Chapter 93: The Mech Competition
Yang Yunqiu shook her head silently.
"Don't worry about this."
Although there is not much money in the account he is using now, after all, a large sum of funds was spent to buy various materials. To know that the materials he bought, whether for making carriers for dolls or for making mechs, are the most advanced products in this space-time, expensive to death, spending tens of millions of star coins in total.
His films are still raking in the money, although seemingly not as fast as at first, but far from reaching their limit, and it shouldn't be a problem to earn several tens of millions more.
Besides, making TV dramas and films is a zero-cost business for him, which can be continued at any time.
Of course, Li Bo's concerns are also reasonable. The consumption level of the capital star is completely different from now, and the good things that can be bought are countless. At least, I heard that the latest invention of the Academy of Sciences, the folding space technology, has already been able to produce 30 cubic meters of space products.
This thing has not been industrialized yet, wanting to buy it is not only about having connections, but also requires a lot of money.
Yang Yunqiu had always wanted to study spatial magic, and he found some knowledge about space in the barren land left by his father. However, he never knew how to make a portable storage space that could be carried with him. If he could use these technological achievements, perhaps he could have a little breakthrough.
Nor is it known how much money the Academy of Sciences' space products can be bought for.
Yang Yunqiu and Li Bo both signed up for the Federal University entrance exam next June on Xingwang.
Both of them are going to take the federal university's military academy, which is also the most famous college in the federal university. Yang Yunqiu wants to major in Mechanized Infantry and Technical Command, while Li Bo reported Information Management.
The military academy started enrolling just under three days ago, but the number of applicants has already exceeded two million people.
The two majors they reported are also very popular, and the number of applicants in the military academy is also the largest.
Mechanized armor and technical command recruit one thousand people this year, information management recruits five hundred people. The number of admissions and the number of applicants are too small compared to each other. Yang Yunqiu even suspects that the teachers who review the papers can't finish reading so many exam papers!
Although there was an elimination exam in advance, the light brain autonomously reviewed the volume and eliminated unqualified students. However, very few examinees were eliminated in the first round in previous years. After all, they had confidence in themselves and dared to take the federal university exam, which is not possible for them to fail at the first hurdle.
The remaining second and third trials can only assist in reviewing papers with a light brain.
Apart from those rote memorization questions, what can truly determine whether a student is qualified or not are real people. Entrusting the fate of students to machines, those educators at Federal University who claim to control the future of the Federation, absolutely cannot do it.
After registering, Yang Yunqiu was a little worried. After all, he hadn't received regular education in this era. He took out the federal university's exam papers from previous years to try them out. The operation was fine, and he passed with high scores, but his written test results... although not very bad, entering the Federal University wasn't something that could be done with just a passing grade.
Having no choice but to squeeze out time to desperately review lessons, the tactics of fighting in a sea of questions on Earth's high school exams are just as useful as those used in interstellar warfare.
Li Bo's grades were even more critical, and he was forced to sign up. Who made him the boss? He didn't have a single grasp of it, and as a result, he was scared by Yang Yunqiu's sea of questions tactics, his face turned pale with fear.
Because Li Bo himself had a high IQ and was quick to remember things, Yang Yunqiu didn't have to accommodate his thoughts at all. She pulled out all the exam papers from Federal University over the years, downloaded various reference materials and questions on the internet, and dragged him into the sea of questions.
For a time, Li Bo was busy with various questions even when eating, sleeping and dreaming, while Yang Yunqiu could still find time to draw mecha design diagrams, organize materials, go online to watch movies. Except for saving time from going out for a walk, it seemed that he had not been greatly affected, the questions were all completed, and the accuracy rate was getting higher and higher.
"Monster!"
Li Bo had to admit that he used to think of those people, also space pirates, as idiots. He thought that if it weren't for his young age, he could instantly crush them all. So when he found the opportunity, he immediately betrayed and escaped. Now he realized what it means by "there are heavens beyond the heaven, and there are men beyond men". He was just ordinarily clever, but compared to the truly exceptional ones, he was nothing!
Yang Yunqiu reviewed while writing a TV play script.
He is a marginal planet-born, daily evil-doing interstellar pirate. Because he witnessed the tragic fate of his companions, he suddenly woke up and wanted to change his life.
Then entered a primary school, wanting to take an exam, and get into college.
Even a primary school that recruits people like him can't be a good school. The students inside are not there to learn, but rather to escape or hide. There are big shots who have fled, wanted criminals, and hitmen, all causing trouble every day, with no one actually studying.
The intergalactic pirate then worked hard to help one of the idiotic, weak but kind-hearted teachers, suppressing all the students and making them study hard. After going through various dangers and setbacks, they even helped a wanted criminal escape from police pursuit. In the end, everyone was admitted to a very good university. The wanted criminal also surrendered himself after receiving the admission letter because he was still underage and showed good behavior by surrendering himself and getting into college, so he received a reduced sentence.
His classmates ran and shouted, calling on society to pay attention to this group of reformed people. The school of the fugitive did not even expel his student status, and promised that he could continue to study after serving his sentence.
After all, it's a happy ending.
The TV series is inclined towards comedy, a group of students make a lot of jokes.
The doll is finished, and Yang Yunqiu herself can't help but laugh when she sees it. As for Li Bo, he's laughing on one side, and his eyes are getting red on the other side. It has to be said that Yang Yunqiu's sentimental skills might not work in the 21st century, some people might find them cheesy. But in this era, they're unparalleled, and whoever sees it can't help but be moved.
Li Bo rubbed his eyes and felt that his boss was even more mysterious.
He certainly knows that it's not difficult to produce a TV series with today's technology, and it's even possible to create animated characters without using real actors.
But writing a script, in two days, can produce a 20-episode TV series, probably my boss is the only one.
Yang Yunqiu's account - 'Past Shadows', has already gained some small fame on the Star Web, and as soon as the TV series was put up, many people subscribed to it.
Some fans of the movie "Infernal Affairs" were a bit disappointed, after all, the themes of movies and TV dramas are quite different. However, this "Dou Xue" is still quite popular, after all, the theme is novel, the characters and plot are unbelievable, and it's absolutely not something that exists in reality.
Yang Yunqiu had never looked at the audience's comments before. This time, she browsed through them slightly and saw that the most popular comment was from someone named Lin Mu, with a low and hoarse voice - "Watching all the works created by 'Past Shadows' is like having a big dream in life, absurd and unrealistic, but it always makes people feel deeply lost after watching, hoping this dream will never end."
This rumor is quite bland, but in today's time and space, it has already become a fairly high evaluation.
As for the others - the male otaku idolize their female goddesses, elevating a vase-like heroine from a movie to an unattainable height. The female otaku yearn for handsome guys, and the fans of several male protagonists in Douluo Continent engage in heated debates with sharp tongues and swords.
Also because of the death of the last brother in Mou Gaan Dou, someone attempted to intimidate the director with blood and even hired technical personnel to find out the director's true identity.
Yang Yunqiu took a look and it was over.
Netizens in this space-time continuum are much more peaceful than those on Earth. In the past, many movies and TV dramas were rarely discussed by people to such an extent. Recently, a fan gathering on Star Net even made several big news headlines, which further increased Yang Yunqiu's film popularity, with subscription numbers soaring. Even some well-known film and television companies in the universe have left messages to negotiate copyright, wanting to produce physical portable discs for sale.
Li Bo looked at the large sums of money pouring in and sighed, "I was right, knowledge is wealth. How much can you earn from fighting and killing? It's so dangerous. You're earning money at a speed that's almost like robbing, but not only can you spend it openly and enjoy the pleasure of having money freely, without worrying about being torn to pieces the next moment, but also gain a higher social status."
The tactics of the Sea of Questions have achieved initial success, and Li Bo's grades have improved greatly. After that, Yang Yunqiu's registration for the mecha driver assessment also began.
This assessment is relatively simple and most of the participants are not professionals.
There is a mech arena on Xingwang, and every time the driver assessment comes, all examinees will have their first trial in the virtual arena.
Yang Yunqiu found that this space-time might be too crowded, no matter what the exam is, it's always one two three four, and you have to take it many times before passing, it's even more frequent than all kinds of exams on Earth. Just taking exams takes up so much time, people who are not patient enough really find it hard to succeed.
After obtaining the admission ticket, entering the number and entering the platform, he randomly selected a mech.
Generally, randomly selected mechas are whiteboard mechas that have not undergone any reasonable modifications. They are old and outdated, with strong physical constraints and lack of freedom. Not to mention during the assessment period, even in children's daily mech battles on Star Net, no one would choose this type of mech.
Yang Yunqiu participated in such an assessment for the first time, with no points at all, and entered the primary war zone. As soon as he entered, someone invited him to join the battle, and he casually clicked agree.
One minute thirteen seconds.
Walking out of the battlefield, Yang Yunqiu took a look at the time and rushed towards another battlefield without stopping.
"What's going on?"
His poor opponent was still dazed and confused after the fight ended, unaware of what had happened.
It's all because Mu Wei is unlucky.
Mu Wei is taking the driver's test for the third time this year. His skills aren't bad, and he's using a top-of-the-line Fei Ying 3-type mech, a military model that's extremely expensive. It's considered one of the best mechs on the virtual platform. Unfortunately, Mu Wei has terrible luck. Before his first test, he came down with a high fever. The treatment robot made a programming error and administered the wrong medicine, turning a minor illness into a case of medicinal poisoning that required hospitalization. He was out for a long time recovering.
The first exam didn't pass, of course.
The second time was even more unlucky. After barely passing the first test, during the re-examination, he went out to buy food before the exam, and the police were chasing an escaped prisoner. He was extremely unfortunate to be taken as a hostage by the escaped prisoner, suffered serious injuries, fainted for over half a month, and had to give up the exam halfway through.
Failed again for the second time.
This is the third time, Mu Wei drew lessons from the past, and specially booked a hotel room, planning not to leave until the exam was over, and even hired a doctor and nutritionist to take care of his logistics.
Unexpectedly, in the first match, he eagerly pulled an opponent to abuse and boost morale, but unfortunately, someone was abused, not others, but himself!
"Ah, ah, ah——my mech!"
Warning, warning, armor damage rate seventy-eight percent.
Mu Wei was on the verge of tears, his mecha had been badly damaged in the first round of exams, and there were still half a month to go, what else could he do?
"Which freaky expert ran to the primary trial area to bully people, don't newbies have human rights?!" Mu Wei was furious and spoke rapidly for half a day, but there was no response from the other side.
Yang Yunqiu was fully immersed in the thrill of mech combat and had long since shut off all communication devices, unable to hear anything at all.
Mu Wei sighed and posted on the Star Net - Everyone be careful, there is a master using a whiteboard mech to bully newbies!
He uploaded the video of his battle with the opponent and watched it again. Mu Wei still couldn't understand how he inexplicably lost. He slowed down the playback speed by half, only to discover that as soon as the opponent entered the starry background combat zone, they didn't set up a defensive barrier like him, but instead charged straight in, avoiding all the asteroids without even grazing their mech.
The speed of the whiteboard mech wasn't slow, but it also wasn't extremely fast. The opponent's attack was just within the mech's tolerable range, at its fastest speed. As soon as they approached, with just two slashes, one from bottom to top and one from top to bottom, like cutting tofu, his mech sounded a red alert, nearly completely destroyed, and lost all combat capability.
Mu Wei carefully observed the opponent's neat and efficient movements, without any tactical display, yet making everyone understand that this was a master, at least able to rank in the top hundred in the Mech Warrior Ranking War.
He was so aggrieved that he almost wiped away tears.
"Are you a master mech pilot or something? Are you sick in the head, coming here to bully us newbies?"
By the time he posted, Yang Yunqiu had already fought fifty battles and won all of them.
Opponent random, background random, mecha random. In others' eyes, he was arrogant to the extreme, who would have thought that Yang Yunqiu just wasn't very familiar with the rules, so everything was random, and he simply stole a lazy one.
