Chapter 421: Blocking Battle

The private mechas of formal mecha pilots are generally modified mechas.

Because this kind of mecha only needs to be slightly modified on the basis of a standard mecha, it can be used immediately. Whether it is manufacturing difficulty or manufacturing cost, it is easier for people to accept.

But the other type, independent mecha, is completely different.

This kind of mecha not only requires a new mecha design blueprint, but the manufacturing cost is also frighteningly high, usually several times or even higher than that of a modified mecha of the same rank.

Because independent mechas cannot be manufactured in large quantities, it is originally because the manufacturing materials for this type of mecha are scarce. Some special materials may not be satisfied by a single base, so mecha pilots have to spend extra merit points to exchange them from other bases, or find ways to get them through other channels themselves.

Moreover, even if this kind of independent mecha is really manufactured, it still needs to be tested in actual combat. In the middle, it needs multiple return-to-factory adjustments, and some parts of the mecha body even need to be repeatedly re-manufactured. The cost can be imagined.

At the beginning, the "Great Angel" mecha that Wang Yu once saw on the big screen of the Star River Bar was a special independent mecha. It is said that because it is a star-level mecha, the cost of manufacturing this mecha was almost comparable to the construction cost of a small base.

This is also why that Prince Aisa, relying on his special status and throwing a lot of money in reality, could make many players willing to pay for him, exchanging and collecting the rare materials needed for this mecha. Otherwise, how could it be so easy to manufacture?

Wang Yu had just become a formal mecha pilot and had no merit points on him, so naturally, he could not go to purchase any personal mecha immediately.

If he were an ordinary person, or treated "Star River" as an ordinary game, he would naturally be indifferent to this. After all, it was just a game.

But having already known that the "Star River" game and Chen Boshi and these future people are related, everything in the game is also likely based on the future Blue Star. The mechas in "Star River" are nine out of ten the real mechas that future Blue Star can manufacture.

Even the Star Cloud Beasts in the game may be the huge disaster that Blue Star is about to face.

Chen Boshi also personally told him that "Ten Years of Military Service" is not a false thing, but a real military service that will happen in the future and will cause huge casualties.

Although Chen Boshi did not tell him the detailed matters of "Ten Years of Military Service," there is no doubt that the military service should have a lot to do with the game content of "Star River," and it is likely to involve the future Blue Star Alliance.

After all, in the special training scenes in the game, they are all projections of personnel from the future Blue Star Alliance.

Under such circumstances, although he does not know whether any country has already built real mechas now, there is no doubt that mastering mecha technology in "Star River," understanding the weaknesses of various Star Cloud Beasts, and knowing in advance what type of mecha he is suitable for is absolutely not wrong.

This is also his important self-protection means when future military service or huge disasters descend, so he has logged into the "Star River" game frequently these days.

At the moment, he has arrived at the counter in the hall. Behind the counter is a silver robot with a round head.

The robot's face is a cylindrical scanner. As soon as Wang Yu stood still in front of the counter, his face was immediately aimed at Wang Yu, and the scanner released a faint light column, scanning him from head to toe.

After the light column light was collected, a semi-transparent light screen appeared directly on the counter.

Wang Yu pointed a few times on the light screen with his hand, and a beautiful young woman's voice came from inside the silver robot:

"Respected formal mecha pilot, you have accepted the reward dungeon 'Moon Canyon Blocking Battle,' as long as you kill the specified number of Star Cloud Beasts in the dungeon, you can get the corresponding reward military merit."

As soon as the voice fell, white light lit up on Wang Yu's chest, and the originally hidden mecha pilot badge floated out, seemingly starting to receive some information.

After Wang Yu waited for the badge on his chest to dim again, he turned and left the counter, running toward the mecha warehouse outside the hall.

"Brother, Chinese? Which city? Willing to eat this bowl of civil servant rice? Whether it is municipal or provincial, as long as the background is clean, you can be directly arranged for a government position, starting from the section level?"

"Looking at your unfamiliar face, you are a newly become formal mecha pilot, right? Need financial support? Our company is a state-owned unit in the top three in Gan Province?"

"Sir, state-owned enterprises have too many rules, and capital approval is troublesome. Are you willing to consider cooperating with a real large enterprise? We are a multinational enterprise in the top 100 globally, and the signing fee starts at one million. Once signed, the money will be transferred immediately."

"Hey, friend, need a fixed team? Our team is a team in the top three in the base, and the captain is also a formal mecha pilot, already in the top 3,000 in the global ranking list."

……

Seven or eight players nearby had been waiting near the counter for a long time. After identifying the formal mecha pilot badge on Wang Yu's chest, they immediately "whooshed" and surrounded him, each being extremely enthusiastic to pull him in, and some even clicked on the system light screen to take photos and videos of Wang Yu.

You must know that under the background of "Star River," although there are hundreds of bases, the number of formal mecha pilots globally does not exceed one hundred thousand. Distributed on average, the number of formal mecha pilots in each base is only over one hundred.

Relative to the millions of players in each base, this is naturally the top group among them.

Although Wang Yu had known from Li Xiaodao that formal mecha pilots are very popular, seeing this scene, he was also somewhat speechless.

Without a second thought, he pressed a button on his clothing, and a silvery-white helmet instantly emerged from his head, covering his entire face. He quickly rejected the recruitment attempts of the people before him and pushed through the crowd to leave the vicinity of the counter.

These people saw this and didn't really pester him, but system prompts for adding friends kept coming to Wang Yu's ears.

Apparently, these people were using the system's short-range communication function to add him as a friend.

Wang Yu ignored these prompts and left the hall.

……

In the "Moon Canyon Blocking Battle" dungeon.

In a huge canyon about a mile wide, hundreds of mechas of various types, under the cover of numerous drone attacks, were fighting desperately with thousands of Star Cloud Beasts that were covered in five-colored feathers, with thin legs, walking like the wind, resembling giant ostriches.

These mechas were mostly standard mechas of various types, but they looked well-trained and fully armed.

Those ostrich-like Star Cloud Beasts, when fighting, had the long five-colored feathers on their tails dancing wildly, and also flashed with zizzing electric light, like several long electric whips. Once a mecha was whipped, the light ones would have parts short-circuit and smoke on the spot, and the heavy ones would have the entire mecha paralyzed and fall to the ground.

And the two thin long legs of these Star Cloud Beasts jumped several zhang high, and when they fell down fiercely, their claws were like sharp blades, piercing the mecha body and directly stepping the mecha into pieces.

Clearly, these Star Cloud Beasts are a type that specializes in close combat, and even in a one-on-one situation, these human mechas might not be able to win.

On the human side, the mechas were mostly in small teams of four or five, either outputting long-range firepower wildly in all directions, or waving shields and giant blades to help companions block the rushing Star Cloud Beasts, trying to pull away the distance as much as possible.

Although there were dense drone groups in the sky helping human mechas, limited by firepower, the laser bullets sprayed by these drones could only play a role of harassment and containment, and could not cause real damage to these Star Cloud Beasts.

On the contrary, once a drone flew too low, it would be jumped up by these Star Cloud Beasts and directly whipped by their tails to explode.

The mecha position that was originally blocking these Star Cloud Beast groups desperately was soon broken through by these beast groups, and mecha after mecha disappeared into the dense beast groups.

At this time, a roaring sound came from the sky, and a pitch-black giant spaceship a thousand meters long descended from high altitude, just blocking the front of the beast group, casting a large shadow on the canyon surface.

A roar.

The main gun, like a giant pillar, at the front of the spaceship sprayed a scorching light column, which penetrated through the beast group. All the Star Cloud Beasts swept by the light column instantly turned into ashes, leaving a deep giant trench on the ground.

With just this one strike, the beast group directly decreased by one-tenth or two-tenths.

But the giant gun barrel on the spaceship then turned red, and it was clear that it could not fire a second shot for a while.

Just when the beast group was in a commotion and began to be chaotic, a piercing sharp sound suddenly came from the beast group, and the remaining Star Cloud Beasts immediately rushed straight toward the spaceship as if they had received some kind of order.

"Boom-boom-boom."

Several cabin doors below the spaceship opened at the same time, and mechas of various colors flew out from within. Although the styles were different, they all had the two huge light words "Player" nailed on their heads.

Wang Yu was driving a conspicuous "Earth Dragon I Type" simple mecha, mixed among them. ===== CHAPTER 422 =====