Third-Rate Mecha Engineer

Jiang Tang opened her eyes to find herself a starship orphan.

Everyone here dreamed of piloting a mecha, but ordinary people could only get near one by joining the military.

Jiang Tang, who had spent her previous life working in the business of “stealing and thieving”: “...”

Without a word, she turned and threw herself into the arms of an underground organization.

The underground organization was pretty humane. They provided room and board and even taught her how to build mechas.

The only problem was that they weren’t very generous.

Jiang Tang had to figure out how to get the star-beast materials for her mecha herself, and every one of those beasts was ferocious.

So she had no choice but to become both a scholar and a warrior, and never looked back.

Then, before long, her superiors ordered her to turn over a new leaf and join the military as a reservist, or in short: a mole.

Jiang Tang: “...”

After infiltrating the base, Jiang Tang had planned to keep a low profile and quietly build up her strength...

Who knew her body would turn out to hold one secret after another, and that she would become inextricably entangled with a certain prodigy? There was no way to stay under the radar.

Jiang Tang: “Is this just fate?”

Then, quite by accident, she started doing better and better.

She not only became the base’s number-one oddball, but also left a vivid mark on the history of the Federation.

Bonus scene:

Years later, students at the Federation’s top military academy are researching the heroes of the past. In a hidden corner of the library where useless miscellaneous books are shelved, they find an old book titled A Hundred Days to Learn a Trade That Pays the Bills, written by Jiang Tang.

Thinking it’s a mecha-building manual, a student opens it.

[Lesson One for Beginners: Be bold and attentive to detail]

[Lesson Two for Beginners: The importance of quick hands]

[...]

[Lesson Five for Beginners: Practice is the test of truth]

The student: “...” They close the book, utterly numb.

So this “trade that pays the bills” is actually an introduction to the art of being a master thief!

P.S.

1. This isn’t a fast-paced power fantasy. It has an ensemble cast and a bit of an old-school flavor~

2. I hope all you cuties enjoy reading~

Theme: Where your heart leads, your path will follow