It was the opening day of the Mecha Competition; the organizer of this interstellar year was the Uto Civilization; and the venue was set on Planet Vor, a natural miasma planet with a relatively remote geographical location.

 

The so-called miasma planet was one where more than eight out of twenty-four star-hours a day were covered in poisonous miasma.

 

This kind of environment was the most unfavorable for the competition because the dense miasma would affect the monitoring equipment, causing the audience to be unable to see the game of the mecha warriors inside the miasma. In addition to the jungle obstacles and poison, once the mechas were broken or malfunctioned, the mecha warriors would have to come out of the mechas. Even if they were wearing gas masks, it was still difficult to ensure absolute safety.

 

The Miasma planet was the most unwanted planet for all the participating mecha warriors, and it raised the difficulty of the mecha competition to several levels. Although the Uto civilization assured that it would arrange enough medical personnel and rescue teams, not many civilizations were willing to buy into the idea.

 

Seeing that the number of participants in the competition had drastically decreased compared to last year, the Uto civilization had to draw up a contract that if there were casualties among the participants, the Uto civilization would not only provide medical assistance but also pay out a large amount of resources to the civilizations to which the casualties belonged, and this was what pushed this year’s tournament to its climax.

 

 

“Why don’t you reconsider? Before the start of the tournament, it’s permissible to change participants.” Ji Canghai peeled back the skin of the grapes and fed them to Xiao Yu beside him in a pandering manner.

 

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. “Didn’t we discuss this? If it’s other terrains, it’s fine; the Miasma Planet is too dangerous; I must follow you.”

 

Originally, he had no intention of signing up for the mecha competition; after all, both the Independence Army and the Mermaid Clan only had one slot, and he was self-aware of his own mecha strength, and there was no way he would go and waste that one precious slot.

 

However, the Grand Elder told him that the mental energy of a Mermaid Omega could isolate the miasma and even help other people, and even other species, to remove the miasma poison from their bodies.

 

So he decided to participate in the competition with Ji Canghai, for which he trained hard for a month, and the Mermaid clan also used the entire clan’s efforts to build a Class 10 mecha for Xiao Yu, which he named Zhegui, meaning to carry the expectations of the entire clan and fold the laurel in the competition.

 

The mecha masters of the Independence Army also modified a new Class 10 mecha for Ji Canghai, based on the remains of the original Class 10 mecha.

 

Ji Canghai especially shamelessly named it something similar.

 

Even the names of the mechas had to come together as a pair; it was like he feared that others wouldn’t know that they were mates.

 

“Xiao Yu, I will protect myself; you don’t have to risk your life for me.” Ji Canghai didn’t want to let Xiao Yu participate in the competition; he had participated in the Mecha Competition as a participant of the Federation in his early years and knew the cruelty of the competition. In order to fight for victory and resources for the clan, the mecha warriors would fight at all costs, and at that time, he wouldn’t be able to take care of himself; what if Xiao Yu was in danger and he couldn’t rescue him in time?

 

Xiao Yu had also thought about this problem, so his Zhegui’s defensive performance was much stronger than the other tenth-level mechas, and accordingly, he gave up some of its offensive capabilities.

 

He touched the mecha necklace hanging on his chest and said, ”I’ve put my words out; it’s too late to back out now. You can understand it, right? When you have to meet the expectations of many people, victory will become more important than safety and security.”

 

 

A flash of pain flashed in Ji Canghai’s eyes when he remembered how Xiao Yu decided to claim the throne. He knew that the little mermaid, who had been sheltered by him in the first place, would one day experience the pressure he faced as the leader.

 

If it wasn’t for his sake, in order to help him develop the Independence Army, Xiao Yu wouldn’t have to work so hard.

 

He almost choked as he called out Xiao Yu’s name, “Xiao Yu…”

 

“Fool, I’m not being melodramatic; I just want to tell you that I’m looking forward to the moment when I’ll fight alongside you.” Xiao Yu stroked Ji Canghai’s slightly sprouting stubble; his eyes seemed to have starlight flickering in them. “I want to be your strongest backing. To be honest, this feeling is very new. When I used to be a boxer, I only ever thought about how to beat my opponents in the ring, and I never tried to cooperate with others. I don’t know if I can fulfill the role of a guardian, but I know I will protect you with my life.”

 

Ji Canghai’s eyes were filled with emotion; if it were in the past, if he could hear Xiao Yu’s heartfelt confession, he would serve him well. But now wasn’t the time; the registration was about to close, and they still had to go to the site to make the final confirmation.

 

“It’s fortunate to be on the same side as you.” Ji Canghai’s tongue caressed Xiao Yu’s lips. “There will be good things for you when we come back.”

 

Xiao Yu, of course, knew what this guy meant; he poked Ji Canghai’s lower abdomen with a provocative look in his eyes and said, “I’ll be waiting.”

 

There were not many safe spots on the Miasma Planet, and the Uto civilization chose one of the largest safe zones as the opening venue for the competition.

 

Xiao Yu followed Ji Canghai to the location of the competition and looked at the mechas of different forms on the field with more than a little bit of wariness in his eyes.

 

Although mechas were things developed by humans, due to their strong combat power and simple core technology, they had been introduced by numerous civilizations one after another and had undergone a large number of localized modifications over a long period of time.

 

For the vast majority of intelligent races whose physical strength wasn’t as strong as that of mechas, the appearance of mechas had substantially enhanced their combat power, even those whose physical strength was higher than that of mechas were also very willing to put on such a layer of protective armour for themselves when fighting, not to mention that in addition to its strong defensive power, mechas also had devastating offensive power.

 

Initially, mechas were naturally designed for humans, but after generation after generation of improvements, mechas had long since developed numerous schools of thought and changed into many different forms along with the driver’s race.

 

Xiao Yu was dazzled; this was the first time he had seen so many races gathered together, and he couldn’t help but feel the magic and vastness of the universe in addition to the novelty.

 

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to Planet Uto. I am the executive officer of Planet Uto, Vitolit, and the chief prosecutor of this competition.”

 

The simultaneous translation in Xiao Yu and Ji Canghai’s ears rang out, and Vitolit’s voice reached their ears through the translator. Xiao Yu looked at the spirited man on the stage; the last time they had met was in the Star Court.

 

“Uto is a planet covered in miasma all year round, and to this day, we still can’t detect the source of its miasma. Uto has sent personnel here to explore it many times, all to no avail. Therefore, after discussions between myself and the procurators, we have decided that if anyone is able to discover the cause of the miasma, we will offer a reward of ten tons of Cuiton. If the miasma can be resolved, this executive officer will add an additional ten tons of arbitrary ore resources in return.”

 

When these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Although Cuiton was not an extremely precious ore, its ability to resist spiritual attacks made it occupy an important position amongst the mecha materials, and it was worth a lot of money.

 

 

What was even more attractive was the ten-ton arbitrary mineral resource. It should be noted that the raw material of energy stone, black stone, often had a price but no market, and various civilizations regarded it as a strategic resource that was easily not exported. If anyone could bring back ten tons of black stone, then he could truly be considered as rich as an enemy country.

 

The rewards were indeed tempting, but Xiao Yu was uninterested; he knew too much about the tactics of the Uto civilization.

 

Behind these seemingly exorbitant rewards, he was afraid that there were hidden k-illings and traps. If the cause of the miasma was really that easy to investigate and clean up, would the Uto civilization not have gone back to clean it up by now?

 

Instead of unrealistic fantasies, it would be better to focus on the rankings of the Mecha Competition.

 

After Vitolit’s inspiring nonsense, he finally mentioned the rules of the Mecha Competition: “This Mecha Competition still follows the previous system, i.e., the one who survives to the end is the winner. Every time you pass an area, you will receive a copy of the coordinates of all the participants in the terminal, and every eliminated contestant will receive one hundred points, which can be exchanged for various rare resources. The top 100 contestants will receive a prize; the higher the ranking, the better the reward. Then, I announce that the Mecha Competition has officially begun. All mecha warriors with great skills fight for wealth and glory!”

 

A huge teleportation array descended from the sky, and Xiao Yu held Ji Canghai’s hand tightly. According to past competition practice, physical contact implied a group; the Mecha Competition was allowing all the participants to form teams freely.

 

 

There was a flash of light in front of his eyes, and Xiao Yu subconsciously closed his eyes.

 

When he opened his eyes again, he was already deeply surrounded by the jungle, and an unpleasant odor came from the end of his nose, which was thought to be miasma.

 

This was long expected by Xiao Yu, but what surprised him was that Ji Canghai actually didn’t teleport with him!

 

 

Could it be that there was a mistake in the teleportation array? Or had the competition system changed again this year?

 

Or was the Uto civilization behind this?

 

In any case, it was imperative to rendezvous with Ji Canghai as soon as possible!

 


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That’s the end.

This was something I picked up just because it was extremely light and easy to go through.

thanks for reading ❤️

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