"Aaargh! I'm exhausted! Why does one person have to repair such a huge mech?"

Lu Xiaoyao felt terrible, her massive mental power enveloping the multi-story-high mech.

As she input the relevant data on the extent of the mech's damage and the subsequent repair plan into the optical computer, she wailed about how different the job was from what she had imagined.

After going through the whole process, Lu Xiaoyao felt like her kidneys were failing.

Leaning against the mech that was about to be scrapped, Lu Xiaoyao sent the damage assessment and repair plan she had just written to the materials and logistics department. She let out a heavy breath, planning to go out for a meal before coming back to continue.

Stretching, Lu Xiaoyao muttered again, "Forget it, after graduation, I won't be repairing mechs anymore. It's too tiring! I'll just be a streamer."

[Actually, I wouldn't mind if you streamed mech repairs after graduation, Zai Zai.]

[Pfft~ The person in front is so wicked! Zai Zai clearly doesn't like working overtime.]

[But we like it, we like watching other people work overtime.]

[So, shouldn't the person in front explain why they watch streams while working overtime?]

[Mech repairers have always been scarce. It requires a high level of mental power, especially for higher-level mechs, which require correspondingly higher-level repairers. Otherwise, some internal problems can't be detected by machines at all.]

[Is it that amazing? Mech repairers?]

For many ordinary people with low mental power who might never come into contact with highly destructive weapons like mechs, they imagined mech repairers to be similar to starship repairers.

[Of course, many of the materials inside mechs can't be penetrated by rays. It's impossible to inspect mechs with other machines, so mech repairers have to use their mental power to penetrate and check bit by bit.]

[Wow, the pay must be great.]

[Definitely, the pay is, really, you don't even know how top-tier mech repairers are paid… it's similar to a mech design master, priceless!]

Even Mingmei felt like she had learned a lot from watching, but the last comment about the pay was as good as nothing.

Priceless… if no one can afford it, then it's worthless.

Mingmei remembered what Lu Xiaoyao had said at the beginning of the semester, that many people in their class might become mech repairers in the future. So that was the reason.

Regardless of what the livestream chat was saying, Lu Xiaoyao, having finished complaining, immediately revived from her soul-crushing overtime and dashed out.

She felt that every second she spent in her work area was a sin.

If you're not enthusiastic about getting off work, there's something wrong with your thinking!

She wasn't some model worker at the mech factory.

However, as Lu Xiaoyao walked along and saw other colleagues' work areas also filled with broken mechs, she slowed down.

"Wasn't it just a minor skirmish? Why are so many mechs smashed up like this…"

Lu Xiaoyao lived in a stable and peaceful era. At least in the twenty years of her life, there hadn't been any major battles between humans and the Zerg.

And in this character's memory, the recent event was just a minor skirmish.

But looking at the "colleagues" who were working overtime to repair mechs, Lu Xiaoyao felt she needed to redefine what "minor skirmish" meant.

There seemed to be empty nutrient solution bottles behind these people.

Clearly, they were also working overtime.

This made her feel even more that the job of repairing mechs was too terrifying.

"Captain Savier, you're the first to finish the inspection work again today?"

Suddenly, a mech repairer passing by Lu Xiaoyao greeted her. Lu Xiaoyao almost didn't realize that the person was calling her character.

"Ah, yes! Right!" Lu Xiaoyao laughed awkwardly. "Today the mech wasn't as… difficult as yours…"

She had originally wanted to humbly praise her colleagues for having more difficult mechs, which was why she finished first, but upon closer inspection, their mechs didn't seem as damaged as hers, at least on the surface.

Oh!

It seemed like the one she was repairing was the most broken!

"It's still because Captain Savier's mental power is higher. The mech you're repairing is the only one that actually fought and was attacked by the Zerg, and the damage is the most severe. Even so, you still finished first, amazing!"

[Savier… that name sounds familiar…]

In the chat, someone suddenly started discussing the character Lu Xiaoyao was playing.

[That!! Savier! The outstanding graduate representative of the Central Military Academy thirty years ago! And, I remember she was also the campus beauty back then! Holy crap, she disappeared later, so it turns out…]

[Isn't it a bit of a waste for my Zai to play such a beautiful woman…]

[Ruined?]

Just as the chat was discussing the suitability of Lu Xiaoyao's character, Lu Xiaoyao was already bubbling with joy from her colleague's praise!

"Hehe, it's okay~"

Although she was being modest, Lu Xiaoyao's blushing face clearly showed that she was very pleased with the compliment.

After saying goodbye to her colleague and leaving, Lu Xiaoyao remembered to communicate with the audience in the livestream. She said, "Hehe, did you see? This character card I got this time is so awesome. Not only am I the captain of the mech repair team, but I'm also the fastest at inspection!"

Lu Xiaoyao smiled brightly and walked towards the cafeteria. Mingmei also got up and went to the cafeteria, preparing to intercept Lu Xiaoyao.

Sure enough, when Mingmei appeared in Lu Xiaoyao's livestream, the screen was filled with—

[She's coming! She's coming! She's coming with a hot lunch box!]

Then, sure enough, Lu Xiaoyao noticed Mingmei immediately and rejected her without thinking.

"My head's been spinning all day, so I should eat something light. This looks pretty greasy…"

Although Lu Xiaoyao rejected the lunch box after seeing what was inside, she didn't express any fear of the crayfish. She just wouldn't buy it.

Mingmei: "…"

Livestream audience: […]

[Isn't this normal? So, what was I expecting! Ugh!]

[Wuwuwu, yes! I'm not sad! I'm not crying! I'm clearly smiling! It's just that saliva is flowing from my eyes! My daughter is really…]

[So stupid!]

[The person in front, don't say what I'm thinking (눈_눈)!]

[Speaking of… is this streamer really from a military academy?]

[Otherwise! Mind your own business!]

[No, don't you really think that she doesn't seem like a military academy student?]

[Upstairs, what's with your tone? Where did this hater come from, wearing a passerby's skin to stir up trouble? Mods! Kick them out!]

The second after rejecting Mingmei, Lu Xiaoyao looked up and saw Mingmei standing coldly at the window, staring at her. In that instant, Lu Xiaoyao actually felt a little guilty?

Why should she feel guilty?

Shaking off the strange thought in her mind, Lu Xiaoyao turned around and walked towards another window, muttering softly as she walked, "Wow, that crayfish just now really scared me. Luckily, I didn't break character and scream. Sure enough, my acting skills are still on point~"

Mingmei, watching through the livestream: "…"

Watching audience: […]