Silicon Invasion

"What? Transfer schools? Does a prestigious institution like North Mountain Academy even have transfers?"

Luo Rui was a little surprised. He originally thought this discussion was just about a recommendation, so he could directly enroll after next year's college entrance exam. Who knew that after listening to the two teachers' conversation, he realized he had been too conservative.

"It's possible!"

Teacher Fu nodded affirmatively. Under normal circumstances, transfers wouldn't exist, and there wouldn't be such a thing. Because it would easily be exploited for personal gain.

But for geniuses, a path must be carved out, even if one doesn't exist.

But how to identify a genius, what are the standards for a genius? North Mountain Academy has existed for so many years without any scandals in this area, naturally it has its own set of review standards.

Don't think that Teacher Fu and Teacher Li coming to the school to find Luo Rui was a hasty decision. In reality, North Mountain Academy wouldn't just believe whatever Cui Qiang said; that was just a preliminary investigation.

Afterward, they conducted a lot of their own investigations. Not only were all of Luo Rui's competition videos reviewed frame by frame to see if there were any traces of fraud, but the competition times and locations were also verified.

Even Luo Rui's background, his parents' information, and so on, were investigated. In this level of scrutiny, Luo Rui's identity as a second-generation rich kid couldn't be hidden. Even the almost novel-like source of his amazing funds led North Mountain Academy to invest extra manpower and resources to repeatedly verify it.

Although mech pilots are just a profession, and ordinary mech pilots do have the same freedom and rights as other professions, once a mech pilot rises to the Ace level, many things change. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that national strategy is involved.

In the Blue Star world, it's not obvious, but in the Mikan Otherworld, the role of an Ace mech pilot on a local battlefield is often something that numbers cannot compensate for.

Therefore, even a very talented student will undergo many investigations in the early stages of training to avoid wasting resources.

Fortunately, the legendary experiences of Luo Rui's parents were limited to legendary luck and had no connection or involvement with foreign forces. Removing this suspicion, Luo Rui's background was very simple. His ancestors had been in Dongmu for generations, and no talented people had emerged. They were just ordinary local natives with a clean background.

However, even after many investigations, Teacher Fu still wanted to see for himself, so after chatting for a while, he started the conversation: "Luo Rui, would you be willing to have a match?"

Teacher Fu spoke vaguely, but Luo Rui immediately understood what kind of match it was. His level was genuine, so he wasn't afraid of testing. It was just that it was class time, so he had to see the principal and homeroom teacher's expressions before deciding whether to agree.

Seeing Luo Rui's gaze, Principal Wang immediately understood Luo Rui's meaning and nodded with satisfaction. Although Luo Rui's concealment had made him lose face, it now seemed that this kid respected his teachers. Previously, it must have been an unintentional act, after all, with his age and experience, not knowing what some things represented was too normal.

"Luo Rui, Teacher Fu has come from afar, since he has a request, you should do your best as a host." Principal Wang said with a smile, Teacher Yan nodded silently beside him.

Luo Rui felt that Principal Wang's words had hidden meanings, but also seemed to not have them. However, it didn't seem to be directed at him, so he didn't bother to think about it. After all, people always have strengths and weaknesses. It's hard to find a perfect person.

Although he didn't understand the hidden meaning in Principal Wang's words, Luo Rui understood the explicit meaning. He didn't ask who the opponent was. Since Teacher Fu made the request, he would definitely arrange a suitable opponent for him.

The Mech Activity Room can be said to be one of the most mysterious places in Dongmu High School. Luo Rui had been studying for so many years, knew there was such a place, and knew where it was, but the door was always tightly locked. Luo Rui had never seen it open.

Today, he finally stepped into this mysterious place. Inside the huge activity room, there were four brand-new devices, which were very similar to the game devices of "Ace Mech Pilot", and could even be said to be exactly the same.

In fact, they were more than 95% the same in terms of hardware. The only difference was in their software. Dongmu High School's type was an internal program of the education system.

Okay, actually, they were just reskinned versions of "Ace Mech Pilot", removing things like the mall. The operation, even the pages, were almost the same.

"Principal Wang, your machines are well maintained."

"Hehe."

Principal Wang smiled awkwardly.

Of course, they were well maintained. These machines had hardly been used since they were installed. This classroom even adopted sterile management.

If it weren't for the fact that they were guests from North Mountain Academy today, he would have made them wear shoe covers!

Teacher Fu was as thin as a stick. With his physical condition, he would probably lose his combat effectiveness if he was hit by a missile, so the opponent to "have a match" with Luo Rui was naturally Teacher Li.

Teacher Li wasn't exactly burly, but he was much stronger than Teacher Fu. He had been sitting there before, only exchanging glances with Teacher Fu a few times, without even saying a word, showing the demeanor of an expert.

The brand-new anti-G suit, even the size Luo Rui was wearing, hadn't even had the packaging bag opened…

When getting into the machine, the handrails were full of maintenance oil…

Luo Rui sighed inwardly. No wonder Dongmu County rarely had students admitted to the mech pilot major. Without some family resources to purchase a machine, it really wouldn't work.

However, he could also understand the school's difficulties. After all, this thing was very troublesome to maintain. If it were used freely, with the students' frequency of use, the school would probably have a large part of its resources tied up here, affecting the teaching quality of other subjects.

If this were a strong subject, it would be fine, but in Dongmu High School, there probably wasn't even a full-time teacher. Under these circumstances, it was not easy for the school to maintain them like this.

At least, when encountering a situation like Luo Rui's, it could be done in the school instead of going to Starry Sky Arena.

Fortunately, the machine wasn't really brand new. The internal program had already been debugged. After Luo Rui entered, he named the auxiliary AI "Number Eight", and soon entered the opponent search.

As a local area network with only four machines, when Teacher Li was ready, Luo Rui's side showed a successful match.

Luo Rui still chose the Azure Bird mech. Although he had been practicing Swift Rainbow recently, his data and record were all achieved with Azure Bird. He didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble and show off his other skills. If the teachers thought it didn't match the data and re-investigated, wouldn't that be a loss?

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Launch!

Familiar metal passage, without even a skin, Luo Rui complained, the light was already in sight.