In the quiet classroom, over thirty students were seated.
The teacher stood at the podium, speaking with a serious expression, "This malfunction repair problem is very difficult."
"It's also a mandatory question in the annual mecha master assessment!"
"Who wants to come up and repair this instrument?"
Gu Ya, startled awake from his sleep, looked around, bewildered.
A gentle female voice suddenly echoed in his mind:
[You have transmigrated to the Cyber Mecha world]
[Acquired abilities: Novice Mech Repairman (0/100) and Novice Mecha Master (0/100)]
[You can level up by learning, repairing, and piloting]
[Completing system tasks will earn you system coins and corresponding rewards]
[System coins can be used to purchase skills, pets, items, or increase reputation, etc.]
[Good luck]
Gu Ya looked out the window. Under the blue sky, a line of mechas flew past.
A personal information display flickered faintly before his eyes.
I've transmigrated!
The teacher noticed Gu Ya's dazed look and her expression immediately turned stern. Gu Ya, with his grades consistently at the bottom, was slacking off in class, showing no regard for the teacher. She had to teach him a lesson.
"Gu Ya! You come up and repair this circulator!"
The teacher shouted from the podium, her voice authoritative and condescending, brooks no argument.
Gu Ya realized the teacher was calling him. He turned his head to look at the basketball-sized instrument on the podium and his eyes lit up.
What a sophisticated instrument!
He had been an engineering student, an enthusiast of mechanical and electronic instruments, and was very interested in mecha repair.
However, the original owner of this body was a complete academic underachiever, utterly ignorant of mecha repair, and couldn't even distinguish between a wrench and pliers.
A boy behind Gu Ya let out a cold snort and said, "Gu Ya, you definitely can't do it. Hurry up and use the excuse of needing to go to the toilet. This isn't your forte, is it?"
This annoying voice displeased Gu Ya.
From the original owner's memories, the speaker was named Xu Jie, the top-ranked student in mecha combat in their Class E.
But his character was abysmal. Once during a one-on-one test battle, Xu Jie had beaten a female classmate into hospitalization. The original owner had reprimanded Xu Jie a couple of times, and since then, Xu Jie had been frequently picking on him.
At this moment, a voice sounded in Gu Ya's mind:
[Ding! Task initiated: Resolve circulator malfunction] 138 Reading Network
[Task reward: 100 system coins and Novice Mecha Master skill: Advanced Piloting]
"Gu Ya!" the teacher urged again.
"Here!"
Without understanding the principle or structure, Gu Ya was a little worried that his newly acquired Novice Mech Repairman ability wouldn't help him fix it.
With trepidation, he walked to the podium and picked up the unfamiliar spherical instrument with both hands.
The instrument was very smooth and easy to hold.
It had a metallic silver casing, with a material of moderate hardness and softness.
The surface was composed of many irregularly shaped small casings, fitted together with tight seams.
Judging by its appearance, it was full of otherworldly technological flair.
A button was embedded on the casing. Gu Ya pressed it, and two metal gear shafts suddenly popped out from the sides of the instrument.
Gu Ya had never seen such a precise instrument.
At this moment, the system automatically activated, immediately forming a light screen for analysis.
[Circulator, an instrument capable of variable speed, its disassembly steps are as follows...]
Following the light screen's prompts, Gu Ya held the circulator's two gear shafts, rotated the instrument clockwise, and all the casings suddenly burst open vertically, held by internal connecting rods, forming a larger sphere.
Through the coarse gaps between the casings, the intricate internal components were fully visible.
The light screen continued to appear, analyzing each part.
Suddenly, a small line of red fluorescent text appeared:
[Bidirectional asynchronous conical gear misalignment, unable to transmit power. You can use a triangular screwdriver to loosen it and adjust the position with tweezers...]
So that's it!
Gu Ya followed the prompts, operating with bated breath.
The mecha repair skills he had honed in his previous world were still applicable here.
His hands were steady, the force of his fingers precise, and he carefully and slowly moved the gears to the standard position, then dripped two drops of lubricating oil.
The final step, reassembly.
He held the gear shafts and rotated the instrument counter-clockwise. All the casings quickly retracted to their original positions.
The two gear shafts spun rapidly for a few revolutions, and the crisp sound of components meshing was heard from within the instrument.
[Ding! Main task completed, corresponding rewards received]
"Teacher, I've fixed it," Gu Ya said, gently placing the instrument back on the podium.
A wave of astonishment erupted from the students below the podium.
"What? Impossible!"
"Seriously? Gu Ya actually fixed it?"
"Looking at his technique, he doesn't look like a failing student at all; he's very skilled!"
The students' reactions were as shocking as seeing a primary school student who consistently scored zero solving a university calculus equation.
"I don't believe it!" Xu Jie suddenly shouted, "You must have known the answer beforehand!"
Two male deskmates of Xu Jie chimed in, "That's right! How could he possibly do it!"
Gu Ya smiled, "Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean it can't happen."
Xu Jie's face instantly darkened, and he said resentfully, "Fine, Gu Ya. In the afternoon mecha practical class, you just wait for me."
"Enough!" the teacher reprimanded Xu Jie and then said to Gu Ya, "Gu Ya, your progress is very fast, but you're not allowed to slack off during class. Return to your seat. We'll continue the lesson!"
After eating the free school lunch, the first class in the afternoon was practical skills.
In the school's mecha hangar, students gathered around a gleaming mecha, listening to the mecha repair teacher's lengthy lecture.
It was Gu Ya's first time seeing a real mecha. He listened and watched with great interest, using the newly acquired "Advanced Piloting" skill in his mind to simulate mecha operation.
However, mecha operation steps were numerous and complex. By the end of the class, Gu Ya had only managed to simulate how to walk.
In fact, Gu Ya was quite helpless. The original owner knew nothing about mecha repair or piloting. If he had even a slight bit of foundation, he wouldn't be so slow.
The mecha teacher said, "The homework assigned last class, to make the mecha roll over three times, I'll be testing it in this class. Who wants to go first?"
"Gu Ya first!" Xu Jie shouted.
"Yeah, that's right, haha! Gu Ya can do it! Let Gu Ya go!" Xu Jie's two lackeys echoed.
Gu Ya glared back at them. The three of them smirked triumphantly at Gu Ya, like they were watching a monkey show.
"Are you sure you can do it, Gu Ya?" the mecha teacher asked skeptically.
Gu Ya steadied the anger and restlessness within him and said, "I'll try." With that, he got into the cockpit.
The low cockpit had only a pilot's seat and an operation console.
Gu Ya sat in the pilot's seat, fastened his seatbelt, and started the mecha according to the steps he had just learned.
"Step one, activate high and low voltage energy input; step two, activate bridge transmission; step three..."
For the final step, Gu Ya slowly pushed the control stick.
The mecha began to vibrate slightly, and a not-too-deafening roar came from the surroundings.
Gu Ya's heart pounded, the corners of his mouth curved upwards, and an unprecedented sense of excitement surged through him.
"Mecha activated successfully, all data normal, pilot can execute actions."
Gu Ya summoned the system, found the rollover action tutorial in "Advanced Piloting," and quickly simulated it in his mind.
It wasn't too difficult.
Gu Ya cautiously pushed the control stick, while with his other hand, he pressed several buttons on the console in sequence, and simultaneously lightly stepped on the energy input valve.
The mecha began to slowly lean forward, its mechanical giant hand protecting its head, awkwardly performing a 180-degree rollover.
Gu Ya steadied his hands and feet, repeating the operation with increasing proficiency.
This time, the mecha rolled over twice in perfect succession, then stood up steadily.
The students erupted in hushed admiration.
"Gu Ya is so amazing!"
"Is this the Gu Ya we know?"
"Could Gu Ya be a hidden academic genius!?"
The mecha teacher smiled with satisfaction, "Well done, Gu Ya. Your progress is significant. Keep it up!"
Gu Ya returned to the crowd, already nostalgic for that sense of control.
This was piloting a mecha; it wasn't too bad, but by no means simple.
Xu Jie appeared behind him, his face dark and unconvinced, "Tomorrow it's our turn for one-on-one combat. Don't think you can win just because you know a few silly moves. I'll still beat you to a pulp!"
Xu Jie was right. The original owner, in the past, didn't know how to pilot a mecha and stood there like a wooden stake, being beaten by Xu Jie.
In this school, which was divided by ability, classes were ranked from A to F, from elite to underachievers. Xu Jie, though in Class E, had the strength of a Class C student.
Thinking about this, Gu Ya wasn't sure if he could defeat him.
But Gu Ya knew that timidity was an obstacle to progress, and daring to challenge and thinking diligently were elements of becoming stronger.
Moreover, he had the system's support.
He calmly retorted, "I'm ready anytime."
After saying this, he resolved to practice mecha operation diligently tonight.
Time quickly passed until school ended. Gu Ya walked home, recalling his memories.
Thinking about this city and his own background, his mood became increasingly complex and heavy.
This city was called Wuhe City.
Hundreds of skyscrapers supported a grand sky-city, which was Wuhe City's upper district, the dwelling place of the wealthy and the powerful.
The original owner's home, however, was in the relatively backward lower district, in the slums of Wastewater Treatment Zone 12.
The original owner had an eleven-year-old sister named Gu Youyou.
In his memories, his sister was rebellious and eccentric, spending all her time tinkering with mysterious instruments.
Recently, she had picked up a damaged humanoid robot and locked herself in her room every day after school, repairing the robot.
"Stop! Damn it!" a furious roar shattered Gu Ya's memories.
On the opposite street, a thin man was chasing a little girl.
The little girl was disheveled, her clothes in disarray, and she was cradling a humanoid robot head in her arms.
Gu Ya looked at the girl, finding her familiar. He peered closely, and realized this was the original owner's own sister.
The man's eyes were fierce. He grabbed Youyou by her hair and yanked her up!
Youyou is in danger!