As dungeon environments grew increasingly intense and high-pressure, the weaknesses in the team became more and more apparent—until all eyes turned to their sole support.

However, after replacing their support, not only did they fail, they nearly wiped out the entire team. Morale collapsed. That was when they began to miss the days when Simon was still around.

When they met again, they discovered that Simon had become a new-generation core support, surpassing even what they were at their peak.

“If I had asked you to stay back then... would things have turned out differently?”

Whenever someone recalls this, they can't help but fall into silent sorrow and bitter regret.

【Tags: Light novel-style, Left-the-team trope, Reverse pursuit】

[Mecha, Mecha-Musume, Aerial Combat, Ace Pilot, Transmigration, Technological Gap, Underestimated Protagonist]

[AI generated summary]

In a world where elite pilots bond with sentient, anthropomorphized fighter jets known as "Mecha-Girls" (机娘), the story begins with a pilot seemingly doomed from the start. He finds himself partnered with a cast-off, "roadside" mecha-girl, a model mocked by all as obsolete scrap, fit only for a dismal retirement as a low-capacity transport plane.

But this pilot is no ordinary rookie. He is a ghost from a bygone era of aerial warfare, a legendary ace and master engineer reborn into a world that has forgotten the meaning of true skill. While the current generation of pilots blindly rely on the raw power and stats of their machines, he scoffs at their simplistic tactics. He holds the knowledge of legendary, high-G maneuvers like the Pugachev's Cobra and an understanding of aircraft design and modification that far surpasses the locals' crude attempts at "upgrading."

This is the story of a master's return. Armed with the wisdom of a more advanced era and partnered with an underestimated machine, he will dominate the skies. He will demonstrate that the hands and mind of the pilot, not the price tag of the jet, determine victory. The novel follows this ace and his team as they rise from obscurity, transforming their "useless" mecha-girl into a terror of the skies who will shoot down every so-called genius who dares to challenge them. It is a high-octane, "Ace Combat-style" story of skill, engineering, and a veteran pilot showing an arrogant new world what it means to be a true legend.

【Funny】+【Fun】+【Nonsense】+【Crazy】+【Sometimes don’t think too much, being happy is the most important thing】+【This is the madness of Marvel! 】

Make me crazy~

[Silence Zen: You usually don’t speak, but if you do, then you are speaking.

Corpse Explosion: When you die, your corpse will! Explode! Explode!

Do you want to dance too?: When you say "Do you want to dance too?", the two of you will dance together.

The most handsome guy: When you equip this card, you are the most handsome guy.

Hehe: You must attack the follower with taunt! 】

Charlotte stared at the skill card he had obtained, "Lao Deng, Explode Gold Coins!", with his eyes wide open and his expression dull.

This is so interesting!!!

【Funny】+【Fun】+【Nonsense】+【Crazy】+【Sometimes don’t think too much, being happy is the most important thing】+【This is the madness of Marvel! 】

Make me crazy~

[Silence Zen: You usually don’t speak, but if you do, then you are speaking.

Corpse Explosion: When you die, your corpse will! Explode! Explode!

Do you want to dance too?: When you say "Do you want to dance too?", the two of you will dance together.

The most handsome guy: When you equip this card, you are the most handsome guy.

Hehe: You must attack the follower with taunt! 】

Charlotte stared at the skill card he had obtained, "Lao Deng, Explode Gold Coins!", with his eyes wide open and his expression dull.

This is so interesting!!!

A story of time-travel. Sly and cunning, she unexpectedly became a sickly noble lady whose fiancé is merciless and demotes her to a lowly concubine. She sneers and bravely breaks off the engagement. To hell with s*umbags, marry heirs to lords, blind the courts with her brilliance.

But, my Lord, we agreed that we are only partnering to scheme against others, when did you start to treat acting as real? Hey, hey, don’t touch me.

The Lord smiled slyly, “Your hands are too cold, let me help you warm them… Your feet are cold too, let me help you warm them.”

“Why don’t you just say that my whole body is cold and you need to warm it all up”, Murong Xue said indignantly.

The Lord nodded, “Good idea!”

Murong Xue – speechless. Hey hey hey, where, where are you putting your hands?

One day, Xu Mo got off work as usual and heard some noise coming from the trunk. He opened it and saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk!

Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment – this was a new type of reality show.

The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour.

But when Xu Mo was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn.

“Damn, this isn’t how the script goes. This Xu Mo is too bold, he’s not following the rules at all.”

“Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?”

“The female celebrity has been scared to tears!”

Thanks for the invite. I’m a former pro esports trainee, now working as the coach of a university girls’ esports club. My daily routine? Training five beautiful girls and playing games with them.

“Jiang Ruoxi, I told you to practice kiting, not tug-of-warring with me...”

“Su Wanwan, stop calling me daddy!”

“Senior Ling Wei, I’m teaching you how to handle pressure, why are you blushing like a bubble teapot?!”

“Xia Liuli, Mo Tong, I said to work on your duo lane coordination... not that kind of coordination...”

Through training, matches, and game reviews—day in and day out—the air between us is starting to feel a little... sweet.

Watching them grow from awkward rookies into confident players, seeing that sparkle in their eyes—

Jiang Yuan realizes:

Besides the championship, maybe...

there are other things he wants to protect.

A story about dreams, growth, and a gently blooming bond called "connection"...

【Primarily a slice-of-life romance, with esports as a backdrop. You don’t need to know League of Legends to enjoy it.】

A relaxing story of a business tycoon who, sick of machinations and struggle, returned to the medieval world and married into a merchant family to become a “Zhui Xu”, a husband that lives in the wife’s home. Even though his intentions were not so, he could not avoid the matters of family, country and world.

“There was once a person that stood at the top of the golden pyramid, with innumerable cheap jealousy and envy of people, walking this road, he was escorted by tens of thousands of people, yet he could not escape the long and lonely sleep under the gravestone.”

[Invincible + Many Women + Great Sage + Suppression First and Promotion Later + Information Gap Pretend]

In the Galaxy Era, all races stand side by side, and humans establish a nation with martial spirits!

At the awakening ceremony, Xu Qingfeng faces a choice!

1. [Two-headed Dragon (Eight-star Beast Martial Spirit)]

2. [Giant Spirit (Nine-star Divine Martial Spirit)]

3. [Monkey King (Unknown Martial Spirit)]

Xu Qingfeng was stunned. Is there any need to hesitate?

Fiery eyes, seventy-two transformations, indestructible, law of heaven and earth... Monkey King's martial spirit quality is guaranteed to be ten stars, right?

But he never expected that no one in this world knew the Monkey King!

"Are you sick in your head? Give up the nine-star divine martial spirit and choose a monkey?"

"Self-degradation! Mud can't help the wall!"

......

Xu Qingfeng looked at the first soul skill in the list [Divine Power·Law of Heaven and Earth..