Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva-Chapter 688 - 294: Perilous Mecha Combat

The scalding metal liquid melted from the high racks above, burning the ground and releasing a slightly pungent green smoke. Not far away, sparks flew as the light saber, infused with magic power and energy, sliced through the mecha's shell. The spattering sparks burned holes in the surrounding building structures. Then the light saber was withdrawn, and the mechanical arm holding it rotated, then circled back, dodging the opponent's block and stabbing into the opponent's cockpit. The dazzling light and heat spilled out, rapidly raising the temperature inside the base. Many areas were forced to temporarily close the passages to prevent the spread of heat and smoke.

"Hei Lin's mecha has been destroyed, and Ge Luo's fate is unknown. Now the enemy still has two operational mechas."

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"What about Xu Da?" someone asked anxiously in the command room.

"Xu Da's mecha currently has a damaged left arm, but the right arm can still move. However, the two enemy mechas also have combat effectiveness."

After Ge Luo desperately took down one of the enemy mechas, the situation turned into 2 against 1, but it was still grim.

Someone paced back and forth anxiously in the command room, then asked the technician, "Is there really no one in the base who can pilot that mecha?"

"This..." The technician wanted to say no, but seeing the almost angry commander in front of him, his voice became hesitant.

"Perhaps Qiao Long could try. His physical condition should be able to withstand the mecha's inertia and the erosion of magic power. However, he has never learned how to operate a mecha, and there's still some issue with his identity."

"Now is not the time to worry about that. Send him in! Even if he can only distract the enemies and make them lose focus, that's still good. Otherwise, Xu Da won't last much longer."

In the monitor screen, Xu Da retreated and fired shots, using the base's blocking facilities to try to avoid the approaching two enemy mechas, but there wasn't much space left for him to maneuver.

"Yes!"

After a series of urgent communications and dispatches, a man with short, crisp hair jumped into the command room, nodded briefly to the personnel inside, and then rushed to the room corridor where the mecha was parked, led by the running technician.

"Listen, Qiao Long, you must strictly follow the instructions in the pilot's manual. In addition, I've added a tutorial for beginners inside the mecha. You might find it a bit clumsy, but if you don't listen, you might even have trouble getting the mecha to stand up."

"Don't be too hasty in combat, especially since you're a beginner. A single mistake can cost more than the little time you might gain. It's better to trade hit for hit and make your attacks count. Do you understand?" The technician pulled open the sealed door in front of the corridor and then jumped in.

Qiao Long also jumped into the underground corridor and after sliding for a few seconds, landed in a huge underground space where a gray and angular Swallow-level mecha stood, exuding an architectural beauty and cleanliness in its overall structure. It appeared tall yet extraordinarily agile with sharply defined rear wings, zigzag legs with excellent jumping ability, laser machine guns mounted on the shoulders ready to fire, light saber generators hidden in the armor on the thighs, and a diamond-shaped armor covering the chest that looked like unfolded wings from a distance.

"Turtledove-c3 model, derived from the original version as a nimble variant, first entered service 72 years ago, used as a support mecha in second-line ground battles, mainly responsible for reconnaissance, clearing battlefields, and cleaning up scattered weak enemies. Although its armor is not as thick as the b series, it is the most produced due to its low energy consumption, high-speed, and low requirements for pilots, suitable for various miscellaneous tasks."

"23 years ago, this series was retired and transferred to the local military police of Star Domain. Currently, many special police units of Jade Skirt have them, with many drivers being retired soldiers."

Opening the armor hatch on the mecha's back, the cockpit was revealed, and the technician turned around.

"Go in, sit in place, and press the activation symbol button in front of you. I have already entered your personal information and key."

Qiao Long, without saying much, glanced at the interior environment and jumped in.

The lid on the back of the mecha was pulled up and then pressed into the mecha, after which the open armor closed again, protecting the person inside.

[Detection of personnel entering the cockpit, please perform identity verification immediately]

[Biometric information verification in progress... confirmed]

[Mana information verification in progress... confirmed]

[Key comparison verification in progress... confirmed]

[Verification complete, the mecha is beginning initial startup, please prepare, pilot]

Qiao Long, wearing a helmet, focused his attention, at this time the cockpit was unusually quiet, and he could hear his own fluctuating breath.

Then with a faint sound too soft to hear, like an electric current sweeping through, the interior of the cockpit lit up, various instruments began to slowly activate, and then he felt like a black hole absorbing heat at the backrest, magic power continuously drawn into it. The whole cabin then began to build an environment based on his magic power frequency. Soon the spherical screen of the cockpit started to display images around the mecha, as if he was directly seeing through the mecha's body.

Once the mecha's core absorbed a certain amount of Qiao Long's magic power, it began to operate at full capacity. The overflow of magic power was nearly the same as what Qiao Long inputted, as if he had an external Transcendent Core that was more powerful than his own. In such a situation, it was as though he had an external, more powerful Transcendent Core outside his body.

As the magic power core inside the mecha operated, the density of magic power in the cockpit rapidly increased, and Qiao Long even felt his body partially undergoing a dragon transformation, such as scales growing on his arms, his pupils becoming the slitted eyes of a dragon species, and a burning sensation swirling in his chest.