Above the stars

Although everyone shouts "Friendship first, competition second", no one takes it seriously.

The Phoenix Empire and the Os Empire have always been in a hostile and competitive relationship, and both want to overwhelm the other in all aspects.

After the previous conflict in the bar, the group of people brought by Prince Phillip were even more hateful towards the Tang bandits.

Therefore, contestant No. 8 made a gesture of wiping Tang Bandit's neck.

Of course, Tang Bandit also gave him a thumbs up as a courtesy.

Not everyone has the courage to commit suicide.

Contestant No. 8 was stunned for a moment, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.

Obviously, he was determined to win.

"What are you looking at?" A familiar voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

Tang Bandit turned around and saw Fenghuang standing behind him with a smile on his face.

"Why are you here?" Tang Bandit asked doubtfully.

He had always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Phoenix alone, but she was always surrounded by various people. Everyone wanted to get acquainted with this little princess of the Phoenix Empire who rarely participated in official activities. relation.

During lunch, Fenghuang was invited by the school leaders to go somewhere else. Tang Bandit could only go to the college cafeteria with Chen Tianqi and the others.

Unexpectedly, Phoenix was able to break out of the encirclement and came forward on his own initiative.

"I'm here to cheer you up. I heard you have a competition in the afternoon. How about it? Are you confident?" Fenghuang looked directly into Tang Bandi's eyes and asked.

Although they often chat through chat software, they occasionally make video calls.

However, there is a distance after all.

How could they be like now, where they could hear each other's heartbeat and feel each other's breath.

"Do your best." Tang Bandit said aloud.

He looked around and found several men in black on guard not far away, their eyes vaguely scanning the faces of everyone who tried to get closer.

There is no doubt that they are all members of the palace guards who protect the Phoenix.

Seeing the direction where Tang Bandi's eyes were looking, Fenghuang smiled bitterly and said, "I can't help it. This is my father's forced arrangement. Otherwise, he wouldn't let me go out."

"Have we reached this point?" Tang Bandi looked at Fenghuang, his eyes full of guilt.

Phoenix chose to hurt himself in order to protect Tang Bandit.

However, she also lost her freedom and was heavily protected by the royal family.

Fenghuang understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Isn't this nice? No matter where you go, you will be surrounded by people, Dora Feng?"

"That's true." Tang Bandit said with a smile: "When a princess travels, she should have such an appearance."

"I don't want to. It's inconvenient to do anything. There are people guarding the door when I go to the bathroom. It's really uncomfortable."

"Are you going to keep doing this?" Tang Bandit asked.

"I'll have a good chat with my dad after some time. If I'm kept in captivity by him all the time, I'm afraid I'll go crazy." Fenghuang frowned and said aloud.

This kind of life is a painful torture for her.

After a pause, he added: "It also depends on the efficiency of Chen Fenglei's work. If they can find Ling Yunxiao, maybe I can regain my freedom."

"With so many people looking for him, Ling Yunxiao still dares to come out and hurt people?"

"Maybe, maybe not. Who can say for sure? My dad said he didn't dare to bet."

"That's true." Tang Bandit nodded.

He thought that it was impossible for Chen Fenglei to find Ling Yunxiao in the hands of the old man.

However, if Ling Yunxiao cannot be found, the royal family will not be able to eliminate this dangerous factor, just like there is a sword hanging over the head of the phoenix.

In this case, when will Phoenix be able to regain his freedom?

Seeing someone else walking towards this side, Fenghuang patted Tang Bandi on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Tang Bandit, come on, come on."

"I will." Tang Bandit said.

He also wanted to touch Phoenix's head, but he didn't dare.

Zhong Tianque walked up to Phoenix and said, "Let's go, the mecha competition is about to begin."

"Yes." Phoenix nodded and said, "See you later."

"See you soon."

Zhong Tianque's eyes fell on Tang Bandit, he glanced lightly, and then turned around.

Since we are destined to never be friends, why bother doing all the superficial work?

Some people need it and some people don't deserve it.

What's more, he always believed that the Tang bandits poisoned him. Although Fenghuang's analysis was very reasonable, once the seeds of doubt were planted, it was not easy to pull them out.

Fenghuang waved his hand to Tang Bandit, then followed Zhong Tianque and walked towards Tianshu Pavilion.

Tianshu Pavilion is the information center of Bailu Academy, which is equipped with the empire's most advanced artificial intelligence, brain technology, and training and recuperation equipment.

The mecha competition that will start soon will be held here.

Tang Bandit stared at Zhong Tianque's back, then grinned.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the mecha competition officially started.

The first group to compete was a panda and a leopard. The panda was the work of a student from Egret Academy, and the leopard was a work of a student from the Ostrich Empire.

This is an exchange and confrontation between countries, so each group consists of a member of the Phoenix Empire and a member of the Oss Empire.

When drawing lots, participants from the Os Empire were drawn within the even numbers, and participants from the Phoenix Empire were drawn within the odd numbers.

Then both parties compete with their adjacent numbers, such as No. 1 and No. 2, such as No. 7 and No. 8.

Pandas can be naive, but they are extremely powerful.

Leopards are nimble and agile, and extremely fast.

The two mechanical beasts fought fiercely as soon as they came on stage. In the end, they overcame all odds and won with the panda slapping the leopard's head to pieces.

The Phoenix Empire was victorious, and it was students from Egret Academy who won the competition. The students at the scene were in high spirits and burst into warm applause.

The second game was a mechanical rhinoceros versus a mechanical pangolin. The mechanical rhinoceros was huge and thick. The pangolin is cunning and cunning. It never confronts the mechanical rhinoceros head-on, and it wears the rhino's crotch time and time again.

After the mechanical rhinoceros failed to collide again, the mechanical pangolin launched an attack from the side and drilled through the rhino's belly with its slender and sharp head.

Wow.

Sparks flew.

The Aussie Empire delegation made a comeback, and the team members there also made enthusiastic noises.

The third pair of mechanical beasts was sent up through the conveyor belt, which was a black bear and a squirrel. Just standing together, these two mechanical beasts triggered applause and laughter from the audience.

Because their body shapes are so different, it looks like an old man beating his son.

However, as soon as the game started, the situation became one-sided.

The squirrel jumped onto the big black bear's back with a slight jump, and then bit it with a snap, tearing off a large piece of steel from the black bear's back.

The black bear was obviously irritated. It roared desperately and stretched out its huge claws to fly the little squirrel away.

But the squirrel's movements were so flexible, and its body was so small that the black bear couldn't even touch its fur.

The squirrel is aggressive and will bite and tear off a piece of the black bear's body whenever it gets the chance.

In a short time, the huge black bear was dismembered by the tiny squirrel.

The Aussie Empire cheered again, and they won another round.

In the first three games, Os Empire has won two games in a row, taking the lead and already taking advantage.

"Come on, Egret Academy!"

"Come on Phoenix Empire!"

"The Phoenix Empire wins!"

"Come on Tang Bandit!"

Tang Bandi glanced towards the viewing area and found Chen Tianqi standing on a chair waving to him.

Obviously, the phrase "Come on Tang Bandit" was also shouted by him.

Tang Bandit nodded to him. He had to win this round.

If they continue to lose, then the Os Empire will be able to win at least three of the five groups of games, which means that they will have at least three mechanical beasts entering the second round.

If they also win the fifth game, it will mean that they have four players entering the second round of semi-finals.

No matter how powerful that giant panda is, if it wants to fight one against four, the chance of victory is extremely slim.

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Phoenix also became a little nervous. He looked sideways at Si Yinchuan beside him and asked, "Dean Si, which side do you prefer in this fight?"

"Of course they are optimistic about our side." Si Yinchuan said aloud.

"Oh, the director of the department thinks Tang Bandit can win the game?" Fenghuang asked curiously.

Although Tang Bandi liked to be a bird in the old world, she had not studied mechanical skills professionally and systematically for a long time. She was surprised why the director of the department had so much confidence in Tang Bandi.

"I'll tell you the truth, Princess." Si Yinchuan said with a wry smile: "Originally I was a little skeptical, but the dean said that Tang Bandit would either not report it. Since he reported it, he was aiming to get the first place. If he If you can’t even pass the first level, how can you get first place?”

"So, I still believe in the dean's judgment. He never makes a mistake when looking at people and things."

"Oh." Fenghuang's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice slightly and said, "The dean is so optimistic about Tang Bandit? And he said that Tang Bandit is aiming for the first place?"

Phoenix himself has heard so many flattery words that he has become immune to such words.

However, when he heard Xuanyuan Mingjing praise Tang Bandit, she felt very happy.

This is much happier than being praised by others, and I can't help but want to use the skill of "if you can speak, speak more".

"That's right." Si Yinchuan nodded and said, "The dean's attitude is quite firm."

Phoenix then turned to look at Zhong Tianque on the other side, and asked with a smile: "Brother, what do you think?"

"Of course I hope we win." Zhong Tianque said aloud.

Although he didn't like Tang Bandit, he still hoped that Tang Bandit could win the game when it was about the glory of the empire.

If you want to be a wise king, you have to know and use people, and hide your true emotions.

Under the attention of everyone, the fourth group of mechanical beasts was sent to the competition field through the conveyor belt.

The mechanical beast of contestant No. 8 is a black hellhound with bared teeth and blood-red pupils, giving it an evil and terrifying look.

The Tang bandit's mechanical beast is a golden-armored unicorn with a shining golden body, a dragon head, tiger eyes, antlers and an elk body. It is domineering and majestic, showing the aura of a king.