Having replenished their energy reserves and taken a brief rest at base number six, Ji Xinghe and Zuoshou continued their rushed journey towards base number three, taking a route through the grand canyon which was relatively safer than travelling over the planet's surface, but as always, accidents come uninvited.
They discovered traces of the Empire's Mecha.
"Ji, I am seriously suspecting that you are the protagonist," Zuoshou's tone was very serious: "Do you know why?"
"I know."
"You actually know it at this age?"
"I was born in 2022, not in the last century. I was a new generation in my time, I was once young too."
Ji Xinghe repeated the explanation again, he was also very nervous now, because it was just him and Zuoshou, with two Mechas, but in front of them, there were already ten Empire Mechas detected, which could likely be forming a complete Mecha squadron.