After a long while, the swaying mechas began to return to the ship, the pilots struggling to stabilize their machines as they entered the designated combat lanes.

Some mechas, upon exiting the combat lanes, managed to stabilize their bodies with difficulty. However, many lost control and crashed, their faces grinding against the ground for dozens of meters.

Sparks flew everywhere!

The pilots inside the cockpits were thoroughly disoriented.

The officers waiting for their return couldn't help but smack their foreheads, their faces filled with disgust, but they couldn't say much.

Take Chen Shan, for example. He was about to jump out of his skin. Two of the ten returning Iron Guardians collided upon returning because they were too close.

Three of them slid across the ground for over a hundred meters.

Although the Iron Guardian mechas were tough, they probably wouldn't suffer too much damage, but the problem was there were too many people wanting to test them out.

If everyone crashed at this rate, they would be finished sooner or later.

"Old Xiao, this isn't working. The damage rate is too high. Should we have them practice more in the hangar?"

Chen Shan couldn't help but say to Xiao Wen.

"Repair them when they break. Actual piloting experience is the most important. Look at the other training teams. Is any team suspending training? Next batch, go!"

Xiao Wen didn't hesitate or waver in the slightest.

"Alright."

Chen Shan sighed. He was now regretting that he hadn't realized Golden Points were so important and could be exchanged for weapons. Back on Planet Earth, he should have beaten those guys from Mo Bake into dogs and hogged all the mining for himself. That way, he would have a little treasure trove and wouldn't be in such a sorry state now.

Time flew by, and team after team of pilots rushed out in the Iron Guardians.

In space, Su Mo's eyelids were getting heavy. It wasn't that piloting the Black Steel mech was boring, but being a babysitter was.

He struggled to stay awake, watching the Iron Guardians from his team fly around the Black Obelisk in a wobbly fashion.

Su Mo occasionally spoke in the communication channel, "Iron Guardian number 03, you're too close to the Black Obelisk, raise your altitude."

The next second, that Iron Guardian shot upwards, rapidly moving away from the Black Obelisk. It was obvious the pilot had overcorrected.

But that was normal. The amount of force used was different in gravity and zero gravity.

"S-sorry, Officer Su Mo."

A nervous male voice sounded in the communication channel.

Su Mo checked the directory information, found the team member's name, and said, "Sergeant Chen Ming, don't be so nervous. Control the joystick. You're now severely off course from the Black Obelisk. Return immediately."

"Y-yes, Officer Su Mo."

Chen Ming replied nervously while operating the controls. It was as if the more nervous he became, the easier it was to make mistakes. The Iron Guardian mech flew in the wrong direction, getting further and further away from Su Mo.

Su Mo rubbed his forehead, feeling helpless. Making one mistake was normal, but this was a bit much.

"Sergeant Chen Ming, you have deviated from the planned trajectory."

"N-no, Officer, there's a monster! A monster is approaching me! Officer, I need to counterattack!"

Chen Ming replied nervously.

Su Mo's expression tightened. What was going on? He looked at the onboard radar, but it wasn't showing any warnings.

But Su Mo still chose to believe Chen Ming's words. He switched to optical imaging and zoomed in on the direction Chen Ming was trying to avoid.

He immediately saw a gray, floating creature about seven meters long. The surface of its body was pitted and uneven. If it curled up, it would definitely look like a floating meteorite.

At this moment, the Black Steel mech displayed an automatic identification prompt.

"Data match successful!"

"The target is a special Type i Camouflage Floater. Low threat. Highly capable of evading radar scans."

The next second, Chen Ming frantically pulled out a short-range rifle and started shooting!

Bang, bang!

A fierce rain of bullets was unleashed!

Unfortunately, he barely hit anything. The creature itself moved very quickly and was difficult to hit. In addition, Chen Ming's piloting skills in space weren't very good, so his accuracy in mobile shooting was naturally even worse.

Moreover, the rash attack not only didn't work, but the recoil of the shots caused Chen Ming's mech to fly erratically.

At this moment, Xiao Wen's voice sounded in the communication channel.

"Chen Ming, calm down. Don't attack randomly. Just focus on controlling the mech and escaping."

"I can't, Commander Xiao Wen! It's going to catch up to me!"

Chen Ming's voice became increasingly fearful. The Camouflage Floater was getting closer and closer. He could clearly see its ugly appearance and scarlet eyes. The fear in his heart gradually magnified.

Although he had been tempered by the Earth Cup competition, there was still a difference. In the Earth Cup competition, everyone knew it was just a virtual world and they wouldn't really die.

Unfortunately, when everything became real, the true terror would erupt.

Soon, Chen Ming was approached by the Camouflage Floater. It opened its squirming mouth, revealing sharp teeth. It bit down directly on the mech's right arm, and at the same time, its tail slammed into the Iron Guardian.

Bang!

Chen Ming became even more terrified.

"Help!"

Just then, a dense rain of bullets came, accurately hitting the Camouflage Floater's body.

Instantly, holes were blasted into the Camouflage Floater's body, and a viscous liquid spurted out. It released its grip and floated away, a dead corpse.

Su Mo was seen rushing over in an Iron Guardian.

He said to Xiao Wen in the communication channel, "It's taken care of."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Xiao Wen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, Su Mo suddenly spoke again, "The crisis hasn't been resolved yet. I'll tell you later. Leave this to me. I'll cover the trainees' retreat first."

After saying that, Su Mo switched to the public channel and said to all the training teams, "Attention all trainees and training officers, Type i Camouflage Floaters are secretly approaching us. Please be careful. These monsters are very good at disguising themselves, easily mistaken for moving meteorites."

As soon as these words were spoken, the public channel exploded.

"Really? Wait, I think there's a meteorite floating over next to me. No, it's a monster!"

"Holy crap, there's one here too!"

....

Instantly, the trainees went crazy, and in an instant, many mechs in the distance could be seen opening fire.

It must be said that some of the counterattacks were pretty good, instantly killing the approaching Camouflage Floaters. In fact, these types of monsters weren't very dangerous and had very low biological reactions, making them easily ignored by radar.

Under normal circumstances, the Iron Guardians could easily kill these monsters.

Unfortunately, most of these trainees were rookies, so their situation was somewhat dangerous.

An extremely embarrassing situation occurred when someone opened fire and hit the Black Obelisk, causing sparks to fly.

The training officers on the scene also reacted.

They immediately shouted, "Don't shoot randomly! You're hitting the ship!"

.....

Inside the Black Obelisk command room, holographic screens popped up with red warning boxes.

"Warning! Type i Camouflage Floaters detected, number 726."

"Warning! The Black Obelisk is under attack by Iron Guardian mechs."

.....

Li Ruiqi's face darkened as he asked, "Can someone explain to me what's going on? Why are there monsters approaching, and the radar didn't give a warning, but is now giving an alert?"

The operator quickly checked the logs and then reported.

"Captain, we didn't set the radar warning settings correctly. These monsters have extremely low threat levels, so they were automatically ignored. It was our mistake. The current alert was triggered by the exchange of fire. We will immediately activate the proximity defense cannons to eliminate them."

"No need. Send instructions to all training mech personnel, ordering them to eliminate the monsters."

"Should we have the other instructors assist?"

"No need. If they can't handle this little thing, what kind of war are they going to fight?"

Li Ruiqi asked coldly.

"Yes, I will issue the order immediately."

.....

Soon, the order popped up on Su Mo's and others' mech logs.

"Combat mission: Eliminate all Camouflage Floaters approaching the ship. No retreat!"

Su Mo felt a headache looking at the log, but he had to admit that the order was correct. Even the most elite troops had to go through the crucible of blood and fire to truly become strong.

At this time, Xiao Wen's voice sounded in the channel.

"All personnel, execute the order! Counterattack!"

"Yes!"

The crowd responded in the communication channel. Although they were more or less afraid, as soldiers, the duty to obey orders outweighed everything else!

At this time, Xiao Wen contacted Su Mo one-way and said, "Help me take care of them as much as possible, don't let anything happen to them. They are not not good enough, they just need time to grow."

"Okay! Got it."

Su Mo responded casually.

He slammed the control stick, and the Black Steel mech rushed towards those team members at high speed. This time, he was really going to be a babysitter.

Although the Camouflage Floaters weren't very dangerous, if they were surrounded or got too close, they could be killed.

......

On the other side, inside the GT Department's control room.

Zhang Wei looked at the timer on the console. Forty-five minutes had already passed, completely reaching the minimum deployment time.

At this time, the operator said, "Reporting, Lord Zhang Wei, Commander Qian Chengxue's synchronization rate is starting to fluctuate unstably, and it is about to reach its limit. Her vital signs are also showing some fluctuations."

"Immediately abort the training and end the Bio-Mode!"

"Yes!"

All operators began busily entering commands.

On the observation deck, Wen Luosi looked at the Dark Red Apostle gradually stopping its activity, its aura gradually weakening, and its ferocious eyes slowly closing, and said,

"The training is over. To be able to last so long on her first time using a Bio-Mech, she is remarkable!"

Xiulis turned his head to look at Wang Hai and said, "Wang Hai, your side really has a lot of talent. However, the Dark Red Apostle Bio-Mech is Hai Mo's mech. Last time during training, she was too confident, which led to her body being somewhat contaminated. Now it seems that there is a qualified replacement, so she can rest easy. Do you think she will be very happy?"

"That's none of your concern."

Wang Hai replied indifferently. In the Star Ring game, he had fought Xiulis on the battlefield quite a few times. Although the two couldn't be said to have any grudges, they were definitely rivals. Their relationship was naturally not good either. He didn't believe that Xiulis could say anything good.

Spider spoke at this time and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to meet the official replacement new team member, and also introduce Qian Chengxue to you and the GT Department. Also, you guys are a team from now on, so don't make a fuss internally. Joking is fine, but don't go too far. These Bio-Mechs, don't think you can control them, but every time you pilot one, you are overdrawing your physical functions. It is fortunate to be able to have someone rotate, at least in a crisis, you can replace someone to go out."

"Yes!"

Wang Hai and others responded one after another.

Inside the training room, the mechanical arm removed the square cockpit and placed it in the designated location.

The cockpit opened, and Qian Chengxue walked out. At this time, her face was abnormally pale, so it seemed that the situation was not very good.

At this time, Spider walked over with Wang Hai and the others.

"Qian Chengxue, congratulations, you did a great job. From today onwards, you will become an official replacement member of the GT Department."

Spider extended his heavy hand.

Qian Chengxue also reached out and shook his hand in response.

"Thank you."

"Let me also introduce you to your teammates. This is Xiulis, the strongest mech pilot of the former Free Victory Guild's first ace legion, now the pilot of the IV-generation Bio-Mech, Dark Warrior. This is Glevis, the strongest mech pilot of the former Violent Bear Guild's first ace legion, with the title of Iron Heart, now the pilot of the IV-generation Bio-Mech, Gangx. Also, this is Wen Luosi, the former ace tactical commander of the Mythology Guild, now the pilot of the IV-generation Pure Mechanical, Shadow of Light. And this is Wang Hai, the strongest mech pilot of the former Sky Dragon Guild's first legion. His compatible Bio-Mech has just been brought over and has not been repaired yet. There is also one person who has not arrived, who is the official pilot of the Dark Red Apostle, Hai Mo, who was originally the strongest ace pilot of the Mythology Guild, I will introduce her to you later."

"Hello, Qian Chengxue!"

Wang Hai and others all extended their hands.

"Hello."

Qian Chengxue had a calm expression and shook hands with them one by one.

Spider then said to Qian Chengxue, "You are all the top elites of the Federation, get along well in the future."

"I will."

Qian Chengxue nodded in response. Now, the entire Federation is able to pilot IV-generation Bio-Mechs, and if there are no accidents, there should only be a few of them. Because the most important point is that all of them have been injected with the III-type gene needle, and the III-type gene needle is extremely expensive, and the Federation has not purchased it at all. Even the gene needles injected on them were injected by Long Ming, Oglas, Spider, and Iselin at their own expense. Even the four of them were reluctant to inject it, but only injected the II-type gene medicine.

In other words, Long Ming bore two III-type gene needles, one for Wang Hai, and one secretly for Qian Chengxue.

As for Wen Luosi, she did not inject the III-generation gene needle because she was piloting the IV-generation pure mechanical mech.

"I will briefly introduce to you the GT Department's construction structure. The GT Department is mainly divided into three parts. The first part is the official members, currently only these five people, each official member will enjoy very high authority, and at the same time, they will be the first combat echelon. Once a highly dangerous war breaks out, they will be dispatched to the battlefield as soon as possible. If you work hard, you can also do it."

"The second part is the substitute members, they are also very outstanding like you. For example, the big man sitting on the left, Thaus, he was originally the strongest mech master of the Violent Bear Guild's second ace army, he is now Glevis's substitute, Lin Ming over there is Wang Hai's substitute, and the one on the left, Whitco, is Xiulis's substitute. But because they have not been injected with the III-type gene needle, they can't withstand the IV-generation Bio-Mech, so they have not been on the machine, only you can get on the machine, so you have become an official substitute."

Spider took Qian Chengxue out and pointed her finger to show her.

"Um, I understand."

"The third part is the reserve members, this part is the most numerous members of the GT Department, they are responsible for assisting in combat and guarding the base, as well as logistics and technical maintenance, etc. If someone among them performs excellently, they can also be transferred into the substitute members. One thing to tell you, the official members have absolute dispatch rights over the substitute members and the reserve members, they have the obligation to cooperate with you."

"Understood."

"Another point, the GT Department has a very relaxed management of official members, usually there are no training missions and combat missions, you can arrange them freely. But one thing to note, do not leave the GT Department too far, if there is a sudden state, you must rush back as soon as possible, and if there is a special situation to go out, you need to apply in advance."

.....

"Okay."

Qian Chengxue kept nodding in response.

Just then, a burst of rapid footsteps came.

A tall, golden-haired, heroic and arrogant girl with crisp and neat walking movements walked over quickly.

Her expression seemed to carry a trace of displeasure.

"Hai Mo, why did you run over here instead of resting in the hospital?"

Spider said with some surprise.

"That little bit of injury, it's nothing."

Hai Mo replied crisply.

"You don't need to come back so anxiously, rest well in the hospital. A new substitute has been arranged for you here, and you can also get on the machine."

Xiulis said with a smile.

A hint of anger flashed in Hai Mo's eyes, she replied with arrogance.

"The reason why I was injured last time was to break through the limit, to become stronger, I don't need a substitute!"

"Hai Mo, enough, Bio-Mech is very harmful to the body, having a substitute is for your own good."

Spider said.

"Lord Spider, I don't need a substitute, don't worry, I will never fall down, and she will not have the opportunity to control it."

Hai Mo glanced coldly at Qian Chengxue, she would not allow anyone to touch her mech.

After saying this, Hai Mo snorted coldly and left straight away.

Qian Chengxue stood quietly to the side and did not retort anything.

Spider was silent for a few seconds and said, "Dismissed..."

.......

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In space, Su Mo piloted the Black Steel at high speed, staring intently at the team members. If they failed in combat, he would attack.

In fact, with Su Mo's ability, he could completely wipe out those bugs for the team members.

But he didn't, so it wouldn't have a training effect.

Under Su Mo's powerful protection, when the battle ended, all ten team members were unharmed except for two minor injuries.

Of course, other training squads were not so lucky, and it seemed that many mechs were severely damaged.

"Everyone, go to the special channel to return!"

Su Mo issued the order.

"Yes!"

.......

Inside the special channel isolation room, a number of doctors wearing protective suits were on standby. They were going to conduct physical examinations on all returning pilots to see if they had been infected with viruses or parasites, and to treat the injured.

Outside the isolation room, officers such as Xiao Wen rushed over.

They were slightly relieved to see the team members returning safely.

After a long time, Su Mo and the uninjured team members walked out of the isolation room after inspection. When the ten team members saw Xiao Wen and Chen Shan, they lowered their heads in shame.

They also felt very embarrassed in their hearts, as the battle was a complete mess.

If it wasn't for Officer Su Mo's remote fire support, half of them would probably have to lie in the hospital ward, and people might have been killed.

Xiao Wen reached out and patted them on the shoulders: "You have done very well, although you have experienced the baptism of the Star Ring, but that is not reality after all, there is still a gap, and you have not fought in space before."

"Officer, we will work hard."

The team members present said one after another.

In fact, Xiao Wen was quite satisfied with their performance. At least when facing inhuman creatures, they did not flinch. You must know that all the constituent countries of the entire Federation have not fought a war for hundreds of years. In other words, this was their first real battle, and it was still in space, anyone would be afraid.

"Um, dismissed!"

Xiao Wen waved his hand and let them leave first.

Then Xiao Wen turned to look at Su Mo and thanked him: "Thank you this time, if it wasn't for your timely action, there would have been big problems."

"It's nothing, it's my duty."

Su Mo didn't feel anything.

Chen Shan grinned and said, "Hard work this time, let's go, we'll treat you to hot pot! And have a drink."

"Is that okay? Is everything okay here?"

"What can happen, the Black Obelisk is about to re-enter sub-light speed flight, there will be no problems. Besides, Lin Yue is staying behind, it's okay."

Chen Shan explained.

"Alright then."

Su Mo didn't refuse.

..........

A moment later, Su Mo, Xiao Wen and Chen Shan came to the middle district.

The entire middle district was super lively, and looking at it, it was all shops.

There were pedestrians everywhere shopping, and in fact, there were quite a few children.

Su Mo asked in surprise: "Why are there still children on the ship?"

"What's so strange about that, this voyage is expected to take at least three years at the fastest, many vendors and ordinary technical workers simply brought their families, otherwise why would there be facilities such as schools here. You can think of the Black Obelisk as a small independent circular country, anyway, normal countries have everything here, in fact, I personally feel that this is a disguised simulation experiment. Maybe it is simulating the possibility of abandoning Earth and surviving on the Black Obelisk in a wandering way in the event of an emergency."

Chen Shan explained to Su Mo.

Xiao Wen coughed and reminded: "Old Chen, watch your words."

"Oh, oh, I won't say it."

Chen Shan quickly shut his mouth. If the people from the Review Department heard this, they would definitely be given a warning.

Su Mo thought about it and felt that Chen Shan was very reasonable.

"Which restaurant are we going to?"

"Not far, just ahead."

Chen Shan pointed to the front and said.

Su Mo put his hands in his pockets and followed Chen Shan and Xiao Wen forward, looking around all the way.

He felt it was quite novel.

Being in the middle urban area, it felt like being in a normal city, this illusion was very strange.

At this time, the door of a boutique shop in front was pushed open, and the wind chime above rang a clear sound, a silver-haired and beautiful figure walked out from inside.

When Su Mo saw that figure, his heart jumped violently, and an inexplicable impulse surged into his heart, and he chased after her as soon as possible.

Xiao Wen and Chen Shan were stunned when they saw Su Mo running, what was going on?

Su Mo walked through the dense crowd, chasing after the figure, getting closer and closer.

He didn't know why, his heart was inexplicably excited, then Su Mo caught up, and he patted the silver-haired girl on the shoulder.

"Hi~"

At this time, the silver-haired girl stopped and turned around.

A delicate face, blue gem eyes, and an elegant stranger's face were reflected in Su Mo's eyes, and the girl asked a little frightened.

"What do you want?"

Su Mo came back to his senses, quickly withdrew his hand, and said apologetically.

"Sorry, I mistook you for a friend of mine."

The girl looked at the handsome man apologizing in front of her, and her frightened heart calmed down slightly, she nodded in response.

"It's okay."

Then she turned and left.

At this time, Xiao Wen and Chen Shan chased up, and Chen Shan asked: "What happened?"

"It's okay, let's go eat."

Su Mo's heart was a little lost.

Xiao Wen and Chen Shan looked at each other, and more or less felt a little wrong.

Of course, the two of them were not that bad at emotional intelligence, since Su Mo didn't want to say it, then they wouldn't ask too much.

Soon after, Su Mo and the others came to a very authentic hot pot restaurant.

Chen Shan took three bottles of white wine and said to Su Mo: "Eat your fill, and have some wine, go back and have a good sleep, all your troubles can be swept away."

"Okay."

Su Mo took the high-strength liquor and directly poured a full glass for everyone. Then he raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Let's drink as a sign of respect!"

When Chen Shan saw this scene, his brain buzzed, what was going on? He knew that Su Mo could hold his liquor, but when had he become so good at it.

Xiao Wen on the side was also helpless, what nonsense was Chen Shan talking about, now he had to drink it even if he didn't want to.

In fact, it was not that Su Mo deliberately tricked them, but since injecting the gene needle, Su Mo found that his resistance to alcohol had become stronger. The previous way of drinking had no feeling, so he needed to gulp it down to feel something.

"Eat first!"

Chen Shan was also frightened by Su Mo.

......

ps: I'll start adding more chapters tomorrow!