Cyber Heroes

"Master!" Yuki suddenly asked while helping Xiangshan adjust the circuit: "Wait a minute, can I leave for a while? I want to go out and take a look..."

"Going out?" Xiang Shan was a little confused: "You are free to go out. But isn't it very chaotic outside recently?"

These days, Xiangshan never leaves home, concentrating on rebuilding his prosthetic body here. But he could still hear the noise outside.

In the past half month, the village chief has done some things. He heard about the work of a third of the town, organizing them all into combat training - a "self-defense group," he called it.

Of course, this is also a way. Warriors are not omnipotent. At least in Xiangshan's knowledge, powerful warriors can indeed be killed by numbers. A group of industrial heavy machines lined up together, attacking and defending with uniform movements, which would frighten even a warrior.

But the problem is that "lining up in a row for coordinated attack and defense" is a martial art in itself. Xiangshan still remembers that "the martial arts of manipulating many machines or large warships" is the third major school that is different from external and internal martial arts, "military way".

Alternatively, non-warriors can also rely on thermal weapons for suppressive shooting and use saturation attacks against non-gunners.

But according to Xiangshan's observation, the only hot weapon that has appeared in this village is the automatic rifle in the hands of the mayor.

If there is only this level of firepower, not to mention suppressing the warriors, maybe a warrior with thicker outer armor can stand still and let the mayor shoot at will.

This is the difference between a cybernetic body and a physical body. Physical injuries often affect the whole body. Pain anywhere can interfere with the body's ability to function. A broken muscle somewhere can cause some movements to become impossible to complete. Even if adrenaline can really make you ignore the body's self-protection mechanism, the hypoxia caused by bleeding cannot be overcome by perseverance.

This is a material world after all. As long as there is no oxygen, cells cannot get energy.

Even a scratch from a ricochet may prevent a physical human being from exerting his full power.

But cyberbodies are different. As long as the key transmission components are not damaged, the cybernetic body's ability to operate will not be hindered in any way. If the caliber of the bullet is smaller, the outer armor of the cybernetic body can completely block it.

The cybernetic body does not need to "recuperate". As long as you can afford it, you can just replace it with a new one if it breaks.

This allows warriors to have a higher fault tolerance rate on the battlefield, and also makes thermal weapons more demanding on users.

Xiangshan didn't even hear any gunshots or anything like that in the village. Even if you want to come here, there are no gun masters trained by consuming bullets.

He even wondered for a time whether the mayor just wanted to use this opportunity to get a private soldier in his hands.

Youki looked forward to it: "Master, do you know that the mayor hired three martial artists from the city with his own money?"

"Martial artist?" Xiang Shan was a little surprised: "I heard that martial artists are very respected... Is the mayor so rich?"

"Ah, he can't be the kind of person who can reach the Paralympic Games, but he can still reach the level of a local league!" Youki's face was filled with excitement: "That's a professional martial artist! A professional martial artist!"

Xiang Shan muttered: "Professional martial artist? Isn't he amazing?"

——Cyber ​​martial arts is a kind of assassination technique. Those who enter the ring are also assassination techniques?

"Master, the people here have been here since they were young... Hey, why don't you also go and see those martial artists? Maybe you can remember things from the past?" Yuki kept persuading.

"No need, no need." Xiang Shan waved his hand: "I just want to try to absorb the memory of that dog today, and I need a quiet environment. You can go watch the fun - remember to tell your mother."

Yuki nodded: "Understood!" and then ran out.

Xiang Shan fell into deep thought.

He knew very well that cyber martial arts were designed to fight against tyrants. As long as there is martial arts and chivalry, ordinary people will have the opportunity to assassinate the tyrant. This is the sole purpose for which martial arts were designed.

It was hard for him to imagine what kind of development martial arts had experienced during the period of his sleep. Why is there such a thing as an arena duel?

——No, it seems that it did happen before...

Xiang Shan looked at the two hard drives in his hand.

At this time, his appearance completely changed. He is being hung above a table - unlike a natural person, there is no blood circulation in the prosthetic body, and there will be no necrosis after being tied for a long time. The streamlined outer armor like light plate armor outlines the lines of his torso - of course, in terms of thickness, the heavy armor of ancient knights is not as heavy as this suit of armor.

A brand new alloy skull fit perfectly with his original skull. A data cable extended from the skull and was connected to Dr. Schultz's medical terminal.

Canine-shaped prosthetic fur covers his hands. The fur blocks heat dissipation, but also provides some limited protection.

Directly below him were two legs.

Those two legs are the result of all the artificial muscle fibers in that dog coming together. Mukayama completely changes the arrangement of muscle fibers. It can exert force in any direction. Joint techniques in the traditional sense cannot clamp these legs. And after a large number of artificial muscle fibers are gathered together, if they are fully contracted or released under high-voltage electricity, the combined kicking force can be calculated in "tons", and can even kill an elephant with one kick.

But this method of bringing artificial muscle fibers together also makes heat dissipation a big problem - after all, Will Grand Doug's canine-shaped prosthetic body spreads these muscle fibers flat across the entire body. Above it, the heat dissipation area is much larger than the legs made of layers of muscles. Xiangshan didn't even add armor to this layer of artificial muscles. He only covered it with some kind of special plastic with excellent thermal conductivity and low specific heat capacity - this stuff is available in the village.

Within this artificial muscle, there are several coolant circulation systems similar to "blood vessels".

These two legs have not yet been completely connected to the body. Only the hoses and circuits that transport coolant have been connected.

"Okay, this is basically done. The welfare officer is here today, and the thugs will have to wait until the welfare officer leaves before they show up..."

Xiangshan connected a memory storage hard drive to the terminal.

"There is still some time, so just read this memory. I hope there is something valuable in this memory."

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Outside the town, many residents gathered together.

The Welfare Officer has much lower authority than the Tax Officer. The tax collector can decide how much genetic tax to charge. It can be said that the life and death of a settlement can be decided by the tax collector. But the welfare officer is only responsible for distributing genetic benefits. Even if he doesn't distribute them, the town will have fewer babies.

Therefore, the battle to welcome the welfare officers this time is much simpler than welcoming the tax officers.

But the mayor was still waiting in the square with a large group of people.

Youki squeezed among the crowd in the square, trying to get closer to see the warriors.

Of course, he knew that most of his masters knew martial arts. He also knew that the martial artists the mayor could invite were unlikely to be top figures.

However, this was his first encounter with a serious warrior!

Not the inconspicuous animal form, nor the semi-crippled form like the master, but a true warrior with a complete prosthetic body!

How could he not take a look?

At this time, the dust gradually started to rise. The growth of metal-based plants is slower than in the past, especially woody plants, so there is little vegetation in this era and there is sand and dust everywhere. Ground-effect aircraft can even set off a dust storm.

Yuki suddenly heard the loudspeaker behind him shouting: "Yuki! Come here!"

Yuki turned around quickly, trying to get away from his mother. However, out of nowhere, the townspeople pulled Yuki's upper body and laughed, "Kid, your mother is calling you!"

Youki suddenly bumped into Yulia's tire. After he stood up straight, he was too embarrassed to move around. He lowered his head and said, "Mom?"

"Yuki! What are you thinking about?" Yulia was very unhappy: "You have been very close to Shan recently. I think he is really teaching you some repair knowledge, so he didn't interfere too much. .But what are you doing?"

Due to work, Yulia had little communication with the person who stayed at her son's house. However, when she occasionally went home to visit, she did see Yuki learning to repair machinery. This is a very noble craft nowadays. Therefore, she did not interfere too much.

But in her heart, warriors with unknown origins like Xiang Shan are dangerous after all.

"I'll just take a look at those warriors..."

"What can you do if you see it? Can you afford a warrior's prosthetic body?" Yulia accused mercilessly: "The path of a warrior is difficult to follow, and it is easy to become a thug. I advise you to It’s better not to be curious about warriors..."

"Mom!" Yuki stamped his feet: "I'm just curious!"

"Curious? Do you know why the mayor invited those three warriors back? They may join the battle at any time. If you get too close, what if something goes wrong..."

At this moment, the sandstorm suddenly reached its peak. Visibility decreased rapidly.

The welfare officer finally arrived. Yulia stopped talking instinctively.

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The mayor has been waiting here since early today.

Behind the old man were three people from outside the town. Unlike the residents of the town, these three people have a high degree of prosthetics, but they are not the sharp-edged industrial prostheses. Their steel bodies are simply handicrafts compared to the crudely made prosthetics of the small town residents.

These three warriors are all well-known figures in the outside world.

Among the three warriors, the leader has impressive arms. He only has one arm, but the size of these arms almost makes people think they are industrial heavy machinery. The weight of these arms is close to one ton, but they are capable of punching at speeds exceeding 200 meters per second.

Such a fist can even destroy a tank with one punch.

"Main Battle Tank" Paulus.

Just like his title, the "machine boxing" that this warrior is good at can produce the power of a main battle tank charge.

The second warrior is not as eye-catching as the first. There was no exposed skin, and his entire appearance had a silvery glow. His waist is very slender, and in order to balance speed, he has abandoned his own weight to the maximum extent. The warrior's back, roughly equivalent to the shoulder blades of a natural person, has two extra arms extending out. These two arms are not like human hands, but closer to a mantis, completely connected with the knife.

This warrior completed the practice of "the integration of man and sword" using a technique that only existed in this era.

"Rainstorm Knife" Longconi.

The third man looked ordinary, but he was carrying a Vulcan machine gun on his shoulder. He must be a practitioner of the legendary gun art.

"Bombshell" Anthony.

All three of them are warriors from nearby cities.

The programmer comrades in the reader group had a hard time. They found the open source code of "Cyberpunk 2077 Sand Sculpture Generator" from GitHub, and then spent some time making a "Cyberpunk 2077 Sand Sculpture Generator" , the link has been sent to the official readership.

I decided to open a "Cyber ​​Heroes Sand Sculpture Picture Gallery" in the book review area.

In order to commemorate this event, a special update has been added.