Silicon Invasion

At a distance of fifty meters, Luo Rui was already within his effective attack range. Moreover, the Sky Walker missiles couldn't perform erratic maneuvers in the short time after being launched. Also, the upward trajectory would take them out of the protection of the giant metal shield.

Considering all these factors, Luo Rui wouldn't allow the Sky Walker missiles any chance to change direction and attack him.

Just as one Sky Walker missile took off, the rapid-fire sound of a machine gun roared, followed by an explosion. The missile, which had barely traveled five meters, was blown up in mid-air.

The blast wave from the explosion dispersed the thick smoke, revealing the King's Guardian hidden within.

Cui Qiang didn't expect Luo Rui to be so aggressive, charging straight at him. He had initially been ambitious, wanting to leave Luo Rui with a deep impression, but now he just hoped to lose without looking too bad.

It wasn't that Cui Qiang surrendered too quickly, but the situation in competitive combat changes rapidly. Whether a tactic is correct can completely sway the battle.

Cui Qiang had a wealth of combat experience. He had originally intended to intimidate the seemingly inexperienced Luo Rui with the full-throttle launch of two Pluto missiles, forcing him to retreat before slowly dealing with him.

Who knew that although Luo Rui didn't have much practical combat experience, he maximized his risk-avoidance attributes after discarding unnecessary emotions, directly choosing the most correct tactic.

Cui Qiang scratched his head, understanding that once a marksman of Luo Rui's level got close, the King's Guardian would truly be reduced to a turtle shell.

Indeed, at a distance of fifty meters, Luo Rui could shoot down even Sky Walker missiles in attack mode, let alone during their upward launch phase, where their speed was at least halved. Luo Rui couldn't possibly miss.

Cui Qiang's extreme loadout meant that besides the Pluto missiles, his only ranged attack option was a semi-buried machine gun, which would hardly damage the Bluebird, even with its thin super-plastic deck armor.

Therefore, even with only fifty meters between them, the Bluebird dared to stand and fire confidently, not worrying about a sneak attack from the King's Guardian.

It wasn't looking down on it, but just thinking about it with his toes, he could imagine how sluggish the mobility of a sixty-ton behemoth would be with a full load.

Moreover, with the current level of human technology, miniaturized thrusters couldn't propel such a massive object, forcing it to rely solely on 'Legs 11' for movement.

The Bluebird, as a highly mobile long-range artillery unit, didn't have as many thrusters as the Swift Rainbow, but it only lacked those for changing direction; it had plenty for forward and backward thrust.

So, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that even if the King's Guardian was given a forty-five-meter head start in a fifty-meter race, it still wouldn't be able to touch the Bluebird.

"Number Eight, fire all the recoilless rifles and rocket missiles!"

Although the Bluebird's mounted weapons looked relatively primitive, they were all equipped with automated modules. With the pilot's authorization, the auxiliary AI could fully manage their operation.

Although the AI lacked self-judgment and improvisation skills, it was very efficient. It could reliably complete some less important tasks, such as scanning a map or deploying flares.

In an intense long-range artillery duel, the AI certainly couldn't replace the pilot, but the current situation was special. The King's Guardian was now practically a stationary target, and hitting such a target was the auxiliary AI's forte.

On the Bluebird's shoulders, the long-dormant recoilless rifles seemed to suddenly awaken. The drooping barrels quickly and slightly swung left and right a few times before a deafening roar erupted, and armor-piercing rounds shot out.

The metal shield was like a giant door panel. The King's Guardian didn't need any extra operation; it only needed to point the shield at the Bluebird to almost completely block all attacks.

However, Luo Rui didn't care much about that. The weapons were idle anyway, so he'd fire a round first.

The armor-piercing rounds equipped on the Bluebird were of the depleted uranium series. Their working principle was that after penetrating the target's armor, the powerful impact would cause the depleted uranium core to spontaneously combust, generating unimaginable terrifying heat to cause significant damage to fuel, ammunition, and personnel within the armored target.

The powerful depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds were difficult to block, even with a door-like metal shield, but the metal shield wasn't completely useless. It used itself to dissipate the kinetic energy of the armor-piercing rounds and detonate them in advance. The high temperature and fragments, which could cause great damage to personnel and ammunition, had limited effect on the metal giant wearing 200mm thick ultra-fiber tempered armor, at most creating some burn marks and scratches.

But it didn't matter. Luo Rui didn't care about that. The Bluebird's recoilless rifles had a base ammunition load of 20 rounds, of which only 10 were armor-piercing rounds.

With the opponent unable to fight back, the AI quickly fired all ten armor-piercing rounds, followed by high-explosive rounds, incendiary rounds, and even illumination rounds. At the same time, the rocket launchers mounted on the other shoulder also emptied all their rockets.

"Number Eight, reload!"

Under Luo Rui's strict defense, the Sky Walker missiles never left the King's Guardian's body by more than ten meters. In this situation, the spare ammunition, which was almost never used in the past, came in handy.

Reloading was slow, but Luo Rui had time. Although the Sky Walker missiles hadn't achieved any victories, they hadn't been idle either. Taking advantage of Luo Rui's ceasefire, Cui Qiang hurriedly reloaded the Pluto missiles.

As long as he could survive, there would still be a chance to turn the tables.

The previous bombardment looked impressive, but like the Sky Walker missiles, it had little effect. If he continued to fight like this, the Bluebird's ammunition reserves would be quickly depleted. After all, it was an armor unit that pursued mobility and couldn't carry too much supplies.

In the end, the two sides would probably enter a melee, and the King's Guardian's advantage would be enormous.

However, Cui Qiang was too optimistic.

"Hoo~" Luo Rui exhaled a breath of stale air. Everything just now was deliberate. After all, it wasn't easy to find such a good target.

Moreover, this was Luo Rui's little revenge against Cui Qiang for threatening him earlier.

But now, it was time to end this farce.

It seemed that everyone had been captivated by the spectacular sound and light show of the Bluebird cornering the King's Guardian and bombarding it.

So much so that they had all forgotten one thing: the Bluebird could fly!

Although the altitude wasn't high, flying five or six meters wasn't a problem at all.

As a result, the Bluebird gained some aerial advantage. From a higher angle, it could directly attack the King's Guardian's main body from above.

And the King's Guardian wanted to lift this giant shield?

Then he should ask the engineers what the maximum load-bearing capacity of the metal giant's knees was.