Chapter 85.2
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Xiang Kun: Chu Yan’s mortal enemy. Xiang Hui’s younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.
Xiang Hui: A colonel. The Xiang family’s current heir. Xiang Kun’s older brother.
Liu Hongzi: One of Chu Yan’s enemy. A Mecha piloting student.
Xiang Lingyun: Xiang family’s head. Xiang Kun and Xiang Hui’s father.
After lunch, Qiao Zhiya lay down in the star net cabin with arrogance. Chu Yan waited for his star net cabin to close and sighed helplessly. He looked at Chu Rong, who was sitting on the sofa, turning over the documents.
“Even if you win the preliminary round, there will be no rewards. If you lose, there will be punishment. Go to the game.” Chu Rong didn’t raise his head, and blocked his words without mercy.
“……”
Chu Yan laid angrily into the cabin and decided not to tell Chu Rong that Qiao Zhiya was going to build an all-green mecha to participate in the final of the entire live broadcast!
Such an eccentric Erge, he’s looking forward to seeing him find out about Qiao Zhiya’s all-green mecha!1clarity: “green” is slang for being cheated on. The full phrase is “wearing a green hat”, but nowadays, green or saying someone’s head is green is enough. Also, this joke is a paraphrase from the og Chinese so it would flow better.
It was still quite early, so Qiao Zhiya simply went to the player’s waiting room to adjust a new weapon for Rong Tian, and then opened a training room to familiarize himself with it.
At two o’clock, the game started. He was inside the training room, and the system directly teleported him to the battle arena, matching him to his new opponent.
Opposite of him, stood a slightly familiar golden mecha.
Qiao Zhiya froze for a moment, then immediately recognized that this golden mecha was Liu Hongzi’s mecha – he used this mecha during his fight against Chu Yan back on their Intermediate College’s final. Even if he hadn’t seen him for so long, his mecha was rather unique looking, it’s hard to forget.
The opposite golden mecha also seemed to recognize him, he suddenly moved in the battle arena.
The countdown soon ended, and Qiao Zhiya returned to his thoughts and hesitated. Instead of pulling out a new weapon, he took out his hammer.
On the opposite side, the golden mecha, without the same sense of camaraderie, unhesitatingly drew out firearms and fired directly at him. He seemed to anticipate that with Qiao Zhiya’s skills, the blond youth couldn’t escape such a widespread bombardment.
Qiao Zhiya frowned. He threw his hammer into the air, and flew directly. After avoiding the attack, he caught the hammer, then smashed down with a huge momentum directly towards the golden mecha.
The golden mecha also responded quickly, retreating from the side immediately after missing his hit. He once again aimed at Qiao Zhiya, who was still flying up in the air.
In the previous games, Qiao Zhiya only used one weapon – precisely this giant hammer. Players who have paid a little attention to his game would know that all his winning was due to his close combat skills. He looked like he had zero ranged attack capability.
The golden mecha pilot obviously had studied his battle style. After that opening attack, he didn’t give Qiao Zhiya a chance to counterattack. He flew back, opening up their distance, and kited2kiting: mostly a game term, referring to putting a distance, but just barely in reach for the shorter-ranged attacker, making them wanting to keep attacking. Qiao Zhiya, forcing him to follow his battle rhythm.
“Boom—”
Another shot exploded next to him. Qiao Zhiya’s last trace of camaraderie vanished, his face tightened up as he put away his hammer. He was now sure that the person opposite was Liu Hongzi. His brutal battle style was too easy to recognize.
Seeing that he put away the hammer, the bombardment of the golden mecha immediately became more intensive, and each shot was aimed at his cockpit, seemingly mocking and provoking him.
Qiao Zhiya was indeed irritated. He maneuvered his mecha to avoid this series of intensive bombardment, seized the opportunity to fly into the air, and quickly pulled out a bow-like weapon. He pulled the bow, and fired it directly into Liu Hongzi’s cockpit.
Alas.
As the arrow shot, a sound of wind breaking echoed. The bombardment stopped, as the system judged that the golden mecha lost its combat capability and thus, lost the game.
Qiao Zhiya withdrew the bow and arrow to his space button on the side of the mecha and landed on the ground.
In the cockpit of the golden mech, Liu Hongzi could only dumbfoundedly watch as the arrow went straight from his mecha’s protective shell, driving through the cockpit, and its sharp tip only stopped right into his – the pilot’s – protective helmet. He sat with a pale face as the system teleported him back to the waiting room. He could only slowly recover.
Unlike his ranged attack, Qiao Zhiya actually restrained him with only one move. If this battle was done in real life, if Qiao Zhiya pulled his bowstring a little harder, if the arrow burrowed just a bit forward….
His heart beats a mile a minute, as his fist slammed hard on the seat.
‘No, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t have this kind of strength. Although not many people paid attention to this competition due to the Ning family’s affair, almost all the participants in the Capital Planet zone knew that the pilot of the mecha Rong Tian was Qiao Zhiya, a newcomer in mecha piloting, primarily specializing in mecha manufacturing!’
Before the start of today’s round, he guessed that he might meet Qiao Zhiya or Chu Yan. To this end, he studied the video of Qiao Zhiya and Chu Yan’s game, and scoffed at Qiao Zhiya’s barbaric battle style, pure brute force without any skill. He felt that as long as he met him, he could kite Qiao Zhiya into victory.
But reality gave him a slap, he actually lost to a newcomer mecha pilot! He lost to his opponent’s sudden long-range weapon! On top of that, he was killed in one shot!
He suddenly froze, then his expression relaxed again, accompanied by a hint of disdain.
Yes, he didn’t lose to Qiao Zhiya, but to his special mecha and his new weapon, the one he never saw before. Truly, it was thanks to his privilege, gained by hugging the Chu family’s thigh. A mere civilian without backing like him could never catch up with that sheer difference.
This world was really unfair. Why are good things taken up by those who have money but no strength?
In the subsequent games, Qiao Zhiya did not show any sympathy. Since the beginning of each game, he has used his bow and arrow combo. When he got the chance, he maximized his attack until he could one-shot kill his opponent. More than an hour later, he was successfully promoted again, standing with the other nine players in this group.
Coincidentally, the golden mecha actually stood next to him. Qiao Zhiya looked at him, and the golden mecha did the same. Their gaze met in the middle.
After Chu Yan completed the competition, he noticed that Qiao Zhiya had already logged off. He hesitated for a moment, worried that Qiao Zhiya might have been eliminated, and quickly logged off as well.
“Can’t I use all green?”
He heard Qiao Zhiya’s voice as soon as he stepped out of the cabin. He found our that things seemed different from what he had imagined.
“No, brown or black is okay, all green is not okay.” Chu Rong frowned, picked up the electronic pen and scratched the electronic book before handing it back to Qiao Zhiya. “Later, I’ll ask Xiang Nan to send you another set of mecha materials. No need to rush finishing Rong Tian; you can start working on your own mecha first. As for Master Ren, I’ll have him prepare a mecha just in case. Also, the weapon for Xia Yan, you can give the design to Master Re—”
“Wait!”
Chu Yan couldn’t hear anymore, he got out of the star net cabin, jumped decisively to Chu Rong, who still has a deep frown on his face. He set his sight on Qiao Zhiya, and asked pitifully, “Qiao, you will still help me by making my weapon, right?”
Although it felt a bit unfair to Master Ren, in all honesty, Qiao Zhiya’s weapons were just a bit better. Why would he settle for the good when he can get the best?
His Erge is really bad. This dear younger brother of his feels absolutely wronged.
Qiao Zhiya hurriedly pressed Chu Rong’s leg, gesturing for him not to speak, and nodded, saying, “Sure, I’ll start working on it tomorrow. So long I can work without delay, I can finish making it in two days tops.” The last sentence was directed at Chu Rong.
Chu Rong frowned and acquiesced. However, he still left a reminder for Chu Yan: “You participate in the game to exercise yourself, so, you cannot use super-class weapons, otherwise, it will be too disruptive to the game balance.”
“Okay, no problem, no problem.” Chu Yan responded with a sigh of relief.
So what if it’s not super-class? As long as it was made by Qiao himself, the weapon would still be stellar!
Qiao Zhiya also understood Chu Rong’s concerns. He nodded obediently, his eyes fell on the mecha design on his electronic book, and his lips curved up in happiness. For the preliminary’s final round, he could make a mecha that is completely his own.
Chu Rong looked at his happy expression, relieved that his worries were dispelled. He reached out and rubbed his ears affectionately.
After a half-month reorganization, the pharmaceutical section reopened with a major overhaul. All problematic drugs were taken off the shelves, and some with special effects were allocated to the limited section. The drugs available for unrestricted purchase were limited to harmless daily use ones, such as nutritional supplements, mild medications, vitamins, and such.
At the same time, new drug purchase regulations have been legalized. If people want to buy drugs in a limited area, they must first go to the hospital to check their health, making sure the usage of the said drug was needed to cure their ailments. Then, the doctors would issue a purchase allowance. On top of that, each allowance was bound to their ID, so they could never buy them in a larger quantity than needed.
As soon as the new regulations came out, some people supported and objected to it. Some pharmaceutical companies, whose interests were touched, began to fan the flames. Seeing that public opinion was about to become turbulent again, the government took swift action by arresting a group of pharmacists and shops that were illegally selling limited drugs. They also closed down over a dozen companies producing and selling harmful drugs, leading to several prominent figures in the pharmaceutical industry, who were previously protected by the Ning family, being imprisoned.
Seeing that the wind was not in their favor and realizing that even the Ning family couldn’t withstand the storm in the pharmaceutical industry this time, those who had been stirring up trouble began to back off and behave. They dared not cause further trouble and, with their tails tucked between their legs, started the painful process of self-reform.
Since then, the government has successively launched a series of measures to revitalize basic medicines. The reform of the pharmaceutical industry has really begun, and the regulation of pharmaceutical prices has finally begun after the Ning family’s monopoly was dismissed.
This chapter: contains quite a lot mecha battle scenes
Me: I did not sign up for this
(Future chapters: have even more battle scenes)
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Xiang Kun: Chu Yan’s mortal enemy. Xiang Hui’s younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.
Xiang Hui: A colonel. The Xiang family’s current heir. Xiang Kun’s older brother.
Liu Hongzi: One of Chu Yan’s enemy. A Mecha piloting student.
Xiang Lingyun: Xiang family’s head. Xiang Kun and Xiang Hui’s father.
After lunch, Qiao Zhiya lay down in the star net cabin with arrogance. Chu Yan waited for his star net cabin to close and sighed helplessly. He looked at Chu Rong, who was sitting on the sofa, turning over the documents.
“Even if you win the preliminary round, there will be no rewards. If you lose, there will be punishment. Go to the game.” Chu Rong didn’t raise his head, and blocked his words without mercy.
“……”
Chu Yan laid angrily into the cabin and decided not to tell Chu Rong that Qiao Zhiya was going to build an all-green mecha to participate in the final of the entire live broadcast!
Such an eccentric Erge, he’s looking forward to seeing him find out about Qiao Zhiya’s all-green mecha!1clarity: “green” is slang for being cheated on. The full phrase is “wearing a green hat”, but nowadays, green or saying someone’s head is green is enough. Also, this joke is a paraphrase from the og Chinese so it would flow better.
It was still quite early, so Qiao Zhiya simply went to the player’s waiting room to adjust a new weapon for Rong Tian, and then opened a training room to familiarize himself with it.
At two o’clock, the game started. He was inside the training room, and the system directly teleported him to the battle arena, matching him to his new opponent.
Opposite of him, stood a slightly familiar golden mecha.
Qiao Zhiya froze for a moment, then immediately recognized that this golden mecha was Liu Hongzi’s mecha – he used this mecha during his fight against Chu Yan back on their Intermediate College’s final. Even if he hadn’t seen him for so long, his mecha was rather unique looking, it’s hard to forget.
The opposite golden mecha also seemed to recognize him, he suddenly moved in the battle arena.
The countdown soon ended, and Qiao Zhiya returned to his thoughts and hesitated. Instead of pulling out a new weapon, he took out his hammer.
On the opposite side, the golden mecha, without the same sense of camaraderie, unhesitatingly drew out firearms and fired directly at him. He seemed to anticipate that with Qiao Zhiya’s skills, the blond youth couldn’t escape such a widespread bombardment.
Qiao Zhiya frowned. He threw his hammer into the air, and flew directly. After avoiding the attack, he caught the hammer, then smashed down with a huge momentum directly towards the golden mecha.
The golden mecha also responded quickly, retreating from the side immediately after missing his hit. He once again aimed at Qiao Zhiya, who was still flying up in the air.
In the previous games, Qiao Zhiya only used one weapon – precisely this giant hammer. Players who have paid a little attention to his game would know that all his winning was due to his close combat skills. He looked like he had zero ranged attack capability.
The golden mecha pilot obviously had studied his battle style. After that opening attack, he didn’t give Qiao Zhiya a chance to counterattack. He flew back, opening up their distance, and kited2kiting: mostly a game term, referring to putting a distance, but just barely in reach for the shorter-ranged attacker, making them wanting to keep attacking. Qiao Zhiya, forcing him to follow his battle rhythm.
“Boom—”
Another shot exploded next to him. Qiao Zhiya’s last trace of camaraderie vanished, his face tightened up as he put away his hammer. He was now sure that the person opposite was Liu Hongzi. His brutal battle style was too easy to recognize.
Seeing that he put away the hammer, the bombardment of the golden mecha immediately became more intensive, and each shot was aimed at his cockpit, seemingly mocking and provoking him.
Qiao Zhiya was indeed irritated. He maneuvered his mecha to avoid this series of intensive bombardment, seized the opportunity to fly into the air, and quickly pulled out a bow-like weapon. He pulled the bow, and fired it directly into Liu Hongzi’s cockpit.
Alas.
As the arrow shot, a sound of wind breaking echoed. The bombardment stopped, as the system judged that the golden mecha lost its combat capability and thus, lost the game.
Qiao Zhiya withdrew the bow and arrow to his space button on the side of the mecha and landed on the ground.
In the cockpit of the golden mech, Liu Hongzi could only dumbfoundedly watch as the arrow went straight from his mecha’s protective shell, driving through the cockpit, and its sharp tip only stopped right into his – the pilot’s – protective helmet. He sat with a pale face as the system teleported him back to the waiting room. He could only slowly recover.
Unlike his ranged attack, Qiao Zhiya actually restrained him with only one move. If this battle was done in real life, if Qiao Zhiya pulled his bowstring a little harder, if the arrow burrowed just a bit forward….
His heart beats a mile a minute, as his fist slammed hard on the seat.
‘No, Qiao Zhiya couldn’t have this kind of strength. Although not many people paid attention to this competition due to the Ning family’s affair, almost all the participants in the Capital Planet zone knew that the pilot of the mecha Rong Tian was Qiao Zhiya, a newcomer in mecha piloting, primarily specializing in mecha manufacturing!’
Before the start of today’s round, he guessed that he might meet Qiao Zhiya or Chu Yan. To this end, he studied the video of Qiao Zhiya and Chu Yan’s game, and scoffed at Qiao Zhiya’s barbaric battle style, pure brute force without any skill. He felt that as long as he met him, he could kite Qiao Zhiya into victory.
But reality gave him a slap, he actually lost to a newcomer mecha pilot! He lost to his opponent’s sudden long-range weapon! On top of that, he was killed in one shot!
He suddenly froze, then his expression relaxed again, accompanied by a hint of disdain.
Yes, he didn’t lose to Qiao Zhiya, but to his special mecha and his new weapon, the one he never saw before. Truly, it was thanks to his privilege, gained by hugging the Chu family’s thigh. A mere civilian without backing like him could never catch up with that sheer difference.
This world was really unfair. Why are good things taken up by those who have money but no strength?
In the subsequent games, Qiao Zhiya did not show any sympathy. Since the beginning of each game, he has used his bow and arrow combo. When he got the chance, he maximized his attack until he could one-shot kill his opponent. More than an hour later, he was successfully promoted again, standing with the other nine players in this group.
Coincidentally, the golden mecha actually stood next to him. Qiao Zhiya looked at him, and the golden mecha did the same. Their gaze met in the middle.
After Chu Yan completed the competition, he noticed that Qiao Zhiya had already logged off. He hesitated for a moment, worried that Qiao Zhiya might have been eliminated, and quickly logged off as well.
“Can’t I use all green?”
He heard Qiao Zhiya’s voice as soon as he stepped out of the cabin. He found our that things seemed different from what he had imagined.
“No, brown or black is okay, all green is not okay.” Chu Rong frowned, picked up the electronic pen and scratched the electronic book before handing it back to Qiao Zhiya. “Later, I’ll ask Xiang Nan to send you another set of mecha materials. No need to rush finishing Rong Tian; you can start working on your own mecha first. As for Master Ren, I’ll have him prepare a mecha just in case. Also, the weapon for Xia Yan, you can give the design to Master Re—”
“Wait!”
Chu Yan couldn’t hear anymore, he got out of the star net cabin, jumped decisively to Chu Rong, who still has a deep frown on his face. He set his sight on Qiao Zhiya, and asked pitifully, “Qiao, you will still help me by making my weapon, right?”
Although it felt a bit unfair to Master Ren, in all honesty, Qiao Zhiya’s weapons were just a bit better. Why would he settle for the good when he can get the best?
His Erge is really bad. This dear younger brother of his feels absolutely wronged.
Qiao Zhiya hurriedly pressed Chu Rong’s leg, gesturing for him not to speak, and nodded, saying, “Sure, I’ll start working on it tomorrow. So long I can work without delay, I can finish making it in two days tops.” The last sentence was directed at Chu Rong.
Chu Rong frowned and acquiesced. However, he still left a reminder for Chu Yan: “You participate in the game to exercise yourself, so, you cannot use super-class weapons, otherwise, it will be too disruptive to the game balance.”
“Okay, no problem, no problem.” Chu Yan responded with a sigh of relief.
So what if it’s not super-class? As long as it was made by Qiao himself, the weapon would still be stellar!
Qiao Zhiya also understood Chu Rong’s concerns. He nodded obediently, his eyes fell on the mecha design on his electronic book, and his lips curved up in happiness. For the preliminary’s final round, he could make a mecha that is completely his own.
Chu Rong looked at his happy expression, relieved that his worries were dispelled. He reached out and rubbed his ears affectionately.
After a half-month reorganization, the pharmaceutical section reopened with a major overhaul. All problematic drugs were taken off the shelves, and some with special effects were allocated to the limited section. The drugs available for unrestricted purchase were limited to harmless daily use ones, such as nutritional supplements, mild medications, vitamins, and such.
At the same time, new drug purchase regulations have been legalized. If people want to buy drugs in a limited area, they must first go to the hospital to check their health, making sure the usage of the said drug was needed to cure their ailments. Then, the doctors would issue a purchase allowance. On top of that, each allowance was bound to their ID, so they could never buy them in a larger quantity than needed.
As soon as the new regulations came out, some people supported and objected to it. Some pharmaceutical companies, whose interests were touched, began to fan the flames. Seeing that public opinion was about to become turbulent again, the government took swift action by arresting a group of pharmacists and shops that were illegally selling limited drugs. They also closed down over a dozen companies producing and selling harmful drugs, leading to several prominent figures in the pharmaceutical industry, who were previously protected by the Ning family, being imprisoned.
Seeing that the wind was not in their favor and realizing that even the Ning family couldn’t withstand the storm in the pharmaceutical industry this time, those who had been stirring up trouble began to back off and behave. They dared not cause further trouble and, with their tails tucked between their legs, started the painful process of self-reform.
Since then, the government has successively launched a series of measures to revitalize basic medicines. The reform of the pharmaceutical industry has really begun, and the regulation of pharmaceutical prices has finally begun after the Ning family’s monopoly was dismissed.
This chapter: contains quite a lot mecha battle scenes
Me: I did not sign up for this
(Future chapters: have even more battle scenes)
Xiang Kun: Chu Yan's mortal enemy. Xiang Hui's younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.Xiang Hui: A colonel. The Xiang family's current heir. Xiang Kun's older brother.Liu Hongzi: One of Chu Yan's enemy. A Mecha piloting student.Xiang Lingyun: Xiang family's head. Xiang Kun and Xiang Hui's father. After lunch, Qiao Zhiya lay down in the star net cabin with arrogance. Chu Yan waited for his star net cabin to close and sighed helplessly. He looked at Chu Rong, who was sitting on the sofa, turning over the documents.Even if you win the preliminary round, there will be no rewards. If you lose, there will be punishment. Go to the game. Chu Rong didn't raise his head, and blocked his words without mercy.Chu Yan laid angrily into the cabin and decided not to tell Chu Rong that Qiao Zhiya was going to build an all-green mecha to participate in the final of the entire live broadcast!Such an eccentric Erge, he's looking forward to seeing him find out about Qiao Zhiya's all-green mecha!1clarity: green is slang for being cheated on. The full phrase is wearing a green hat, but nowadays, green or saying someone's head is green is enough. Also, this joke is a paraphrase from the og Chinese so it would flow better. It was still quite early, so Qiao Zhiya simply went to the player's waiting room to adjust a new weapon for Rong Tian, and then opened a training room to familiarize himself with it.At two o'clock, the game started. He was inside the training room, and the system directly teleported him to the battle arena, matching him to his new opponent.Opposite of him, stood a slightly familiar golden mecha.Qiao Zhiya froze for a moment, then immediately recognized that this golden mecha was Liu Hongzi's mecha he used this mecha during his fight against Chu Yan back on their Intermediate College's final. Even if he hadn't seen him for so long, his mecha was rather unique looking, it's hard to forget.The opposite golden mecha also seemed to recognize him, he suddenly moved in the battle arena.The countdown soon ended, and Qiao Zhiya returned to his thoughts and hesitated. Instead of pulling out a new weapon, he took out his hammer.On the opposite side, the golden mecha, without the same sense of camaraderie, unhesitatingly drew out firearms and fired directly at him. He seemed to anticipate that with Qiao Zhiya's skills, the blond youth couldn't escape such a widespread bombardment.Qiao Zhiya frowned. He threw his hammer into the air, and flew directly. After avoiding the attack, he caught the hammer, then smashed down with a huge momentum directly towards the golden mecha.The golden mecha also responded quickly, retreating from the side immediately after missing his hit. He once again aimed at Qiao Zhiya, who was still flying up in the air.In the previous games, Qiao Zhiya only used one weapon precisely this giant hammer. Players who have paid a little attention to his game would know that all his winning was due to his close combat skills. He looked like he had zero ranged attack capability.The golden mecha pilot obviously had studied his battle style. After that opening attack, he didn't give Qiao Zhiya a chance to counterattack. He flew back, opening up their distance, and kited2kiting: mostly a game term, referring to putting a distance, but just barely in reach for the shorter-ranged attacker, making them wanting to keep attacking. Qiao Zhiya, forcing him to follow his battle rhythm. BoomAnother shot exploded next to him. Qiao Zhiya's last trace of camaraderie vanished, his face tightened up as he put away his hammer. He was now sure that the person opposite was Liu Hongzi. His brutal battle style was too easy to recognize.Seeing that he put away the hammer, the bombardment of the golden mecha immediately became more intensive, and each shot was aimed at his cockpit, seemingly mocking and provoking him.Qiao Zhiya was indeed irritated. He maneuvered his mecha to avoid this series of intensive bombardment, seized the opportunity to fly into the air, and quickly pulled out a bow-like weapon. He pulled the bow, and fired it directly into Liu Hongzi's cockpit.Alas.As the arrow shot, a sound of wind breaking echoed. The bombardment stopped, as the system judged that the golden mecha lost its combat capability and thus, lost the game.Qiao Zhiya withdrew the bow and arrow to his space button on the side of the mecha and landed on the ground.In the cockpit of the golden mech, Liu Hongzi could only dumbfoundedly watch as the arrow went straight from his mecha's protective shell, driving through the cockpit, and its sharp tip only stopped right into his the pilot's protective helmet. He sat with a pale face as the system teleported him back to the waiting room. He could only slowly recover.Unlike his ranged attack, Qiao Zhiya actually restrained him with only one move. If this battle was done in real life, if Qiao Zhiya pulled his bowstring a little harder, if the arrow burrowed just a bit forward.His heart beats a mile a minute, as his fist slammed hard on the seat.No, Qiao Zhiya couldn't have this kind of strength. Although not many people paid attention to this competition due to the Ning family's affair, almost all the participants in the Capital Planet zone knew that the pilot of the mecha Rong Tian was Qiao Zhiya, a newcomer in mecha piloting, primarily specializing in mecha manufacturing!'Before the start of today's round, he guessed that he might meet Qiao Zhiya or Chu Yan. To this end, he studied the video of Qiao Zhiya and Chu Yan's game, and scoffed at Qiao Zhiya's barbaric battle style, pure brute force without any skill. He felt that as long as he met him, he could kite Qiao Zhiya into victory.But reality gave him a slap, he actually lost to a newcomer mecha pilot! He lost to his opponent's sudden long-range weapon! On top of that, he was killed in one shot!He suddenly froze, then his expression relaxed again, accompanied by a hint of disdain.Yes, he didn't lose to Qiao Zhiya, but to his special mecha and his new weapon, the one he never saw before. Truly, it was thanks to his privilege, gained by hugging the Chu family's thigh. A mere civilian without backing like him could never catch up with that sheer difference.This world was really unfair. Why are good things taken up by those who have money but no strength?In the subsequent games, Qiao Zhiya did not show any sympathy. Since the beginning of each game, he has used his bow and arrow combo. When he got the chance, he maximized his attack until he could one-shot kill his opponent. More than an hour later, he was successfully promoted again, standing with the other nine players in this group.Coincidentally, the golden mecha actually stood next to him. Qiao Zhiya looked at him, and the golden mecha did the same. Their gaze met in the middle.After Chu Yan completed the competition, he noticed that Qiao Zhiya had already logged off. He hesitated for a moment, worried that Qiao Zhiya might have been eliminated, and quickly logged off as well.Can't I use all green?He heard Qiao Zhiya's voice as soon as he stepped out of the cabin. He found our that things seemed different from what he had imagined.No, brown or black is okay, all green is not okay. Chu Rong frowned, picked up the electronic pen and scratched the electronic book before handing it back to Qiao Zhiya. Later, I'll ask Xiang Nan to send you another set of mecha materials. No need to rush finishing Rong Tian; you can start working on your own mecha first. As for Master Ren, I'll have him prepare a mecha just in case. Also, the weapon for Xia Yan, you can give the design to Master ReWait!Chu Yan couldn't hear anymore, he got out of the star net cabin, jumped decisively to Chu Rong, who still has a deep frown on his face. He set his sight on Qiao Zhiya, and asked pitifully, Qiao, you will still help me by making my weapon, right?Although it felt a bit unfair to Master Ren, in all honesty, Qiao Zhiya's weapons were just a bit better. Why would he settle for the good when he can get the best?His Erge is really bad. This dear younger brother of his feels absolutely wronged.Qiao Zhiya hurriedly pressed Chu Rong's leg, gesturing for him not to speak, and nodded, saying, Sure, I'll start working on it tomorrow. So long I can work without delay, I can finish making it in two days tops. The last sentence was directed at Chu Rong.Chu Rong frowned and acquiesced. However, he still left a reminder for Chu Yan: You participate in the game to exercise yourself, so, you cannot use super-class weapons, otherwise, it will be too disruptive to the game balance.Okay, no problem, no problem. Chu Yan responded with a sigh of relief.So what if it's not super-class? As long as it was made by Qiao himself, the weapon would still be stellar!Qiao Zhiya also understood Chu Rong's concerns. He nodded obediently, his eyes fell on the mecha design on his electronic book, and his lips curved up in happiness. For the preliminary's final round, he could make a mecha that is completely his own.Chu Rong looked at his happy expression, relieved that his worries were dispelled. He reached out and rubbed his ears affectionately.After a half-month reorganization, the pharmaceutical section reopened with a major overhaul. All problematic drugs were taken off the shelves, and some with special effects were allocated to the limited section. The drugs available for unrestricted purchase were limited to harmless daily use ones, such as nutritional supplements, mild medications, vitamins, and such.At the same time, new drug purchase regulations have been legalized. If people want to buy drugs in a limited area, they must first go to the hospital to check their health, making sure the usage of the said drug was needed to cure their ailments. Then, the doctors would issue a purchase allowance. On top of that, each allowance was bound to their ID, so they could never buy them in a larger quantity than needed.As soon as the new regulations came out, some people supported and objected to it. Some pharmaceutical companies, whose interests were touched, began to fan the flames. Seeing that public opinion was about to become turbulent again, the government took swift action by arresting a group of pharmacists and shops that were illegally selling limited drugs. They also closed down over a dozen companies producing and selling harmful drugs, leading to several prominent figures in the pharmaceutical industry, who were previously protected by the Ning family, being imprisoned.Seeing that the wind was not in their favor and realizing that even the Ning family couldn't withstand the storm in the pharmaceutical industry this time, those who had been stirring up trouble began to back off and behave. They dared not cause further trouble and, with their tails tucked between their legs, started the painful process of self-reform.Since then, the government has successively launched a series of measures to revitalize basic medicines. The reform of the pharmaceutical industry has really begun, and the regulation of pharmaceutical prices has finally begun after the Ning family's monopoly was dismissed.This chapter: contains quite a lot mecha battle scenesMe: I did not sign up for thisFuture chapters: have even more battle scenes
