Pinnacle Armor

"Didn't you just contact me yesterday? If you continue to use the interstellar communication as a daily call, the debt you owe will become more and more repaid... Don't worry about the debt? If he hears you say that, he will definitely Double the interest." When Zeng Zhen was lamenting that someone had changed a lot, she saw Lu Xingxi suddenly looking at her, and smiled a little strangely, "What are you doing? Mmm... a blind date."

puff!

Prepared to avoid Zeng Zhen's spurted drink, Lu Xingxi stood up and gestured to leave temporarily, and walked towards the terrace of the cafe.

Xin Xunyang's questioning sounded like a cannonball, and Lu Xingxi closed the balcony door calmly before answering: "You know the other party, do you remember Zeng Zhen?"

"Zeng Zhen? She didn't stay at Luhe well, why did she come to grab you from me?" Xin Xunyang expressed strong dissatisfaction with this.

"I don't know, I haven't had time to ask yet." Lu Xingxi changed the question, "You called suddenly, do you have something important to say?"

"Originally there were, but after hearing that you are on a blind date, I don't think other things are important." Xin Xunyang's voice was very depressed.

Laughing silently, Lu Xingxi decided not to tease the other party anymore, "I just went out to drink tea with my colleagues and ran into her. The blind date and so on are all just jokes. Are you in the mood to talk about the serious business now?"

"No."

"..."

"Well, I believe you won't change your mind. Besides, she is far worse than me." After muttering to himself, Xin Xunyang mentioned the reason why he suddenly contacted Lu Xingxi again, "Salfi received a message An invitation letter from the organizer of the exchange meeting." In fact, since Salfi became famous, he has received such an invitation letter every exchange meeting, but he has never been there.

Lu Xingxi became interested when he heard the words, "Is he going to participate this time?"

"Well, he himself said that he wanted to save face this time for the sake of the organizer's sincerity."

"Actually?"

"I want to show off that he has accepted an apprentice." Xin Xunyang was a little speechless when he mentioned this.Just an hour ago, Salfi officially recognized his apprentice status, the reason was that Reed Moore already had an apprentice, and he couldn't lose to the other party.And he accepted the organizer's invitation this time because he heard that Reed Moore would bring his apprentices to participate.

It is normal for peers to compete with one another, and Lu Xingxi felt that he could understand Salfi's thoughts.However, Xin Xunyang, who was recognized as a disciple because Salfi had to fight for a while, probably felt very complicated!

"Today I mainly want to tell you that you probably won't be able to contact me for quite a long time in the future." Xin Xunyang dropped the bombshell lightly, "Salfi asked me to compete with Moore's apprentice when he was preparing for the exchange meeting. For a moment, starting next week, we will go to Holborn Grassland for special training, and we will no longer follow Hamdra's caravan."

"Holborn Grassland?" Lu Xingxi was silent.

The Holborn Grassland is located on an asteroid on the border of the Black Sand Galaxy. The terrain and climate are very strange, and there are a large number of star beasts, and there are many wild species that are as ferocious as star beasts. living hell.Only knights who want to break through their limits will go there for training, but among those who went there, only a few came back alive.

The people on both sides of the terminal fell silent.

After a long time, Xin Xunyang laughed again: "Are you worried about me? Well, it doesn't feel bad."

Ignoring the other party's teasing, Lu Xingxi asked: "How long are you going to stay there? If you are separated from the caravan, how will you deal with injuries or lack of supplies?"

"We tentatively plan to live in the Holborn Grassland for a year. At the beginning, we only need to bring enough energy boxes and compressed food for three months. If you are injured, prepare a medical kit and handle it yourself. Hamdra will send people every quarter. Send us a supply, there should be no problem in this regard." Xin Xunyang said calmly.

"You've made your decision."

"Well, so it's just to inform you now."

Taking a deep breath to resist the urge to scold the other party, Lu Xingxi calmed down and said, "Where is Hamdra going next stop? I'll send you some replacement parts and energy boxes."

"He will arrive in Pangu in about ten days, and then he will stay there for two months." After a pause, Xin Xunyang's voice softened, "Don't worry, Salfi said that he has been there alone for two months. It should be fine. If it goes well, I will be able to go to Mizusawa to pick you up around May next year."

"What if it doesn't go well?"

"If it doesn't go well, we'll see you at the exchange meeting. Come on and pass the qualification exam! Then, goodbye." After speaking, before Lu Xingxi could say anything, Xin Xunyang cut off the communication.

Looking at the silent terminal, Lu Xingxi only felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

The balcony door was opened from the inside. Zeng Zhen, who had waited for a long time without seeing Lu Xingxi come back, poked her head out and said, "I thought you left me as a classmate and left quietly." She didn't answer, and she found that the other party didn't seem to be interested at all. I noticed that I was coming normally.

For Lu Xingxi to have such a reaction, could it be that something happened to Xin Xunyang?Thinking of the "debt" and the like that she had heard fragmentarily before, Zeng Zhen's imagination could not help but spread.

After realizing that there were more people on the terrace, Lu Xingxi turned around and said, "Sorry, I have something urgent to go back to the base, please tell Xiaobei for me."

Zeng Zhen, who didn't have time to say anything, could only stare dumbfounded at him running downstairs quickly.

******

The next day after packing and sending off the things that Hamdra wanted to bring to Xin Xunyang, Lu Xingxi had just returned to the residential area when he saw Zeng Zhen sitting by the flower bed talking to Bei Su—although she looked more like Bei Su alone He spoke happily, but Zeng Zhen only occasionally responded perfunctorily.

Lu Xingxi speculated that it was probably Bei Su who was expounding his mecha theories regardless of the target.

It's okay to meet by chance in the cafe yesterday, but today Zeng Zhen actually came directly into the base. Could it be that she actually has other things to do when she comes to Mizusawa this time?

Thinking of this, Lu Xingxi did not avoid those two, but walked over to say hello.

When Bei Su saw Lu Xingxi, he immediately put on a condemning expression and said: "Lu, I didn't blame you, you are too unkind, how could you finally leave other girls behind and run away first?"

"Forget it, at least he remembers to pay the bill before he leaves." Zeng Zhen's persuasion sounded a little teasing no matter what.

Lu Xingxi looked at the other party helplessly and said, "So what's the reason you came to Mizuze this time, wanting to change to a new mecha?" The one used by Zeng Zhen should be eliminated.

However, facing this question, Zeng Zhen shook her head calmly and said, "No, I have already changed my department and am no longer a knight."

This is a surprising answer.

I have only heard of people sharpening their heads and wanting to squeeze into the knight team, but I have never heard of people who are qualified to be knights and choose to give up on their own.

Besides, if she wasn't a knight, what would Zeng Zhen do in Mech Land?

Seemingly seeing Lu Xingxi's question, Zeng Zhen smiled and said, "I'm here this time mainly to choose a new standard mecha for our army. Do you have any good options to recommend?"

"Legion?"

"Ah, I know this, Zeng Zhen is now a member of the Third Army." Bei Su interjected.

Although the principle of the technicians is to keep a distance from all forces and not favor any side.But the mecha is a weapon of war after all, and it is impossible to cut off the relationship with the soldiers if it is actually used. Therefore, the technicians in the base more or less have legions they have made friends with. Fang and the research institute under his name are most closely related.

These twists and turns, Lu Xingxi was popularized in the second week of joining the base, and now he just digs it out to review.

After nodding to show that he understood, Lu Xingxi stopped asking Zeng Zhen what she was doing now, but signaled the other party to keep up with her in a business-like manner, "Recently, the new mecha samples developed by our research institute are all parked in the warehouse of the experimental area. , there are four models suitable for military use, I will take you to see them now. Have you applied for Mr. Fang's permission?"

"Of course." Zeng Zhen said, shaking the access permit stored in her terminal to Lu Xingxi.

During the inspection of the performance of the new mecha, when the two chatted, Zeng Zhen mentioned the graduation exam a year later.

"The branch school still retains your and Xin Xunyang's student status. Do you want to go back and take the graduation exam? Although I think you don't need that graduation certificate at your current level." The graduation certificate of Qianji College is very important to ordinary people , It's just a key to knock on the gate of the machine armor world.And even if Lu Xingxi didn't have this key, he had already successfully become a member of the Mizusawa Planetary Machine Base.

To Zeng Zhen's surprise, after hearing what she said, Lu Xingxi replied: "Okay, I will go back and have a look at that time."

"...Are you looking for the thrill of returning home?"

"Well. Xin Xunyang should be very interested in this kind of thing, and I will go with him when the time comes." Although he is much stronger than most of his peers in mind, Xin Xunyang still has naive ideas in some aspects.Something like the glorious return of the exiled hero, he's sure to enjoy.

Seeing that Lu Xingxi didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, Zeng Zhen sighed, "Then I look forward to the day when I meet you again on campus. Speaking of which, where did Xin Xunyang go?"

"He is doing a short-term travel experience." Lu Xingxi smiled, "He will be back soon."

However, in July 417 of the interstellar calendar, when Zeng Zhen went to pick up people at the space port of Planet Luhe, Lu Xingxi was the only one who got off the spaceship.She looked at the other person's normal expression, and for some reason, she felt unable to ask Xin Xunyang's whereabouts.