Silicon Invasion

The initial encounter was peaceful, without any aggressive "opening gambit" or the like.

Luo Rui was being cautious, and as a teacher at Beishan Academy, he had to have a few tricks up his sleeve. He didn't need to waste ammunition on futile gestures.

As for Teacher Li, he definitely knew Luo Rui's information inside and out, and knowing Luo Rui's cautious nature, he didn't waste much effort either.

"Number Eight, scan the opponent's mech."

"What? It's also a Bluebird?"

Number Eight was always trustworthy, no matter which machine it was on. They always completed the tasks Luo Rui assigned them.

The observation equipment quickly fed the opponent's information to the right screen and automatically matched it with the database.

The appearance of that mech was unusually familiar; it was indeed a Bluebird.

Through the subsequent supplementary optical observation equipment, the simple line drawing quickly changed into a high-resolution color image.

Luo Rui was so familiar with this mech that he didn't even need to look at the specific parameters. Just from the appearance, he could tell the enemy's configuration and external attachments.

"What the h***…"

Luo Rui inadvertently blurted out half a curse word. The opponent's choice was just too… indescribable. They even had the exact same configuration as him.

Left shoulder rocket launcher pod, right shoulder recoilless rifle, hand holding a sniper grenade launcher…

Was this some kind of 'shifting stars' tactic? Using his own methods against him?

But Teacher Li, you're not a Murong, are you?

Starting directly with a sniper grenade launcher… this thing had plenty of ammunition, a fast reload, and wasting a few rounds was inconsequential. It was a perfect choice for a "greeting."

Experts' ideas always coincided unintentionally. The observation system detected the enemy's muzzle pointing towards him and issued a warning in advance. Luo Rui pushed the control stick with his left hand, quickly tapped the keyboard with his right, selected a position for the thruster, and simultaneously exerted force on the foot pedals to output energy. The thrusters on the mech's rear shoulders and skirt armor activated simultaneously, spewing out energy streams, propelling the Bluebird forward rapidly. The shells only stirred up dust behind it.

On Teacher Li's side, he wouldn't be hit by such a simple attack either. He adopted almost the same response method as Luo Rui, easily dodging these few "greetings."

At Luo Rui's level, in a 1v1 battle without other factors involved, trying to win by pulling distance or blocking movement was almost impossible.

Hundreds of meters of distance gave them too much reaction time.

So, after a brief exchange, both sides stopped wasting ammunition and went full throttle, rushing towards each other. Only by shortening the distance could they reduce the flight time of kinetic weapons and catch the opponent off guard.

Neither side chose fancy skins; the educational version of the system didn't have that function. The same mech, the same paint job, almost a mirror image of the beginning. After a few changes in position, Principal Wang and Teacher Yan, who weren't very interested in mechs, could no longer tell which was Luo Rui and which was the teacher from Beishan Academy.

But this didn't hinder their shock. In their minds, the teachers of Beishan Academy were all top experts. Dongmu, this small place, didn't even have the relevant educational resources. Even if a so-called genius emerged, how talented could they be?

In their expectations, Luo Rui should have been cut down like vegetables by the teacher from Beishan Academy. Lasting ten seconds would have been considered the teacher showing mercy. But now, nearly a minute had passed, and they only saw two mechs leaping and falling, entangled and clashing, various ranged weapons firing at close range, and dodging in the nick of time, making their hearts race every time.

Was this really Luo Rui?

Principal Wang and Teacher Yan felt like they were in a dream. Under their very noses, there was actually such a student hidden? Just now, they didn't quite understand to what extent a student who could cause Beishan Academy to send two teachers to communicate with him would be.

Now, they had a little bit of an idea.

Although they didn't understand, they just felt it was very awesome…

Luo Rui had now entered a secondary Focused Mind state. That's right, given Luo Rui's talent for naming things, he gave the new state an easy-to-understand name.

After a few days of practice, he was already able to freely enter the secondary Focused Mind state. Compared to the unstable Focused Mind state, the secondary Focused Mind, as a stably increasing buff, had an unimaginable effect on Luo Rui's normal combat power.

Originally, he had reached more than 2,600 points in the rankings with the Long-Range Fire mech, but after switching to the Swift Rainbow, because of the lack of support from the Focused Mind state, his score plummeted, only stabilizing slightly around 2,450 points.

But after possessing the secondary Focused Mind state, he had already returned to 2,600 points and still hadn't reached his limit. If it weren't for the lack of time, plus the fact that close-combat mechs did indeed put too much strain on the body, making it impossible for him to play continuously in a limited amount of time, his score would have gone up even further, possibly even exceeding 2,700 points.

And as for the Long-Range Fire, which could reach 2,600 points under normal circumstances, it would naturally be even more powerful with the blessing of the secondary Focused Mind state.

Luo Rui didn't have much of a concept of this power, but now he had some, felt from the pressure the opponent was giving him.

To be honest, this Teacher Li on the other side, whether he was holding back or for other reasons, Luo Rui felt that his pressure wasn't great, and he even felt a little at ease.

To be honest, just like Principal Wang and Teacher Yan, the name of Beishan Academy had an extra boost in a county town like Dongmu. Even Luo Rui himself felt that he might not last long.

But he didn't expect that in the current situation, he could still maintain it, and even seek a chance to win.

The secondary Focused Mind state only eliminated the interference of many useless emotions, it didn't prevent Luo Rui from thinking, so Luo Rui had doubts.

Although ranking points couldn't accurately determine strength, it was a very convenient reference. With it, Luo Rui wouldn't be blindly arrogant. He might be stronger than many mech pilot students who graduated from first-tier or second-tier universities, but he still felt it was impossible to defeat a teacher who held a position at one of the highest mech academies.

So, for the situation to develop to this point, either the other party was letting water, or the other party was a fake.

Luo Rui quickly denied the possibility of a fake, because not many people knew about this matter in the first place, unless all of this was a scheme made by Cui Qiang.

But Luo Rui didn't think he was worth others' painstaking efforts to trick him. Now it was a society ruled by law, and even if he was cheated, there was an opportunity to seek justice.

So there was only the first possibility.

So far, the tactics adopted by the other party were basically the same as his own. Did this Teacher Li really want to do some kind of 'using his own methods against him'? But Luo Rui felt that the prestige brought by this was far less shocking than instantly killing him.

If he wanted to give himself a show of force, this choice wasn't very good.