On the day of Huang Yan's birthday, he had to go to the hotel for a rehearsal, so he sent a message to the group chat.
"Just come on time, you don't need to prepare anything."
"Got it!"
"Okay~"
How could they possibly not prepare anything?
Wang Tianwei and Jian Jingyu arrived at Taihe early in the morning! Their goal was to complete the final safety test on Sir Huang's mecha before the banquet!
"Hurry up and try it, but hold back your mental power! Don't forget you're an S-rank!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm used to this!"
Jian Jingyu entered the mecha's cockpit and activated the primary defense mode. The light screen immediately switched to a panoramic view!
"Whoa!!"
"Are you ready!?"
Wang Tianwei was shouldering a micro individual missile in the testing field. A mecha engineer walked by outside with a coffee cup, and seeing the scene inside, thought she had gone mad!
"What is she doing!? ...Hey! No killing allowed in Taihe!!"
"Ready!!"
Wearing the protective gear Wang Tianwei had made just in case, Jian Jingyu observed the buttons and layout of the cockpit, completely thrilled!
He had participated in building this mecha! He and Sister Zebra had applied the bearing lubricant together!
Every night after returning to the guest room at Sir Huang's house, the three of them would discuss the mecha's progress in their small group chat!
Because he knew enough about the various materials and weapon loadouts, and could now read some of the data, Jian Jingyu was full of confidence in this Super A-rank mecha!
With the exterior bionic structure, high-density shields, and an additional reinforced shield outside the cockpit, it could easily withstand this micro individual missile no matter what! So he wasn't panicked at all!
Ah, if it weren't Sir Huang's mecha, he really would have wanted to let loose and have a massive practice run!
"Hey!! Little girl inside, come out! You are still students!! You can't use such an extreme method for testing!! That's a human life!"
The A-rank mecha engineer from Taihe was jumping up and down in anxiety, but while the field was in use, it couldn't be opened from the outside.
Design team leader Shanshan arrived late.
"What's wrong?"
"Look! That little girl is going to directly test a micro individual missile!!! What if the person inside gets seriously injured!?"
Hearing this, the team leader's heart tightened, but then he remembered seeing her test data before.
"It should be fine... Have you seen her mecha data?"
"Where would I see it? She's just a student! Why did Young Master Huang give her such high-level testing clearance! Isn't this just messing around!? I heard that young man is an S-rank soldier, hurry up and stop them, team leader!"
"Uh..."
The testing field was soundproofed from the outside, so no matter how loud the two shouted, nothing could be heard inside.
Wang Tianwei was fully concentrated, coordinating the timing with Jian Jingyu.
"Copy that, I'm going to fire!"
Jian Jingyu looked at the "Auto Lock" displayed on the operation screen, canceled the weapon firing, and then prepared to enter "Total Defense Mode"!
"Stop talking and hurry up! If there's a problem later, we still need to rush to fix it!"
Wang Tianwei turned on the testing field's recording mode.
"Preparing to fire, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."
"Whoosh—Boom!!"
"Ah!!!"
"Hiss!"
Wang Tianwei was knocked onto her butt by the recoil of the individual missile, but she quickly scrambled back up. Her observation glasses locked onto the "target" - it seemed completely fine!
As the smoke cleared, the spot where the mecha had just been standing was replaced by... an egg!?
"Holy crap!!!"
"What is that!?"
The cup in the Taihe mecha engineer's hand dropped to the ground, spilling coffee everywhere.
The testing field's ventilation system kicked in, quickly sucking away all the smoke!
Wang Tianwei immediately ran over, her hands feeling all over the mecha.
"It's fine!! It's fine!!! Hahahaha, it worked!! Ahahahahaha!"
Sharing a sensory link with the mecha, Jian Jingyu only felt like someone was randomly groping his back.
"Sister Zebra! Sister Zebra, calm down! Wait a second, let me check the report on the screen!
Damage is less than 2%! Hahahaha!!! We did it, we did it!!!"
Wang Tianwei inspected it inch by inch. Only a section of the metal joints on the outermost bionic shield showed some wear from the impact!
Jian Jingyu followed the procedure to first change its shape, and then moved around to check the mecha's joints and internals. There was absolutely no discomfort!
Finally, he exited the mecha.
"Hahaha! It really is 2%!!! You are so awesome, Sister Zebra!!!"
The two were so excited that they each hugged one of the mecha's thighs.
"Ah! My little baby!!!~ You are so incredible!"
"How did you come up with this structure? Sir Huang could hide in there for a lifetime! If anyone ever tries to take out our commander first, we'll just have him hide in the 'egg'!"
"Alright, alright, let's hurry back and wipe off the blast marks. I'll need to repair the joints a bit!!
You take the mecha back to the workshop first, and I'll go copy the testing field data!"
"Okay!"
The testing field doors finally opened. Jian Jingyu ran head-on into two middle-aged men with their mouths hanging open, and a puddle of coffee on the floor...
Unable to hide his excitement, he nodded at the two of them and dashed straight back to Sister Zebra's workshop!
Super A-rank! Super A-rank!
So this is what it feels like to personally participate in the birth of a Super A-rank mecha!
After copying the data, Wang Tianwei also rushed back to the workshop in a hurry, closed the door, and got busy again.
The A-rank engineer still couldn't quite process what had happened as he faced the now-empty testing field. He blankly walked inside and wandered around, still faintly smelling the scent of gunpowder.
He picked up the missile launcher that Wang Tianwei had put back, which glaringly read: "SX-12 Micro Individual Missile - Taihe Testing Exclusive".
He looked up at the equally shocked team leader and said with a tearful expression,
"Team leader... why don't you find some time to send me to Qilin for further studies? I think I might still need to learn..."
"..."
Wang Tianwei had no idea how much psychological trauma she had just inflicted on Taihe's mecha engineer.
She and Jian Jingyu restored the mecha to its original state as fast as possible! They gave it a coat of wax, and finally tied a big red flower to its chest!
"Now it looks like a proper gift!"
"Hah... thank goodness we made it in time!"
Watching the two of them hustle on the video call made Zhang Lyra feel out of breath herself.
"That's great! Thanks for your hard work! Remember to record it for me tonight!"
"Don't worry! Sister Zebra and I will use two cameras! We will definitely move Sir Huang to tears!"
"Yeah, it's a deal... but only play the blessing video when no one else is around!"
Zhang Lyra instructed uneasily. Wang Tianwei coughed twice.
"We'll try our best, try our best! Everything prioritizes Sir Huang!"
"...Alright then."
After finally finishing up with the birthday gift, it was already 3:00 PM.
Huang Yan's birthday party was starting at 6:00 PM, and the two of them still had to go back to change clothes and do their styling...
"Let's head out! See you tonight!"
"See you tonight!!"
