Maybe it’s to gain more attention and ratings.
Like many variety shows and sports competitions on the planet, the start time of this life-or-death flag-capture battle was chosen on the afternoon of a rest day.
Lin Jie and the other three recharged their batteries, had lunch, and took a nap. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, they took the mecha onto a special transport ship.
There is a high-tech electronic display hanging in the cabin, and the screen is split into two shots. In the left shot, you can see a female host with a beautiful face and a hot figure saying something with an exaggerated expression.
On the right is an aerial shot, showing the battle venue for this capture-the-flag battle.
Abandoned mechanical wreckage, barren ground, complex topography, and a blast of wasteland wind, a blue flag was planted on the top of the erected wreckage of a warship.
In the upper left corner of the screen, there is a small human-shaped logo, followed by a long series of numbers.
"This is a real-time broadcast of the dark web. The number in the upper left corner is the number of people online."
Curly hair was communicating with Kane on the side, trying to increase the level of tacit understanding. Simon came to Lin Jie's side, pointed to the upper left corner of the screen and said: "The influence of the Death Star Capture the Flag Battle is still expanding, and it has now connected with other civilizations and The darknet users of the consortium, look at the exaggerated number of people online. Even though there are still two hours before the start of the game, the number of people online has already exceeded 2 billion."
"It's really high..." Lin Jie couldn't help but admire.
There are more than 20 colonial planets in the Karl Star Kingdom, with a total population of more than 200 billion.
Excluding the people who don't care about various competitions, there are only more than 10 billion people left. Most of these more than 10 billion people are civilians and generally have no access to the dark web.
In this case, the number of people online can still reach this level, which is comparable to a regular professional mecha league to some extent.
And this is just the preparation period before the start of the game.
By the time the competition officially begins, the number of people online will only be even more terrifying, and the ratings will probably be incredibly high.
"The grand occasion is unprecedented..." Lin Jie crossed his arms and watched the broadcast screen quietly, glancing at the rapidly scrolling dialog box below from time to time.
After a while, the transport ship landed and the hatch opened.
"I'll go over first." Curly Hair turned around and said to Simon and Lin Jie.
For the sake of fairness in the competition, before the start of the competition, the mecha has a testing procedure to confirm that the mecha itself has not undergone violent modifications and forcibly installed some configurations that exceed the private-level standards.
Curly Hair had to be present as a pilot, so he could only be temporarily separated from Lin Jie and Simon.
Simon and Lin Jie were led by prison guards to a makeshift room.
When you open the door, you can see a room full of professional equipment. The most conspicuous ones are two large monitors. One of them is a real-time broadcast of the dark network, and the other is directly connected to the interior of the stadium and multiple drone surveillance screens. , the mechanic can switch the camera freely to ensure that the situation of his own pilot can be captured in real time
"Hey Hey hey……"
A moment later, Curly's voice came from the radio on the operating platform: "This is the Mammoth mecha. Confirm that the communication equipment is connected. If you hear it, please answer. If you hear it, please answer."
Lin Jie quickly picked up the headphones and put them on, and quickly replied: "I didn't hear it, I didn't hear it, I won't answer, I won't answer!"
Curly Hair:…
Simon:…
The two of them suddenly felt that Lin Jie, the mechanic, was not so reliable anymore.
…
"David, I'm here at the inspection station. I saw Curly Hair. Judging from the operating status, his mecha has indeed been repaired."
Testing station.
The machines are neatly lined up in two lines, waiting for inspection.
Li Zhe came relatively early and had already completed the test. He was waiting for the game to start. When he saw Curly Hair arriving, he couldn't help but frown and said to the radio.
From the beginning of the capture-the-flag battle, Curly Hair was always on top of him. In the third game, he snatched the flag from his hand at the most critical moment and won the capture-the-flag battle.
This made Li Zhe feel more and more unhappy the more he looked at Curly Hair.
He hated people like Curly Hair who were obviously better than him on some level, especially when such people competed with him.
That's hateful.
"It seems they have indeed found the main control chip..." David's voice came from the radio: "It's okay, his mecha has no advantage in all aspects of data, and it lacks long-range firepower and has an extremely low fault tolerance rate. Easily vulnerable.”
"Now it seems like he has long-range means..."
Li Zhe looked at the energy gun Mammoth was holding. After pondering for a while, he took a photo with his communication watch and sent it to David.
Behind him is a big boss whose background is not weaker than Simon's, and he still has these basic configurations.
"It looks like it's a modified basic 7-heavy energy gun..." After a moment, David's voice sounded again: "Don't worry, although this energy gun has a long range, its output energy level is low, and the energy ammunition Its armor-piercing ability is poor and its lethality is insufficient.
Your mecha is a military model with thick armor and strong defense. This gun poses no threat to you. "
I feel relieved when you say that... Li Zhe nodded with peace of mind.
…
"How's the number of people online?"
"It's still rising, it's already reached 2.5 billion."
"Where are the mecha inspections? Can they ensure that the game will start on time in two hours?"
"I just received the news that everything is progressing normally there. If nothing unexpected happens, all the tests will be completed within half an hour."
"Okay, tell Kenny to get ready. The camera will be narrated in ten minutes."
A certain room in Area A of the Ninth Prison.
Jenna transformed this place into a studio hall.
There are monitors one after another hanging in the entire hall, relaying various pictures, and dozens of people are busy inside.
Jenna was wearing a blue professional attire, standing in the center of the hall, looking at the images relayed on various monitors, and giving orders in an orderly manner.
Compared with her state in the interrogation room, she is more like a leader now.
"Okay, no problem..."
Looking at the skyrocketing number of people online, Jenna took a deep breath, her eyes shining with excitement.
In the Ninth Prison, everyone knows that she is the warden, but few people know that when she was young, she was only the director of a certain column of the Star Channel, and she was a director who was highly valued by the leaders and planned to focus on training.
If she continues on the normal track, she should be a director-level figure of a certain interstellar channel now.
Unfortunately.
Jenna has bigger ambitions.
She longs for status and power, and the Star Channel program is just a springboard for her.
After the program she planned became popular, as a director, she gradually had the opportunity to contact big figures, and she keenly seized this opportunity.
Relying on her youthful beauty and her courage to take off her clothes, she successfully established very pure and impure relationships with many political figures, and used these to pave the way for herself to enter the political world.
After that, her ambitions expanded even more, and more and more things happened to her and more and more people by relying on her crotch.
And relied on it to climb to where it is now.
But in the past few years, she couldn't climb anymore.
Just as Lin Jie said when stimulating her, as an ordinary person with no background and no special abilities, she has begun to age. The beauty she was once proud of has been taken over by wrinkles, and the two tall mountains have also faded. Turned into a shriveled earth bag.
If nothing else, the warden is the pinnacle of her life.
But this capture-the-flag battle gave her hope.
The complex relationship involving multiple gray forces and the horror attention on the dark web have caused a huge chain reaction. Whether it is the underground world, gambling companies, or political circles, countless pairs of eyes are looking at the Death Star.
This time might be another springboard for her.
"Warden, a message has been sent from the testing station. The testing has come to an end."
"Okay..." Jenna nodded: "Okay, give the broadcast footage to Kenny."
