Hundred and nineteenth

The red sun scorched the earth, the hot summer wind blew through the brand new residential building, the temperature inside and outside the building was like two worlds, Lu's father stood in front of the window, stepping on the clean and bright tile floor, facing the air-conditioned wind, and saw his joy reflected in the glass to a somewhat bewildered look.

He'd watched the building go up in the past month, but when he moved into his new home today, built free of charge by the federal government, it still felt like a dream.

"Hey! It's so nice!" Lu's mother carefully turned off the air conditioner, "The place we lived in before was stuffy and humid, and the cicadas kept chirping at night, so Xiao Shan couldn't sleep well."

"Xiaoshan, aren't you going to participate in the Youth Mecha Driving Competition? You must work hard, keep your spirits up, and strive to get a good ranking, okay?" Lu's mother said to Lu Xiaoshan.

Lu Xiaoshan puts on his new backpack and rushes out of bed; the lunch break is almost over and he has to go to his new school.

"I know! Dad, Mom, you guys go to work too! I'll go first!"

Lu father and mother now work in a food processing plant, I heard that the sugar brother's family factory, welfare is very good, you can go home at noon to rest, the factory also installed air-conditioning, so many workers at the end of the day do not want to go, and even some people make a bunk in the factory nap.

Lu Xiaoshan decided not to go home tomorrow for lunch break, he rested at home, parents must turn on the air conditioning, electricity consumption will be very high, their new school classroom also has air conditioning, lying on the table lunch break is also very comfortable.

He thought as he passed by the heavily armed patrol, led by a white-haired officer who always looked bored, except when he drew his gun, which seemed to take pleasure in killing.

But he knew the officer was a good man.

One time when a patrol and a black market group broke out into a clash in a street shootout that left a lot of people dead, he and a couple of his buddies who had just gotten out of school happened to run into the closing of that clash.

The gray-haired officer, who had shot down the thugs the last second, narrowed his eyes and yawned before his gray eyes suddenly locked onto their hiding place.

For a moment Lu Xiaoshan thought he was going to be killed.

Unfortunately crashing into a gunfight and getting shot by stray bullets is really an all-too-common way to die in the slums, and sometimes the victorious side doesn't have all the fun killing, and will suddenly play a killing game in the street.

He wanted to pull his legs out and run, but he was afraid that his behavior would irritate the slow-walking officer and make him die a little faster, and just as he was in the middle of his heavenly battle, the officer took off his blood-stained gloves, fished a handful of milk candies out of his pocket, and lazily said to them, "Candy, kiddo?"

He and his buddies passed by the patrol fearfully holding candies and heard someone ask the officer, "Jiao Jian, you still know how to coax children, don't you?"

"Uh-huh."

"But why do you carry around milkshakes?"

"Quit smoking."

"......"

Lu Xiaoshan touched his pocket with the milk candy and glanced back at the patrolling troop, the white-haired officer lifting his eyes as if he felt something and tickling the corner of his lips at him.

The smile flickered so quickly that Lu Xiaoshan thought he was hallucinating from the excessive heat.

In fact, all this is so good to Lu Xiaoshan that it seems like a hallucination, and every day he goes to bed worrying that it's just a dream he's having, and that when he wakes up, the dream will be gone.

Today's slums establish a strict order, and anyone who challenges the rules is severely punished, and people living here no longer have to worry about taking a walk and being killed by a stray bullet, or going out and encountering robbers ......

They went from being uncomfortable at first to spontaneously maintaining order.

Because order means hope.

Lu Xiaoshan used to want to be a racer in the underground arena, but just yesterday, a racer who occasionally asked him to run errands and buy cigarettes told Lu Xiaoshan he was retiring from the game.

The racer said he was tired of fighting to the death in the Underground Arena, and was going to try to see if he could join the Slum Patrol after a while when his contract with the Underground Arena was up, but he'd have to pass a literacy test to get in.

Thinking of those complicated exam questions, that twenty something racer couldn't help but start to have a headache, considering whether he wanted to enroll in night school, "Xiaoshan, I really envy your group of kids, you caught up with the good times, when I was your age I couldn't go to school, I had to go to the mines ......."

Lu Xiaoshan continues to walk towards the school, which is a short fifteen-minute walk from his new home.

The teacher who gave them lessons in the first period of the afternoon was Mr. Lai.

Lu Xiaoshan likes Mr. Li very much, Mr. Li's lessons are fun and interesting, he will patiently tell them some truths, often gives them hand-made cookies during class, cares about the daily life of each of his students, and is so gentle that he is reminded of his mother.

Many years later, Lu Xiaoshan would look back on his education by Mr. Lai and thank him for the valuable life values that he was taught by this teacher.

As in this class, instead of the usual lesson, Mr. Lai played them the Mecha Cup live stream.

The location where the Mecha Cup was held was chosen to be the largest stadium in the Federation, the stadium could hold 100,000 spectators and had the most advanced environment simulation technology in the Federation, the grand opening ceremony made the children in the classroom let out a gasp in unison.

One kid subconsciously said, "How much is this going to cost ......"

If the money was spent on slum construction ......

Even though Lu Xiaoshan told himself to be content and grateful, the thought came to him unconsciously.

Mr. Lai stepped down from the podium and said in a warm voice, "It's true that the Mecha Cup cost the Federation a lot of money, but children, we have to look at things from a different perspective, just as we have built a new house here and a new school with a new look, giving outsiders a better outlook, the Mecha Cup is a business card of the Federation for the whole world, and when other countries see this feast, they'll realize that the Federation's Wealth and Strength ......"

"This Mecha Cup, is not just a grand tournament, it is a stage for the Federation to show its strength, we tell the world through this Mecha Cup that we are strong enough and we are not afraid of war."

*

The Mecha Cup Competition had its opening ceremony in full view of the public.

The spherical gymnasium obliterated all lights, and in whispers, the building, which embodied the Federation's most advanced environmental simulation technology, mimicked the vastness of the cosmos - the

Countless Xing Xing dots of virtual stars floated out from the 100,000 audience seats, illuminating the whole dark stadium.

Those points of light converged into a radiant mecha-cup, as if it had been placed in the center of the darkness by a god.

The moment the trophy took shape, the host's impassioned voice rang out along with the magnificent music: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Federation's First International Mecha Cup Competition is officially opened!"

The opening ceremony was very spectacular, magnificent performance perfectly reflects the integration of science and technology and culture, people are dazzled, whenever the performance to the brilliant place, the field will break out a burst of applause and applause.

Tang Bai sits in the player's family seat and watches the wonderful opening ceremony performance with Xie Ruhang.

"That omega who is leading the dance is our sister from the dance department of the ceremonial college." Tang Bai watched the beauty dance with extra vigor, "Originally, Director Huang contacted me and asked me if I wanted to participate in the opening ceremony performance, but I am very self-conscious about myself, my level is just a cheerleader's cheering dance."

Xie Ruhang recalled the cheering dance Tang Bai had once given them during military training, the youthful little omega energized for him, and every time he thought back it was a burst of heartfelt emotion, Xie Ruhang said earnestly, "I like the dance you did better."

Tang Bai took a look at his boyfriend whose relationship filter was a hundred meters thick, he hooked his finger at Xie Ruhang, and when that handsome face came closer, Tang Bai lowered his voice and quietly said, "So Brother Xie, do you want to see me in a bunny suit doing a cheering dance just for you?"

Xie Ruhang : "!!!"

Tang Bai smiled with his eyes curved, his long eyelashes couldn't cover up the fine and broken light: "The kind with the round rabbit's tail Oh ~ as long as you get the championship, I'll only dance for you to see ~"

Xie Ruhang was so aroused by Tang Bai's short words that his mind was filled with the indescribable.

Seeing Xie Ruhang in this state, Tang Bai smiled in satisfaction.

He had just recently written a bunny cheering dance for the Pink Bunny mech, and sure enough Brother Xie would love it.

Toward the end of the more than two-hour-long opening show, Xie Ruhang got up from her seat and walked backstage through a convenient aisle.

Gathered in the backstage were the participants from various countries this time, fifty participants in total, ten from each country, the Federation had five people selected from the auditions in addition to the five slots from the military academy.

The players of each country wore different costumes, and the uniform of the Federation was black, calm and cold, with a strong military style.

The small nation of Proa, which befriends the Federation, has a tradition of tattooing, and they are dark-skinned, wearing a white system with silver and white raptors resting on their bare skin.

The fanciest belonged to the Imperial contingent, with fine red diagonal ribbons to hang their medals, and gold lightweight ceremonial armor topped off to look heroic.

One of the players flanked in the Imperial team had blonde curly hair, his eyebrows were like jade, and although he wasn't tall, he was full of the aura of a strong man.

Xie Ruhang knows the identity of this contestant, Andre, a member of the Imperial Royal Family.

Operates at an average level, but is said to be one of the more competitive Crown Princes, and a master peacemaker.

The empire's attitude towards the federation is divided into main war and main peace, the matter of implanting a virus in the holographic game examination is most likely done by the main war faction, in the month following the chief examination, the federation conducted several military exercises, and the empire this time sends out Andre, who is from the main peace faction, as a participant, which is able to illustrate the empire's attitude very well.

The Empire has no thoughts of going to war for the time being.

As Xie Ruhang was about to withdraw his gaze, Andre suddenly met his eyes straight on, strong and restrained, as if scrutinizing him, and then Andre gave a slow, faint, haughty and reserved smile.

"...... Next we have the Empire's representative team coming out!" The host's introductions resounded throughout the stadium, and Andre and a group of members of the Empire walked out in a dignified manner.

Gu Tunan stood beside Xie Ruhang and spoke, "I came just in time to hear the Imperial team members flirting with this Crown Prince ......"

"Says he likes Tang Bai."