Chapter 53: Chapter 53

"You ...... haven't never been to the Underground Arena before?" Xie Ruhang asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

The first time Tang Bai approached him at the Federal Military Academy, he said to him, "Hello, do you know "Rat"", which proves that Tang Bai knew "Rat" from the beginning was the same person as Xie Ruhang. This proves that Tang Bai knew from the very beginning that "Rat" and Xie Ruhang were the same person.

But how did Tang Bai know that without ever having been to the Underground Arena?

"I learned about this mechmaster through some kind of special information channel." Tang Bai euphemized.

It's just that I suddenly have a book in my head la.

Xie Ruhang knows.

Tang Bai knew him probably through Tang Lao's investigation of him.

The old man had tried to get him to work as a weapons tester for the Weapons Research Institute, but he had failed the subsequent test, but had left a file with Tang Lao as a result.

He had thought that Tang Bai had gone to see the video of the rat's match, although the underground arena did not allow video recording, but if he wanted to exist at Tang Lao's level, he would always be able to find a way to get the information, but Tang Bai's performance was obviously not adapted to the video of the underground arena's matches.

Xie Ruhang's voice was a little dry, "You haven't seen a single match with him, why do you idolize him?"

"There are many different aspects of a good person that attract fans, and you don't necessarily have to have seen him fight." Tang Bai can't put his finger on the plot of the book, but Xie Ruhang's reality so far is stunning enough: "Entering the underground arena at fourteen, becoming a top-level competitor at eighteen, and enrolling in a federal military academy at twenty, he's taken a lousy hand and made it into a king's bomb."

The huge ring of fire pits around the martial arts stage instantly burst into flames, and the commentator said passionately, "'Blood Wolf' wins!"

The white-painted tin mask reflected the bright firelight, and Tang Bai said softly, "He was determined to walk a path that everyone thought was impossible, and he was the light, and he illuminated me."

The firelight swayed in his black eyes as Tang Bai looked at Xie Ruhang , "By the way, do you know where I can purchase a human skin mask from?"

Xie Ruhang : "?!!!"

Luckily, the black mask hid most of his emotions, so Xie Ruhang didn't lose his temper on the spot, "Why are you asking?"

Tang Bai winked, "Secret."

Xie Ruhang: "Good." Just don't pickpocket my little Ma Jia.

*

The Mech Building Competition finals site.

Wearing a human skin mask, Tang Bai and the other nineteen contestants are placed in twenty closed rooms, with the materials required for the competition set out in front of them. To prevent cheating, the twenty contestants are disconnected from the Internet and have twelve hours in which to follow the requirements of the examination paper.

With twenty players, twenty live balls, and twenty split screens, the broadcast room was filled with the rapturous smell of watching someone else take a test.

[Front row to watch the schoolteacher's exam!]

[Abandonment from the first question]

So this is Jun Tongchen, the winner of the preliminary round who was sent to the final round, but he looks so ordinary.

What? Am I blind? Why is it that only Jun Tongchen and Cheng Yangbin made A papers, while the other 18 contestants made B papers?

What's going on here? Didn't we have the same set of exam papers in previous years?

The official team of the @Mech Build Contest is here? Come out and explain?

The ten judges of the final group were also filled with surprise upon seeing this, and a judge surnamed Cheng wanted to call a halt to the competition, but as soon as he raised his hand, he was stopped by a kindly old man.

Grandpa Tang slowly said to the exploding pop-up screen, "There has been a slight adjustment to the system of this year's finals, and for the sake of the spectacle of the match, the new rules will be explained in detail at the end of the match."

Inside the twenty single exam rooms, the contestants were completely unaware of the changes in their answer sheets.

Cheng Yangbin got the test paper and roughly scanned through the questions, realizing that the test paper questions were indeed similar to what he had learned in advance, the corners of his lips rose slightly.

The answers that he knew so well emerged the moment he saw the questions, Cheng Yangbin pretended to read the questions, and when he encountered difficult questions, he would also look sad, and a mecha manufacturing level exam was performed by him as an acting expedition.

Cheng Yangbin was the fastest and most steady! Unfortunately, there was a small mistake in the eighth question.

[You say angry or not, some people can just be good looking and smart!]

[A bold guess, is it because Cheng Yangbin and Jun Tongchen are stronger than the other players this time, and the ordinary examination paper has no differentiation, so Tang Lao is divided into AB papers?

After finishing the written part of the exam, Cheng Yangbin made a small mistake in a particular detail, and he hesitantly started to check the exam paper.

The line of sight fell on the intentionally wrong answer to the eighth question, which was originally a small mistake designed by discussion with others, but at this moment Cheng Yangbin is more and more eye-catching.

The one-point difference in the first scoring of the preliminary round, the frustration of being completely restrained by the same type of mech during the mech evaluation, and the high-color persona that keeps getting slotted after being in the same frame with Xie Ruhang......

The blue eyes have piled up too many emotions, and even look a little gloomy, Cheng Yangbin crossed out the original wrong answer, he paranoid write down the correct answer, in the moment of writing, the accumulation of many days of pent up anger all scattered.

"A perfect score paper for the written exam, it's okay." One of the judges was about to praise a few words, but he saw Cheng Luliu, who had been staring at the monitor, looking somewhat less than optimistic.

And this ugly face reached its peak when Jun Tongchen and Cheng Yangbin drew the same frame of the mecha design.

The internal structural drawings of the mecha design could not be seen by the audience, but only by the judges and some officials from the military ministry.

It was unheard of for two contestants to have the same first draft idea, and for a while all the judges' expressions became serious.

Cheng Yangbin is desperately working on the design drawing, he has copied this exquisite design hundreds of times, each stroke is engraved in his mind, although some of the design he does not understand 100%, but in tracing over and over again, he feels that he and the design drawing have been completely integrated, he can imagine the scene that this drawing shocked the whole audience.

Shame about the honor?

Is his hard work in collecting the best of others to extract the best of them by all means a sham?

Was the money he'd spent and the anger he'd suffered in order to get the most perfect composition to ingratiate himself with the eccentric mecha design master a lie?

Is the energy he put into staying up all night copying this design drawing a fake?

The other contestants were just paying for simple mental labor, but he was spending money and suffering, he was able to flex his muscles, he had the Cheng family behind him, and he had devised a foolproof plan for this final!

The Mech Building Competition is just a springboard on his life path, when he becomes a councilor later, he will have to face more challenges, but at the same time, he will be able to dominate the destiny of countless people-

These pariahs don't have to cry about the injustice of fate, there is no absolute fairness in this world, if one has to say it's unfair, then it's clear that the heavens were unfair to him! Did not give him the brain of a mecha manufacturing genius! Not giving him the flawless looks! Letting him be crushed by a beta in the preliminary round, and also being compared to a slum-born pariah!

But it doesn't matter ......

What he lost, he'll get back with his own hands!

Cheng Yangbin felt a sense of vindictive pleasure as he completed the design in one fell swoop.

His handsome face was covered with a sickly blush, even the heavy foundation couldn't hide the full redness of his face, and those azure eyes flashed with a dazzling light, as if they were a reaction of his inner world.

Marvel at it!

All come and praise my talent!

I'll be the overall winner of this year's Mecha Building Contest!

Cheng Yangbin picks up his answer sheet with a high degree of confidence and walks out of the examination room, and the moment he opens the door, he meets the gaze of a group of judges outside the door.

Heart ecstatic like a flash in the pan, Cheng Yangbin instinctively noticed an abnormality, he subconsciously looked at Cheng Luliu, his second uncle's eyes are hateful chagrin.

"Mr. Cheng Yangbin, can you explain why you and Jun Tongchen ended up with the exact same design?" Bai Zhi detonated the entire pop-up screen as soon as he spoke.

What? It's exactly the same? Crap please the official don't code the design! I want to eat melon!

[No wonder the judges' faces are all black, this is a large cheating scene! The key is who is copying who?

Did I hear you wrong? What happened?

You're making me laugh. Twins don't have that kind of telepathy.

[Crap is this the reason why Cheng and Jun both used A rolls?!

At that moment, Tang Bai came out from the examination room, his examination paper was held in the hands of the judges, and the mecha drawing on the last question on the top was the design that Cheng Yangbin had bought at a high price.

How is that possible?

How could Jun Tongchen have made drawings exactly like his?

Cheng Yangbin took a deep breath to steady his shaken mind, he knew that the more it came to this, the more calm he had to be, "Since there are two identical drawings, one must have copied it, I don't know how Mr. Jun Tongchen made this drawing, but this drawing is a distillation based on my own homework that I usually practiced summarization."

"I keep track of my creative inspirations every day and often create mech designs, I didn't think that a satisfying piece of practice would happen to meet an exam question that matched its design concept."

A talented mech builder creates a lot of practice pieces on a regular basis, Cheng Yangbin explained, and several of the judges nodded silently.

"With my usual practice, I was able to finish my work in the shortest time possible; Jun Tongchen and I entered different exam rooms at the same time and got the exam questions at the same time." Cheng Yangbin said forcefully.

"I got out of the exam room before Jun Tongchen and finished the finished product before him, there is no case of me peeking at his exam paper, as to whether others have some special means to do so, I don't know."

The blue eyes tried to show firmness, only the overpowering force made his performance look like a glare, Cheng Yangbin said in a hushed voice, "I think this matter needs to be investigated by the officials to clear up and return my innocence."

[Support Cheng Cheng! Boy God you're the best!

I suspected Jun Tongchen of cheating in the competition. How can he be better than Cheng Yangbin, a beta who didn't go to a proper university?

"Cheng Yangbin, take care of your practice work.

Look at Jun Tongchen, he's not afraid to say a word, what's wrong with him?

Bai Zhi must have given Jun Tongchen a leak!

"Jun Tongchen, is there anything you want to say?" Bai Zhi turned around and asked.

The crowd's eyes fell on the other person involved in this matter, an average looking beta, though his posture was upright and his excellent physique was unforgettable.

"I designed this map myself." Tang Bai said nonchalantly.

Cheng Yangbin snorted, disdain in his eyes.

Although he didn't know why Jun Tongchen's drawing was exactly the same as his, he was certain that Jun Tongchen was definitely copying this design!

He'd begged that other country's master mech builder for this, and Jun Tongchen had the nerve to claim it for himself?

Tang Bai looked to Cheng Yangbin and asked softly, "I have a question for Mr. Cheng Yangbin, may I ask how this mech's weapon system is carried?"

Cheng Yangbin's brain was blank, his theoretical knowledge of mecha was not solid, and he had not listened to the master's analysis and explanation of the design process of this mecha, his current state was more like a student who had forced the answers to be memorized, seeming to understand but not understanding, half-understanding.

Which high theory is it?

When he showed this design to his second uncle, Cheng Luliu clapped his hands and praised it, saying that this mech used a lot of highly sophisticated technology, but unfortunately he was not given the opportunity to analyze the weapon system against carrying, so which theory was actually applied here?

Cheng Yangbin I remember hearing in his class that one of the weapon carrying technologies seemed to be space folding quantization technology?

Cheng Yangbin did not move to look at his second uncle, and saw Cheng Luliu nodding slightly to him, Cheng Yangbin saw the situation has a bottom line, he spoke eloquently, "This place I used the space folding quantization technology ......"

Tang Bai wanted to laugh, but held it back for the sake of seriousness, with a slightly derisive expression.

The judges, on the other hand, looked grave and frowned, and some of them looked at Cheng Yangbin with a hint of regret, Cheng Yangbin stopped and realized that his second uncle could not bear to look away from his face.

Cheng Yangbin: "????"

Pop-ups: "????"

What is Jun Tongchen laughing at? I feel like a fool.

Didn't Cheng Yangbin make it sound like a big deal?

[Is there a big man out there to clear up the confusion?]

[Big Brother also can't see the drawings ah, analyzing the mosaic?]

"The problem of how the weapon systems are carried, I solved it with the backpacking of the weapon systems, which may not be visible on the mech drawings, but when it is actually built, all of the weapons in its second form can be tightly pieced together into backpacks that can be discarded if necessary."

Tang Bai regretted to Cheng Yangbin, whose expression froze, "You are really making too big a deal out of answering this question with space-folding quantization techniques."

The concept of backpacking the weapon is not mentioned in the design, and the second form in the design Tang Bai depicts more of a different morphing pattern.

Experienced judges are quick to recognize the clever design of the weapon carrying system, whereas a half-baked person like Cheng Yangbin would have trouble thinking of it in the first place.

"Wonderful! This design is really ingenious!" Professor Li clapped his hands and praised, "This design meets the need for powerful firepower attacks during ground combat, but also meets the mobility of the armor during air combat and alleyway stations!"

[Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, sorry, I'm so stupid.

Although I can't see the design drawings, I really have to applaud Jun Tongchen's design, not to mention the concept of backpacking weapons, but also the difficulty of putting weapons together perfectly.

[Kneeling for the big man to come out, I'm dizzy]

[This design is really good! Some mechs will sacrifice movement speed in order to have the firepower to take down strongholds, but in fact, that much firepower is only useful in breaking through the toughest fortress-style defenses, and in other cases it's too big to use, and it can't adapt to the small and changeable environments inside the fortresses, and the detachable weapon system provides mechs with the option of transforming.]

[Cheng Yangbin has answered the question wrongly, space folding quantization technology is difficult to implement on single-player mechs, and is usually used on giant starships.]

Cheng Yangbin's forehead was covered in cold sweat, he had also reacted at this time, the details Tang Bai had casually asked about was a cleverness that he could not even think through his head.

His wrong answer and Tang Bai's right answer were hilarious together, and Cheng Yangbin flushed red, staring at the man in front of him, who was still in that damned unhurried and dignified posture, as if whatever was going on at the moment couldn't shake his mind.

"Mr. Jun Tongchen, although I don't know much about mech design, I noticed that the original design drawings had some buckles that could be morphed into a backpack, may I ask if this is the basic design for backpacking?" Bai Zhi asked.

Tang Bai nods.

Bai Zhi smiled and looked at Cheng Yangbin, who was already sweating profusely, and curiously said, "Since Mr. Cheng Yangbin knows this principle, may I ask how this clasp appeared on the design?"

Cheng Yangbin face pale, he opened his mouth for a moment but could not think of any words of defense.

The pop-ups have blown up:

It's obvious who copied who, Cheng Yangbin can't even theorize about his own work, tsk tsk tsk.

I've always thought there was something wrong with this guy. Look at him, he's really flipping out.

I can't believe I've been a fan of this guy!

The truth of the matter hasn't come out yet, and you can prove Cheng Cheng plagiarized just based on a backpack design of some kind? That's too much of a child's play, isn't it?

[Expecting the truth, expecting another reversal!

[Someone must be setting up my god, go god! I'll always support you!

Although Cheng Yangbin couldn't see the pop-ups scolding him, he could see the disappointed gazes of the judges on the scene, Cheng Yangbin's psychological defense was about to collapse, he forced himself to weasel out of it, "That's not true, it's my work, and the clasp design was also designed by me ahead of time, I just don't think it's necessary to make a special offer on this design ......"

At this moment Cheng Yangbin did not know how flustered he looked, eyes flashing, fists clenched, looking at Tang Bai's gaze and hardened like poison, but also hides a little bit of fear that he did not know.

He was afraid that the one-spoken contestant would ask another question that he didn't know.

Tang Bai looked straight into Cheng Yangbin's eyes and said in a loud voice, "Do you think there is no need to mention it, or have you simply never thought of such a design? I will ask you one more question, can you answer it?"

Tang Bai took a step forward and Cheng Yangbin took a step back, his face bloodless as he listened to Tang Bai's loud voice: "Cheng Yangbin, you have a bad heart, over-packaging, disregarding the rules of the competition, crushing fairness and justice, and attempting to use the mecha circle as a springboard, but you don't know that the mecha circle has to talk about real kung fu! "

The words of déjà vu flashed in his mind, an impossible thought surged to his mind, Cheng Yangbin pointed at Tang Bai with a trembling hand, "You, you ......" Impossible, impossible, he just overheard his chat with the Grandmaster! He was so young, how could he be a master!

And that master had signed a confidentiality contract with him, and would never publish the chats between them!

Tang Bai didn't bullshit with the disorganized Cheng Yangbin, he calmly said, "I've already handed Cheng Yangbin's evidence of cheating to the auditing team to deal with, and I'm confident that Mo Zhong will and the auditing team will deal with it impartially and give everyone the truth."

Mo Zhong, who has already finished his investigation with the audit team, will walk out with a solemn look, and without any nonsense, he will directly put all the evidence on the public screen.

The screenshots of the chat on the public screen show Cheng Yangbin's conversation with the "guru" and other evidence, whether it's the "I curse my own performance", the transfer records of Cheng Yangbin's bank account, or the IP address found by military technology, all confirm that the groveling buyer is Cheng Yangbin! The IP address found out by the military technology confirms that the groveling buyer is Cheng Yangbin!

"Cheng Yangbin bribed the judges to learn about the topic in advance, and contacted the mecha manufacturing masters on the Coffin of Mechanics to buy the design drawings. This contestant's cheating seriously violated the rules of the Mecha Manufacturing Competition, and the impact is extremely bad, from today onwards, the qualification of Cheng Yangbin to participate in all the mecha manufacturing events will be canceled, and the personal credibility of the citizens will be deducted from Cheng Yangbin. Yangbin's personal reputation as a citizen, and the military department will permanently record this cheating behavior in Cheng Yangbin's integrity file!"

Cheng Yangbin had a dizzy spell as he said blankly, "No way, no way, we have a non-disclosure agreement ......" He was like grasping the last straw: "You're the ones who broke the rules!"

Mo Zhong will have cold eyes, "The first rule inside any confidentiality agreement is not to violate national laws, your behavior of using other people's design drawings for the competition has already affected the national notarization, the confidentiality agreement is not protected by the law from the very beginning."

"No!" Cheng Yangbin's entire person had lost any trace of his fluttering nobleman's demeanor as he staggered back two steps, unable to accept such a heavy blow and could only look around aimlessly for help.

The eyes of either disappointment or condemnation surrounded him, and Cheng Luliu is already difficult to protect themselves, did not even look at him, Cheng Yangbin limbs cold, when he saw Tang Bai's compassionate eyes, originally shaky Cheng Yangbin in this moment will be despair turned into anger.

Cheng Yangbin roared with a fierce expression, "You! You're a plagiarizer too! You copied that master's design too!!!" With that, Cheng Yangbin was about to rush up and grab Tang Bai by the neck, but was easily subdued by Mo Zhong, who had been watching him.

"We've investigated, that account was being used by Jun Tongchen at the time, and the guru you're talking about is Jun Tongchen."

This one sentence almost completely destroyed Cheng Yangbin's last shred of fighting spirit, "No way, it's impossible, I don't believe it ...... That's clearly an exotic label!" He stared Tang Bai dead in the face, "You must have used some means to hoodwink everyone! I am innocent! You're the one who wronged me!!!"

The exotic label of that master mech builder is the reason why Cheng Yangbin thinks his ploy is foolproof, because the finalists' mech technology will most likely be used on the battlefield, and only the judges and the military ministry will be able to see the drawings, and it's impossible for mechmakers from other countries to see their competitions, which is why Cheng Yangbin is so relieved to be able to use the drawings.

Tang Bai watched Cheng Yangbin's frenzied appearance, his gaze so cold that it looked like he was looking down on an ant.

Grandpa Tang's account with the Other Country label is because he used to have a special identity, and was under key federal protection during the war, and many of his identities were fake, but there's no need to explain all this to Cheng Yangbin.

General Mo Zhong said expressionlessly, "Mr. Cheng Yangbin, please believe in the impartiality of the military department's investigation, and if you make any more fuss, I'm going to have to ask you to have you dragged out."

Bathed in the cold sight of the crowd, Cheng Yangbin's legs were so weak that he could not stand still.

Is Jun Tongchen that strong? I want to laugh at the thought of Cheng Yangbin cursing himself in front of Jun Tongchen! Strong in every sense of the word!

[Cheng Yangbin You've gone too far! Just now, you were talking about how you want the judges to clear your name, do you have such a thing?!

[Programming Stupidity Stone Hammer]

Cheng Yangbin was supposed to take over his grandfather's position, but now his reputation is tainted and he can't get into the parliament, and his reputation in the mecha circle is so bad that he won't be able to be a great mecha designer in the future.

"Cheng Luliu as a mech builder of the military department illegally leaked the exam questions, seriously violating the code of judges and military rules of the mech building competition, the exact punishment will be decided by the judges of the military court!"

Cheng Luliu, who had a lucky break, almost fainted as his eyes went black.