Chapter 77:

Before the event and the official start, the viewing platform where Duan Hengye and others were located was still surrounded by the huge semicircular protective cover. This protective cover is made of a single-sided transparent material, through which Duan Hengye and others can see the situation under the stage, but the high-definition lens of the reporters cannot capture the picture inside. After a while, the protective cover will open automatically.
In fact, before they were seated at the observatory, live broadcasts on many channels had already begun. When the levitator was approaching, the live channels and major forums were still lively for a while. However, after seeing that the protective cover didn't mean to open in advance, there was peace again.
Although I have seen the test flight pictures on the news, and the detailed data and models of the "Nan Zhu" on the Star Network, this still cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm. After discovering that they couldn't see the picture on the viewing platform, the audience who opened Starnet to watch the live broadcast finally moved the topic back to the mecha itself.
In fact, the day of the delivery ceremony is still a working day in the interstellar. However, because of the special event, the Mecha Department of Anluo University gave all the students a short half-day holiday and asked them to watch the ceremony. So just before the event and the start, many students from Duan Hengye also participated in the discussion on Starnet. They both posted to the live broadcast in the forum, and interacted with mecha fans on their personal social accounts.
Now there are only a few minutes before the delivery ceremony officially begins. In those social accounts with real-name authentication, in addition to the analysis and understanding of mechas, Duan Hengye’s students also shared a lot of short stories about him. Although it was just some ordinary clips in the class, the screenshots were spread all over the star network in an instant accompanied by screams.
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Here Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai were still talking with Yan Lao. Duan Hengye's assistant Ye Pu finally came to remind him: "Marshal Lord, Professor Duan, the activity will start in one minute. "
After hearing Ye Pu's words, Meng Jinhuai nodded and smiled and motioned to Yan Lao. Their conversation ended here. After Ye Pu left, the loudspeaker device on the observatory also began to remind: "Dear guests, this mech delivery ceremony is about to begin. After the voice prompt, the observatory protective cover Will open."
Today's ceremony is of extraordinary significance. Almost all the upper layers of the Ye Tian Empire have reached the scene, so the area of ​​the observatory is surprisingly large. Except for the central area where Duan Hengye and others are located, in other places of the viewing platform, other guests are also gathering in twos and threes, chatting quietly.
So after the prompt sound fell, I saw the guests at the venue began to arrange their clothes, and then sat up straight.
Regardless of whether you know the mecha or not, after sitting on the viewing platform, those guests can't help but look to the mecha docking area on the side for the first time-there are parked machines that will appear under the interstellar live camera for a while. A "Southern Zhu". Although it is still in the blind spot of the media, the guests on the viewing platform can see them from a distance.
As the person who personally designed this mecha, Duan Hengye is probably the person who is least interested in it at the scene. After waiting on the viewing platform, Duan Hengye began to chat with Meng Jinhuai and Yan Lao, and never looked down. So now, after the protective cover of the covering viewing platform was opened, Duan Hengye only noticed how high his current position is...
In the interstellar age, people have been accustomed to living above the sky since birth, and naturally they lost their fear of heights. But Duan Hengye was different. Although he didn't have any fear of heights, he was still an earthling in his bones.
Although he has gradually become accustomed to the flying height of the hovercraft and the starship, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel nervous after suddenly finding himself sitting on the "cliff edge."
Meng Jinhuai, who was sitting next to Duan Hengye, thought he was nervous about the mecha delivery ceremony for a while, so he stretched out his hand again, and then covered the hand that Duan Hengye had always placed on the armrest of the seat. , Then turned around and gave him a comforting smile.
The protective cover of the viewing platform slowly opened at this moment.
The media knew the flow of the event in advance, so just before the non-slip cover was opened, they had already targeted the live camera here. Before the official opening, the original one-sided transparent material first became fully transparent. So Duan Hengye's expression and Meng Jinhuai's actions... were also captured by the camera.
Due to the lack of clarity about the operation process of these interstellar technologies, Duan Hengye would not have imagined that all his interactions with Meng Jinhuai had been faithfully recorded by the high-definition camera.
After seeing Meng Jinhuai smiling at himself, Duan Hengye also turned around and nodded lightly at the other party. Now Duan Hengye has finally adapted to this height. After seeing the protective cover in front of him slowly rise, Duan Hengye took his hand from the chair, then rearranged his clothes and sat up straight.
Involuntarily, Duan Hengye also took a deep breath slowly.
In the beginning, those who squatted on the live broadcast were also surfing the star network at the same time. At this time, they saw a lot of private stories about the professor from the students of Duan Hengye. After knowing those stories, Duan Hengye's image was no longer so high in their hearts.
Therefore, when the camera captured Duan Hengye's "tension" performance, the forum was instantly covered by a bunch of "cute".
Speaking of whether it was in the previous life or now, it seems that since leaving childhood, no one would use the word "cute" to describe Duan Hengye... But at this time, everyone felt that these two words were put It is very suitable for Professor Duan, who has always been very cold.
The protective cover rose slowly. Because the viewing platform was facing an empty mecha docking area, from the time the protective cover was raised to reveal the slits, wind poured in from the docking area. The wind from the wilderness has nothing to do with the word "gentle". Even just touching the face will give people the illusion of being cut by a knife.
The four seasons on the southern stars are like spring. Although there will be no extreme weather on this planet, it also means that the wind will not be too warm. So even though he was prepared, Duan Hengye couldn't help but hiss softly after the protective cover was opened.
At this time, Duan Hengye had noticed that the protective cover was opened, so he became very careful in his actions. Except for Meng Jinhuai, who was sitting next to Duan Hengye, no one noticed his movements and voices. Therefore, the magical thing happened under the live broadcast scene again. Before the event started, Meng Jinhuai turned around and said almost to the assistant standing behind him, then nodded to the convenience and quickly left here.
What is Meng Jinhuai's assistant going to do?
Not only the audience who was watching the live broadcast couldn't understand, even Duan Hengye, who was sitting next to Meng Jinhuai, couldn't help but cast a puzzled look in the direction where the other party was leaving.
It didn't take long-even before the protective cover on the viewing platform was fully opened, Meng Jinhuai's assistant returned to the scene. Because the activity was about to begin at this time, everyone kept quiet and sat in place, and his movements were particularly obvious in comparison.
Not only are the viewers watching the live broadcast waiting to see what Meng Jinhuai's assistant is doing, the rest of the guests sitting on the viewing platform, and even Duan Hengye silently watching the assistant. Duan Hengye saw that, unlike when he left, the assistant who came back now had an extra black object in his hand. After he walked in, he looked at it, it seemed to be a piece of clothing.
What is he going to do?
Before Duan Hengye came up with any answer, he saw Meng Jinhuai sitting next to him suddenly stand up, and then took the clothes from the assistant's hand. This is a slightly heavy cloak, and from the epaulettes above it can be seen that the owner of this dress is Meng Jinhuai.
After shaking the cloak aside, Meng Jinhuai naturally put it on Duan Hengye's body, and then sat back in his position again.
... Meng Jinhuai's movements are very smooth, as if he had done it countless times.
After feeling the cloak that Meng Jinhuai put on his shoulders, Duan Hengye involuntarily stretched out his hand and touched it lightly, and then praised his marshal's excellent observation ability...
The clothes prepared by the military today for Duan Hengye are in line with the outdoor temperature. In fact, except for Duan Hengye, no one at the scene will feel how cold the wind is at this time. Due to being controlled by drugs all the year round, Duan Hengye's physical fitness is slightly worse than others, so he can't help but feel unwell after the wind blows.
Different from Duan Hengye, who focused all his attention on Meng Jinhuai’s observation ability, after seeing this picture, people around couldn’t help showing envious expressions... Or because they were suddenly shown, they just moved their eyes away, such as Said that he was sitting on the other side of Duan Hengye, General Yu Xinlan.
Because the seat was close to Duan Hengye, Admiral Yu’s very complex expression was faithfully recorded by the live footage, and then intercepted by netizens, and spread across most of the stars in a short period of time.
I have to say that Yu Xinlan's expression can indeed reflect the mood of some people at this time.
The protective cover on the viewing platform was officially opened at this time, and Meng Jinhuai, who was still wearing clothes on Duan Hengye with a gentle face, switched back to serious mode. After seeing Meng Jinhuai's expression, the live broadcast channel finally calmed down. Everyone began to hold their breath, looking forward to the ceremony for a while.
Duan Hengye’s emotions are always a little bit dull, which is different from the tension that was misunderstood just now. After seeing the sky without a protective cover in front of him and the media not far away, Duan Hengye’s heartbeat Start to accelerate a little bit.
Although the mecha "Nan Zhu" has conducted countless experiments, Duan Hengye is extremely confident in his own work. But at this time, he still gave birth to some nervousness about going to the examination room. However, Duan Hengye's nervousness is not very strong so far, so he did not show it this time, he just quietly surrendered his eyes to the direction of the mecha entry for a while.
Before the official appearance of the new mecha Nanzhu, two black medium mechas flew over from the sky not far away. After seeing them, Duan Hengye, who was still calm just now, finally had a sense of "surprise" in his eyes.
Because Duan Hengye has been busy recently, he didn't read the detailed activity flow sheet sent to him by the military department. Duan Hengye's understanding of all the projects today comes from the introduction of Meng Jinhuai when he goes out in the morning. Also because of time constraints, Meng Jinhuai's introduction was a bit too brief. Therefore, before seeing those mechas, Duan Hengye only knew that there would be an exhibition of old mechas at the beginning, but he didn't know what the so-called "old mechas" were.
At this time, the mecha that appeared directly above the docking site was called "Xingchen". Although the style was very old, no mecha researcher would be unfamiliar with it.
This is the first-generation mecha of StarCraft. Because the age of its birth is too far away from the present, even the Research Institute does not have its collection. Duan Hengye didn't expect that the Imperial Military Department still kept such two "stars".
In fact, the atmosphere in the first half of the delivery ceremony was not very serious. Apart from some military members sitting on the viewing platform, there were more celebrities from all walks of life in the Ye Tian Empire. Although the empire has not been very peaceful in recent years, their daily lives in the upper echelons have nothing to do with "war" and "mecha".
Although only an old mecha appeared in the sky at this time, it was due to close contact with it back and forth. Duan Hengye still heard a lot of exclamations in his ears after the "stars" appeared above his head. In his peripheral vision, many people took out their optical brains at this time, then adjusted them to the shooting mode and shot them into the sky.
Although the overall temperament of Meng Jinhuai in working condition is quite cold, but after the mech "star" appeared, the marshal leaned gently towards Duan Hengye, and then said: "Now the mech is the same age as'Xingchen'. Almost all have stopped on the planet called the'Mecha Cemetery'. The two planes in the sky are the only old mechas that have been preserved in the empire and can be driven normally."
At this moment, the two mechas had already flown to a high place. Meng Jinhuai raised his head to look at them, his eyes narrowed. As a mecha designer, Duan Hengye certainly knows how difficult it is to keep two such "old" mechas up to now. So while listening to Meng Jinhuai's words, he couldn't help but look up to the sky, and then carefully observe their posture in the sky.
After seeing Duan Hengye's extremely interested look, Meng Jinhuai couldn't help but laughed, and then said: "The mecha has stopped at the Southern Stars these days. If you are interested, you can go to see it anytime."
Although the interstellar live footage is very high-definition, the distance is too far after all, and Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai did not carry recording devices. Therefore, the audience who is watching the live broadcast can only see that Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai have been chatting on the viewing platform at this time, but they can't guess what they are talking about...
The audience was itchy at this time, but fortunately, Hengye and Meng Jinhuai stopped chatting after a while. The two put their eyes back into the air, and then looked at the mecha that was moving fast.
After all, "Xing Chen" has been born for many years, and its functions are really too basic now, and its flying posture is a bit clumsy. But in Duan Hengye's view, this kind of flying performance is even more touching.
Despite being called a "genius", Duan Hengye has always been very clear that his mastery and understanding of mecha knowledge is slowly achieved on the basis of his predecessors. Duan Hengye never despised these outdated and old mechas, but now his eyes gradually took on some sacred meaning.
Somehow, Duan Hengye thought about the document he was currently cracking, and the method of carrying new light energy weapons in the mecha...
After all, "Xingchen" was already in old age, and the flight demonstrations they performed were very simple, and they left the docking apron after a while. Immediately afterwards, all the mechas that had served in the Ye Tian Empire appeared in the sky. Unlike the oldest and rarest "stars", these are all Duan Hengye has ever seen.
Behind Duan Hengye and them, those guests were still excited to photograph the busy scene in the sky. After watching for a while, Duan Hengye's thinking slowly moved from the mecha to the most recent work.
Duan Hengye has been very busy these days, and not only is the design of the new mecha at the most difficult and important juncture. And the file cracking is no longer as smooth as it was at the beginning, but has entered a bottleneck period. If it weren’t for today’s event, it’s really important. As a designer, Duan Hengye’s non-participation would cause bad interstellar speculation. Duan Hengye probably wouldn’t put aside the work of the research institute and go to Nan Zhuxing active.
So although Duan Hengye is sitting on the scene now and is constantly blowing by the cold wind, his attention still can't help but fly to his work.
Duan Hengye's vision fell from the sky, and then he frowned slightly and fell into thinking. Duan Hengye's movements were particularly pronounced against a bunch of people who raised their heads. Meng Jinhuai, who was sitting next to him, certainly saw his movements. However, after seeing Duan Hengye's apparently absent state, Master Marshal didn't say anything, but subconsciously showed a worried look.
Although Meng Jinhuai has been busy recently, he is also paying attention to Duan Hengye's work.
In the past year, after Duan Hengye's series of adjustments, the Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute has finally been out of a state of loose sand. But objectively speaking, there is still a long way to go before the mecha can be truly designed in a cooperative way, let alone the top mecha.
Although I don't want to admit it, the knowledge fault of the Mecha Research Institute is objective. Unlike the last time when the mecha was designed for mass production, even in the top research institute in this empire, anyone with sufficient strength to participate in this plan can count with one hand.
So in the recent period, Duan Hengye is still independently designing mechas. He only occasionally met with Su Mingge and several other team leaders to discuss issues.
In addition to the design of the new mecha, Meng Jinhuai, who also participated in the cracking of the document, also knew the huge difficulties faced by this work, and how much pressure Duan Hengye was facing recently. This time I asked Duan Hengye to return to the southern stars to participate in this handover ceremony. Yu Gong was because of his identity as the designer of the mecha, Yu Si... Meng Jinhuai also wanted to ask Duan Hengye to take a good rest.
Except for Duan Hengye and the group of people in the military who have been accustomed to seeing mechas flying around, everyone stared at the sky carefully and screamed excitedly from time to time. In this atmosphere, even the live broadcast audience no longer paid attention to Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai, but seriously looked at the various mechas in the live broadcast.
More than 20 minutes passed. Just when Professor Duan was in a state of constant trance, Meng Jinhuai, who was sitting next to him, finally slammed Duan Hengye's arm slightly, and then turned his head and whispered to him: " The new mecha is coming soon."
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye finally slowly raised his head. Before coming to the scene, Meng Jinhuai had reminded Duan Hengye that before the new mech officially appeared, Duan Hengye, the representative of the research institute and mecha designer, would complete a part of the ceremony with Meng Jinhuai. After thinking of this, Duan Hengye's thinking that had been flying away just now finally returned to the scene again.
At this time, the previous generation of mecha performances are about to end, and the audience's eyes are gradually returning to the viewing platform. Meng Jinhuai's reminder was really timely. When everyone looked here, Duan Hengye had readjusted his state.
The majority of viewers who are watching the live broadcast also have today's flow sheet. After seeing the footage of each live broadcast channel moved back to the viewing stage, everyone will understand that the event is about to reach the last item.
At this time, the assistant Ye Pu, who had been standing behind Duan Hengye, walked over and handed a flat gray metal box to Duan Hengye. Inside this box is the opening medal of Mecha Nanzhu. Although the box is not big, it can still feel the heavy weight in the hand.
Although the new mech has been born for a long time, and after such a long period of various experimental flight tests, Duan Hengye admits that he is no longer as excited as he was at the beginning. But after taking this medal in his hand, Duan Hengye, who had returned to his calmness, couldn't help but feel surging.
The completion of the design of the mech is completely different from the meaning it represents when it is officially in service. After the medal and the mecha behind it were officially delivered to the military, it marked that Duan Hengye's own work had finally reached the stage of history and began to influence the future of the interstellar.
Although the current Duan Hengye still hasn't figured out the history of the interstellar, being able to participate in the process of the world's operation is definitely something that will make people feel excited.
The scene of the ceremony was quiet again, and everyone's eyes gathered in the middle of the first row of the viewing platform. Under the gaze of hundreds of millions of people in StarCraft, Duan Hengye stood up with Meng Jinhuai.