Chapter 11 Getting on the Machine

Because these students were all brought up by him, and if nothing unexpected happened, most of them would go to the battlefield. If he could improve their grades now, perhaps they could get into a better school, and their future would be better.

Thinking of this, Tang Yan’s face twitched as he shouted.

“Steady, everyone, don’t rush to get up. Get a feel for it.”

At this moment, Mink, who had stabilized his mech, also shouted to his classmates beside him.

“Don’t be nervous. Don’t make large movements right away. You’ll quickly get the feel for it.”

“I don’t need you to remind me.”

Chen Tong gritted his teeth, controlled his mech to stand up, and replied, struggling to stabilize the machine.

At this time, the other three students also slowly got the feel for it and controlled their mechs to stand up.

Slowly, Mink and the other four gradually got into the rhythm. At least their mechs were standing steadily. Tang Yan then issued an order.

“Control the mechs to walk in a straight line. Do not sprint. Only sprint when you are fully familiar with the controls.”

Mink and the others followed Tang Yan’s instructions, controlling their mechs to move forward unsteadily.

Su Ming watched Mink and the others practice with real machines with full concentration, trying his best to remember the key points Teacher Tang mentioned.

Time flew by. An hour and a half later, the five training mechs had been rotated 3 times, and the training results were simply disastrous. Without exception, as soon as they got in, they fell.

At this moment, Tang Yan called out names again.

“Su Ming, Cheng Ran, Wang Chi, Qin Lei, Zhao Ran.”

Su Ming felt extremely excited when he heard his name called. His heart rate quickened significantly. So, he took a slight breath and walked towards the training mech.

On the viewing platform, Lin Chuyu’s gaze fell on Su Ming, watching him quietly.

Li Fubai, who was standing nearby, noticed Lin Chuyu’s gaze on Su Ming and a hint of gloom appeared in his eyes, but he didn’t say anything.

As for Zhang Tai, he stared at Su Ming. He wanted to see what this kid was capable of.

Soon, Su Ming stood on the marked metal square. He looked up, gazing at the Iron Head training mech in front of him from a close distance.

Although it was a training mech and not equipped with weapon modules, the massive machine and its thick metal body still gave off a very strong sense of oppression.

Once such a behemoth moved, it would be a fierce steel beast.

Regular soldiers in front of it were like ants, easily crushed.

Creak!

The metal square slowly rose, lifting Su Ming to the cockpit level.

He reached out and opened the cockpit, climbing in with some effort.

The cockpit space was quite spacious, and even Su Ming’s bulky physique didn’t feel cramped.

Su Ming suppressed the excitement and thrill in his heart and looked around the interior of the cockpit.

The cockpit consisted of two main parts: a pilot’s seat and an all-metal control panel.

Su Ming sat in the pilot’s seat and, following the memory in his mind, pressed the safety buckle button on the left armrest.

Click!

The fixed safety buckle extended, firmly securing Su Ming’s body to the pilot’s seat.

Immediately after, Su Ming began to manually adjust the pilot’s seat to achieve a suitable distance between himself and the all-metal control panel.

After doing all this, Su Ming looked at the all-metal control panel, which had thirty-two buttons of different functions and three main joysticks, large and small.

“Hoo~”

Su Ming took a deep breath, then his eyes became firm as he raised his hand towards the start button.

Just as Su Ming was about to touch the start button.

Boom~

One after another, the sounds of falling made him even more nervous.

But he still pressed the start button.

In an instant, the mech’s power unit started, the entire machine vibrated, a noisy roar sounded, and the control panel screen lit up.

“Prompt: Power unit started, energy output stable.”

“Prompt: Self-checking circuits.”

Su Ming looked at the prompts constantly popping up on the control screen, his eyes becoming sharper and sharper.

At this moment, on the training ground, Tang Yan was somewhat numb watching the yellow-haired guys fall one after another. His heart was no longer bleeding, but had bled dry.

Zhou Wei was smiling so wide his mouth could barely close. The way they fell was truly too comical.

“Oh my! This is really hilarious. But don’t you think Teacher Tang doesn’t feel bad about these training mechs constantly falling? Back when we touched real mechs, although we were a bit unaccustomed, did we ever fall like this?”

“Uh, if they fall like this, won’t they break the mechs? Then we won’t have anything to practice with.”

Sun Yue said with some concern.

When Zhou Wei heard this, the smile on his face instantly stiffened. Laughing was one thing, but if the mechs were really broken, they would also be affected.

At this moment, Su Ming’s training mech was also fully activated. Without any surprise, as soon as his training mech moved slightly, it began to lose balance, and the entire mech started flailing and twisting.

“Sigh~”

Tang Yan sighed, shaking his head helplessly.

However, at this moment, a cry of surprise rang out.

“He’s stable.”

Tang Yan was slightly stunned. He looked closely and found that Su Ming had actually stabilized, and even took large strides without falling.

Watching this scene, an incredulous expression appeared on Tang Yan’s face. When did Su Ming’s operating skills become so good?

So far, in the entire class, only the class monitor, Mink, had stabilized his mech. Everyone else, upon touching a real machine, fell without exception.

Don’t underestimate this small difference. The first time touching a real machine often best reflects a person’s talent and skill.

Tang Yan remembered very clearly that Su Ming’s mech operating skills were quite ordinary. Although his grades were not at the bottom of the class, he only reached a passing level at most in every simulated test.

Li Fubai saw Su Ming stabilize the mech, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes. With this level of skill, he dared to pursue Lin Chuyu; he really had no self-awareness.

If Su Ming had been able to control the real mech very smoothly on his first try, Li Fubai might have felt a hint of threat and taken him seriously. Now, he only felt that Su Ming was a clown.

At this moment, Su Ming controlled the mech, walking forward step by step, the clumsy mech’s strides becoming more and more steady.

“When did Su Ming’s skills get so good?”

“Damn? Is he really the one operating it? I couldn’t even stabilize the mech.”

The yellow-haired guys and others discussed in disbelief.

Chen Tong, seeing this scene, was also somewhat annoyed. This fat otaku could actually operate a real mech so well; there must be a trick. So he snorted and said.

“Hmph, maybe he’s rich and has touched a real mech before.”

“That makes sense, it’s not impossible. Some clubs outside also allow you to touch real mechs.”

“Yes, it must be like that. How could his skills suddenly become so good?”

Many classmates echoed him.

At this moment, Class Monitor Mink also refuted Chen Tong.

“Chen Tong, this is typical prejudice and an inability to see a classmate’s progress. Although Su Ming’s grades have never been very good, he is also very hardworking. Now that he has improved, as his classmates, we should genuinely be happy and encourage him, not gossip behind his back!”

The classmates who had been discussing noisily fell silent when they heard Mink’s words.