Jing Mingqiu looked around at the various beautiful girls surrounding him and asked, "What do you all mean?"
A tall and slender beautiful girl stepped forward and spoke first, "Classmate, I'm also from the dance department. What is that device on your leg? Would it be convenient to share the purchase link?"
"This is just an ordinary auxiliary mecha," Jing Mingqiu lifted his pant leg, exposing the metal device attached to his leg for everyone to see. "I can't share the purchase link because I made this myself."
The tall beauty stomped her foot lightly, "Oh! Don't be so stingy, we're all classmates! We promise not to report this to the instructor."
"I really made this myself," Jing Mingqiu shrugged. "Besides, the instructor already knows about this, and it complies with the military training rules."
The crowd was very unsatisfied with Jing Mingqiu's answer and was about to press further when Instructor Zhong Hui arrived and blew the assembly whistle, forcing them to leave reluctantly and line up in front of the instructor.
"Stand at ease, attention, dress right, dress forward!"
After a series of commands, today's military training officially began.
Standing at attention, straddle, military fist, marching,
Various training projects proceeded in sequence.
During the morning's training, Jing Mingqiu, deservedly, became the focus of everyone's attention. It wasn't just Zhong Hui and his squad leader Wu Yuanzhou; the entire dance department was secretly observing Jing Mingqiu.
Fortunately, Jing Mingqiu had presided over two national-level projects and was long accustomed to being watched, so he didn't experience much psychological fluctuation. Instead, he began to enjoy the auxiliary mecha he had upgraded and modified for the second time last night.
After receiving a large number of parts from Tang Bei, Jing Mingqiu added two new functions to his auxiliary mecha.
One was a micro thermal generator. While its power output was not large, it could absorb heat from the human body and the surroundings, lowering the wearer's body temperature and providing a better wearing experience.
The second was an automatic transformation system. Powered by the thermal generator, it could sense the wearer's movements and transform automatically. This way, Jing Mingqiu wouldn't have to manually control the mecha's transformation.
Unknowingly, three hours had passed in a flash. Seeing that most people's stamina was nearing its limit, with several students pale and unsteady, Zhong Hui, concerned about their health, ordered everyone to rest temporarily.
Jing Mingqiu's complexion was normal. Due to the auxiliary mecha absorbing excess heat, the slight sweat on his forehead from the previous day had disappeared. He appeared energetic and full of vigor.
In the dance department's formation, a male student, seeing this, felt a surge of jealousy. He stepped forward and shouted loudly at the instructor.
"Report! Instructor, I want to report someone for using illegal equipment and slacking off during military training!"
Before Jing Mingqiu could react to the statement, that male student was immediately met with angry glares from several people.
They were also displeased that Jing Mingqiu could train so easily, but they detested tattletales who reported to the teacher even more.
Facing the hostile stares, the reporting male student showed no remorse. Instead, he adopted a righteous stance, as if he were upholding justice for everyone.
Zhong Hui also despised such petty individuals, but his duty compelled him to inquire about the reason. "Classmate, who are you reporting?"
"Him!" the male student pointed at Jing Mingqiu and shouted, "He has something on his leg, it should be some kind of mechanical device that provides power!"
Jing Mingqiu scratched his head and pulled up his pant leg again. "You mean this? This is just a normal support device; it doesn't have a separate power system. Even if it did, it would be fine. The military training regulations don't say you can't wear a mecha."
"You!"
The male student who had just spoken was instantly choked by Jing Mingqiu's answer. He pointed at him, unable to speak for a long time.
"Classmate," Zhong Hui's face sank, "for falsely accusing a fellow student without reason, you are fined ten laps around the field!"
"Instructor, I..."
The male student tried to argue, but Zhong Hui's squad leader, Wu Yuanzhou, suddenly appeared. With a cold snort and the oppressive, steely aura unique to soldiers, he caused the student to lose his composure, and he obediently went to run.
"As for you," Wu Yuanzhou turned to Jing Mingqiu, "although there are indeed no regulations prohibiting the use of auxiliary equipment, since you are using it, I will add a little extra exercise. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"
Jing Mingqiu raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?"
"I am Wu Yuanzhou, the chief instructor for this military training. Classmate, please state your name and then come with me to receive special training."
Jing Mingqiu could tell that Wu Yuanzhou intended to test the actual performance of the mecha. Coincidentally, he was also a little curious about how far the auxiliary mecha, which he had modified twice, could go. Thus, he readily agreed.
"Alright!"
Under everyone's gaze, Jing Mingqiu followed Wu Yuanzhou away from the field to the equipment room on the third floor of the gymnasium, where a large amount of sports equipment was stored.
"Let's start with a warm-up. Classmate, please get on the treadmill..."
The testing process was quite tedious. Fortunately, the gymnasium had air conditioning, and the sun couldn't reach them, so Jing Mingqiu was quite at ease.
Strength, speed, agility, endurance...
Initially, Jing Mingqiu was tested alone. During a conversation midway, Wu Yuanzhou heard that Jing Mingqiu had also made auxiliary mechas for his roommates. He then called for them to be brought over and tested together.
After working for over two hours, all the tests were finally completed. Jing Mingqiu gained a more precise understanding of the performance of the simplified auxiliary mecha.
In terms of strength, although there were springs to provide some power, because the stretching of the springs required the wearer to do it themselves, the strength improvement was negligible.
Speed and agility were reduced due to the weight of the auxiliary mecha itself and the restriction on the range of motion of the limbs.
However, in terms of endurance, because the mecha could provide support, preventing the muscles from being in a state of constant tension and exertion, the wearer's endurance was greatly improved when wearing the mecha.
Especially with the set Jing Mingqiu was wearing, which could absorb excess heat and regulate temperature, preventing the body from overheating and consuming stamina, the improvement in endurance was even more significant.
In the blink of an eye, it was twelve o'clock, and it was time for lunch.
With such a significant discovery, Wu Yuanzhou dared not delay. While reporting, he arranged for four portions of instructor-exclusive meals to be delivered to Jing Mingqiu and his group.
When Wu Yuanzhou's superior received his call, his initial reaction was the same as his, finding the matter too bizarre.
While waiting for Wu Yuanzhou to upload video evidence, his superior decided to first check Jing Mingqiu's background information.
After the inquiry request was submitted, a response was quickly received.
Four large red characters appeared on the screen.
"No such person found!"