Armor Tiger?

With such a big frame, it can't even flash out a single hair.

Huonan was cursing in his heart. How does this count the previous investment?

As an internet celebrity, once the "C" is broken, Puppet's value will be gone.

The officials?

The officials don't care at all. Such signed people are a dime a dozen. If there's no Puppet, there's a Doll, and a Marionette; they can have as many "puppets" as they want...

Discussion is discussion, but the battle still has to begin.

Both sides enter the unique Moon battlefield, with a ground full of grit, using the adjusted gravity of the Moon, which is roughly equivalent to 0.95 of Earth's.

The difference isn't very large, but if one is unfamiliar with the lunar environment, there will still be an impact on movement and precision.

This is also why top military academy students need a lot of training; they need to understand and be familiar with the operational feel of different Mecha in various environments.

The Armor Tiger fighter and the Lightning Knight appear.

Lightning Knight, Light Type Concept Mech, 60-ton class.

Helium-3 alpha nuclear fission new-type drive, V5 Double Short Assault Laser Sword.

What is a Concept Mecha? The whole body is streamlined, reducing drag to the lowest possible level while ensuring the strength of the Mecha. The new kinetic energy system allows the Lightning Knight to run rampant. Of course, in EMP, there won't be malfunctions, but in reality, the failure rate of such Concept Mecha is still very high and requires further research. For the military, it's not about making the Mecha perfect in one step, but constantly making local improvements.

The two Mobile Suits enter the battlefield. Although Puppet's fans are worried, what if?

"Everyone don't worry. Why do we like Puppet God? It's because he can turn the impossible into the possible. Since he chose it, there must be a reason for choosing it. I believe Puppet God will definitely present everyone with a wonderful match!" Zhuang Zhou waved his fists and said very sincerely.

The Zhuang Zhou on the side curled his lips inadvertently. This young man has already grasped a core element of being a streamer: lying through his teeth.

The eyes of the Lightning Knight emit a purple light. Although it is much smaller than the Armor Tiger, the two standing together look like objects from two different eras.

Bang bang, the Lightning Knight lightly pointed at the Armor Tiger Mecha with its right hand, threw the two Short-range Lasers to both sides, and then drew its Laser Sword, pointing it at the Armor Tiger, "I heard your technique is very good. We Moon Warriors won't take advantage of you. To deal with you, a Laser Sword is enough!"

The Lightning Knight's fans went wild; they just love this feeling of taking advantage and then acting innocent.

"The Moon-nanny is really cheap. The Heavy Armor's large shield defense isn't afraid of assault lasers at all, it's the same whether he uses it or not... ah? Ah???" Huonan got stuck halfway through his sentence.

The Armor Tiger silently threw the large shield to the side, and before Huonan's eyeballs could fall out, the Titanium Overlord Spear was also stuck into the ground...

The whole arena was silent. Is this allowed?

Never mind the audience, even Mashu on the opposite side was doubting his own eyes; he was doing it for the sake of the show, but what was that guy on the other side doing? Was he an idiot?

He wasn't using the laser because he had already taken too much advantage; there had to be some showmanship. As a Heavy Armor Mecha, he didn't want a shield, he didn't want a titanium spear—how was he supposed to fight?

Could it be that he wanted to punch him to death?

Alzi and Feynman also looked at each other in dismay. At their level, they could understand a bit: the opponent wasn't using a laser, so the shield was useless; it was already slow, and dragging such a cumbersome thing around made it even more useless. As for the titanium spear, "an inch longer is an inch stronger" only applied when the frequencies were matched. With the Lightning Knight in absolute control, it was a case of "an inch shorter is an inch more dangerous." The cumbersome titanium spear couldn't be wielded at all, so fists were perhaps the best choice.

It was just that this "best" was the best out of helplessness, purely in theory.

*Zing... *

The Lightning Knight charged, using Variable Frequency Step, flashing past the Armor Tiger in an instant like leaping lightning, then turning back again; the Laser Sword once more approached the Armor Tiger mecha like the scythe of the Grim Reaper.

Yet the Armor Tiger mecha didn't move at all, not even reacting.

Everyone could see that the Lightning Knight was toying with the Puppet, not attacking at all, just showing off his speed.

*Snap... *

With a spinning landing that kicked up gravel, the Lightning Knight struck a magnificent pose, his Laser Sword twirling into a gorgeous sword flower, like a blooming lotus.

"I really don't know how the people before lost. With such a sluggish reaction, defeating you is as easy as taking something from a bag, right within reach!"

Zhuang Zhou and Huonan were both speechless. Huonan didn't even want to watch anymore; what kind of trash was this? It wasn't even a thing. This absolute speed gap had reached an appalling level, with zero reaction—he could do better himself!

"Prepare to end the broadcast," Huonan said to his assistant, turning his head. He was disgusted; if he weren't the streamer, he would have left right then.

*Zing... *