ABO Cadets (c33+) (軍校生/在学生) by: 蝶之灵 (Chinese BL Translation)

Chapter 038: The Mech Contest

The 80 people who entered the semi-final round were re-divided into 8 groups, the first half was separated into groups A1-A4 and the second half was split off into groups B1-B4, each group had 10 people. The previous point system and competition-based matches stayed the same and the top 4 players would be able to advance to the next round and then move further on to find the strongest out of the 32 schools.

Afterward, when Lin Yuan had taken a look at the group listing, he unexpectantly found Baker's name on the list of names. He didn't expect this guy to be able to enter the quarter-finals. Apparently, Baker had also found out, and also specially sent a message saying: "Boss, in tomorrow mornings semi-final, we are in the same group!"

Lin Yuan smiled and replied: "En, I saw in the arena, I will not be polite."

Thinking back to when Lin Yuan had slammed down an Alpha in 3 seconds, Baker was suddenly trembling in fear—not being polite? Does he mean to slam me down in three seconds, ah?

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The next day during the semi-finals, Lin Yuan was really not polite.

The semi-final is still integrated at the school and provides mechs. The competition is carried out in a dedicated training room and the mechs are all in the C-Class range. The mech type can be chosen by the students. Lin Yuan chooses the humanoid mech according to his usual preference. This type is the most familiar to him and it is also what he is best at playing.

Lin Yuan's code number is No. 77, which is divided into the A1 group. His first match is directly against Baker who is No. 198.

Baker chose a black bird type and the two men greeted each other and started the match under the direction of the referee.

As soon as the timing card lit up, Baker's mech took off immediately!

He had originally wanted to go around Lin Yuan's body and then afterward commit a sneak attack. However, with Lin Yuan recalling the battles between Big Prince and Small Prince in the past few days, he has long since become deeply familiar with the characteristics of various types of flying mechs. Inwardly, he had already been quickly thinking through the direction and route of its take-off. After configuring its direction and route, Lin Yuan unceremoniously opened the ion cannon directly in his arm, before aiming —and then firing!

With a resounding bang, Baker's No. 198 mech wings were quickly blown to pieces...

Baker: "......"

Lin Yuan: "......"

Not only did Baker's soul not return back, but Lin Yuan did not react at all.

It was easy to win in the preliminary round yesterday. He thought it was because the level of the preliminary round was too low. But today, when he arrived in the semi-finals, why did he win in less than a minute?

After ten seconds of being killed, Baker's admiration for the squad leader once again grew a level.

As soon as Lin Yuan exited the cockpit, Baker immediately walked over in front of Lin Yuan to give him a thumbs-up: "Squad Leader, you're truly too amazing! With your level, you can certainly advance to the finals, ah! Come on, represent our Beta and bring us honor, ah!"

Lin Yuan smiled at him feeling somewhat embarrassed and then started the next match.

What makes Lin Yuan even more surprised is that in the next few matches, in almost all of them the battles were resolved within ten minutes. The angle of his shot is incomparably precise, he almost never misses his target. Whether it be catching loopholes, counterattacks, sudden assaults, or sneak attacks, each time he is able to succeed.