At 21:16:18 pm on August 15, 2045, the final registration deadline for the "10th "Oasis Cup" Gundam Championship" was only more than two hours away. Until this time, a heartless scapula warrior Edge finally completed a certain task and immediately contacted a careless little girl who had been waiting a little impatiently in the game, and mailed an important game prop that the other party needed by pay.
'alright!'
‘Anne! I have prepared your body, this ‘vf-25 Messiah’ for you, but I want to make a statement: Because I am not very familiar with this deformable body, I just restore and maintain it according to the data and the best solution provided by the system. I didn’t dare to modify it. If you lose, don’t blame me for not helping you?’
‘I have really done my best, I promise you!’
After mailing the other party's body several times, mailing the game props that were narrowed down like a toy plane to an instant, and seeing the information that the other party confirmed the receipt, Edge finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.
"You'll lose!"
ε=(??ˇεˇ????)))Ph!!
"Wow! I saw it, it's really repaired?!"
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First, after spitting at a bad guy who dared to curse himself in the communication, Annie hurriedly checked the repaired one she received, which was related to the important body she could participate in the competition.
"Big Edge, please wait first, I will sign up for the competition first!"
☆⌒(*＾-゜)v THX!!
After saying that, Anne received and checked the 'vf-25 Messiah' body and found that there was no problem, she couldn't help but open an application interface again and submitted her own application to the organizer who refused her application twice.
During the day, Anne finally managed to get Samantha, the broken ‘vf-25 Messiah’ in her hands, and immediately handed over Edge to spend a huge amount of money to repair it, and almost allowed her to sign up with the body at the last moment and wait for feedback on the competition application.
The price she had to pay for obtaining that body was: she had to protect Artemis and their useless "IOI Resistance Army" from being persecuted by IOI in the real world until the game of finding Easter eggs ended?
Because, they are said to be very confident in cracking the clues of Halliday, finding Easter eggs and defeating the IOI online creative company, and the only thing they are worried about is that the illegal armed forces on the other side will come to the door again in the real world?
Although Anne wanted to say: she didn't need Easter eggs alone, and she didn't need to trouble inherit some Halliday's stock and gain control of the game to defeat those bad guys of IOI... But since Artemis only made such a small and simple request, she was so happy that she was lazy and didn't explain more. She just decided to stay in the garden room on the rooftop of the other party's broken building for some time in the future.
“…”
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"Why is it so long..."
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Now, Anne is still patiently waiting for the reply to the application that just submitted.
This is her third application...
In order to prevent some people from maliciously repeating registrations, the organizer specifically restricted each player from registering three times at most. Once the maximum number of applications is reached, he will never be able to register again... Therefore, Anne, who is waiting now, was very nervous and anxious, afraid that some mistakes would cause her to fail to apply again.
If that was the case, I'm afraid she would really go along the network to the organizer's office and beat some bad guys who didn't agree with her participating in that kind of game that seemed very fun to play, and grabbed the collar and beat her up?
Ding ~!
Congratulations! Player Anne Hasta, your application to participate in the competition with your "vf-25 Messiah" has been officially approved! We now notify you: Please make relevant preparations, and please be sure to enter the 02136 portal of the 10th "Oasis Cup" Gundam Championship before 24:00:00 tonight to participate in the first phase of the competition. Those who fail to reach the deadline will be deemed to automatically give up the qualification to compete.
Hereby announce!
“!!”
!(;??o??)o
"That's great, Edge, I finally passed the application! Moreover, the first phase of the competition will be started in more than two hours!"
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Seeing the holographic interface that was successfully applied, Anne was startled first, then finally cheered directly, and shared the message with a heartless profiteer who helped her a lot in the communication.
'Yeah?'
‘That’s good, it’s not in vain that I work overtime and have to fix it for you first…’
After hearing that a little guy successfully passed the application for the game, Edge, the heartless scapula warrior, breathed a sigh of relief and said that his efforts were not in vain.
"I won't tell you anymore!"
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"I'm going to find that portal now, goodbye~!!"
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After saying that, Annie hurriedly closed the communication without waiting for the other party to continue to say something, and then turned around and ran to the bustling oasis crowd in the distance, preparing to find her portal No. 02136.
As for a heartless guy who was temporarily lost his value and chose to ignore him, she wouldn't care!!
(…)
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...
Soon, it was 23:45 on the second night. Edge, Dadong, Ashu, Pasifal and Artemis all arrived at the venue of the 10th 'Oasis Cup' Gundam Championship and entered a virtual box they had already booked in advance.
‘Hi~!’
‘Pasifal and Artemis are finally here?’
Seeing that the two were teleported in, Edge immediately greeted them.
‘How is it? Have you cracked the last clue?’
Immediately afterwards, Edge asked what he was most concerned about, which was the last clue of Halliday's Easter Egg Game.
After all, a little terrible girl who ranked first in the standings, the guy who even dared to attack Halliday's incarnation, would definitely not talk and try to crack the clues. This can be seen from the fact that she is still in the mood to participate in the Gundam Championship! So Edge felt that their hope of cracking that clue might be really only placed on Pasifal or Artemis in front of her.
‘Ah! Clues…’
‘Not yet!’
Pasifal and Artemis looked at each other, then shook their heads dejectedly and spread their hands. So far, they still had no idea, otherwise they would not have the intention to come here to watch the game.
‘That’s a pity…’
‘But don’t worry, either!’
'I've heard of it. IOI or other people who have passed the Shining level and obtained the second jade key have not been able to crack that clue, so don't worry, at least now everyone is on the same starting line, and if anyone cracks it, you will definitely get a notification as soon as possible according to your score.'
Seeing that the two seemed a little depressed, Edge hurriedly comforted her.
‘I hope…’
‘By the way!’
‘Where is that little guy Anne, has she come? Why didn’t we see her?’
Artemis felt that they had racked their brains to think about it these two days, so she didn't want to talk about that topic anymore, so she hurriedly looked at the box and asked strangely.
‘Ha?’
'She should have been here long ago! Now she may be going to prepare. When the official starts later, we will probably see her performance!'
Actually, Edge didn't know where the little guy was, but thinking about the other party's rushing look two hours ago, I believe he must have been in the competition venue. Besides, the other party is a contestant, so he will definitely not appear in the audience like them.
‘That’s it…’
‘Have the list of players participating in the competition come out now and the data of the body?’
Artemis was a little worried because she knew that the damaged ‘vf-25 Messiah’ they accidentally obtained was just an ordinary mass production machine, and compared with the athletes’ bodies in previous years, it did not have any outstanding performance or advantages.
‘I don’t know, I probably haven’t come out yet. Isn’t this about fifteen minutes left?’
Edge just waited with his arms in his arms and began to scan the virtual, huge "colosseum"-like venue that appeared in the void of the universe, watching the bustling crowds and various lighting decorations in the audience seats.
‘…’
‘You guys say, does she have any hope of winning that little guy?’
Pasifal asked hesitantly.
If it were in the past, he would definitely not think that the other party could win, nor would he hope that the other party could win! However, a little bit of happening recently caused his impression of that little guy to change a little bit. Therefore, if these friends of his own thought she had hope of winning, maybe he would put all his gold coins on that little guy?
‘I don’t know, but I heard that her driving skills are pretty good. When she was on Pandora, she stole a Zagu II from the Fan League, and she beat and trampled many people to death because of this?’
Edge is quite clear about the story of a little guy on the planet Pandora. After all, he can be said to have completely taken over the agents of the superconducting ore that Anne got back. So after many inquiries, he obviously knows a little more about Anne's things than others.
‘!!’
‘How to grab Gundam?!’
Hearing Edge's words, the warrior Dadong sitting on the stool next to him suddenly asked curiously.
'ah……'
'Who knows? She just got it anyway!'
‘…’
‘What about later?’
'later?'
‘The body she grabbed was quickly slashed and exploded by the Fan League’s people, but unfortunately, she didn’t even remember to take away the wreckage. Didn’t she know that the thing can be repaired, even if it was not repaired, it would be worth a lot of money?’
Edge said hatefully, feeling that a little girl who knew she was poor every day and threw away at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins out of thin air was a waste of resources?
'All right……'
‘I hope she won’t lose too badly this time, right?’
Pasifal and Artemis looked at each other and then prayed tacitly. Because they came to a conclusion through this conversation between Edge and Dadong, that is: a little girl's mecha control technology seemed very ordinary? Otherwise, she would not have been cut and exploded after snatching a body.
‘!!’
‘Great! Time is up, the Gundam Championship is about to begin!’
Dadong, who was extremely eager for Gundam, but regretted not being able to participate in the game because of his ability and the lack of a real machine, was so upset that he stood up from his position excitedly and reminded his friends who were still planning to chat.
At this time, sixteen large portals and sixteen different bodies appeared out of thin air in the starry sky in the distance. Amid the brilliant bursts of fireworks and the dazzling shadows of colorful light columns, a huge virtual digital graphic platform first appeared a commentator dressed in a non-mainstream style, and then the other party held the microphone to face the contestants' bodies and millions of audiences around the scene and began his performance:
‘The guests and audience members who came to the scene!’
‘Good evening everyone ~!!’
‘Today, the exciting "10th Oasis Cup" Gundam Championship is finally about to officially begin. Have you all made good bets?’
As soon as the non-mainstream commentator finished speaking, there was a booing sound at the scene, and some viewers seemed to be very dissatisfied with it. Of course, there seemed to be whistles and cheers. Obviously, some people participated in some interesting off-field gameplay like he said?
‘Oh! OK…’
‘Maybe, I should say that, are you all ready?’
'Everyone may know that in this competition, our organizers have made some small reforms to the rules and events of the competition. It is no longer a fight-and-play mode, because our organizers require the players to take a long-term PVE mode adventure first. After they fully utilize their respective skills and exercise their skills, the next stage of the competition will select a qualified part from the high-quality players who win or survive in the PVE mode to enter the next stage of the competition...'
‘And those poor players who fail to meet the standards will be ruthlessly eliminated in the PVE project!’
‘Hey! Stop!!’
The commentator was about to continue talking nonsense, but the audience at the scene was terrifying to buy it, so they started to make a fuss. Some players even took out various rifles, shoulder-mounted missiles, etc. and fired and bombarded the commentator's phantom and platform?
‘…’
'As for the specific rules, I won't say much about it here, because I believe you should have seen them all, so I will officially announce here: The 10th 'Oasis Cup' Gundam Championship is now officially beginning!'
In order not to calm the audience down, in order not to affect the ratings and advertising revenue, the commentator saw that the audience was not very willing to buy it, so he hurriedly ended some unnecessary opening remarks in advance and began to announce the official start of the competition.
‘Let’s see the contestants on the scene!’
‘I’ll invite contestant number one!’
‘She is…’
‘The little phoenix, Valkyrie, who is known as from...T, the never-falling Fire Eagle - Daughter of Darkness, Anime Hasta!!’
"Hello everyone!"
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A fighter plane flew out, and then the avatar of Anne's cockpit was shown on the huge screen directly above the stadium, allowing millions of viewers present to see the cute little girl who was waving at them carelessly.
‘!!’
‘It’s her?’
‘God, why is that demon?’
‘Damn it!’
‘Where is my shoulder-carrying nuclear bomb? Let me blow her down!!’
‘Stop it! You can’t hurt her here!’
‘…’
‘It’s over! She must die on the field. I wonder who will be cheaper for that bounty of more than 100 million yuan?’
‘Κατηγ??ρησε!!’
‘сволочь!’
‘￥@…%##!!’
In an instant, there were booing sounds and noisy noises.
‘Please be quiet, everyone!!’
‘Ah! My eyes! Which bastard lost the nuclear bomb? I advise you to save money quickly and don’t waste your bad money, because it’s useless for you to throw black holes here!’
Seeing a slight lit up on the venue that almost blinded, the commentator's holographic projection quickly stopped him, cursing and cursing.
'Yes……'
‘Yes! I believe that all the audience members here know her, or have been bullied and played with her? But no matter what, she participated in this competition, so here, in this special competition venue, any attack you make against her will be judged invalid!’
‘Get back to the point!’
‘If you have any grudges, you can settle the score with her after you go out, but let’s take a look at her body first. It’s...a plane?!’
'oh!'
‘Sorry, I’m not blind, of course you guys don’t, because it’s really a serious mecha!!’
Immediately afterwards, the commentator saw that the audience seemed to care about a dark female contestant, and began to introduce the machine in detail.
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vf-25 Messiah
Multi-purpose deformable fighter bomber, 1 crew member (can set up a reserve seat)
Human-shaped height: 14.53 meters (including head laser cannon)
engine:
Xinxing Heavy Industry/P&G/PR Social Media Production FF-3001A-level II Thermal Nuclear Turbo Engine × 2
Thrust 1620KN+×2
Extreme speed (in the atmosphere) is about Mach 5.00, and the acceleration limit outside the atmosphere is unknown
The maximum load of the body is 27.5G
Armed
Standard armed:
GU-17A anti-Vajra MDE machine gun on the head
ROV-217C 12.7CM Coaxial Beam Rifle × 1
ES-25A 25CM high-speed MDE machine gun × 2
ROV-25A 25CM beam cannon × 2
AK/VF-M9 Combat Knife in Left Wrist Shield × 1
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‘It’s a very ordinary body. I remember someone drove similar body to participate in the competition in the past few years. Any unlucky guy was destroyed without even holding on for three minutes…’
‘As for her driving skills, we can wait and see?’
Immediately after introducing Annie's identity and body data, the commentator, obviously not very optimistic about the little girl, smacked his lips and began to introduce other pilots one by one.
For example, the second player is a masked man who doesn’t look like, and is also a pilot named ‘Yohe 321’ from the Fan League Guild?
He drove a full metal craze M9 Gernsback (Gernsback), and it was a commander-level specification. It is the latest third-generation AS used by Misrilu! Its biggest feature is that it is equipped with a composite angle antenna that can enhance sensor functions on the head components, and thus obtain the electronic warfare capabilities required by the front-line commander. It can also use the ultra-high data connection device "ITCC-5 (integrated tactical communication control system)" to analyze and manage, unify the huge information in the battlefield, and has ultra-high performance that surpasses the existing organism, especially in terms of high maneuverability and concealment, far surpassing other ASs!
Even through ECS, various sensors and radars can be invalidated, and can also have stealth functions that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye!
Moreover, it is said to be equipped with a bug-like ‘λ-DRIVER’ driver, which is the legendary driver called Ramda Driver or Lymda! It is one of the highest manifestations of black technology in "All Metal Frenzy", which is to transform attack/defense impulse into energy with physical attributes, rather than simply ‘thinking’!
When the pilot has a desire to transcend fantasy for something, the emblem of the activates all its strength, and the effect is like an imagination! There are only three ways to defeat λ-DRIVER:
Directly use λ-DRIVER to fight λ-DRIVER!
Attack unexpectedly, such as using a sniper to directly destroy the body before the pilot reacts!
Break through the driver's reaction time with fast movements!
But unfortunately, this ability should belong to a type that converts brain waves, that is, personal consciousness/will, into external manifestations. However, since the so-called mental power is consumed, the damage to the body after use cannot be ignored - it is said that it is easy to cause brain destruction? Therefore, after official research of the competition, it is believed that this λ-DRIVER driver does not have the ability to completely destroy the rules and fairness of the competition, so the body is allowed to be selected?
The third player is the powerful Liberty Gundam driven by a Gundam enthusiast from IOI Online Creative Company. It is a gorgeous and powerful body and is also the most popular player in this championship, no doubt about it!
Because, the strength of this body is unquestionable!
It integrates all the top technologies in the SEED world, with beam shields that are as defensive as copper walls, armor cutting technology and the unparalleled maneuverability brought by the PS armored internal skeleton, coupled with the terrifying firepower of a total of fifteen artillery! Moreover, it is equipped with a "super advanced deuterorist" used by the nuclear engine and the deuteronuclear beam charging system to obtain the overwhelming output of the engine...
In short, this is a body that ordinary people and ordinary guilds cannot afford to support or buy. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a work of art accumulated by IOI with money, right?
And this is also the reason why it successfully became the hottest player of this competition!
But unfortunately, it is said that this aircraft was manufactured by Kira Yamato for the driver when it was manufactured, so the extremely complex weapon system of this aircraft can only be used to maximize its performance by the NPC Kira Yamato? As for the manipulation ability of the Gundam-level enthusiast hired by IOI Online Creative Company, it is up to be discussed...
However, many people believe that even a pig is manipulating it, it will definitely achieve good results!
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people putting so much money on it.
The other players' bodies were also diverse, such as the "Zhanyue" and "Lancelot" from the rebel Lelouch, the first and second from the EVA, the messy bodies from up to 00, etc.
finally,
When a certain commentator spoke of the thirsty mouth, he finally explained all the sixteen contestants and their body origins and data in a simple or detailed manner. Then, the pilots participating in the competition began to fly in or run into portals and disappeared in amid the cheers of millions of oasis spectators.
‘…’
‘That’s over? Where is the promised Gundam Championship?!’
Seeing that there was no Gundam in the entire field, only empty venues and huge portals were left. Pasifal, who was a little confused about the rules of the game and had never seen the rules of this competition, asked strangely.
'Well……'
‘They are now going to challenge the PVE independent dungeon of the first project separately. Only players who survive after the end or who score a certain standard are eligible to enter the next stage, which is the PVP stage of the Gundam Championship that we are most familiar with?’
‘But before that, if we need it, we can access any contestant’s PVE copy records at any time through the competition group options page to view their performance in the copy!’
‘That’s like this?’
Seeing that Pasifal seemed to really not understand, the big Dong on the side slowly explained to him and directly demonstrated how to read Anne's copy of the "Ship Time Fortress F Void Song" and watched a little girl flying in the vast dark universe starry sky with the VF-25 Messiah.
‘So that’s what it is…’
‘But, since that’s the case, what are we doing here now?’
'this……'
‘It seems that there is really nothing good to watch today, it’s just an opening ceremony…’
‘Tsk!’
‘You see, many people have already left the market.’
‘Let’s go! Let’s go back too. Anyway, you can see it anywhere in the PVE stage now, so there is no need to stay here all the time! And we can also think about what the last clue of Halliday is going on?’
‘Okay!’
‘…’
Soon, as the contestants entered one dungeon portal and disappeared into the field, as the long PVE stage unfolded, the huge cosmic arena began to gradually become quiet. Then, the audience who watched the opening ceremony and fully understood the contestants left the stage sadly with cursing or other complaints, leaving only this huge and empty place.
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(?????????`??)?????? Votes??(???????`??)??
Chapter completed!