Silicon Invasion

As a third-generation machine, thick armor is its most iconic feature. Although the Archer III is positioned as a long-range firepower provider, its 80mm armor thickness is only slightly thinner than the Warrior 7's 100mm armor, which is designed for charging into battle.

The cockpit is hidden in the chest of the machine, where the armor is already extra thick. Combined with the cockpit's own armor, even sniper grenade shells that can threaten fourth-generation machines would only cause a slight discomfort to the pilot, like scratching an itch through a boot.

However, even though it can withstand sniper grenade shells, the Archer III wouldn't dare to directly confront recoilless rifles.

Fortunately, the barrel turning action of recoilless rifles is relatively slow, and there's no such thing as 'whipping' the gun. Their landing points are calculated by the AI system in advance.

After taking the sniper grenade shell head-on, a gap immediately appeared in the triangular matrix. The threat of the remaining two recoilless rifle shells was greatly reduced because their trajectories had already been calculated.

The Archer III suddenly struck a pose that looked very comical, and the two shells flew past its shoulders and underarms.

Having perfectly defused this round of attacks, Sun Yue immediately organized a counterattack, taking advantage of Luo Rui's attack downtime. His configuration was exactly the same as Luo Rui's, a combination of dual recoilless rifles and a sniper grenade launcher.

In Sun Yue's opinion, bringing rocket missiles or tracking missiles would serve no purpose other than allowing Luo Rui to show off his skills.

On this point, the two of them really thought alike. A blockade matrix composed of three shells flew towards Luo Rui, and Sun Yue's counterattack method was surprisingly similar to Luo Rui's.

Luo Rui curled his lip. 'Is he still trying to use my own moves against me?'

Actually, Luo Rui was somewhat mistaken about Sun Yue this time. He wasn't deliberately copying Luo Rui, but there are only so many combinations and attack methods for three-artillery weapons. Even with the best skills, you can't create anything new. So, with the same machines and weapons, the two sides looked like they were mirroring each other's operations.

Luo Rui also adopted the strategy of taking the sniper grenade shell head-on. He really learned this trick on the spot. In previous online battles, everyone used fourth-generation machines, and third-generation machines were rarely seen, so the tactics were very different.

A Xunhong with its 30mm thick super-plastic armor plate wouldn't dare to take a sniper grenade shell like that.

Taking a hit head-on, the slight vibration feedback couldn't affect Luo Rui at all with his 1.3 physique. Then, the Archer III dodged the subsequent attacks in almost the same pose as its previous opponent.

Soon, several rounds of exchanges passed. Before the battle, Luo Rui had already adjusted the ammunition ratio. This time, there were no explosive shells or illumination shells in the recoilless rifle ammunition. Even smoke bombs were only included one per ammunition load. The rest were all armor-piercing shells.

This gave him ample offensive ammunition. After several rounds of exchanges, he still had plenty of ammunition. Since he could do this, Sun Yue, who must have had some information about him, probably had a similar configuration.

The two exchanged blows, bombarding each other, but other than each taking a few sniper grenade shells, they hadn't accomplished anything else.

"Luo Rui has some skills…" A classmate scratched his head. In his opinion, the teaching assistant, after four years of study and staying at the school, must be quite strong.

But Luo Rui was actually able to fight the teaching assistant to a standstill, which was somewhat unbelievable. Moreover, Sun Yue's earlier remarks made it clear to everyone that he wanted to use Luo Rui as a stepping stone to show off. In this situation, people didn't think there was any possibility of him holding back.

"How boring. If it weren't for their different paint jobs, I wouldn't be able to tell who's who…"

One classmate complained, which immediately resonated with several others. Luo Rui and Sun Yue were fighting fiercely, and the sound and light effects were good, which initially made everyone cheer. But the same scene appeared three or four times, and history repeated itself, so people became a little aesthetically fatigued.

"Watch carefully and learn!" Another group of people were still watching intently. The two were constantly practicing the same tactical movements. According to conventional teaching, there's no such good thing.

"Could it be that this teaching assistant is just talking tough, but actually feeding Luo Rui moves?"

"That makes sense. I thought he would quickly end the battle with a few moves, but who knew they would fight so intimately."

"Are they showing affection?"

"Damn! Can you not be so disgusting?"

"What's so disgusting about that? Don't you know that it's very free outside?"

"Free your sister! Shut up!"

The students had different mindsets. As time went on, the noisy voices in the viewing hall increased. The constant repetition of attacks made it impossible to concentrate.

Although Sun Yue didn't know what was happening outside, he knew that the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for him to show off. He originally thought that Luo Rui would still bring a rocket launcher, so he could not only show off his skills, but also disable one of Luo Rui's long-range weapons. In that case, three long-range weapons against two would be easy to handle.

But who would have thought that Luo Rui came up with it himself, or someone gave him a bad idea, Luo Rui actually brought two recoilless rifles.

This TM is someone deliberately messing with him!

And what's going on with this kid Luo Rui? He's learning a bit too fast?

The experienced Sun Yue could clearly see that Luo Rui wasn't proficient in handling some situations. This showed that his initial analysis was correct. Even if Luo Rui frequently used simulators in high school, he mostly practiced with fourth-generation machines because of the different built-in programs.

In this way, he could play an information gap, such as increasing Luo Rui's workload by dodging sniper grenade shells, thereby exposing flaws and allowing him to easily win the battle.

But what is this kid doing now? He originally planned to play a trick of using his own moves against him, but who knew that this kid was also a master of this trick, and he learned his tactics without any ambiguity, and could even use them on the spot in the heat of battle.

Sun Yue was very anxious. The longer it dragged on, the worse the effect of his showing off would be. Even if he won against Luo Rui in the end, he wouldn't be able to taste the joy of victory, and might even be greeted with boos.

This was not what he wanted. He had personally built this stage, and he had to have a perfect result.

Compared to Sun Yue's impatience, Luo Rui wasn't anxious at all. There were things to learn, and someone was feeding him moves for free. There weren't many good things like this.

Moreover, as time dragged on, Luo Rui became more and more confident. Sun Yue still underestimated his strength. In this situation, if the strength difference wasn't significant, a protracted battle was likely to happen. Moreover, even if Sun Yue was really stronger than Luo Rui in this BO1 battle, there was still a possibility of an upset.

Luo Rui couldn't understand what Sun Yue was thinking. Was he so sure that he would win? Or was he inferring Luo Rui's strength based on his own strength back in his freshman year?