Li Hao scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "My mind was all fuzzy back then, I think I said something, but maybe I didn't. I just felt so happy... I forgot."

*Thump*. Ma Long flopped back down. "Bro, if she made you forget what you said, that means she was feeling it too! Your chances of success were super high."

"It's fine, take it slow. At least you're making progress."

"True, you're finally getting the hang of it. Can't expect a Bronze player like you to be perfect. Wu Zang, who's caught your eye?"

"I'm studying Hong Xiu..."

"I'm going to take a shower. You guys chat." He'd given up on this lump of pig iron.

Galileo Military Academy.

All the team members were also in the tactics room, seriously watching the opponent's data. There wasn't much information, mainly on Zhou Naiyi, Wu Zang, and Zuo Xiaotang's arc shot.

"This Zhou Naiyi is pretty good, but a girl's stamina is bound to be a bit weaker. We can use a strategy of attrition. As her stamina drops, her controls will definitely slow down."

"This Zuo Xiaotang is very talented, but he seems to have little combat experience. Just watch out for his arc shot. And he's the type whose emotions aren't very stable. Overall, the only one who poses a threat to us is Wu Zang. Hong Xiu, how about it, confident you can take him down?"

Hong Xiu raised his head. "Yes, and I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

The five great ancient martial families were also fiercely competitive. Times were different. Ancient martial arts represented the lower limit, but not the upper limit. Apart from Wu Fa, who could show his face in single combat with mecha, the overall performance of the ancient martial arts families seemed to lack that bit of "spirituality" compared to the top of the pyramid. The overly solid foundation led to a lack of creativity in mecha combat. In this respect, they were not even as good as the three sects of the ROM. Therefore, the five families had been discussing cultivating a leading figure together. This opportunity naturally fell on Nangong Yuhang, but it fell short. After many years, this plan was brought up again. Whichever disciple performed the best would receive the joint support of the five families.

What did this mean?

A smooth path, invincible!

Every collision between Dragon Pill disciples was a test with a different meaning than others.

As for Saric's drop in ranking, it wasn't really due to any problem of their own. The overall strategy and faculty were actually very good, but the student recruitment was lacking. Although Gu Wu was a freshman, everyone knew that this was the core of Saric's team-building and revitalization in the future.

"Hehe, Captain, it's actually not bad to use Tianjing Mecha to offer a sacrifice to the flag. If we take down Wu Zang, Junior Brother Gu Wu will definitely be able to advance to the top eight in this year's Supernova rankings."

"Senior Brother Dongluo, I only want first place," Gu Wu said lightly.

"Haha, that's the spirit, Captain... Captain..." Dongluo laughed. Of course, he knew Gu Wu's ambition. Which freshman wasn't like that, especially since he was Hong's supernova.

"Galileo, is that all the information you have on this Yu Jie?"

"Hong Xiu? That's all we have. Although he's a sophomore, he didn't have any outstanding achievements as a freshman. I don't know how he became the captain. The only time he showed his face was in the campus competition, and he didn't perform well either," Galileo said.

But Octo still stared at the 3D image of Hong Xiu, his face becoming more and more grave. It was too similar, the name was the same, could it be him?

He heard that he disappeared after being imprisoned for a year. Could he have gone to Tianjing Mecha? That shouldn't be possible, if it was really him, how could he be so unknown?

"Captain? Captain?"

Everyone noticed Octo's abnormality. Suddenly, Yu Jielian slapped his head. "Oh, I remember now, I heard that this Hong Xiu is a member of the former Apocalypse Youth Class. Captain, he's an old classmate of yours. Tianjing Mecha probably wants to use that to make a name for themselves, anyway, people in Tianjing like this kind of pretentious thing."

Instantly, Octo's heart skipped a beat, and began to pound. There was only one person in the Apocalypse Youth Class named Hong Xiu. Gradually, sweat appeared on Octo's forehead.

The entire tactics room was dead silent. Everyone sensed Octo's change. Although Saric's results had not met expectations, the entire Saric Academy had great respect for this captain. They were a bit unlucky, encountering two kings of the NUP at their peak, which led to their defeat. Octo deserved the title of captain, both in terms of personal strength and team management. Even the proud Gu Wu had to show Octo some respect.

"I know him, he doesn't know me," Octo said slowly. Back then, he was just on the periphery of the USE in the Apocalypse Youth Class, unable to enter the core circle at all, while that person was someone the entire Youth Class had to fear.

He wasn't qualified to participate in the accident back then, but he had heard about it. Even if he retained only half of his strength, it would be enough to give everyone a headache. In other words, he was officially back this year.

Come to think of it, times had changed. The principal of Tianjing Mecha was Li Haoni, who was known in the military for daring to use people. Others were afraid of offending people and affecting their future, but she wouldn't be afraid.

"Haha, Captain, you must be joking. We've been through hundreds of battles, don't worry, we won't underestimate the enemy. Besides, even if he really has some skill, he wouldn't still be unknown by now," Dongluo said with a smile. Everyone thought the captain was joking.

Octo shook his head. "I'm not joking. He's unknown not because he's too weak, but because he's too strong. If we go all out against Tianjing Mecha, we'll be done for."

In the following days, the Tianjing Mecha team entered a completely closed training session. Ma Long and the others devoted themselves with unprecedented enthusiasm. As the captain, Hong Xiu obviously couldn't slack off either. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't, since everyone was training. Wherever he and A Youyou went, there would be people watching, after all, it was a sensitive time.

On the weekend, the Saric team had already arrived in Tianjing. They had a day to adjust, as fighting away from home obviously required better preparation.

As long as they could win, they could still enter the mid-season training camp, but Tianjing wouldn't have a second chance. As a veteran Grade A military academy, this was intolerable from top to bottom. Even the gentlest students were standing with the entire academy at this moment: Win, we must win!

Monday afternoon was for familiarizing themselves with the equipment and challenges. This wasn't a problem. EMP sent official personnel. Tianjing Mecha's hardware facilities were absolutely first-class. And this campus competition was larger than the last one. The last one was a civil war, and everyone was dissatisfied with Gao Yunfeng, so they didn't really have any expectations for this new team. But this time it was different. There was no place like home. The entire Tianjing Mecha wore their red battle robes, and the huge arena was a uniform scarlet, which also put pressure on the opponents. They were the off-field members of the Tianjing team.

Sheng Man was the host of this competition. Wearing the same red uniform, she was charming and moving. The entire arena was already packed. Each campus competition was a holiday for military academy students. This was also the most popular competition in all schools, especially since it also involved the "life and death" of the academy. All the students took out their dry enthusiasm to cheer for their home team.

In the lounge, Hong Xiu and the others felt the enthusiasm and pressure. During this closed-door training period, they felt this enthusiasm. Basically, no one would disturb them when they ate. When they saw them, they would cheer them on. Tianjing Mecha desperately needed to enter the mid-season training camp, and their opponents were indeed very strong.

During this time, even the doubts about Hong Xiu disappeared. With the intelligence of Tianjing Mecha, they all knew that what they needed at this time was not to blindly criticize, but to be of one mind.

Yu Jieni sat in the principal's office and did not appear on the scene. The level of this elimination round was not enough to warrant the presence of the principal. The principal of Saric didn't come, so she wouldn't go to the scene either. But similarly, it would be a lie to say that Li Haoni wasn't worried. Her position as principal wasn't that stable either. Although she hadn't been in the position for long, she had to solve the problems she encountered. If they couldn't enter the concentrated training, it was hard to say whether she could stay here.

There were plenty of reasons she could come up with, but which politician wasn't good at that?

It was all up to fate, it all depended on Hong Xiu and the others.

Tianjing... Victory!

Tianjing... Victory!

The silent arena had already begun to surge with red waves of people. Judging from the rankings, the two teams weren't that far apart. It all depended on their performance. Deciding the outcome of a mecha battle might only take a moment. Anyone could win, but the home field advantage would add half a point of certainty, and the home field popularity was crucial.

Of course, the Saric team members all had calm expressions, unaffected by the atmosphere of the home field. They were all veteran players, having experienced hundreds of battles, and had seen all kinds of big scenes. As long as they performed normally, the probability of defeating Tianjing was very high. As for Hong Xiu, who their opponents were wary of, to be honest, although they didn't know how awesome he was before, so many years had passed, he was really not worth mentioning. Taking it a step further, even if he was a master, the Saric team wasn't made of clay.

"Students of Tianjing Mecha, what is about to be held is the USE mid-season training camp qualifier, and it is also the first battle between your Tianjing Mecha and Saric War Academy. The players from both sides are now preparing for the competition. We will start on time at two o'clock. Now, let's introduce the players from both sides."

First, there was the introduction of the members of the challenging team, Saric. A huge 3D projection would be given in the center of the arena. Of course, when each person was introduced, the entire audience would give the loudest decibel of boos. This was the home field advantage. Regardless of what others said, in battle, there was only winning. There was no such thing as glorious defeat. Those were all excuses.

Besides, everyone was very clear that Tianjing Mecha had no way out. If they failed to be selected for the mid-season training camp, there was a high probability that they wouldn't even have the qualifications to participate in this year's S competition.

First, there were eight individual battles, blind selection battles, a game of strength and tactics between the teams.

Zhuang Zhou was also among them. The Puppet God hadn't appeared for a long time. Fire Girl and the others had other work to do, but he was just a puppet streamer. If the puppet didn't appear, he would go to class as usual. He had carefully studied the situation of Saric. Frankly speaking, it was much better than Tianjing Mecha. And the results of the Saric team were underestimated. They encountered the Heavenly King Fan Liweite in S9, and the Wolf King Basta's team in S10 before being eliminated. Today's battle was really not optimistic.

Sheng Man was stirring up the atmosphere. When she introduced the members of Tianjing Mecha, the entire audience erupted with the most enthusiastic cheers. This was the moment of glory for every Tianjing person. It wasn't just Tianjing Mecha, in fact, the entire Tianjing was a fan. There was no doubt that mecha battles were now the most popular event.

Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but feel his blood surging. The big screen was also giving close-ups of the crowd, especially those with higher looks, such as the appearance area where Lu Ying and the others were, instantly causing a burst of cheers. The camera suddenly focused on an area, giving a close-up of a handsome face, wearing a white ethnic-style costume. In Tianjing's home field, which was basically a sea of red, such attire was a bit eye-catching, with a piece of cloth on his head...

Chapter 117 A Cloth on His Head