[1] Genius Mechanic

Chapter 27

Rupture

The blue mecha followed orders and landed at the nearest ruins to the Hundred-Year Orchid. The deployed protective shield maintained a 60% output, standing motionless in place. The shield, which should have protected teammates, was shining, but within Zhao Lejie's shield, there was no one, making him look particularly foolish.

And then what?! He just stood there and took a beating!?

Zhao Lejie was puzzled. As the lead tank of Gale Base, he had always been at the forefront, taking on the responsibility of guarding friendly mechas.

This responsibility was to protect teammates, not to stand in the sand and become a punching bag.

The most challenging environment to deal with the Hundred-Year Orchid is the quicksand around it and the potential flow of wind.

The Hundred-Year Orchid grows in the sand, with only a few ruins around it for a single mecha to stand on. The difficulty lies in the mecha pilot. To deal with the Hundred-Year Orchid, mecha pilots can only rely on flying, hovering, and operating in mid-air. This significantly increases the chances of being blown away by the wind or hit by the Hundred-Year Orchid's leaves.

When Zhao Lejie stood on the ruins, he had already analyzed the current situation in his mind.

As the deputy team of Gale, he had assisted Qi Sicheng in commanding on the battlefield. Given the current situation, if he continued to take a beating like this, he would indeed last for 20 minutes, but KID's lineup could not bring him reasonable returns.

"The way you guys are playing won't work." Zhao Lejie didn't understand why he was standing here taking a beating with the shield, upholding the good quality of trusting his teammates, standing alone in the sand ruins, "Melee mechas find it difficult to get close, there's no foothold, the Hundred-Year Orchid's defense is extremely high, and the output of long-range Artillery mechas is not enough—"

Before he could finish speaking, the KID mechas that were originally maneuvering around flew up.

Zhao Lejie was stunned, then saw two KID melee mechas pass by him and directly reach the position behind the Hundred-Year Orchid.

Ying Chenlin quickly adjusted his position, using the railgun to cover the two KID melee mechas getting closer. "Ji Qingfeng, Lin Yao, stay in that position, close to the edge of the protective shield, and don't exceed 40 in energy output."

Zhao Lejie exclaimed, "Wait? I've opened up to 60 in energy? You guys are saving money, but are you also saving energy!?"

What were these guys doing! He might not even last 20 minutes, and they were saving energy for what!?

Lin Yao unhesitatingly stopped the momentum of the mecha, turned around, and the long knife struck directly at the Hundred-Year Orchid. He had originally prepared to block the counterattack, but the Hundred-Year Orchid did not attack him. Instead, it intensified the attack on Zhao Lejie.

You Su, at the end of all mechas, observed all the situations in the field clearly and saw this operation. Interested, he looked at the nearby guard mecha. Ying Chenlin did not follow KID's two into the close attack range of the Hundred-Year Orchid this time. Instead, he stayed in a mid-range position, although he was in a backward position, he had always been within the attack range of the guard mecha's railgun.

In just a moment, Zhao Lejie felt something subtly wrong. The Hundred-Year Orchid's attack pattern was off!

The next second, Ji Qingfeng, who was hiding behind Lin Yao, asked Zhao Lejie's question, "Why isn't the Hundred-Year Orchid attacking Yao Bao?!"