Counterfeit Hero

The old man led Tian Xingjian straight into an inconspicuous gray two-story building. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw a soldier who was also wearing only underpants and wearing a standard federal mechanical maintenance automatic arm. The old man was happy and whispered to himself: "Hey, these guys who should be shot today have woken up? They knew that I didn't have enough manpower and actually sent two people here." He shouted to the soldier: "Hey! Look! What, I’m talking about you. Come with me!”

The mechanical maintenance soldier looked unhappy, as if he had taken on a huge job. He followed the old man dejectedly, turned around and secretly asked Tian Xingjian: "Brother, what did you do? You were assigned to this monster. The fat man was stunned for a moment, feeling a little confused, and said: "I just came here, I don't know anything." He secretly speculated: "It's over, it must be the more than twenty escapes recorded in the battlefield automatic recorder." Fatty has known since he started serving as a soldier that military regulations stipulate that deserters will be subject to military trials and will be punished according to the severity of the circumstances. The heaviest penalty is death! Especially soldiers who escaped during the war were almost without exception executed. Although he is a mechanical maintenance soldier, he has escaped too many times.

In fact, except for the combat maintenance groups specially assigned to combat troops, other professional mechanical maintenance soldiers do not belong to the combat order. In the army, they belong to the logistics order like field hospitals. When the battle situation is not going well, they should give priority to evacuate, except for special cases. Under such circumstances, they would not be sent to the battlefield. Without being issued a battle order, fleeing when one's own combat troops are defeated cannot be regarded as fleeing without a fight.

Some people have known Fatty's escape record for a long time. In their eyes, they just thought that this mechanical maintenance soldier ran very fast and did not have the consciousness to sacrifice his life for the country and fight to the end. This made people look down upon this guy because he was greedy for life and afraid of death. But at most this will only affect Fatty's future in the army. The crime of desertion did not concern him.

The fat man felt a little flustered when he thought about it, but when he got here, how could he leave it to himself? If I had known this, I would have stayed on the road for a few more days, or simply lived in seclusion in the mountains.

The old man took them around several turns in the corridor, passed through several thick iron doors, and entered an elevator. After fiddling with the elevator console for a while, a panel popped up. The old man put his hand on the panel. When the green light scanned his palm from top to bottom, he then scanned the old man's pupils to confirm that it was correct. Start powering up and work your way down. After about five or six minutes, the elevator finally stopped. According to Fatty's calculation of the speed of the elevator, this place is at least five to six hundred meters deep underground.

"Where on earth are we going! I'm just a mechanic, I don't need to be detained so tightly!" The fat man wailed in his heart.

The elevator door opened, and a corridor appeared in front of the three of them. They walked dozens of meters along the corridor, and there was a transparent disinfection room. The old man pushed the two of them in, and said repeatedly: "Hurry in, disinfect. From now on, if there are anti-bacterial clothes nearby, bring them and put them on yourself!"

Hearing that it was not a gas room, the fat man's heart dropped a little. He quickly went into the room to clean it under the nozzle and put on a large anti-bacterial suit.

Seeing the fat man's quick movements, the old man nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, you're quite fast." After waiting for a minute, he saw another mechanical maintenance soldier still getting dressed slowly, and the old man roared at him: "You This one should be shot, put it on quickly! Don’t waste my time."

Finally, when the mechanic soldier got dressed and walked out, the old man led the two of them into the last door, which was an automatic alloy door. As soon as they entered, a huge hall appeared in front of Tian Xingjian. The hall is filled with mechanical parts, mechas, weapons and various equipment. In the center of the hall, there is also a huge central computer flashing tens of thousands of electronic signal tubes. A group of people wearing white dustproof overalls are busy coming and going. There are also passages and doors around the hall.

The fat man was a little confused. This place didn't look like a prison, but more like a huge laboratory.

The old man pointed to a pile of things in a corner that could no longer be distinguished as mechas or parts and said to Tian Xingjian and the soldier: "Hurry up and fix it for me. I have the drawings on the computer. If you don't know, just check it yourself! The tools and parts are here Everything is complete, and food will be delivered regularly. Take it yourself. I only have two requirements, speed and quality! This is war time, and our experiments have to race against time. If you can't keep up with my progress, shoot! If these are If the equipment is broken, it will be shot! If it cannot be repaired, it will be shot even more!"

When the fat man heard this, his face turned pale!

The old man glanced at the fat man with a pale complexion and sweating profusely, and then said: "If you hear me clearly, get to work quickly!" With a wave of his hand, he went straight to a room near the back, muttering as he walked. : "How much time did you waste on me! They all deserve to be shot, they all deserve to be shot!"

It seems that although he has not gone through a military trial, he has probably been convicted. Now is the only chance to atone for his crime and save his life. When the fat man thought of this, like a toy rabbit equipped with a nuclear battery, he rushed to the pile of parts as fast as possible and immersed himself in work. He wanted to use his best performance to complete the modification of the death sentence to indefinite reprieve.

Looking at this hard-working mechanical maintenance soldier, the staff in the laboratory looked at each other. They had rarely seen such a diligent maintenance soldier. Usually the soldiers who are sent here to help are soldiers who have made mistakes outside and come here to be punished. Because the workload is too heavy, there is no freedom, and the things they are responsible for repairing are also very profound and complicated, and everyone complains endlessly. People like Fatty are rare.

Two days later, everyone in the laboratory knew that they had found a treasure this time. The fat man worked longer every day than those of them who were crazy about research, and his movements were ridiculously fast. He could make some very big things without even looking at the drawings. Rare mechs or weapons are repaired. When another mechanic received the order to leave, the pile of junk had been basically repaired by the fat man alone.

This fat man is so talented!

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Fatty quickly became familiar with the scientific researchers in the institute. This greedy guy is eager to do almost anything. Repairing mechas and weapons that were damaged during research and experiments is Fatty's specialty, and his mouth is also good at it. His sweet, no-nonsense personality endeared him to everyone in the lab. .

Since the establishment of this military laboratory, there is only one mechanical maintenance soldier who can stay in this laboratory that works crazily day and night and has never been ordered to be transferred. It just so happens that this person is very worry-free to use. This fact makes everyone feel lucky.

Occasionally, they would speculate on what mistakes the fat man had made outside, and why he had been locked up in this place for so long.

This laboratory belongs to the Garipalan Military Academy. Around the academy, there are military bases that are responsible for conducting military training for trainees and closely protecting the academy. All activities in the academy are related to the military. All teachers and scientific researchers are military personnel. Everyone has a military rank.

The most feared person in the college is not the dean with the rank of general, but the head of the seventh laboratory of the college, the old man who brought the fat man in - Boswell. This weird old man is not a soldier, nor does he have a military rank, but he leads the largest military laboratory in the college and is the first instructor in mecha and weapons design. Before the war broke out, because of the college's system, mechanical students could be arranged to work in maintenance and other aspects. After the war broke out, all the college's students were turned into grassroots commanders. The college implemented a wartime system, and there were no more students. Came to help with chores. This annoyed Boswell! In the eyes of this old man, except for research, other things are not worth paying attention to.

The severe war situation has already made the frontline headquarters set up in the college anxious and in a hurry. Who has time to pay attention to an old man with a weird temper? The old man's violent temper also offended many mid-level officers who were responsible for assigning specific tasks. Therefore, this place became a place to punish soldiers who violated disciplines in disguise. When a soldier made a mistake, he was thrown into the laboratory to do odd jobs.

After all, there were only a few soldiers who made mistakes, and even fewer of them were proficient in mechanical maintenance. The mecha weapons damaged during experiments and scientific research piled up into a small mountain. It really reached the point where it was too much to deal with. Old man Boswell finally put down the work at hand. , personally rushed to the frontline headquarters and roared. The army then agreed to send people. Unexpectedly, the fat man wearing a mechanical maintenance automatic arm was also pulled into the laboratory by the old man through some strange combination of circumstances.

Seeing the fat man acting as if he was here as a matter of course, these researchers were very curious: Did the fat man make a big mistake? Or he was simply sent here by the headquarters to be responsible for laboratory maintenance.

When Yukiken Wada was bragging, they would also ask curiously. But how could a fat man say such a shameful thing as running away twenty-one times! Especially when there are several beauties among these curious babies. Fatty's firm no-confession policy made the group of people more certain of their suspicions.

Milan is one of the beauties among these curious babies. This beautiful girl in her twenties has an amazing talent for science, but she has an obvious shortcoming: her hands-on ability is too weak! The sight of her hurriedly throwing away the guide and pointing the north while doing the experiment gave everyone in the laboratory a headache. After several unforeseen minor accidents, the laboratory simply assigned two operators to her, responsible for proving her theoretical findings through experiments and producing her designs.

Now, two people were no longer enough for Milan, and she quickly focused on the fat man who was wandering around with nothing to do after repairing the rags.

"Fat man, come here!" Milan shouted standing in the hall.

She was already very familiar with the obedient fat man who used his sharp tongue to please her.

The fat man immediately put down what he was doing and ran over as fast as he could. He knew that in this "prison", apart from Boswell, the person who should not be offended the most was this woman!

This beauty with a cute and pure face is the youngest scientific researcher in this laboratory. She is almost unconditionally loved by the technology geeks. As long as she looks pitiful, no matter how difficult the request is, she will be accepted. . This extremely talented technological beauty is the treasure of all the eccentric old men and middle-aged uncles.

"Come, come, what's the matter? Just tell me. Haha." The fat man had his silly smile on his face.

"It's too busy! Come and help!" Milan was not polite at all and pulled the fat man into her exclusive research room.

Fatty was dumbfounded as soon as he entered the research room. Although he usually went into other researchers' studios, this was the first time he saw a studio like Milan.

This room, which is almost half the size of the hall outside, is more like an ancient military museum than a studio. No matter the furnishings or displays, even the mechas and weapons being assembled are all antique designs.

In the huge display cabinet on the wall of the room, there are some classic firearms from the ancient earth. Such as Maxim machine gun, MP38 submachine gun, Mauser 1896 shell gun, Browning, Mauser 98, M1 Garand rifle, M16, AK47, etc.

There were more than a dozen land combat mechas parked on the ground in the middle of the room. Most of the shapes of these mechas bore traces of ancient armored vehicles. There was even a short mecha with an energy cannon on the top that was exactly the same as the M1A1 tank turret.

At the very back of the room, Fatty was dumbfounded by an extremely beautiful humanoid mecha. This isn't a mecha, it's a work of art. The mecha was made of an unknown alloy, and the external armor made it impossible for Fatty to tell what material it was made of. The entire mecha presents a light blue light. The streamlined body and the sturdy partial shape make people unable to take their eyes away from it. The folded wings on the back of the mecha make people feel strange. What kind of mecha is this? Land combat mecha? Aviation mecha? Space mecha?

"This is a transforming mecha." Milan introduced as he watched the fat man circling around the mecha.

"Transforming mecha?" The fat man was a little discouraged.

This type of mecha, which was popular before 2000 years ago in the new space age, is basically synonymous with waste. Today's advanced personal mechas and combat mechas have completely abandoned the design concepts of the time. Because the current division of labor in mechas is very strong, apart from local deformation when walking, there is no need for full-body deformation at all.

The biggest disadvantage of the full body transforming mecha is that it is useless! For example, even if a heavy land combat mecha that requires thick armor and weighs dozens or even hundreds of tons turns into a land-based aviation fighter, it will still be played for fun. Extra parts, extra weight, a waste of money on a super-high-horsepower engine, and a strange fuselage that cannot fully comply with aerodynamic theory will all be unsolvable problems. .

Since land combat mechas cannot adapt to the needs of air combat in the atmosphere, what about aviation mechas?

Space combat mechas based on space aircraft carriers do not need to deform. What does deformation do in a vacuum environment without gravity? Unlike space fighters whose purpose is to destroy, the mission of space combat mechs is to land and capture enemy warships, and are usually dispatched at the end of the battle. Either the victory of the battle has been basically sealed, or the fighter losses have been too great, and mechas need to be used as combat power supplements. Space combat mechas with the humanoid shape as their basic shape can also adapt to ground combat needs. This adaptation is based on the shape of the space mecha itself and does not require deformation at all.

In the same way, space mechas are also not suitable for aerial combat in the planet's atmosphere. They are even heavier than land combat mechas. In gravityless space, such mechas are allowed, but when they reach the atmosphere, they will definitely be beaten. target.

The fat man curled his lips secretly, but unfortunately this action did not escape Milan's eyes. She pinched the fat man's ears and said angrily: "This is the most advanced mecha in our laboratory, damn fat man, I have never seen anything in the world. How dare you look down on me!?"

In the past few weeks, the person who bullied the fat man the most was this beautiful girl who looked gentle, pure and harmless. Therefore, this kind of grasping and twisting is really clean and neat.

Tian Xingjian screamed ouch, and the painful expression on his face would make all human beings unable to bear to look at it without some tears blurring their vision!

Milan had already seen through Fatty's trick, and he twisted it hard before letting go, saying angrily: "Come here! I'll show you what a real transforming mecha is!"

As soon as she pressed the automatic remote control device in her hand, the canopy of the mecha popped up, and she climbed onto the cockpit along the mechanical legs. When the hatch was close to closing, she glared at the fat man and said, "You see clearly, you bumpkin."

Following Milan's operation, Fatty was really shocked this time. I saw that the mecha's external armor disintegrated into small pieces like magic, and then quickly shrank together, like a compressed sponge, and disappeared into a square hole on the back of the mecha. Then, the mecha began to change. The first thing that changed was the color. That strange stream of light flashed through, and the mecha's entire body turned black. Then, the limbs and head quickly folded together with the fuselage and began to deform as a whole. This deformation was like melted cheese. After a few seconds, the cheese solidified into a black meteorite with some realistic textures.

"I can't survive this life!" Fatty gasped inwardly: "Liquid metal!!!"

"Keep watching!" Milan's voice came through the mecha's electronic loudspeaker.

With a "pop!" sound, the mecha popped out its limbs almost instantly and returned to its original shape. At the same time, the external armor also popped out of the square hole and quickly covered the whole body.

Fatty felt a little broken.

"Oh my god! Liquid metal with memory properties! Used to make this...this bitch is crazy!"

Subsequently, the mechas simulated the forms of land-based aviation fighters, space fighters, small transport ships, and universal land combat mechas suitable for all terrains.

Milan jumped off the mecha and asked proudly: "How's it going! Just keep pouting your lips."

Tian Xingjian was speechless. After a long while, the bitch asked with a naive expression: "This toy is valuable? How much can it be sold for?"

Milan was almost angry to death, and said viciously: "Toy? Go try it yourself and see if it is a toy!"

Judging from the mecha design, metal science, and physics that Fatty has learned, this thing is really just a toy. Liquid metal sounds great, but in fact, this kind of metal that can change shape at will has one drawback - it's soft!

This kind of metal that can change its form was discovered thousands of years ago. However, although this kind of metal that can be transformed in a short time by controlling a special resonance frequency through a computer has both liquid and solid forms, Its hardness has never been improved. If the alloy is made into an alloy to increase its hardness, it will not liquefy sufficiently, and the conversion time will also be lengthened. For a liquefied metal alloy that can reach the hardness level of steel, it is estimated that the liquid-solid conversion will take a week. Therefore, except for some special purposes, this rare metal is rarely used in the military.

What's the use of a weak thing even if it's ever-changing? In Fatty's eyes, this mecha is probably no better than his private collection of highly simulated rubber dolls from ancient Earth. The hardness of these metals simply cannot meet the needs of combat! Also, the metal is often quite heavy. Take gold, for example. Pure gold is a relatively soft metal, while liquefied metal is not only heavier and softer than gold, but also more expensive than gold.

However, Fatty soon realized that the thing in front of him was definitely not a toy, but a murder weapon. A weapon that can be called the greatest invention in the history of mechas in the past century!

A piece of metal that was the same as the mecha was put into the metal measuring instrument by Milan. The exaggerated indicators made Fatty suspect that there was something wrong with the machine! This thing is six times harder than currently known super-hard alloys, yet weighs the same as the lightest ultra-light alloy. More importantly, the unique ductility of liquefied metal allows the metal's comprehensive defense capabilities to expand infinitely!

This is not enough! The most terrible thing is that this super alloy actually has the properties of memory metal! The person who invented this metal is definitely a genius among geniuses! This is simply a miracle that only God can create!

"Okay, I admit, this thing is not a toy!" Fatty was completely defeated. Faced with this kind of mecha that definitely occupies the pinnacle of today's technology, no matter how shameless a person is, there is no way to deny it. After all, the fact is the fact.

Looking at Milan with a smug smile on his face, the fat man's reckless habit recurred: "Where did you steal this mecha?"

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