Jian Ke
间客
Synopsis
Orphan mechanic Xu Le becomes a fugitive, assumes a new identity, and pilots a mecha at university after his mentor's death.
In the Sanlin Star Region of the Federation, Xu Le, an orphan from the Donglin area, works as a clerk in the shop of the mechanic Feng Yu. Feng Yu teaches Xu Le mechanic techniques and ancient martial arts moves. But one day, Feng Yu is hunted down by the Federation military, and Xu Le is inexplicably implicated and becomes a wanted criminal of the Federation. After witnessing Feng Yu's "death," Xu Le uses the chip left by Feng Yu to replace his own chip (which also confuses him as to who he is?) and changes his identity to study at Xinglihua University in the capital, where he meets Jian Shuier who's superstar of the Federation, Tai Zhiyuan who's a former royal family member of the Federation, Shi Qinghai who's a spy from Qinglong Mountain, and Zhang Xiaomeng who's a spy from Qinglong Mountain. He also drives a mecha for the first time and fights... (Source: iQIYI, Google translated)
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