Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
“Very good! Lin Mo, you have excellent flight consciousness. You’re simply a natural pilot!” commented the veteran pilot from the back seat while monitoring Lin Mo’s flight. Encouraging cadets during the flight would help increase their confidence and stabilize their mental state, but the praise was sincere this time.
Although he could not see how Lin Mo operated in detail, he could tell from how the plane turned and its stability that he was not like a novice at all but more like a veteran pilot no worse than himself. The stable and smooth flight proved that Lin Mo’s piloting skills were superb.
“Hahaha. Of course. He flew a Boeing 737 before he reported for aviation school and saved the lives of over a hundred people!” A hearty laugh came from Lieutenant Colonel Shen on the ground through the headset. Then the students burst into an uproar.
“Lin Mo, you really hid yourself deeply. You need to be more honest!” Lei Dong from Qinhuangdao had the loudest voice and looked like he was ready to chop Lin Mo into pieces.
The others on the ground all exchanged glances. What was certain was that the cadets here all did not have a pilot’s license. It could only mean that the fellow must have had the experience of flying without a license, and it was actually legal.
He had already won at the starting line, and all the students were green with envy!
Ten minutes later, the plane landed smoothly with a roar. It slowly slid off the runway and entered the flight line. Unlike with other cadets, from the time when the veteran pilot released control in the air until the landing, it was Lin Mo in control. Under his control, the plane landed smoothly and safely.
“Good job!” The veteran pilot in the back seat climbed out of the cockpit and gave Lin Mo a thumbs up.
A+, Lieutenant Colonel Shen wrote Lin Mo’s maiden flight results after his name on the evaluation list and added the note, ‘outstanding flight consciousness’ at the same time. The assessment that Changchun Aviation School gave Lin Mo was that his physical fitness was exceptional, far better than ordinary people. There were probably more surprises waiting for Lieutenant Colonel Shen to discover.
The L-15 Falcon carrying Lin Mo moved into the flight line smoothly. Almost anyone who saw Lieutenant Colonel Shen’s evaluation would understand that in this batch of cadets, Lin Mo was undoubtedly the one closest to being an official pilot. It would not be long before he could formally carry out independent take-off training.
While returning to the dormitory room, there was no lack of noise among the cadets. Lin Mo was unable to withstand their enthusiasm and confessed shamelessly under their questioning. The cadets only had envy left after hearing it. A cockpit with imbalanced air pressure and frenzied airflow was simply not meant for people to remain in. From their recent interactions, they found that Lin Mo had the best physique among the cadets, and enduring that to save others from danger was not something they could do.
After being accompanied for a few more flights, the outstanding Lin Mo was permitted to take-off and land independently. He had impeccable operation and response abilities and perfect flight consciousness, as though he was born to fly. Had it not been for his cadet identity, other pilots would almost all think he was a veteran pilot. Because of this, Lin Mo was qualified to fly independently before fulfilling the standard training hours.
With a role model, the other cadets worked hard to learn, and they used the simulators almost twenty-four hours a day. During the time when the cadets were waiting to board the trainers, they were holding aircraft models and practicing flight maneuvers on the ground. The wind of competition and learning attitudes flourished, and everyone made great progress.
In their initial assessment, Lin Mo had undoubtedly passed and obtained the qualifications of an official pilot. Together with several other cadets who had passed, he started taking official pilot training subjects. To them, this was just the beginning, and there was still a lot to learn.
These cadets who had newly obtained their pilot qualifications, oh no, they should be official new pilots now, were collectively awarded the rank of second lieutenant and received a bar that hung a blue stripe with a small gold star on it, commonly known as ‘one-hair-one’. With this promotion, they were allocated a single apartment in the dormitories on the base. This was the generous treatment that official pilots had, which was more favorable than the average civil aviation or transportation pilots.
Promoting was easy in the Air Force, and it was no different for the Army. Air Force pilots were selected strictly and belonged to the high-tech military services, having strict technical and physical requirements. As long as you became a pilot, you started as a junior officer, and it was not difficult to raise your rank.
One room, one living room, and one bathroom. Perhaps this fifty-square-meter room was not big, but it was sufficient for Lin Mo and was also a rare private space. There were more than a dozen such buildings on the base, which were allocated to official pilots and ground crew.
The rooms were fully furnished and equipped. Lin Mo brought along his belongings and settled in. He laid down on the sofa comfortably and reached out for the small satchel that he carried with him. Suddenly, his expression froze.
“Damn it! My mithril!” Lin Mo seemed unresigned and searched his bag a few times. The only thing he could take out was the shiny metal egg, and he threw it hard on the sofa. The metal egg bounced twice on the soft sofa, rolled into a corner, and then stopped moving.
This strange metal egg had devoured the titanium alloy chain that Chen Haiqing had given Lin Mo as an amulet.
Previously, Lin Mo was quite curious about the devouring ability of this metal egg. It was so small yet could actually devour metal that was a few times bigger, and it would not change in size and weight. Thankfully, the metal refining process in this world was extremely developed. Metal items were found everywhere, and there were even a lot of discarded ones. Lin Mo sometimes went to the dump to pick up some discarded scrap metal to feed this metal egg that came with him from the other world, wanting to figure out when this egg’s desire to devour would be satisfied. In the past two months, it had devoured nearly five to six tons of metal, including steel, stainless steel, copper blocks, and even fragmented coins. There was too much discarded metal in this world.
“Damn it. I still can’t feed a pig like you sufficiently!” Lin Mo took a one yuan coin from his wallet and threw it at the metal egg at the corner of the sofa.
Like a water droplet merging into the sea, the one yuan coin quietly came into contact with the surface of the metal egg and was absorbed into it. The metal egg seemed to have reached a certain threshold, and the mysterious runes on its surface glowed with a dark red light that moved as though it had come to life.
Lin Mo was shocked. “What’s happening? Is this fellow finally full?” The bewildering performance of the metal egg was as though it was now full and finally wanted to move.
Ka! A crack appeared on the surface of the metal egg, like a foot stepping on snow. More and more cracking sounds came as these cracks started increasing. But instead of a monster popping out from within like what Lin Mo had imagined, its transformation was dazzling as it continued to grow into the skeleton of a strange creature.
Seeing this never-before-seen metal beast whose entire body was metal, Lin Mo became vigilant, and the little amount of battle aura that he had saved started moving through his body as he quickly jumped up from the sofa.
The metal beast took shape, and it could not wait to look at its surroundings. When its gleaming red eyes locked onto Lin Mo, who was in the air, it suddenly roared angrily, “Molin!” and rushed forward.
“Gold Coin?!” Lin Mo shouted. Not good. He had coerced this arrogant and rebellious fellow to save Aca, and they were devoured by the forbidden spell. He did not expect it to turn into a metal egg and come to this world with him. Given this fellow’s violent temper, it definitely could not wait to eat him alive. A huge force directly hit Lin Mo in the air, and he hit the wall of the room heavily before falling and rolling on the ground. He could not help but groan in pain.
With iron bones as hard as steel, sharp blades growing at its joints, a row of sharp spikes on the back, and a pair of sharp horns on the top of its head, Gold Coin, who had transformed into a strange metal beast, bounced off the sofa at the speed of lightning and slammed into Lin Mo, who was unable to dodge in time. Its sharp claws grabbed Lin Mo’s clothes, and Lin Mo felt his skin being ripped open as blood oozed out. Given the small amount of battle aura that he had, he could not keep off Gold Coin’s heavy pounce. Looking at the weird red eyes staring at him from Gold Coin, who was pressing on his body, he could clearly sense its fiery anger. He endured the severe pain and squeezed out a smile. “Hi, Gold Coin! Long time no see!”
“Molin! Molin! Molin!” Gold Coin’s sharp white teeth moved around Lin Mo’s neck. While calling out his name, it seemed to be looking for a spot to bite. It said in a playful tone, “Oh dear, my lord knight, why have you become so weak, like a commoner? Where has your prestige gone?”
The metal monster tilted its head, just like how it used to play with its prey in the past, and when it got tired, it would kill the prey cruelly.