Pleased to Start Over

System v. System 2.7

Chapter 20: Arc 2 Part 7

Author:橘子

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Qiao Chen spent several hours writing the new program. Then he explained the debugging process to the other engineers so they could quickly begin the process of testing it. All the mech engineers simultaneously executed the process, so they could debug the program for all the Special Ops mechs before dawn arrived. Qiao Chen helped out as well. He worked on Auray's mech.

Auray stood in the cockpit nearby. He watched as Qiao Chen's slender fingers flew across the controls, installing the chip and debugging the program on it.

Qiao Chen finished the debugging process and looked over to Auray, "Hey, come here."

Auray thought Qiaoyi was going to go over the operating process again. He still went over even though he had already heard everything at the meeting.

Qiao Chen took out a transparent crystal card covered in circuitry and said, "This is a card I made myself. It can multiply the strength all of your current mech's system functions by 10. However, this boost can only last for ten minutes."

"You're letting me use this?" Auray asked as he took the skill boost card and looked at it. To be able to multiply a mech's strength by 10, even if only for ten minutes, is very useful... hmm, it would be better if you save it for critical situations.

"Well you are the captain. You're supposed to be the best of the Special Operation members. Of course it's for you to use, but not for free. There's something I want you to do with the boost card."

"What's the objective?" Auray asked seriously. He had always been the serious and unsmiling type and became even more solemn at the mention of an objective.

Qiao Chen resisted the urge to pinch and knead Auray's face, so he wouldn't tighten his expression any further.

Qiao Chen explained, "Find an opportunity to capture one of the other side's mechs and bring it back. If we have the mech, then I might be able to use it to find the location of their base of operations. If we do this, then the probability of winning becomes much higher. As far as how to capture an enemy mech, well, you should know better than I do. Creating and executing the battle plan should be your forte as well, right?"

"There's no 'should' about it. I will bring back the mech to you. It just won't be in this upcoming fight. I have to first set up the trap and then patiently wait for the perfect chance. This might also take a few battles before it is successful." Auray replied as he looked at Qiao Chen. His eyes quickly traced along the silhouette of Qiao Chen's face.

"That doesn't bother me." Qiao Chen said as he shrugged. "It's fine- as long as it's within the Triennial Combat Practice's given time frame. And it's needless to say, but obviously the sooner the better."

"Have you reported this plan to the Vice Captain?" Auray asked.

"I haven't had the time yet. I'll tell him in a minute."

At dawn, the fifth fleet appeared ready to initiate a fierce, intense battle. All of the third fleet's Special Ops team bypassed several mountains and met them head on. The battle began once the two divisions met.

The enemy mech still wanted to reuse their stealth method and ambush the third fleet's mechs. However, while the enemy mechs were invisible to the eyes watching the screen, the third fleet Special Ops continued to pilot their mechs normally. It appeared as though they were constantly attacking empty spaces or fighting with the wind. In spite of that, the battle looked organized. It didn't seem as if third fleet was just attacking random spaces.