"What are you doing, Bt?"
"What are you going to do, Bt?"
"Bt?!"
"What are you doing!?"
Teacher Ma hammered at Bt's pincers, even trying to pry them open with his bare hands. They were supposed to be heroes together!
"Trust me."
Bt's steady and firm voice rang out. He looked at Teacher Ma with gentle, placid eyes and clenched his fist.
The barrage of comments was instantly filled with "Trust me." Occasionally, a few scattered comments drifted by, all conveying utter despair.
'Tears! !'
'Everyone stand up!'
'My heart is broken!!'
'Watching for the second time, still very moving!'
'Is there anyone like me who gets more excited the sadder it gets?'
'Ah this... can this be said? I'm afraid I'll be hacked to death.'
'To be honest, me too!'
'I admit you're sad, but you can only make me cry once, because I've cried all my tears out today.'
'A man's romance! This is how it should be!!'
'Bt-7274! Forever remembered!'
........
"Bt~~~"
The moment their gazes met, Teacher Ma stopped struggling.
This was a habit he had cultivated for a long time. Once Bt uttered the words "[Trust me]," he would unconditionally follow Bt's advice as if under a spell.
This time was no exception. Even though he knew Bt would be utterly destroyed, he might be saved in the end, and he would forever regret it.
But...
Regret is something that must accompany life, isn't it?
The three words "[Trust me]" were not just a promise Bt made to Cooper, but more like a promise between men.
No need for many words; a sentence, a glance, an action, was enough.
In a short moment, Teacher Ma thought of many things.
Despite his reluctance, his male rationality told him that Bt was doing something great, something incredibly great!
At the same time, he resolutely carried out the protocol instructions. Tens of millions of program calculations were made just to avoid unnecessary sacrifices at the last moment, not even one.
If Anderson was the ceiling for Pilots (not physically, Anderson was indeed amazing).
Then Bt must also be the ceiling for Titans.
To achieve this level, he had surpassed everything an ordinary mecha could do, and even much more than imagined!!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!
Teacher Ma's body shot out like a cannonball, grazing past the dual-wheel ring mechanism, while Bt's body plummeted in the opposite direction at a similar speed.
Below them was the main body of the Ark, its honeycomb storage device gone, a rapidly expanding blue energy sphere.
The moment Bt was engulfed by the energy sphere, the Ark erupted with infinite energy from its core. Dazzling white light illuminated the entire live stream as if it were perpetual daylight.
Boom boom boom—!! /
Two seconds later, earth-shattering sounds arrived, followed by rings of shockwaves.
A power comparable to a planetary explosion!
For a moment, Teacher Ma even felt that Bt had saved him in vain, and that he himself would be swallowed by the shockwave's energy.
At the critical moment, that woman appeared!
"Cooper, we just lost Bt's signal! Just a little more!"
Hearing his comrade Sarah's voice, Teacher Ma was almost moved to tears. When Sarah mentioned Bt's signal disappearing, the mature man's eyes still reddened.
"Cooper, I've marked coordinates on your HUD, the extraction point might be in the air, there's no place to land here!"
Barker: "And if I fly over this mess, you'd better be there on time."
It wasn't time for sadness yet. Teacher Ma bit his tongue hard, forcefully suppressing his grief.
He couldn't let Bt's efforts be in vain; he had to live, that was the greatest trust he could place in Bt.
[Objective: Reach the extraction point! (270 meters)]
The moment the HUD appeared, the phantom path had outlined a complete escape route for Teacher Ma.
'No time to be sad, gotta run again soon.'
'Into the role.'
'My heart aches.'
'I cried watching this, the immersion of this game is too strong.'
......
Scramble scramble scramble—!!
With no time for sorrow, Teacher Ma gave it his all, following the phantom path, climbing walls and sliding, wishing he had two more legs.
"Pilot, hurry!"
Sarah's voice repeatedly urged him in his ear. Teacher Ma was stunned; this was completely a test of stamina and skill.
Boom!!
The moment he stepped onto the rubble, the next area exploded.
Close call.
Teacher Ma, who had already jumped, patted his chest, marveling inwardly as he looked down at the abyss.
"I'm tracking you, keep moving."
Cooper: Bt has sacrificed himself, it's up to me to complete the rest of the mission (whispering).
???
Teacher Ma was shocked. Although he was controlling the body, why could he hear Cooper's whisper?
The pawn character spoke on its own. Am I acting now, or am I observing Cooper's actions from a god's-eye view?
Then why was there real-time sensory feedback? Was it a bug?
Or was it the old rogue deliberately blurring the lines to highlight strong emotions?
It must be said, Teacher Ma truly felt the power of emotions from Cooper's words just now, Cooper's emotions.
It was no weaker than his own as a player. He could only say that the game's details were too good, almost covering all emotional expressions.
"Ah, Bt's core wasn't given to me, he can't be reborn."
Teacher Ma, running semi-automatically, felt a little more relaxed, and a slightly sorrowful emotion surged again.
"I know, without the core, Bt's body is just scrap metal and cannot detonate the Ark. This was a sacrifice that had to be made."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
The fierce wind roared in his ears, and the explosions echoed one after another.
Looking down from above, the entire surface of the planet Typhon was like a pot of boiling water on a gas stove, constantly bubbling, on the verge of reaching a critical point and causing unimaginable consequences.
"We're almost there! Hurry! Hurry!!"
Commander Sarah constantly encouraged Teacher Ma in his ear, her voice even sounding hoarse.
Stomp—!
At this moment, Teacher Ma also reached an excellent vantage point. The view ahead was clear, a rare area not affected by explosions.
"Cooper! Jump quickly!"
Sarah prompted in Teacher Ma's ear through real-time monitoring.
Whoosh—!!
Hearing this, Teacher Ma decisively leaped. This was trust in his comrades!
Barker: "Got him!"
Splash!!
Teacher Ma, plummeting rapidly, was steadily caught by Barker's fighter jet. However, due to inertia, Teacher Ma's body rolled off the other side of the jet.
"Ah!!"
Teacher Ma instinctively cried out, his flailing arms swinging in the air.
Slap!
"Got you."
At the critical moment, a pair of strong hands grabbed Teacher Ma's arms.
Sarah!
Teacher Ma looked up at Sarah, who was holding him at the edge of the fighter jet. This scene was so familiar...
Inside his helmet, a pair of bloodshot eyes instantly shed two lines of hot tears.
Even a tough guy like Teacher Ma couldn't hold back a flood of tears until the very last moment!
......