Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"This won't do," said a visitor from the Mechanical Court, who had been quietly observing, his voice calm.

"Indeed, it won't," the instructor agreed, nodding, "Isn't this disrupting everyone else's training?"

"Let the rest join in. Otherwise, the training won't be effective."

The Mech Pilots he favored were on a completely different level compared to the other regular Mech Pilots; continuing with one-on-one fights or even free-for-alls would not help them improve.

Only a just group beating could show their true limits!

"Oh~" the instructor grunted, surprised that the senior was concerned not with the feelings of all the students, but...

No matter then.

The instructor knew that the cooperation between the artificial Mech Pilots was very tacit, and their past performance had been quite good, but he had not expected them to be this formidable... It seemed, probably, that they had surpassed his own level?

No wonder the esteemed visitor from the Mechanical Court paid them such close attention after having rejected them before.

"Cough cough!"

The Mech Pilot who was interrupted by Bai E fell silent, and suddenly heard the instructor's order coming through the cockpit's speaker, "All students, heed my command. Your only task is to take down W0721! I repeat, take down W0721! All remaining students, join forces to take down W0721!"

"..."

Only then did the four remaining Mechas, engrossed in playing with their respective opponents, notice the "wrecked Mecha" lying in the distance.

The noise of swallowing saliva seemed especially clear in the quiet cockpit after the instructor finished his order, "Oh dear."

"It's already been smashed to pieces?"

As their gaze shifted back to the Mecha that had unexpectedly intervened in their game, the determination in the Mech Pilots' eyes within the cockpit solidified.

They admitted that there was a certain objective disparity in their skills, but for the instructor to have them four against one, was he not underestimating them too much...

"Wuuu, I'm trash!"

"Stop, stop, if it breaks, what if we can't fix it by tomorrow?"

"Can't beat it... simply can't beat it..."

Even the righteous four-against-one was no match for the Mecha operated by two artificial humans.

The collisions between Mechas did not seem too perilous, unlike the human body where offense often outweighs defense; on a Mecha, defense generally exceeds offense.

The restraint by other teammates meant that the offensive of the artificial Mech Pilots could not be as relentless as in a one-on-one confrontation.
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However, the intensity of their operation never waned, and to their horror, they realized that as the battle progressed, the offensive might of this opponent, akin to a great demon, became increasingly fierce.

Once reaching a certain base limit, the Mecha's movements became a bit smoother and more efficient, the required control intensity escalated in a step-wise fashion.

This meant that the opponent was growing rapidly in the midst of battle!

Of course, a certain amount of pressure can provide motivation, but an overwhelming disparity can only lead to complete despair.

"I give up!"

The defeated Mechas did not stand up again, and seeing the significant gap, they gave up resistance.

Thus, the blue-and-white Mecha rose from among their four and turned its back, walking towards the Mecha of instructor Xie, who had been observing the battle from a distance.

Partial performance damage to the Mechas did not hinder their ability to enjoy the scene. The pilots lying in the cockpits settled into comfortable positions and awaited what promised to be quite a spectacle.

"They're really going to fight the instructor?"

"I think they're getting too cocky..."

...

"Holy shit! That's awesome! They can actually fight the instructor!"

...

"Holy shit! The instructor is incredible! He can actually last so long against the two of them!"

...

"Tsk! The instructor is still the one!"

...

The battle between the two mechas lasted for almost an hour, and in the end, it concluded with one mecha limping and with a broken arm, securing the final victory.

The charred cockpit, spewing sparks, suddenly opened, and from within emerged two young figures. The instructor's voice came out from the intact speaker, "Everyone is dismissed, free to act on their own... those willing to wait, stay here for the repair team to come."

No one expected that a common training session would end up scrapping all seven mechas dispatched for the exercise.

["Lucky Strike" energy +11.]

"Thank you, Instructor Xie."

After a casual greeting, Bai E and Rose leapt out of the cockpit and headed for the grass off to the side.

With the freedom to act on their own, of course they had to check out Black Street.

Witnessing the retreating backs of the two synthetic soldiers, the only standing, heavily damaged mecha seemed to finally reach its limit and collapsed with a thunderous crash.

Inside the cockpit, the instructor, with a face full of shame, apologized profusely to the esteemed member of the Mechanical Court beside him, "I'm sorry, Sir, I've let you down."

If it weren't for his inability to keep up with the combat instruction output frequency, this fight with the students wouldn't have been so challenging.

The grey-lipped representative from the Mechanical Court merely moved his lips and finally patted the instructor on the shoulder, "Train more in the future."

It looked like he hesitated for a moment before adding, "But you're probably reaching your limit already."

Without undergoing perfect mechanical augmentation, one cannot control a mecha perfectly.

...

"I'm sorry for holding you back," Rose said apologetically. She had thought they would be able to defeat the instructor directly in their first training session, but the instructor proved to have some tricks up his sleeve, worthy of his role.

Bai E shook his head with a sigh, "The main reason is the instructor's prowess."

Through his engagements with other mech pilots, Bai E had formed an understanding of his own strength. With the enhancement of his various abilities, he felt there were hardly any rivals left for him in mecha control. Yet he hadn't anticipated that simply facing an armored camp instructor would be so difficult.

Although Rose's not keeping up with him contributed to their difficulty, even if it were two of him controlling the mecha together, they likely couldn't quickly and easily defeat the instructor.

It was said that the real mecha experts were in the Mechanical Court. If an armored camp instructor was this tough to beat, just how formidable were the senior mech pilots in the Mechanical Court?

It seemed that the advanced tactical maneuvers they were given to attempt that day were indeed just the basics of the basics. The strength of the Mechanical Court's senior mech pilots would be much more terrifying!

This world still had depths yet to be explored!

If one wanted to rise from nothing, how could they possibly rule over all without being peerless in martial prowess?

However, increasing one's strength wasn't an overnight feat. Turning his mood lighter, Bai E strode forward, "Let's go! I'll take you to Black Street to have a look."

After dealing with the hidden threats on Nova the night before, he had left her in Black Street and wondered whether she could lay low quietly without him there.

With her strength, if she acted recklessly, or even just whimsically, no one in Black Street at the moment could subdue her—it was always a worrying, unstable factor.

"Yeah!" replied Rose cheerfully. Her voice was light with excitement in his ears.

She rarely had the chance to leave the camp and had been quite intrigued by Black Street as mentioned by Bai E.