MDT Chapter 142 Part 2 (Patreon)

Chapter 142 Part 2: The First Mech

"Hmm?"

In the Goblin's Tomb, Chen Mang stared expressionlessly at the blueprint in his hand for a long time before looking up at Biaozi. "You're telling me you dug this mech blueprint out of the ground?"

"Yes, sir."

Biaozi nodded seriously. "Not just this mech blueprint. We also dug up a Train Token, some abandoned pickaxes, scattered iron ore, copper ore, wood, and even spider silk and what looks like goblin remains."

"It's a mess down there. You can dig up anything."

"Alright, I get it. You can go."

Later, in the control car.

Chen Mang looked at the three blueprints in his hand. One was a mech blueprint, and the other two were vehicle accessory blueprints. They were all green-grade, but damaged. An experiment he had wanted to conduct for a long time had finally yielded a conclusion.

Blueprints could be damaged.

They looked like they had been damaged for ages, completely faded. The "Mech Blueprint" in his hand, however, was still intact.

Green-grade mech blueprint—

[Executioner II.]

[Melee burst-type mech.]

[All firepower configurations have been removed to maximize the mech's defense and speed.]

[External armor and the great axe it carries are Level 4. Maximum speed can reach 140 km/h. It can fight at full strength for 100 hours with a Level 2 Energy Stone embedded. Detailed mech stats are as follows…]

[Requires the operator to have a comprehensive physical fitness higher than 13.5. It can exert full power when the operator's fitness is above 14.0.]

[No mental strength requirement.]

[Crafting cost is 18,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore.]

"…"

Chen Mang looked down at the mech blueprint in his hand, let out a long sigh, then walked off the train, lit three cigarettes, and stuck them in the ground. He looked up at the sky and murmured, "Heaven, you truly are looking out for me…"

He had just been thinking about where to get a mech blueprint, and now he had one.

Mechs couldn't be upgraded.

To get a stronger mech, you had to build one from a stronger mech blueprint.

According to Xiao Ai's information, on the entire Stellar, only Zhang Damei could use this mech. Everyone else's comprehensive physical fitness wasn't up to standard. He immediately had Xiao Ai summon Zhang Damei.

Before leaving, he stuck three more cigarettes in the ground as a send-off for the Purple Cloud.

Then he consumed 18,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore and built the Stellar's first mech.

Chen Mang stood beside the train and tossed a suitcase-like object into the air. The suitcase quickly unfolded mid-air and rapidly expanded. By the time it landed, it had become a four-meter-tall heavy mech.

It wasn't tall, only four meters.

Smaller than the mech he had seen in the City of Machines, but standing before a human, it was enough to give a sense of overwhelming power.

The interlocking steel composite armor on its chest, the bolts at the edge of each plate as large as an adult's fist, and the scarlet lines on the armor, like magma flowing through a giant's skin.

The shoulders extended outward into rhino-like pauldrons.

The cockpit was in the abdomen. The operator needed to sit there, controlling the mech through a control stick and their thoughts. The cockpit was also equipped with many components.

For example…

A "small AI," a "small oxygen generator," and so on.

The cockpit's observation window was hidden behind layers of protective grating. The operator could observe the enemy with their naked eye, or through several hidden cameras on the mech, watching the surroundings on a screen in the cockpit.

It also carried an extremely exaggerated great axe, with a handle nearly four meters long.

"Whoa."

Standing there, Chen Mang looked at the mech before him and couldn't help but walk up to it. After pressing a hidden red button on the mech's knee, the cockpit in the mech's abdomen slowly lowered to the ground.

He opened the cockpit door and sat inside.

The next moment.

Several cables with suction cups at their ends extended from behind the seat and attached to his neck. The chair also contracted inward, firmly fixing his body to the seat. At the same time, silicone-like molds on all four sides of the cockpit enveloped his hands and feet.

Simultaneously.

The screen in the cockpit began to flash red.

"Warning, warning!"

"The operator's comprehensive physical fitness is not up to standard. Forcing use may result in injury."

Ignoring the risk.

Chen Mang glanced at the line of text. The cockpit didn't have many buttons. After the four silicone molds had enveloped his limbs, he felt as if he had become one with the mech.

He tried to lift his left arm.

As he lifted his left arm in the cockpit, the mech's left arm also slowly lifted.

It was just…

Chen Mang gritted his teeth, using all his strength to lift his left arm. At this moment, there was only one concept in his mind: heavy, so damn heavy.

But his efforts paid off!

A few seconds later, he successfully raised his left arm into the air, but his back was already drenched in sweat.

"Whew!"

"Not bad."

Chen Mang controlled the mech to raise its arm, smiling with satisfaction. Then he controlled the left arm again, preparing to pick up the great axe held in the right hand. He used his left arm to grip the great axe, then had the right arm release it.

Then, the next moment—

"Bang."

The weight of the great axe directly caused the mech to stumble and kneel on the ground.

The great axe had been stuck in the ground before, so he hadn't felt its weight. But when he held it in his hand, preparing to lift it, he could feel what true weight was.

…..

"So… so cool!"

Just then.

Zhang Damei, who had just arrived, was slightly stunned as she looked at the scene before her. The mech was half-kneeling, its axe handle stuck in the ground, its head raised to the sky, like a general returning in triumph to report to his emperor.

Then.

She saw Master Mang walk out of the mech's cockpit, one hand behind his back, his face calm as he leaned on his cane and walked to the side.

"Mas… Master Mang?"

A flicker of shock crossed Zhang Damei's eyes. She had been wondering who the operator of this mech was—maybe Brother Biao. She hadn't expected it to be Master Mang. She had never fought him herself, but Brother Biao had mentioned that Master Mang was incredibly strong in life-and-death situations. Seeing this display, she finally believed it.

….

"Mm."

Chen Mang stood with one hand behind his back, his face expressionless as he looked at Zhang Damei and said calmly, "This mech is yours from now on. Go figure out how to operate it. There's a tutorial inside. It won't be too difficult."

"Go on."

With that, he didn't linger, just walked calmly into the train, then to Carriage #2, and without even taking off his clothes, lay down in the "Medical Bay."

"Max it out, and be quick about it."

"It hurts."

He didn't know if it was a fracture or a pulled muscle, but it didn't matter. He just knew it hurt, a piercing pain.

What kind of crappy mech was this?

Did a mech really have such high requirements for the operator's comprehensive physical fitness?

It was probably partly because this mech was made with Zhang Damei's "Soldier Exoskeleton" as its frame, so it didn't quite fit him. The cost of building this thing was much cheaper than the train's armor.

The same Level 4 defense.

This mech only cost 18,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore.

Building one was enough. Building another would be pointless; no one else could use it.

Soon—

After consuming 10,000 units of iron ore, Chen Mang jumped out of the Medical Bay, strode toward the train room, and grabbed a few more roujiamo to stuff in his mouth. He should eat more of this stuff. His comprehensive physical fitness was too low. Every little bit helped.

After walking into the train room, he lay down in the "Combat Training Virtual Space" again. He had to train more.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to pilot a mech in the future.

….

Beside the train.

Zhang Damei was sitting in the cockpit, her eyes full of excitement and thrill as she controlled the mech to run wildly across the wasteland, occasionally making leaping and chopping motions.

"Die!!!"

Getting into the spirit of it, Zhang Damei controlled the mech to roar, throwing the great axe high into the air. Then she bent her knees and leaped with force. The nitro boosters behind the mech suddenly shot out two blue flames, causing the mech to chase after the thrown great axe at an even faster speed, gripping the handle with both hands.

She swung the great axe in a circle, like a Noxian Guillotine, and brought it down heavily from the sky toward a dry branch on the ground.

"Boom!"

A huge collision sounded, and a large amount of dust exploded.

When the dust slowly dispersed, a very heavy-looking mech was kneeling on one knee on the ground, its axe handle stuck in the ground, its head raised to the sky. The mechanical eyes in its eye sockets were flashing with a faint, scarlet light.

The scarlet lines on the all-black mech's surface added a hint of bloodiness to it.

"So cool!"

Inside the cockpit, Zhang Damei couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. Master Mang's pose was cool. She decided that from now on, this would be her MVP pose. Every time she completed a mission and returned in triumph, she would kneel before Master Mang like this!

A general returning in triumph after a bloody battle!

…..

Standing to the side, Biaozi looked at this scene and sighed with emotion. "You have to admit, this one has real combat talent. This is the Stellar's first mech, and it was just given to her. I'm really envious."

All the train residents were mining.

Those who sold meat, worked as shop assistants, were in charge of cleaning, and other train residents were also digging in the open space next to them with pickaxes. There were a lot of good things buried underground.

No one should be idle; everyone should come and work.

They could only stay for 48 hours. All available labor had to be put to use.

"That mech requires a comprehensive physical fitness of at least 13.5 to pilot, and 14.0 to fully exert its power. Even if it were given to you, you'd have to be able to pilot it."

Lao Zhu pursed his lips. He didn't have to work. He was in charge of distributing all the supplies evenly within these 48 hours—cola, bread, water, etc.

He was in charge of guarding against unknown dangers and also supervising whether any train residents had stuffed contraband into their pockets, especially after the first resident had turned in a Train Token. If there was a first, there would be a second.

When you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

A Train Token itself was useless.

But once someone pocketed this thing, they'd start getting ideas, and sooner or later, that would mean trouble.

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