277: Chapter 277 Disassembling the machine in a second, whose hand is hidden in the Beijing compensation?

The black-gold mecha crossed the perimeter line.

Eight sets of flight modules spewed blue flames, and four crystal core Cannons lifted in sequence.

The muzzles swept across titan no. 1, then bore down on shadow protector no. 2 in the pit.

Gu Beichen turned on the external speaker.

"A piece of junk cobbled together from scraps; adding one more just means adding another pile of scrap metal."

Around the test field, cameras rotated in sync.

The live feeds from Jiang City, Zhe City, and Shanghai were all connected.

The Beijing transport aircraft also set up equipment, sending the footage back to the control center.

Tang Qiqi crunched down on the cookie in her mouth.

"You said one against two, but you didn't specify which two."

Gu Beichen scanned the test field: "Doesn't matter, they're all the same."

Lin Yuan leaned against the second-floor observation deck and nodded.

Tang Qiqi hit the switch.

The side door rose.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen walked into the field.

The close-fitting power spine connected along her back.

The arm armor, load-bearing waist guard, and leg amplification rings lit up in sections, while her chest, abdomen, and knees remained free to move.

Gu Beichen recognized her.

"Team Leader Ling."

"After leaving Beijing for so long and slaving away for Lin Yuan, you couldn't even get a complete mecha?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen rotated her shoulders.

"You're wearing tons of iron, yet you talk as much as your dead father."

Gu Beichen roared and ascended.

The eight sets of thrusters changed direction continuously, and the mecha swept over the test field.

The four crystal core Cannons split into two groups, blue light sealing off the front and sides of Grandmaster Ling Suzhen.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen shattered the ground.

The leg amplification rings propelled her body forward more than twenty meters.

She stepped onto an alloy test post and used it to leap up.

Gu Beichen moved sideways several dozen meters.

Two beams of cannon fire grazed her leg armor and slammed into the crash wall behind her.

Four holes pierced through the wall, and fragments littered the ground.

[Right leg amplification ring temperature exceeds warning threshold.]

The engineer stared at the load curve.

"Power spine is stable."

"Right leg temperature is still rising."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen landed and circled behind the test post.

Gu Beichen lowered his altitude, and the black-gold mecha stopped thirty meters in front of her.

The shoulder cannons adjusted their angle, deliberately exposing the gap behind.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stomped the ground again.

Just as she leaped, the eight sets of thrusters fired simultaneously.

The black-gold mecha climbed higher.

The four crystal core Cannons bombarded down in a cross pattern from above.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen was in mid-air, her arm armor shielding her head.

The cannon fire pressed her back down to the field, her soles carving out a trench over ten meters long.

The power spine absorbed the force in succession.

The right leg amplification ring's protective cover popped open, and heat vented out.

In the Beijing engineering team, someone laughed out loud.

In the live broadcast channel, the comments began to scroll.

[Can't even touch him.]

[An entire technological generation apart.]

[How is this even a fight?]

Gu Beichen hovered in mid-air.

The four cannons locked onto Grandmaster Ling Suzhen.

"Lin Yuan, publicly acknowledge my contribution to the Shanghai defense battle."

"And admit that without Beijing's materials, the Titan Project wouldn't even be able to start its production line."

Lin Yuan ignored him.

His gaze fell toward the control console.

Tang Qiqi pressed both hands onto the main control console.

"It's not over yet, what's the rush?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen deactivated the right leg amplification ring.

She unlatched the crystal core slot at her waist and held a blue crystal in her hand.

Gu Beichen immediately retreated.

"Fire all four cannons!"

Blue light gathered inside the cannon barrels.

Time stop covered the test field.

One second.

The propulsion exhaust flames froze in mid-air.

The blue light at the muzzles froze just before firing.

The ground beneath Grandmaster Ling Suzhen shattered.

The power spine took the force of her first step.

With the secondary propulsion from the leg armor, she leaped behind the black-gold mecha in a single step.

This distance exceeded the limits of her physical combat power.

Time resumed.

Gu Beichen only had time to turn his head.

Click!

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's arms clamped onto the load-bearing beam between the flight module and the chest armor.

With a twist of her waist and back, the eight sets of thrusters and the power frame were ripped out of the mecha.

Cables snapped.

Fastening bolts hit the ground.

Coolant splashed through the air.

The black-gold mecha lost lift and plummeted from over ten meters high.

Boom!

The test area collapsed into a deep pit.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stepped on the cockpit shell, her arm armor pressing against Gu Beichen's face.

Four characters were engraved on the metal surface.

Changming Martial Maiden.

No one in the Beijing engineering team laughed anymore.

In the live broadcast feeds from the three locations, only the black-gold wreckage remained under Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's feet.

Tang Qiqi picked up half a cookie.

"A complete mecha?"

"It flew pretty complete, and not a single part was missing when it fell."

Gu Beichen was, after all, an S-rank powerhouse.

Even after falling from over ten meters, he still gritted his teeth.

"I haven't lost yet!"

He bypassed three safety confirmations and directly hit the wartime unlock button.

The four crystal core Cannons lit up simultaneously, but the targeting reticle drifted wildly on the damaged screen.

"Captain Gu, don't! There are people all around!"

The people from the Beijing engineering team shouted.

[Weapon system out of control.]

Su Xiaonuan pressed the isolation button.

Alloy gates dropped down toward the spectator area.

Qin Yumo drew her dual blades and had already vaulted over the railing.

Before the cannon fire could erupt, the side door of the test field was smashed open by a heavy frame.

feilong no. 3 charged into the center of the beam.

Green Lotus Fire spread along the flow channels, covering the chest armor and arms.

The four cannon blasts collided with the wall of fire.

The heavy mecha slid back seven meters.

The foot anchoring teeth sliced into the ground, and heat waves spewed from the armor seams.

Jiang Yun pushed the mechanical arms to close.

Green Lotus Fire enveloped the cannon fire from both sides.

The energy from the Crystal Cannons was swept into the flow channels and poured all the way into the core along feilong no. 3's power spine.

[External energy conversion complete.]

[Mecha output increased by 30%.]

feilong no. 3 steadied its body.

The three characters on the chest armor were illuminated by the firelight.

Jiang Yun pushed the control stick.

The heavy mecha stomped across the scorched ground and slammed a fist against Gu Beichen's chest armor.

The two mechas crashed back into the center of the test field, the black-gold outer armor collapsing inward.

Gu Beichen repeatedly tapped the start button.

[Propulsion system offline.]

[Main control system failure.]

[Backup power supply interrupted.]

Tang Qiqi raised the megaphone.

"You said you wanted one against two."

"The second one went to the restroom and arrived a bit late."

"Didn't expect you to have already lost."

She pointed toward feilong no. 3.

"Why don't you try standing up again?"

Gu Beichen's hand froze on the control console.

The Beijing engineering team bowed their heads and packed away their recording pads.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen jumped down from the wreckage.

Jiang Yun opened the cockpit, the cuffs of her sportswear still stained with ash from the corpse-burning field.

She looked down to inspect feilong no. 3's chest armor, where only four scorch marks remained.

Tang Qiqi ran over and touched the flow channel.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

The engineering team entered the field to dismantle the black-gold mecha.

When the main control board was removed, an engineer stopped.

A black module was stuck in the interlayer.

Liu Qing connected the circuits.

The data behind her thick glasses reflected on the lenses, and the transmitted records were pulled up on the main screen one by one.

[Data collection target: Tiangong No. 1 energy structure.]

[Data collection target: Tiangong No. 1 defense system.]

[Data collection target: Spatial Ability fluctuations.]

Su Xiaonuan walked to the center of the test field.

"Seal the module."

"Confiscate Gu Beichen's mecha."

"Sync the detection records with Jiang-Zhe-Hu Region and Beijing, and have all parties archive them together."

The person in charge of the Beijing engineering team stepped forward.

"This might be a faulty component; we need to take it back for investigation."

Su Xiaonuan raised her tablet and hit the person directly in the face with it.

"From now on, you are also under investigation."

The other party wanted to say something angrily, but Qin Yumo already had her blade against his neck.

The soldiers on the outer perimeter closed the gates.

Their guns were trained on the Beijing transport aircraft.

Tang Qiqi crouched beside the black-gold mecha and used a marker to write two words on the damage report.

Materials.

Lin Yuan looked up.

The Beijing channel was already connected.

Adam sat behind the conference table, a thermos cup placed by his hand.

Lin Yuan pushed the espionage records onto the screen.

"You want me to help you fight the twelfth Red Moon."

"Shouldn't you give an explanation for this?"