Then, Nalanxin introduced Lando and others who came to participate in the escort mission one by one. Osana Carioca also introduced a deputy captain and a logistics department director who came to greet them.
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Although Lando and the others are just here to make soy sauce this time, and they are all very young, their status as Yanlong University students is enough to attract attention no matter where they are placed, not to mention Osana Carioca and the others also know how to paint.
The meaning of society, so there is no thought of neglect.
On the other hand, Osana Carioca's side, although there were more than a dozen people who came to greet her, and even the lowest status was at the level of captain of the escort team, who was also a powerful figure on the transport ship, but he was really qualified to be introduced.
There are only a few people with good status.
Osana Carioca said in a slightly rough voice: "First of all, on behalf of all the members of the Attenborough, I welcome you all."
"Captain Leif is unable to come to greet you in person due to his busy schedule. Please forgive me. There will be a welcome banquet prepared by the captain for you later. Please be sure to appreciate it."
Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a moment, and then walked toward the interior of the transport ship together.
At this time, the head of the logistics department took over and introduced the Attenborough to everyone with excitement.
There is no doubt that this is a giant transport ship, and its length of 500 meters and width and height of 300 meters all illustrate this point.
In addition to the necessary warehouses and spaceship components, the usable area here is no less than that of some small cities. Bars, game halls, cinemas and other entertainment facilities are also available.
Of course, due to the high degree of automation, there are usually only about 50,000 standing personnel on board the Attenborough.
This includes spacecraft pilots, escorts, maintenance personnel, and other staff.
Because of its huge size and structure, it is generally unable to land on the planet's surface, and can only transport cargo through its own small transport ship.
Just when everyone was about to leave the small transport ship and dock at the warehouse, a sudden, strange feeling came, making Lando stop and look back.
Ava, who was walking next to him, asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, let's go." Lando shook his head slightly.
Although he said that, he was actually vaguely aware that there seemed to be a line of sight coming from the direction just now. In addition to envy and jealousy, there was also a hint of... malice?
Envy and jealousy are easy to understand. Even the captains who followed Osana Carioca looked at Lando and the others with this emotion, but the malice was worth pondering.
When Lando felt that gaze looking back, there was nothing but darkness.
After thinking about it, Lando stopped a team leader next to him, pointed in the direction of his vision and asked: "Where is that place over there?"
The squad leader looked back and said politely: "That's one of the engine compartments of the Attenborough."
After hesitating for a moment, he then reminded: "That area belongs to the restricted area of the Attenborough. Only maintenance personnel and supervisors above the spacecraft can enter."
Lando nodded slightly, understood what the other party meant, and then stopped asking any more questions.
Soon, under the leadership of the logistics supervisor, Lando and his party were arranged into the guest room.
Lando looked at his room. It was not big, but it was well-equipped, similar to a standard hotel room. The wall corresponding to the door could also be directly transparent, allowing people in the room to enjoy the starry sky outside.
After cleaning up briefly, there was a knock on the door. Lando opened the door and saw Ava and Terry standing outside.
Terry said with a smile: "Let's go, let the senior take you to play!"
Ava patted Terry and said with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense. We are going to hang out on the boat. Do you want to go together?"
Lando smiled and said, "Okay, that's exactly what I meant."
While the three of them were traveling together, other members of the escort team were either hanging out in twos or threes, or resting alone in their rooms.
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Nadine was walking in the complex maintenance warehouse road, and from time to time she would encounter some workers performing maintenance on the road.
The status of the Attenborough's maintenance personnel is actually not low. It can be said that they are second only to the ship's control personnel and basically on the same level as the escort.
But it has to be said that the working environment of maintenance personnel is quite harsh in some places.
As Nadine continued to advance, she met fewer and fewer staff, the lighting environment in the passage gradually deteriorated, and various strange smells of engine oil and smoke even wafted in the air.
Nadine didn't take it seriously. He went straight to a certain line node and stopped. He listened quietly for a while. After making sure there was no one nearby, he opened the node, then took out a thumb-sized crystal from his pocket and inserted it into the node.
During the route, everything was restored to its original state with great care.
Just when Nadine was about to get up and return, she suddenly saw what seemed to be a figure in the shadows not far ahead. She immediately broke into a cold sweat and shouted: "Who? Who is there?!"
The figure stepped out of the shadows and came into the dim light.
After seeing the figure, Nadine breathed a sigh of relief and said dissatisfied: "Naim, do you want to scare me to death?!"
Naim is a middle-aged man with a sinister appearance. He looked at Nadine coldly and said, "You are moving too slowly!"
Nadine frowned and said: "Some nodes are too sensitive. It is not easy to insert the 'nail' without attracting attention. This is the last one."
Naim looked slightly relieved, nodded, turned and left.
Nadine hesitated for a moment and said: "You should also know, those people from Yanlong University boarded the ship today, they..."
Naim interrupted Nadine and said: "They are just here for gold plating, just a formality. We only need to do our own thing and don't worry about other things!"
Nadine was still a little worried and said: "However, I heard that these people have unusual identities and may be very powerful. Will they affect our plan?"
Naim sneered: "Very strong?! Huh! So what if they are geniuses? They are just some young boys. If they shrink down, they will avoid trouble in the future. The only thing is to save their lives. If they dare to show off?
Humph! Just kill them all, or at worst, change your life to another star field in the future!"
"Anyway, after finishing this job, the money each of us can get is enough to spend the rest of our lives leisurely!"
Seemingly convinced by Naim's last words, Nadine nodded gloomily without saying anything else.
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"...I believe this will be a pleasant mission, so I wish you all a good time!" Captain Leif raised his glass and made his final concluding remarks.
Naturally, everyone raised their glasses to show their support.
A welcome banquet can be said to be a great time for both host and guest.
After the meal, several people went back to their respective rooms to rest.
On the way, Ava smiled and said: "It seems that we are really here to make fun of ourselves. Captain Leif directly regards us as tourists."
Terry said nonchalantly: "Isn't that the truth? The Attenborough is taking a normal commercial route and has never made any mistakes. The transport of the exhibits this time is just a matter of convenience. There is almost no possibility of an accident."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Ava suddenly said with dissatisfaction: "You are a crow's mouth. If nothing happens, nothing will happen. What the hell is your 'almost no chance of anything going wrong'? Why did I feel that this time when you said this?
What will happen to the mission?!"
Terry said speechlessly: "What kind of superstitious statement are you talking about! Even if something happens, it can only be planned by others. How can it be blamed on me just because I said this?"
The two argued for a while, and Terry waved his hand first and said, "I won't talk nonsense to you anymore. My battle is about to start. What about you? First half or second half?"
The battle that Terry mentioned was naturally the main battle of the [Longma Group Bronze Level Mecha Combat Competition].
Today is the first day of the main competition. 64 players will compete in 32 games, divided into two halves. Terry is in the first half.
Ava said: "In the second half, it seems that our brothers have to wait until the finals to meet each other."
Terry sneered: "With your three-legged cat skills, it would be nice to get a consolation prize. I'm here for the final championship reward!"
"Huh?!" Ava said disdainfully: "The championship prize is mine. I just lack a suitable advanced mecha module!"
Terry turned to Ava and said, "Oh? You are very motivated! Then I will wait for you in the finals, and then try your best!"
Ava pouted and said, "As long as you don't get eliminated midway!"
Seeing that the two people's words were full of tension, but they were clearly encouraging each other, Lando, who was a transparent light bulb, shook his head speechlessly. They are really a pair of good friends!
Lando's game was in the second half, but he had no intention of hanging out on the Attenborough. He returned to his room, logged into [World of Machine Combat], looked at the list of 64 players, and randomly guessed about Ava and Terry.
identity.
The atmosphere of the main competition is obviously much more lively than that of the knockout rounds. After all, the masters are selected from tens of thousands of bronze-level experts. Many of them are even slightly famous and active in various bronze-level competitions.
Of course, there are many dark horses like Lando.
Watching each battle, Lando's turn soon came.
There was no host coming to warm up the scene or anything like that, they just asked Lando to choose to ban a type of battle field before starting the battle.
Lando casually banned the floating island in the universe, and then chose to confirm the battle.
"The next two players to compete are the 'Machine War Emperor' and the 'King of Beasts'!"
"The venues that the two of them banned are 'Cosmic Floating Island' and 'Boundless Wilderness'!"
"The random battlefield for two people is... Marina Sand Island!"
"The battle... begins!"
The audience in the audience booed when they heard their names. They felt that the names of these two bronze-level players were more exaggerated than the other.
When Lando opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at a beach environment. On the left was the undulating sea water, on the right were patches of coconut trees, and some rocks could be seen further away.
It seems to be on a small island.
The soft sand underfoot will hinder movement to a certain extent, but this is mutual.
Lando looked at his opponent. The streamlined style should be agility in close combat. The only thing that was special was that the head of the opponent's armor was not human-shaped, but clearly animal-shaped, and the limbs seemed to be specially constructed.
, and there is a long mechanical tail behind it.
As the ten-second countdown to the start of the battle slowly reached zero, the shield restraining both sides disappeared, and Lando and his opponent's beast-headed mecha rushed towards each other at the same time.
"Ding ding ding!~"
In a moment, several crisp sounds sounded together.
Lando turned around, showing a look of great interest. Since entering the [World of Machine Warfare], all the opponents he has fought against will be easily crushed by him in close combat unless they are too powerful.
This is natural. After all, with Lando's martial arts attainments, even if he cannot fully display them in the dimensional universe, the martial arts skills alone are enough to make him invincible in close combat.
But the opponent in front of him was able to easily block his attack, which was very interesting.
Little did he know that the pilot of the beast-headed mecha was already sweating coldly.
Although the confrontation just now was short, she had already tried her best. If she hadn't been born with a beast-like fighting intuition, she might have been defeated by Lando's sharp arm blade that pierced the cockpit just now!
After a brief period of fear, there was a tremor of excitement!
She... hasn't felt this way for a long time!
That is... the joy between life and death!
Lando bullied him again, and the beast-headed mecha showed no sign of weakness, and even showed some fighting skills that surprised him!
That's right, it's not a fighting skill, it's a life-and-death fighting skill!
With the special mecha structure, Lando even felt that his opponent did not look like a human, but some kind of beast.
Claws, pounce, bite, tail sweep!
Many times, a blow that Lando thought would be a sure hit would be dodged by the opponent's beastly instincts.
Of course, the reason why the beast-headed mecha was able to fight Lando for such a long time was mainly because he simply relied on the Clivia's own performance and his own martial arts to fight, and did not use other means.
It had been a long time since he had encountered an opponent who could stretch his muscles. Lando also became interested. He retracted his arm blades and turned his five fingers into claws, biting his opponent like a beautiful tiger.
"Roar!~"
Vaguely, a demonic tiger seemed to rise behind Lando, letting out a ferocious roar!
This demonic tiger's phantom and ferocious roar do not occur on any physical level, and cannot even be perceived by consciousness. Only a keen mind can vaguely detect it.
At the moment when the demon tiger's shadow roared, the driver of the beast-headed mecha froze. She seemed to...feel the presence of the demon tiger.
Five huge scratches streaked across the void, leaving... well, five scratches on the body of the beast-headed mecha.
Lando looked at the scratches on the five fingers of Clivia's right hand and was speechless for a moment.
After all, there are no martial arts rules in the dimensional universe, and even his awakened supreme magical power, ‘All Things’, cannot be used in this universe, let alone others.
Seeing that his opponent was still in a stunned state, Lando did not wait for the opponent to turn around, and directly stretched out his arm blade to kill the opponent.