Developing Superpowers in Another World

Chapter 300 – The General Values Her Greatly

 

Confused and unable to figure things out, Tu Ran sat back against a rock, feeling somewhat irritable. She decided not to dwell on it any longer, closed her eyes, and went to sleep.

The next day, the purple night sky faded away, and the sky returned to a misty gray.

Tu Ran’s new mecha had been located, with its position transmitted back via drone. It wasn’t far from the stone forest where they currently were—just a half-day’s journey away.

Following Ye Hongci’s orders, the group immediately set out toward the new mecha’s location.

Tu Ran’s old mecha had undergone some simple repairs, enough to allow it to walk steadily. She carefully lightened her steps to match the pace of the group.

During their journey to the new mecha, they encountered two waves of alien beasts. Tu Ran stood aside as a spectator while the others dealt with them.

As long as the alien beasts didn’t band together, they were relatively easy to handle.

Once the beasts were dealt with, Tu Ran resumed following the group toward their destination.

Six hours later, Tu Ran spotted her brand-new mecha from afar.

The mecha stood upright in the open wilderness, its silver exterior gleaming as if starlight had been ground to powder and infused into its shell. Tiny flecks of light sparkled across its surface, making the mecha exude a low-key yet luxurious charm.

Seeing the mecha, Tu Ran’s eyes brimmed with tears. Could anyone imagine how she had endured those six hours?

At last, she no longer had to tread gingerly with every step she took.

When they reached the mecha, Tu Ran eagerly leapt out of her old mecha’s cockpit. She raised her hand and lovingly touched the gleaming silver machine. The cold sensation of its surface transferred through her palms, making her squint her eyes in satisfaction.

This scene was broadcasted live to the entire network.

[Why does she look like she’s never seen a mecha before?]

[That’s because my design is gorgeous, of course!]

[Wait, Boss, you designed this mecha?]

[Of course, I registered as a senior mecha design specialist.]

[Honestly, this mecha really is beautiful.]

[How is it different from other mechas? Besides the color, what’s so special about it?]

[The practicality of the mecha is the most important thing. Who cares if it’s beautiful? The alien beasts aren’t going to care.]

[The person above is right.]

[Agree.]

[Damn, didn’t you see what I posted? Senior mecha design specialist, senior, senior! Did you not even notice those two words?]

[They’re blind. Don’t listen to them, Boss. Your mecha design is absolutely, incredibly, undeniably beautiful.]

[Thanks for the support. I’ll design a mecha for you to play with next time.]

[Thanks, Boss! Let’s talk privately about the details.]
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[Tu Ran only recently joined the training camp as a reserve member, so she hasn’t had many opportunities to work with mechas. This might actually be her first time handling a senior-level mecha.]

[??? What are you saying? She just became a reserve member recently? And now she’s already on the battlefield?]

[It’s true. I’m in the same batch, and I trained with her.]

[I remember this batch of recruits just started a little over half a month ago. She’s been on Star 4344 for two days now, so she’s only had about ten days of professional training before going to the frontlines. Is the bar for joining the frontlines this low now? Just ten days of training and you’re sent out?]

[If you’re jealous, just say it. We all know you envy her.]

[She escaped from a wasteland star, so her basics are solid. Plus, she single-handedly fought Tang Ying, almost beating her.]

[Who beat who? Clarify.]

[She was beating Tang Ying.]

[Whoa, whoa, whoa, after watching the livestream for so long, I knew she was strong, but I didn’t expect her to be even stronger than Tang Ying.]

[Think about it—no one has ever escaped from the Wasteland Star in years. She doesn’t look that old, maybe she was born there. To survive for so many years under the feet of alien beasts and then manage to escape, her strength must be extraordinary.]

[As expected, gold shines wherever it is.]

[That’s not how you use that phrase. Our system’s basic education needs improvement. It should be “Good wine fears no dark alley.”]

[Aren’t those two phrases the same meaning?]

[Are they? I thought they were different.]

[They are.]

[Sigh, who cares what phrases they use? It just means that General Ye has a sharp eye. If such a good candidate wasn’t sent to the frontlines earlier, it would’ve been a waste of a year—our loss.]

[It’s all thanks to General Ye. Tang Ying is already powerful enough, and now we have Tu Ran. With the left Green Dragon and the right White Tiger, General Ye will reclaim lost territory in no time.]

[Yes, it’s only a matter of time!!]

[The Left and Right Great Protectors are amazing!]

…

Tu Ran had already climbed into the mecha cockpit and was standing in front of the control panel, surveying the interior of the mecha.

It was brand new, and the space was larger than the one she used before.

Since there were others waiting for her, Tu Ran didn’t want to waste time getting the mecha, so she quickly operated it and moved toward the team.

She didn’t know there were grades of mechas—she could only sense, from her own feeling, that this mecha was on a completely different level compared to her previous one.

Although her previous mecha was marketed as a lightweight combat mecha, it wasn’t as agile as this one. In comparison, this mecha was even lighter and more nimble.

[High-level mechas are a combination of all the best features from other mecha types, almost making them all-purpose.]

In the livestream, viewers were buzzing with excitement, starting to discuss this high-level mecha.

[It takes the top-level mecha engineers a month to build a high-level mecha.]

[One month refers to the manufacturing process, not the total time. As a mecha exterior designer, it took me two months just to design the exterior of this mecha. I revised the design over a dozen times, so you can imagine how long it would take for the internal structure designers to create it.]

[No wonder there are so few high-level mechas in our entire Haenden star system.]

[General Ye’s purple-gold mecha counts as one, Tang Ying’s Flamingo mecha counts as another, and only commanders at the general level in other military factions can use high-level mechas.]

[You can tell, the general really values Tu Ran.]

With a mecha that suited her perfectly and enough mental power to spare, Tu Ran was practically unstoppable.

When encountering alien beasts, her eyes lit up. Her fingers moved so quickly on the control panel, as if she were racing to kill the beasts before anyone else could get to them.

That drive, that determination—if it weren’t for her deep hatred of alien beasts, she couldn’t have been so relentless.

This only further confirmed the “fact” that she had escaped from the Wasteland Star.

In the Haenden star system, as long as one had a deep hatred for alien beasts, as long as they could kill alien beasts quickly and efficiently, they wouldn’t be criticized.

Tu Ran’s reputation quickly turned around. In recent livestreams, no one brought up the fact that she had barely trained for half a month before going to the battlefield. Everyone had subconsciously started to regard her as being on the same level as Tang Ying.

Tu Ran was still focused on accumulating mental power.

While the mecha was excellent, the mental power consumption had increased accordingly. She could only make up for it by killing more alien beasts.

 

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Good wine fears no dark alley (idiom); quality goods need no advertising …