The Mecha That Became the Protagonist of a Hot-Blooded Manga

Interstellar, mecha, competition, team

Ying Meiqing gets hooked on an immersive interstellar mecha fighting game.

Every day, she wakes up to study for mecha exams, then spends her time picking fights, beating every opponent in the Central AI Mecha Gallery without a single loss.

Then, on the day the Interstellar Mecha League begins, the Central AI binds her to someone named Cui Hexiao.

Only then does Ying Meiqing realize: she'd transmigrated.

She's become the mecha AI of a hot-blooded manga protagonist.

As one of the mecha intelligences created by the Central AI,

Ying Meiqing has to pass her mecha knowledge exams before she can exist independently of the Central AI and merge with a bionic body.

Looking at the blank data sheet and assignments in front of her,

Ying Meiqing falls into deep thought: Does she really need this body?

On her first day as Cui Hexiao's mecha AI,

Ying Meiqing fails one exam and the Central AI forcibly cuts her signal, sending her back for remedial study.

With the mecha out of control, Cui Hexiao is punched into the fighting ring by his opponent, earning the league's first loss.

On Ying Meiqing's thirtieth day as Cui Hexiao's mecha AI,

Cui Hexiao diligently finishes the Central AI's exam,

while Ying Meiqing confidently pilots her new body into the arena.

Every mecha AI senses a familiar pressure.

The great demon who swept through the gallery!

Has! Re! Turned!

A popular post appears in the forum section for the manga Stars Bow Down:

[Let's discuss: My kid's mecha AI has such a high-ranking number. Could it be a hidden golden finger?]

At the start of the manga's serialization, everyone is absolutely certain: it must be.

After all, readers know that although the protagonist, Cui Hexiao, is devilishly clever, he's an unmodified natural-born human with an atrocious constitution.

Apart from a burst-mode buff with severe side effects, he has no golden finger at all.

So, if only to keep things balanced, the author is bound to give him some kind of help.

But no one expects the manga's author, Heshan, to make things even more brutal. The manga's very purpose is to torment its protagonist.

Ever since AI 001 appeared, Cui Hexiao hasn't had a single peaceful day.

The AI ambushed space pirates two days ago, bombed a corporate heir yesterday, and provoked a top-seeded competitor today, making Cui Hexiao a magnet for their hatred and ensuring that the two of them are mobbed in every match.

All the readers fall silent.

You call that a golden finger?

This thing is dedicated to making sure the protagonist gets screwed.

Competition order: regional, planetary, stellar sector, star domain, Star Alliance finals

* The heroine will have her own body and compete as part of the team

* Includes a forum that breaks the fourth wall

* Not a strong female lead, not a strong heroine

Please do not compare rankings

Note added on 11/22

Theme: Youthful passion, fight to the very end!