Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 128
by admin## Chapter 128: Throwing Is the Only Option
2024-07-17 Author: Bulufen Warrior
## Chapter 128: Throwing Is the Only Option
According to “Comrade Xiaoke,” this signal station is currently inoperable. To restart it, we need a powerful [Arc Gun].
This thing generates about 5 megajoules of energy per second.
In simple terms, if you use it to electrocute someone, it will vaporize them.
Cole found one, but it was broken.
To get a new one, we have to go to the control room’s sub-station and ask the maintenance robot Marvin for it.
“But…”
Cole trailed off, gesturing for Dai Xiao Mei to follow.
As they walked towards the control room, reaching the end of the maintenance ladder, Cole pointed inside:
“That’s the situation. Only working robots are allowed inside the sub-station. We can’t do anything.”
Dai Xiao Mei followed his gaze.
In front of them, pipelines as thick as two people’s arms crisscrossed. Huge cooling fans lined the concrete walls, alongside exposed circuits that crackled with sparks and lightning.
The interior structure stretched as far as the eye could see. Only maintenance drones flitted through the air.
This place was like a tightrope walker’s paradise.
“Alright,”
Dai Xiao Mei shrugged:
“This place was built for me. I’ll go.”
BT promptly marked the Arc Gun’s location on her HUD.
“Good luck, Commander!”
Cole saluted her.
Dai Xiao Mei drew the Aoquan shotgun she had just taken from the weapon crate, her expression serious:
“Since you have entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility, I, as an Iron驭, will not let you down!”
As she spoke, she took a few steps back, looking at the tangled pipelines and the flashing electrical grid. She ran a few steps and leaped into the air!
“It’s time to show the real—”
She didn’t finish her sentence. She miscalculated her jump distance, and her toes grazed the high-voltage grid:
“技技技技…”
Zzzzt!
Electric light flashed! Dai Xiao Mei became a lightning rod in a storm, her whole body sparking and convulsing.
To make matters worse, the barrage of comments in the live stream continued her words,幽幽飘过一句 (gently floating past):
‘贝贝贝贝贝?’
The直播间 (live stream room) erupted in laughter!
‘What about the girl group?’
‘Hahaha, these crazy internet users can catch any meme’
‘It actually fits perfectly’
‘Isn’t this a movie? Why did it switch to a dance performance show?’
‘I often feel out of place in this直播间 because I’m not crazy enough’
‘Hahaha I’m about to laugh myself to death…’
‘…’
This level had few enemies.
However, it was full of parkour elements, and it was incredibly challenging.
After all, this was a sensory pod.
Facing the crackling sparks and the fans that could turn you into mincemeat if you were caught in them, it was hard not to feel the pressure.
Almost every step required players to make precise calculations. Even Dai Xiao Mei, who had spent a week playing the Iron驭 trials, had to try five or six times before she got the Arc Gun back.
“Glad to see you back, Commander.”
The moment she landed, Cole greeted her with a wave:
“Our circuits are wired up. Now we just need the power.”
BT followed: 【Iron驭, the power-type relays are all closed. Using the Arc Gun should activate them.】
“That’s right,”
Cole also said:
“Hopefully, this arc device won’t let us waste all this effort!”
Hearing this, Dai Xiao Mei was about to explode!
“You…” She looked at Cole, her eyes full of disbelief and astonishment!
We?
Are you kidding me?
Clearly, the only one getting electrocuted, beaten up, and jumping around was me!
The barrage erupted in laughter:
‘Damn, Cole’s words are so high level…’
‘He nonchalantly took half the credit for the medal.’
‘Old leaders are different!’
‘Old woman and the captain’s professional skills are not on the same level.’
‘Damn, too deep’
‘《We》’
‘Two words and he’s a million miles ahead of the old woman’
‘Hahaha…’
‘…’
Dai Xiao Mei was speechless, unable to claim all the credit for herself. She could only swallow her anger and walked towards the relay power room.
Inside the power room, the hemispherical dome above was covered in computer screen-sized relay modules. All of them were red, indicating they were out of power.
Dai Xiao Mei scanned the room, raising the Arc Gun.
Come to think of it, she hadn’t even used it since getting it.
Thinking this, she aimed the Arc Gun at a row of relay modules and pressed the trigger.
Chist – zzzzt – !!!
Dai Xiao Mei even felt a strong recoil!
A bolt of lightning shot out from the Arc Gun’s front!
Electric light flashed, thunder boomed, and the barrage erupted in a flurry of exclamations!
‘Ohhhh! —’
‘What the…! Thunder King!’
‘Can this thing be used to electrocute people?’
‘It’s probably just a quest item…’
‘Let’s see if it gets confiscated by the plot after the power is restored’
‘What the…! If this can electrocute people, that’d be awesome’
‘Professor Yang, is that you?’
‘The ultimate weapon against internet addiction.’
‘Eternal Happiness Gun…’
‘Goddamn Eternal Happiness Gun hahahahahaha’
‘That’s too crazy…’
‘…’
Quickly!
All the relays were activated by the high-voltage current. To avoid ionization radiation, Dai Xiao Mei quickly retreated from the power room.
“Wow, this is so cool!”
Just controlling a bit of lightning, Dai Xiao Mei fell in love with the Arc Gun.
If it wasn’t for the fact that it couldn’t attack allies, she would’ve wanted to try it on Cole to see what it was like to beat people up.
Thankfully, Cole had a strong will to live. Seeing Dai Xiao Mei return, he gave her a thumbs up:
“Awesome, Commander!”
Then he turned and clapped, instructing the rifleman teammate in charge of the console:
“Open the protective gate and start restarting the signal station lock!”
Rumble.
With that!
The protective gate over the control room dome slowly rose.
Under the morning sun, electric sparks flashed on the giant signal tower in the distance.
Electronic prompts echoed in the control room:
【Starting to restart the connection lock module…】
【60%… 70%… 80%…】
As the voice prompts played, everyone looked towards the signal tower.
The giant satellite dish began to turn slowly.
“Hey – that’s it?”
Dai Xiao Mei sighed in relief.
It seemed like the signal tower was just an action performance module in the game. She didn’t have to climb a tower.
Now that she was sure, Dai Xiao Mei’s arrogance returned, and she began to offer opinions:
“This level is alright, but I think it could be improved,”
“If I were the game developer, I would make players climb the tower,”
“Just flying around in the control room doesn’t make you a hero,”
“Not good enough. There’s no challenge!”
As soon as she said this!
The barrage was immediately filled with question marks:
‘???’
‘Wasn’t it you who was screaming in fear at the beginning?’
‘You didn’t even dare to breathe for the whole game. Now that you see the signal tower restored, you’re feeling cocky?’
‘Damn it! She actually got to brag!’
‘This level truly failed. It failed because it gave the old woman a chance to talk nonsense’
‘Praying for the signal tower to restart failure’
‘Damn! I’ll use my roommate’s 20 years of singleness to exchange for the signal tower restarting with a malfunction!’
‘Count me in! I’ll use the whole dorm’s lifetime of singleness to exchange!’
‘?’
‘You guys are truly beasts…’
‘It’s bad enough to be your roommate…’
‘…’
However!
Just as the barrage audience was filled with righteous indignation, and Dai Xiao Mei was smugly gloating,
K隆—!!!
Suddenly!
A muffled bang echoed from the signal tower in the distance!
Then!
The control room’s broadcast announcement sounded:
【Warning! An error has been detected. Emergency shutdown!】
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three muffled explosions echoed!
Everyone watched as a series of explosions erupted on the signal tower in the distance. Debris flew, and the restart failed!
Silence.
In the entire直播间.
Dead silence!
Then, two seconds later!
‘Ohhhh! —!!!’
‘It exploded! It exploded!’
‘Hu-hu! The prayer worked! Hahahahaha!’
‘Never has such a wonderful start existed!’
‘Explode! Explode hard! Repair! Climb up and repair!’
‘Hahaha, the old woman is dumbfounded!’
‘Instantaneous curse effect!’
‘Streamer? Streamer, say something, streamer? Why aren’t you speaking, streamer?’
‘Are you there? Are you there? Horse? Horse? Are you there?’
‘《There’s no challenge》’
‘《Just flying around in the control room doesn’t make you a hero》’
‘《If I were the game developer, I would make players climb the tower》’
‘The game developer: What a coincidence, that’s what I was thinking’
‘Hahaha the old woman is truly brave, does she not know what kind of person the game developer is?’
‘It’s over, streamer starts pretending to lag’
‘Don’t worry, streamer went outside to change her adult diaper, she’ll be back soon’
‘Say something, streamer…’
‘…’
Say something?
What the hell am I supposed to say?
What the heck am I supposed to say?
Dai Xiao Mei looked at the collapsed and exploded signal tower, feeling her own mind begin to break!
Damn!
How could there be such a ridiculous plot twist?
I went through hell and back, finally got the Arc Gun, and according to the script, shouldn’t the power be restored smoothly, then send a signal to call the fleet, and then everyone can happily fight the game developer, steal the holy chest, and kill IMC?
“Hey – hey -!”
Dai Xiao Mei felt speechless, looking at Cole in terror, pointing to the failed signal tower in the distance:
“Aba – Aa Aba Aba -!”
“Ugh!”
Seeing this, Cole also groaned in annoyance!
Frowning at Dai Xiao Mei, Cole nodded:
“Yes, something’s gone wrong. We have to manually fix this module,”
“IMC support is on their way. It looks like it’s up to you again, Commander!”
“I hope you don’t mind!”
I mind!
Dai Xiao Mei nearly fainted when she heard the words “manual repair”!
What in the world are you talking about?
I mind, I mind a lot!
However, just as she was about to refuse!
She heard BT say: 【Detecting IMC support units approaching. We’re out of time, Iron馭】
As he spoke, BT lowered his head slightly and opened the cockpit door.
“Ah… ?”
She looked at the riflemen eagerly waiting, then at BT who was waiting for her to leave with him.
Dai Xiao Mei took three steps back and turned around, almost like an ancient prisoner about to be executed.
But!
Now, all hope rested on her. Unless she stopped playing now, she had to climb the tower.
The直播间 (live stream) had a rating of 69 million.
God knows how much loss would come from abruptly stopping the stream.
So, even for work, she had to overcome her psychological fear and board BT!
隆隆—咚! 咚! 咚!
Heavy footsteps echoed as BT took her towards the signal tower.
Taking the elevator up to the signal tower’s base platform, Dai Xiao Mei looked out!
They were currently on the signal tower’s main tower.
Surrounding the main tower were other operation towers that also “floated” in the clouds.
These operation towers were connected by iron frames, crisscrossing like a floating factory in the sky.
Dai Xiao Mei walked to the edge of the platform and leaned down to look down.
Then, she quickly shrank back like a cockroach.
It was terrifying.
Beneath the wispy clouds at her feet, was a bottomless abyss.
If she fell from this height, even a shovel couldn’t dig her out.
Kwang—kwang—kwang—
Just as she was contemplating, BT followed.
He came to the edge of the platform and stood next to Dai Xiao Mei. Then, he raised his mechanical arm and pointed to the right:
【BT: My scanner has detected a working connection lock module. 428 meters northeast.】
【BT: My analysis indicates that throwing is the only option.】
He said!
BT took two steps back, pointing forward with one hand, and pulling back with the other, taking a javelin throw stance, waiting for the Iron馭 to sit on his hand.
What the… !!!
Dai Xiao Mei, who had just stood up, sat down with a thud!
This pose… have I seen it somewhere before?
Oh right!
In the 【Causality】 level, BT had thrown a lamppost to create a path for himself.
And back then, I was foolish enough to joke, “You could try throwing me next time.”
Now.
The opportunity has arrived.
“What the…! You have a great memory, big brother! I was just being sarcastic! Don’t take it seriously!”
Dai Xiao Mei sat on the ground, refusing to get up. She even wriggled back!
Meanwhile, the barrage was filled with cheers and laughter:
‘What the…! Not climbing the tower, throwing the Iron驭?’
‘Such a brutal and simple way’
‘Oh, I remember! Isn’t this the scene from the second part of the trailer?’
‘Damn! They foreshadowed this! I saw many streamers being sarcastic back then!’
‘Alright, dreams have come true’
‘Let your crow’s mouth be your doom. Bragging about being the bravest, saying the game developer didn’t design tower climbing, your life is incomplete’
‘The game developer: Now I’ll make your life complete! Not only complete, I’ll make you complete and utter dust!’
‘Laughing my ass off, the slap in the face came too quickly like a tornado’
‘Hahaha…’
It was truly impossible to guard against!
Dai Xiao Mei sat on the ground, wanting to cry.
But now!
She was like a bungee jumping tourist. She had already taken all the precautions and was standing on the platform. How could she not jump?
It was just a matter of closing your eyes and taking the leap!
“Sssh – hu – ”
“Sssh – hu – ”
After a few deep breaths!
Dai Xiao Mei forced herself to mentally prepare, swallowed, dragged her limp legs, and barely got to BT:
“Hu – hu – Crazy crazy crazy – ”
“I’m going crazy – ”
“You’re crazy too – ”
“Are we cavemen? Why are we using catapult technology?”
As she muttered to herself, Dai Xiao Mei climbed onto BT’s hand, holding her breath!
She heard BT say:
【BT: I will not go crazy. I can throw you over there.】
With that!
BT pulled back the hand holding Dai Xiao Mei, while raising the other hand to measure and aim at the distant control tower!
【BT: Wind force three, wind direction 274, distance 95 meters, throwing mass 89 kg…】
The next moment!
Dai Xiao Mei saw BT turn his head, look at her with his big “eye”, and blinked.
Then he drew his hand back into a fist, and gave her a thumbs up!
【BT: Trust me!】
“AAAAAAAAAAAH—!!!”
With a bloodcurdling scream in the直播间 (live stream room)!
Dai Xiao Mei felt an immense force hit her. She was like a sandbag, suddenly flying off the platform!
The wind rushed past her ears, and the clouds drifted beneath her!
The control tower zoomed closer!
The intense stimulation sent her adrenaline soaring. Her heart rate skyrocketed like a rollercoaster!
The next second!
【Beep! Beep! Blood pressure exceeded, heart rate exceeded, breathing rate exceeded, adrenaline exceeded… You have automatically disconnected from the sensory connection!】
The barrage erupted in shock:
‘What the!!!’
‘Shut down!!!’
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(End of Chapter)
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