Silicon Invasion

Challenge start!

The team directly appeared at the designated location. After thinking it over, Luo Rui still chose the long-range fire mech.

First of all, the team needed him in this position. Although he felt he played melee mechs very well, and his combat power was even stronger, with three melee mechs already present, his choice would seem somewhat unbalanced.

Moreover, he had always presented himself as a long-range fire mech pilot. The recognition he received from everyone was for his operation of the long-range fire mech. In such an important challenge, suddenly switching mechs would inevitably mess with his teammates' mentality.

Besides, although switching to a melee mech would increase his combat power by a tiny bit, it wouldn't make any difference to the overall win or loss. He didn't want to become a scapegoat because of this; that would be purely asking for trouble.

As the challenge began, the live broadcast started simultaneously. Niu Wei and the others were all veteran players, with nothing new to see, so the extra long-range fire mech in the team became the focus of everyone's attention.

From the appearance and configuration, even slightly knowledgeable viewers could discern things, let alone these professional mech pilot trainees.

"Archer III, wielding a sniper grenade launcher, equipped with dual recoilless rifles. Heh heh, if you're going to tell me Lin Xinxin could choose this configuration, I'll eat you."

One of the onlookers chuckled coldly. It wasn't that he looked down on Lin Xinxin; she couldn't even handle two recoilless rifles, let alone adding a sniper grenade launcher.

"It seems that the newcomer has indeed replaced Lin Xinxin."

"But even so, it won't help the battle situation in the slightest."

"It is said that the newcomer is much stronger than Zuo Kun. Replacing him might not guarantee a win, but at least the data will definitely be much better."

"That's true..."

The challenge map is scored in detail afterward, including map score, performance score, kill score, and so on, which are then comprehensively evaluated to determine a specific ranking.

Therefore, everyone felt that Niu Wei and the others' choice was fine. It was just how they convinced Lin Xinxin to step down that aroused everyone's curiosity.

"I wonder what kind of sweet talk they fed Lin Xinxin. If it were me, I wouldn't step down." The onlooker who spoke, judging from the content, was also a support mech pilot.

"Perhaps it's because she has more team spirit than you, haha..."

"Cut the crap. I haven't seen any team's support pilot step down in the third challenge in previous years."

"Heh heh, I won't say anymore, let's watch the match..."

The outside comments couldn't reach the Knights团 team, so they didn't affect anything. The team members began to act according to their established plan. The first to strike were the two Warrior 7s, who didn't need to find and aim at targets. They launched high-explosive cluster bombs, starting to clear the field.

Luo Rui wasn't idle either, starting to check the status of various weapons and equipment. Although in the simulator, the initial stage, the weapon status wouldn't have any damage, reality wasn't a simulation game. Any situation could occur, so it was necessary to develop some good habits.

Because of the data support from the second round, the team had already calculated the time it would take for the wolf packs from all directions to reach the battlefield without interference.

Therefore, Luo Rui didn't actually wait too long before he saw the shadowy figures of the wolves through the forest in the 112 direction.

Luo Rui and Zuo Kun, the two long-range fire mechs, quickly delineated their respective attack areas and marked them on the map to share.

This was a necessary step to prevent wasted firepower. There were only two long-range fire mechs to begin with, so it would be too wasteful if they repeatedly attacked the same target.

"Let's see who wins the lottery~" Perhaps considering that this was Luo Rui's first time participating in such a formal challenge, Zuo Kun, who was usually unsmiling, suddenly spoke to liven up the atmosphere.

The two long-range fire mechs were positioned very close to each other, so even if there was some kind of interference in the forest, the two's in-team communication could still operate normally.

"Okay!" Luo Rui was concise. It wasn't that he didn't want to say a few more words, but it seemed like he had won the lottery.

A figure took the lead, leaping out of the forest barrier, appearing in the area Luo Rui was responsible for.

Although the radar was interfered with by an unknown field, it couldn't distort the light. The distance was so close, and the location was known in advance, Luo Rui had already discovered and locked onto its figure through the sighting equipment.

Therefore, the first bird gets shot.

This wolf, running in first place, had just leaped out of the forest when its right foreleg knee was hit by a sniper grenade, causing it to fall to the ground and slide forward due to inertia.

But after sliding less than a meter, a shell with a piercing shriek hit it hard. The shooter seemed very confident in his skills, choosing an armor-piercing shell instead of a fragmentation high-explosive shell.

This soul-piercing shot directly sent this wolf player, who ran in first place, to receive its takeout box.

Luo Rui took the first kill of this challenge.

"Hiss..."

"Beautiful!"

A chorus of gasps, followed by a few cheers.

A master's move reveals whether there's anything to it.

Although it looked like two ordinary shots, a sniper grenade to restrict movement, and an armor-piercing shell to finish off the opponent, it was the most basic moves that could reveal a mech pilot's true level.

In fact, the subsequent operations, although very impressive in the eyes of laymen, could be performed by a long-range fire mech pilot with some skill. Obviously, the pilots who could watch live and join this small circle of discussion were all considered to have some skill.

What really made everyone gasp was the reaction speed shown by Luo Rui.

Even if they could see some of the wolves' figures through the forest in advance, it was difficult to hit them due to the many obstacles, so they had to wait until it came out to ensure the target was clearly visible.

According to everyone's own calculations, if they were in Luo Rui's position, they might only be able to lock on and kill the wolf after it jumped out and ran a few steps, otherwise, they couldn't ensure the hit rate.

There was no way to do what Luo Rui did, accurately killing the wolf as soon as it jumped out, before it even landed. How incredibly abnormal was that reaction speed?

"Could this be a fluke?" After the cheers, one of the onlookers questioned.

"How is that possible? No one would waste ammunition in this kind of occasion."

"But he is a newcomer after all, maybe he has no experience, and then with good luck, everything is a coincidence."

"Heh heh, do you guys believe these words yourselves? Is it so hard to admit that others are excellent?"

"In any case, it's still unbelievable. I just thought about it, I can't do it, at least I can't do it now."

"Hmph, that's why he's a special recruit. If you could do it, you would have been specially recruited back then."

"Let's see his subsequent performance. If he's still so heaven-defying, I'll argue with anyone who says he got in through connections in the future!"