The mecha engineers from the various military academies became even busier after the arrival of the personnel from the military district!
Aside from supporting their teammates when necessary, they spent the rest of their time cooped up in the mecha repair sheds, studying transforming mechas and biological materials.
The military district's equipment was undeniably more advanced than their own. Once the large shed was set up, the scorching daytime heat of Planet Kashgar could no longer be felt at all!
With the addition of a protective shield, the wind and sand would automatically drop to the ground even if blown right to the tent's entrance.
Wang Tianwei immediately looked for the tent's label, wanting to see what brand and material it was.
Although the tents they usually rested in were also temperature-controlled, it was truly rare for a massive shed capable of housing several mechas to have such excellent thermoregulation!
They were going to celebrate Goldfish's birthday in a couple of days, and she had been worrying about whether a bunch of people hanging out outside would end up eating a mouthful of sand.
Shi Zhixin noticed her and walked over briskly.
"This is a large temperature-controlled shed from the military. It's nothing too special. If you want one, Miss Wang, I can help you apply for it."
"Alright! Thank you so much."
"You're welcome."
Lucas, having listened to the whole exchange, was utterly in awe of Wang Tianwei.
If one called her greedy, she could give away the blueprints for a transforming mecha! But if one said she wasn't greedy, a single large temperature-controlled tent could make her this happy...
But soon, he didn't have time to care about the shed either.
How rare of an opportunity was it to observe so many top-tier military mecha engineers building mechas up close?
Only during the day did he realize that Chai Ran, the famous mecha designer from the First Military District, was also here!
Not even the internships arranged by the military academies were this extravagant!
From now on, Sister Zebra was his one and only sister! That kid Wang Kaiyu would have to step aside! He declared it!
Of course, if Wang Kaiyu could persuade his sister to come to the First Military Academy, he would be willing to work like a horse for the two siblings!
The military mecha engineers were indeed very experienced.
Any unclear parts on the 3D mecha blueprints became mostly clear just by taking apart the real thing for a look.
They were much more familiar with many professional terms and wiring systems than Wang Tianwei. Even the biological weapons that the students had hammered out over the past two days had their lethality at least doubled after passing through their hands!
Wang Tianwei absorbed new knowledge every day, with various inspirations clashing in her mind. When she couldn't hold it in anymore, she would voice them out and discuss them with the military mecha engineers.
Experience is the best teacher.
The mecha engineers from the other military academies seemed like they were attending expert masterclasses every day!
Since audio and video recording were not allowed, they brought pen and paper with them the entire time. The moment they heard a useful sentence or two, they immediately wrote it down. In just two or three days, they had used up more than half of their notebooks!
Their hands-on mecha assembly movements also became much more proficient. They had learned more here in two days than in the previous two months!
But they felt the most impressive person was still Wang Tianwei. Standing in front of a group of highly experienced military mecha engineers, she didn't show the slightest stage fright, and sometimes even dared to argue a few points!
She absolutely wouldn't just sit back because there were so many high-level assistants around; she consistently insisted on shaping the parts herself using her mental power.
Sometimes, when she overexerted herself, a sudden glance her way would reveal a face as pale as a ghost!
However, she seemed to have hoarded quite a few nutrient solutions in her spatial button... so the image everyone saw of her the most was her working with a pouch of Yida nutrient solution dangling from her mouth.
The parts and mechas she produced, whether in quality or quantity, were roughly on par with those of the other S-rank super-grade mecha engineers.
In fact, because her mental power output was more stable, the quality of the things she made was sometimes a notch higher than theirs! This skill left everyone completely in awe.
No wonder she could become a cross-grade super mecha engineer... How could a person be this fiercely driven!?
Among the mecha engineers sent by the military, there was no shortage of those who had leveled up their mental power, and almost everyone told Wang Tianwei that she should be close to leveling up!
Wang Tianwei just laughed it off after hearing this.
Anyway, she was already capable of designing and building super S-rank mechas. Whether her mental power leveled up or not was no longer that urgent to her; letting nature take its course was fine!
However, this did remind her that she should distribute some of her nutrient solutions.
Otherwise, if she suddenly advanced, she wouldn't be able to open her spatial button for 24 hours!
Over there, Lucas slumped beside a mecha, sucking on a nutrient solution after making three super-grade parts in a row.
"Sister Zebra, I made it! Take a look..."
"Coming."
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Jian Jingyu noticed that recently everyone had been avoiding eye contact with him.
"Taylor!"
Taylor from Valck turned pale upon seeing Jian Jingyu, grabbing Barry and turning around to walk away!
"Quick, quick, quick, it looks like a star beast is coming over there!"
Maxim from Santorini also looked awkward when he saw him. Before long, his face flushed red, and he walked over to Tong Xin from the Yuying Military Academy nearby, disregarding whether the two of them were even familiar with each other...
"Something's not right!"
Jian Jingyu narrowed his eyes.
Even though his birthday was approaching, it was one thing for his teammates to be acting sneaky, but why were the people from the other military academies also acting so surreptitiously!?
Could it be that they didn't want to attend his birthday party? They just needed to say so! It wasn't like he cared that much anyway...
"Lyra, why is everyone avoiding me today?"
Zhang Lyra had just violently twisted off the head of a star beast. Trying to bite her cannon barrel? It didn't know the meaning of death!
Hearing Jian Jingyu's question, her gaze couldn't help but shift away for a moment.
"...Maybe they saw the clips of you guys celebrating my birthday before?"
She couldn't possibly say that they were traumatized by Sister Zebra dragging them to dance and making them wear Goldfish costumes to film blessing videos, right?
Although she also hadn't expected Sister Zebra to find a way to blow things up to this extent. Today, it seemed she had even dragged those military mecha engineers into the mess...
In all fairness, she now did these things without any psychological burden whatsoever, and was even among the fastest to finish!
Heh, even Fu Xingyuan from the First Military Academy had joined in! Sir Huang had said that he would start a livestream himself if necessary.
Jian Jingyu curled his lip; he knew it had to be related to his birthday!
"Hmph, it's not like I made them do anything, there's no need to avoid me..."
Zhang Lyra dashed out and sent a star beast flying with a ram. Hearing this, she shook her head inside her mecha.
Young man, you know nothing about the scale of your own birthday party! Hehehe, just thinking about it makes me a little excited!
Jian Jingyu piloted his mobile artillery platform, bombarding star beasts everywhere.
The fierce firepower of the past two days had thoroughly annoyed the tunnel-throats underground. Several of them drilled out, only to be taken care of by the people from Valck!
Today, Jian Jingyu finally managed to catch one, and he blew it into several pieces in no time.
Wang Tianwei had just accompanied the military mecha engineers to send a batch of mechas onto a starship. On her way back, she ran into a few students from the Valck Military Academy walking back, and she smoothly hovered her hovercar beside them.
"Need a ride, friends!?"
The sight of the hovercar reminded Barry of the situation in the mine shaft that day.
"No need, blegh..."
Wang Tianwei shook her head helplessly.
"Alright then, I'll head back first!"
Xu Mo from Wang Kaiyu's squad was wearing a Goldfish costume, completely baffled. He then looked at the few people from Santorini nearby who were racking their brains trying to squeeze out some words...
"Why do we have to do this too?"
Lucas shot him a sharp glare.
"Do you want the transforming mecha or not?"
"...I do."
"If you want to, then shut up. Keep your movements clean later, and don't hold us back."
"...Oh."
Beside them, Wang Kaiyu and Ye Yingxuan were adapting quite well. Even though it was their first time doing this sort of thing, they actually seemed to find it pretty fun!
The best part was that this kind of busy routine offered something to look forward to, bringing a faint sense of anticipation to their hearts.
"Is the food pretty much prepped?"
"We still have a day left. Sister Zebra said we should invite all the off-duty mecha pilots, soldiers, and safety instructors over, so we had better stock up on a bit more meat. Captain, when the time comes, whatever you do, just make absolutely sure you don't eat anything grilled by Sir Huang..."
