"Brother, in your mecha repair area, is there a special mecha warrior repairing mechas? The one with forty-five gold stars."

"You're talking about the old man who wants money, right?"

"Why do you want money?" The soldier frowned and said, "A super mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars, brother, shouldn't you show some respect?"

The mechanic who was eating made a couple of noises: "I'm telling the truth, why don't you respect me? Do you know that he needs money to repair a mecha?"

"You want money?" The soldiers who admired the super mecha warriors suddenly felt that a certain concept was about to collapse.

"Yes, the calculation of contribution points is based on the standard of living base mechanics." The mechanic said dissatisfied: "He has repaired fifteen mechas in the past seven days, and the repairs were completed independently. We were all shocked.

Man, he still wanted to learn from his master, but he ended up asking the acceptance person to settle his contribution points. Brother, can you imagine how we felt at that time?"

Of course you can imagine it.

The soldiers who were full of admiration felt no better than these mecha soldiers at that time. A super mecha warrior with forty-five gold stars could also independently complete the maintenance of the mecha. They were also shocked.

So after hearing the news, I wanted to find out more.

As a result, they received a comment of "I want money", which made them feel very bad.

"You can't say that." A soldier who knew more helped to explain: "I have heard about Lieutenant Ji Xinghe before. A comrade went to the No. 6 living base where Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was at that time. He told us that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe was

He was not a serious soldier to begin with, but his identity was an auto mechanic in the living base. As a result, his skills were so good that he went directly to the machine repair area to repair mechas, so he became a mechanic.

"

"Auto mechanic? Mechanic?" Someone asked curiously: "Then why did he become a mecha warrior again and get forty-five gold stars?"

"Because there was a mission at that time, which required a trip from Base 6 to Base 3. However, the number of mecha warriors in Base 6 at that time was too small. Among the two first-level mecha warriors who could carry out this mission, one

One leg was missing and a mechanical leg was installed. Lieutenant Ji Xinghe applied for him to pilot the mecha to perform this mission. I heard that after a competition, it was proved that Lieutenant Ji Xinghe had this ability, so he was allowed to go. As a result, in three

In the six canyons, he met three imperial mechas, and then got three gold stars."

Because he heard about it, the soldier didn't know the details, but a general description can make people yearn for it.

"This is so amazing. From an auto mechanic to a mechanic, and then to a mecha warrior, I got three gold stars on my first mission. No wonder I became a special grade."

"Have you forgotten the age of Lieutenant Ji Xinghe? He seems to be in his sixties, and he is still so fierce."

"Sixty-five years old. I'll be sixty-six in a few days after New Year's Day."

"Damn it, it's unbelievable that you can still fight like this at the age of sixty-six."

"Not only can he fight, he can also repair mechas. One person independently completed the repairs of fifteen mechas. There are only three mechas in our entire camp who can do this."

After talking about it, it became a generally accepted fact that Ji Xinghe was very powerful, and there was no controversy about this point.

But the mechanic who first said that Ji Xinghe was desperate for money still frowned dissatisfied: "Even if he is a mechanic at the living base, he can't make money by repairing mechas in our military camp.

, this is a matter of making money.”

This sentence silenced the people around them. They were all professional soldiers, including mechanics. Professional soldiers are paid, but the meaning of salary cannot be generalized with the salary of other jobs, commissions and so on.

If every professional soldier has to exchange merit for money, this war will not be able to continue.

The Federation does not have that much money, and people who join the war for money cannot help the Federation win this war.

"Perhaps he has any last resort? It's like he is already this age, but he still wants to fight for the Federation like us. If he really wants money, then there is no need for him to come to Alien. With him

With the technical level of mecha maintenance, wouldn’t it be easy to get a high salary on the Blue Star?”

"Does the mecha on the Azure Star repair him? No, I think he is just here to make money. Otherwise, he has already received forty-five gold stars, and his military rank is still lieutenant. Logically speaking, he should not be promoted to captain.

Well."

"Yes, under normal circumstances, special mecha warriors with forty-five gold stars can be promoted to captain. Those with more than sixty gold stars can be promoted to the rank of major. The details will depend on their merits other than destroying mechas.

"

"Isn't he just looking for trouble with the ordinary imperial mechas on the battlefield, and then running away when he sees the noble mechas? Otherwise, how come there are so many gold stars, and so many mechas have been repaired, but his military rank is only lieutenant?

"

"But I heard that this time he teamed up with Major Jackson to defeat an Earl-class Imperial mecha. He pursued it for a long distance before completing the defeat."

"That was broken by Major Jackson, not by him. When he came back, I saw his mecha. There was no damage at all. Maybe he was holding it back. Major Jackson's mecha had a lot of damage.

.”

"Then the water content of his forty-five gold stars is too much."

Life in the camp is actually very boring. Apart from fighting and training, they can do nothing. They just ended a counterattack and occupied an imperial camp. They haven't even fought recently.

Everyone has a tendency to gossip, and professional soldiers are no exception.

"Keep your voice down, he's coming."

"Why keep your voice down? I'm going to ask him when he comes."

In the cafeteria, Ji Xinghe, who had just walked in, felt many eyes looking at him, and the emotions in these eyes were somewhat complicated.

But he didn't care. He walked to the food entrance and took off his protective helmet. After receiving his lunch, he found a place to squat and eat.

There are no tables and chairs in the canteen in the camp to save resources, so everyone eats while squatting.

Ji Xinghe, who was squatting alone, was still not used to eating because he was wearing protective clothing. He didn't need to wear protective clothing when he was in the living base, but he had to wear it all the time in the camp and shuttled between each building.

At any time, you have to be exposed to the alien surface environment. Without protective clothing, people will die.

Generally, he would only take off his protective clothing when he was repairing mechas in the machine repair area, or when he was resting at night, because at such times he would be inside the building for a long time. There was not enough time to come to the cafeteria for a meal.

It would be too long. There would be time to take off and put on protective clothing, and the meal would have already been finished.

The soldiers in the camp have long been accustomed to this way of life. Many of them wear protective clothing and put their helmets next to them when sleeping. So they eat very quickly, but today some soldiers eat

After it was over, he didn't leave immediately, but hesitantly came to Ji Xinghe's side.

Ji Xinghe, who was squatting on the ground eating, looked up.

"What's up?"

"Yes." A soldier plucked up the courage and asked, "Sir, why do you need money to repair the mecha?"

Ji Xinghe frowned slightly, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked at the soldiers, mechanics and others surrounding him, and replied softly: "Because, I need money very much."

This answer was beyond everyone's expectations, so that for a while no one could respond.

"Why?" The soldier who wanted to find out about Ji Xinghe because he admired him before asked blankly: "Is your purpose of joining the army just to make money? To make war fortune?"

This is a very serious accusation.

Ji Xinghe sighed inwardly and asked: "Corporal, what is your name?"

"Sir, my name is Yu Ren." The corporal was a little nervous when he answered, because he was facing Lieutenant Ji Xinghe.

Ji Xinghe stood up, and because of his height, he could almost look down at everyone around him.

"Corporal Yu Yan, why do you want to ask me these questions?"

"Because I also want to become a mecha warrior, a super mecha warrior like you." Yu Ren took a deep breath, looked directly into Ji Xinghe's eyes and replied: "But I don't want to be like you, making money in the war.

people."

It turns out that it was because the idol’s image was shattered that he turned from love to hate?

Ji Xinghe had expected this before, because what he did was indeed a bit ugly, but he had no choice but to do so.

In his summons to him, Su He directly mentioned Tu Yuan's reminder and also said that the breakthrough progress of neural link technology had been confirmed.

This also means that his previous worries will come true, and the Federation no longer needs him, a 66-year-old super mecha warrior. After some time, it will be difficult for him to obtain resources related to mechas.

Soldiers like Yu Ren who want to become mecha warriors but cannot become mecha warriors due to difficulty in operation may become excellent mecha warriors after a period of time. They all need to be related to mecha warriors.

H.

There are also 300,000 mecha warriors in active service in the Federation. Many of them can greatly increase their strength due to neural link technology. If there are not enough mechas, why should he be given to this old man who cannot use neural link technology?

Woolen cloth?

But he had to pilot a mecha, because only by piloting a mecha could he continue to take revenge. To this day, he knew very well how ridiculous his original request to Tu Yuan was.

Let alone give him a gun, even if you give him a single-man starship, what he can do is not as good as giving him a mecha.

It’s not that firearms are useless in this war. In fact, the main force in this war is still firearms, artillery shells and other thermal weapons, as well as snipers like Lieutenant Colonel Chen Xun who can pose a threat to mechas. But Ji Xinghe knows very well that he does not

He does not have such a talent. His talent lies in mecha piloting and melee combat.

The contribution points he had previously exchanged for meritorious deeds were all used by him to complete the upgrade of Xingyue, but Xingyue can continue to upgrade, and upgrading requires resources. When driving Xingyue in battle in the future, Xingyue will be damaged, and it will be repaired.

Resources are also needed at times.

So he needs money, and then uses the money to buy resources.

"Sir." Yu Ren's courage was fading, so he asked: "Please give us an explanation."

Do I need to give you an explanation?

Ji Xinghe wanted to say this, but he couldn't, because the people he faced were not his enemies, not the people who suppressed him, but a group of people who respected him and had ideals and beliefs.

a group of people.

In the same way, the real reason cannot be stated. A suppressed super mecha warrior will inevitably arouse the indignation of these people, which is not conducive to unity.
To be continued...